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1) 50/50
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by personal experiences, an original story about friendship, love, survival, and finding humor in unlikely places. Two best friends' lives change when one of them is diagnosed with spinal cancer.
2) Unbreakable
Series
Language
English
Description
David Dunn is the sole survivor of an horrific train crash that killed 131. Everyone, especially David, is wondering how it could be possible. Soon, David is approached by comic book specialist Elijah Prince, who confronts David with an incredible theory that just might explain the situation.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A lazy, unemployed Southern Californian stoner who loves bowling gets mistaken for a millionaire with the same name. He's beaten up by men looking for money from the rich man's wife and gets drawn into the kidnapping of the millionaire's wife.
Language
English
Description
The incredible true story of aspiring filmmaker and Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseau (James Franco) as he and his best friend Greg (Dave Franco) defiantly pursue their dreams and embark on the hilarious odyssey of making the now-infamous cult classic *The Room*. **Oscar** nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. **Golden Globe** winner for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. Nominated for Best Male Lead at the **Film...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
FDR and Tuck are covert CIA operatives and best buddies, until they both fall for charming and sexy Lauren. Their friendship is put to the ultimate test as they wage an epic battle for her affection, using their surveillance skills and an array of high-tech gadgetry. May the best spy win!
6) Forrest Gump
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Forrest Gump is a low-intelligence man who has good intentions. He struggles through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His mama teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army and heads off to Vietnam where he becomes friends with Dan and Bubba. He wins medals, starts a table tennis craze, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, create the smiley, writes bumper stickers...
8) Last Vegas
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Four best friends in their late-60s decide to escape retirement and throw a Las Vegas bachelor party for the only one of them who has remained single.
9) The upside
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A recently paroled ex-convict, Dell, strikes up an unusual and unlikely friendship with a quadriplegic billionaire, Philip Lacasse, in this ₁funny and warm-hearted buddy comedy. From worlds apart, Dell and Philip form an unlikely bond, bridging their differences and gaining invaluable wisdom in the process, giving each man a renewed sense of passion for all of life's possibilities.
10) 22 Jump Street
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Industries
Language
English
Description
After making their way through high school twice, big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership.
11) Magic Mike XXL
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
"Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance"--Amazon.com.
12) Dumb and dumber
Language
English
Description
Lloyd and Harry. One is dumb, the other is dumber. Lloyd and Harry hit the road to return a misplaced briefcase to its owner. The boys don't know that the case is filled with ransom money. Now, they are being trailed by some smashmouth lowlifes who want the case and the cash.
13) The dilemma
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Ronny's world is turned upside down when he inadvertently sees something he should not have and makes it his mission to get answers. As the amateur investigation dissolves his world into comic mayhem, he learns that his best friend Nick has a few secrets of his own. Now, Ronny must decide what will happen if he reveals the truth.
14) The watch
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
There's trouble brewing in peaceful Glenview, Ohio. That's why four civic-minded citizens, armed with flashlights, walkie-talkies and spiffy new jackets, have teamed up to safeguard their community. But the guys find more than they bargained for when they uncover an alien plot to destroy Earth, and now these bumbling heroes are Glenview's only chance to save the neighborhood and the world from annihilation.
15) The world's end
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
"Twenty years after their first epic pub crawl attempt, the 'five musketeers' reunite in their home town to complete the ultimate challenge--one night, five friends, twelve bars--a boozy quest on which only the strongest will survive. But after a bizarre series of encounters with the out-of-this-world locals, they soon realize that reaching their final pub, The World's End, may be the least of their troubles"--Container.
16) The loft
Publisher
Universal
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Five guys conspire to secretly share a penthouse loft in the city, a place where they can indulge in their deepest fantasies. But the fantasy becomes a nightmare when they discover the dead body of an unknown woman in the loft, and they realize one of the group must be involved. Paranoia seizes them as everyone begins to suspect one another.
17) Tag
Publisher
New Line Turner
Edition
Widescreen version; Rental.
Language
English
Description
A small group of former classmates organize an elaborate, annual game of tag that requires some to travel all over the country.
19) Lonesome Dove
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call are pair of longtime friends and former Texas Rangers who crave one last adventure before hanging up their spurs. After stealing over a thousand head of cattle from rustlers south of the border, they recruit an unlikely crew of hands to drive the herd 3,000 miles north to the grasslands of Montana.
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