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Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
7.5/10
Director: George Clooney
Starring: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr, Patricia Clarkson, Frank Lan...
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
The Living Room: Series 3 (2006)
5.6/10
Director: Simon Baumfield, Mark Albiston, Nathan Morris, James Anderson, Makerita Urale
Starring: Steve Abel, Tusiata Avia, Rod Bridgeman, Ed Davis, Caitlin Devoy, Grenell Family...
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
Roseanne: Season 1 (1988)
7/10
Director: Various
Starring: Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Alicia Goranson, Sara Gilbert, Mich...
Based on the caustic stand-up of its soon-to-be star Roseanne Barr, this series was a welcome antidote to sugary contemporaries like 'Full House' and... Read more
The Thirty-Nine Steps ( The 39 Steps ) (1978)
6.6/10
Director: Don Sharp
Starring: Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter, Karen Dotrice, John Mills
This suspenseful thriller is much closer to John Buchan's original novel than has been filmed before. With a fine cast of British character actors inc... Read more
Deadwood: Season 2 (2005)
8.2/10
Director: Various
Starring: Brad Dourif, Ian McShane, Timothy Olyphant, Molly Parker, Jim Beaver, W Earl Bro...
Seth Bullock and friends return for season 2 of this hard-edged, ground-breaking show. Nestled in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Deadwood is still... Read more
The Best of Ealing Studios Collection: The Ladykillers / Kind Hearts and Coronets / The Man in the White Suit / The Lavender Hill Mob / Passport To Pimlico (1949)
7.6/10
Director: Alexander Mackendrick, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer, Henry Cornelius
Starring: H. Marion Crawford , Michael Gough, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobso...
A Box Set collection from the acclaimed Ealing Studios. 'The Ladykillers' 1955 - This outrageous caper farce stars Alec Guinness as the criminal ma... Read more
The Sir Aliec Guinness Ealing Studios Comedy Collection: The Ladykillers / Kind Hearts and Coronets / The Man in the White Suit / The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Director: Alexander Mackendrick, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer
Starring: H. Marion Crawford , Michael Gough, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobso...
A Box Set comedy collection from the acclaimed Ealing Studios. 'The Ladykillers' - This outrageous caper farce stars Alec Guinness as the criminal ma... Read more
The Ten Commandments (1956 and 1923 versions) (1956)
7.9/10
Director: Cecil B DeMille
Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, D...
For sheer pageantry and spectacle, few motion pictures can claim to equal the splendor of Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 remake of his epic "The Ten Commandm... Read more
Swamp Water (1941)
7.1/10
Director: Jean Renoir
Starring: Walter Huston, Walter Brennan, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Virginia Gilmore, John...
French auteur Jean Renoir made his US debut with this thriller about a man wrongly sentenced to hang who escapes from prison to clear his name. After... Read more
The Best of Everything (1959)
6.4/10
Director: Jean Negulesco
Starring: Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd, Martha Hyer, Diane Baker, Joan Crawford, Robert Evans
Rona Jaffe's best-selling novel comes to life in this witty tale about the personal and professional lives of the men and women in a New York publishi... Read more
8 1/2 Women (1999)
Director: Peter Greenaway
Starring: John Standing, Matthew Delamere, Vivian Wu, Shizuka Inoh, Barbara Sarafian, Toni...
Controversial director Peter Greenaway examines the concept and origins of the male sexual fantasy through a widower encouraged to rekindle an interes... Read more
Reilly - Ace of Spies (1983)
8.3/10
Director: Martin Campbell, Jim Goddard
Starring: Sam Neill, Peter Egan, Ian Charleson, Tom Bell, David Burke, Leo McKern, Kenneth...
The real inspiration behind Ian Fleming's James Bond, Sam Neill is Sidney Reilly, true-life British spy. One heart-stopping mission after another tra... Read more
The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan: I Told You I Was Ill (2002)
6.9/10
Director: Dominic Brigstocke
Starring: Kathy Burke, Harry Enfield, Eddie Izzard, Spike Milligan, Michael Palin, Eric Sy...
Aired just six month's after the last goon passed away, this funny and touching tirbute reveals Spike to be the ultimate tortured genius, treading a t... Read more
Land of the Dead (2005)
6.2/10
Director: George A Romero
Starring: Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper, John Leguizamo, Robert Joy, Asia Argento
George A. Romero revolutionized American horror in 1968 with his instant classic 'Night of the Living Dead', followed by 'Dawn' and 'Day'. Now his ico... Read more
Ealing Studio Classic Collection: Whisky Galore (1949) / It Always Rains On Sunday (1947) / The Maggie (1954) (1944)
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti, Alexander Mackendrick, Robert Hamer
Starring: Basil Radford, Edward Chapman, Googie Withers, Gordon Jackson, Jack Warner, Jame...
A Box Set of four classics from Ealing Studios. 'Whisky Galore' - When 50,000 cases of Whiskey are stranded on ship which runs aground, The Inhabitant... Read more
Permanent Vacation (1980)
6.4/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Chris Parker, John Lurie, Maria Duval
The aimlessness ennui of the "post-punk generation" is the theme of Jim Jarmusch's first feature film. Drawing from the now-familiar world of the Lowe... Read more
Deadwood: Season 1 (2004)
8.7/10
Director: Walter Hill, Daniel Minahan, Davis Guggenheim, Michael Engler, Ed Bianchi, Steve Shill
Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Jim Beaver, Brad Dourif, John Hawke...
"Welcome to Deadwood... a hell of a place to make your fortune" - the words that serve as a greeting for saddle-weary former lawman Seth Bullock (Timo... Read more
The Scarlet Tunic (1998)
5.5/10
Director: Stuart St Paul
Starring: Jean-Marc Barr, Emma Fielding, Jack Shepherd, John Sessions, Simon Callow, Lynda...
A romantic re-working of a Thomas Hardy short story (The Melancholy Hussar) with a tale of doomed love and passion set in the beauty of Dorset. Desert... Read more
Oscar Wilde Vol 1: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976) / The Importance of Being Earnest (1988)
Director: John Gorrie, Stuart Burge
Starring: Rupert Frazer, Gemma Jones, Alec McCowen, Paul McGann, Natalie Ogle, Joan Plowri...
Acclaimed BBC adaptations of two of Oscar Wilde's most esteemed works. Lovingly restored, these plays feature a who's who of great actors of the Briti... Read more
She Hate Me (2004)
5.3/10
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin, Monica Bellucci, Jim Brown, Bria...
Fired for blowing the whistle on his greedy bosses, Jack Armstrong is out of work and out of options when his bisexual ex-girlfriend comes up with the... Read more
Kinsey (2004)
7.1/10
Director: Bill Condon
Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton, Joh...
This fascinating biopic looks at the life of Alfred Kinsey (Liam Neeson), a man driven by scientific passion and personal demons to investigate the el... Read more
Ladder 49 (2004)
6.5/10
Director: Jay Russell
Starring: Jacinda Barrett, Morris Chestnut, Balthazar Getty, Jay Hernandez, Robert Patrick...
Stirring drama chronicles Baltimore firefighter Jack Morrison (Joaquin Phoenix) as he makes the transition from inexperienced rookie to seasoned veter... Read more
Daredevil: Director's Cut (Blu-ray) (2003)
7.6/10
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Starring: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Colin Farrell, Joe Pantolia...
Grittier and edgier than the original theatrical release, this extended-length Director's Cut version of "Daredevil" contains over 30 minutes of never... Read more
Daredevil: Director's Cut (2003)
8.7/10
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Starring: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Colin Farrell, Joe Pantolia...
Grittier and edgier than the original theatrical release, this extended-length Director's Cut version of "Daredevil" contains over 30 minutes of never... Read more
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
6.9/10
Director: Jared Hess
Starring: Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino, Diedrich Bader
Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) is a new kind of hero, complete with a tight red 'fro, sweet moon boots, and skills that can't be topped. Napoleon spend... Read more
The Notebook (2004)
7.9/10
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, James Marsden, Kevin...
A man (James Garner) reads from a faded notebook to a woman (Gena Rowlands) he regularly visits at her nursing home. Though her memory has faded, she... Read more
Dogville (2003)
8/10
Director: Lars von Trier
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, Jean-Marc Barr, Paul Bettany, B...
From director Lars von Trier ("Dancer in the Dark") comes this riveting drama focusing on mysterious fugitive Nicole Kidman as she hides from gangster... Read more
A Mighty Wind (2003)
7.3/10
Director: Christopher Guest
Starring: Bob Balaban, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, M...
When folk music icon Irving Steinbloom passed away, he left behind a legacy of music and a family of performers he had shepherded to folk stardom. To... Read more
The Locals (2003)
5.5/10
Director: Greg Page
Starring: John Barker, Dwayne Cameron, Kate Elliott, Aidee Walker
Two best friends, Grant and Paul, hit the road for a weekend of surfing. With night falling they take a short cut and meet Lisa and Kelly who invite t... Read more
Max (2002)
6.6/10
Director: Menno Meyjes
Starring: John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Molly Parker, Leelee Sobieski, Ulrich Thomsen
A promising young artist, Max Rothman (John Cusack) lost his arm in the Great War and with it his ability to paint. Upon his return he opens what quic... Read more
Daredevil (2003)
5.3/10
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Starring: Ben Affleck, Michael Clarke Duncan, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Garner, Jon Favreau,...
'The Man Without Fear' comes to life in this thrilling screen adaptation of the Marvel Comics hero. Blinded by toxic chemicals as a child, idealistic... Read more
Sordid Lives (2000)
6.8/10
Director: Del Shores
Starring: Olivia Newton-John, Rosemary Alexander, Delta Burke, Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridge...
The death of a dysfunctional Texas family's matriarch, and the jealousies and revelations that accompany her funeral, make for country-fried comedy in... Read more
Animal Factory (2000)
6.6/10
Director: Steve Buscemi
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Steve Buscemi, John Heard, Mickey Rourke, Tom Arno...
Steve Buscemi directed and co-stars in this gritty prison drama filmed at Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary. Edward Furlong, a middle class yo... Read more
The Anniversary Party (2001)
6.3/10
Director: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Alan Cumming
Starring: Jane Adams, Jennifer Beals, Phoebe Cates, Alan Cumming, Kevin Kline, Jennifer Ja...
A gathering to mark the sixth wedding anniversary of novelist/filmmaker Alan Cumming and actress Jennifer Jason Leigh at their Hollywood Hills home de... Read more
Lost Souls (2000)
4.8/10
Director: Janusz Kaminski
Starring: Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, John Hurt, Philip Baker Hall
Stylish shocker in which the Antichrist is about to hit Earth in a big way, beginning with the sudden and mysterious incapacitation of priest turned e... Read more
Vengeance Valley (1951)
6/10
Director: Richard Thorpe
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, John Ireland, Sally Forrest
The old "Cain and Abel" plot device is redefined within western terms in this offbeat sagebrusher in which Burt Lancaster becomes embroiled in a nasty... Read more
Knowing Me, Knowing You, with Alan Partridge (1994)
8.2/10
Director: Dominic Brigstocke
Starring: Steve Coogan, Rebecca Front, Patrick Marber, Doon Mackinchan, John Thomson, Davi...
What is "Knowing Me, Knowing You, with Alan Partridge?" Well, how long is a piece of string? How many people can you fit in a mini? - four, possibly f... Read more
Best in Show (2000)
7.5/10
Director: Christopher Guest
Starring: Catherine O'Hara, Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Michael McKean,...
'Best in Show' follows five teams of pedigree-pup owners and their canine companions in competitions for the blue ribbon at the prestigious US nationa... Read more
The Contender (2000)
7/10
Director: Rod Lurie
Starring: Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Sam Elliott, Philip Baker Hall, Mariel Hemingway, Gary...
A taut political drama/thriller about a U.S. Democratic senator (Joan Allen) chosen by the President (Jeff Bridges) to replace a deceased Vice Preside... Read more
Strait-Jacket (1963)
6.8/10
Director: William Castle
Starring: Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Howard St John
From the author of 'Psycho' comes this chiller from famed horror movie producer William Castle ('13 Ghosts', 'House on Haunted Hill'). Joan Crawford g... Read more
The Tripods: Series 1 (1984)
7.6/10
Director: Graham Theakston
Starring: John Shackley, Jim Baker, Ceri Seel
The year is 2089. An alien race stalks the land in towering machines known as Tripods. They have taken over the Earth and enslaved mankind with a mind... Read more
The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
7.2/10
Director: Robert Markowitz
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Allen Payne, Cuba Gooding Jr, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Andre Br...
A top flight cast of actors star in this true story of the 'Fighting 99th' - the first squadron of black combat fighters in World War II. Battling aga... Read more
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
Director: John Guillermin
Starring: Clifton James, John Mills, Cecil Parker, Marius Goring, John Le Mesurier
If official documentation didn't exist, we'd never believe a fantastic yarn like this. Actor M.E. Clifton James plays himself, a British stock-company... Read more
The Man In The White Suit (1951)
7.4/10
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Starring: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker
Alec Guinness plays an unassuming lab assistant who invents a miracle fabric that can be woven into indestructible cloth. Few films have chastised ind... Read more
Hard Eight (1996)
7.3/10
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Philip Baker Hall, John C Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow
Set in Las Vegas and Reno, the film takes place in a neon twilight zone where glitz and seediness meet. John C Reilly, a naive loser in desperate need... Read more
Sea of Love (1989)
6.8/10
Director: Harold Becker
Starring: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman
Al Pacino bounced back from oblivion in this thriller about the investigation by two New York detectives involving a series of killings. Ellen Barkin... Read more
Flying Leathernecks (1951)
6.5/10
Director: Micholas Ray
Starring: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor, Janis Carter
A leadership battle tug-of-war during the Battle of Guadalcanal, featuring squadron leaders John Wayne and Robert Ryan. Produced by Howard Hughes and... Read more
Lady Jane (1985)
7.2/10
Director: Trevor Nunn
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, John Wood
An excellent costume drama about Lady Jane Grey, accidental successor to the British throne after the deaths of Henry VIII and his son, Edward VI. A w... Read more
Raising Cain (1992)
6/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer
A tour-de-force performance by John Lithgow as a psychologist who is coerced into joining his disturbed father (Lithgow again) in conducting sadistic... Read more
Jennifer 8 (1992)
6.3/10
Director: Bruce Robinson
Starring: Andy Garcia, Uma Thurman, Lance Henriksen, Kathy Baker, John Malkovich
From Bruce Robinson, who wrote and directed 'Withnail and I', comes this film noir about a burnt out cop who joins the police force of a northern Cali... Read more
Thinner (1996)
5.7/10
Director: Tom Holland
Starring: Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney
A large fat man accidentally kills a gypsy woman. Her father puts a curse on him and he starts to get thinner and thinner every day until he approache... Read more
The Big Easy (1986)
6.6/10
Director: Jim McBride
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty, John Goodman
This scintillating thriller stars Dennis Quaid as a New Orleans detective who becomes involved with sexy district attorney Ellen Barkin, who is invest... Read more
The Dark Wind (1991)
5.7/10
Director: Errol Morris
Starring: Fred Ward, Gary Farmer, Lou Diamond Phillips, John Karlen
From the director of 'The Thin Blue Line', Lou Diamond Phillips plays Navajo cop Jim Chee, who uses his tracking instincts and knowledge of tribal mys... Read more
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (Blu-ray) (1984)
7.6/10
Director: W D Richter
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Peter Weller
Buckaroo Banzai is a skilled neurosurgeon and physicist who becomes bored with his scientific and medical work and embarks on a career as a rock star... Read more
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)
Director: W D Richter
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Peter Weller
Buckaroo Banzai is a skilled neurosurgeon and physicist who becomes bored with his scientific and medical work and embarks on a career as a rock star... Read more
Human Traffic (1999)
7.1/10
Director: Justin Kerrigan
Starring: John Simm, Nicola Reynolds, Shaun Parkes, Lorraine Pilkington, Danny Dyer
The real story of youth in the nineties is this: chemicals, clubs, bars, pubs, pushing the vinyl, blagging the guest list, mobile phones, trainers, co... Read more
The Fan (1996)
5.8/10
Director: Tony Scott
Starring: Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo, Benicio Del Toro, Ellen Barkin
Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes star in this gripping thriller about a baseball superstar who becomes the target of an obsessive fan and former knife... Read more
Cast A Giant Shadow (1966)
6.4/10
Director: Melville Shavelson
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Angie Dickinson, Yul Bryn...
This star-studded epic focuses on the life of Mickey Marcus; the American war hero recruited by Israel to help strengthen their army against warring A... Read more
The War Wagon (1967)
6.9/10
Director: Burt Kennedy
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker, John Wayne, Keenan Wynn, Bruce Cabot
Ex-con John Wayne seeks to settle a score with villainous Bruce Cabot by plundering his gold-laden stagecoach - with the help of Kirk Douglas and a ba... Read more
Suspiria (Blu-ray) (1976)
7.4/10
Director: Dario Argento
Starring: Alida Valli, Jessica Harper, Joan Bennett, Stefania Casini, Udo Kier
A dancing school in a small German town is the setting for unholy terror, as modern-day witches seek to resurrect their coven's long-dead founder, in... Read more
Noises Off (1992)
7.5/10
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Starring: Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Denholm Elliott, Julie Hagerty, Marilu Henner, Mar...
This energetic filming of Michael Frayn's play is an outrageously funny look at love, lies and deceit that takes place behind the scenes as a group of... Read more
Father's Little Dividend (1951)
6.7/10
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Spencer Tracy, Don Taylor, Billie Burke
This sequel to the 1950 comedy hit 'Father of the Bride' finds Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett returning as Stanley and Ellie Banks, the parents of new... Read more
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
6.4/10
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Aidan Quinn, Helena Bonham Carter, Ian Holm, John Cleese, Kenneth Branagh, Rober...
Kenneth Branagh's sensitive, wildly stylized take on the classic horror story stars Branagh as Victor Frankenstein, the obsessive scientist who create... Read more
Merlin (1998)
7.1/10
Director: Steve Barron
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Isabella Rossellini, James Earl Jones, John Gielgud, Marti...
The legend of King Arthur, this time, is told from the perspective of the King's Wizard, Merlin (Sam Neill). This expensive made-for-TV production co-... Read more
Wild Bill (1995)
5.9/10
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: Ellen Barkin, Jeff Bridges, John Hurt, Diane Lane, Marjoe Gortner, David Arquett...
Jeff Bridges stars in this look at the life of Western legend Wild Bill Hickok. In the town of Deadwood, South Dakota, Wild Bill (Bridges) must face h... Read more
Enchanted April (1992)
7.4/10
Director: Mike Newell
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Josie Lawrence, Polly Walker, Joan Plowright, Alfred Molina,...
A charming and dreamlike comedy-drama set in the 1920's, as four London women with little in common, travel to Italy together and spend a month in a r... Read more
Magnolia (1999)
8/10
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Jeremy Blackman, Tom Cruise, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William...
Paul Thomas Anderson's third feature film is an exhilarating, almost reckless display of cinematic ambition. Weaving together more than a dozen charac... Read more
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad / The Golden Voyage of Sinbad / Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
Director: Gordon Hessler, Nathan Juran, Sam Wanamaker
Starring: Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer, Torin Thatcher, John Phillip Law, C...
A Sinbad Triple Feature featuring the amazing special effects of Ray Harryhausen. "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" (1958, 85 mins) - This grand adventure/fa... Read more
Dead Man (1995)
7.7/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, John Hurt, Lance Henriksen, Michael Win...
A one-of-a-kind stylish western written by director Jim Jarmusch, about a city accountant (Johnny Depp) who heads off to the wild west for job. When... Read more
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
7.3/10
Director: Franklin J Schaffner
Starring: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Harry Andrews, Tom Baker, Michael Bryant, Maurice...
The epic, lavish, yet ultimately tragic true story of Tsar Nicholas II (Michael Jayston), a man who lost an empire because he couldn't say 'no' to his... Read more
Down By Law (1986)
7.8/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Ellen Barkin, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, John Lurie, Tom Waits
Jim Jarmusch's follow-up to his immensely successful "Stranger Than Paradise" stars Tom Waits, John Lurie - and in a treasure of a performance, Robert... Read more
Suspiria (1976)
7.5/10
Director: Dario Argento
Starring: Alida Valli, Jessica Harper, Joan Bennett, Stefania Casini, Udo Kier
A dancing school in a small German town is the setting for unholy terror, as modern-day witches seek to resurrect their coven's long-dead founder, in... Read more