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3) Hitch
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Language
English
Description
Hitch is New York City's greatest matchmaker. Love is his job and when Albert Brennaman wins the heart of gorgeous society heiress Allegra Cole, Albert has Hitch to thank. So when tabloid columist Sara Melas decides to uncover the secret behind the relationships unlikely sucess, she's shocked to discover that Alex Hitchens, the charming young man she's been dating, is the legendary date doctor himself. Exposed in a front-page scoop, it's now up to...
Language
English
Description
A hilarious look at marriage, divorce, and everything in between. With a thriving Santa Barbara bakery, a new romance heating up, and her divorce finally behind her, Jane Adler has her life all figured out, until she finds herself trapped between the perfect new beau and her philandering ex-husband who's determined to win her back. When opposites attract all over again, will love be sweeter the second time around? It's... complicated!
6) Blended
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Language
English
Description
After a blind date goes badly, a man and a woman are reunited while at an African Safari vacation spot with their respective families.
7) Sabrina
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Sabrina, the naive daughter of the chauffeur for an immensely wealthy family, is obsessed with David, the family's younger son. When Sabrina returns to Long Island from Paris as a sophisticated young woman, she begins a romance with David, who has meanwhile become engaged to the daughter of a wealthy family. This new romance threatens the business interests of Linus, the older son, so he pretends to court Sabrina in order to woo her away from David,...
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version
Language
English
Description
Melanie is a successful New York fashion designer who is dating a wealthy socialite. One day he pops the big question and asks Melanie to marry him. Despite her polished uptown image, Melanie grew up poor in the deep South, and as a teenager she married her high school sweetheart. Now Melanie returns to her hometown to tell her parents the news and convince Jake to grant her a divorce. However, the more time she spends with her old flame, the more...
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Edition
[DVD version].
Language
English
Description
Hassan is a culinary ingenue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. Displaced from their native India, his family settles in a quaint village in the south of France. They plan to open an Indian restaurant, that is, until Madame Mallory, the owner of a classical French restaurant, gets wind of it. Her icy protests against the new Indian restaurant so near her own escalate to all out war; until Hassan's cooking talent and love for Mme. Mallory's...
Series
Language
English
Description
Gilbert lives in Endora, a place where nothing happens. Aside from a secret affair with a housewife, Gilbert spends his days stocking shelves at a grocery store, caring for his mentally handicapped brother, and holding together a large family headed by Mama, a former beauty queen whose weight tops 500 pounds. But just when Gilbert thinks nothing will ever change, a pretty stranger arrives on the scene.
11) Tumbledown
Language
English
Description
Years after the accidental death of her folk-singer husband, Hannah has yet to fully accept her small town life without him. Then she is approached by a charming New York writer, intent on penning a biography of her late husband's life, and Hannah finds herself opening up again.
Language
English
Description
Tripp is a thirtysomething slacker, but that doesn't mean that he is ready to give up the many benefits of living at home with his mom and dad. His desperate parents have had enough though, and after years of gentle nudging they soon realize that it is going to take a concerted effort to get Tripp out so they can enjoy their twilight years in peace. Realizing that their only hope for riding themselves of their reluctant-to-leave son, Al and Sue...
14) Amélie
Publisher
Miramax
Language
Français
Description
Amélie Poulain has led a sheltered life, educated at home by her parents, she lives in a fantasy world of her own. When she finally leaves home and finds work as a waitress in a Parisian café, life is uneventful until a chain of extraordinary events leads her to the discovery of a box containing a schoolboy's long forgotten mementos. It is then that Amelie discovers her vocation in life - helping others find love and happiness - which she sets about...
15) Elsa & Fred
Publisher
Millennium Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
The story of two people who, at the end of the road, discover that it's never too late to love. After losing his wife, Fred feels disturbed, confused and alone, so his daughter helps move him into a small apartment where he meets Elsa. From that moment on, everything changes. Elsa bursts into Fred's life like a whirlwind, determined to teach him that the time he has left to live, be it more or less, is precious and that he should enjoy it as he pleases....
16) Stay cool
Publisher
Arc Entertainment
Edition
[Widescreen format].
Language
English
Description
When successful author Henry McCarthy returns to his suburban hometown to deliver the commencement speech at his former high school, he realizes he has never quite gotten over his unrequited affection for the girl who is now the local pharmacist.
17) Along Came Polly
Language
English
Description
Reuben Feffer, a professional risk assessor, is not one to ever take chances in any aspect of his life. But when his new bride Lisa leaves him for French scuba instructor Claude on their honeymoon, he finally decides to a risk of his own. At a party, he meets free-spirited Polly, whom he remembers from the seventh grade. Unlike the control-freak Reuben, she's spent her life living on the edge. They reluctantly begin a romance and Polly introduces...
Publisher
distributed by Vivendi Entertanment
Language
English
Description
Griff, a shy and awkward office worker by day, finds escape from his ordinary life by assuming the identity of a fantastic superhero each night. Griff's secret is jeopardized when he meets Melody, a cute but unconventional daydreamer. She quickly becomes fascinated by his idiosyncrasies, which are equal only to her own.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Edition
Second-disc special edition; [Remix edition].
Language
English
Description
Gabriella is a shy, studious new student at East High School. Everything for Gabriella changes when she is forced to sing at a karaoke contest with Troy Bolton, the captain of the school's basketball team. After spending time with each other, they come to realize that they share a passionate love for music and singing.
20) ALFIE
Publisher
Paramount
Edition
Full screen, Special collector's ed.
Language
English
Description
In this remake of the 1966 film, a bachelor with a playboy lifestyle finds out that life is more complicated than he thought.
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