Sidney Lumet
1) The verdict
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
An alcoholic lawyer stumbles upon one last chance to redeem himself by taking on a controversial court case against seemingly insurmountable opposition.
Publisher
Paramount
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hercule Poirot is a dapper detective, aboard the Orient Express, for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. When murder occurs, Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the famous train's Calais coach, hoping to find the killer of an American millionaire before the local police arrive.
3) The Wiz
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Edition
[30th anniversary ed.].
Language
English
Description
Dorothy is a 24-year-old Manhattan kindergarten teacher who is whisked away from her inner-city neighborhood via a snowstorm to the mysterious land of Oz. Oz is a sprawling, decaying, nightmarish, and dangerous megalopolis that resembles the physical characteristics of New York City.
Series
Criterion collection volume 2
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Edition
Full screen version ; Special edition.
Language
日本語
Formats
Description
In 16th century Japan, a desperate village hires seven out-of-work samurai to protect inhabitants from invading bandits.
5) Network
Language
English
Description
A satirical look at the politics and power struggles of television executives as a network news anchorman turns the tables on the "ratings."
6) Gloria
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Language
English
Description
A mobster's ex-mistress befriends a boy left orphaned by a murderous gunman. Now they're both running for their lives.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Mobster Jackie Dee DiNorscio tries to strike a bargain with police: a shorter prison term in exchange for ratting on his fellow mobsters. He takes matters in his own hands when he defends himself instead, turning the courtroom upside down.
10) The verdict
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Edition
Collector's edition; anamorphic widescreen format (first:85:first).
Language
English
Description
An alcoholic, failed attorney is reduced to ambulance chasing. A friend gives him a supposedly easy malpractice case which becomes a last chance to redeem himself and his career.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A stock broker, who is having financial troubles and in need of extra cash, and his younger brother conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless crime. No guns, no violence, no problem. The only problem is that the owners of the jewelry store are their own parents. But when an accomplice ignores the rules and crosses the line, his actions trigger a series of events in which no one is left unscathed.
12) Serpico
Publisher
Paramount
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of the true story of a young New York police officer refuses to extort money from criminals as the other officers do. His fellow police officers turn against him when he seeks to expose the situation during a grand jury investigation.
13) 12 angry men
Publisher
MGM DVD
Edition
Collector's edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. How can this one man steer the others toward the same conclusion? It's a case of seemingly overwhelming evidence against a teenager accused of killing his father.
14) Power
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
This film depicts the political candidates tactics as they try to get elected and the media consultants hired to sell them to the public.
15) Garbo talks
Publisher
Metro-Goldway-Mayer
Language
English
Description
A woman whose days are numbered has one request--to meet Greta Garbo. This comedy relates her son's often hilarious search for the elusive screen legend.
16) The pawnbroker
Publisher
Republic Entertainment
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
Sol Nazerman is a WWII Nazi deathcamp survivor. Now, he runs a pawnshop and takes refuge in misery and a bitter condemnation of humanity.
17) The Wiz
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Dorothy is a 24-year-old Manhattan kindergarten teacher who is whisked away from her inner-city neighborhood via a snowstorm to the mysterious land of Oz. Oz is a sprawling, decaying, nightmarish, and dangerous megalopolis that resembles the physical characteristics of New York City.
Publisher
Olive Films
Language
English
Description
James Tyrone is an aging actor and an alcoholic miser who has spent a lifetime treading on the spirit of his dope-addicted wife, Mary. His oldest son Jamie is a troublemaking alcoholic who is envious of the writing talent of his sickly younger brother, Edmund. The three Tyrone men will spend a hellish night together when they sit about drunkenly while Mary hallucinates about her younger and happier days.
19) 12 angry men
Series
Criterion collection volume 591
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Edition
Two-DVD special ed.
Language
English
Description
A jury of white men is ready to pass judgment on a Puerto Rican teenager charged with murdering his father. However, one juror forces the others to consider whether the evidence--or the jurors' own prejudices--influences their deliberations. The story plays out in real time over ninety minutes in one sweltering room.