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1) Cars
Series
Summary
Hotshot rookie race car Lightning McQueen is living life in the fast lane until he hits a detour on his way to the most important race of his life. Stranded in Radiator Springs, a forgotten town on old Route 66, he meets Sally, Mater, Doc Hudson, and a variety of quirky characters who help him discover that there's more to life than trophies and fame.
2) Tag
Pub. Date
[2018]
Summary
A small group of former classmates organize an elaborate, annual game of tag that requires some to travel all over the country.
3) Emma
Pub. Date
[2020]
Summary
Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town, In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along.
4) Like a boss
Summary
Best friends Mia and Mel are living their best lives running their own cosmetics company they've built from the ground up. Unfortunately, they're in over their heads financially, and the prospect of a big buyout offer from a notorious titan of the cosmetics industry Claire Luna proves too tempting to pass up, putting Mel and Mia's lifelong friendship in jeopardy. The beauty business is about to get ugly.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Summary
Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. After a jaded magazine writer is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about kindness, love, and forgiveness from Americab2ss most beloved neighbor.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Summary
The young boy, who loved taking adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood with a gang of spirited and loveable stuffed animals, has grown up and lost his way. Now it is up to his childhood friends to venture into that world and help Christopher Robin remember the loving and playful boy who is still inside.
12) Crystal river
Pub. Date
2006
Summary
A married woman, grieving her inability to have children, finds comfort and healing in her friendship with another man.
13) The wool cap
Pub. Date
c2005
Summary
Gigot, a mute building superintendent, is tortured by his past but finds new life when he befriends Lou, a bright young girl who is abandoned by her mother.
14) The BFG
Pub. Date
[2016]
Summary
It tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. The BFG, while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part.
"Spielberg offers a gallery of unforgettable images to illuminate a surprisingly...
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Summary
Best friends Kip and Henry work at an advertising agency with their friend Amy. After their apartment is condemned, they stay at Amy's place, a hotel for women, and discover how cheap the rent is. So they disguise themselves as "Buffy" and "Hildegarde" in order to live there.
18) Indian summer
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Summary
A heartwarming comedy about eight friends who reunite at their summer camp after twenty years.
19) Footloose
Pub. Date
c1984
Summary
The timeless struggle is portrayed between innocent pleasure and rigid morality, when city-boy Ren McCormick finds himself in an uptight Midwestern town where dancing, and therefore all youthful joy, has been banned. Ren revolts with best friend Willard and the minister's daughter.
20) WALL-E
Series
Pub. Date
2008.
Summary
After hundreds of lonely years, a waste management robot finds a new purpose in life. With only a cockroach for a friend, he finds true love in another robot sent on a mission to Earth to see if it is safe for human life.