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World War 2 In Colour (2000)

This two part series from Germany, brings together a compilation of amazing unseen archival footage from pre-war Germany to the end of the war in Afri... Read more

When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan (2006)

7.7/10
Director: Jasmine Dellal

In 2001, American promoters persuaded five noted bands of gypsy musicians to join forces for what was billed as 'The Gypsy Caravan Tour'. The line-up... Read more

Flushed Away (2006)

6.6/10
Director: David Bowers, Sam Fell
Starring: Voices Of, Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Bill Nighy, Andy...

Aardman Studio's first CGI animated feature revolves around Roddy (voiced by Hugh Jackman), a society mouse, living the high life in a Kensington pent... Read more

Madea's Family Reunion (2006)

5.1/10
Director: Tyler Perry
Starring: Tyler Perry, Blair Underwood, Lynn Whitfield, Boris Kodjoe, Henry Simmons, Lisa...

Tyler Perry adapted his play, directed and also played three characters in his sequel to 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman', in which pistol-packing grandma... Read more

Peking to Paris (2006)

8.2/10

In 1907, when the motorcar still had something to prove, the punishing Peking to Paris race was born of a casual dare in a Parisian newspaper. More t... Read more

Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

7.4/10
Director: Doug Atchison
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Keke Palmer, Curtis Armstrong

Award-winning family drama about a young girl who beats the odds in order to enter the national spelling bee, under the patient tutelage of strict tea... Read more

The Exodus Decoded (2006)

6.8/10
Director: Simcha Jacobovici
Starring: Narrated by, James Cameron

James Cameron narrates Jewish Canadian director Simcha Jacobovici's exploration of the biblical exodus from Egypt, in light of new evidence which may... Read more

Just Ask For Diamond (1988)

Director: Stephen Bayly
Starring: Colin Dale, Saeed Jaffrey, Susannah York, Dursley McLinden, Patricia Hodge, Jimm...

Private Eye Tim Diamond (Dursley McLinden) and his way-too-smart kid brother, Nick team up with failing nightclub singer Susannah York for action, lau... Read more

Foyle's War: Series 2 (2003)

8.4/10
Director: Giles Foster, Jeremy Silberston
Starring: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Julian Ovenden, Honeysuckle Weeks

As war rages over Europe Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen), is battling crime on the homefront. All four episodes fr... Read more

Ghost Rider (2007)

5.2/10
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley, Sam Elliott, Donal Logue, Peter Fonda

Stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze (Nic Cage) sells his soul to save his father from terminal cancer, but Mephistopheles (Peter Fonda) is not the most tr... Read more

Mr Bean's Holiday (2007)

6.4/10
Director: Steve Bendelack
Starring: Jean Rochefort, Rowan Atkinson, Willem Dafoe, Steve Pemberton, Karel Roden, Emma...

Gangly goofball, Mr Bean (Rowan Atkinson) wins an all-expenses-paid trip to the balmy south of France, though naturally his holiday will be anything b... Read more

Cheers: Season 2 (1983)

7.8/10
Starring: Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman, Nicholas Colasanto, George Wendt, John R...

In the second season, Sam and Diane's new relationship is off to a shaky start, to the surprise of noone. Norm separates from Vera, Cliff falls for C... Read more

Volver (2006)

7.6/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lam...

Pedro Almodovar's 16th feature film stars Penelope Cruz as a hard-working janitor, supporting a daughter and a layabout husband in Madrid. Her own mo... Read more

Origin - Spirits of the Past (2006)

6.5/10
Director: Keiichi Sugiyama

In the not-too-distant future man has unleashed an environmental catastrophe. 300 years later the planet has recovered but mankind is still at odds w... Read more

Ben 10: Season 1 (2005)

7.1/10

Typical kid Ben Tennyson finds an extraterrestrial device that allows him to become a host of alien-fighting superheroes in this engaging, kid-friendl... Read more

Ed Byrne: Pedantic and Whimsical (2006)

8.3/10
Director: Helen Downing
Starring: Ed Byrne

Capturing all of the Irish comedian's best live bits, and showing how he worked his way up from local comedy circuits to becoming the biggest-selling... Read more

Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken (1981)

8.7/10
Director: John Black
Starring: Tom Baker, Anthony Ainley, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse

Tom Baker's pen-ultimate storyline as the Doctor, sees him returning to N-Space, summoned to Traken, a planet of peace and harmony, where The Keeper i... Read more

Maddigan's Quest: The Complete Series (2005)

7.7/10
Director: Vanessa Alexander, Charlie Haskell, Peter Burger, Geoffrey Cawthorn
Starring: Michael Hurst, Danielle Cormack, Timothy Balme, Fleur Saville, Rawiri Pene, Pete...

A vivid tale of magic, adventure and time-travel, from renowned children's author Margaret Mahy. In a post-apocalyptic future, a troupe of circus perf... Read more

The Illusionist (2006)

7.6/10
Director: Neil Burger
Starring: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan

Edward Norton is the supernaturally talented magician, Eisenheim, who uses his skills to win the heart of the woman he loved as a child, the young duc... Read more

Navy Seals (1990)

5.5/10
Director: Lewis Teague
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, Joanne Whalley, Rick Rossovich, Bill Paxton, Denni...

Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn and Bill Paxton are the best of the best, fighting off terrorists in Beirut as the Navy's elite Seals go on a typically h... Read more

Tommy Cooper: Missing Pieces (1991)

7.4/10
Starring: Tommy Cooper

One of Britain's most inventive and well-loved comedians, Tommy Cooper, is back with a collection of oddball sketches, bungled magic and dead-pan one-... Read more

Building the Gherkin (2006)

6.6/10
Director: Mirjam von Arx

Just one day after the attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York, the first steel beam of 30 St Mary Axe (as it is officially known) was put in pl... Read more

The Bronte Sisters (2005)

7.5/10

In 1847 three seminal works of English literature were published - Charlotte Bronte's 'Jayne Eyre'; Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights' and Anne Bronte... Read more

Over There: The Complete Series (2005)

7.9/10
Director: Chris Gerolmo
Starring: Luke MacFarlane, Erik Palladino, Lizette Carrion, Keith Robinson

A provocative war drama from Steven Bochco following a squad of U.S. Army troops sent to Iraq for their first tour of duty. Enduring the challenges of... Read more

Spider-Man 2.1 (2004)

Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, Donn...

Spectacular sequel finds Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) questioning his abilities to juggle both everyday life and his role as crimefighter Spider-Man.... Read more

I'm in Love (2005)

6.2/10
Director: B.M Mirza
Starring: Nafisa Khan, Behazad Khan, Razaf Khan, Tom Alter, Siddarth Shukla

Based in and around London, director B.M Mirza's Bollywood film focuses on the life of Indian-British businessman Karan Kapoor (Arjun Gaur). Karan has... Read more

Terry and the Pirates (1940)

6.3/10
Director: James W Horne
Starring: Granville Owen, William Tracy, Shelia Darcy

Based on the 1934 comic strip by Milton Caniff, and transferred to the big screen in this thrill-a-minute, 15-episode serial. Young Terry Lee and his... Read more

White Noise: The Light (2007)

5.5/10
Director: Patrick Lussier
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Katee Sackhoff, Kendall Cross, Craig Fairbrass, Adrian Holmes

Abe (Nathan Fillion) is a contented husband and father when a chaotic act of violence rips away everything he loves. After a botched suicide, Abe has... Read more

Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume 1 (1994)

8/10
Director: etc , Matt Banker
Starring: Weird Al Yankovic, Judy Tenuta, Timothy Leary, Bob Denver, Adam West, Carol Chan...

The original Adult Swim series is a spoof of late night talk shows, with clapped-out superhero, Space Ghost, in the David Letterman role. In outer sp... Read more

The Gymnast (2006)

6.5/10
Director: Ned Farr
Starring: Dreya Weber, Addie Yungmee, Allison Mackie

Jane Hawkins (Dreya Weber) was a talented gymnast, full of Olympic hopes when an injury forced her to give up her goals. Twenty years later she is wo... Read more

Peter Kay: Live at the Top of the Tower (2000)

8/10
Director: Marcus Mortimer
Starring: Peter Kay

Well-known northern comic, Peter Kay, returns to his roots for a one-off comedy gig in Blackpool. Following the huge success of his TV shows ('Phoeni... Read more

Hanover Street (1979)

6.1/10
Director: Peter Hyams
Starring: Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer, Michael Sacks, Richard Mas...

Harrison Ford is an American bomber pilot stationed in London during World War II. During an air raid, Harrison meets Lesley Anne-Down, a married Brit... Read more

Irish Jam (2006)

5.3/10
Director: John Eyres
Starring: Eddie Griffin, Anna Friel, Kevin McNally, Mo'Nique

Belmullet, Ireland is up to its ears in debt and about to be sold off, that is unless the crafty locals can come up with a plan to save their town. T... Read more

The Lodger / Downhill (1927)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Marie Ault, Ivor Novello

Aesthetically influenced by German Expressionism, and based on the story of Jack the Ripper, 'The Lodger' was the film in which Hitchcock first demons... Read more

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006)

6.6/10
Director: Tad Stones, Phil Weinstein
Starring: Voices Of, Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, John Hurt, Peri Gilpin

This animated feature sees the main cast from the film reprising their roles including Ron Perlman, Selma Blair and John Hurt. When a folklore profes... Read more

Voices of Civil Rights: Volume 2 (2006)

In the summer of 2004 a group of journalists embarked on a bus tour that would take them around the US, recording first-hand stories of the Civil Righ... Read more

The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 (1958)

6.8/10
Director: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna

That loveable hound with the Southern drawl is now available on DVD, along with mousy friends Pixie and Dixie, Yogi and Boo Boo (who got their start h... Read more

Midsomer Murders: Series 3 (1999)

7.8/10
Starring: John Nettles, Daniel Casey

Once again, the most dangerous village in England is claiming lives. All four movie-length episodes from series 3 are here - 'Dead Man's Eleven', 'Dea... Read more

Spanish Fly (1976)

4.9/10
Director: Bob Kellett
Starring: Leslie Phillips, Terry-Thomas, Frank Thornton, Graham Armitage, Nadiuska

Leslie Phillips is the debonair Mike Scott who visits Menorca to arrange a series of glamourous photo shoots. After arriving he meets up with an old... Read more

Rocketman (1997)

5.9/10
Director: Stuart Gillard
Starring: Beau Bridges, Jessica Lundy, William Sadler, Harland Williams, Jeffrey DeMunn, J...

Geeky, accident-prone Fred Z. Randall (Harland Williams) is realising a dream. He's designed a spacecraft that can take a crew to Mars, and he's goin... Read more

Joan of Arc: Soldier Saint (1996)

6.7/10

The remarkable Maid of Orleans is the subject of this documentary that traces her brief, though bright, existence from her village upbringing, to her... Read more

The Secret Life of Leonardo Da Vinci (2006)

7.3/10

An insightful and entertaining documentary that attempts to piece together the many aspects of Leonardo Da Vinci's life to provide a portrait of this... Read more

Marilyn Monroe Collection: Hometown Story (1951) / Hollywood Remembers Marilyn (1989)

Starring: Marilyn Monroe

Includes two programs: 'Hometown Story' is one of Marilyn's very early films in which she plays the secretary of a newspaper editor who goes up agains... Read more

Ladies of the Chorus (1948)

6.1/10
Director: Phil Karlson
Starring: Adele Jergens, Marilyn Monroe, Rand Brooks, Nana Bryant, Eddie Garr

Marilyn's second feature film casts her as dizzy burlesque queen, Peggy Martin, who gets a big break after stealing not only the show, but the heart o... Read more

Music Hall Days (2001)

Telling the story of the magical Music Hall era. Take a trip back to the Middle Ages and explore the unruly Bartholomew Fayres, before moving forward... Read more

Deadly Snail vs Kung Fu Killers (1977)

Director: Heung Ling
Starring: Unicorn Chan, Ching Tien, Tony Wong, Yuen Siu Tien

A surreal journey into the world of cheap special effects and brain-twisting plots, this low budget martial arts flick features a snail that is able t... Read more

Blades of Glory (2007)

6.3/10
Director: Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Starring: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, Jenna Fischer, William Fichtn...

Will Ferrell and Jon Heder ('Napoleon Dynamite') join forces for this comedy on ice as two rival skaters whose competitive antics find them both banne... Read more

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

5.7/10
Director: Tim Story
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry...

The effects-laden sequel to the 2005 film sees our heroic foursome battling an interstellar baddie whose unannounced arrival flattens a large chunk of... Read more

Pathfinder (2007)

5.4/10
Director: Marcus Nispel
Starring: Karl Urban, Russell Means, Moon Bloodgood, Clancy Brown, Jay Tavare, Ralf Moelle...

Karl Urban stars in this Viking swordfest as the warrior, Ghost. Raised by Indians after an expedition to the Americas left him stranded there as a c... Read more

Benny's Video (1992)

7.2/10
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Angela Winkler, Ulrich Muhe, Arno Frisch, Ingrid Stassner

Benny is a disaffected teen whose life has begun to revolve around the violent films he watches, but his obsession soon crosses the line between voyeu... Read more

Northern Exposure: Season 6 (1995)

8.3/10
Starring: Rob Morrow, Janine Turner, John Corbett, Barry Corbin, John Cullum, Darren E Bur...

The northern lights are shining down on the sixth and final season of the multi-award winning show. Reunite with Dr Joel Fleischman, Maggie, Chris and... Read more

Female Yakuza Tale (1973)

Director: Tetsuo Ishii
Starring: Reiko Ike, Masataka Narasu, Jun Murakami, Makoto Ikawa

The sexy and savage Ocho (Reiko Ike) returns in this outlandish, over-the-top sequel to 'Sex and Fury', from cult director Tetsuo Ishii. It's a macabr... Read more

The Night Listener (2006)

5.9/10
Director: Patrick Stettner
Starring: Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Joe Morton, Bobby Cannavale, Rory Culkin, Sandra...

Gabriel Noone (Robin Williams) is a radio host and writer, suffering writer's block as his relationship with a younger man is crumbling. When he rece... Read more

The Namesake (2006)

7.6/10
Director: Mira Nair
Starring: Irfan Khan, Kal Penn, Tabu , Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson

Spanning two generations of an Indian immigrant family in New York, Mira Nair's culture clash drama begins as Ashoke (Irfan Khan) and his arranged bri... Read more

Death of a President (2006)

6.3/10
Director: Gabriel Range
Starring: Hend Ayoub, Brian Boland, Becky Ann Baker, Robert Mangiardi, Jay Patterson, Jay...

Deeply controversial on its release, Gabriel Range's 'mockumentary' is set in the near future and imagines the aftermath to the assassination of curre... Read more

Wild Hogs (2007)

5.9/10
Director: Walt Becker
Starring: Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H Macy, Ray Liotta, Marisa To...

A group of bored, mismatched suburbanites hit the road on their shiny new Harleys for a two-wheeled, cross-country adventure. Along the way they enco... Read more

Bugs Bunny's 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)

A wild and woolly feature length Bugs adventure with our long-eared hero finding himself in the Sultan's court under the unwanted title of Chief Story... Read more

Duck Tales: Volume 2 (1990)

When it comes to rollicking adventure, Duck Tales certainly fits the bill. Scrooge McDuck's wide variety of business concerns keep him and his nephews... Read more

Duck Tales: Volume 3 (1991)

The Duck Tales gang continue their search for even more treasure and, as usual, get much more than they bargained for. Our heroes travel the globe in... Read more

The Sorcerer (1982)

7.1/10
Starring: Clive Revill, Alexander Oliver, Nan Christie, David Kernan, Donald Adams

The residents of a village are given a love potion concocted by "dealer in magic and spells" John Wellington Wells at the behest of a betrothed couple... Read more

Civilisations (2007)

7.1/10
Director: Serge Tigneres, Tomomi Nagasawa

This popular French production chronicles four of history's most influential ancient civilisations. Episodes include: 'China - The Wild Dragon's Herit... Read more

Pink Panther and Friends: The Ant and the Aardvark (1969)

Starring: The Pink Panther

  He's determined. He's Sneaky. He's never going to get that ant! That ever-hungry aardvark and his would-be feast, the ant, are featured in seventee... Read more

Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away (2006)

7.6/10
Starring: Steven Wright

Dry, wry, deadpan and droll, the comic genius of Steven Wright has won a place in the hearts of observational comedy-lovers around the globe. Recorded... Read more

M*A*S*H: Season 3 - Volume 1 (1974)

8.4/10
Starring: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Larry Linville, Gary Bu...

Korea, 1950. They were a M*A*S*H (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) unit stationed three miles from the front. Loosely based on real life M*A*S*H unit 80... Read more

The Adventures of Antoine Doinel: The 400 Blows / Stolen Kisses / Bed and Board / Love on the Run (1979)

Director: Francois Truffaut
Starring: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy, Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdal...

Legendary filmmaker Francois Truffaut followed the life of one of his favourite characters from rebellious adolesence to irresponsible adulthood over... Read more

Hyperdrive: Series 1 (2006)

6.6/10
Starring: Nick Frost, Kevin Eldon, Miranda Hart, Dan Antopolski, Stephen Evans, Petra Mass...

Nick Frost separates from his acting buddy Simon Pegg for this outer space comedy, playing Commander Henderson, leader of an intrepid crew of astronau... Read more

Point Pleasant: The Complete Series (2005)

7.3/10
Starring: Dina Meyer, Elisabeth Harnois, Richard Burgi, Grant Show, Cameron Richardson, Au...

When a violent summer storm slams into the beach town of Point Pleasant, it brings with it the unconscious body of Christina Nickson. She is rescued f... Read more

Winning (1969)

6.1/10
Director: James Goldstone
Starring: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Robert Wagner, Richard Thomas, Clu Gulager

Paul Newman discovered a life-long passion for race-car driving while making this film about a successful driver, Frank Capua, who falls in love (with... Read more

The Lone Ranger (1949)

7.9/10
Starring: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels

Enjoy hours of yesteryear action memories with this collection of seventeen episodes from classic 'The Lone Ranger' series. Along with his Indian comp... Read more

Golden Years of British Comedy (2005)

Starring: Terry-Thomas, Stanley Holloway, Dick Emery, Frankie Howerd, Sid James, Spike Mi...

This wonderful collection is a tribute to the greatest British comedians of the '40s, '50s and '60s. Highlighting classic moments in comedy, including... Read more

Lost Cartoons Vol. 1 - Fleischer Studios (2002)

Director: Dave Fleischer

Some of the greatest animation in history! See eight forgotten favourites from the pioneering Fleischer Studios in their original Technicolour glory!... Read more

John Pilger's Return Ticket (1995)

Starring: John Pilger

Three stunning documentaries from fearless Australian journalist John Pilger. 'South Africa: Apartheid Did Not Die' finds Pilger returning to South Af... Read more

10 MPH (2007)

6.8/10
Director: Hunter Weeks

An impulsive purchase of a two-wheeled Segway scooter sets this story in motion when two friends decide to travel from Seattle to Boston, at the break... Read more

Weeds: Season 1 (2005)

8/10
Director: Burr Steers, Lee Rose
Starring: Indigo , Alexander Gould, Romany Malco, Andy Milder, Kevin Nealon, Mary-Louise P...

Recently widowed mother of two, Nancy (Mary-Louise Parker), looks like any other resident in her affluent South California suburb - and she is - excep... Read more

Excellent Cadavers (2006)

7.8/10
Director: Marco Turco

Based on the book by author Alexander Stille, this acclaimed documentary tells the remarkable story of the powerful Sicilian Mafia and the two prosecu... Read more

The Fourth World War (2004)

7.3/10
Starring: Narrated by, Michael Franti, Suheir Hammad

Shot on the frontlines of struggles spanning five continents, this powerful documentary illustrates the often untold human story of men and women who... Read more

Zizek! (2005)

7.4/10
Director: Astra Taylor
Starring: Slavoj Zizek

The author of works on subjects as wide-ranging as Alfred Hitchcock, 9/11, opera, Christianity, Lenin and David Lynch, Slovenian cultural theorist Sla... Read more

The History Boys (2006)

6.9/10
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Starring: Samuel Anderson, James Corden, Stephen Campbell Moore, Richard Griffiths, France...

Set in Thatcher's England, a group of clever, though working-class lads, attempt to earn the academic scores required for acceptance into the elite sc... Read more

TMNT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2007)

6.3/10
Director: Kevin Munroe
Starring: Voices Of, Chris Evans, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mako , Kevin Smith, Patrick Stewa...

The amphibious crime-fighters are back as computer animated 'heroes in a half shell', taking on a legion of malevolent monsters who gather just once e... Read more

The Reaping (2007)

5.7/10
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Starring: Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, Idris Elba, AnnaSophia Robb, Stephen Rea, William...

Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank) is an ex-theology professor who has lost the faith and now spends her time debunking unexplained religious phenomena.... Read more

Freedom Writers (2007)

7.5/10
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Starring: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, April Lee Hernandez...

Hilary Swank plays teacher Erin Gruwell who enlists some unorthodox methods to teach her students at a gang-infested school in Long Beach, California.... Read more

Dark Angel: Season 1 (2000)

7.4/10
Starring: Jessica Alba, Michael Weatherly, Alimi Ballard, Jennifer Blanc, Richard Gunn, Jo...

Max (Jessica Alba) is a beautiful, unique girl - she should be, she was designed that way. Engineered in a top secret government lab twenty years ago,... Read more

Dracula (1931)

7.6/10
Director: Tod Browning, George Melford
Starring: Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, Carlo...

Although there have been numerous screen visions of Bram Stoker's classic tale, none is more enduring than this 1931 original. Towering ominously amon... Read more

Zorro's Fighting Legion: 7 - 12 (1939)

7.3/10
Director: William Witney
Starring: Reed Hadley

In old Mexico, crooked mine officials hatch a gold-snatching scheme that involves duping natives into blocking gold shipments. Can the mysterious Zorr... Read more

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

6.2/10
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, B...

The heroic web-slinger returns, still trying to find the balance between Peter Parker and his superhero alter-ego. And it's about to get more complic... Read more

Nuclear Reaction: How New Zealand Became Nuclear Free (1995)

Director: Alan Erson
Starring: David Lange, Norman Kirk, Linus Pauling, Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Prebble

This documentary chronicles the remarkable way New Zealand moved from blind support for the bombing of Hiroshima to become the first nation in the wor... Read more

Trio (1950)

7.3/10
Director: Harold French, Ken Annakin
Starring: James Hayter, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Jean Simmons, Michael Rennie

This trio of short plays based on the work of W. Somerset Maugham comprises: 'The Verger', the tale of a church verger who is forced to find a new car... Read more

David Bowie: Starman (2004)

7.3/10
Starring: David Bowie

With a career well into its fifth decade, David Bowie has achieved what most can only dream of, always managing to stay at the cutting edge, with both... Read more

Samson (1961)

6.3/10
Director: Gianfranco Parolini
Starring: Brad Harris, Brigitte Corey, Alan Steel

Bodybuilder Brad Harris brings down the house as the strongman of Old Testament fame, splitting tree trunks with his bare hands, tackling whole legion... Read more

Lethal Weapon Legacy: Lethal Weapon / Lethal Weapon 2 / Lethal Weapon 3 / Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan, Joe Pesci, Patsy Kensit, Jo...

Includes all four 'Lethal Weapon' films to date, with Director's Cuts of the first three. Riggs and Murtagh bag the bad guys in their inimitable fash... Read more

Texas Cyclone / Two Fisted Law (1932)

Director: D Ross Lederman
Starring: John Wayne, Shirley Grey, Tim McCoy, Walter Brennan, Wheeler Oakman

'Texas Cyclone' (1932) - Tim McCoy stars as a wandering cowpoke who rides into a lawless Arizona town and finds everyone thinks he's a heroic rancher... Read more

NZSAS: First Among Equals (2007)

8.9/10

Made for TV3's Inside New Zealand documentary slot, this 3-part series is a unique in-depth look at New Zealand's most elite fighting force. Beginnin... Read more

John Pilger: In the Name of Justice - 12 Documentaries (2007)

9.3/10
Starring: John Pilger

Includes 12 of John Pilger's ground-breaking films. 'The Mexicans' reports on political oppression in Mexico. 'Street of Joy' compares product marketi... Read more

Looney Tunes Collection: Best of Porky Volume 2 (2007)

Director: Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng
Starring: Mel Blanc, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Sylvester

This set includes 14 Porky Pig vehicles, some featuring his classic sidekick Daffy Duck, and even an early appearance of Sylvester as his scaredy-cat... Read more

Inside the Actors Studio: Barbra Streisand (2003)

8.7/10
Starring: Barbra Streisand

Over four decades Barbra Streisand has reached the pinnacle of every art form she has attempted. A famous singer, director and actor on film as well... Read more

Sherrybaby (2006)

6.6/10
Director: Laurie Collyer
Starring: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brad William Henke, Danny Trejo, Bridget Barkan, Giancarlo Es...

Maggie Gyllenhaal was nominated for a Golden Globe for her extraordinary performance as Sherry, an ex-con trying to get her life back on track and est... Read more

Rang De Basanti (2006)

8.3/10
Director: Rakesh Omparakash Mehra
Starring: Aamir Khan, Siddharth , Sharman Joshi, Kunal Kapoor, Alice Patten, Soha Ali Khan...

An English woman finds the diaries of her grandfather, a British officer in pre-independence India, and decides to go to India and make a documentary... Read more

The Other Side (2006)

5.4/10
Director: Gregg Bishop
Starring: Nathan Mobley, Jaimie Alexander, Cory Rouse, Poncho Hodges, Chris Burns, Shale N...

When Samuel North is mysteriously murdered and sent to Hell, he escapes back to the land of the living to track down his murderer. However the Nether... Read more

Brighton Rock (1947)

5.8/10
Director: John Boulting
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Carol Marsh, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell, Nigel St...

A brutal look at the British underworld as seen through the amoral eyes of teenaged thug Pinkie Brown, played brilliantly by a 24-year-old Richard Att... Read more

Twist (1997)

6.3/10
Director: Ron Mann
Starring: Chubby Checker, Frankie Avalon, Fats Domino, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Budd...

Director Ron Mann proves he's the doyen of pop culture documentaries with this thoroughly entertaining story of how one song transformed a nation. Dur... Read more

Death Train (1993)

4.3/10
Director: David S Jackson
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Patrick Stewart, Alexandra Paul, Ted Levine, Christopher Lee

Based on Alistair MacLean's best-seller, a Russian dissident intent on re-igniting the Cold War hijacks a train an dheads for Iraq. The UN quickly mo... Read more

Genghis Khan: Terror and Conquest (1995)

6/10

Mongol warlord Genghis Khan's reputation as a peerless conqueror did not come by accident. The ruthless figure attained his reputation not only with b... Read more

Ultimate Battles: Battle Of The Bulge (2006)

In December of 1994, Hitler launched 200,000 soldiers and over 500 tanks against the allied lines in Belgium, desperate to stave off defeat. Caught of... Read more

Miss Lettie and Me (2002)

6/10
Director: Ian Barry
Starring: Mary Tyler Moore, Burt Reynolds, Holliston Coleman, Charles Robinson, Irma P. Ha...

Mary Tyler Moore returned to the small screen for this tele-movie as an embittered old woman who has cut herself off from her family. However one Chr... Read more

Plunder of the Sun (1953)

6.5/10
Director: John Farrow
Starring: Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn, Patricia Medina

In this tale of priceless Zapotecan artifacts, deadly deception and sinister treasure-seekers, Glenn Ford stars as an American insurance agent who is... Read more

Cagney and Lacey: Season 1 (1982)

Starring: Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, John Karlen, Philip Baker Hall, Lance Henriksen, Grace...

Here was something entirely new: a cop show featuring two strong and intelligent female detectives in a male-dominated workforce. Credited as a ground... Read more

The Golden Age of Comedy Collection (1950)

Starring: Jack Benny, Groucho Marx, Buster Keaton, Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Lou Costello, D...

Laugh out loud with some of the best and funniest live comedy moments from the 1950s and '60s, a time when a wildly creative group of comedic talents... Read more

Falklands War: A Military History (2002)

8.1/10

This twentieth anniversary commemorative program is a powerful record of the invasion of the Falklands islands by the Argentine forces. Within three d... Read more

Melvyn Bragg's The Adventure of English (2002)

Director: David Thomas, Robert Bee
Starring: Melvyn Bragg

Written and presented by Melvyn Bragg, this eight-part series tells the story of how an insignificant German dialect, which only arrived in the count... Read more

Reincarnation (2005)

6.2/10
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Starring: Karina , Yuka , Shun Oguri, Kippei Shiina, Tetta Sugimoto, Taro Suwa

An actress starts having disturbing visions and visitations after accepting a role in a film about a real-life mass murderer who stalked Tokyo Univers... Read more

Zodiac (2007)

7.7/10
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey Jr, Brian Cox, Joh...

In the late 1960s, Northern California was gripped by fear as a serial killer haunted the nighttime streets of San Francisco. To this day, the identi... Read more

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)

5.7/10
Director: Jerry Paris
Starring: Colleen Camp, David Graf, Steve Guttenberg, Bruce Mahler, Marion Ramsey, Bubba S...

The new recruits are let loose on an unsuspecting public, now fully-fledged law enforcers and equally as clueless as they were back at the academy. T... Read more

John Ford Goes To War (2002)

6.2/10
Starring: Oliver Stone, Peter Bogdanovich, Leonard Maltin, Narrated by, Kris Kristofferson

The World War II films of legendary director John Ford are the focus of this insightful documentary narrated by Kris Kristofferson. Highlighting excer... Read more

Senso (1954)

7.7/10
Director: Luchino Visconti
Starring: Alida Valli, Farley Granger

From the Director of 'Death in Venice' and 'The Leopard' comes this extravagantly romantic story about the tempestuous affair between an Italian count... Read more

Mr Fix It (2006)

5.7/10
Director: Darin Ferriola
Starring: David Boreanaz, Scoot McNairy, Paul Sorvino, Pat Healy

David Boreanaz (former vampire 'Angel') shows a flair for comedy as Lance, a man who makes a living by being a terrible boyfriend. He takes money from... Read more

Empires: Japan (2003)

8.8/10
Starring: Narrated by, Richard Chamberlain

An epic PBS presentation, the 'Empires' series tells the story (in separate instalments) of the some of the world's greatest and most influential time... Read more

Empires: Napoleon (2003)

8.8/10
Starring: Narrated by, David McCullough

The extensive 'Empires' series from PBS tells the story of the some of the world's greatest and most influential time periods and historical figures.... Read more

Youth of the Beast (1963)

7.6/10
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Starring: Joe Shishido

Unique Japanese filmmaker Seijun Suzuki helms this audacious wild ride into the world of 1960s Japanese Yakuza. Police detective Jo Shishido winds up... Read more

Empires: The Greeks - Crucible of Civilisation (2003)

8.8/10
Starring: Liam Neeson, Narrated by

Part of an epic presentation by the legendary PBS network, this instalment of 'Empires' features all three episodes on the extraordinary burst in cult... Read more

America's Funniest Comedians: Volume 1 (2007)

5.4/10
Starring: Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Rosie O'Donnell

To experience the finest in standup comedy, you could go to a comedy club. But now you can enjoy the same laughs from some of the biggest names in Ame... Read more

Empires: The Medici - Godfathers of the Renaissance (2003)

8.8/10
Starring: Narrated by, Massimo Marinoni

Part of the ground-breaking 'Empires' series from PBS, this set features all four episodes on the Medici family, hailing from a small Italian communti... Read more

Samurai Pirate (1963)

Director: Senkichi Taniguchi
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Tadao Nakamaru, Mie Hama, Kumi Mizuno, Ichiro Arishima

In this Japanese adventure, a brave sailor (Toshiro Mifune) called Sinbad (in the English version) is shipwrecked in a strange part of the world and f... Read more

Troma Triple: Blades (1989) / Blood Hook (1987) / Zombie Island Massacre (1984)

Director: Jim Mallon, Thomas R. Rondinella, John N. Carter
Starring: William Towner, Robert North, Victoria Scott, Mark Jacobs, Lisa Todd, Patrick Da...

A gory Troma triple-bill of B-horrors. 'Blades' - People are getting mown down - literally- at the Tall Grass Country Club, where a pro-Am tournament... Read more

Dragnet: Volume 3 (1954)

5.9/10
Starring: Jack Webb

Volume 3 of the most successful police series in the history of television includes 3 classic 1954 episodes - 'the Big Producer', 'The Big Crime' and... Read more

Leonard Cohen: Under Review 1934 - 1977 (2006)

6.8/10
Starring: Leonard Cohen

The music and poetry of famed Canadian folk/rock performer Leonard Cohen is the focus of this outstanding documentary that provides a critical analysi... Read more

A Time To Remember: New Zealand Edition (2007)

6.5/10

From 1929 the Fox Movietone and Cinesound newsreels played in Cinemas across the country. They immortalised the famous and the infamous, the eccentric... Read more

Gorilla ( aka Nabonga ) (1944)

6.7/10
Director: Sam Newfield
Starring: Julie London, Larry 'Buster' Crabbe

In this campy jungle adventure, a gorilla named Nabonga warms up to a teenage girl whose plane, which was also carrying a bundle of embezzled cash, cr... Read more

Dalziel and Pascoe: Series 1 (1996)

7.4/10
Starring: Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan, David Royle, Susannah Corbett

Warren Clarke and Colin Buchanan are the eponymous mismatched detectives from this hugely popluar BBC series that began in 1996 and continued to run u... Read more

Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938)

5.1/10
Director: Edward Kull, Wilbur McGaugh
Starring: Herman Brix, Ula Holt, Frank Baker

In this classic Tarzan adventure, culled from 1935's 'The New Adventures of Tarzan' serial, Tarzan (Herman Brix) and his allies are in Guatemala, wher... Read more

Keystone Comedies: Vol 1 (1915)

Director: Mack Sennett
Starring: Mabel Normand, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

The Keystone Comedies are collection of silent film shorts produced by the legendary Mack Sennett. Staring Rosco 'Fatty' Arbuckle and Mabel Normand fe... Read more

Casper & Felix (1949)

Starring: Casper, Felix

Casper the friendly Ghost first appeared in 1945, leaving the haunted house to go out and make friends. Meantime, Felix the Cat had become a hugely po... Read more

The Great New Wonderful (2005)

5.8/10
Director: Danny Leiner
Starring: Olympia Dukakis, Jim Gaffigan, Judy Greer, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Thomas McCarthy, N...

A rich drama with comic elements, set in New York a year after 9/11, tracing the aftershocks of that event on the lives of five disparate people. Com... Read more

The Venture Bros: Season 1 (2003)

8.5/10
Starring: Voices Of, James Urbaniak, Patrick Warburton, Michael Sinterniklass, Christopher...

Adult Swim strikes again with the warped adventures of a one-time boy genius who is now a washed-up, middle-aged scientist. Dr 'Rusty' Venture has tw... Read more

Men Behaving Badly: Series 1 (1991)

7.7/10
Starring: Martin Clunes, Harry Enfield, Leslie Ash, Caroline Quentin

The entire first series of this classic comedy of rudeness is presented in this hilarious collection. The initial series features the character of Der... Read more

Men Behaving Badly: Series 5 (1996)

6.4/10
Starring: Neil Morrissey, Martin Clunes, Leslie Ash, Caroline Quentin

This collection features seven hilarious episodes of 'Men Behaving Badly'. Episodes include: 'Hair', 'The Good Pub Guide', 'Cowardice', 'Your Mate V'.... Read more

The Invisible Man: Series 1 (1958)

7.7/10
Starring: Lisa Daniely, Voice Of, Tim Turner, Deborah Watling, Ernest Clark

Dr Peter Brady is a British scientist experimenting with invisibility when he himself becomes invisible. As he searches for an antidote, he also work... Read more

Safe Men (1998)

6/10
Director: John Hamburg
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Mark Ruffalo, Steve Zahn, Josh Pais, Paul Giamatti

Directed by John Hamburg this oddball comedy stars Steve Zahn and Sam Rockwell as two would-be musicians, who find themselves breaking into the burgla... Read more

Ice (Marcus Lush) (2007)

7/10
Starring: Marcus Lush

Marcus Lush braves the sub-zero temperatures of Antarctica to present this entertaining and informative look at the frozen continent. During the five... Read more

28 Weeks Later (2007)

7/10
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Amanda Walker, Harold Perrineau, Shah...

The sequel to Danny Boyle's '28 Days Later' is directed by Jaun Carlos Fresnadilo ('Intacto'), and takes place six months after the first film, with a... Read more

Berserk: The Series (1997)

8.5/10
Director: Naohito Takahashi

Gattsu, known as the Black Swordsman, seeks sanctuary from the demonic forces that pursue him and his woman, and also vengeance against the man who br... Read more

The Architect (2006)

5.6/10
Director: Matt Tauber
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere, Sebastian...

Anthony LaPaglia plays architect Leo Waters, living an outwardly perfect life in the suburbs, while on the East Side of Chicago the residents in one o... Read more

The Last Mimzy (2007)

6.3/10
Director: Robert Shaye
Starring: Chris O'Neill, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Rainn Wils...

A young brother and sister discover a mysterious box of artifacts while holidaying with their family and soon realise the contents are quite out of th... Read more

Jump (2007)

5.4/10
Director: Joshua Sinclair
Starring: Ben Silverstone, Patrick Swayze, Martine McCutcheon, Heinz Hoenig, Sybil Danning...

Phillippe Halsman was one of the most famous celebrity photographers of the 1950s, well-known for making his subjects literally jump for the camera; b... Read more

Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006)

7.3/10
Director: John Dower, Paul Crowder
Starring: Narrated by, Matt Dillon

In 1977, for one brief shining moment, the international football fraternity were all focused on a newly-created team in New York - the Cosmos. Media... Read more

Song of the Thin Man (1947)

7.1/10
Director: Edward Buzzell
Starring: Gloria Grahame, Myrna Loy, William Powell, Keenan Wynn, Dean Stockwell, Patricia...

In the sixth and final film of the series, Nick and Nora play a rousing rendition of 'Murder Musicale' when the homicide of a jazz bandleader leads th... Read more

Edge of Outside: The Story of the Independent Filmmaking Movement (2006)

6.8/10
Starring: Robert Townsend, Edward Burns, Seymour Cassel, Peter Bogdanovich, Erich Von Stro...

Exploring independent filmmakers from the early silent days of Buster Keaton and DW Griffith, to modern outsiders like Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorses... Read more

The Hitchhiker: Volumes 1 and 2 (1983)

3.3/10
Starring: Gary Busey, Kirstie Alley, Peter Coyote, Sandra Bernhard, Helen Hunt, Margot Kid...

A collection of 17 epsiodes from HBO's long-running cult horror anthology series with such notable guest stars as Helen Hunt, Virginia Madsen, Willem... Read more

The Darwin Awards (2006)

6/10
Director: Finn Taylor
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Winona Ryder, Tim Blake Nelson, Wilmer Valderrama, David Arquett...

Joseph Fiennes is gifted, yet unsuitable, homicide detective Michael Burrows, fired from his job due to his propensity to faint at the sight of blood.... Read more