United Artists Corporation.
1) War games
Pub. Date
1983.
Description
Young electronics wizard David Lightman unwittingly hooks into America's supersecret wargames computer and the world is suddenly threatened with nuclear annihilation.
Pub. Date
1977.
Description
Late in 1944, the Allies seem to have the upper hand in the European land war. A combined British and American paratrooper force, led by American general Gavin and British general Urquhart (Sean Connery), plans to take a highway leading from the Netherlands into Germany, so that British ground troops led by Lieutenant General Horrocks (Edward Fox) and Lieutenant Colonel Vandeleur (Michael Caine) can enter enemy territory. But the Allies soon learn...
3) The Alamo
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,00-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.
4) Taffin
Pub. Date
1987.
Description
When a small Irish town is terrorized by a corrupt business syndicate, a lone hero wages an all-out war.
5) GoldenEye
Series
James Bond volume 18
Pub. Date
1995.
Description
When a mysterious Cossack crime lord gains control of a powerful satellite laser weapon, James Bond is sent to Russia to stop him, at all costs.
6) Hotel Rwanda
Pub. Date
2004.
Description
A deeply moving true story about a five-star-hotel manager who used his wits and worlds to save more than 1,200 lives during the 1994 Rwandan conflict.
Series
James Bond volume 4
Pub. Date
c1999
Formats
Description
Agent 007 goes above the call of duty and to the bottom of the ocean to track down a villainous criminal who's holding millions hostage and threatening to plunge the world into a nuclear holocaust.
10) Sleeper
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
When Miles Monroe (Allen) suffers complications during a simple operation, he is put into suspended animation for 200 years. He then awakens to a world very changed from that of today.
Series
Dollars trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
During the American Civil War, three men seek hidden loot. With greed as their sole motivation, they overcome anything that gets in their way--including each other. Very violent and drawn out western.
Series
James Bond volume 5
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
WW III nearly breaks out when a U.S. space capsule is swallowed up by what everyone believes is a Russian spaceship. Bond and the British government believe that it is the work of the S.P.E.C.T.R.E. organisation and must find out what their motives are.
13) The Long Riders
Pub. Date
1980.
Description
The story of the Jesse James gang, with the Carradine brothers playing the Youngers and the Keach brothers starring as Jesse and Frank James.
14) Goldfinger
Series
James Bond volume 3
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
From the opening bomb blast outside a steamy nighclub to a last-minute escape from the president's personal jet, James Bond faces off with a maniacal villain bent on destroying all the gold in Fort Knox - and obliterating the world economy.
Series
James Bond volume 12
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
When a British navy ship containing a top-secret nuclear submarine tracking system is sunk, Bond is given the task of keeping the weapon from falling into Russian hands.
Series
James Bond volume 7
Pub. Date
[c2000]
Description
Smugglers are out to capture the world's glittering diamond market. Bond uses fast cars, hearses, jets, helicopters and moon machines in a perplexing search to find out why. Seductive smuggler Tiffany Case and millionaire recluse Willard Whyte do their best to deter Bond's efforts.
Series
James Bond volume 2
Description
James Bond travels to Istanbul to retrieve a top secret Soviet decoding machine, but his mission is put in jeopardy when he falls in love with a sexy Russian double agent.
19) Rocky
Description
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.
20) Lions for Lambs
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Two determined California college students, Arian and Ernest, follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley, and attempt to do something important with their lives. The two make the bold decision to join the battle in Afghanistan. Dr. Malley is both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian and Ernest fight for survival in the field and the human consequences of war becomes clear for these two students trapped behind enemy lines. They...
