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Title Call Number Category Cara's Recommendations Title Call Number Category 24 varies by season TV, Spy 300 45173 Action 3 days of the Condor 38393 Spy 3:10 to Yuma (2007) 46951 Western 50 first dates 40681 Romantic comedy 8 women 43432 Mystery, Musical About a boy 37156 Romantic comedy Adventures of Priscilla, queen of the desert 31380 Comedy, Drama All about Eve 30386, 36046 Drama, Classic All the President's Men 30336, 42292 Political thriller American Gangster 46491, 44990 Drama American Gothic 42579 TV, Horror Anna & the King 40634 Historical drama Apollo 13 31487, 40250 Historical drama Arrested development varies by season TV, Comedy Atonement 45130 Drama Aviator 40290 Historical Drama, Biography Awakenings 30338 Drama Bad seed 38144 Suspense Batman begins 41796 Action Battlestar Galactica (2003) varies by season TV, Scifi Believer, The 45653 Drama Benny & Joon 38711 Comedy - Drama Big night 36937 Comedy Billy Elliot 31301 Drama Blackboard Jungle 40124 Drama Blood diamond 44095 Drama Boondock Saints 40042, 42843 Action Boston Legal varies by season TV, Legal drama Bourne identity 35217, 38540 Spy Bourne supremacy 38460 Spy Bourne ultimatum 46927 Spy Boys from Brazil 35811 Suspense Cara's Recommendations Bridget Jones' diary 33216 Romantic comedy Brothers Grimm 41872 Fantasy, Adventure Bulletproof Monk 40056 Action, Martial arts Camp 37228 Comedy - Drama, Musical Capote 41415 Drama, Biography Capturing the Friedmans 36868 Documentary Casino Royale 44622 Spy Catch me if you can 35813 Drama, Biography Chalk 46553 Mockumentary Children of men 44624 Drama Chocolat (Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche) 33152 Romance, Drama Christmas story, A 31858 Comedy, Holiday Cinderella Man 41916 Sports, Biography Civil action, A 41069 Legal drama Clue 42969 Mystery, Comedy Color purple 31874, 35799 Drama Commitments, The 36242 Comedy - drama Confessions of a dangerous mind 36331 Drama, Biography Constant gardener, The 41261 Political thriller Corpse bride, The 42166 Animation Cradle will rock 33153 Historical drama Crash (Dillon, 2004) 40703, 43029 Drama DNA (Tom Conti) 47977 Crime drama Deathtrap 37226 Mystery Déjà vu (Denzel Washington) 45225 Suspense Departed, The 43833, 44284 Police drama Dodgeball 38855 Comedy Don Juan DeMarco 36452 Romantic comedy, Drama Doors, The 39253 Drama, Biography Double indemnity 31142, 43421 Suspense Drumline 35809 Drama Eastern promises 46445 Drama Eight men out 32590, 47678 Sports, Historical drama Elf 38761 Comedy, Holiday Cara's Recommendations Elizabeth 29886 Historical drama Enchanted 46288 Family, Musical, Fantasy Enigma 34772 Spy, War Enron : the smartest guy in the room 41304 Documentary Enter the dragon 31344, 37596 Martial Arts Equilibrium 38420 Futuristic drama Eye, The 36608 Horror Eyes of Tammy Faye, The 30651 Biography Field of dreams 38544 Comedy-drama, Sports Firefly 41395 SciFi Fracture 45263 Suspense Friday night lights 41410 Sports, Drama Fried green tomatoes 31355 Comedy-drama Frighteners, The 43757 Suspense, Comedy Full monty, The 30210 Comedy, Drama Galaxy Quest 45634 Comedy Gaslight (Bergman) 42167 Mystery, Classic Ghost and the darkness, The 41360 Historical drama Gilmore girls varies by season TV, Comedy - drama Glory Road 43353 Sports, Drama Golden Compass, The 46715, 46716 Fantasy Gone baby gone 46713 Drama, Suspense Grace is gone 47746 Drama Greenfingers 40598 Comedy-drama, Biography Hair 33750 Musical Hairspray (2007) 46394 Comedy-drama, Musical Happy Feet 44911 Animation, Family Harry Potter… various Fantasy Hero 38473 Martial Arts Heroes 45950 TV, Drama, Action High fidelity 30634 Romantic comedy Highlander 45756 Fantasy, Action History of violence 41952 Drama Hoax, The 46393 Drama, Biography Cara's Recommendations Holes 38184 Family, Drama Hotel Rwanda 40300 Historical drama I, robot 39159 SciFi Illusionist, The 43829 Mystery In her shoes 36144 Romantic comedy Incident at Loch Ness 40213 Mockumentary Innocents, The 40939 Suspense, Classic Inside man 43331 Caper, Drama Interpreter, The 42103 Suspense Into the woods 34540 Musical Italian job, The (2003) 37783 Caper, Drama Jacket, The 42257 Psychological thriller Jacob's Ladder 31497 Psychological thriller Jane Austen book club, The 46289 Romantic comedy Jesus Christ superstar 33847 Musical Keeping the faith 30192 Comedy Killer Klowns from outer space 33036 Comedy, Scifi King Arthur 40299 Drama King of Kong, The 47196 Documentary Kingdom, The (Jamie Foxx) 46929 Policital thriller Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 43369 Crime drama, Comedy Kolchak 42548 TV, Horror Kundun 32166 Historical drama, Biography Labyrinth 37230 Fantasy Lady in white, The 42731 Mystery, Suspense Lake House, The 43856 Romance, Drama Last Samurai, The 37285 Historical drama Librarian, The : Quest for the spear 41394 Adventure Lion, witch and the wardrobe, The 45770 Family, Fantasy Little Buddha 36275 Drama Little girl who lives down the lane, The 41843 Suspense Little Miss Sunshine 43831 Comedy Lives of others, The 45192 Political thriller Lock, stock & 2 smoking barrels 37144 Caper Cara's Recommendations Lord of the rings trilogy 34566, 36421, 38765 Fantasy Lost varies by season TV, Suspense, Drama Lured 32140 Suspense Mad hot ballroom 41070 Documentary Maltese falcon 32512, 44460 Crime drama, Classic Manchurian candidate (1962) 30304, 38044 Political thriller Manhattan murder mystery 33968 Mystery, comedy March of the penguins 41303 Documentary Matchstick men 36962 Drama Max 37244 Historical drama MI-5 varies by season TV, Spy Michael Clayton 46518 Legal drama Miss Potter 46002 Biography, Romance Mostly Martha 35196 Romantic comedy Mrs. Henderson presents 43243 Historical drama Much ado about nothing 30294, 35040 Comedy Murder by death 42976 Mystery, comedy My big fat Greek wedding 35205 Romantic comedy My kid could paint that 46735 Documentary Mystic River 37959 Mystery, drama National treasure 39978 Adventure Ocean's eleven (Clooney, 2001) 33958 Caper Omen, The (Gregory Peck, 1976) 42967 Horror Orphanage, The 47738 Suspense Osterman weekend, The 37171 Political thriller Other, The 44043 Suspense Others, The 33944 Suspense Out of time 36891 Crime drama, Suspense Painted veil 45100 Drama Paradise lost 32350 Documentary Parallax view 41846 Political thriller Party monster 37250 Biography Perfume: the story of a murderer 45189 Horror Persuasion (1995) 32025 Romance, Drama Cara's Recommendations Peter Pan (live action, 2003) 37472 Family Picnic at Hanging Rock 31438 Mystery Pitch black 38539 Action, SciFi Polar Express, The 41780 Family, Holiday Poseidon adventure, The (1972) 43306 Drama, Adventure Prestige, The 44623 Mystery Pride & Prejudice (A&E, Colin Firth) 31526, 42753 Romance, Drama Primal fear 42897 Legal drama Quiet American, The (Brendan Frasier, Michael Caine) 36281 Political thriller Quiz show 31340 Drama Rainmaker, The (Matt Damon, 1997) 45565 Legal drama Ray 39669, 40780 Biography Reign over me 46379 Drama Remember the Titans 42795 Sports, Drama Road to Perdition 35211 Drama Rock, The 38706 Action Rope 31128 Suspense Rudy 41941 Sports, Biography Running man, The 46477 Futuristic drama, Action Salem's Lot 42801 Horror Schindler's list 37021,44983 Historical drama Scoop 45485 Suspense, Comedy Searching for Bobby Fischer 37415 Drama Second sight 39594, 40501-3 TV, Mystery, Drama Serenity 41921, 45053 SciFi Shadow of a doubt 31129 Mystery Shadow of the vampire 32647 Horror Shattered glass 37150 Drama Shooter 45488 Action Signs 35931 SciFi, Suspense Silver streak 39146 Comedy, Mystery Singin' in the rain 29097,40658,34674 Musical Six feet under varies by season TV, Drama Skeleton key 41674 Suspense Cara's Recommendations Skinwalkers 36378 Mystery Sky high, The 41942 Family, Adventure Sleepy Hollow (Johnny Depp) 36622 Horror Sliding doors 39707 Romantic comedy Snatch 38554, 47031 Caper Spy kids 33074 Family, Adventure Stargate 38542, 35476 Scifi Stone reader 36472 Documentary Strangers on a train 31147 Mystery Summer of Sam, The 44068 Suspense, Historical drama Sweeney Todd 46961, 46916 Horror, Musical Tailor of Panama, The 42683 Political thriller Take the lead 43896 Comedy, Drama Talented Mr. Ripley, The 37159 Suspense Terminal, The 38877 Comedy, Drama Torchwood 47207 TV, Scifi Trekkies 41140 Documentary Troy 39194 Drama, Action Turn of the screw 41119 Suspense Underworld 43083 Horror Volver 44668 Comedy, Drama Wait until dark 36356 Suspense Waitress 46456 Romance Wallace & Gromit : curse of the wererabbit 42191 Animation Wedding banquet, The 38599 Romantic comedy Wicker Man, The 39691 Horror Willow 37417 Fantasy Witches, The 38409 Family, Adventure Without a clue 38414 Mystery, Comedy Woodsman, The 40201 Drama Young Frankenstein 31532, 41733, 45020 Comedy Yours, mine & ours (1968) 38406 Comedy Zathura 42252 Family, Adventure Zodiac 45174 Suspense.
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