Award Winners
Academy Awards: Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Awards: Best Picture
American Film Institute: 100 Funniest Movies
American Film Institute: 100 Greatest Love Stories of All Time
American Film Institute: 100 Greatest Movies
American Film Insitutte: 100 Greatest Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)
American Film Institute: 100 Most Inspirational Movies
American Film Institute: 100 Most Thrilling American Films
Emmy Awards: Outstanding Comedy Series
Emmy Awards: Outstanding Drama Series
Golden Globe Awards: Best Foreign Language Film
Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture (Drama)
Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)
Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series (Drama)
Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Series (Musical or Comedy)
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Most Watched DVDs of 2007
The Sunnyvale Library Top 25 DVDs of 2007 as measured by the number of times the DVD was borrowed from the Library.
Most Watched DVDs of 2006
The Sunnyvale Library Top 25 DVDs of 2006 as measured by the number of times the DVD was borrowed from the Library.
International Languages
Find DVD movies by the predominant language of the country of origin:
Chinese • Czech • Farsi • French • German • Hindi • Italian • Japanese • Korean • Russian • Spanish • Swedish • Tagalog • Vietnamese
Many DVDs offer multiple language options for playback. Find DVD movies by either the original spoken language or subtitles in that particular language:
Chinese • Farsi • French • German • Hindi • Italian • Japanese • Korean • Russian • Spanish • Vietnamese
New Arrivals
Browse the new arrivals at the Library, including the most recent Feature and Special Interest DVDs.
Popular DVDs
American Experience
Television's most-watched, longest running history series brings to life the characters and stories that helped shaped America.
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
The BBC's stated purpose is to "enrich people's lives with great programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain."
Criterion Collection
Authoritative versions of important and classic contemporary films.
Film Movement
First-run, independent and foreign films. A new Film Movement DVD is added to the Library's collection once a month.
Frontline
American public television's flagship public affairs series, Frontline strives to fully explore and illuminate critical issues of our time.
IMAX Movies
Don't have a standard 72 ft. x 56 ft. screen in your home? Many IMAX movies are also available on DVD.
James Bond
"Bond, James Bond." Decide which leading actor delivers this classic line the best by watching all of the Bond films.
Japanese Anime
The popularity of animated films from Japan has grown substantially in recent years.
Korean Television Dramas
Ride the Korean Cultural Wave! Many of these dramas have Chinese and/or English subtitles. A beginner's guide to Korean dramas at the Sunnyvale Public Library was published in the November/December 2006 issue of Between the Lines.
Masterpiece Theatre
A British drama anthology television series produced by WGBH Boston. Premiering in 1971, it is America's longest-running primetime drama series, and one of its most honored with 33 Emmy awards. Some of the most popular shows are Upstairs, Downstairs, The Forsyte Saga, and I, Claudius.
National Geographic
Since 1888, the National Geographic Society has aimed to "increase and diffuse knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural, historical and natural resources."
NOVA
The highest rated science series on television and the most watched documentary series on public television. Winner of many awards.
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