Black Mask- Jet Li is a quiet librarian is actually kick-butt supersoldier in disguise, who dons a mask to protect the innocent from fellow supersoldier rejects turned criminal.
All the Queen's Men- transvestite British spies team up with a lovely German librarian to steal Enigma from the Nazis. (Hey, I *said* offbeat.)
The Human Vapor- Librarian Mizuno is subject to a scientific experiment gone wrong, and it gives him-- er, turns him *into* gas. (This one actually looks kinda fun, but sorry, not on video. :( )
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag- Penelope Ann Miller as a mousy librarian who finds the weapon connected to a gangland shooting, and gives herself up as the murderer to get a little attention. (The mouse that roared? No, wait, wrong movie.)
A Regular Thing- Sex comedy about a librarian who meets the woman of his dreams over a book, and she turns out to be a hooker. (Also not on video. This might be a good thing.)
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear- A mild-mannered librarian (technically, an archivist in charge of a *very* rare archive ventures forth to retrieve a stolen artifact.
Miranda- A lonely librarian begins a passionate affair with a woman who is not who she seems to be.
Ophelia Learns To Swim- Wimpy girl turns hero and joins the Council of Superheroines, which includes, among others... The Librarian. (Not Noah Wylie, though.)
Party Girl- Okay, I admit, this is one of my personal favorites, actually, and what prompted this list. Mary (Parker Posey), a rabid party girl, throws one wild party too many and winds up in jail. Her librarian godmother (like a fairy godmother, but smarter ;) ) bails her out. To pay back the loan and prove she can *so* hold down a real job, Mary is challenged to take a job as a library clerk, and finds that proving her worth to her godmother will mean proving it to herself, first.
Personals- Insignificant (HEY!) librarian by day, fascinating-but-deadly murderess by night.
Chainsaw Sally- Quiet librarian by day. Chainsaw-wielding serial killer by night. (Don't these people ever work the night desk?)
Storm Center- I *really* want to see this movie, but unfortunately, it's on on the video market yet. Bette Davis (oo!) as a small-time librarian branded "Communist" who has to fight for her rights and her job after refusing to pull a controversial book from the public library shelves.
Stay Until Tomorrow- Old friend and inveterate drifter Nina drops in on her old friend Jim, a librarian. Crashing for "a couple of days" turns into several weeks, and Nina turns Jim's life-- and library-- upside-down.
Mindkiller- A librarian clerk discovers a manuscript that gives him psychic powers, which he uses to seduce women. Until the girls start developing powers of their own... Much horrible B-movieness. (Hey, I never said they were GOOD, just weird.)
Transylvania Twist- A Transylvanian librarian must collect the fines on a 200-year-overdue book, "The Book of all Evil."
City and Crimes- A down-on-his-luck young man becomes a librarian and gets addicted to thrillers and true crime... and then starts reproducing their plots in real life in a nearby city.
The Mummy- An intrepid librarian gets into a spot of trouble for her bad habit of sounding out ancient Egyptian words while she's translating...
Batgirl- Alright, this one's sort of cheating, because it's a TV show, and it's pretty mainstream. But she *is* a librarian!
Posted by gris at May 7, 2005 07:49 PM