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To The Manor Born: Series 2 (1980)

7.5/10
Starring: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles

Penelope Keith stars as the former 'Lady of the Manor', Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, the outrageous but likeable snob who has fallen on hard times. Despit... Read more

To The Manor Born: Series 1 (1979)

7.5/10
Starring: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles

Lady Audrey fforbes-Hamilton (Penelope Keith) has fallen on hard times since the death of her husband. Forced to sell Grantleigh Manor, which has been... Read more

The Bounder (1990)

6.6/10
Director: Vernon Lawrence
Starring: George Cole, Peter Bowles

When estate agent Trevor Mountjoy (George Cole - 'Minder') arrives home from the office to be offered a drink by his wife, Mary (Rosalind Ayres), he i... Read more

Together (2018)

7.2/10
Director: Paul Duddridge
Starring: Sylvia Syms, Peter Bowles, Cathy Tyson

After 60 years of marriage, Rosemary and Philip Twain are happily sharing their golden years taking care of one another. When Rosemary is taken to hos... Read more

Rumpole of the Bailey: Rumpole's Return (1980)

8.5/10
Director: John Glenister
Starring: Leo McKern, Peter Bowles, Patricia Hodge, Patsy Smart

In a stand alone feature-length episode that follows on from the end of series 2, Rumpole (Leo McKern) has retired and moved to Florida to be closer t... Read more

To The Manor Born: 25th Wedding Anniversary Special (2007)

7.5/10
Starring: Angela Thorne, Peter Bowles, Daphne Heard, Penelope Keith

For many, "To The Manor Born" was 'the' 80s comedy series - pitting one of Britain's best-loved actresses, Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton,... Read more

Only When I Laugh: Series 1 - 4 (1969)

6.5/10
Starring: James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Richard Wilson, Christopher Strauli

From the pen of Eric 'Rising Damp' Chappell, this dry comedy series follows the exploits of three hypochondriacal hospital patients who drive the doct... Read more

Billy T and Me (2010)

Director: Ian Mune, Peter Rowley
Starring: Billy T James, Peter Rowley

Go behind the camera with Peter Rowley as he looks back on his time spent writing and performing with his mate, Billy T James. 1985 and 1986 were undo... Read more

To The Manor Born: Series 3 (1981)

7.5/10
Starring: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Daphne Oxenford, Daphne Heard, Michael Bilton

In the third and final series of this award winning comedy, the love-hate relationship between Lady Audrey Fforbes-Hamilton and urbane millionaire Ric... Read more

Billy T: Te Movie (2011)

6.9/10
Director: Ian Mune
Starring: Billy T James, Peter Rowley

Documentary celebrating the life of legendary New Zealand comedian, Billy T James. Directed by Ian Mune ('Came A Hot Friday'). The film explores Billy... Read more

The King Of Staten Island (2020)

7.1/10
Director: Judd Apatow
Starring: Pete Davidson, Bel Powley

Scott has been a case of arrested development since his firefighter dad died. He spends his days smoking weed and dreaming of being a tattoo artist un... Read more

The Irish R.M.: Series 1 (1983)

8/10
Starring: Peter Bowles, Brian Murray, Anna Manahan, Brendan Conroy, Lise Ann McLaughlin, N...

Major Sinclair Yeates (Peter Bowles) resigns his commission in the army to become the local magistrate in turn-of-the-century County Kildare in Wester... Read more

Kiwi Gold: Volume 3 (2010)

Starring: Billy T James, David McPhail, Jon Gadsby, Peter Rowley

A nostalgic selection of your favourite Kiwi TV shows from the 70s, 80s and 90s. 'Kiwi Gold' re-introduces you to the golden years of Kiwi comedy with... Read more

Walker (1988)

6.5/10
Director: Alex Cox
Starring: Ed Harris, Marlee Matlin, Richard Masur, Peter Boyle

Alex Cox directed this hallucinatory bio-pic starring Ed Harris as 19th-century American adventurer William Walker, who abandoned a series of careers... Read more

The Brink's Job (1978)

6.5/10
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Goorwitz, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands, Paul Sorvi...

From director William Friedkin ('The French Connection') comes this brilliant portrayal of one of the most famous and daring armed robberies in United... Read more

Kiwi Gold: Volume 1 (2010)

Starring: David McPhail, Jon Gadsby, Peter Rowley, Pio Terei

A nostalgic selection of your favourite Kiwi TV shows from the 70s, 80s and 90s. 'Kiwi Gold' re-introduces you to the golden years of Kiwi comedy with... Read more

Hammett (1982)

6.5/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner

The atmospheric and exciting tale of young Dashiell Hammett, who really lives the hard-boiled life he writes about. Wenders explores the central tensi... Read more

The Candidate (1972)

7.1/10
Director: Michael Ritchie
Starring: Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas

Bill McKay (Robert Redford), California Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator, a man of integrity and ideals, will now let the great American politica... Read more

Hardcore (1979)

7/10
Director: Paul Schrader
Starring: George C Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley

Written and directed by "Taxi Driver" scribe Paul Schrader, this gritty drama stars George C. Scott as a conservative, Midwestern businessman whose se... Read more

All Roads Lead Home (2008)

6/10
Director: Dennis Fallon
Starring: Peter Coyote, Jason London, Peter Boyle, Patton Oswalt, Vivien Cardone

Having lost her mother in a tragic accident, Belle begins taking out her grief on her father (whom she feels is responsible) and he soon sends her to... Read more

Freebird (2008)

5.6/10
Director: Jon Ivay
Starring: Peter Bowles, Phil Daniels, Geoff Bell, Laila Rouass, Jon Ivay, Alun ap Brinley,...

A British biker flick with an engaging mix of male bonding, drug humour and bumbling criminal activity from writer/director Jon Ivay. Three friends fu... Read more

Monstrosity - The Atomic Brain (1964)

Director: Joseph V Mascelli
Starring: Erika Peters, Frank Fowler, Marjorie Eaton

This weird, morbid little sci-fi thriller stars Marjorie Eaton as a wealthy woman who employs a scientist to transfer her brain from its aging body in... Read more

Russian Snark (2010)

6.6/10
Director: Stephen Sinclair
Starring: Peter Rowley, Steven Papps, Elena Stejko, Stephanie Tauevihi

A bittersweet comedy about two refugee artists from Russia getting to grips with life in the South Pacific. The unworldly Misha and his vivacious wif... Read more

Red Heat (1988)

6.1/10
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross

This fast-moving, action-packed, buddy-cop flick has Soviet officer Arnold Schwarzenegger teaming up with maverick Chicago cop Jim Belushi to bring ba... Read more

The Santa Clause (1994)

6.4/10
Director: John Pasquin
Starring: Judge Reinhold, Peter Boyle, Tim Allen, Wendy Crewson

This jolly charming Christmas fable for the whole family casts Tim Allen as a divorced father who, through a series of mishaps, becomes the fat man in... Read more

Ozzie (2006)

4.8/10
Director: Bill Tannen
Starring: Spencer Breslin, Joan Collins, Ralf Moeller, Rachel Hunter, Peter Rowley

The Cruella De Vil-like Maxine (Joan Collins) is set on making a fortune from the perfect pets, but to do so she plans to kidnap perfect kittens, pupp... Read more

The World of Henry Orient (1964)

6.8/10
Director: George Roy Hill
Starring: Peter Sellers, Paula Prentiss, Angela Lansbury, Tom Bosley, Phyllis Thaxter

Two starry-eyed schoolgirls spy, stalk and scheme their way into the life of a concert pianist (Peter Sellers) in this "wacky piece of inspired lunacy... Read more

Dr Dolittle (1998)

4.7/10
Director: Betty Thomas
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Peter Boyle

Eddie Murphy stars in this charmless retread of Rex Harrison's 1967 "Doctor Dolittle", about a doctor who finds out he can understand what animals are... Read more

Joe (1970)

6.9/10
Director: John G Avildsen
Starring: Peter Boyle, Dennis Patrick, Susan Sarandon, Patrick McDermott

One of the milestone films of its era, this satirical drama stars Peter Boyle as a bigoted, beer-swilling hardhat who helps a strait-laced advertising... Read more

Outland (1981)

6.6/10
Director: Peter Hyams
Starring: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, Kika Markham

This science-fiction translation of "High Noon" stars Sean Connery as a 21st-century marshal on the third moon of Jupiter who alone stands up to a rut... Read more

Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)

6.7/10
Director: Art Linson
Starring: Bill Murray, Peter Boyle, Bruno Kirby, Rene Auberjonois

Bill Murray takes on the role of American 'gonzo' journalist Hunter S. Thompson whose passion for writing was equalled only by his love of drugs, alco... Read more

The Dream Team (1989)

6.5/10
Director: Howard Zieff
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Lorraine Bracco, Michael Keaton, Peter Boyle, Stephen Furst

A delightful comedy about four mental patients who become separated from their therapist on a day out and discover that maybe they aren't as looney as... Read more

F.I.S.T. (1978)

6.4/10
Director: Norman Jewison
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Peter Boyle, Rod Steiger, Sylvester Stallone, Tony Lo Bianco

Action superstar Sylvester Stallone is nothing short of sensational as he takes on mobsters, corrupt union officials and a U.S. senator in this bold,... Read more

Swashbuckler (1976)

6/10
Director: James Goldstone
Starring: Beau Bridges, Genevieve Bujold, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle, Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw, Genevieve Bujold and James Earl Jones star in this lusty, rollicking pirate adventure set in the 18th Century Caribbean. A pirate and a h... Read more

Colour Me Kubrick (2005)

Director: Brian W Cook
Starring: John Malkovich, Jim Davidson, Richard E Grant, Peter Bowles, Marisa Berenson, Ly...

In the mid-'90s, Englishman Alan Conway conned many people into believing that he was reclusive American director Stanley Kubrick, despite the fact th... Read more

Monster's Ball (2001)

7.1/10
Director: Marc Forster
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Heath Ledger, Sean Combs, Peter Boyle

Acclaimed performances by Best Actress Oscar-winner Halle Berry, as the estranged wife of southern death row inmate Sean Combs, and Billy Bob Thornton... Read more

Taxi Driver (1976)

8.3/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Albert Brooks, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Jodie Foster, Peter Boyle, Robert...

A disturbingly brutal depiction of a lonely, unstable New York City cab driver (Robert De Niro) who stalks a presidential candidate, then turns his vi... Read more

Savage Islands (1983)

6.3/10
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe, Max Phipps, Jenny Seagrove, Grant Tilly, Peter...

AKA 'Nate and Hayes'. This US/NZ co-production stars Tommy Lee Jones as the legendary buccaneer Bully Hayes. Aided by his mercenary crew he sets out t... Read more

Forgotten Silver (1996)

7.6/10
Director: Costa Botes, Peter Jackson
Starring: Peter Jackson, Sam Neill, Costa Botes, Leonard Maltin, Harvey Weinstein, Colin M...

When local Wellington filmmaker Peter Jackson discovers a cache of ancient nitrate in a neighbour's shed, he uncovers the work of Colin McKenzie, earl... Read more

Pluto Nash (2002)

3.8/10
Director: Ron Underwood
Starring: Rosario Dawson, Randy Quaid, Peter Boyle, Pam Grier, John Cleese, Eddie Murphy

Aka "The Adventures of Pluto Nash". Futuristic fun is in store in the year 2080, as ex-smuggler Eddie Murphy is approached by a seedy businessman to b... Read more

The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Blu-Ray) (1973)

7.6/10
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Alex Rocco, Joe Santos, Mitchell Ryan, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Robert Mitch...

Aging Boston gunrunner Eddie Coyle (Robert Mitchum) is looking at several years of jail time for a hold-up if he doesn't funnel information to Dave Fo... Read more

Taxi Driver ( Blu-ray ) (1976)

8.3/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Albert Brooks, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Jodie Foster, Peter Boyle, Robert...

A disturbingly brutal depiction of a lonely, unstable New York City cab driver (Robert De Niro) who stalks a presidential candidate, then turns his vi... Read more

Echoes in the Darkness (1987)

7.2/10
Director: Glenn Jordan
Starring: Peter Coyote, Stockard Channing, Peter Boyle, Gary Cole, Zeljko Ivanek, Alex Hyd...

A gripping true story which begins in 1979 with the discovery of a naked battered body. This is the story of the investigation of the murder of a Phil... Read more

Young Frankenstein ( Blu-ray ) (1974)

8/10
Director: Mel Brooks
Starring: Cloris Leachman, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Peter...

Ranking among the most hilarious comedies of all time, this is Mel Brooks' take on the biggest monster myth of them all. Neurosurgeon Dr. Friedrich vo... Read more

Young Frankenstein (1974)

8/10
Director: Mel Brooks
Starring: Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachm...

Ranking among the most hilarious comedies of all time, this is Mel Brooks' take on the biggest monster myth of them all. Neurosurgeon Dr. Friedrich vo... Read more

Johnny Dangerously (1984)

6.5/10
Director: Amy Heckerling
Starring: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Peter Boyle, Dom DeLuise, Danny DeVi...

Set in the 1930s, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills. Read more

The Shadow (1994)

6/10
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Starring: Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller, Peter Boyle, Ian McKellen, Jonatha...

Lamont Cranston, having lived a life of moral degradation, is 'reborn' as a singleminded crimefighter with the ability to cloud men's minds. This adap... Read more

Where The Day Takes You (1992)

6.8/10
Director: Marc Rocco
Starring: Sean Astin, Lara Flynn Boyle, Peter Dobson, Balthazar Getty, Ricki Lake, James L...

A compelling look at the homeless LA street kids, as related by Dermot Mulroney to prison psychologist Laura San Giacomo. With Sean Astin, Lara Flynn... Read more

The Mel Brooks Collection: Volume 2 - The Twelve Chairs / Young Frankenstein / Silent Movie (1976)

Director: Mel Brooks
Starring: Peter Boyle, Diana Coupland, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Gene Hackman, Madeline Ka...

Three classic films from comic genius Mel Brooks. 'The Twelve Chairs' - Derived from a Russian folk tale, Mel Brooks' fast-paced farce stars Ron Mood... Read more

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)

5/10
Director: Raja Gosnell
Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Set...

A masked villain is wreaking mayhem on the city of Coolsville with a monster machine that creates real-life versions of Mystery Inc's former foes. Jin... Read more

Yellowbeard (1983)

6/10
Director: Mel Damski
Starring: Peter Boyle, Graham Chapman, Peter Cook, Eric Idle, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, M...

Yellowbeard is the ultimate pirate feared by whoever travels the high seas. A true scurvy shyster of the highest order and nautical scallywag in leagu... Read more

The Laramie Project (2002)

7.3/10
Director: Moises Kaufman
Starring: Dylan Baker, Tom Bower, Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson, Peter Fonda, Steve Busc...

Playwright/director Moises Kaufman adapts his acclaimed off-Broadway production for the small screen in this powerful docudrama. Set in the Wyoming to... Read more

Francis Durbridge Presents: Volume 2 (1966)

Starring: Derek Farr, Derek Fowlds, John Fraser, Judy Geeson, Sylvia Syms, John Thaw, Mart...

Master storyteller Francis Durbridge conquered television from the 1950s-1980s with baffling and complex thrillers which kept audiences gripped and on... Read more

Oscar Wilde Vol 1: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976) / The Importance of Being Earnest (1988)

Director: John Gorrie, Stuart Burge
Starring: Rupert Frazer, Gemma Jones, Alec McCowen, Paul McGann, Natalie Ogle, Joan Plowri...

Acclaimed BBC adaptations of two of Oscar Wilde's most esteemed works. Lovingly restored, these plays feature a who's who of great actors of the Briti... Read more

The Million Dollar Hotel (1999)

5.9/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Bud Cort, Jeremy Davies, Mel Gibson, Milla Jovovich, Jimmy Smits, Peter Stormare...

When it is discovered that a resident of a seedy Los Angeles boarding hotel, who was found dead, is the son of a media tycoon, FBI Special Agent Skinn... Read more