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All Gas and Gaiters (1971)

7.9/10
Starring: John Barron, William Mervyn, Derek Nimmo, Robertson Hare

Between 1966 and 1971 the ecclesiastical rivalries at St. Oggs Cathedral entranced a generation of viewers. Now available for the first time are all e... Read more

The Vicious Circle (1957)

5.7/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: John Mills, Derek Farr, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Roland Culver, Mervyn Johns, Noelle...

John Mills plays a respected doctor who comes home one evening to find the body of a murdered actress of his acquaintance. The police are summoned, an... Read more

Pink String and Sealing Wax (1946)

6.7/10
Director: Robert Hamer
Starring: Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers, Gordon Jackson, Sally Ann Howes

Belying its whimsical title, this Victorian era thriller tells the story of an adulterous wife who hatches a cunning plan to kill her abusive husband... Read more

The Next of Kin (1945)

6.9/10
Director: Carol Reed, Roy Ward Baker
Starring: Mervyn Johns, Jack Hawkins, Basil Radford, Thora Hird, David Niven

Features rare and fascinating original films preserved in the British War Museum's vaults. Many have never been released to the public before and are... Read more

Dead of Night (1945)

7.7/10
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti, Basil Dearden, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer
Starring: Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Googie Withers, Roland Culver, Basil Radford

Michael Redgrave stars in this chilling suspense classic that follows a group of visitors to a remote country manor as they relate their nightmares to... Read more

Peter Cushing: The Abominable Snowman / Bloodsuckers / Shock Waves (1957)

7.8/10
Director: Val Guest, Robert Hartford-Davies, Ken Wiederhorn
Starring: Peter Cushing, Forrest Tucker, Richard Wattis, William Mervyn, Patrick Macnee, B...

From the 1950s to the 1980s the unmistakably gaunt features of Peter Cushing gave British cinema its most recognizable horror star. Bringing unprecede... Read more

The Comancheros (1961)

6.9/10
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Lee Marvin

An action classic from the director of 'Casablanca' about a member of the Texas Rangers who works undercover to foil a notorious gang of outlaws. Also... Read more

Moby Dick ( Blu-ray ) (1956)

7.4/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Bernard Miles, Gregory Peck, Harry Andrews, James Robertson Justice, Mervyn John...

Herman Melville's sea classic is brought to the screen with intensity by director John Huston. Starring Gregory Peck as Ahab, Richard Basehart as Ishm... Read more

Moby Dick (1956)

7.4/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Orson Welles, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice,...

Herman Melville's sea classic is brought to the screen with intensity by director John Huston. Starring Gregory Peck as Ahab, Richard Basehart as Ishm... Read more

Quartet (1948)

7.4/10
Director: Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ken Annakin, Ralph Smart
Starring: Basil Radford, Cecil Parker, Dirk Bogarde, George Cole, Honor Blackman, James Ro...

One of Britian's finest novelists, W. Somerset Maugham, hosts a portmanteau of his own short stories adapted for the screen. The four celebrated tales... Read more

The Changeling (1980)

7.3/10
Director: Peter Medak
Starring: George C Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, John Colicos, Jean Marsh

George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere star in a thriller that challenges the viewer to solve its mystery. It's a haunted house adventure complete with... Read more

The Deer Hunter ( Blu-ray ) (1978)

8.1/10
Director: Michael Cimino
Starring: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Savage, John Cazale

Winner of five Oscars, this harrowing indictment of war from director Michael Cimino stars Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and John Savage as three... Read more

It's Complicated (2009)

6.6/10
Director: Nancy Meyers
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, John Krasinski

Jane (Meryl Streep) has three grown kids, a thriving Santa Barbara bakery and an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, Jake (Alec Baldwin). Now,... Read more

The Deer Hunter (1978)

8.1/10
Director: Michael Cimino
Starring: Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, John Savage, John Cazale, Christopher Walken

Winner of five Oscars, this harrowing indictment of war from director Michael Cimino stars Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and John Savage as three... Read more

The Lost Tribe (1983)

5.5/10
Director: John Laing
Starring: Darien Takle, Don Selwyn, Ian Watkin, John Bach, Martyn Sanderson

While searching for a legendary lost tribe in the dense New Zealand jungle, renowned anthropologist Maxwell Scarry (John Bach) disappears without a tr... Read more

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

5.5/10
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Starring: Melvin Van Peebles, West Gale, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan

Van Peebles wrote, directed and stars in this trendsetting work - which initiated the "blaxploitation" film cycle of the 1970s - about an African-Amer... Read more

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

8.1/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: Vera Miles, James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine

John Ford's epic western stars James Stewart as a U.S. senator who returns to his old home after 25 years for the funeral of old friend John Wayne. Wh... Read more

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ( Blu-ray ) (1962)

8.1/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: Andy Devine, Edmond O'Brien, James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles

John Ford's epic western stars James Stewart as a U.S. senator who returns to his old home after 25 years for the funeral of old friend John Wayne. Wh... Read more

The River Wild (1994)

6.3/10
Director: Curtis Hanson
Starring: Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello, John C Reilly

This exciting adventure has Meryl Streep playing a mom whose family whitewater rafting trip turns into a battle for survival when they encounter a cha... Read more

The Dirty Dozen (1967)

7.8/10
Director: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, George...

Very tough, very funny and ultimately very violent film, based on EM Nathanson's novel, and featuring a great all-male cast that includes Lee Marvin,... Read more

Donovan's Reef (1963)

6.9/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Elizabeth Allen, Jack Warden, Cesar Romero, Dick Foran,...

Producer-director John Ford once again demonstrates his successful formula for rambunctious, combative comedy and romance in this action-packed John W... Read more

The Killers (Blu-Ray) (1964)

7.1/10
Director: Don Siegel
Starring: Angie Dickinson, Claude Akins, Clu Gulager, John Cassavetes, Lee Marvin, Norman...

Two hitmen kill an ex-getaway driver, then hunt for the money he purportedly stole in a previous robbery. They probe their victim's past, seeking clue... Read more

Plenty (1985)

6.1/10
Director: Fred Schepisi
Starring: Meryl Streep, Charles Dance, Tracey Ullman, John Gielgud, Sting , Ian McKellen,...

Meryl Streep stars in this David Hare screenplay filmed by Australian director Fred Schepisi ('The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith'). Streep is intelligent... 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

The Killers (1946/1964 Versions) (1946)

7.8/10
Director: Don Siegel, Robert Siodmak
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, Lee Marv...

Ernest Hemingway's gripping short story "The Killers" has fascinated readers and filmmakers for generations. It's first screen incarnation came in 194... Read more

Bad Blood (1981)

6.6/10
Director: Mike Newell
Starring: Carol Burns, Dennis Lill, Jack Thompson, Donna Akersten, Martyn Sanderson, Marsh...

Jack Thompson gives a heartfelt and extraordinarily compelling performance as Stan Graham, a tragic and notorious West Coast figure who was pushed ove... Read more

Oliver Twist (BBC) (2007)

6.9/10
Director: Coky Giedroyc
Starring: Anna Massey, Edward Fox, John Sessions, Timothy Spall, Tom Hardy, Gregor Fisher,...

This gripping take on Charles Dickens' classic remains faithful to the spirit of the novel whilst delivering a modern, thrilling, tragic and occasiona... Read more

A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

6.8/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Woody Harrelson, John C Reilly, Kevin Kline, Garrison...

The late Robert Altman's swansong is this whimsical tribute to radio shows of days gone by. Scripted by Garrison Keillor (who plays himself in the fi... Read more

The Dirty Dozen ( Blu-ray ) (1967)

7.8/10
Director: Andrew V McLaglen
Starring: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richar...

Very tough, very funny and ultimately very violent film, based on EM Nathanson's novel, and featuring a great all-male cast that includes Lee Marvin,... Read more

The Hours (2002)

7.6/10
Director: Stephen Daldry
Starring: Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, Ed Harris, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, John C Rei...

Nicole Kidman delivers an Oscar-winning performance as author Virginia Woolf in this poignant tale that focuses on three women, living in different ti... Read more