George Clooney's second outing as a director is both an intelligent homage to iconic American broadcaster Edward R Murrow (convincingly portrayed by D... Read more
This boldly cinematic trio of stories about love and loss, from Krzysztof Kieslowski was a defining event of the art-house boom of the 1990s. The film... Read more
Taking the "love triangle drama" to new heights, filmmaking siblings Mark and Michael Polish play conjoined twins waiting in a rundown hotel room for... Read more
Based on Neil Gaiman's best-selling fantasy novel this 6-part mini-series which he co-devised with Lenny Henry, lives in the grimy underworld of Londo... Read more
Saffron Burrows is the object of everyone's affection in this Australian rom-com. Stephen (Simon Bossell) and Rick (Aden Young) are fraternal twins w... Read more
From Sticky Pictures comes the award-winning third season of the show that showcases Aotearoa's creative culture. With inspirational and creative 'ho... Read more
In the fourth season, the much-loved mother-daughter duo are separated as Rory heads off to college. Meanwhile Lorelai is finally opening her dreamed... Read more
This documentary offers an honest and unblinking look at Guthrie's life and career, featuring interviews with friends, fans, and historians who offer... Read more
A compilation of some of the finest documentary footage of jazz greats, this collection features LIFE photographer Gjon Mili's Oscar-winning short 'Ja... Read more
Even by the standards of Golden State politics, the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election - whose field of 135 candidates included porn actres... Read more
Contains "Flamenco", "Carmen" and "Tango", three unrivalled celebrations of Latin American dance from Carlos Saura. "Tango" shows the passionate strug... Read more
In 1988 a group of unknown comedians burst onto the TV scene with a show that revolutionised Australian television - 'The Comedy Company'. Overnight i... Read more
Shazzer finds herself once more on the wrong side of the law, this time in the UK where expert psychiatrist Michael Glass (David Morrissey) has been b... Read more
Stranded in the New Mexico desert, a family find themselves under attack by savage 'hill people', mutilated after exposure to radiation from nuclear t... Read more
This provocative, award-winning documentary offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabelled, patented, genetically en... Read more
One of the greatest sketch shows ever produced by British television, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie made a fantastically witty team. Many of the gags w... Read more
Set in a world of iron airships, this stunning silhouette animation tells the story of Jasper Morello, a disgraced aerial navigator who flees his plag... Read more
A cinematic valentine to one of Italy's most famous sons, the great director, Federico Fellini. With reminiscences from those who worked with him inc... Read more
Like a raunchy Australian version of 'Beverly Hills 90210' from the '70s, this classically camp, yet ground-breaking series features the residents of... Read more
The last of Gerry Anderson's 'Supermarionation' TV series, it centres around Father Unwin, local eccentric vicar and a secret agent working for the to... Read more
The series that kicked off Gerry Anderson's 'Supermarionation' career, the Supercar was a prototype vehicle that could travel by land, air or sea deve... Read more
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birth this documentary by award-winning film-maker Phil Grabsky ("The Boy Who Plays On... Read more
In this poignant documentary, students at a Tennessee school begin a project in which they attempt to collect six million paper clips, each signifying... Read more
The first Hollywood science-fiction project to take a serious look at the possibilities of manned spaceflight, George Pal's Oscar-winning colour film... Read more
The adventures continue with the five members of "W.I.T.C.H.", the top-secret group dedicated to defeating Phobos, the evil prince of the Metaworld. W... Read more
Meet W.I.T.C.H., five ordinary girls with extraordinary superpowers, and discover the magic and power of friendship. With the forces of earth, wind, f... Read more
"... The story you are about to see is true - only the names have been changed to protect the innocent". Includes 3 classic episodes - 'The Big Break... Read more
This oddity was produced by Edgar Rice Burroughs' own company and was the first Tarzan film shot on location (in Guatemala). The adventurers seek the... Read more
A rare, colour burlesque feature, with strippers, dancers and comics at the top of their risque form. The incomparable Bettie Page is featured in sizz... Read more
Barbara Taylor Bradford's sweeping best-seller of ambition, love and deception comes to life in this acclaimed mini-series. Jenny Seagrove stars as Em... Read more
Stacy Keach stars as the fast-quipping, hard-boiled private eye, Mike Hammer, in these two made-for-TV movies that preceded the excellent series. 'Mu... Read more
The leopard is the least known of all Africa's big cats. Until now, the leopard, an animal of the night, has been virtually impossible to observe. Usi... Read more
Imagine that The Merry Men are as thick as one short plank, Robin Hood is a vapid, fashion-conscious air head from the village of Kensington and Maid... Read more
Peter Fonda stars in and directed this underrated Western that subtly subverts the macho genre. Harry (Fonda) and his buddy Arch (Warren Oates) have... Read more
Georgia Byrd (Queen Latifah) is living an ordinary, unchallenging life in New Orleans despite her friend telling her she needs to live a little. When... Read more
Spoof-meister David Zucker takes the reins (and the mickey) once more, parodying everything from 'Brokeback Mountain' to Oprah as aliens prepare to wi... Read more
In the mid 1950s, Lanny Morris (Kevin Bacon) and Vince Collins (Colin Firth) were a wildly popular comedy team who suddenly broke up, at the peak of t... Read more
A madcap French frightener featuring a suitably demented Vincent Cassel as Joseph, a rural, satan-worshipping handyman/caretaker! When Eve, the daugh... Read more
Season five of this perennially popular show is a fan favourite and sees a rift developing between mother and daughter for the first time as Rory star... Read more
When two brothers start playing an old board game they found in the basement, a roll of the dice catapults them - and their house - into outer space,... Read more
Robert Falcon Scott's doomed attempt to be first to the South Pole became a race against his Norwegian rival Roald Amundsen. When Scott and his exhaus... Read more
A gore-filled Aussie B-movie, directed by Philip Brophy and based on his own short stories, in which a small Melbourne community is being used as guin... Read more
Double bill of classic chillers from producer Val Lewton opens with the moody, dreamlike 'I Walked with a Zombie', in which the nurse to a West Indies... Read more
A young woman comes to New York City to look for her missing sister and uncovers a deadly devil-worshipping cult in 'The Seventh Victim', starring Kim... Read more
Like his children's books, Roald Dahl's adult stories never fail to suprise. Each stand alone, playfully macabre story in this acclaimed series is a b... Read more
Like his children's books, Roald Dahl's adult stories never fail to suprise. Each stand alone, playfully macabre story in this acclaimed series is a b... Read more
An absorbing 3-part series, that will take you on a journey through the history of mankind's ultimate form of punishment: the death penalty. Utilising... Read more
Samoan-born Albert Wendt is a leading South Pacific novelist, poet and dramatist. Filmed by one of New Zealand's leading documentary teams, this also... Read more
Austen Tayshus is the stage name for controversial Aussie comic, Sandy Gutman, best known for a comedy single he released in 1983, 'Australiana'. He... Read more
First generation Chinese kiwi, Roseanne Liang began this documentary as something to keep her mind off the fact that her traditional Chinese parents w... Read more
Containing interviews from people who were there, this documentary series is a comprehensive guide to the battle that raged in the Pacific during the... Read more
The second volume of this excellent series continues its exposition of the battle that raged in the Pacific during the Second World War. Vintage foota... Read more
This extraordinarily powerful film takes an unflinching look at the lives of three Palestinian children who have grown up surrounded by messages of ha... Read more
'The Sunshine Man' is a short comedy film about the sale of rose-tinted glasses. A telephone salesman sells memories and dreams to wary customers. Read more
Best-selling author and dubbed 'the godfather of the new age movement', Carlos Castaneda claimed to be the apprentice of sorcerer, Don Juan and to hav... Read more
Kirk Douglas plays old Uncle Joe a millionaire close to death's door and with a sudden influx of close relatives. The family are worried the new biki... Read more
Sonny Chiba plays a hard-bitten undercover cop trying to win the confidence of two rival yakuza gangs in order to bust their illegal drugs operations.... Read more
Adapted from Margaret Moorman's book about two sisters struggling to come to terms with their mother's (Lynn Redgrave) death. Kathy Bates is Christin... Read more
Star of the Hal Roach studios, Charley Chase is the main player in these two two-reelers, the first of which 'Bromo and Juliet' sees him reluctantly t... Read more
Ronnie Barker's final TV comedy series saw him playing the myopic removal man, Clarence. Set in 1937, Clarence spends most of his time trying to woo... Read more
Ricky Schroder plays Ceddie, a sweet-natured boy living in lower class Manhattan, when his mysterious English grandfather (Alec Guiness) sends for him... Read more
Andy Griffith made his stunning movie debut as Lonesome, a big ol' teddy bear whose meteoric rise to TV fame is paralleled by his plunge into booze, s... Read more
Kiwi writer/director Derek Pearson's debut feature is this engrossing and effects-heavy sci-fi murder mystery set in Wellington in 1893, 2006 and 2038... Read more
Michael's life is on track, he has a successful military career, a beautiful wife, Sarah (Connie Nielsen) and two loving daughters, but he's about to... Read more
Adapted from Maeve Binchy's best-selling novel about two women, one American (Andie MacDowell) and one Irish (Olivia Williams) who swap houses - and l... Read more
The Fab Four of the reptile world are back and up to their shells in trouble, as the Shredder and a gang of martial arts mavens use the toxic waste th... Read more
Learn the history of the enigmatic markings that have 'cropped' up in fields in England. Featuring fascinating eye-witness accounts, dramatic archive... Read more
This monumental 1997 production was recorded on the biggest open-air stage in Europe - the Roman Quarry in St Margarethen. Verdi's famous opera, comm... Read more
In the British tradition of comedies like 'The Full Monty' and 'Calendar Girls' this feel-good film stars Kelly Brook as Italian temptress Sophia, who... Read more
In 1984, at the height of the Ethiopian famine, Israel put 'Operation Moses' into effect where they airlifted over 8000 Jews from the afflicted region... Read more
Our man Horatio takes advantage of his time off and falls in love, but it's not long before he's called back as the Commander of the Hotspur and he se... Read more
Ron Howard's blockbuster interpretation of Dan Brown's best-selling book stars Tom Hanks as Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon who finds himself summo... Read more
Paul Reiser wrote the screenplay and stars in this 20 year pet project about a middle-aged man, Ben, who must come to terms with his parents' divorce.... Read more
Season Two of this gothic Depression tale picks up with Ben Hawkins looking like a murderer, and as the stand-off between Good and Evil looms the fate... Read more
Outrageous comedian Dave Chappelle is back on the stand-up circuit with more wry observations about everything from black celebrity to crackheads, fro... Read more
After a past trauma a young girl is trying to recover her memories with the aid of a psychiatrist and the name 'Tomie' keeps cropping up. Meanwhile a... Read more
This charming offering celebrates the man who cultivated cinema's future by protecting its past. A legendary film programmer and archivist Henri Langl... Read more
On January 1st 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect. A few minutes after midnight Mayan troops took over the South... Read more
The mystery of why our world looks the way it does is unravelled in this landmark BBC series that crosses 5 continents and 100, 000 years Dr. Spivey t... Read more
Nine year old Danny Smith lives an idyllic life in a gypsy caravan at the back of his Dad's garage but all this looks set to change when evil landowne... Read more
After all the human drama of the previous two episodes, 'Doctor Who' becomes once again an action packed sci-fi thriller. The Doctor, Rose and Micky... Read more
Set in 1913 Barcelona as psychoanalysis was captivating an entire generation, this unashamedly bawdy Spanish farce stars Almodovar darling Leonor Watl... Read more
Tenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend. However, he manages to survive his execution and is presen... Read more
Following on directly from the first film, Ming (Andy Lau) has been relegated to mudane office work as he awaits an official investigation. Meanwhile... Read more
This Western drama stars ex-US President Ronald Reagan as a marshal looking to retire with lady love Dorothy Malone, but he's forced to strap on his s... Read more
A brilliantly filmed and at times unsettling exploration of faith and repression, the film is based on the documented story of the possession of a gro... Read more
Nana Maria (Ruby Dee) is a feisty eighty-something matriarch who decides to host a family get-together to announce the heir to her estate. Not as eas... Read more
Johnny Depp plays the hedonistic writer John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, close friend of Charles II (John Malkovich) and a notorius figure in 17th cent... Read more
Volume 4 of kicks off with the two-parter 'The Impossible Planet' and 'The Satan Pit' in which a spacecraft has been sucked into a black hole in the f... Read more
In 'Fear Her' the Doctor and Rose travel to London in 2012 to see the Olympics - only to find that children are mysteriously disappearing before peopl... Read more
Growing up in Central Otago in 1975, 12-year-old Billy is a farmer's son out of step with the other kids at his school. He's not interested in farmin... Read more
Its geographical importance in both German and Allied planning for the domination of the Mediterranean and Africa was to prove Crete's downfall. As th... Read more
Based on Daniel Yergin's bestseller, this informative PBS series presents an in-depth analysis of America's role in the new worldwide economy. Volume... Read more
When he stands to inherit a fortune if he can get married by 7 o'clock, Buster Keaton becomes the quarry of an army of would-be brides (and gets caugh... Read more
Co-written with Nick Cave and with a searing soundtrack from him, this revisionist outback Western stars Guy Pearce as Charlie Burns a man who must ch... Read more
Two-time Emmy Award winner, Tony Shalhoub, was nominated for a third time for his work in Season Four. He's getting to know his new assistant, Natali... Read more
Bertolucci's debut feature was written by his friend Pier Paolo Pasolini and bears that filmmaker's mark of realism. When a prostitute is murdered in... Read more
Peter Sellers plays multiple characters in this World War II romp. Madame Grenier is the head of a famous Parisian brothel and after most of her Frenc... Read more
Join 'Jonathan Creek' star Alan Davies in his engaging stand-up show as he renounces Satan, tries to keep his terrorising cats under control and share... Read more
King Arthur meets Monty Python in this irreverent, insanely funny film with Graham Chapman as King Arthur convening his knights to seek the Holy Grail... Read more
Wannabe poet and intravenous heroin user Dan (Heath Ledger) is freshly in love with Candy (Abbie Cornish), a blonde Botticelli angel with a yen for pa... Read more
The souped up '69 Dodge has a full tank and is revving and ready to take on bungling local lawmen Boss Hogg and Sheriff Roscoe P Coltrane again. While... Read more
French director Jean-Luc Godard's documentation of late '60s western counter-culture intercuts footage of the Rolling Stones hard at work on their 'Be... Read more
During the years filmmaker Barbet Schroeder spent making the 1987 film 'Barfly', his evenings were often spent in (frequently inebriated) discussions... Read more
Ex-WWE Wrestling champ Bill Goldberg steps out of his leotard and into a Santa suit in this twisted Christmas comedy. He plays the devil's son who,... Read more
On the outskirts of the town of Furukawa, Zatoichi meets a young boy whose parents have been murdered by a corrupt local samurai. Accompanying the boy... Read more
A.k.a. 'The Greatest Battle'. A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fath... Read more
Based on the novel 'Jessica' by Bryce Courtenay, this epic three-hour-plus period drama traces a woman's harsh, tumultuous life in the Australian bush... Read more
Red Dwarf is lost and Lister can't remember where he parked it. Chasing their mother ship leads the crew through simulant hunting zones, hostile GELF... Read more
In the Paris of the 1880s, Paul Gauguin (Kiefer Sutherland) is a successful stockbroker who loves his Danish wife Mette (Nastassja Kinski) and four ch... Read more
Join New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark for a Royal Tour of this extraordinary land of extremes. Climb the snowy southern alps, jet boat in just f... Read more
Four prisoners in a cell - Carrere, Marcus, Daisy and Lassalle. Behind a stone slab, mysteriously pulled loose, they discover a book: the diary of a p... Read more
When Tom Good, a 40-year old draughtsman, and his wife Barbara, drop out of the rat race and become self-sufficient they change their lives forever. T... Read more
According to George Barber, "Each of us exists in an infinite number of possible worlds." It is this proposition that fuels the narrative of director... Read more
Four hardened crooks break out of prison. Hunted down, with nowhere to run, they seek refuge in the only place the police cannot follow: a Cistercian... Read more
Buckle up and hang on - you're about to enter a garage filled with laughs in Taxi: The Complete First Season. Here's the premiere season of the popula... Read more
One of the all-time great love stories, Emily Bronte's timeless story features Timothy Dalton and Anna Calder-Marshall as tragic lovers Catherine and... Read more
In this offering adapted from the play by Harold Pinter, Michael Jayston brings his wife Vivien Merchant home to visit his long-estranged family. Jays... Read more
After winning acclaim on the London stage, director Harold Pinter and star Alan Bates bring Simon Gray's acerbic academia character study to the scree... Read more
The weird and wonderfully warped Family Guy is back! So what's new with the Griffin family? Well, Brian has become addicted to cocaine - not ideal for... Read more
The First World War (1914 - 1918) was supposed to be 'the war to end all wars'. For the young, eager and patriotic men who enlisted in their thousands... Read more
This programme harnesses state-of-the-art computer technology to explore, explain and bring new perspectives to some of the most famous battles. "Hast... Read more
2 Episodes. "The Armada" - This atmospheric programme features footage of the restoration of the Mary Rose, and discusses the events and issues leadin... Read more
On August 2nd 1990, Iraq, under its ferocious dictator Saddam Hussein, invaded Kuwait, its oil-rich neighbour. Not long out of a war with Iran, Iraq b... Read more
John Safran shares his passion for the wild world of contemporary music and wins two AFI awards - Best Comedy Series and Most Innovative Programme Con... Read more
Loosely based on the DC Comics/Vertigo "Hellblazer" graphic novels, "Constantine" tells the story of John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), a man who has li... Read more
Emotional and sexual gamesmanship, as seen through the couplings and uncouplings of four people - photographer Julia Roberts, stripper Natalie Portman... Read more
A young cleaning woman, Anna (Virginie Ledoyen), sent to spruce up the abandoned St. Ange orphanage in the remote French Alps in 1960, discovers that... Read more
A.k.a. "Progulka". Olya (Irina Pegova) steps out of a luxurious car and begins a stroll through the streets of St Petersburg, striking up an acquainta... Read more
You can never have enough "Friends". Revisit that first year in which Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), Monica (Courtney Cox), Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow), Joey (Ma... Read more
A collection of 3 episodes from the much loved comedy series. "The British Are Coming" (First Broadcast 30 Dec 1982) - Two escaping British airmen are... Read more
In early 1943, just as Nazi Germany began its collapse with the surrender at Stalingrad, the famed Ufa Studios released an elaborate super-spectacle t... Read more
Meet Sonny (James Franco) and his mother Jewel (Brenda Blethyn). Sonny has returned from the Army to his mother's loving arms, to the sultry, sordid s... Read more
A.k.a. "Palabras Encadenadas". Locked in a dark basement, Laura (Goya Toledo), a psychiatrist in her early thirties, contemplates in horror a video wh... Read more
The galaxy's ultimate crime-fighting strike squad, Justice League, continues its ongoing battle against enemies on the Earth and beyond! In "Paradise... Read more
From the minds of Mark Frost and David Lynch comes the wildly imaginative, darkly comic mystery-thriller series that became one of the most acclaimed... Read more
Follow in the footsteps of Captain James Cook. Re-live his amazing voyage and first contact with Maori. Peter Elliott sails around New Zealand using t... Read more
Korea, 1950. They were a MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) unit stationed three miles from the front. While it was a healing way station for the wo... Read more
If you're fed up with Aerobics, this class is for you. A 60 minute Yoga workout for people who have done little or no Yoga before. Yoga is not a trend... Read more
There have been thousands of UFO sightings since the beginning of time that includes reports in the Bible, as well as best selling books like "Chariot... Read more
1953 New Zealand. Elizabeth Wakefield (Sally Andrews) is a 13 year old with a dream. She wants the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth to visit her Waikato... Read more
In the timeless tradition of "Travelling Birds" and "Koyaanisqatsi", "Rivers and Tides" depicts the magical relationship between art and nature while... Read more
Sam and the gang are back with brand new exciting adventures heroically helping the residents of Pontypandy. Sam is joined by a host of fun and engagi... Read more
Everyone in town is in awe of young Daryl's extraordinary talents and abilities, and so are his foster parents. He can perform advanced mathematics, m... Read more
Based on the critically acclaimed novel 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' by Patricia Highsmith, this is a susenseful edge-of-your-seat thriller! A handsome,... Read more
One of filmdom's most notorious killers is back to wreak more mayhem as Chucky continues his quest to possess the body of a human child. Eight years a... Read more
The cops. The cars. The clothes. From executive producer Michael Mann ("Heat") comes the first season of the explosive, groundbreaking detective show... Read more
Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk), a disheveled, cigar-chomping sleuth, appears to be an incompetent bumbler. But that facade is designed to lull his murder su... Read more