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Below you will find a list of "recommended" RBC DVDs divided by category. Please note that this document is subjective and not inclusive of all RBC DVDs.
The categorizations and recommendations below are based on at least one of the following:
- favorites of our library patrons
- categorizations and plot summaries in Amazon.com and The Internet Movie Database
- critical acclaim
- library staff recommendations
CATEGORIES & GENRES
Action | Adventure | Animation | Anime | Comedy | Documentary | Drama | Fairy tales | Family | Fantasy | Horror | International | Musicals | New | Occult | Romance | Science-Fiction | Sports | Suspense | Westerns
If you liked Blade (1998), Blade II (2002) and Blade: Trinity (2004), then you might like:
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
The Mummy (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001)
Pitch Black (2000)
Predator (1987)
Van Helsing (2004)
Underworld (2003), Underworld: Evolution (2006)
V for Vendetta (2005)
War (2007)If you liked Charlie's Angels (2000), then you might like:
Bandidas (2006)
Blue Crush (2002)
Domino (2005)
Enough (2002)
La Femme Nikita (1990)
G.I. Jane (1997)
Lola Rennt [Run Lola Run] (1998)
Tank Girl (1995)If you liked Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), then you might like:
Big Trouble in Little China (1980)
Bulletproof Monk (2003)
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
Hero [Ying Xiong] (2002)
House of Flying Daggers (2004)
Jet Li's Fearless (2006)
The One (2001)
Unleashed (2005)If you liked The Fast and the Furious (2001), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2005) then you might like:
Days of Thunder (1990)
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
Top Gun (1986)If you liked The Italian Job (2003), then you might like:
Air Force One (1997)
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
The Avengers [television series]
Backdraft (1991)
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Blown Away (1994)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004), Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Bullit (1968)
Casino Royale (2006)
Cliffhanger (1993)
Collateral (2004)
Crank (2006)
Déjà Vu (2006)
Die Hard (1988), Die Hard 2 (1990), Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
The Edge (1997)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Eraser (1996)
Executive Decision (1996)
Face/Off (1997)
Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
Four Brothers (2005)
The Hostage (2005)
James Bond series of films...
Knockaround Guys (2001)
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Léon/The Professional (1994)
Live Wire (1992)
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
Miami Vice (2006)
Miami Vice [television series]
Mission Impossible (1996), Mission Impossible II (2000), Mission Impossible III (2006)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
The New Avengers [television series]
Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004), Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Paycheck (2003)
Point Break (1991)
Proof of Life (2000)
The Recruit (2003)
Red Dawn (1984)
Ronin (1998)
Rules of Engagement (2000)
The Saint (1997)
Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
Shooter (2007)
16 Blocks (2006)
S.W.A.T (2003)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Todo el Poder (1999)
Transporter (2002), Transporter 2 (2005)
True Lies (1994)
WarGames (1983)If you liked Men in Black (1997) and Men in Black: II (2002), then you might like:
Anaconda (1997), Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
Armageddon (1998)
Deep Impact (1998)
Demolition Man (1993)
Doom (2005)
Godzilla (1954, 1998)
I, Robot (2004)
Independence Day (1996)
The Island (2005)
Jaws (1975), Jaws 2 (1978)
Jurassic Park (1993), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Jurassic Park III (2001)
King Kong (1933, 1976, 2005)
Mad Max (1979)
Snakes on a Plane (2006)
Transformers (2007)
Tremors: Attack Pack [Tremors I-IV] (1990, 1996, 2001, 2004)
The War of the Worlds (1953, 2005)
X-Men 1.5 (2000), X2: X-Men United (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)If you liked Rambo: First Blood (1982), Rambo: First Blood II (1985) and Rambo III (1988), then you might like:
Broken Arrow (1996)
Commando (1985)
Con Air (1997)
Escape from New York (1981)
Hard Rain (1998)
Hercules (1958), Hercules Unchained (1959)
Hitman (2007)
Jean-Claude van Damme films...
The Marine (2006)
The Marksman (2007)
Passenger 57 (1992)
The Punisher (2004)
Reign of Fire (2002)
Road House (1989)
The Rock (1996)
The Rundown (2003)
Steven Seagal films...
Tango & Cash (1989)
Unleashed (2005)
Walking Tall (2004)
XXX (2002), XXX: State of the Union (2005)If you like Rush Hour (1998), Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007), then you might like:
Bandits (2001)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
Blue Streak (1999)
Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
The Golden Child (1986)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
The Mask (1999)
Our Man Flint (1966), In Like Flint (1967)
The Pink Panther (2006)
Police Academy 2 (1985), Police Academy 3 (1986)
Shangai Noon (2000), Shangai Knights (2003)
The Rundown (2006)
Stakeout (1987)If you liked Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007), then you might like:
Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), Batman Begins (2005)
Fantastic 4 (2005), Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Ghost Rider (2007)
Hellboy (2004)
The Punisher (2004)
Sin City (2005)
Smallville [television series]
Superman (1978), Superman II (1980), Superman III (1983), Superman Returns (2006)If you liked Twister (1996), then you might like:
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
K2: The Ultimate High (1992)
The Perfect Storm (2000)
Poseidon (2006)
If you liked Easy Rider (1969), then you might like:
The Last Detail (1973)
Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)If you liked Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), then you might like:
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
Hercules, the Legendary Journey [television series]
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
A Knight's Tale (2001)
Medicine Man (1992)
The Mummy (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001)
Nate and Hayes (1983)
National Treasure (2004)
The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
River of no Return (1959)
Robin Hood: Prince of Theives (1991)
Rocketeer (1991)
Romancing the Stone (1989)
Royal Flash (1975)
Sahara (2005)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Xena, Warrior Princess [television series]If you liked Jumanji (1995), then you might like:
Back to the Future (1985), Back to the Future: Part II (1989)
Freaky Friday (2003)
Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989)
The Haunted Mansion (2003)
Herbie Fully Loaded (2005)
Hook (1991)
The Last Mimzy (2007)
Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Mousehunt (1997)
Night at the Museum (2006)
The Pacifier (2005)
Short Circuit (1986)
Sky High (2005)
Spy Kids (2001)
Wizard of Oz (1939)
Zathura (2005)
If you liked Chicken Little (2005), then you might like:
Aladdin (1992), Aladdin II: The Return of Jafar, (1994), Aladdin III: Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1995)
Brother Bear (2003)
Cars (2006)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Happy Feet (2005)
Home on the Range (2004)
Ice Age (2002), Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
The Incredibles (2004)
Lilo & Stitch 2 (2005)
The Lion King (1994), The Lion King 1 1/2 (1998), The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride (2004)
Madagascar (2005)
Monster House (2006)
Open Season (2006)
Over the Hedge (2006)
The Jungle Book (1967)
Peter Pan (1953)
Ratatouille (2007)
Robots (2005)
Shrek (2001), Shrek the Third (2007)
Tarzan (1999), Tarzan II (2005)
The Three Musketeers (2004)
Valiant (2005)
The Wild (2006)If you liked Disney's Cinderella (1950), then you might like:
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Bambi (1942), Bambi II (2006)
Charlotte's Web (2006)
Dumbo (1941)
Fantasia (1940), Fantasia 2000 (1999)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
101 Dalmations (1961)
The Polar Express (2004)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002)
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004)
If you liked Akira (1998), then you might like:
Cowboy Bebop [television series]
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Descendants of Darkness [television series]
Escaflowne [television series]
Full Metal Panic? Fomoffu [television series]
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Ghost in the shell. Vol. 01, Stand alone complex [television series]
Jin-Roh [Wolf Brigade] (1998)
Hellsing [television series]
Macross Plus (1994)
Scrapped + Princess [television series]
Witch Hunter Robin [television series]
Wolf's Rain [television series]If you liked Howl's Moving Castle (2004), then you might like:
Fruits Basket [television series]
Grave of Fireflies (1988)
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)If you liked Utena [Revolutionary Girl] (1997) then you might like:
Excel Saga [television series]
If you liked Calendar Girls (2003), then you might like:
About a Boy (2002)
Brassed Off! (1996)
Defending Your Life (1991)
The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain (1995)
Death at a Funeral (2007)
For Your Consideration (2006)
In Good Company (2004)
The History Boys (2006)
Man of the Year (2006)
Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
Much Ado about Nothing (1993)
9 to 5 (1980)
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
Something's Gotta Give (2003)
They All Laughed (1981)
Venus (2006)
Wonder Boys (2000)If you liked Daddy Day Care (2003), then you might like:
Air Buddies (2006)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
Dr. Dolittle (1998), Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
Elf (2003)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Nanny McPhee (2005)
The Pacifier (2005)
The Santa Clause (1994), The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
Uncle Buck (1989)
Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)
RV (2006)If you liked Get Shorty (1995), then you might like:
Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)
Common Wealth (2006)
Deathtrap (1999)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Don't Tempt Me (2001)
Foul Play (1978)
Game 6 (2005)
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Heartbreakers (2001)
The Man (2005)
The Matador (2005)
The Pink Panther (2006)
Scoop (2006)
You Kill Me (2007)
The Whole Nine Yards (2000), The Whole Ten Yards (2004)If you liked Meet the Parents (2000) and Meet the Fockers (2004), then you might like:
American Dreamz (2006)
Analyze This (1999), Analyze That (2003)
Anger Management (2003)
Beauty Shop (2005)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
Blow Dry (2001)
Break-Up (2006)
Brewster's Mllions (1985)
Bringing Down the House (2003)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
City Slickers (1991)
Click (2006)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Don't Drink the Water (1969)
EdTV (1999)
Evan Almighty (2007)
The Ex (2006)
The Family Stone (2005)
The Fighting Temptations (2003)
The Full Monty (1997)
Get Shorty (1995)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Grumpy Old Men (1993)
Guess Who (2005)
The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
Hitch (2005)
Junior (1994)
Liar Liar (1997)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
The Man (2005)
Monster-in-Law (2005)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Nanny Diaries (2007)
The Office [television series]
The Pink Panther (2006)
School for Scoundrels (2006)
Sister Act (1992)
Tootsie (1982)
You, Me and Dupree (2006)
The Valet (2006)If you liked Miss Congeniality (2000), then you might like:
Aquamarine (2006)
Because I Said So (2007)
Bend it like Beckham (2002)
Bring It On (2000), Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006) Bring It On: In It to Win It (2007)
Doc Hollywood (1991)
John Tucker Must Die (2006)
Last Holiday (2006)
Legally Blonde 2 (2003)
Mean Girls (2004)
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
Private Benjamin (1980)
Protocol (1984)
She's the Man (2006)
Stick It (2006)If you liked Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), then you might like:
Adaptation (2002)
American Splendor (2003)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
Borat (2006)
Chasing Amy (1997)
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980)
Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke (1978)
Clerks (1994)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Dogma (1999)
Factotum (2005)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
For Your Consideration (2006)
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle (2004)
High Fidelity (2000)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Idiocracy (2006)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Life of Brian (1979)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
The Meaning of Life (1983)
The Office [television series]
Office Space (1999)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Rushmore (1998)
Sideways (2004)
Tadpole (2002)
The Weather Man (2005)If you liked Scary Movie (2000), Scary Movie 2 (2001), Scary Movie 3 (2003), and Scary Movie 4 (2006), then you might like:
Airplane (1980)
Date Movie (2006)
Evolution (2001)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Hot Shots! (1991), Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Johnny English (2003)
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Our Man Flint (1966), In Like Flint (1967)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Spaceballs (1987)
Spaced Invaders (1990)If you liked Some Like it Hot (1959), then you might like:
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Pymaglion (1938)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)If you liked The Three Stooges: Stooged and Confused (1940), then you might like:
The Best of Abbott and Costello
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Collection
The Gold Rush (1925)
Jerry Lewis films...
Limelight (1952)
Modern Times (1936)
Murderers' Row (1966); The Silencers (1966)
The Three Stooges: Goofs on the Loose (1934)
The Wrecking Crew (1969); The Ambushers (1967)If you liked There's Something About Mary (1998), then you might like:
Accepted (2006)
American Pie (1999), American Pie 2 (2001), American Wedding (2003)
American Pie Presents Band Camp (2005)
Animal House (1978)
Anchorman (2004)
Balls of Fury (2007)
Bad Santa (2003)
Bedazzled (2000)
Beer League (2006)
The Benchwarmers (2006)
Better off Dead (1985)
Big Daddy (1999)
Blades of Glory (2007)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
The Cable Guy (1996)
Caddyshack (1980)
Casual Sex? (1988)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Dr. Jekyll & Ms. Hyde (1995)
Employee of the Month (Dane Cook) (2006)
EuroTrip (2004)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
The 40-Year Old Virgin (2005)
Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
The Guru (2002)
Happy Gilmore (1996)
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle (2004)
The Hot Chick (2002)
Hot Pursuit (1987)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
Interstate 60 (2002)
Kingpin (1996)
Knocked Up (2007)
Little Man (2006)
The Mask (1994)
Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
Nacho Libre (2006)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Private Resort (1985)
Private School (1983)
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Saving Silverman (2001)
Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
The Sure Thing (1985)
The Sweetest Thing (2002)
Swingers (1996)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Team America (2004)
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
Van Wilder [aka National Lampoon's Van Wilder] (2002)
The Visitors (2003)
Waiting (2005)
The Waterboy (1998)
Weird Science (1985)
What About Bob? (1991)
White Chicks (2004)
White Men Can't Jump (1992)
The Whole Nine Yards (2000), The Whole Ten Yards (2004)
If you liked Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), then you might like:
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Heaven [Diane Keaton] (1987)
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Meet your Meat [PETA] (2003)
Noam Chomsky: Rebel without a Pause (2003)
Sicko (2007)
Super Size Me (2004)
Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)If you liked March of the Penguins (2005), then you might like:
Amazon (1999)
A Converstion with Koko (1999)
Deep Blue (2003)
Winged Migration (2001)If you liked Twin Towers (2003), then you might like:
Anne Frank Remembered (1995)
Botin de Guerra [Spoils of War] (2000)
Citizen King (2001)
The Dalai Lama: Soul of Tibet (1997)
Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003)
4 Little Girls (1997)
Ghosts of Rwanda (2005)
The Last Days (1998)
The Long Way Home (1997)
The Murder of Emmett Till (2003)
Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001)
One Day in September (1999)
Paper Clips (2004)
Promises (2001)
War Photographer (2001)
If you liked Boys Don't Cry (1999), then you might like:
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Far From Heaven (2002)
Fresa y Chocolate (1994)
Gods and Monsters (1998)
A Home at the End of the World (2004)
The Hours (2002)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Philadelphia (1993)If you liked Braveheart (1995), then you might like:
Apocalypto (2006)
Augustus (2003)
Beastmaster (1982)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
El Cid (1961)
Cleopatra (1963)
Code of the Templars (2004)
Conan the Barbarian (1982), Conan the Destroyer (1984)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
First Knight (1995)
The Four Feathers (2002)
Gladiator (2000)
Hercules (1958), Hercules Unchained (1959)
A Knight's Tale (2001)
Last Legion (2007)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
Master and Commander (2003)
Ned Kelly (2003)
The New World (2005)
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Rome [television series]
Royal Deceit [aka Prince of Jutland] (1994)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
300 (2006)
The 300 Spartans (1962)
Timeline (2003)
Tristan & Isolde
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