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Suspicion (1941)

7.4/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Nigel Bruce, Joan Fontaine, Cary Grant, Dame May Whitty, Cedric Hardwicke

Taut suspense tale stars Joan Fontaine as a recently married woman who comes to believe that dashing husband Cary Grant is a murderer, and his next vi... Read more

Bread: Series 1 and 2 (1986)

6.2/10
Director: Susan Belbin
Starring: Jean Boht, Jonathon Morris, Ronald Forfar, Nick Conway, Gilly Gorman, Peter Howi...

Meet the Boswells, a working-class family barely scraping by with the help of Social Security payments and the occasional odd job. Standing firm at t... Read more

Desperate Housewives: Season 1 (2004)

7.5/10
Starring: Teri Hatcher, Steven Culp, Marcia Cross, Ricardo Chavira, Felicity Huffman, Eva...

Refreshingly original, addictive television at its best. Now you can spend the night with the beautiful women of Wisteria Lane and relive every minute... Read more

Masters of Terror: Mario Bava ( Black Sunday / Black Sabbath / Hatchet for the Honeymoon / Shock ) (1960)

Director: Mario Bava
Starring: Boris Karloff, Michele Mercier, Mark Damon, Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Ivo...

4 classic terror tales from the Godfather of Italian Horror Cinema! Mario Bava dazzled audiences with his vivid visual style, setting the standard for... Read more

The FJ Holden (1977)

5.6/10
Director: Michael Thornhill
Starring: Paul Couzens, Eva Dickinson, Carl Stever, Gary Waddell, Tex Morton

Evocative of both the period and location, this uncompromising Australian classic chronicles the misadventures of Kevin and Bob, a couple of teenage r... Read more

Man In A Suitcase: Episodes 1-8 (1966)

7.9/10
Director: Charles Crichton, Herbert Wise, Pat Jackson, Robert Tronson
Starring: Richard Bradford, Patrick Cargill, Judy Geeson, Bernard Lee, Colin Blakely, Anto...

Former US Intelligence Agent McGill (Richard Bradford) was based in London, now he's been tossed out of the service for something he didn't do and bot... Read more

A Bear Named Winnie (2004)

7/10
Director: John Kent Harrison
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Gil Bellows, David Suchet, Stephen Fry

During the early days of World War I, veterinarian Lieutenant Harry Colebourn purchased a small bear cub, naming her Winnie after his hometown of Winn... Read more

The Edukators (2004)

7.5/10
Director: Hans Weingartner
Starring: Daniel Bruhl, Stipe Erceg, Julia Jentsch, Burghart Klaussner, Petra Zieser

Jan (Daniel Bruhl) and Peter (Stipe Erceg) are young left-wing idealists making their anti-capitalist statement by breaking into rich people's homes a... Read more

Dear Wendy (2005)

6.6/10
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Starring: Jamie Bell, Bill Pullman, Michael Angarano, Danso Gordon, Novella Nelson, Chris...

Scripted by Lars von Trier and directed by Dogme co-founder Thomas Vinterberg, this is a wry, sharply observed perspective on American gun culture thr... Read more

Into The Blue (2005)

5.8/10
Director: John Stockwell
Starring: Jessica Alba, Paul Walker, Scott Caan, Ashley Scott, Josh Brolin, Tyson Beckford...

From the maker of 'Blue Crush' comes another bikini-laden beach flick. Jessica Alba and Paul Walker provide the main eye-candy as a couple taking thei... Read more

Wedding Crashers (2005)

7/10
Director: David Dobkin
Starring: Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Jane...

Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn team up to great comedic effect as cynical divorce mediators who crash weddings, load up on free booze and try their luck... Read more

Queer As Folk: Season 1 (2000)

8.3/10
Director: Alex Chapple, Michael DeCarlo
Starring: Michelle Clunie, Thea Gill, Robert Grant, Gale Harold, Randy Harrison, Peter Pai...

The American version of a British series following the lives and loves of five 20 to 30-something gay men living in Pittsburgh. Edgy and frank, the se... Read more

A State of Mind (2004)

7.8/10
Director: Daniel Gordon

North Korea's Mass Games bring together over 80,000 peformers to create a mind-boggling spectacle of dance, gymnastics and music in honour of their le... Read more

Bloodsport (1986)

6.8/10
Director: Newt Arnold
Starring: Leah Ayres, Norman Burton, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Forest Whitaker,...

The Muscles from Brussels made his starring debut in this 'based on a true story' kick-boxing classic. Jean-Claude is the military intelligence office... Read more

Man of Marble (1976)

7.9/10
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Starring: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Jacek Lomnicki, Michal Ta...

Perhaps Andrzej Wajda's most important film, this documentary-style expose of Stalinist corruption paralleled attempts of the contemporary regime to c... Read more

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (2004)

7.7/10
Director: Danny Schechter

A scathing indictment of the war in Iraq and the media's collusion with the Bush administration in selling the American public an unnecessary conflict... Read more

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Season 2 (1981)

6.9/10
Director: Daniel Haller, Jack Arnold, Bernard McEveety, Victor French
Starring: Mel Blanc, Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Sid Haig, Dennis Haysbert, Wilfrid Hyde-White,...

Captain William 'Buck' Rogers is back for season two of the popular sci-fi series in which he, Wilma and Twiki (voiced by the fabulous Mel Blanc) join... Read more

Legends of the Silver Screen: Bette Davis and Grace Kelly (2005)

Starring: Bette Davis, Grace Kelly

From the acclaimed 'Biography' series this DVD is one third of the 'Legends of the Silver Screen' collection, profiling those who first experienced th... Read more

24: Season 2 (2002)

7.4/10
Director: Ian Toynton, James Whitmore Jr, Jon Cassar, Frederick K Keller
Starring: Elisha Cuthbert, Kiefer Sutherland, Dennis Haysbert, Carlos Bernard, Xander Berk...

The clock is ticking...again for anti-terrorism agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) as he faces another "very bad day" in the second season of this g... Read more

Monk: Season 1 (2002)

8/10
Director: Dean Parisot, Scott Foley
Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Bitty Schram, Jason Gray-Stanford, Stanley Kamel, Ted Levine, Gai...

He's ingenious, he's phobic, he's obsessive-compulsive. Tony Shalhoub stars in the Award winning first season as the brilliant but neurotic Adrian Mon... Read more

Ricky Gervais - Live 2: Politics (2004)

7.9/10
Director: Dominic Brigstocke
Starring: Ricky Gervais

Following the unbridled success of his first foray into the world of stand-up, Ricky Gervais switched his focus from the Animal Kingdom to Politics an... Read more

Monk: Season 3 (2004)

7.5/10
Director: Adam Arkin, Andre Belgrader
Starring: Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine, Bitty Schram, Tony Shalhoub, Traylor Howard

The defective detective is back for a third season. Beginning where season two left off, the cast are in New York, tracking a lead in the case of Mon... Read more

The Pogues Live (1988)

8/10
Starring: The Pogues, Joe Strummer, Steve Earle, Kristy MacColl, David Byrne

For the first time on DVD, The Pogues play St Patrick's Day 1988 at The Town and Country in London. Included are all their classic hits and special a... Read more

Fear and Trembling (2003)

7.1/10
Director: Alain Corneau
Starring: Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji, Taro Suwa, Bison Katayama, Yasunari Kondo, Sokyu Fuj...

This comedy of cultural errors sees Belgian Amelie (Sylvie Testud) returning to Japan after pleasant memories from her childhood there. However as a... Read more

The Sky is Falling (2000)

6.6/10
Director: Andrea Frazzi, Antonio Frazzi
Starring: Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbe, Barbara Enrichi, Gianna Giachetti

Based on Lorenza Mazzetti's acclaimed novel inspired by her true life experiences in WWII Tuscany. Two recently orphaned girls come to live with thei... Read more

Concert For George (2002)

8.7/10
Director: David Leland
Starring: Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Billy Preston, The Heartbr...

Filmed by award-winning director David Lealand on November 29, 2002 at The Royal Albert Hall in London, "Concert For George" is a beautifully filmed,... Read more

Flightplan (2005)

6.3/10
Director: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean, Kate Beahan, Michael Irby

Kyle (Jodie Foster) is a mother whose sanity comes into question in this mile-high thriller. Somehow her daughter has gone missing in-flight, but was... Read more

Union Square (2003)

6.6/10
Director: Stephen Szklarski

A chilling and powerful glimpse into the lives of the homeless heroin addicts who populate New York's Union Square. Seven 20-something-year-old indiv... Read more

Happy Endings (2005)

6.4/10
Director: Don Roos
Starring: Jesse Bradford, Laura Dern, Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Tom Arnold, Jason Ritter,...

A melee of dysfunctional relationships provide the impetus for three loosely interwoven darkly comic stories covering topics from sexual ambiguity to... Read more

Look At Me (2004)

6.9/10
Director: Agnes Jaoui
Starring: Virginie Desarnauts, Keine Bouhiza, Gregoire Oestermann, Serge Riaboukine, Miche...

Lolita is the daughter of a famous writer, struggling to define her own identity in this witty French comedy. She's self-concious about her weight but... Read more

Fortress 2: Re-Entry (1999)

4.5/10
Director: Geoff Murphy
Starring: Pam Grier, Christopher Lambert, Willie Garson, Patrick Malahide

Futuristic fugitive Christopher Lambert, on the run with his family since the first "Fortress," is recaptured by authorities and placed in a high-tech... Read more

Minder: Series 2 (1980)

7.8/10
Director: Various
Starring: George Cole, Dennis Waterman, Hetty Baynes, Patrick Malahide, George Layton

Intended as a Dennis Waterman vehicle following the success of 'The Sweeney', Arthur Daley played by George Cole undoubtedly became everyone's favouri... Read more

Tarzan the Ape Man (1981)

3.3/10
Director: John Derek
Starring: Bo Derek, Richard Harris, John Phillip Law, Miles O'Keeffe

Experience the Tarzan story from Jane's point of view as Tarzan defends her against a beachcombing King of the Beasts, untangles her from a python's s... Read more

St Ives (1976)

6.4/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Harry Guardino, Harris Yulin, Dana Elcar

Ex-crime reporter Raymond St. Ives (Charles Bronson) has elegant taste, a yen for gambling and an unfinished novel in his typewriter. Hired to locate... Read more

Worzel Gummidge: Captain Worzel (1981)

7.2/10
Director: James Hill
Starring: Jon Pertwee, Geoffrey Bayldon, Una Stubbs, Mike Berry, Charlotte Coleman

Join everyones' favourite scarecrow - Worzel Gummidge in three more fun-filled episodes of the adventures of Worzel and his friend Aunt Sally! Episdoe... Read more

Story of a Love Affair (1950)

7.1/10
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Starring: Gino Cervi, Massimo Girotti, Lucia Bose

An early masterpiece from then documentary-maker director Michelangelo Antonioni, said to be one of Martin Scorsese's favourite films. Setting the to... Read more

Boccaccio 70 (1962)

7.2/10
Director: Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Vittorio De Sica, Mario Monicelli
Starring: Marisa Solinas, Anita Ekberg, Peppino De Filippo, Romy Schneider, Tomas Milian,...

This loose modern retelling of Boccaccio's Decameron is essentially four short films from four of Italy's finest directors. Fellini, Visconti, Monicel... Read more

Corpse Bride (2005)

7.4/10
Director: Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
Starring: Voices Of, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman, Danny...

Tim Burton returns to the world of stop-motion with this macabre comedy about a man who accidentally marries a corpse! A hugely talented voice cast i... Read more

Smallville: Season 2 (2002)

8.1/10
Starring: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Sam Jones III, Allison Mack, John...

Before the Legend...Before the Icon...He was a teenager growing up in "Smallville." In the complete second season of the hit series, Clark grapples wi... Read more

Hukkle (2004)

7.2/10
Director: Gyorgy Palfi
Starring: Ferenc Bandi, Jozsef Forkas, Jozsefne Racz, Ferenc Nagy, Ferencne Virag

In a world where everything exists to be eaten by something else, a small Hungarian village is the setting for this most original and genre-defying fi... Read more

The Land Has Eyes (2005)

Director: Vilsoni Herenko
Starring: Rena Owen, Sapeta Taito, James Davenport, Voi Fesaitu, John Fatiaki

Fijian playwright Vilsoni Herenko has lived in Hawaii since 1991, but returned to Fiji to make his first feature film. A beautiful coming of age stor... Read more

Happy Birthday To Me (1981)

6.1/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford, Matt Craven, Tracy Bregman, Jack Blum

A stand-out '80s slasher that took everything way over the top. From the outrageous to the absurdly outrageous. While it may not be the best film in... Read more

Evolution: The Evolutionary Arms Race / Why Sex? (2001)

6.1/10
Director: Gail Willumsen
Starring: Narrated by, Liam Neeson

"Evolution" this groundbreaking and definitive seven-part series explores all facets of evolution, offering a definitive view of the extraordinary imp... Read more

Evolution: Darwin's Dangerous Idea (2001)

6.1/10
Director: David Espar, Susan K Lewis
Starring: Narrated by, Liam Neeson

"Evolution" this groundbreaking and definitive seven-part series explores all facets of evolution, offering a definitive view of the extraordinary imp... 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

Primer (2004)

6.9/10
Director: Shane Carruth
Starring: Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Anand Upadhyaya, Casey Gooden, Carrie Crawford

Everything you think you know about modern science is about to unravel. Written, directed by and starring Shane Carruth, this critically acclaimed low... Read more

The Turning Point (1977)

6.9/10
Director: Herbert Ross
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Leslie Browne, Tom Skerrit...

Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft are estranged friends and dancers at the end of their careers, but they are brought back together by MacLaine's dau... Read more

Samurai Assassin (1964)

7.6/10
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Ito Yonosuke, Eijiro Tono

Based loosley on true events, the great Toshiro Mifune plays a masterless samurai in 1860 as the rule of the shogun is coming to an end. A few disgru... Read more

Hardware: Series 1 (2003)

7.1/10
Director: Ben Kellett
Starring: Martin Freeman, Ryan Cartwright, Peter Serafinowicz, Ken Morley, Susan Earl, Ell...

Written by Simon Nye, the creator of "Men Behaving Badly", this BAFTA nominated series stars Martin Freeman (The Office). Set in a local hardware shop... Read more

Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1989)

3.8/10
Director: Dan Hoskins
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Martha Quinn, Jamie Rose, Catherine Carlen

A gang of benevolent biker chicks rolls into a small town to encounter a settlement full of zombies created by evil mortician Ralph Willum. Now these... Read more

Billy Connolly: Live In New York (2005)

7.3/10
Starring: Billy Connolly

Though he's been touring the States with great success for more than 30 years, this is the first time one of his live shows has been taped there. Fil... Read more

Next of Kin (1982)

6.4/10
Director: Tony Williams
Starring: Jackie Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott, Gerda Nicolson

Shortly after Linda Stevens returns home to take over her recently deceased mother's estate, horrible events begin to occur. All night she hears a voi... Read more

Cafe Lumiere (2003)

7/10
Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Starring: Yo Hitoro, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara, Kimiko Yo

Inspired by the centenary of acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu's birth, Hou Hsiao-Hsien's luminous portrait of modern Japan chronicles the lif... Read more

Rabid Grannies (1989)

4.8/10
Director: Emmanuel Kervyn
Starring: Danielle Daven, Anne Marie Fox, Jack Mayar, Elliot Lison

It's off to your grandmother's house we go for "Rabid Grannies", the blood spattered tale of two little old ladies who open a surprise package from he... Read more

1990: Bronx Warriors (1983)

8.1/10
Director: Enzo G Castellari
Starring: Stefania Girolami, Mark Gregory, Vic Morrow, Christopher Connelly, Fred Williams...

In the shattered wasteland of inner-city New York, a desperate alliance of beleaguered gangs arm themselves for a final, apocalyptic battle against ru... Read more

Night Watch (2004)

6.5/10
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Starring: Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Menshov, Valeri Zolotukhin, Mariya Poroshin

In 14th Century Russia two warring factions of vampires called a delicate truce. Overshadowing this peace is an ancient prophecy, one that foretells o... Read more

Dawn Anna (2005)

7/10
Director: Arliss Howard
Starring: Debra Winger, Krista Rae

Telling the true story of single mother Dawn Anna (Debra Winger) who raised four children alone on a teacher's salary and still finds time to coach vo... Read more

Stay (2005)

6.9/10
Director: Marc Forster
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling, Janeane Garofalo, B D Wong, Bob Hoskin...

In this mind-bending psychological thriller, college student Henry (Ryan Gosling) plans to kill himself in three days, unless psychologist Sam Foster... Read more

The Five Obstructions (2003)

7.5/10
Director: Lars von Trier, Jorgen Leth
Starring: Jorgen Leth, Lars Von Trier, Jacqueline Arenal, Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez, Patr...

Idiosyncratic director Lars von Trier has pulled out all the stops in this virtually unclassifiable film as he challenges his mentor, director Jorgen... Read more

The Essential Charlie Chaplin Collection: Volume 1 (1914)

Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

This collection of seven shorts from the legendary Charlie Chaplin includes: "Making A Living" (1914, 8 min.) - This typical Keystone slapstick comedy... Read more

The Beano Videostars (1998)

The world's wildest boy - Dennis The Menace - and his fellow stars from "The Beano" comic are here in sparkling animation. As well as Dennis's dogs, t... Read more

The Essential Charlie Chaplin: Volume 4 (1914)

Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Ben Turpin

This collection of seven shorts from the legendary Charlie Chaplin includes: "The New Janitor" (1914, 11 min.) - Charlie has become a janitor only to... Read more

Fast Company (1979)

5.5/10
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: William Smith, John Saxon, Claudia Jennings

Early in his career, horror maven David Cronenberg directed this auto racing drama about a veteran driver (William Smith) who runs afoul of a crooked... Read more

Young Thugs: Innocent Blood (1997)

6.7/10
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Koji Chihara, Seiji Chihara, Sarina Suzuki, Kyosuke Yabe, Moeko Ezawa, Marie Kik...

A vaguely autobiographical and sometimes violent comedy/drama from the eclectic and prolific Takashi Miike which he followed with the prequel, 'Young... Read more

Bobby Deerfield (1977)

5.9/10
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, Anny Duperey, Romolo Valli

From award-winning director Sydney Pollack comes this off-kilter drama, starring Al Pacino as jaded racecar driver "Bobby Deerfield". While Deerfield'... Read more

Shock (1946)

6.3/10
Director: Alfred L Werker
Starring: Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore, Anabel Shaw

In this thriller, psychiatrist Dr. Cross (Vincent Price) kills his wife and expects to get away with murder, until he discovers that the slaying was o... Read more

The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989)

4.4/10
Director: Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz
Starring: Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere, John Altamura, Rick Collins, Lisa Gaye, Jessica Dublin...

This third instalment (put together entirely from sub-plot and time cuts made from Part II) has Toxie finding there is little to do in Tromaville afte... Read more

Twitch of the Death Nerve (1971)

Director: Mario Bava
Starring: Claudine Auger

A family's murderous battle over some bayfront property is the subject of director Mario Bava's bloody horror-thriller, which many have cited as the g... Read more

Mercano The Martian (2002)

6.5/10
Director: Juan Antin

Directed by an Argentinean university professor this animated feature film stars Mercano, a peaceful Martian whose life is turned upside down when a w... Read more

Neville's Island (1998)

6.9/10
Director: Terry Johnson
Starring: David Bamber, Martin Clunes, Timothy Spall, Jeff Rawles

When four businessmen (Timothy Spall, Martin Clunes, Jeff Rawle and David Bamber) embark on a 'team building' trip, they end up stranded on an island... Read more

The Wild Duck (1984)

6.3/10
Director: Henri Safran
Starring: Liv Ullmann, Jeremy Irons, John Meillon, Lucinda Jones

Director Henri Safran adapts Henrik Ibsen's timeless play to an Australian setting and a turn-of-the-century ambience in this poignant story of an ill... Read more

Czech Dream (2004)

7.5/10
Director: Filip Remunda, Vit Klusak

Documenting the largest consumer hoax the Czech Republic has ever seen in which Filip Remunda and Vit Klusak set out to explore the psychological and... Read more

M*A*S*H: Season 8 - Volume 1 (1979)

8.4/10
Starring: Alan Alda, Gary Burghoff, Loretta Swit, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Jamie Farr,...

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

Danger Man: Missions 29 - 39 (1961)

8/10
Director: Charles Frend, Michael Truman, Peter Graham Scott, Seth Holt, Pennington Richards, Terry Bishop
Starring: Patrick McGoohan

Before "The Prisoner", Patrick McGoohan was John Drake - aka - "Danger Man". Set in the deadly world of international espionage and intrigue, Drake is... Read more

Murderball (2004)

7.8/10
Director: Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro
Starring: Joe Soares, Mark Zupan, Keith Cavill

Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2005 Oscars, and a worldwide festival hit, 'Murderball' is an inspiring, testosterone-fuelled look at th... Read more

Broken Flowers (2005)

7.2/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Julie Delpy, Sharon Stone, Tilda Swinton, Jeffrey Wr...

Bill Murray is at his deadpan best in this typically understated comedy/drama from unique auteur, Jim Jarmusch. Emotionally stilted Don Johnston (Mur... Read more

Shopgirl (2005)

6.4/10
Director: Anand Tucker
Starring: Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, Bridgette Wilson, Sam Bottoms, Fr...

Steve Martin stars in and adapted the screenplay from his own novella about shopgirl Mirabelle (Claire Danes); she's depressed, underpaid, in debt and... Read more

Five Days to Midnight (2004)

Director: Michael Watkins
Starring: Timothy Hutton, Randy Quaid, Kari Matchett, Angus MacFadyen, Hamish Linklater, G...

Originally made for television this tense mix of murder and sci-fi sees physics professor J T Neumeyer (Timothy Hutton) trying to solve his own murder... Read more

Moonlighting: Season 1 & 2 (1985)

7.6/10
Director: Robert Butler
Starring: Cybill Shepherd, Bruce Willis, Allyce Beasley, James Karen, Dennis Lipscomb, Jim...

Golden Globe Award-winners Cybill Shephard and Bruce Willis welcome you to the Blue Moon Detective Agency, where danger is their businessâ?| as long a... Read more

Saathi (1967)

6.6/10
Director: Sridhar
Starring: Rajendra Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Vyjayanthimala

Raj, Simi and Vyjayantimala grew up together. Simi is in love with Raj, but he doesn't realise and marries Vy. When Vy gets ill she runs away not wa... Read more

Heights (2004)

5.5/10
Director: Chris Terrio
Starring: Glenn Close, Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden, Jesse Bradford, Eric Bogosian, Matt...

A smart ensemble drama revolving around 24 hours in the lives of five ambitious New Yorkers. Glenn Close is the link as a Broadway diva who's just fo... Read more

The Jacket (2004)

7.1/10
Director: John Maybury
Starring: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly L...

A relentlessly stylish whodunit with Adrien Brody as delusional Gulf War vet, Jack Stark, who winds up in a mental hospital run by the brutal Dr Becke... Read more

Bottom: Series 2 (1992)

8.2/10
Director: Ed Bye
Starring: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Christopher Ryan, Robert Llewellyn

Theyâ??re two revolting, sad pervies... and theyâ??re back! Adrian Edmondson and Rick Mayall return in their anarchic black comedy series about sub-cu... Read more

The Companeros (1970)

Director: Sergio Corbucci
Starring: Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Fernando Rey, Jack Palance

An interesting Spaghetti Western with political themes in which mercenary Franco Nero joins revolutionary Thomas Milian to help free a pacifist profes... Read more

The Cisco Kid Collection (1950)

Director: Derwin Abrahams, George Cahan
Starring: Bill Catching, Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carrillo, Marshall Reed

Based on the early stories of O Henry. Follow the hilarious adventures of the heroic Cisco Kid (Duncan Renaldo) and his bungling sidekick Pancho (Leo... Read more

The Jackie Chan Collection (1973)

Director: Hdeng Tsu, Chu Yen-ping, Zhu Wu
Starring: Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin, Jimmy Wang Yu, Wang Qing

This collection of five films from legendary martial arts hero Jackie Chan includes: "Fantasy Mission Force" (1984) - A truly off-the-wall WW2 actione... Read more

Instrument of War: Part One - Ladies From Hell (1997)

6.2/10
Director: Patrick King, Grahame Wickings
Starring: Narrated by, Charlton Heston, Tom Conti, Hannah Gordon

The fierce, kilted, bagpipe-wielding highlanders were nicknamed 'The Ladies From Hell' by their enemies. This award-winning documentary traces their... Read more

Sedition (2005)

Director: Russell Campbell

This fascinating documentary tells the sobering account of New Zealand's WW II conscientious objectors who fought against legislation and stuck to the... Read more

Golgo 13: Kowloon Assignment (1977)

7.5/10
Director: Yukio Noda
Starring: Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Emi Shindo, Callan Leung

Based on a best-selling Japanese comic, Sonny Chiba stars as 'Golgo 13', a master assassin whose calling card is a single shot between the eyes. Match... Read more

Gilmore Girls: Season 2 (2001)

8.1/10
Director: Nicole Holofcener, Steve Gomer, Jamie Babbit, Danny Leiner, Gail Mancuso, Michael Katleman, Robert Berlinger, Amy Sherman, Dennis Erdman, Chris Long
Starring: Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Melissa McCarthy, Scott Patterson, Keiko Agena, Ya...

Those acclaimed Gilmore Girls are back for a second season of warmth, charm, zingy repartee and heart-stopping moments. In this 6-disc set are all 22... Read more

House Of Bamboo (1955)

6.9/10
Director: Samuel Fuller
Starring: Robert Ryan, Robert Stack, Cameron Mitchell

Samuel Fuller directs this noir classic set in post-World War II Tokyo. After organising a robbery that results in the murder of an American GI, gang... Read more

Fame: Season 1 (1982)

6.9/10
Director: Various
Starring: Debbie Allen, Lee Curreri, Erica Gimpel, Bronwyn Thomas, Albert Hague, Valerie L...

Based on Alan Parker's hit film, this Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning TV series portrays the lives of a diverse group of talented students at New... Read more

Nightmare Alley (1947)

7.8/10
Director: Edmund Goulding
Starring: Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray

This noir classic tracks the rise and fall of con man/carnival worker Tyrone Power. Seducing side-show performer Joan Blondell to learn the secret of... Read more

Daniel Deronda (2002)

7.3/10
Director: Tom Hooper
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Romola Garai, Greta Scacchi, Hugh Dancy, Jodhi May, Edward Fox,...

George Eliot's last and most underrated novel has been wittily adapted to the small screen by the BBC. Daniel Deronda (Hugh Dancy), though intelligen... Read more

Salem Witch Trials (1998)

6.2/10

in 1692 19 men and women were hanged, and one man was 'pressed' to death following the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Almost twenty years late... Read more

North Country (2005)

7.3/10
Director: Niki Caro
Starring: Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins, Jeremy Renner, M...

Acclaimed kiwi helmer Niki Caro went to Minnesota for this fictionalised account of the most famous sexual harrassment case in history. Charlize Ther... Read more

Casanova (2005)

6.5/10
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Starring: Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt, Lena Olin

Heath Ledger plays the notorious Venetian playboy who goes too far when he's caught leaving the boudoir of a novice nun. The Inquisition puts him on... Read more

Bombon (2004)

7.1/10
Director: Carlos Sorin
Starring: Juan Villegas, Walter Donado, Gregorio the Dog

52-year-old Patagonian Juan 'Coco' Villegas has been a petrol attendant for 20 years when he suddenly finds himself unemployed. He does odd jobs and... Read more

First Descent (2005)

7.2/10
Director: Kemp Curley, Kevin Harrison
Starring: Shaun White, Nick Perata, Hannah Teter, Shawn Farmer, Terje Haakonsen, Narrated...

The history of snow-boarding from its beginnings as a back yard hobby in the '80s, to its current status as a billion dollar recreation industry and O... 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

Go West / The Big Store (1941)

Director: Charles Riesner, Edward Buzzell
Starring: The Marx Brothers, John Carroll, Diana Lewis, Virginia Grey, Margaret Dumont

Groucho, Chico, Harpo - all certifiably wacko in a double dip of comedies. The Marxmen "Go West" to where the sun always shines, the fun never sets an... Read more

Melies the Magician (1997)

Director: Jacques Meny

A documentary on pioneering French filmmaker Georges Melies along with fifteen of his rarely seen restored films from 1898-1905. Included are the leg... Read more

Colin McCahon: I Am (2004)

9.6/10
Director: Paul Swadel
Starring: Voice Of, Sam Neill

Tracing the life of pioneering artist Colin McCahon, examining the New Zealand cultural context that influenced and inspired his work and his artistic... Read more

Satan Never Sleeps (1962)

6.1/10
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: William Holden, Clifton Webb, France Nuyen

Based on Pearl S Buck's gripping novel, this memorable Cold War drama follows priests William Holden and Clifton Webb as they are stationed at a remot... Read more

Crazed Fruit (1956)

7.5/10
Director: Ko Nakahira
Starring: Masahiko Tsugawa, Yujiro Ishihara, Mie Kitahara

Two brothers compete for the amorous favours of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking in this film from director Ko... Read more

The Classic Adventures of Thomas and Friends: Series 1 (1984)

Director: David Mitton
Starring: Narrated by, Ringo Starr

All aboard for this classic collection of original 'Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends' stories. Join Thomas, together with his buddies Edward, Gordon... Read more

Full Body Massage (1995)

5.7/10
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Starring: Mimi Rogers, Bryan Brown

Mimi Rogers ('The Rapture') and Bryan Brown ('Breaker Morant') star in this provocative drama from acclaimed director Nicolas Roeg. Nina, a successful... Read more

The Punk Rock Movie (1978)

6.8/10
Director: Don Letts
Starring: The Clash, Johnny Rotten, Sex Pistols

Produced in London in 1978, this 35mm documentary feature captures the leaders of the movement in performance and on tour and highlights the punk rock... Read more

Triple Agent (2004)

6.4/10
Director: Eric Rohmer
Starring: Serge Renko, Katerina Didaskalou

Loosely based on a true story, this sublime drama from director Eric Rohmer follows the complex marriage between a Greek painter and her White Russian... Read more

The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003)

7.9/10
Director: David Thacker
Starring: Ciaran Hinds, Jodhi May, Juliet Aubrey, Polly Walker, James Purefoy

Based on the classic novel by Thomas Hardy. Ciaran Hinds stars as Michael Henchman, a 19th-century English merchant and well-respected townsman, who r... Read more

West of Hot Dog / The Sleuth (1925)

Director: Harry Sweet
Starring: Stan Laurel

In 'The Sleuth' Stan Laurel gets his man after adopting a series of comic disguises. In 'West Of Hot Dog' Stan Laurel also stars as the heir to a fort... Read more

Just Friends (2005)

6.2/10
Director: Roger Kumble
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris, Chris Klein, Julie Hagerty, Chris Marquett...

Ryan Reynolds was 'the fat kid' in high school with a secret crush on best pal Jamie (Amy Smart). When his true feelings are outed, she gently turns... Read more

Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard (1996)

Director: Shimako Sato
Starring: Kimika Yoshino, Wataru Shihodo, Chieko Shiratori, Akira Otani, Eisei Amamoto, Ak...

In this prequel to the first film an evil spirit has massacred a village of witches and wizards in ancient Japan. Skip to present day and an archaeol... Read more

Life Show (2002)

Director: Huo Jianqi
Starring: Tao Hong, Tao Zeru

Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Chi Li, this affecting character study centres on Lai Shuang Yang a young, single woman living in revolutionary Ch... Read more

Donkey Skin (1971)

7.1/10
Director: Jacques Demy
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Delphine Seyrig, Jacques Perrin

At once charming, bizarre and eerie, director Jacques Demy's ('The Umbrellas of Cherbourg') colourful adaptation of the fairytale by Perrault (who als... Read more

When Eight Bells Toll (1970)

6/10
Director: Etienne Perier
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Nathalie Delon, Robert Morley, Jack Hawkins

Alistair MacLean adapted the screenplay for 'When Eight Bells Toll' from his own novel. It stars Anthony Hopkins as a ruthless spy, moving about Scotl... Read more

Where The Sidewalk Ends (1950)

7.6/10
Director: Otto Preminger
Starring: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill

'Laura' director Otto Preminger reunited with stars Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney for this moody crime drama in which Andrews is a violent cop who acc... Read more

Garden of Evil (1954)

6.8/10
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark, Hugh Marlowe, Cameron Mitchell, Rit...

Western set against the backdrop and greed of the gold rush. Three Americans (Gary Cooper, Richard Widmark and Cameron Mitchell) are stranded in a sma... Read more

Rodney Dangerfield - No Respect (1989)

Director: Various
Starring: Rodney Dangerfield, Tim Allen, Roseanne Barr, Bob Nelson, Jeff Altman, etc ...,...

The ultimate Rodney Dangerfield collection, this set contains 3 discs of the comic's hilarious stand-up along with 3 ABC specials 'It's Not Easy Bein'... Read more

Margaret's Museum (1995)

7.3/10
Director: Mort Ransen
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Clive Russell, Kate Nelligan

Based on several short stories by Sheldon Currie, this offbeat romantic tragedy is about a plucky woman's surprising love affair in a 1940s-era Nova S... Read more

Unknown White Male (2005)

6.6/10
Director: Rupert Murray
Starring: Doug Bruce

In July 2003, ex-pat Brit Douglas Bruce, woke up on a subway train in New York headed for Coney Island. He had no idea who he was, how he got there o... Read more

Underworld: Evolution (2006)

6.7/10
Director: Len Wiseman
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran, Bill Nighy, Derek Jacobi

The violent feud between the snooty vampires and thuggish werewolves escalates as beautiful Death Dealer Selene (Kate Beckinsale) and her forbidden Ly... Read more

Legend of a Fighter (1982)

7.4/10
Director: Yuen Woo Ping
Starring: Ka-Yan Leung , Yasuaki Kuraka, Yuen Yat-cho

Representing the very best in martial arts filmmaking, from acclaimed director Yuen-Woo Ping, this is the fictionalised life story of revered martial... Read more

Iron Fisted Monk (1977)

Director: Sammo Hung
Starring: Sammo Hung, James Tien, Chan Sing, Fung Hak-on, Wu Ma

Sammo Hung's first directorial outing is a well-polished, innovative and highly entertaining kung-fu flick that was breaking new ground with its blend... Read more

Tenko: Series 1 - Episodes 6 - 10 (1981)

8.8/10
Starring: Stephanie Beacham, Stephanie Cole, Ann Bell, Louise Jameson, Eiji Kusuhara, Burt...

In 1941 the terrors of war-torn Europe seem far away for the small community of ex-pat Brits living in Singapore. But their privileged lives are soon... Read more

Echo of the Elephants - The Story of an Elephant Family (1993)

Director: Martyn Colbeck
Starring: David Attenborough, Cynthia Moss

In January 1990, Cynthia and Martyn embarked on the first of what would ultimatly be four exceptional films produced over thirteen years in the shadow... Read more

National Geographic: The Gospel of Judas (2006)

7.5/10

Hidden for nearly two thousand years, an ancient Gospel emerges from the sands of Egypt that tells a very different version of the last days of Jesus... Read more

The Magnificent Seven: Season 1 (1998)

7.7/10
Director: Christopher Cain, Geoff Murphy, Peter Markle
Starring: Michael Biehn, Ron Perlman, Dale Midkiff, Eric Close, Andrew Kavovit, Anthony St...

Based on the original film and with a movie-length pilot directed by our own Geoff Murphy this TV western stars Michael Biehn ('The Terminator') as th... Read more

Dixie Dregs: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1978 (1978)

Starring: Steve Morse

Out of the musically fertile jazz-rock fusion era of the 1970s emerged the Dixie Dregs, led by genius guitarist Steve Morse. Featured here is the comp... Read more

Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)

4.3/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Ted Wass, David Niven, Robert Wagner, Herbert Lom, Joanna Lumley, Capucine, Rob...

Not considered one of the better 'Pink' sequels, it concerns a bumbling New York cop who is mistakenly charged with finding both the Pink Panther jewe... Read more

Hart to Hart: Season 1 (1979)

6.7/10
Director: Karen Arthur, Ray Austin
Starring: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander, Roddy McDowall, Jill St John, Na...

Created by best-selling author Sidney Sheldon (who also brought us 'I Dream of Jeannie'), Mr and Mrs H (Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers) are a pair... Read more

Derailed (2005)

6.6/10
Director: Mikael Hafstrom
Starring: Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent Cassel, Melissa George, David Morrissey, G...

An intelligent fast-paced thriller with Clive Owen as Charles, a seemingly happily married ad executive who has a chance encounter on a train with Luc... Read more

Hustle and Flow (2004)

Director: Craig Brewer
Starring: Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Anthony Anderson, Taraji P Henson, Terrence Howard, Ta...

Djay (Terrence Howard) is a low-level pimp and drug dealer scratching a living in the Memphis ghettoes. As he approaches the age where his father une... Read more

Syriana (2005)

6.9/10
Director: Stephen Gaghan
Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, William Hurt, Tim Blak...

Stephen Gaghan (screenwriter of 'Traffic') directs this labyrinthine story of corruption in the global oil industry, based partly on the writings of e... Read more

Iron Jawed Angels (2004)

7.6/10
Director: Katja von Garnier
Starring: Hilary Swank, Frances O'Connor, Julia Ormond, Anjelica Huston, Molly Parker, Pat...

American women didn't get the vote until 1920, an important yet largely overlooked historical landmark that is given air in this HBO-produced drama st... Read more

Lackawanna Blues (2005)

7.9/10
Director: George C Wolfe
Starring: S Epatha Merkerson, Julie Benz, Robert A Bradley, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Kathlee...

Based on a one-man show by Ruben Santiago-Hudson (played by Hill Harper) this is the inspiring story of Nanny Crosby (S. Epatha Merkerson) a big-heart... Read more

American Gothic (1988)

6.8/10
Director: John Hough
Starring: Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Steiger, Michael J Pollard, Sarah Torgov, Janet Wright

A group of vacationers is stranded on a remote island where they become the 'guests' of a demented family who desperately want them for dinner...and l... Read more

American Graffiti / More American Graffiti (1973)

Director: Bill L Norton, George Lucas
Starring: Ron Howard, Bo Hopkins, Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark, Richard Dreyfuss, Charles Mart...

"American Graffiti" (1973) - Follow the misadventures of a group of friends on one summer night in '62, as they prepare for the uncertainty of life af... Read more

Mystics (2002)

6/10
Director: David Blair
Starring: Milo O'Shea, David Kelly, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Liam Cunningham

Dave and Locky are a couple of old-timers who have found the perfect scam, offering 'solace and peace' to the bereaved. Dave poses as a medium, whilst... Read more

The Salamander (1981)

6.2/10
Director: Peter Zinner
Starring: Franco Nero, Anthony Quinn, Christopher Lee, Sybil Danning, Eli Wallach, Claudia...

Based on Morris West's best-selling novel, this tense political thriller explores the world of treasonous politics, love and high finance. In Italy's... Read more

I Will Walk Like A Crazy Horse (1973)

7.1/10
Director: Fernando Arrabal
Starring: Emmanuele Riva, George Shannon, Hachemi Marzouk

Surrealist filmmaker Fernando Arrabal's second feature concerns a wealthy aristocrat (George Shannon) who flees a terrible crime, winding up in the de... Read more

Loverboy (2004)

6/10
Director: Kevin Bacon
Starring: Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Oliver Platt, Campbell Scott, Marisa To...

Kevin Bacon's directorial debut is a moving drama based on Victoria Redel's best-selling novel about Emily (Kyra Sedgwick), a woman who was neglected... Read more

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

Three Colours Trilogy ( Blue, White, Red ) (1993)

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Irene Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Jul...

This boldly cinematic trio of stories about love and loss, from Krzysztof Kieslowski was a defining event of the art-house boom of the 1990s. The film... Read more

Twin Falls Idaho (1999)

7.3/10
Director: Michael Polish
Starring: Mark Polish, Michael Polish, Patrick Bauchau, Michelle Hicks, Lesley Ann Warren,...

Taking the "love triangle drama" to new heights, filmmaking siblings Mark and Michael Polish play conjoined twins waiting in a rundown hotel room for... Read more

Neverwhere (1996)

7.3/10
Director: Dewi Humphries
Starring: Gary Bakewell, Laura Fraser, Hywel Bennett, Clive Russell, Paterson Joseph, Trev...

Based on Neil Gaiman's best-selling fantasy novel this 6-part mini-series which he co-devised with Lenny Henry, lives in the grimy underworld of Londo... Read more

Hotel de Love (1996)

6.4/10
Director: Craig Rosenberg
Starring: Simon Bossell, Aden Young, Saffron Burrows, Ray Barrett, Pippa Grandison, Peter...

Saffron Burrows is the object of everyone's affection in this Australian rom-com. Stephen (Simon Bossell) and Rick (Aden Young) are fraternal twins w... Read more

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

Gilmore Girls: Season 4 (2003)

8.1/10
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Starring: Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Melissa McCarthy, Scott Patterson, Jared Padalecki...

In the fourth season, the much-loved mother-daughter duo are separated as Rory heads off to college. Meanwhile Lorelai is finally opening her dreamed... Read more