Each title below is linked to the library catalog, where you can request the movie in DVD or Videocassette format. DVDs and Videocassettes are checked out for 1 week with a $2.00 rental fee. For an additional $2.00, DVDs and Videocassettes can be renewed for one week. DVDs and Videocassettes can be renewed twice.
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Gigi
In turn-of-the-century Paris a young girl, Gigi, is being groomed by her grandmother to become a courtesan.
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1959 |
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Ben-Hur
A peace-loving prince of Judea leads his nation against the wrath of the conquering Romans. His self-imposed destiny brings tragedy to himself, and his people, as he learns to fight, to love, to hate and, finally, to forgive.
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1960 |
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The Apartment
An ambitious office clerk plans to get ahead by lending out his apartment to his boss, but falls in love with the boss's girlfriend.
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1961 |
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West Side Story
This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s.
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1962 |
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Lawrence of Arabia
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the heroic and troubled man who organized the Arab nations to fight the Turks in World War I.
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1963 |
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Tom Jones
Birthed by a local woman but raised by the village squire, Tom Jones grows up to be a handsome young man with a way with women. He loves the daughter of a neighboring landowner, and falls into many adventures in pursuit of her.
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1964 |
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My Fair Lady
A Cockney waif is transformed by a linguistics professor into an elegant lady.
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1965 |
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The Sound of Music
Julie Andrews lights up the screen as Maria, the spirited young woman who leaves the convent to become a governess to the seven young children of Captain von Trapp, an autocratic widower whose strict household rules leave no room for music or merriment.
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1966 |
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A Man for All Seasons
A portrayal of the political and religious conflict between adulterous King Henry VIII who wishes to divorce his wife Catherine, and his Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to support such a plan.
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1967 |
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In the Heat of the Night
A small town Southern sheriff finds himself in an uneasy alliance with a big-city black homicide detective as they investigate a murder.
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1968 |
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Oliver!
A young orphan, Oliver is left to fend for himself until he is befriended by a band of young thieves who quickly train him in their craft.
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1969 |
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Midnight Cowboy
A Texas "cowboy" takes a bus to New York in search of lonely, rich women who will pay for his sexual services, but spends a hard winter helping a con man.
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1970 |
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Patton
A dramatization of the experiences of General George S. Patton during World War II.
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1971 |
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The French Connection
Detectives "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy Russo hope to break a narcotics smuggling ring and ultimately uncover the French connection.
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1972 |
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The Godfather
Explores the history and influence of a U.S. Mafia family. Don Corleone, the family patriarch, tries to ensure that his sons will inherit his position and power over rival Mafioso factions.
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1973 |
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The Sting
Two con men set out to avenge the death of a mutual friend in 1930s Chicago. They swindle a powerful crime lord, pitting brain against brawn and pistol.
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1974 |
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The Godfather Part II
The saga of the Corleone family's rise to power in the criminal world continues in this sequel to The Godfather. As Michael Corleone rises to leadership of the family, flashbacks revealing the early years of Don Vito are interspersed with the continuing story of the embattled family.
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1975 |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The story of a man whose rebelliousness pits him against the head nurse of a mental ward and the full spectrum of institutional repression.
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1976 |
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Rocky
Rocky Balboa, the underdog, gets his million-to-one shot at love, self-respect and the world heavyweight boxing crown and comes out a winner.
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1977 |
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Annie Hall
Woody Allen's semiautobiographical portrait of his amorous, but ultimately mismatched, relationship with co-star Diane Keaton. Allen uses satire and comedy to portray this "nervous romance" for modern times.
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1978 |
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The Deer Hunter
Tracks a group of steelworker pals from a Pennsylvania blast furnace to the coal hunting grounds of the Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of Vietnam. It is a drama of friendship and courage and of what happens to these qualities under stress.
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1979 |
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Kramer vs. Kramer
When his wife walks out, Ted Kramer and his six-year-old son have a chance to really get to know each other. Then Ted's wife returns and she wants her son back.
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1980 |
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Ordinary People
A family's apparently ordinary existence is shattered by the death of the oldest son in a boating accident, leaving the younger son with only an empathetic psychiatrist to help him with his feelings of guilt and thoughts of suicide.
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1981 |
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Chariots of Fire
The true story of Harold Abrahams, Eric Liddell, and the team of athletic competitors who brought victory to Britain in the 1924 Olympics.
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1982 |
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Gandhi
Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule.
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1983 |
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Terms of Endearment
A comedy-drama about the evolving 30+ year relationship between a mother and daughter.
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1984 |
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Amadeus
Presents the life of Antonio Salieri, a mediocre 18th century Viennese composer obsessed with and jealous of the musical genius of the age, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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1985 |
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Out of Africa
The true story of Karen Blixen, a strong-willed woman who runs a coffee plantation in Kenya in 1914.
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1986 |
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Platoon
Follows young Chris Taylor who arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion, and the anger growing within himself.
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1987 |
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The Last Emperor
The true story of Pu Yi, who, at the age of 3, toddled to the Imperial Dragon Throne to become "Lord of 10,000 Years," China's last emperor.
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