dvd gifts for moms and dads

What It's About: A neurotic young attorney (Calista Flockhart) deals with life, love, and the law in this clever and creative '90's hit TV series.

Why You'll Want It: The dancing baby, the snappy conversations in the unisex office bathroom and the great music (which is included in a separate CD soundtrack).

What It's About: This often-shocking documentary goes behind the scenes of the food industry to reveal what ends up on our dinner table--and why.

Why You'll Want It: It will help you figure out what your family really should be eating.

What It's About: Set against the backdrop of the Civil War, Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) carries on a turbulent romance with the roguish Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) while she pines for the mild-mannered Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard).

Why You'll Want It: The movie is considered one of the greatest and most popular films of all time, and this five-disc special edition--which is filled with lots of collectibles and over eight hours of extras--is as epic as the story itself.

What It's About: Arrogant professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) gets more than he bargains for when he transforms lowly London flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) into a proper lady.

Why You'll Want It: Just like Eliza, all you want is a room somewhere far away from the cold night air, with one enormous chair...

What It's About: High school senior Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) falls hard for valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye) in Cameron Crowe's directorial debut.

Why You'll Want It: The classic scene in which Lloyd holds his boom box up to Diane's window, trying to win her back by blasting Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes," is as moving today as it was in 1989.

What It's About: A group of 30-year-old friends help each other through marriage and divorce, success and failure and adulthood and parenthood.

Why You'll Want It: The beautifully written series is so real, you'll feel like you're hanging out with your best friends.

What It's About: Four friends head to Las Vegas for a bachelor party, and wake up the next morning hung over, trying to remember what happened and where the groom-to-be could be.

Why You'll Want It: It's probably the funniest movie of the year.

What It's About: Spike Lee provides an up-close-and-personal look at basketball legend Kobe Bryant.

Why You'll Want It: You just may pick up some (two-) pointers!

What It's About: Master manipulator of thought and behavior Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) renounces his phony psychic act and uses his real skills to help detectives solve some of their toughest criminal cases, all in the hopes of finding the serial killer who murdered his wife and child.

Why You'll Want It: You probably missed it on TV because you were putting your kids to bed.

What It's About: Eight DVDs featuring every game of the Fall Classic vs. Philadelphia, the full game that clinched the ALCS pennant vs. the Angels, and lots of extras like interviews with the players and never-before-seen celebratory footage.

Why You'll Want It: To relive the magic and give you something to keep you going in case the Yankees don't make it to the Series for another six years.

What It's About: A baker's dozen of the iconic actor's best films, including The Hustler, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Verdict.

Why You'll Want It: These are movies you'll want to watch over and over.