Barry Levinson
1) Rain Man
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Charlie (Tom Cruise) just discovered he has an autistic brother named Raymond (Dustin Hoffman) and is taking him on the ride of his life. Or is it the other way around? Raymond first pushes hot-headed Charlie to the limits of his patience and then pulls him completely out of his self-centered world. And what began as an unsentimental journey for the brothers becomes so much more. Winner of four Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, Best...
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
A movie producer tries to save his two films from falling apart while managing the chaos of two failed marriages. Based on the best-selling memoir by veteran Hollywood producer Art Linson and directed by Academy Award-winning Barry Levinson. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival** and **Sundance Film Festival**.
3) Sphere
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
A thousand feet below the ocean surface, fear can kill. Two-time Academy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman stars with Sharon Stone and Samuel L. Jackson in the science fiction thriller SPHERE. When a team of scientists--psychologist Norman Goodman (Hoffman), biochemist Beth Halperin (Stone) and mathematician Harry Adams (Jackson)--descends into the murky ocean depths to explore an ancient spacecraft resting on the Pacific floor, they discover the ship's...
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
In the tradition of "Diner," "Tin Men," and "Avalon," Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson continues with this story of 1950s Baltimore -- a period of great change with issues of race, religion and class distinction causing turmoil between two generations of a Jewish family. Starring Adrien Brody , Joe Mantegna , Neuwirth and Orlando Jones.
5) Rain man
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
A callous young hustler living in California finds his father has died and left him only rose bushes and a '49 Buick convertible. Feeling cheated out of what he considers is his 3 million dollar inheritance, he is in for an even bigger surprise-a brother he never knew he had!
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen.
Description
Tom Dobbs makes an off-hand comment on his late night talk show that he would be a better president than the leader who currently occupies the White House. A grassroots campaign conducted by his legions of fans finds him unexpectedly ushered into the Oval Office and forced to live up to his promise. Unfortunately for Dobbs, he finds out that his surprise victory was actually the result of a voting computer glitch and not winning the majority vote...
7) The natural
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
Nothing was going to stop Roy Hobbs from fulfilling his boyhood dream of baseball stardom. As a 14-year old he fashions a baseball bat from an oak tree. He soon impresses major league scouts with his ability. His talent also catches the eye of a sportswriter who eventually becomes instrumental in Hobbs' career. The appearance of a mysterious woman, however, shatters his dream. Years later Hobbs reappears as a rookie for the New York Knights and has...
8) Bee movie
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Having just graduated from college, Barry B. Benson finds himself disillusioned with the prospect of having only one career choice - honey. As he ventures outside of the hive for the first time, he breaks one of the cardinal rules of the bee world and talks to a human, a New York City florist named Vanessa. He is shocked to discover that the humans have been stealing and eating the bee's honey for centuries. He ultimately realizes that his true calling...
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Description
Imported by the Army for an early morning radio show in Vietnam, disc jockey Adrian Cronauer blasts the formerly staid, sanitized airwaves with a constant barrage of rapid-fire humor and the hottest hits from back home. The G.I.'s love him, but the brass is up in arms.
10) Bugsy
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was a ruthless mobster who had it all, and then met a woman who wanted more. Their love affair was passionate, tempestuous and ultimately tragic.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Special ed.
Description
Imported by the Army for an early morning radio show in Vietnam, disc jockey Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) blasts the formerly staid, sanitized airwaves with a constant barrage of rapid-fire humor and the hottest hits from back home. The G.I.'s love him, but the brass is up in arms.
12) Sleepers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
Sentenced to the Wilkinson School for boys, four pals are mistreated at will by a cadre of sadistic guards. 15 years later, they have an unexpected opportunity for revenge.
13) Diner
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen
Description
Set in 1959, a band of long-time buddies since high school gather at a local diner to share their escapades and make sense of their lives. As one by one they drift off to join the mainstream of life they still cling to their shared boyhood dreams
14) Disclosure
Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
When an executive in a large company resists the advances of his new boss who is also a former love, she charges him with sexual harassment. Suddenly his marriage and his career are at risk, and his struggle to extricate himself leads to the exposure of an executive conspiracy.
15) Wag the dog
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
When the President is caught in a sex scandal less than 2 weeks before the election, "Mr. Fix-it" decides they need a war to distract the public's attention and he calls on Hollywood's top producer to create it.
16) Silent movie
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen presentation.
Description
A has-been movie director (Mel Brooks) intends to make a comeback by making a silent movie, and in the process, save his film studio from a takeover by a New York-based conglomerate.
17) Avalon
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
The story of several generations of a family, from the arrival of Jewish immigrant Sam Krichinsky in the suburb of Baltimore called Avalon, down through his children and grandchildren. The family goes from poverty to prosperity as the world changes around them, but their love and humor hold the family together.
18) Bandits
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Edition
Widescreen version.
Description
After busting out of jail and on the run, 2 bank robbers devise the perfect crime with imperfect partners. Not wanting to hurt anyone during their robberies, they go to the homes of bank personnel and end up staying the night with the families so that they can all go to the bank in the morning, hence becoming the "sleepover bandits."
19) Donnie Brasco
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Special edition.
Description
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life, at the expense of his regular one. Based on a true story.