Summary: A corrupted police officer is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. While solving a brutal murder, he makes sure to turn his colleagues against one another to ruin their ambitions. By stealing their wives and exposing their secrets the cop starts to lose himself in the web of deceit he created.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FILSummary: The story of a three day pass: An African-American soldier stationed in France is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman--but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE MELSummary: Play Misty for me: A radio disc jockey becomes the victim of psychotic obsession when he tries to end a torrid love affair with a fan.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Jeon, Do-Yeon
Summary: Various people cross paths in a sequence of events propelled by a Louis Vuitton bag full of cash.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BEASummary: "Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale "The Killers" is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: Robert Siodmak, in a 1946 film that helped define the noir style; and Don Siegel, in a brutal 1964 version that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY KILSummary: What happens when you throw together one fallen Mexican wrestler with serious rage issues, one just-out-of-prison ex-con with a regrettable face tattoo, and one recovering junkie motel owner in search of a kidney? That's the premise of the berserk, blood-spattered, and wickedly entertaining feature debut from Ryan Prows. Set amidst the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles, Lowlife zigzags back and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! / Scream Factory 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LOWSummary: When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE BATSummary: Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchanan butts heads with a brash new recruit. Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the Bay.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BAYCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BAY RATED RCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BAYSummary: A Roaring Twenties gangster saga that only the Coen brothers could concoct, Miller's Crossing marries the hard-boiled sensibility of classic noir fiction with the filmmakers' trademark savory dialogue, colorful characters, and finely calibrated set pieces. Gabriel Byrne brings a wry gravitas to the role of Tom Reagan, the quick-thinking right-hand man to a powerful crime boss (Albert Finney),...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY MILSummary: Arrested for fatally beating an elderly widow, Barbara Graham at first goads the police, refusing to answer their questions. But when an alleged accomplice turns state's evidence, Graham insists that she is innocent. Condemned by the press and the public, Graham is found guilty of murder and sentenced to die in the gas chamber. With her execution date getting near, Graham desperately attempts...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY ISummary: "In this deeply personal tale of estrangement and reconciliation between two rebellious brothers, set in a dreamlike and timeless Tulsa, Francis Ford Coppola gives mythic dimensions to intimate, painful emotions. The director's "art film for teenagers" was his second adaptation of young-adult novelist S. E. Hinton's work in a single year, after the more classically styled The Outsiders. Graced...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Kim, Hye-Ja
Summary: After her simple-minded son is tried and convicted for murder, a single mother, believing her son to be innocent, sets out to find the real killer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MOTSummary: A man hires a private investigator to kill his wife, who he thinks is cheating on him, and her lover, but the investigator has a plan of his own. A bad situation suddenly gets worse.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BLOSummary: An expert tailor must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Focus Features 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY OUTCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OUTCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OUTSummary: Sydney, a poker-faced professional gambler plays guardian angel to unlucky John and his girlfriend. When John's and his bride's honymoon night leads to a disastrous hostage situation, the gambler takes care of it as usual. But when a slick casino pro threatens to reveal a secret from Sydney's past, Sydney decides to hedge his bets and not leave anything to chance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HARSummary: Katja's life collapses after the death of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IN1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF IN
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE INSummary: Freaks: A tale of love, deception, and retribution set among troupe of carnival sideshow performers, shunned by society because of their physical deformities.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA TODSummary: The Warriors, a New York City street gang, are unfairly blamed for the death of a rival gang leader. Now they must fight for their lives against armies of gangs that outnumber the police 5 to 1!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WARSummary: A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2018
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GAMCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GAMSummary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An uncompromising portrayal of swinging London's criminal underworld. Quintessentially British and with a documentary-style commitment towards accuracy, it mixes meticulously constructed, high-octane action sequences with taut suspense and gritty realism, making it the groundbreaking template for future crime dramas.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Two years of stalking the streets as the Batman, striking fear into the hearts of criminals, has led Bruce Wayne deep into the shadows of Gotham City. With only a few trusted allies, Alfred Pennyworth, Lt. James Gordon, amongst the city's corrupt network of officials and high-profile figures, the lone vigilante has established himself as the sole embodiment of vengeance amongst his fellow...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2022