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Aardman Classics (2000)

Director: Nick Park, Peter Lord

A collection of award-winning short films from the world's best loved and most successful model animation studio - Aardman. Includes anarchic fun with... Read more

Psych-Out (1968)

6/10
Director: Richard Rush
Starring: Susan Strasberg, Dean Stockwell, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Adam Roarke

Tune in. Turn on. Psych out! Take the ultimate in psychedelic trips with Susan Strasberg, Dean Stockwell, Jack Nicholson and Bruce Dern! When a deaf r... Read more

Guadalcanal Diary (1943)

6.8/10
Director: Lewis Seiler
Starring: William Bendix, Anthony Quinn, Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte

Based on the best seller of the same name, "Guadalcanal Diary" is one of the greatest war movies of all time. This strikingly realistic film follows a... Read more

The Life of Birds: Episodes 1-3 (1998)

9/10
Starring: David Attenborough

This magnificent series from David Attenborough celebrates the incredible variety of the world's best loved creatures and provides fresh insight into... Read more

The Life of Birds: Episodes 7-10 (1998)

9/10
Director: Joanna Sarsby
Starring: David Attenborough

This magnificent series from David Attenborough celebrates the incredible variety of the world's best loved creatures and provides fresh insight into... Read more

Sounder (1972)

7.6/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Taj Mahal

Set in rural Louisiana during the Depression, "Sounder" is the heartfelt story of a sharecropper family struggling to overcome adversity. After steali... Read more

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus: Vol. 2 (1970)

Starring: John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Terry Gillia...

This compilation is taken from the second series of 'Monty Python's Flying Circus', originally transmitted from 15 September to 22 December 1970. Feat... Read more

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus: Vol. 3 (1972)

Starring: Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Clees...

This compilation is taken from the third and fourth series, originally transmitted from 19 October 1972 to 18 January 1973 and 31 October to 5 Decembe... Read more

The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (2004)

6.6/10
Director: Peter Chung
Starring: Vin Diesel

From renowned animator Peter Chung ("Aeon Flux") comes this all-new exhilirating adventure in "The Chronicles of Riddick" saga. When Riddick is captur... Read more

Tom and Jerry: Classic Collection Volume 1 (2003)

8.7/10

Tom and Jerry have been capturing the laughter and hearts of children and adults alike around the world for decades. Now the unstoppable duo are back,... Read more

Stingray: Volume 1 (1964)

7.4/10

2065. Marineville. The World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP) fight against the evil Titan and the Aquaphibians, grotesque undersea warriors, in the qu... Read more

Stingray: Volume 2 (1964)

7.4/10

2065. Marineville. The World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP) fight against the evil Titan and the Aquaphibians, grotesque undersea warriors, in the qu... Read more

Stingray: Volume 4 (1964)

7.4/10

2065. Marineville. The World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP) fight against the evil Titan and the Aquaphibians, grotesque undersea warriors, in the qu... Read more

Heartbreak Hotel (1988)

5.7/10
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: David Keith, Tuesday Weld, Charlie Schlatter

A teenager (Charlie Schlatter) in 1972 Ohio decides to cheer up his widowed Mom (Tuesday Weld) with the ultimate "get well" gift, a visit from a kidna... Read more

The Royle Family: Series 2 (1999)

8.1/10
Director: Steve Bendelack
Starring: Caroline Aherne, Sue Johnston, Ricky Tomlinson, Craig Cash, Ralf Little, Liz Smi...

With its fantastic cast and killer one-liners this deadpan comedy harnesses a chemistry many kiwi audiences may not be aware of, Sue Johnston and Rick... Read more

Angry Kid: Series 1 and 2 (1999)

7/10
Director: Darren Walsh

He's a snot-nosed ginger-haired kid with no mates and a disrespectful attitude towards authority. Angry Kid spends his spare time tearing around on hi... Read more

The Real Andy Kaufman (1979)

Director: Seth Schultz
Starring: Andy Kaufman

This DVD contains rare footage filmed at a live Andy Kaufman performance in the Catskills, New York in 1979. The footage contained within has come to... Read more

At the Earth's Core (1976)

5.2/10
Director: Kevin Connor
Starring: Doug McClure, Peter Cushing, Caroline Munro

In the subterranean world of Pellucidor, amidst twisted vines and lava flows, a tyrannical race of pterodactyls rule. A group of Victorian scientists... Read more

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

7.2/10
Director: Val Guest
Starring: Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd

Nuclear test explosions send the planet off its axis and on a collision course with the sun in this atmospheric doomsday thriller from England. A land... Read more

A Kiss Before Dying (1955)

5.7/10
Director: Gerd Oswald
Starring: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Joanne Woodward, Mary Astor

Moody and effective suspenser features a cast-against-type Robert Wagner as Bud Corliss, a darkly handsome college boy so obsessed with wealth that he... Read more

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

7.3/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell, Peter Falk, Thomas Mitche...

Frank Capra's final film is a whimsical translation of a Damon Runyon tale set in 1930s New York, as gangster Glenn Ford repays street peddler Bette D... Read more

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (5 Films) (1964)

7.3/10
Director: Boris Sagal, John Newland, Joseph Sargent, Sutton Roley, Barry Shear
Starring: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G Carroll

A DVD set containing five feature-length spin-off movies from the classic 60's spy show "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." With weapons in hand (and tongues in... Read more

Heroes Two (1974)

Director: Chang Cheh
Starring: Chen Kuan-tai, Alexander Fu Sheng

With Shaolin Temple reduced to ashes by Ching troops, Hung Hsi-kuan and Fang Shih-yu (or Fong Sai-yuk) wander the countryside separately, trying to ev... Read more

La Traviata (2002)

7.9/10
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Starring: Stefania Bonfadelli, Annely Peebo, Paola Leveroni, Scott Piper

Acclaimed director Franco Zeffirelli ("Romeo and Juliet") presents Verdi's "La Traviata" recorded at the Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Busseto, February 2002... Read more

National Geographic: Nature's Fury (1994)

7.5/10

Earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods - these colossal powers of nature have had dramatic consequences for human kind. Now in dramatic scenes... Read more

Okie Noodling (2002)

7.2/10
Director: Bradley Beesley

Kiwi fishermen will spend hours debating the virtues of different rods, reels, lures, and types of bait, but in the US of A there is a small but hardy... Read more

America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference (2002)

6.6/10
Director: Martin Ostrow
Starring: Narrated by, Hal Linden

Hal Linden narrates this powerful documentary presenting firm evidence that the United States knew of the Nazi genocide occurring during World War II... Read more

The Man Who Laughs (1928)

7.8/10
Director: Paul Leni
Starring: Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Olga Baclanova

Based on Victor Hugo's novel, this legendary silent classic from director Paul Leni stars Conrad Veidt as Gwynplaine, a Scottish nobleman's son whose... Read more

Christo and Jeanne-Claude (1996)

Director: Albert Maysles, David Maysles
Starring: Christo , Jeanne-Claude

This engrossing doco chronicles a 30-year collaboration between acclaimed documentary filmmakers Albert and his late brother David Maysles ("GIMME SHE... Read more

The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream (2004)

7.6/10
Director: Gregory Greene

Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family li... Read more

The Frightened City (1961)

6.2/10
Director: John Lemont
Starring: Herbert Lom, John Gregson, Sean Connery

Top-notch British gangster yarn starring Herbert Lom as a mobster who unites London's top crime organizations, but soon finds his idea shattered in a... Read more

Accident (1967)

7.1/10
Director: Joseph Losey
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Michael York, Jacqueline Sassard, Stanley Baker

The complex relationships among an Oxford professor, one of his students, and the young woman who captivates both of them is the subject of this diffi... Read more

Heaven Knows Mr Allison (1957)

7.4/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr

Novitiate nun Deborah Kerr and Marine corporal Robert Mitchum are drawn to one another as they hide together from enemy forces in a cave on a Japanese... Read more

Demons of the Mind / Fright (1972)

Director: Peter Collinson, Peter Sykes
Starring: Ian Bannen, Honor Blackman, Susan George, Patrick Magee, Paul Jones

Demons Of The Mind (1972) In the 19th century, a depraved baron confronts a hereditary curse by imprisoning his two adult children (Gillian Hills and... Read more

And Soon the Darkness / The Mind Benders (1970)

Director: Basil Dearden, Robert Fuest
Starring: Pamela Franklin, Michele Dotrice, Dirk Bogarde, Mary Ure, John Clements

And Soon The Darkness (1970) Two young British nurses bicycling through the desolate French countryside. A mysterious stranger on a lonely stretch of... Read more

Circus of Horrors / Circus of Fear (1967)

Director: Sidney Hayers, John Moxey
Starring: Anton Diffring, Erika Remberg, Klaus Kinski, Margaret Lee

Circus Of Fear (1960) The most horrifying syndicate of evil in history! A detective investigating a series of hold-ups and murders begins to suspect t... Read more

Chet Baker: Live at Ronnie Scott's (1986)

7.3/10
Director: Steve Cleary, Rob Lemkin
Starring: Elvis Costello, Van Morrison, Chet Baker

Recorded live in the cool and intimate atmosphere of London's legendary Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Chet Baker's performance here is both fragile and pa... Read more

24: Season 1 (2001)

8.4/10
Director: Bryan Spicer, Stephen Hopkins, Winrich Kolbe
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Elisha Cuthbert, Sarah Clarke, Dennis Haysbert,...

Midnight. Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), head of the Los Angeles Counter Terrorist Unit, has just finished a chess game with his daughter, Kimberly (... Read more

It's Alive Collection ( It's Alive / It Lives Again / Island of the Alive ) (1973)

Director: Larry Cohen
Starring: John Ryan, Sharon Farrell, Frederic Forrest, Kathleen Lloyd, Michael Moriarty, K...

A terrifying triple feature that confirms parenthood is a tough gig! "It's Alive" (1973, 87 minutes) - Cult director Larry Cohen delivers the ultimate... Read more

Running On Empty (1982)

6/10
Director: John Clark
Starring: Terry Serio, Deborah Conway, Max Cullen

Fox is a young man that lives in the fast lane. He believes he is the fastest man on the road - but street racing is illegal. If he doesn't accept his... Read more

Teacher's Pet (2003)

7.1/10
Director: Timothy Bjorklund
Starring: Nathan Lane, Kelsey Grammer, Shaun Fleming, Debra Jo Rupp, David Ogden Stiers, J...

Zany Disney animated film in which Spot, a clever little dog with big dreams of becoming a real boy, finds out that a crazy scientist can make his wis... Read more

Blood Money (1988)

4.5/10
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Starring: Andy Garcia, Ellen Barkin, Morgan Freeman

Aka "Clinton and Nadine". A small-time smuggler, with help from an ex-prostitute, investigates his brother's death, but the truth involves them with C... Read more

Ethics for the New Millennium (1999)

6.5/10
Director: Morgan Harris
Starring: H H Dalai Lama

In this intimate talk by the Dalai Lama filmed at the Royal Albert Hall in London, His Holiness speaks of the need for an inner transformation as a pr... Read more

Beatrix Potter: The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1993)

7/10
Starring: Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, Tom Kitten

The Original Peter Rabbit Books by Beatrix Potter have delighted generations of children and their parents for over a hundred years. These three class... Read more

Cheetah (1989)

6.1/10
Director: Jeff Blyth
Starring: Keith Coogan, Lucy Deakins, Collin Mothupi

For California teenagers Ted Johnson and his sister Susan, a summer vacation in Africa turns into an incredible adventure and a struggle for survival!... Read more

Shipwrecked (1991)

6.7/10
Director: Nils Gaup
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Stian Smestad

Set sail for high-seas adventure in the classic Disney tradition as a boy named Haakon embarks on an extraordinary voyage! When his ship is sunk in a... Read more

Witchfinder General (1968)

7.9/10
Director: Michael Reeves
Starring: Ian Ogilvy, Vincent Price, Rupert Davies, Wilfrid Brambell, Patrick Wymark

Aka "The Conqueror Worm". 1645 sees England in the grip of a bloody civil war. The structure of law and order has broken down. During this climate of... Read more

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em: Series 1 (1973)

7.6/10
Starring: Michael Crawford, Michele Dotrice

Welcome to the chaotic world of accident prone Frank Spencer (Michael Crawford). No matter where he is or what he's doing, Frank just seems to find ha... Read more

Wrongfully Accused (1998)

6.1/10
Director: Pat Proft
Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Richard Crenna, Kelly LeBrock, Sandra Bernhard, Michael York

The master of silly satire, Naked Gun's Leslie Nielsen is handsome superstar violinist Ryan Harrison. A man of sophistication and musical artistry who... Read more

Man About The House: Series 1 (1973)

7.3/10
Director: Peter Frazer-Jones
Starring: Richard O'Sullivan, Sally Thomsett, Paula Wilcox, Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy

Catering student Robin Tripp can't believe his luck when offered to share a flat with two young girls, Chrissy and Jo. While it's a strictly "keep you... Read more

The Abduction Club (2002)

6.7/10
Director: Stefan Schwartz
Starring: Alice Evans, Daniel Lapaine, Sophia Myles, Matthew Rhys, Liam Cunningham, Edward...

Fast and furious period romp inspired by real events in 18th century Ireland. Byrne (Daniel Lapaine) and Strang (Matthew Rhys) are two handsome, witty... Read more

The Lucy Show: Volume 1 (1962)

7.3/10
Starring: Lucille Ball, Gale Gordon

Tackling a series on her own, without husband Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball firmly established herself as the first lady of American television with this l... Read more

John Wayne Collection: Volume 1 - 'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934) / West of the Divide (1934) / Texas Terror (1935)

Starring: John Wayne, George Gabby Hayes

Strong, silent and six foot four, John Wayne rode tall in the saddle in some 250 films. One of the biggest box-office attractions the screen has ever... Read more

Bad Company (1972)

7.1/10
Director: Robert Benton
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, Jim Davis, David Huddleston

This tale of friendship and survival, set during the days of the 1860's, focuses on a roguish group of runaways living by their wits and natural insti... Read more

The Roy Rogers Collection: Volume 1 (1947)

Director: William Witney
Starring: Dale Evans, Roy Rogers, George Gabby Hayes

Riding his horse, Trigger, and often teamed with his friend and sidekick George 'Gabby' Hayes, Roy Rogers starred in numerous lively westerns of the 1... Read more

The Beverly Hillbillies: Volume 1 (1962)

4.9/10
Starring: Max Baer, Donna Douglas, Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan

Y'all come back now to the hills of Beverly with Jed, Granny, Elly May and Jethro with this offering featuring some of the backwoods brood's funniest... Read more

The Beverly Hillbillies: Volume 2 (1962)

4.9/10
Starring: Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer

Y'all come back now to the hills of Beverly with Jed, Granny, Elly May and Jethro with this offering featuring some of the backwoods brood's funniest... Read more

The Sherlock Holmes Collection: Volume 1 (1954)

Starring: Ronald Howard, H. Marion Crawford

In this vintage 1950s TV series Sherlock Holmes and sidekick Dr. Watson sleuth 'The Case of the Eiffel Tower', 'The Case of the Jolly Hangman', 'The C... Read more

Chaplin Collection: Volume 2 (2002)

Starring: Charlie Chaplin

This grand compilation includes; "A Busy Day", "Police", "The Bond", "Kid's Auto Race in Venice", "The Rival Mashers", "The Night Out", "Dough and Dyn... Read more

The Masque of the Red Death / The Premature Burial (1964)

Director: Roger Corman
Starring: Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, Ray Milland, Heather Angel, Richard Ney

A diabolical double feature from the pen of Edgar Allan Poe! 'The Masque of the Red Death' (1964, 88 minutes) - Death and debauchery reign in the cast... Read more

Absolutely Fabulous: Series 3 (1995)

8.2/10
Starring: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield, Jane Horrocks

They're baaack! Edina (Jennifer Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley), the botox bosom buddies, have found untapped reserves of energy. Enough to party... Read more

Yes Minister: Series 3 (1982)

8.7/10
Director: Peter Whitmore
Starring: Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds

Eight further episodes set within the corridors of power as Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds continue to pursue their own agendas. The... Read more

Carry On Regardless (1961)

6.1/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams, Bill Ow...

'Helping Hands Ltd', an agency staffed by seven refugees from the Labor Exchange, has a variety of problems to solve, including giving a chimpanzee an... Read more

Carry On Cabby (1963)

6.4/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Liz Fraser

When she feels neglected by her husband Charlie, Peg decides to spite him by opening a cab service in opposition employing attractive girl drivers. Ch... Read more

The 10th Kingdom (1999)

8.4/10
Director: David Carson, Herbert Wise
Starring: Ann-Margret , Scott Cohen, Rutger Hauer, John Larroquette, Camryn Manheim, Ed O'...

At the edge of the mortal world lies a mystical vortex which leads to the Nine Kingdoms, a fantastic land where fairy tales are reinvented... and not... Read more

Evel Knievel (1971)

5.1/10
Director: Marvin Chomsky
Starring: George Hamilton, Sue Lyon

Get ready for a wild ride of a movie experience that's as exciting and action-packed as an Evel Knievel stunt. George Hamilton stars as the motorcycle... Read more

The Four Seasons (Julia Fischer) (2002)

7.2/10
Director: Rodri Huw
Starring: Julia Fischer

Two dazzling picture edits over one sumptuous soundtrack bring new life to Vivaldi's perennial work. Choose between the 'director's cut' with stunning... Read more

Patlabor / Patlabor 2 (1989)

Director: Mamoru Oshii

"Patlabor 1" (1989, 99 minutes) - The year is 1999 and Tokyo's Mobile Police have a new weapon in the war on crime - advanced robots called Labors are... Read more

Walt Disney Fables Volume 1: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow / The Prince and the Pauper (2003)

"The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow" (1949) - Meet Ichabod Crane, the spindly schoolteacher who dreams of sweeping the lovely Katrina off her feet - until Br... Read more

Ulzana's Raid (1972)

7.1/10
Director: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison, Richard Jaeckel

Violence begets violence in this explosive western that pits marauding Apaches against weary Indian fighters and native U.S. cavalrymen. Burt Lancaste... Read more

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin: Series 1 (1976)

8/10
Starring: Leonard Rossiter, Pauline Yates, Sue Nicholls, John Barron, Geoffrey Palmer, Bru...

Leonard Rossiter stars as Reginald Iolanthe Perrin, a senior sales executive at Sunshine Desserts undergoing a midlife crisis in one of the very best... Read more

Pumpkinhead (1987)

6.2/10
Director: Stan Winston
Starring: Lance Henriksen, Jeff East

When a backwoods community is invaded by big-city bikers, a tragic accident leaves a local child dead. Torn by grief, the father (Lance Henriksen) wan... Read more

The Man from the Alamo (1953)

6.5/10
Director: Budd Boetticher
Starring: Glenn Ford, Julia Adams, Chill Wills, Victor Jory, Hugh O'Brian

He was a Texas hero... but branded a coward! Glenn Ford stars in a sprawling, action-packed Western that hurtles from the battle of the Alamo to a gri... Read more

Sun Days With Elvis / Elvis Presley's America (1995)

Starring: Elvis Presley

This programme 'Sun Days With Elvis' looks at the early days of Marion Keisker and Sam Phillips and their influence on Elvis. 'Elvis Presley's America... Read more

Puberty Blues (1981)

5.8/10
Director: Bruce Beresford
Starring: Nell Schofield, Jad Capelja

Based on the novel of the same name, "Puberty Blues" traces the adventures of Debbie (Nell Schofield) and her life-long companion Sue (Jad Capelja), t... Read more

Tipping the Velvet (2002)

8/10
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Starring: Rachael Stirling, Keeley Hawes, Anna Chancellor, Jodhi May, Hugh Bonneville

Set in England in the 1890s, "Tipping the Velvet" is a colourful, passionate and entertaining love story, which follows our heroine's growth into woma... Read more

My Favourite Brunette (1947)

Director: Hal Walker, Elliott Nugent
Starring: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour

"My Favourite Brunette" (1947, 89 mins.) While looking after his detective neighbour's office, baby photographer Bob Hope's dream of being a private e... Read more

Herbie Rides Again (1974)

5.6/10
Director: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Ken Berry, Helen Hayes, John McIntire, Stefanie Powers, Keenan Wynn, Herbie

Herbie is back in gear - revved up and ready for more madcap comedy adventure in this sidesplitting sequel to Disney's popular smash hit, "The Love Bu... Read more

Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)

4.9/10
Director: Vincent McEveety
Starring: Richard Jaeckel, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, Alex Rocco, Charles Martin Smit...

Set in exotic locations in Central America, the internationally renowned Herbie, everyone's favourite "love bug", demonstrates his special brand of ca... Read more

Venus in Furs (1994)

5.2/10
Director: Maartje Seyferth, Victor E Nieuwenhuijs
Starring: Anne Van Der Ven, Andre Arend Van Noord, Raymond Thiery

"Venus in Furs" is based on the famous 1869 novel by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, from whose name the term masochism derives. This story about an obsess... Read more

Brother's Keeper (1992)

7.6/10
Director: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky

Highly praised real-life mystery focusing on the murder of Bill Ward, one of four eccentric siblings who lived together in a crumbling shack in rural... Read more

Parsifal (1998)

7.6/10
Director: Tony Palmer
Starring: Violeta Urmana, Placido Domingo, Matti Salminen, Nikolai Putilin

Narrated by internationally renowned tenor Palcido Domingo this look at of Richard Wagner's operatic retelling of the story of the search for the Hol... Read more

The Hand of Death (1976)

4.1/10
Director: John Woo
Starring: Jackie Chan, Dorian Tan, James Tien, Tan Tao-Liang

With eighteen different ways to kill, the Hand of Death strikes fear into the hearts of men. An evil overlord is oppressing the people in feudal Japan... Read more

The Goodies: 8 Delicious Episodes (2003)

7.9/10
Starring: Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie

A collection of 8 classic Goodies episodes spanning the decade from 1970 to 1980. The intrepid trio would do anything any time as can be seen in these... Read more

Far From the Madding Crowd (1998)

7/10
Director: Nicholas Renton
Starring: Paloma Baeza, Nathaniel Parker, Nigel Terry, Jonathan Firth, Natasha Little

"Far From The Madding Crowd" is an evocative and sumptuous new adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel set in the 19th century. It is an acclaimed... Read more

Winning London (2001)

5.5/10
Director: Craig Shapiro
Starring: Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen

Mary-Kate and Ashley get the royal treatment taking on the world in this exciting British adventure. They jet to London to represent their high school... Read more

Hairy Maclary: 10 Favourite Stories (2003)

7.8/10
Director: Euan Frizzell

From the best-selling New Zealand children's books by Lynley Dodd comes 10 favourite animated stories about Hairy Maclary and his friends. 'Hairy Macl... Read more

Murder By Death (1976)

7.4/10
Director: Robert Moore
Starring: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Elsa Lanch...

The world's greatest detectives have been invited to dinner. But when murder is on the menu, who will make it to dessert? The isolated mansion of ecce... Read more

Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left For The East? (1989)

7.8/10
Director: Yong-Kyun Bae

Acclaimed by critics and audiences throughout the world, "Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left For The East?" is simply one of the most ravishing films ever made... Read more

Roughnecks 1: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign (1999)

Based on the Robert Heinlein book that inspired Paul Verhoeven's smash-hit movie "Starship Troopers", "Roughnecks" is an animated sci-fi adventure fea... Read more

Life and Debt (2001)

7.6/10
Director: Stephanie Black

Jamaica, land of sea, sand and sun... and a prime example of the complexities of economic globalization on the world's developing countries. With twen... Read more

Fish Tank Telly (2003)

Bring the soothing sounds and images of the tranquility tanks into your world. As you gaze into the tank see your thoughts as bubbles and let them ris... Read more

15 Amore (1998)

6.7/10
Director: Maurice Murphy
Starring: Lisa Hensley, Steve Bastoni

A story of love and loss, set in the final months of WWII. With her husband off at war, the beautiful and independent Dorothy has remained in the Aust... Read more

The Big Bus (1976)

5.6/10
Director: James Frawley
Starring: Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck, Rene Auberjonois, Ned Beatty, Jose...

A wonderful spoof of disaster films, "The Big Bus" is about the world's first nuclear-powered bus - a 75-ton monster on 32 enormous wheels - and its m... Read more

Funeral in Berlin (1966)

6.9/10
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Michael Caine, Eva Renzi, Paul Hubschmid, Oscar Homolka

Michael Caine stars as Harry Palmer, the ex-army corporal, who unwillingly serves as a spy for Her Majesty rather than serve a long stint behind bars.... Read more

Soap: Season 1, Episodes 11 - 25 (1977)

8.2/10
Starring: Katherine Helmond, Cathryn Damon, Robert Mandan, Richard Mulligan, Diana Canova,...

The controversial sitcom that defined the late '70s and became an instant classic, "Soap" took viewers into the quirky lives of the Tates and the Camp... Read more

Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days (1989)

8.4/10
Director: Roger Mills, Clem Vallance
Starring: Michael Palin

In 1989 Michael Palin recreated the famous voyage made in 1873 by Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne's epic tale "Around the World in 80 Days". This BBC docu... Read more

The Topp Twins: Volume 1 (2003)

7.4/10
Starring: Lynda Topp, Jools Topp

Comedy and Kiwi culture from New Zealand's own Topp Twins - two of the most beloved and influential entertainers our country has ever produced. The ep... Read more

Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected: 4.3 (1984)

Starring: Jemma Redgrave, Peter Davison, Nicholas Ball, Michael Brandon, Topol, David Suc...

Darkly humourous and playfully macabre stories served up with a twist of fate. Each standalone episode in this acclaimed series is brilliantly acted g... Read more

Moby Dick (1998)

6.5/10
Director: Franc Roddam
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Ted Levine, Gregory Peck

Classic tale of Captain Ahab and his hunt for the whale Moby Dick. Patrick Stewart takes the helm as mad captain Ahab in this USA Network-produced min... Read more

Star Trek Enterprise: Season 3 - Disc 6/7 (2003)

7.5/10
Starring: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgom...

Set in the 22nd century, a hundred years before James T. Kirk helmed the famous starship of the same name, 'Enterprise' takes place in an era when int... Read more

Star Trek Enterprise: Season 4 - Disc 6 (2004)

7.5/10
Starring: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgom...

Set in the 22nd century, a hundred years before James T. Kirk helmed the famous starship of the same name, 'Enterprise' takes place in an era when int... Read more

The True Story of Eskimo Nell (1975)

Director: Richard Franklin
Starring: Max Gillies, Grahame Bond, Serge Lazareff, Abigail, Kris McQuade, Elli Maclure

From the Australian Retro collection, join one-eyed peeping Tom, Dead Eye Dick (Max Gillies), and self-acclaimed stud, Mexico Pete (Serge Lazareff), a... Read more

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

7.2/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Stanley Holloway, Christopher Lee

Billy Wilder's controversial look at the great sleuth's most dangerous mission, a mystery that blends a lovely amnesiac, monks, missing dwarves, Queen... Read more

Great Expectations (1974)

6/10
Director: Joseph Hardy
Starring: Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason, Anthony Quayle, Robert Morley, Margaret...

This version of Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations stars Michael York as Pip, the humble British lad whose aspirations to become a gentleman ar... Read more

Good Times (1967)

4.7/10
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Sonny Bono, Cher , George Sanders

Sonny and Cher's first and only starring film together was this breezy musical romp that features the pop duo as themselves. Ready to break into Holly... Read more

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Volume 4 (2002)

6.4/10
Director: Kenji Kamiyama

Volume 4 of 7. A band of terrorists claims to have possession of a girl who was kidnapped some years ago, but when the Major and company are called in... Read more

Kim Possible: The Villain Files (2004)

7.3/10

The world's coolest teen crime fighter is at it again as she and her trusted sidekick Ron Stoppable keep the world safe from more seriously wacko bad... Read more

Captain January (1936)

7.1/10
Director: David Butler
Starring: Shirley Temple, Guy Kibbee, Buddy Ebsen

Shirley Temple sings, dances and charms an entire New England fishing town in one of her best-loved movies. Four-year-old Star (Temple) has been livin... Read more

Curly Top (1935)

6.9/10
Director: Irving Cummings
Starring: Shirley Temple, John Boles, Jane Darwell, Rochelle Hudson

The pint-sized box office star Shirley Temple was never sweeter than in this musical version of 'Daddy Long Legs' in which she plays an innocent Cupid... Read more

Between Heaven and Hell (1956)

6.6/10
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Broderick Crawford, Buddy Edsen

Robert Wagner, Broderick Crawford and Buddy Ebsen star in this absorbing drama about a recruit who comes of age during WWII. Sam Gifford (Wagner) is a... Read more

The Story of Nancy Wake (1994)

Director: Neil Brown

Nancy Wake (born in Roseneath, Wellington) was the Allies' most decorated servicewoman of WWII, and the Gestapo's most-wanted person. They code-named... Read more

The Best of Country Calendar (2004)

New Zealand's long-running farming tv series "Country Calendar" gets its own 'best of' compilation with this DVD containing six entertaining episodes.... Read more

Buffalo Soldiers (1970)

6.8/10
Director: John Bud Cardos
Starring: Isabel Sanford, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Rafer Johnson

A US Army Colonel (Cesar Romero) and his wife (Barbara Hale) relate their stories about the all black 10th cavalry unit formed after the Civil War. El... Read more

Hamlet (Kline) (1990)

7.8/10
Director: Kirk Browning, Kevin Kline
Starring: Kevin Kline, Dana Ivey, Diane Venora

With a daring and depth few of his American contemporaries seem set to match, Kevin Kline has both starred in and directed "Hamlet" for the New York S... Read more

Much Ado About Nothing (1973)

7.7/10
Director: A J Antoon, Nick Havinga
Starring: Sam Waterston, Kathleen Widdoes, Barnard Hughes, Douglass Watson

This television production of The New York Shakespeare Festival's Broadway staging of Shakespeare's rollicking comedy is brassy, bouncy and all-togeth... Read more

Death of a Salesman (1966)

8.1/10
Director: Alex Segal
Starring: Mildred Dunnock, James Farentino, George Segal, Lee J Cobb

An abbreviated but superb television adaptation by Arthur Miller of his Pulitzer Prize-winning modern tragedy. Stars the incomparable Lee J. Cobb and... Read more

Author! Author! (1982)

6.1/10
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, Bob Dishy, Alan King

Al Pacino, Tuesday Weld, Dyan Cannon and Alan King star in Arthur Hiller's charming romantic comedy about love, marriage and children who are a lot mo... Read more

A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)

6.5/10
Director: Henry King
Starring: Tyrone Power, Betty Grable

Tyrone Power and Betty Grable are captivating in this romantic WWII drama. When slick, money-motivated pilot Tim Baker (Power) takes a high-paying job... Read more

Crash Dive (1943)

6.4/10
Director: Archie Mayo
Starring: Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews

In this thrilling, Academy Award-winning WWII drama (Best Special Effects, 1943), Tyrone Power plays Navy Lieutenant Ward Stewart, a crewmember aboard... Read more

Uncommon Valor (1983)

6.4/10
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Starring: Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Reb Brown, Randall Tex Cobb, Patrick Swayze, Harold Syl...

Gene Hackman portrays Colonel Jason Rhodes, a man obsessed, in this powerful, action-packed adventure. For over ten years, Rhodes has been living a ni... Read more

The Golden Child (1986)

5.9/10
Director: Michael Ritchie
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Charlotte Lewis, Charles Dance

As "The Chosen One", Eddie Murphy's on a madcap mission to save "The Golden Child", a youth with mystical powers who's been abducted by an evil cult.... Read more

The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1990)

8.3/10
Director: John Madden, Paul Weiland, David Garfath, Tony Smith
Starring: Michael Gambon, Brian Henson

This imaginative series, comprised of all four episodes, features both human actors and creations from Jim Henson's Creature Shop in the retelling of... Read more

Winnie the Pooh: ABC's and 123's (2004)

7.2/10

Two delightful programmes that combine early learning fundamentals, including letter recognition, word formation, introductory phonics, number recogni... Read more

Damien Parer: The WWII Films (2004)

8.5/10

Damien Parer died as he lived. Parer developed a passion for photography when he was given his first camera. By 1933 he had begun to shoot feature mov... Read more

Deep Deceptions: Volume 1 - The Great Questions in the Hamburger Universe (2005)

Director: J Z Knight

Dr. Miceal Ledwith served as a professor of theology and college president for over 25 years in Ireland. He has lectured extensively throughout Europe... Read more

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears (1971)

6.1/10
Director: Fred Baker
Starring: Lenny Bruce, Malcolm Muggeridge, Steve Allen, Nat Hentoff, Mort Sahl, Paul Krass...

Lenny Bruce was as much a performance artist as comic - and his performances would continue even after he left the stage. Director Baker has fashioned... Read more

Journeys in the New Zealand Heartland (1996)

Starring: Gary McCormick

Gary McCormick takes the viewer on a journey through New Zealand. Meet the reel people of the heartland and enjoy the best scenery the country has to... Read more

Naked Fish ( Superbit ) (2003)

Imagine being able to enjoy a beautiful salt water aquarium in your home, without any of the high maintenance costs, feeding or cleaning! "Naked Fish"... Read more

The Anderson Tapes (1971)

6.4/10
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Alan King, Christopher Walken

Sean Connery is Anderson, a career criminal planning the crime of the century... the heist of an entire New York East Side apartment building! With th... Read more

Chip 'n' Dale: Here Comes Trouble (1950)

7.6/10
Starring: Chip 'n' Dale

The most mischievous characters to ever come out of Disney studios, Chip 'n' Dale are cute, cuddly and always in the center of trouble. Here is a spec... Read more

As Time Goes By: Series 1 and 2 (1992)

8.2/10
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Starring: Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer, Jenny Funnell, Moira Brooker, Philip Bretherton

In the early 1950s, a young army officer and a student nurse fall in love. Together for only three months, they are separated when Lionel is posted to... Read more

Miami Vice: Season 1, Disc 1-4 (1984)

6/10
Starring: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas

The cops. The cars. The clothes. From executive producer Michael Mann ("Heat") comes the first season of the explosive, groundbreaking detective show... Read more

Blue Vinyl (2002)

6.9/10
Director: Judith Helfand, Daniel B Gold

"Blue Vinyl", winner of the Excellence in Cinematography Award at Sundance, is a deeply personal and vital expose that has been applauded as "scary an... Read more

Baghban (2003)

7.5/10
Director: Ravi Chopra
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Hema Malini, Mahima Chaudhry

Raj Malhotra is a hard-working family man. He and his wife Pooja invest all of their time and income into their four sons. Just like a gardener (Baghb... Read more

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)

7.6/10
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Kaoru Yachigusa, Kuroemon Onoe, Mariko Okada, Mi...

Hiroshi Inagaki's acclaimed Samurai Trilogy is based on the novel that has been called Japan's "Gone with the Wind". This sweeping saga of the legenda... Read more

Junkers Come Here (1995)

7.1/10
Director: Junichi Sato

Hiromi Nozawa is in the sixth grade and she hardly gets to see her parents at home because both her father (Shintaro) and mother (Suzuko) are busy wit... Read more

Fast Forward: Funniest TV Send Ups - Vol 1. (1993)

5.6/10
Starring: Gina Riley, Jane Turner, Eric Bana, Magda Szubanski, Peter Moon, Steve Vizard, M...

A collection of hilarity from one of the funniest, most entertaining shows to ever appear on Australian Television. All of your favourite TV Send Ups... Read more

The Battle of the Atlantic (1999)

"The Battle of the Atlantic" was the longest single campaign of World War Two, and the most bloody and bitter of them all. U-Boat 'Wolf packs' played... Read more

Carry On Girls (1973)

5.5/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Connor, Joan Sims

Fircombe is a seaside resort hosting a beauty contest. Amongst the contestants are Miss 'Easy Rider' and 'Dawn Brakes', two girls who knock out with t... Read more

Carry On Henry (1971)

6.2/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims

What could be a more suitable Carry On topic than Henry VIII and his notorious wife trouble? Sidney James plays the rounded monarch with a roving eye.... Read more

To Paris With Love (1954)

5.8/10
Director: Robert Hamer
Starring: Alec Guinness, Vernon Gray, Odile Versois

Alec Guinness plays Sir Edgar Fraser, a widowed Scottish aristocrat who decides that it is time to introduce his 20-year-old son to the opposite sex.... Read more

Space Thing (1967)

4.4/10
Director: B Ron Elliott
Starring: Bart Black, April Playmate, Mercy Mee, Ronnie Runningboard

Screwball sci-fi with a galaxy of gorgeous gals! It's Buck Rogers for adults as Col. James Granilla, an alien in human disguise, visits the flying sau... Read more

Shaolin Hand Lock (1978)

Director: Ho Meng-hua
Starring: David Chiang, Chen Hui-min, Lo Lieh, Ping Chen

Prominent kung-fu actor David Chiang teams up with award-winning screenwriter Ni Kuang to create a visual masterpiece full of exotic martial arts skil... Read more