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Vietnam War (1985)

9.2/10
Starring: Walter Cronkite

For decades the war in Vietnam was the central drama on the stage of Southeast Asia. It was an intensely publicized war, the first television war that... Read more

The Best of The Two Ronnies: Volume 2 (2003)

9/10
Director: Terry Hughes, James Gilbert
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett

The Two Ronnies Volume 2 is a compilation of more favourite sketches chosen from sixteen years of this much-loved and much-missed programme including:... Read more

La Boheme (Luhrmann) (1993)

9/10
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Starring: Cheryl Barker, David Hobson, Roger Lemke

Baz Luhrmann, the director of Romeo and Juliet' (1996), updated Puccini's classic opera to Paris in 1950. It gave him the chance to capture something... Read more

Arrested Development: Season 1 (2003)

8.9/10
Director: Greg Mottola, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Starring: Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Liza Minnelli, Ron Howard, Alia Shawkat, Will Ar...

In this critically acclaimed hit sitcom, you'll meet the suddenly penniless, and equally clueless, Bluth family. Accustomed to their wildly affluent l... Read more

Pride and Prejudice (BBC) (1995)

8.9/10
Director: Simon Langton
Starring: Alison Steadman, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Colin Firth, David Bamber, Jennifer Ehle, J...

Elizabeth Bennett, a spirited and independent young woman, is the subject of her mother's obsessive goal to marry off her five daughters to the wealth... Read more

Arrested Development: Season 3 (2005)

8.9/10
Director: Various
Starring: Will Arnett, Scott Baio, Jason Bateman, Justine Bateman, Michael Cera, David Cro...

This set includes the complete third and final season of the genius, Emmy-winning comedy that was cancelled by people who 'just didn't understand'. Th... Read more

Fight Club (1999)

8.8/10
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Meat Loaf, Tom Waits, Jared Leto, Helena Bonham Carter, Edward Norton, Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt and Edward Norton deliver grand performances in this stunningly original, darkly comic film from the director of 'Seven'. A chance encounter... Read more

Fight Club ( Blu-ray ) (1999)

8.8/10
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Jared Leto, Tom Waits, Meat Loaf

Brad Pitt and Edward Norton deliver grand performances in this stunningly original, darkly comic film from the director of 'Seven'. A chance encounter... Read more

Doctor Who: The Ark in Space (1975)

8.7/10
Director: Robert Bennett
Starring: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter

The TARDIS materialises on a fully automated space station, which appears to be empty and deserted. In reality it contains the whole future population... Read more

Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment (1975)

8.7/10
Starring: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter

Transmitting down from Nerva Beacon, the Doctor (Tom Baker), Sarah Jane and Harry find themselves on Earth in the far future, long since abandoned by... Read more

Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen (1975)

8.7/10
Director: Michael E Briant
Starring: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter

In this adventure the Doctor, with Sarah and Harry, returns to Space Station Nerva (the scene of the "Ark in Space" adventure) to find that the TARDIS... Read more

Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks (1975)

8.7/10
Director: David Maloney
Starring: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter

The Doctor and his companions are transported back in time by the Time Lords who have decided that the Daleks need to be destroyed. The Doctor's missi... Read more

Downton Abbey: Season 1 (2010)

8.7/10
Starring: Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton,...

Set in England in the years leading up to the First World War, this sumptuous costume drama, written and created by Academy Award winner Julian Fellow... Read more

Battlestar Galactica: Episodes 9-16 (1978)

8.7/10
Starring: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr, John Colicos,...

In the Seventh Millennia of recorded history, the Battlestar Galactica roams the vast wilderness that is space. The robotic Cylon Alliance has destroy... Read more

Battlestar Galactica: Episodes 17-24 (1979)

8.7/10
Starring: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr, John Colicos,...

In the Seventh Millennia of recorded history, the Battlestar Galactica roams the vast wilderness that is space. The robotic Cylon Alliance has destroy... Read more

Battlestar Galactica: Episodes 5-8 (1978)

8.7/10
Starring: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr, Maren Jensen,...

In the Seventh Millennia of recorded history, the Battlestar Galactica roams the vast wilderness that is space. The robotic Cylon Alliance has destroy... Read more

Downton Abbey: Season 5 (2014)

8.7/10
Starring: Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton,...

Set in 1924, the fifth series sees the return of our much loved characters in the sumptuous setting of Downton Abbey. As they face new challenges, the... Read more

Downton Abbey: The Movie (Blu-Ray) (2019)

8.7/10
Director: Michael Engler
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery,...

Excitement is high at Downton Abbey when the Crawley family learns that King George V and Queen Mary are coming to visit. But trouble soon arises when... Read more

Downton Abbey: The Movie (2019)

8.7/10
Director: Michael Engler
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery,...

Excitement is high at Downton Abbey when the Crawley family learns that King George V and Queen Mary are coming to visit. But trouble soon arises when... Read more

Flight of the Conchords: Season 1 (2007)

8.6/10
Starring: Jemaine Clement, Rhys Darby, Bret McKenzie, Kristen Schaal, Arj Barker

Inspired musical-comedy duo Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie may modestly describe themselves as "New Zealand's 4th Most Popular Folk Parody Duo", bu... Read more

Flight of the Conchords: Season 2 (2008)

8.6/10
Starring: Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, Rhys Darby, Kristen Schaal, Arj Barker

Bret and Jemaine came home to Wellington to write new material for the second season of their hit HBO show; shorter than the first, it is rumoured to... Read more

Justified: Season 5 (2014)

8.6/10
Starring: Walton Goggins, Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jacob Pitts, Joelle Carter, Erica...

The vicious and self-destructive Crowe family drive the plot of the fifth season of this FX crime drama. Small-time crook and full-time idiot Dewey Cr... Read more

Justified: Season 1 (2010)

8.6/10
Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jacob Pitts, Joelle Carter, Erica Tazel, Natalie...

Timothy Olyphant ("Deadwood") stars as a modern-day Western hero based on the character created by legendary crime novelist Elmore Leonard from his sh... Read more

Poirot: Cat Among the Pigeons (2008)

8.6/10
Director: James Kent
Starring: David Suchet, Adam de Ville, Raji James, Harriet Walter, Don Gallagher

Agatha Christie's much loved detective Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) tackles an intriguing and dangerous murder case involving international espionage... Read more

Justified: Season 3 (2012)

8.6/10
Starring: Jeremy Davies, Walton Goggins, Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jacob Pitts, Joell...

In the nonstop, gunslinging third season of the highly acclaimed hit series, Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) must wield his brand o... Read more

Justified: Season 2 (2011)

8.6/10
Starring: Walton Goggins, Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jacob Pitts, Margo Martindale, Jo...

In the aftermath of the deadly showdown that freed Harlan County from the Crowder family crime reign, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) mu... Read more

The Two Ronnies in Australia (1986)

8.5/10
Starring: Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker

In 1986, shortly before their final TV series went to air, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett performed a riotous series of shows in Australia. The duo... Read more

Kingdom: Season 1 (2014)

8.5/10
Starring: Frank Grillo, Kiele Sanchez, Jonathan Tucker, Nick Jonas, Joanna Going, Paul Wal...

Alvey and Lisa are struggling to keep their gym, Navy Street, afloat. Their best hope is Alvey's son Nate, an up and coming fighter. Jay, Alvey's othe... Read more

Ronnie Barker: The Best of (1971)

8.4/10
Director: Terry Hughes
Starring: Ronnie Barker

The sketches and scenes included on this DVD were selected by Ronnie himself as representations of some of his best work. From the Two Ronnies we are... Read more

Ellery Queen: Adventures 21 - 22 (1975)

8.4/10
Starring: Carolyn Jones, Dana Wynter, David Wayne, Jim Hutton, Juliet Mills, Mel Ferrer, R...

Long before "Murder, She Wrote", "Ellery Queen" was entertaining viewers with the exact same crime format: a mysterious murder, a long list of clues,... Read more

Porridge (1979)

8.3/10
Director: Dick Clement
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale

This full-length feature based on the classic British TV series stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two prisoners who want nothing more than... Read more

Porridge: Series 1 (1974)

8.3/10
Director: Anon
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale

Six episodes of cynicism, self-preservation and bare-faced cheek as Fletcher (Ronnie Barker) takes on the Slade prison system. Also starring Richard B... Read more

The Best of The Two Ronnies (2002)

8.3/10
Director: Terry Hughes, James Gilbert
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett

From 1971 to 1987, and over the course of twelve series and eight specials, 'The Two Ronnies' was one of the nation's favourite television comedy show... Read more

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1947)

8.3/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt

Pauline Kael calls this 'one of the strongest of all American movies'. Three Americans strike it rich and greed takes over. With Bogart, Walter Huston... Read more

King Lear (McKellen) (2007)

8.3/10
Director: Trevor Nunn
Starring: Frances Barber, Ian McKellen, Jonathan Hyde

The Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation of the famous tale of jealously and betrayal, filmed in high definition as it was performed live in 2007. K... Read more

Porridge: The Christmas Specials (1975)

8.3/10
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton MacKay, Brian Wilde

"No Way Out" - In his innocence, Godber is looking forward to Christmas, but Fletch just wants a quiet sojourn in the prison hospital. As he says: "th... Read more

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ( Blu-ray ) (1947)

8.3/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Bruce Bennett, Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, Walter Huston

Pauline Kael calls this 'one of the strongest of all American movies'. Three Americans strike it rich and greed takes over. With Bogart, Walter Huston... Read more

Porridge: Series 2 (1975)

8.3/10
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Brian Wilde, Fulton MacKay

Ronnie Barker stars with Richard Beckinsale, Brian Wilde and Fulton MacKay in a second series at her Majesty's pleasure. Six episodes. Written by Dick... Read more

Nabucco (2000)

8.3/10
Starring: Walter Donati, Galiana Kalanina, Alessandro Teliga, Malgorzata Walewska

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi's death, his 4-part biblical epic was filmed at St Margarethen in Austria in 2000, with Wal... Read more

The Impressionists (2006)

8.2/10
Director: Tim Dunn
Starring: Amanda Root, Julian Glover, Richard Armitage, Crispin Bonham-Carter

The French Impressionists' struggle for recognition in the face of massive hostility from the 19th Century art world is brought vividly to life in thi... Read more

A Face in the Crowd (1957)

8.2/10
Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: Andy Griffith, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa

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

Downton Abbey: Season 4 (2013)

8.2/10
Starring: Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton,...

The complete fourth series of the ITV costume drama following the lives and loves of those above and below stairs at the stately home of Downton Abbey... Read more

Downton Abbey: Season 3 (Blu-ray) (2012)

8.2/10
Starring: Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton,...

Set in 1920 as England recovers from The Great War, the epic third series sees the return of all of the much-loved characters in the sumptuous setting... Read more

It Happened One Night (1934)

8.1/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly

Winner of five Academy Awards, this famous screwball comedy stars Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert as two mismatched lovers. Colbert escapes from her... Read more

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)

8.1/10
Director: Seth Gordon
Starring: Steve Wiebe, Billy Mitchell, Walter Day

A terrifically entertaining documentary full of drama, tension, humanity and humour following the world champion of classic '80s video game Donkey Kon... Read more

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

8.1/10
Director: David Yates
Starring: Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Isaacs, Julie Walters, Ma...

The "Harry Potter" film series reaches its thrilling and epic conclusion as Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) fulfills his destiny in a defining battle with Lo... Read more

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 ( Blu-ray ) (3D) (2011)

8.1/10
Director: David Yates
Starring: Alan Rickman, David Thewlis, Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Isaacs, Jo...

The "Harry Potter" film series reaches its thrilling and epic conclusion as Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) fulfills his destiny in a defining battle with Lo... Read more

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 ( Blu-ray ) (2011)

8.1/10
Director: David Yates
Starring: Alan Rickman, David Thewlis, Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Isaacs, Jo...

The "Harry Potter" film series reaches its thrilling and epic conclusion as Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) fulfills his destiny in a defining battle with Lo... Read more

Rio Bravo ( Blu-ray ) (1959)

8/10
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ward Bon...

Howard Hawks' western classic stars John Wayne as a sheriff whose town is under siege by the army of gunmen brought in by crooked cattle baron John Ru... Read more

Fail Safe (blu-ray) (1964)

8/10
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Dan O'Herlihy, Henry Fonda, Larry Hagman, Walter Matthau

One of the greatest anti-war thrillers ever. This tense Cold War offering is about a squad of American bombers that are accidentally sent to deliver a... Read more

Charade (1963)

8/10
Director: Stanley Donen
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Coburn, Walter Matthau

This elegant Hitchcock-like thriller has Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn put through a maze of danger and suspense in Paris, as a group of men pursue He... Read more

To Have And Have Not (1944)

8/10
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Dolores Moran

Director Howard Hawks once bet Ernest Hemingway he could make a good film from one of the author's worst books. Needless to say, he won the bet with t... Read more

Fail Safe (1964)

8/10
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Dan O'Herlihy, Henry Fonda, Larry Hagman, Walter Matthau

One of the greatest anti-war thrillers ever. This tense Cold War offering is about a squad of American bombers that are accidentally sent to deliver a... Read more

Blake's 7: Series 4 (1981)

8/10
Director: Mary Ridge, David Sullivan Proudfoot, Vivenne Cozens
Starring: Paul Darrow, Glynis Barber, Michael Keating, Josette Simon, Jacqueline Pearce, G...

The intergalactic adventures of the interplanetary resistance group continue in the complete fourth and final season of â??Blakeâ??s 7â??. Roaming a u... Read more

Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 2, Discs 3/4 (1967)

8/10
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols,...

Follow the second year's voyages of Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the original Starship Enterprise. Join them as they embark on the classic ad... Read more

Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 2, Discs 5/6 (1967)

8/10
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols,...

Follow the second year's voyages of Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the original Starship Enterprise. Join them as they embark on the classic ad... Read more

Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 3, Discs 3/4 (1968)

8/10
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols,...

The third and final season of Classic "Star Trek" includes the memorable episode in which Spock's brain is stolen, the deadly alien reconstruction of... Read more

Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 2, Disc 7 (1967)

8/10
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols,...

Follow the second year's voyages of Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the original Starship Enterprise. Join them as they embark on the classic ad... Read more

Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 2, Discs 1/2 (1967)

8/10
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols,...

Follow the second year's voyages of Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the original Starship Enterprise. Join them as they embark on the classic ad... Read more

Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 3, Discs 1/2 (1968)

8/10
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan,...

The third and final season of Classic "Star Trek" includes the memorable episode in which Spock's brain is stolen, the deadly alien reconstruction of... Read more

Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 3, Discs 5/6/7 (1968)

8/10
Starring: James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, W...

The third and final season of Classic "Star Trek" includes the memorable episode in which Spock's brain is stolen, the deadly alien reconstruction of... Read more

The King's Speech (2010)

8/10
Director: Tom Hooper
Starring: Colin Firth, Derek Jacobi, Geoffrey Rush, Guy Pearce, Helena Bonham Carter, Jenn...

Four Academy Awards-including Best Picture, Director, and Actor-went to this biopic of 1930s Britain's King George VI. Colin Firth shines as the monar... Read more

Big Fish (2003)

8/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Danny DeVito, Ewan McGregor, Helena Bonham Carter,...

An adventure as big as life itself, Tim Burton's imaginative fable stars Albert Finney as Edward Bloom, a dying eccentric known for spinning larger-th... Read more

Big Fish ( Blu-ray ) (2003)

8/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter,...

An adventure as big as life itself, Tim Burton's imaginative fable stars Albert Finney as Edward Bloom, a dying eccentric known for spinning larger-th... Read more

JFK (1991)

8/10
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Sissy Spacek, Kevin Bacon, Laurie Metcalf, Gary...

Oliver Stone's triumphant speculative drama is based on New Orleans D.A. Jim Garrison's experience in bringing charges - the only ones ever levelled a... Read more

Hogan's Heroes: Go Light on the Heavy Water (1965)

7.9/10
Starring: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner

Who ever thought POW life could be so much fun! Caught behind enemy lines in Stalag 13 Germany, there's no stopping Hogan and his crew as they outwit... Read more

Hogan's Heroes: The Flight of the Valkyrie (1965)

7.9/10
Starring: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner

Who ever thought POW life could be so much fun! Caught behind enemy lines in Stalag 13 Germany, there's no stopping Hogan and his crew as they outwit... Read more

Hogan's Heroes: The Informer (1965)

7.9/10
Starring: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dix...

Contains the first four episodes of the popular 60s wartime comedy series. "The Informer" (Pilot episode) - At Stalag 13, a German prisoner-of-war cam... Read more

Hogan's Heroes: Season 4 (1968)

7.9/10
Starring: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dix...

The fourth season finds the snappy one-liners, preposterous plots, oversexed atmosphere, and Nazi buffoonery all firmly entrenched. Brief bits of susp... Read more

Hogan's Heroes: Season 6 (1970)

7.9/10
Starring: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dix...

Just as the castaways were left to languish on Gilligan's Island, so, too, did cancellation deprive fans of seeing Col. Hogan (Bob Crane) and company... Read more

Hogan's Heroes: Season 1 (1965)

7.9/10
Starring: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dix...

Colonel Hogan (Bob Crane) leads a ragtag band of POW's caught behind German lines in this popular television comedy. The bumbling Germans give Hogan a... Read more

Hogan's Heroes: Season 2 (1966)

7.9/10
Starring: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dix...

A top 10 show in its first season (a top 20 show in its second), Hogan's Heroes, like Gilligan's Island, got little love from critics during its seven... Read more

Hogan's Heroes: Season 3 (1967)

7.9/10
Starring: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dix...

"What is this man doing here?" an increasingly agitated Major Hochstetter of the Gestapo demands of Col. Klink (Werner Klemperer) in "War Takes a Holi... Read more

Fury (1936)

7.9/10
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot, Walter Brennan

Fritz Lang's first American film after fleeing Nazi Germany is a perceptive indictment of the mob mentality when lynchings were still a grim fact of l... Read more

Bellissima (1951)

7.9/10
Director: Luchino Visconti
Starring: Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Gastone Renzelli

A working class mother blinded by pride hatches unrealistic plans for her daughter's show business career when a famous director comes to town and sta... Read more

The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser (1974)

7.9/10
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Bruno S, Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira

About a young man who in the 1820's suddenly appeared in a small German town, full-grown but seemingly a new born child, unable to speak and stand. Br... Read more

Red River (1948)

7.8/10
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan

One of the great American adventure films. John Wayne plays the cattle baron while Montgomery Clift, the son, is at odds over the way dad runs his emp... Read more

The Two Ronnies: The Picnic / By the Sea (1976)

7.8/10
Director: Bill Wilson
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett

Enjoy a double-helping of delightful farce in these two irresistible, rarely seen 'silent' comedy television shorts from the award-winning team The Tw... Read more

The Two Ronnies: Series 2 (1972)

7.8/10
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett

'The Two Ronnies: Series Two' features all eight side-splitting episodes from this season, continuing the adventures of recurring private detectives C... Read more

The Two Ronnies: Series 1 (1971)

7.8/10
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett

In a glorious blend of visual and verbal humour, a typical programme begins and ends with Ronnie's Barker and Corbett seated behind a desk reading qui... Read more

Queen Kelly (1929)

7.8/10
Director: Erich Von Stroheim
Starring: Gloria Swanson, Seena Owen, Walter Byron

A convent girl is swept off her feet by a roguish prince and sent to live in East Africa where her aunt runs a brothel, in this fascinating extravagan... Read more

Mr Skeffington (1944)

7.8/10
Director: Vincent Sherman
Starring: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel

A woman dreams of a picture-perfect life but finds she's close to losing everything. Gorgeous Fanny Trellis (Bette Davis) appears to have her choice o... Read more

Hamlet (Gibson) (1990)

7.8/10
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Starring: Alan Bates, Glenn Close, Mel Gibson, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham Cart...

'God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another' wrote William Shakespeare in his classic tale of vengeance and obsession. Franco Zeffire... Read more

Sergeant York (1941)

7.8/10
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Gary Cooper, George Tobias, Joan Leslie, Walter Brennan

Torn between religious pacifism and patriotism, Alvin York of Tennessee went on to become World War I's most acclaimed hero. As the simple backwoods f... Read more

Titanic (1997)

7.8/10
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Bernard Hill, Bill Paxton, Billy Zane, David Warner, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stua...

Director James Cameron's epic blockbuster, at the time the most expensive movie ever, won a record-tying 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and... Read more

The Two Ronnies: The Christmas Specials (1982)

7.8/10
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, Elton John, David Essex, Elaine Paige

Featuring the full Christmas Specials from 1982, 1984 and 1987 as well as the 1973 Old Fashioned Christmas Mystery and their appearance in the 1972 Ch... Read more

The Children's Hour (1961)

7.8/10
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins, Fay Bainter, Kar...

Daring adaptation of Lillian Hellman's celebrated play of suspected lesbianism in a girls' school. William Wyler (who also made the 1936 version, "The... Read more

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)

7.8/10
Director: William Dieterle
Starring: Walter Huston, Edward Arnold, James Craig, Anne Shirley, Simone Simon

Stephen Vincent Benet's "New Englandized" Faust story. A young 19th-century farmer (James Craig) sells his soul to Mr. Scratch (Walter Huston) for sev... Read more

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

7.8/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, Maureen O'Hara, Roddy McDowall, Walter Pidgeon

This poignant saga of a coal-mining family in Wales examines the grim, dangerous life down in the mines and the labour dispute that divides a tight-kn... Read more

Lifeboat (1944)

7.8/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, John Hodiak, Hume Cronyn, Cana...

From a story by John Steinbeck, director Alfred Hitchcock's riveting film of human strengths and frailties under extraordinary circumstances finds eig... Read more

Titanic ( Blu-ray ) (1997)

7.8/10
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Bernard Hill, Bill Paxton, Billy Zane, David Warner, Frances Fisher, Kate Winsle...

Director James Cameron's epic blockbuster, at the time the most expensive movie ever, won a record-tying 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and... Read more

Advise & Consent (1962)

7.8/10
Director: Otto Preminger
Starring: Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Gene T...

Gripping, classic Washington drama dealing with the power plays that erupt when a controversial politician is nominated for Secretary of State. Direct... Read more

Bad Day at Black Rock (1954)

7.8/10
Director: John Sturges
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Eric...

Spencer Tracy gives one of his greatest performances in this suspenseful, action-packed drama as one-armed war vet John J. McCreedy who stirs up troub... Read more

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010)

7.8/10
Director: Mac Carter
Starring: David Cronenberg, Frank Langella, George Reeves, Margot Kidder, Pat Boone, Sam H...

What personal tragedy helped inspire the creation of Superman? What pop phenomenon put Batman back on the cultural radar? What changes to Wonder Woman... Read more

BlacKkKlansman (2018)

7.8/10
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Robert John Burke, Topher Grace, Ashlie Atkinson, Adam Driver, Rya...

From Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. Its the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the first Afri... Read more

BlacKkKlansman (Blu-Ray) (2018)

7.8/10
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Robert John Burke, Topher Grace, Ashlie Atkinson, Adam Driver, Rya...

From Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. Its the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the first Afri... Read more

Hogan's Heroes: Season 5 (1969)

7.7/10
Starring: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dix...

The fifth season of Hogan's Heroes aired in 1969 with a divisive war tearing the nation apart, and decades later there is still comfort to be taken fr... Read more

Open All Hours: Series 4 (1985)

7.7/10
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Starring: Ronnie Barker, David Jason, Lynda Baron

Ronnie Barker's great creation Arkwright continues to mind the store where the only thing going cheap is talk. The elusive Nurse Gladys Emmanuel is st... Read more

The Odd Couple (1967)

7.7/10
Director: Gene Saks
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Fiedler

Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau are two divorced buddies who decide to be roommates in this classic film adaptation of the Neil Simon smash hit play. Read more

Open All Hours: Series 3 (1982)

7.7/10
Starring: Ronnie Barker, David Jason, Lynda Baron

Ronnie Barker's stuttering shopkeeper Arkwright lives for just three things - a regularly ringing till, a glimpse of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel's more than... Read more

Open All Hours: Series 1 (1976)

7.7/10
Director: Anon
Starring: Ronnie Barker, David Jason, Lynda Baron

Ronnie Barker stars as Arkwright, the stuttering grocer, in the first series of this cornershop comedy. Arkwright's urge to take money from his custom... Read more

Open All Hours: Series 2 (1977)

7.7/10
Starring: Ronnie Barker, David Jason, Lynda Baron

Ronnie Barker's tight-fisted shopkeeper Arkwright continues to risk amputation rather than replace his death trap of a till. As Nurse Gladys Emmanuel,... Read more

Meet John Doe (1941)

7.7/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan

Capra's classic ode to the common man. Gary Cooper is the unemployed worker built into a symbol by a newspaper publisher only to discover he's the obj... Read more

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

7.7/10
Director: Joseph Sargent
Starring: Martin Balsam, Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Hector Elizondo

First-rate thriller in which Robert Shaw heads a four-man gang who hijack a New York City subway car at rush hour and demand one million dollars in ra... Read more

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S Thompson (2008)

7.7/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Starring: Johnny Depp, Sony Barger, Hunter S Thompson, Tom Wolfe

Living and dying with a fast, hard, and uncompromising style was the only choice for writer/journalist Hunter S. Thompson. In this insightful document... Read more

Lonely Are the Brave (1962)

7.7/10
Director: David Miller
Starring: Carroll O'Connor, Gena Rowlands, George Kennedy, Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau

Kirk Douglas is a cowboy on a collision course with the modern world! Set in the 1960s, the action follows Jack Burns (Douglas) as he gets himself thr... Read more

The Crown: Season 4 (2020)

7.7/10
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Josh O'Connor, Tobias Menz...

S.1: The royal family mourns the passing of Winston Churchill. The United Kingdom ushers in a new prime minister, the Labour Party's Harold Wilson who... Read more

Fried Green Tomatoes ( at the Whistle Stop Cafe ) (1991)

7.7/10
Director: Jon Avnet
Starring: Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker

An appealing, heartwarming, comedy-drama based on Fannie Flagg's 'Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe' about rural Alabama past and present... Read more

Muscle Shoals (2013)

7.7/10
Director: Greg 'Freddy' Camalier
Starring: Bono, Jimmy Cliff, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett...

Located alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of America's most creative and defiant music. U... Read more

Arrested Development: Season 2 (2004)

7.7/10
Director: Patty Jenkins, Lee Shallat Chemel, Jeff Melman, Peter Lauer, Jason Bateman
Starring: Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, David Cross, Portia De Rossi, Tony Hal...

The bitingly brilliant, Emmy Award-winning second season continues to follow the downward-spiralling fortunes of the deluded Bluth family. Michael (J... Read more

Route 66: Season 1, Volume 2 (1961)

7.7/10
Starring: Beatrice Straight, Dan Duryea, Darren McGavin, George Maharis, Jack Weston, Mart...

Two young adventurers (Martin Milner, George Maharis) in a Corvette explore early 60's social problems and changing mores, looking for the right place... Read more

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 ( Blu-ray ) (2010)

7.7/10
Director: David Yates
Starring: Alan Rickman, Brendan Gleeson, David Thewlis, Fiona Shaw, Helena Bonham Carter,...

The two-part finale of the "Harry Potter" film series begins as Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson), and Ron (Rupert Grint) steel themsel... Read more

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

7.7/10
Director: David Yates
Starring: Alan Rickman, Brendan Gleeson, David Thewlis, Fiona Shaw, Helena Bonham Carter,...

The two-part finale of the "Harry Potter" film series begins as Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson), and Ron (Rupert Grint) steel themsel... Read more

Forbidden Planet (1956)

7.6/10
Director: Fred M Wilcox
Starring: Robby the Robot, Warren Stevens, Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis

'The best of the science fiction interstellar productions of the fifties', according to Pauline Kael. The action takes place in the year 2257 on the p... Read more

Arj Barker Live (2006)

7.6/10
Starring: Arj Barker

Prepare to take a ride through Arj's world, where absurdity and logic meet, as he unleashes his unique, intelligent world-class stand-up comedy. Dishi... Read more

42nd Street (1933)

7.6/10
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Starring: Dick Powell, George Brent, Guy Kibbee, Ruby Keeler, Warner Baxter, Una Merkel

The archetypical backstage musical given depth, life and power by the extravagant touch of Busby Berkeley. Warner Baxter is Julian Marsh, the 'musical... Read more

Clarence: Series 1 (1988)

7.6/10
Director: Mike Stephens
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Josephine Tewson

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

Von Trapped! (2003)

7.6/10
Director: Morag Fullarton
Starring: Caroline Quentin, Una Stubbs, Jim Carter

Maria Moogan (Caroline Quentin) is a middle-aged mobile hairdresser, obsessed with 'The Sound of Music' and living with her embittered mother and horm... Read more

Bigger than Life (1956)

7.6/10
Director: Nicholas Ray
Starring: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau

Adapted from a New Yorker article. James Mason stars as Ed Avery, a small-town, '50s schoolteacher working two jobs and suffering debilitating illness... Read more

Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (Richardson) (1983)

7.6/10
Director: Douglas Hickox
Starring: Ian Richardson, Martin Shaw, Glynis Barber, Denholm Elliott, Connie Booth

"It was a brave man who would cross the wild Devon moorlands in darkness - for the ancient legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles had persisted in fa... Read more

Mrs Miniver (1942)

7.6/10
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Teresa Wright

The winner of seven Oscars in 1942 was an effective morale boost for all the folks on the home front. Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon head a middle-cl... Read more

Bill: On His Own (1983)

7.6/10
Director: Anthony Page
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Helen Hunt, Edie McClurg, Tracey Walter, Teresa Wright, Dennis Qu...

This made for televison sequel to the Emmy-winning 1981 film 'Bill' stars Mickey Rooney as Bill Sackter, once more struggling to survive in the mainst... Read more

The Crown: Season 3 (2019)

7.6/10
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Josh O'Connor, Tobias Menz...

S.1: The royal family mourns the passing of Winston Churchill. The United Kingdom ushers in a new prime minister, the Labour Party's Harold Wilson who... Read more

Banacek: Season 1 (1972)

7.6/10
Starring: Broderick Crawford, George Peppard, Jessica Walter, Margot Kidder, Stella Steven...

There's an old Polish proverb that says...High class and high mystery is the world of suave, Polish-American Thomas Banacek. Boston's leading insuranc... Read more

East of Eden (1981)

7.6/10
Director: Harvey Hart
Starring: Anne Baxter, Bruce Boxleitner, Hart Bochner, Jane Seymour, Karen Allen, Lloyd Br...

This lush adaptation of the classic Steinbeck drama sweeps through three generations of familial conflict from the Civil War to World War I, with Timo... Read more

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 4 (1957)

7.6/10
Starring: Roger Moore, Steve McQueen, Bette Davis, Walter Matthau, Dick York, Leslie Niels...

Legendary, award-winning and suspenseful, Alfred Hitchcock Presents set the gold standard for all TV mystery series to come and has remained an indeli... Read more

The Gathering Storm (2002)

7.6/10
Director: Richard Loncraine
Starring: Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent, Linus Roache, Lena Headey, Tom W...

The mid-1930's finds the great politician and orator Winston Churchill (Albert Finney) out of favour and struggling to make his robust voice heard by... Read more

Mrs Miniver ( Blu-ray ) (1942)

7.6/10
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Dame May Whitty, Greer Garson, Henry Travers, Henry Wilcoxon, Teresa Wright, Wal...

The winner of seven Oscars in 1942 was an effective morale boost for all the folks on the home front. Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon head a middle-cl... Read more

Heroes: Season 1 - Part 2 (2006)

7.6/10
Starring: Adrian Pasdar, Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere, Milo Ventimiglia, Santiago Cabrera...

All around the world, people are waking up to find they have developed superhuman powers. A cheerleader in Texas seems to be indestructible, a nurse... Read more

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ( Blu-ray ) (2009)

7.6/10
Director: David Yates
Starring: Alan Rickman, David Thewlis, Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters,...

The sixth film in the ever-darkening series is visually stunningly and has its fair share of gleeful humour too, as the young wizard's inevitable batt... Read more

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

7.6/10
Director: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Robb...

The sixth film in the ever-darkening series is visually stunningly and has its fair share of gleeful humour too, as the young wizard's inevitable batt... Read more

Heroes: Season 1 - Part 1 (2006)

7.6/10
Starring: Hayden Panettiere, Masi Oka, Adrian Pasdar, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Milo Ventimiglia...

All around the world, people are waking up to find they have developed superhuman powers. A cheerleader in Texas seems to be indestructible, a nurse... Read more

Downton Abbey: A New Era (Blu-ray) (2022)

7.6/10
Director: Simon Curtis
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery,...

The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. Read more

Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)

7.6/10
Director: Simon Curtis
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery,...

The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. Read more

Support Your Local Sheriff (1968)

7.5/10
Director: Burt Kennedy
Starring: James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan, Harry Morgan, Jack Elam

On his way to Australia, frontier opportunist Jason McCullough (James Garner) stumbles into a small gold-rush town and decides to earn a little extra... Read more

Richard Jewell (2020)

7.5/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates

American security guard Richard Jewell saves many lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Olympics, but is vilified by journalists and the press who... Read more

Dempsey and Makepeace: Season 1 (1984)

7.5/10
Starring: Michael Brandon, Glynis Barber, Ray Smith, Desmond Cullum-Jones, David Baxt

Lt. James Dempsey, a Serpico-like Brooklyn cop is sent to Scotland Yard and partnered with the glamorous but tough Sgt. Harriet Makepeace. Dempsey fin... Read more

Wonder Woman: Season 2 (1977)

7.5/10
Starring: Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, Norman Burton

What's Wonder Woman up to now? Flash forward 35 years from her stirring Season One adventures defending America in World War II. Without missing a bea... Read more

Wonder Woman: Season 3 (1978)

7.5/10
Starring: Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, Norman Burton

The third and final season of this camp superhero series sees 'Diana Prince' battling foes that include a time traveller from the year 2155, a brain w... Read more

Hangmen Also Die (1944)

7.5/10
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Dennis O'Keefe

The 1942 assassination of Nazi collaborator Reinhard Heydrich in Prague inspired director/co-writer Fritz Lang to create this fictional account. Brian... Read more

The Westerner (1940)

7.5/10
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport

A classic tale of range wars in the late 1800s, with Gary Cooper as a wanderer who finds himself in the middle. Walter Brennan won his third Oscar as... Read more

Charley Varrick (1973)

7.5/10
Director: Don Siegel
Starring: Felicia Farr, Joe Don Baker, John Vernon, Norman Fell, Sheree North, Walter Matt...

Don Siegel directed this offbeat crime thriller which stars Walter Matthau as the titular Charley Varrick. Varrick is a small-time stick-up man who, i... Read more

Minette Walters: The Ice House (1997)

7.5/10
Director: Tim Fywell
Starring: Corin Redgrave, Kitty Aldridge, Frances Barber, Daniel Craig

The peaceful, secluded, country hideaway of three diverse, lonely, supposedly lesbian, women is suddenly shattered when their gardener discovers a par... Read more

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)

7.5/10
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Robert Walker, Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson, Phyllis Thaxter

This exciting true-life adventure is about the first bombing attack on Tokyo during WW II. It follows Lt Col Jimmy Doolittle (Spencer Tracy) and his m... Read more

People Will Talk (1951)

7.5/10
Director: Joseph L Mankiewicz
Starring: Cary Grant, Jeanne Crain, Finlay Currie, Hume Cronyn, Walter Slezak, Sidney Blac...

Sparkling comic gem with moments of great poignancy stars Cary Grant as a physician whose belief in the curative powers of the mind seems too unorthod... Read more

Belgravia: Season One (2020)

7.5/10
Starring: Philip Glenister, Tamsin Greig, Harriet Walter, Saskia Reeves, Paul Ritter, Alic...

Follows events when the emerging nouveau riche, including the Trenchard family, rub shoulders with London's established upper classes and when secrets... Read more

The Gruffalo (2009)

7.5/10
Director: Jakob Schuh, Max Lang
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, John Hurt, Robbie Coltrane, Tom Wilkinson, James Corden, R...

The best-selling children's picture book, written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, is brought to life in this beautifully animate... Read more

Babel ( Blu-ray ) (2006)

7.5/10
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Mohamed Akhzam, Peter Wight, Harriet Walter, Trevor M...

The director of '21 Grams' has loosley weaved together four stories from three conitinents in this powerful drama about cultural barriers. Brad Pitt a... Read more

I, Tonya (2017)

7.5/10
Director: Craig Gillespie
Starring: Allison Janney, Bobby Cannavale, Julianne Nicholson, Bojana Novakovic, Sebastian...

In 1991, talented figure skater Tonya Harding becomes the first American woman to complete a triple axel during a competition. In 1994, her world come... Read more

Babel (2006)

7.5/10
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Mohamed Akhzam, Peter Wight, Harriet Walter, Trevor M...

The director of '21 Grams' has loosley weaved together four stories from three conitinents in this powerful drama about cultural barriers. Brad Pitt... Read more