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Terms of Endearment

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama

Starring: Jeff Daniels, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Shirley MacLaine, John Lithgow, Debra Winger, Norman Bennett

Directors: James L. Brooks

Country: USA

Year: 1983

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def

IMDB Rating: 7.3

Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy. Aurora's interludes with Garrett Breedlove, retired astronaut and next door neighbor are quite striking. In the end, different people show their love in very different ways.

 

Spooky Stories: The Ghost of Lord Farquaad

Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Starring: Eddie Murphy, John Lithgow, Mike Myers, Conrad Vernon, Christopher Knights, Cody Cameron, Simon J. Smith

Directors: Simon J. Smith

Country: USA

Year: 2012

Available Quality: Hi Def, Hi Def

IMDB Rating: 6.5

Lord Farquaad was eaten by the dragon, but his ghost has returned, and he's still evil. With the help of his henchman, Thelonious, he kidnaps Fiona. Shrek and the donkey set out to save her, with help from the dragon, before she goes over a waterfall on a raft.

 

The Campaign

Genres: Comedy

Starring: Brian Cox, Jason Sudeikis, Will Ferrell, Dan Aykroyd, Zach Galifianakis, Dylan McDermott, John Lithgow

Directors: Jay Roach

Country: USA

Year: 2012

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, Hi Def

IMDB Rating: 6.3

In order to gain influence over their North Carolina district, two CEOs seize an opportunity to oust long-term congressman Cam Brady by putting up a rival candidate. Their man: naive Marty Huggins, director of the local Tourism Center.

 

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama

Starring: Brian Cox, James Franco, John Lithgow, David Oyelowo, Ty Olsson, Tyler Labine, Freida Pinto

Directors: Rupert Wyatt

Country: USA

Year: 2011

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, Hi Def

IMDB Rating: 7.7

An origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy.

 

Prohibition - Season One

Genres: History, Documentary

Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Giamatti, Campbell Scott, Frances Sternhagen, Tom Hanks, Kevin Conway, Blythe Danner

Directors: Adam Arkin, Philip Bosco, Patricia Clarkson

Country: Unknown

Year: 2011

IMDB Rating: 8

"Prohibition" was intended to improve, even to ennoble, the lives of all Americans, to protect individuals, families, and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse. But the enshrining of a faith-driven moral code in the Constitution paradoxically caused millions of Americans to rethink their definition of morality.

 

Footloose

Genres: Romance, Drama, Music

Starring: Kevin Bacon, Sarah Jessica Parker, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Chris Penn, Elizabeth Gorcey, Frances Lee McCain

Directors: Herbert Ross

Country: USA

Year: 1984

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

IMDB Rating: 6.1

Classic tale of teen rebellion and repression features a delightful combination of dance choreography and realistic and touching performances. When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock. Though he tries hard to fit in, the streetwise Ren can't quite believe he's living in a place where rock music and dancing are illegal. There is one small pleasure, however: Ariel, a troubled but lovely blonde with a jealous boyfriend. and a Bible-thumping minister, who is responsible for keeping the town dance-free. Ren and his classmates want to do away with this ordinanc...

 

The Manhattan Project

Genres: Comedy, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Starring: Cynthia Nixon, John Lithgow, Geoffrey Nauffts, Gregg Edelman, Robert Sean Leonard, Robert Schenkkan, Jill Eikenberry

Directors: Marshall Brickman

Country: USA

Year: 1986

IMDB Rating: 5.9

Boy meets scientist. Boy breaks into lab. Boy steals plutonium. Boy builds nuclear device. Scientist becomes mildly alarmed. Boy enters bomb in Science Fair. For the rest of the saga, you just have to see it to believe it.

 

The Tuskegee Airmen

Genres: Drama, History, War

Starring: Andre Braugher, Christopher McDonald, Laurence Fishburne, John Lithgow, Cuba Gooding Jr., Daniel Hugh Kelly, Courtney B. Vance

Directors: Robert Markowitz

Country: USA

Year: 1995

IMDB Rating: 7.1

During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.

 

Resting Place

Genres: Drama

Starring: Morgan Freeman, Frances Sternhagen, John Lithgow, CCH Pounder, Richard Brooks

Directors: John Korty

Country: USA

Year: 1986

Available Quality: Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def

IMDB Rating: 6.8

Set in 1972, The Resting Place stars John Lithgow as an Army major who accompanies the body of a young black lieutenant killed in action to the dead man's Georgia home town. Though the local cemetery is for whites only, the town's resident liberal has paid for a plot for the deceased lieutenant. Lithgow attempts to convince the racially divided community that the boy deserves to be buried in the segregated cemetery because he died a hero--but in so doing, the major unearths evidence that the lieutenant may have been "fragged" by his own troops. While it might seem that far too many issues are being raised for a mere two hours' screen time, Wa...

 

Obsession

Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery

Starring: Cliff Robertson, John Lithgow, Stocker Fontelieu, J. Patrick McNamara, Geneviève Bujold, Don Hood, Tom Felleghy

Directors: Brian De Palma

Country: USA

Year: 1976

Available Quality: Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

IMDB Rating: 6.8

New Orleans businessman Michael Courtland's life is shattered when his wife and daughter are tragically killed in a botched kidnap rescue attempt. Many years later whilst visiting Italy he meets and falls in in love with Sandra Portinari, who bears a striking resemblance to his wife.

 

The Pelican Brief

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Romance

Starring: Denzel Washington, John Finn, Tony Goldwyn, Anthony Heald, John Heard, Julia Roberts, William Atherton

Directors: Alan J. Pakula

Country: USA

Year: 1993

Available Quality: DivX, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

IMDB Rating: 6.4

Two Supreme Court Justices have been killed. Now a college professor, who clerked for one of the two men, who's also having an affair with one of his students, is given a brief by her, that states who probably, wanted to see these two men dead. He then gives it to one of his friends, who works for the FBI. When the FBI director reads it, he is fascinated by it. One of the preseident's men who read it, is afraid that if it ever got out, the president could be smeared. So, he adivises the president to tell the director to drop it, which he does. But later the professor and the girl were out and he was drunk and when he refused to give her the k...

 

Blow Out

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama

Starring: John Travolta, John Lithgow, John McMartin, J. Patrick McNamara, Dennis Franz, Nancy Allen, Roger Wilson

Directors: Brian De Palma

Country: USA

Year: 1981

Available Quality: DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

IMDB Rating: 7.2

A soundman accidentally records the evidence that proves a car "accident" was murder, and consequently finds himself in danger.

 

Distant Thunder

Genres: Drama

Starring: Ralph Macchio, Tom Bower, Denis Arndt, John Kelly, John Lithgow, Janet Margolin, Reb Brown

Directors: Rick Rosenthal

Country: USA, Canada

Year: 1988

IMDB Rating: 5.4

A troubled Vietnam war vet deserts his wife and child shortly after he returns from the war. He returns after 10 years, where he's been living like an animal in the forest. He finds himself unprepared for the changes that he will have to cope with, and when the vet tries to contact his son, he realizes that he has caused more damage than he had imagined.

 

Shrek

Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Family

Starring: Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, John Lithgow, Vincent Cassel, Jim Cummings, Mike Myers, Chris Miller

Directors: Vicky Jenson, Andrew Adamson

Country: USA

Year: 2001

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

IMDB Rating: 7.9

When a green ogre called Shrek discovers his swamp has been 'swamped' with all sorts of fairytale creatures by the scheming Lord Farquaad, Shrek sets out, with a very loud donkey by his side, to 'persuade' Farquaad to give his swamp back. Instead, a deal is made. Farquaad, who wants to become the King, sends Shrek to rescue Princess Fiona, who is waiting for her one true love. But once they head back with Fiona, it starts to become apparent that not only does Shrek like Fiona, but Fiona is keeping something secret.

 

Orange County

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Starring: Bret Harrison, Catherine O'Hara, Jack Black, Colin Hanks, John Lithgow, Chevy Chase, Carly Pope

Directors: Jake Kasdan

Country: USA

Year: 2002

IMDB Rating: 6.1

Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his disfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another starting when his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor sends the wrong application. So, Shaun goes to great lengths with a little help from his girlfriend Ashley and his drugged-out loser brother Lance to get into Stanford any way they see fit.

 

Harry and the Hendersons

Genres: Comedy, Family

Starring: M. Emmet Walsh, Melinda Dillon, Lainie Kazan, John Lithgow, Don Ameche, Kevin Peter Hall, Joshua Rudoy

Directors: William Dear

Country: USA

Year: 1987

IMDB Rating: 5.6

Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they examine the "body" they find it's a "bigfoot". They think it's dead so they decide to take it home (there could be some money in this..). As you guessed, "it" isn't dead. Far from being the ferocious monster they fear "Harry" to be, he's a friendly giant. In their attempts to keep Harry a secret, the Henderson's have to hide him from the authorities and a man, who has made it his goal in life, to catch a "bigfoot".

 

3rd Rock from the Sun - Season Four

Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi

Starring: French Stewart, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Wayne Knight, John Lithgow, Jane Curtin, Simbi Khali, Kristen Johnston

Directors: Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner

Country: USA

Year: 1999

IMDB Rating: 7.9

A group of aliens has come to Earth to learn about its population, customs, etc. To avoid detection...

 

3rd Rock from the Sun - Season Five

Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi

Starring: French Stewart, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Wayne Knight, John Lithgow, Jane Curtin, Simbi Khali, Kristen Johnston

Directors: Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner

Country: USA

Year: 2000

IMDB Rating: 7.9

A group of aliens has come to Earth to learn about its population, customs, etc. To avoid detection...

 

3rd Rock from the Sun - Season Six

Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi

Starring: French Stewart, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Wayne Knight, John Lithgow, Jane Curtin, Simbi Khali, Kristen Johnston

Directors: Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner

Country: USA

Year: 2001

IMDB Rating: 7.9

A group of aliens has come to Earth to learn about its population, customs, etc. To avoid detection...

 

3rd Rock from the Sun - Season One

Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi

Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston

Directors: Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner

Country: USA

Year: 1996

IMDB Rating: 8.1

A group of aliens has come to Earth to learn about its population, customs, etc. To avoid detection...

 
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