The Sound Barrier / Hobson's Choice
(1953) [PG]

Hobson's Choice: Henry Horatio Hobson (Charles Laughton) is a tyrannical, drunken widowed bootmaker responsible for the wellbeing of his three unruly daughters. His rule is challenged by eldest daughter Maggie (Brenda de Banzie) who marries his star bootmaker and sets up a rival shop. But will...  More

Richard III (1955)
(1955) [G]

The deformed Richard of Gloucester cuts a bloody path to the throne in Shakespeare's historical tragedy. Determined to seize the French throne from his brother Edward IV, he rouses Edward's hatred from their brother Clarence, who is arrested and murdered while imprisoned. The cunning Richard woos...  More

Doctor Zhivago (2 Disc Set)
(1965) [PG]

From the novel by Boris Pasternak, David Lean’s Film Of Doctor Zhivago is hailed by critics everywhere as brilliant and one of the most popular movies ever. A sweeping epic about one charismatic man’s struggle that spans several decades to survive in war-convulsed Russia. That man is Yuri...  More

The Lion Has Wings / Q Planes
(1939) [G]

- "The Lion Has Wings": A documentary-drama produced by Alexander Korda, which was intended as a propaganda weapon designed to show the splendid efforts of the British people who bravely fought, both abroad and at home, against the evil Nazi war machine. - "Q Planes": Major Hammond of...  More

The Four Feathers (1939)
(1939) [G]

A British army officer who resigns his commission on the eve of his unit's embarkation to a mission against Egyptian rebels seeks to redeem his cowardice by secretly aiding his former comrades disguised as an Arab. When his unit is overwhelmed and captured by the rebels, the hero finds an...  More

The Silver Fleet
(1943) [G]

Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaberates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to follow. Later a childs rhyme reminds him of his patriotic duty, but how best to resist the Nazis without endangering his wife and fellow workers?...  More

O Lucky Man! (2 disc set)
(1973) [M]

This sprawling, surrealist musical serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in Europe. Many actors play multiple roles, giving the film a stagy tone. Music by Alan Price. The second instalment in the "Mick Travers" trilogy with...  More

The Sound Barrier
(1952) [G]

The true story of the jet plane's early days and the committed men who risked all to test the danger levels. An air-craft manufacturer is driven to design the first supersonic aeroplane even if his obsession to break the sound barrier costs him his humanity, the love of his family and the...  More

Long Day's Journey Into Night
(1962) [PG]

A disturbing and explosive portrayal of playwright Eugene O'Neill's early family life. Author Eugene O'Neill gives an autobiographical account of his explosive homelife, fused by a drug-addicted mother, a father who wallows in drink after realizing he is no longer a famous actor and an older...  More

Time Bandits
(1981) [PG]

Co-written by Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin, the wonderfully inventive Time Bandits tells the story of Kevin (Craig Warnock), a young imaginative boy kidnapped by a band of mischievous dwarves who have stolen a map of the universe detailing the locations of holes in the space-time continuum...  More