Based on the classic Emile Zola novel, Jean Renoir's "La Bete Humaine" was one of the legendary director's greatest popular successes - and earned sta... Read more
Stephen Vincent Benet's "New Englandized" Faust story. A young 19th-century farmer (James Craig) sells his soul to Mr. Scratch (Walter Huston) for sev... Read more
Simone Signoret, Anton Walbrook, and Simone Simon lead a roundelay of French stars in Max Ophuls's delightful, acerbic adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler... Read more
Recorded live in the cool and intimate atmosphere of London's legendary Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. This live recording featuring the legendary vocalist... Read more
Turning to fascinating moments in American history to understand the present, connecting legendary presences such as Thomas Jefferson, Henry Ford, Mar... Read more
The polite, chin-stroking world of art is laid asunder by 'A History Of Britain' writer Simon Schama's uniquely passionate view. Best known for his of... Read more
In this eight part series, Simon Dallow takes viewers on a journey back in time to the earliest stages of Maori and Pakeha occupation in New Zealand.... Read more
Martin is a fisherman without a boat, his brother Steven having re-purposed it as a tourist tripper. With their childhood home now a get-away for Lond... Read more
Since releasing their debut album in 2004 'Il Divo' have become one of the world's most successful male vocal groups. 'Encore' features a live perform... Read more
First introduced in the top-rated tv movies "The Night Stalker" and "The Night Strangler", Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin), a headstrong investigative r... Read more
Based on Dan Brown's book, ('Angels and Demons'), this documentary investigates the mysterious worlwide organisation dating back centuries known as th... Read more
In his epic series into Britain's past, Simon Schama paints a brilliant portrait of the life of the British people, and asks questions of compelling i... Read more
At a time when heretics were burned alive for dissent, scientist Galileo Galilei risked his life to advance his revolutionary concepts of the universe... Read more
Finding himself down and out in Los Angeles, ex porn star Mikey Saber decides to crawl back to his hometown of Texas City, Texas, where his estranged... Read more
Simon Schama looks at the impact of the Jews and those moments when the Jewish experience - what Jews have thought and written, uttered, mourned and a... Read more
Martin is a fisherman without a boat, his brother Steven having re-purposed it as a tourist tripper. With their childhood home now a get-away for Lond... Read more
Part Six of this excellent series looks forward and back. Firstly it considers the musical legacy of two men who dominated the first part of the 20th... Read more
In the final part of the series, conductor Sir Simon Rattle presents an eclectic, and very personal, selection of 20th century composers including Ber... Read more
In the latter part of the 19th century, painting and poetry developed a more abstract style, and music was quick to follow. In Part 3, Sir Simon Ratt... Read more
An extraordinary documentary following Sir Simon Rattle as he takes the reins of the Berlin Philharmonic and embarks on a very special project. He's o... Read more
This episode focuses on the young music of a young country. The innovators and individuals who learnt from the music of the past, and from other cult... Read more
Sir Simon Rattle examines the effect of brutal political regimes on the music of three great composers. Bela Bartok lived through the German occupati... Read more
In the 20th century western music has freed itself from the dominance of melody and explored the richness of musical pulse for its own sake. beginnin... Read more
Melvyn Bragg executive-produced this excellent 7-part series that explores the revolutionary path classical music has taken during the 20th century. I... Read more
A powerful drama of an opportunist who stops at nothing to make a position for himself in life. Searing in its intensity and superbly acted by Laurenc... Read more
Spider McCall (Simon Bossell) is an ambulance driver with 'attitude'. His final day on the job lands him the assignment of driving a feisty 70-year-ol... Read more
After accidentally witnessing a violent crime, a young girl is left catatonic with shock, and struggles to make sense of what she saw, ultimately find... Read more
Frédéric Tcheng's solo directorial debut brings the viewer inside the storied world of the Christian Dior fashion house with a privileged, behind-the-... Read more
Papua New Guinea 1942. The battle of the track has begun. A fearsome force of Japanese fighters land on the northern coast intending to seize Port Mor... Read more
Enjoy the Central Park reunion with half a million fans as Simon and Garfunkel perform together for the first time in 11 years. Filmed on 19 September... Read more
A Jewish boy living in Nazi-occupied Paris is sent by his parents to the countryside to live with an elderly Catholic couple until France's liberation... Read more
"The Lion King's" favourite comedy team return to star in their own outrageous adventures around the world. Follow wisecracking meercat Timon and his... Read more
Just when you thought you'd seen it all...Aussie blokes Simon Morley and David Friend began performing their 'genital installations', triggering a glo... Read more
Tilly lives in rural England in the 1830s where the young woman is envied for her beauty by the local ladies and lusted after because of that same bea... Read more
An old but serious miscarriage of justice clouds a current police investigation looking into the death of a mutilated corpse. Read more
Aka 'Lancelot of the Lake.' This very unconventional take on the Arthurian legend has an emphasis on the clanking awkwardness of the knights in full a... Read more
From the director of 'Lantana', this enigmatic psychodrama examines the consequences of the actions of four men who go on a fishing trip and don't all... Read more
This follow-up to The Inbetweeners Movie sees Will (Simon Bird), Simon (Joe Thomas) and Neil (Blake Harrison) head down under to reunite with Jay (Jam... Read more
Shooting, stabbing, poison... there are many ways to commit crime, but there's only one man who can solve it - Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alle... Read more
A struggling preacher is tricked into starting a church in a nightclub by its unscrupulous owner, who sees it as a way to repay his gambling debts to... Read more
Max, a struggling actor living in South Africa, has flown into Sydney, Australia for the audition of his life. As soon as he lands things start to go... Read more
A group of eccentric assassins are fed up with Gunther, the world's greatest hitman, and decide to kill him, but their plan turns into a series of bun... Read more
In a bid to save the last of his family, Gutjuk, a young Aboriginal man, teams up with ex-soldier Travis to track down Baywara, the most dangerous war... Read more
Los Angeles, nowadays. Henry is a stand-up comedian with a fierce humor. Ann, an internationally renowned opera singer. Together, under the spotlight,... Read more
In an attempt to win back the pregnant fiancee he left standing at the altar years earlier, the slightly flabby Dennis (Simon Pegg) decides to prove h... Read more
A light comedy as well as a satire on bourgeois lifestyle in France. Michel Simon is Boudu, a scruffy tramp who is saved from his suicide attempt by a... Read more
Naturalism and surrealist fantasy blend beautifully in this restored all-time masterpiece about a young couple who begin their life together sailing d... Read more
Set in a small Austrian village at the turn of the 20th century, this compelling tale of loss, defiance and tragedy begins when a cruel and merciless... Read more
Jacques Becker lovingly evokes the belle epoque Parisian demimonde in this classic tale of doomed romance. When gangster's moll Marie (Simone Signoret... Read more
London, 1963, and the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) returns to Coal Hill School with his new companion Ace (Sophie Aldred), where he has unfinished busines... Read more
An acknowledged influence on "Psycho", Henri-Georges Clouzot's horror classic is the story of a sadistic headmaster who brutalizes his fragile wife an... Read more
Based on the award-winning novel 'My Daniel' by Pam Conrad. This family adventure follows a courageous palaeontologist during his arrival in a small 1... Read more
Sir John Mills stars as the legendary 1950s hero Professor Quatermass in Nigel Kneale's science-fiction thriller, first shown on Thames Television in... Read more
A collection of five local dramas: some shocking, some intriguing, but all true events that took place right here in New Zealand between 1977 and 2009... Read more
Deserter Jean arrives in Le Havre and looks for a shelter before leaving the French territory. Housed in a shed on the docks, he meets the mysterious... Read more
A patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family suddenly passes away, leaving his daughter with a shocking secret inheritance that threatens to unravel a... Read more
Based on Paul Simon's Grammy-winning album that blended pop with African music. Featured is his 1987 performance in Zimbabwe with renowned trumpeter H... Read more
Susan Hayward won an Oscar for her commanding performance in this true story of prostitute Barbara Graham, who, framed and convicted of murder, was to... Read more
The life of masterful French auteur Jean Vigo was cut tragically short at the age of 29, leaving him with a filmography of only four films, all of whi... Read more
A crime novelist whose research on Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck must confront his worst fears when a film executive t... Read more
Based on the Terence Rattigan play of the same name, "The Deep Blue Sea" is a study of forbidden love, suppressed desire, and the fear of loneliness i... Read more
In Joseph Losey's stirring World War I saga, Dirk Bogarde is a no-nonsense British captain assigned to defend fellow soldier Tom Courtenay, accused of... Read more
Like reality, only better, 'Big Train' was the much-imitated, never-surpassed sketch show from 'Father Ted' writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews.... Read more
Physicists Leonard and Sheldon understand everything from the inescapable gravitational pull of a black hole to the intricate structure of the atom. B... Read more
Picking up from the hugely successful "Ip Man", this sequel sees Donnie Yen return in the titular role as he immigrates to Hong Kong in 1949. After pr... Read more
Worlds collide in Season 3! A love affair with Penny has opened a big, wide, wonderful world of romance for Leonard. But Sheldon likes the world just... Read more
George A. Romero revolutionized American horror in 1968 with his instant classic 'Night of the Living Dead', followed by 'Dawn' and 'Day'. Now his ico... Read more
"New Girl" is a charming, offbeat comedy about friends, flings and modern relationships. After a bad breakup, free-spirited optimist Jess (Zooey Desch... Read more
The brilliant and admired keyboardist who rose to prominence with legendary jazzman Miles Davis continues his remarkable musical journey with this ecl... Read more
A gripping drama about a motorcyclist who finds herself caught up in a campaign of terror when she pulls into a small town to have her bike repaired.... Read more
Chinese conjuror Wei Ling Soo is the most celebrated magician of his age, but few know that he is the stage persona of Stanley Crawford (Colin Firth),... Read more
Set at the height of the Bosnian Civil War in 1993, writer/director Danis Tanovic's Oscar-winning dark comedy boils the absurdity of warfare down to i... Read more
John Goodman is delightful as a movie schlockmeister (inspired by real-life producer William Castle) who's about to preview his latest 'scare-the-pant... Read more
This adaptation of Erskine Childer's novel is set in the early years of the 20th Century, with two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkin... Read more
Paddy Doolan (Michael Craig) is a man who refuses to accept change. In a new century where the motor car is changing the way things are done, the stub... Read more
From the director of 'A Mighty Boosh', comes this road movie set entirely in an apartment. Reclusive Stephen Turnbull (Edward Hogg) hasn't been outsid... Read more
Will (Simon Bird), Simon (Joe Thomas), Jay (James Buckley) and Neil (Blake Harrison), have finished school forever, and are off on their first lads ho... Read more
In the 1970s, in a remote corner of the Western Australian coast, two teenage boys, Pikelet and Loonie, are hungry for discovery. The pair form an unl... Read more
Meet Nancy (Lake Bell): 34, single (still), hung-over (again) and exhausted by the endless futile set ups foisted upon her by her well-meaning but clu... Read more
Animal Sleuth and hair style freak Ace Ventura returns with his companion, the monkey spike, going to Africa to rescue a sacred bat that has been kidn... Read more
In the exciting fourth entry in the successful action series, an attack on the Kremlin leaves IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team falsely a... Read more
Meet Nancy (Lake Bell): 34, single (still), hung-over (again) and exhausted by the endless futile set ups foisted upon her by her well-meaning but clu... Read more
Keanu Reeves makes his directorial debut in this explosive marital arts drama that reunites him with legendary Matrix Trilogy fight choreographer Yuen... Read more
Arriving home, the Cassidy family find their house trashed and a man in a red latex suit and space helmet, passed out on the floor. The gullible famil... Read more
In the 1970s, in a remote corner of the Western Australian coast, two teenage boys, Pikelet and Loonie, are hungry for discovery. The pair form an unl... Read more
Professional hit-man Charlie Wolfe finds himself in three tales of murder, blackmail and revenge after a botched contract assignment. Read more
From the golden age of the British mystery comes a hard-working Scotland Yard detective whose breeding and bearing give him unique access to the fashi... Read more
Reviving Hong Kong cinema is this startlingly raw police actioner starring legend Sammo Hung as crime boss, Po, being hunted down by Detective Chan (S... Read more
1971 adaptation of Thomas Hughes' novel. Anthony Murphy stars as Tom Brown who, as a new boy at Rugby Public School, has to contend with the school's... Read more
Standover man, unrepentant underworld executioner, inventive raconteur, and Australia's most infamous living criminal, whose deadpan wit and colourful... Read more
A group of biology students travel deep into the Florida Everglades only to have their research interrupted by a prehistoric killing machine! The conc... Read more
Dripping with suspicion, laced with intrigue and smoldering with sensuality - four films staring the sexy Alain Delon! Whether playing an amnesia-str... Read more
In the exciting fourth entry in the successful action series, an attack on the Kremlin leaves IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team falsely a... Read more
This follow-up to The Inbetweeners Movie sees Will (Simon Bird), Simon (Joe Thomas) and Neil (Blake Harrison) head down under to reunite with Jay (Jam... Read more
Inspired by actual events, MURU is the story of a local Police Sergeant 'Taffy' Tawharau (Cliff Curtis), who must choose between his badge and his peo... Read more
Termed 'a comedy of sympathy about the old Christian fear of sex' (David Elliott), 'The Devil's Playground' is directed by Fred Schepisi ('The Chant o... Read more
Blacklisted for his daring "anti-French" masterpiece, 'Le Corbeau', Henri-Georges Clouzot returned to cinema with this provocative adaptation of autho... Read more
The remarkable true story of mountain climbers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates is the focus of this harrowing docudrama. In 1985, the fearless pair sets o... Read more
From England's famed Hammer Studios comes this horror classic starring Peter Cushing as the Baron Frankenstein who has plans to learn the secrets of b... Read more
'By the Sword Divided' is a fascinating portrayal of a noble family torn apart during a civil war that divided loyalists in support of King Charles I... Read more
Chow Yun Fat plays a bouncer and sometime thief working out of a Bangkok nightclub who gets involved in a hi-jacking scheme involving the ruthless, fl... Read more
A.k.a. 'Army of Shadows'. Based on Joseph Kessel's novel, this war drama follows several months in the life of French Resistance fighter Philippe Gerb... Read more
Tween ennui is the focal point of this Canadian film about loneliness and connection. With his parents consumed by their hotel business, 12-year-old D... Read more
The provocative, imaginative true-life story of how the intense and passionate relationship of 1950s Christchurch teenagers Pauline Parker and Juliet... Read more
Aka "Emperor of the North Pole". Set on the Northwest railways during the Depression-era director Robert Aldrich's gritty drama stars Lee Marvin as le... Read more
'You Can't Be Too Careful' - Della has just moved into her new flat with Rosamund. The two couldn't be more different and Rosamund can't understand De... Read more
Forest Whitaker walked away with the Best Actor Oscar for his complex portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Adapted from the novel by Giles Foden, t... Read more
Starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, this is the extraordinary story of one of the world's greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist S... Read more
Two British comic book nerds (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) befriend a foul-mouthed alien named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen) while touring UFO-related sit... Read more
Derek Jarman was one of the most idiosyncratic, innovative and controversial film-makers in Britain throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s. On-screen and off... Read more
The Annual Wild Food Festival in Hokitika is the setting for this delightful tale of fertility, maternity and female solidarity. When Magik (approachi... Read more
Hi-de-hi all! It's the summer of 1959 and gang is in for a big surprise when Jeffrey Fairbrother (Simon Cadell) becomes head of entertainment at Mapli... Read more
In the midst of World War II, an intelligence officer stationed in North Africa meets and fall in love with a member of the French Resistance on a dan... Read more
Charles Bronson stars in this revisionist western directed by Michael Winner. The film concerns an Apache half-breed, Pardon Chato (Charles Bronson),... Read more
A medieval fantasy about an evil warlock who takes over a kingdom and makes the life of a beautiful princess miserable. Can a good looking young warri... Read more
Josh (David Wenham) and Cin (Susie Porter) meet at a party. She's a dressmaker, he's a photographer for National Geographic. In no time at all they ar... Read more
This Oscar-winning drama is set on a luxury liner bound for Germany in the early '30s and details the lives, loves, and fears of the passengers and cr... Read more
In April, 1954, Vladimir Petrov, head of Soviet espionage in Australia, successfully approached ASIO for asylum. His defection sparked the most dramat... Read more
Mike has the girl, the time, and the place. The problem is... he doesn't have the ring. Before Mike has the chance to make his proposal, he's mugged a... Read more
In the dark heart of a sprawling and anonymous city, two assassins carry out a sinister mission and a teacher battles a fatal illness, while an enigma... Read more
In the 1940s, New York socialite Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep) dreams of becoming a great opera singer. Unfortunately, her ambition far excee... Read more
A mentalist is a master manipulator of thought and behaviour. 'The Mentalist' is Patrick Jane (Simon Baker), a celebrity psychic whose wife and child... Read more
Will, Simon, Neil and Jay try to navigate their way through sixth form with their hormones running riot and their attempts to be popular backfiring on... Read more
Tells the tale of three mates who like nothing more than to have a beer and play pub pool. Desperate to get out of debt, the publican enters them into... Read more
After viewing her violent tendencies toward men, hitwoman Sister Cindy recruits Kitty (Chingamy Yau) and begins training her in the ways of a professi... Read more
Sally Potter's daring and artful meditation on the dynamics of romantic and sexual relationships stars Joan Allen as 'She' the frustrated housewife of... Read more
Set between the two world wars and based on George Johnston's classic novel, this is the story of two brothers, David and Jack, struggling to grow up... Read more
Thirtysomething jingle writer Gary (Martin Freeman) finds himself trapped by his marriage and envious of his best friend's success. When he meets a be... Read more
Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien makes his first French-language feature with this homage to, and expansion of, the beloved 1956 short, 'The Red Bal... Read more
This unforgettable first entry in the "Night Stalker" series introduced the world to the quirky reporter with a penchant for the paranormal and became... Read more
The romantic tension between Jess (Zooey Deschanel) and Nick (Jake Johnson) escalates in the hilarious, quirky second season - but will they ever hook... Read more
The Inbetweeners is a 6-part series which offers a comedic take on growing up in middle class suburbia, a place where there are no teen pregnancies, n... Read more
All thirteen episodes from the fourth series of the multiple award-winning drama that portrayed the lives, loves and relationships of the well-to-do B... Read more
Picking up from the hugely successful "Ip Man", this sequel sees Donnie Yen return in the titular role as he immigrates to Hong Kong in 1949. After pr... Read more
Marooned in suburbia, The Inbetweeners is a cringe-inducing look at the humiliations of teenage life as four friends navigate the minefield of high sc... Read more
The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II. Read more
Friends Tim and Daisy, 20-something North Londoners with uncertain futures, must pretend to be a couple to live in the only apartment they can afford. Read more
George A. Romero revolutionized American horror in 1968 with his instant classic 'Night of the Living Dead', followed by 'Dawn' and 'Day'. Now his ico... Read more
Set in the late 18th-century court of French King Louis XVI, this sweeping, fact based historical drama stars Hilary Swank as Jeanne De La Motte Valoi... Read more
An adaptation of Tom Sharpe's comic tale in which an MP attempts to get a motorway built through his wife's ancestral home in order to get rid of a ho... Read more
The life of Wing Chun legend (and mentor to Bruce Lee) Ip Man provides a career-defining role for martial arts leading man Donnie Yen, who not only br... Read more
Living among fusty academics, an unusual young man gets between a high school history teacher and his wife. Read more
Patrick Smash (Bruce Cook) is a boy with an unusual problem. He was born with two stomachs and an incredible capacity to break wind - not only wheneve... Read more
Meryl Streep is the boss from hell in this comedy-drama about an idealistic, mid-west girl (Anne Hathaway) who comes to the big smoke to be a real jou... Read more
Keira Knightley is back in sumptuous period garb for this bio-pic of flamboyant 18th century trend-setter Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.... Read more
Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With control of t... Read more
This is the story of 'The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy'. Perhaps the most remarkable - certainly the most successful - book ever to come out of the... Read more
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
Unrelated to the first two 'Jaws' films; This time there's a huge shark on the loose at Florida's Sea World after making it's way into the theme park.... Read more