Melissa Leo
1) Coast
Author
Language
English
Description
Desperate to escape the trappings of her small coastal farming town, 16-year-old Abby falls for the lead singer of a touring rock band and must decide whether to leave her family and lifelong friends behind or let the music take her home.
2) Bottled Up
Author
Language
English
Description
Fay's (Leo, Prisoners) world revolves around grown daughter Sylvie (Marin Ireland, Hope Springs) who, months after a car accident, still complains of being in constant pain. After refusing physical therapy it becomes clear to everyone but Fay that Sylvie is addicted to pain killers. When earnest environmentalist Becket (Josh Hamilton, The Bourne Identity) moves to town, matchmaker Fay quickly befriends him, hoping that he might raise Sylvie's spirits....
3) Francine
Author
Language
English
Description
After years of incarceration, a quiet, lonely woman, Francine (Academy Award® winner Melissa Leo), is released to start a new life in a small, rural town. She tries to reconnect with humans, but finds most solace in her connections with animals.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
“Without a doubt . . . one of the most intense suspense writers around.”—Chicago Tribune
“[Tami Hoag] demonstrates just why she has become one of the hottest names in the suspense game. Bottom line: Leaves competition in the dust.”—People
He performs his profane ceremony in a wooded Minneapolis park, anointing his victims, then setting the bodies...
“[Tami Hoag] demonstrates just why she has become one of the hottest names in the suspense game. Bottom line: Leaves competition in the dust.”—People
He performs his profane ceremony in a wooded Minneapolis park, anointing his victims, then setting the bodies...
6) Snowden
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An employee of the National Security Agency leaks their illegal surveillance techniques to the public by distributing thousands of classified documents to the press.
7) Flight
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
A seasoned airline pilot miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault and what really happened on the plane.
8) Oblivion
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Jack Harper is the lone security repairman stationed on a desolate, nearly-ruined future Earth. When he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft, her arrival triggers a nonstop chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows, and leaves humanity's fate in his hands.
"Director Kosinski proves himself talented in ways his Tron: Legacy didn't suggest."--Village Voice.
"A terrific-looking sci-fier..."--Hollywood Reporter.
"...makes...
9) Frozen river
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Facing economic hardship, two single mothers are lured by the promise of fast money, smuggling illegal immigrants from Quebec into a Mohawk reservation in upstate New York.
10) The equalizer
Publisher
Columbia
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by; he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After the British Prime Minister passes away under mysterious circumstances, his funeral is a must-attend event for leaders of the western world. However, what starts out as the most protected event on Earth turns into a deadly plot to kill the world's most powerful leaders, and unleash a terrifying vision of the future. Only three people have any hope of stopping it: the President of the United States, his formidable Secret Service head, and an...
12) All the way
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A riveting look at the formidable challenges and demons faced by President Lyndon Johnson on his tumultuous first year in office, from his accidental ascension to the presidence in November 1963, to his relentless fight to win passage of a landmark Civil Rights Bill with the election of 1964 looming.
13) The Equalizer 2
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Vigilante Robert McCall is continuing his life of helping ordinary citizens find justice in everyday situations before a close friend of his is murdered by a mysterious group of criminals for seemingly no reason. The plot shifts as he then makes it his goal to find out what happened to his friend and deliver justice on her behalf, sending him on a wild goose chase to figure out who these people are, why they would harm his friend, and if there is...
14) Coast
Publisher
Cineverse
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Desperate to escape the trappings of her small coastal farming town, 16-year-old Abby falls for the lead singer of a touring rock band and must decide whether to leave her family and lifelong friends behind or let the music take her home.
15) The dark tide
Author
Series
Ty Hauck novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
An explosion rips through New York City's Grand Central Station one morning, destroying the train Karen Friedman's husband, a successful hedge fund manager, is riding in to work. Days later, with many bodies still unidentifiable, Karen resigns herself to the awful truth: her husband of eighteen years is dead.
On that same day, a suspicious hit-and-run accident leaves a young man dead in Karen's hometown of Greenwich, Connecticut. Ty Hauck, a detective,...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When a man still grieving for his dead daughter goes to New Orleans on business and finds a runaway stripper living on her own, he starts taking a fatherly role in her life and his wife makes the decision to join him.
18) Mary, Mary
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 11
Language
English
Description
Someone is murdering Hollywood's A-list, and Alex Cross's family vacation is cut short as he navigates a mysterious world of luxury, gossip, and hidden secrets.
FBI Agent Alex Cross is on vacation with his family in Disneyland when he gets a call: a well-known actress was shot outside her home in Beverly Hills. Shortly afterward, an editor for the Los Angeles Times receives an email describing the murder in vivid details. Alex quickly...
FBI Agent Alex Cross is on vacation with his family in Disneyland when he gets a call: a well-known actress was shot outside her home in Beverly Hills. Shortly afterward, an editor for the Los Angeles Times receives an email describing the murder in vivid details. Alex quickly...
19) Dear Lemon Lima
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Vanessa gets a dose of reality when Philip, her one true love, ends their relationship, again. The quirky teen enrolls in his school to win him back, but ends up making matters worse. Downgraded to social outcast, Vanessa struggles to reclaim Philip's affection. When Vanessa is declared a captain for the school's survival competition, she assembles a team of like-minded misfits to prove they deserve to compete, and win her love's heart again.
20) Conviction
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Betty Anne Waters is a young woman whose world is shattered when her beloved brother Kenny is convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Steadfastly convinced of his innocence, Betty Anne embarks on an 18-year journey to set Kenny free, using state-of-the-art forensic technology. The unshakable bond between a brother and sister at the heart of this real-life drama will stir your emotions and inspire you.