Hauer, Rutger 1944-

Blade runner by Ridley Scott ( Visual )
186 editions published between 1982 and 2012 in 8 languages and held by 4,621 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Rick Deckard prowls the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st-century Los Angeles. He's a "blade runner" stalking genetically-made criminal replicants. His assignment: kill them. Their crime: wanting to be human. This new version omits Deckard's voiceover narration, develops in slightly greater detail the romance between Deckard and Rachel, and removes the "uplifting" finale

Batman begins by Christopher Nolan ( Visual )
16 editions published between 2005 and 2012 in English and held by 2,702 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
As a boy a young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes. This trauma led him to become obsessed with revenge. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with a ninja cult leader, he returns to his now decaying Gotham City. The City is now overrun by organized crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system. The discovery of a cave under his mansion, and a prototype armoured suit leads him to take on a new persona. He becomes Batman and strikes fear into the hearts of men who do wrong. With the help of rising cop Jim Gordon, Batman sets out to take down the various criminal schemes that have been set in motion by individuals such as mafia don Falcone, the twisted doctor/drug dealer Jonathan 'The Scarecrow' Crane, and a mysterious third party that is quite familiar with Wayne and waiting to strike when the time is right

Ladyhawke by Richard Donner ( Visual )
26 editions published between 1985 and 2002 in 5 languages and held by 1,261 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Based on a 13th century European legend about a beautiful maiden, a stalwart knight and a pickpocket. The knight and the lady were once lovers, but the curse of the jealous Bishop of Aquila has fated them to be "always together, eternally apart". By day, she is a hawk; by night he is a wolf

Merlin by Steve Barron ( Visual )
20 editions published between 1998 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 1,155 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The legend of King Arthur, this time, from the perspective of the King's Wizard, Merlin. Merlin is a creature born of pagan magic, living in a world converting to Christianity. Merlin is beside Arthur as he gains Excalibur, builds Camelot and is betrayed by his wife, Guinevere. Merlin and Arthur are both menaced by the plots of Morgan Le Fey, her son by Arthur, Mordred, and their cohorts. Through it all, Merlin tries to keep Arthur from the destructive path set by fate

The rite by Mikael Håfström ( Visual )
12 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 1,115 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A new priest heads to Italy for a course on exorcism, and a possessed pregnant women puts his skills and training to the ulitmate test

Blade runner by Ridley Scott ( Visual )
28 editions published between 1993 and 2012 in English and German and held by 1,099 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"What does it mean to be human?" In Los Angeles, November 2019, it means depressed, alcoholic, hard-boiled cop Rick Deckard is hunting Replicants. Again. A group of Replicant escapees from off world is leaving bodies in their wake. Lethally cool ex-soldier Roy Batty leads the group of dim, brutal Leon, sexy Zhora, and gymnastic Pris, which is why they are so dangerous. On Earth illegally, Roy and Pris are in love, and desperate to find a way to circumvent their built-in four-year termination date. Deckard's job--to find them and 'retire' them--is complicated by the results of his inquiries with their creator at the Tyrell Corporation. There Deckard meets a young woman named Rachael who may be a replicant--and his next target

The 10th kingdom ( Visual )
14 editions published between 1999 and 2013 in English and held by 1,001 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
At the edge of the mortal world lies a mystical vortex leading to the Nine Kingdoms, a fantastic land where fairy tales are reinvented--and not with happily-ever-after endings. An evil queen has doomed Prince Wendell to life as a dog. His quest to recapture the throne leads him through a portal to the mythical Tenth Kingdom--Central Park! With the help of ordinary mortals Virginia and Tony, he battles evil in a parallel universe of trolls, goblins and fairy tale characters such as Snow White and Cinderella

Confessions of a dangerous mind by Chuck Barris ( Visual )
5 editions published between 2003 and 2011 in English and held by 824 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
What would happen if a wildly successful TV producer was also a top-secret CIA assassin? While a maverick creator of America's favorite game shows gains notoriety for his smash television hits, he is also drawn into a shadowy world of danger as a covert government operative. But soon the producers life begins to spiral out of control - both sides of him

Buffy, the vampire slayer ( Visual )
14 editions published between 1992 and 2011 in English and held by 823 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A popular California high school girl is selected by a mysterious old man to kill the vampires that are terrorizing Los Angeles. Although it could put a serious crimp in her shopping, Buffy takes on the ghouls with the help of a handsome drifter, and incurs the wrath of the chief vampire!

Escape from Sobibór by Rutger Hauer ( Visual )
58 editions published between 1987 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 764 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
True story of the mass escape of Jewish prisoners from the Nazi death camp at Sobibor, Poland