John Hughes
1) Uncle Buck
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Uncle Buck, an idle good-natured bachelor, is left in charge of his nephew and nieces during a family crisis. While his carefree ways easily charm the younger relatives, he meets more than a little hostility from Tia, his rebellious teenage niece, and Chanice, his impatient girlfriend.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (191 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Uncle Buck (1989, 100 min.): As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces.
Great outdoors (1988, 91 min.): When an unannounced, uninvited and unwelcome family of fun-loving misfits converge upon a lakeside resort to join their relatives for a summer of relaxation, the result is anything but restful.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Samantha Baker is ready to make the most of her sweet sixteenth birthday, but only if someone, anyone from her family would just remember it. For her birthday, she has to endure creepy freshmen, spoiled siblings, confused parents and the beauty who stands in the way of the boy of her dreams.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Great news--Kevin McCallister is spending the holidays in New York City. Bad news--his parents are spending them in Florida! Separated once again from his family, Kevin manages to find food, lodging and fun using his dad's credit card. But his big-spending solo act takes a dangerous turn when the Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv escape prison and also land in the Big Apple. Now, Kevin must outrun and outprank them again"--Container.
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An uptight businessman faces disaster after disaster as he tries to get back home in time for his family's Thanksgiving dinner, and along the way is joined by an insane traveling salesman that will not leave him alone.
7) Home alone
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When eight-year-old Kevin McCallister's family left for vacation, they forgot one minor detail: Kevin!
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (287 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A suburban Chicago family travels across the United States and encounters a series of disasters; when the Griswolds win a two-week vacation in Europe they have no idea the havoc they will create; the Griswolds have a series of comedic adventures when they spend their family vacation in Las Vegas.
9) Flubber
Pub. Date
[1998?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Brilliant but befuddled Professor Phillip Brainard is on the brink of inventing a revolutionary energy source and missing his wedding for the third time! He develops a miraculous elastic goo flubber that enables anything its applied to, to bounce super high and fast.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 103 min. ; 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Home alone: An eight-year-old boy is left home alone on Christmas, and has to defend his home against two bumbling burglars.
Home alone 2: This year, Kevin is spending the holidays in New York City. Unfortunately, his parents are spending them in Florida! Accidentally separated from his parents once again, Kevin manages to find food, lodging and fun using his dad's credit card. But when the notorious Wet Bandits escape prison and head for New York...
11) Only the lonely
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Comedy about a 38-year old Chicago cop who still lives with his mother, a domineering widow used to controlling her son's life. When he meets and falls in love with a young woman, Mama sets out to break up the romance.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The all-American Griswold family wins a deluxe European vacation tour. Ecstatic Clark (who seems to have O.D.'d on "Father Knows Best" reruns) plans a getaway jammed with forced family togetherness, two weeks sure to become a treasure trove of golden Griswold memories. For the Griswolds, it's typical holiday road havoc.
15) Pretty in pink
Series
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
She's a high school girl from the wrong side of town. He's the wealthy heart-throb who asks her to the prom. As fast as their romance builds, it's threatened by the painful reality of peer pressure.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ferris Bueller has played hooky a number of times. But this time he has the entire school and more believing he is on the verge of death. On this special day off, Ferris invites his friend Cameron and girlfriend Sloane to join him in his day of fun. Ferris talks Cameron into borrowing his father's precious Ferrari for the day's transportation. All the while, Principal Ed Rooney is determined to prove Ferris is faking his illness. Jeanie is Ferris's...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
They are five high school students with nothing in common, faced with spending a Saturday morning detention together in their school library. At 7 a.m. they had nothing to say to each other, but by 4 p.m., they had bared their souls and become good friends.
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Home alone: A wily kid must protect his house from burglars when his family accidentally leaves him behind on Christmas vacation. Home alone 2, lost in New York: When Kevin gets separated from his family at O'Hare airport, he finds himself on a plane to New York City instead of Miami with the rest of his family. The thieves that tried to break into his house last Christmas are planning a Christmas caper in the Big Apple, and Kevin sets out to stop...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (483 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
National Lampoon's vacation : Vacation: Follows the Griswold family, Clark and Ellen along with their two children Rusty and Audrey, as they venture westward from the suburbs of Chicago to the Disneyland-like theme park, Walley World. Clark has planned the trip down the last detail, including seeing the world's largest ball of twine. However, Clark's pursuit of adventure is matched by his dimwitted bumbling, leading to a vacation his family will not...
20) Dutch
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dutch Dooley picks up his girlfriend's son from boarding school in Atlanta, and sets out to drive to Chicago for Thanksgiving. He thinks it's a good chance for them to get acquainted, but Doyle turns out to be an upper class brat. Their cross-country battles land them in big trouble and make it doubtful whether they'll ever make it home.