Gladiator (2 Disc Set)
(2000) [M]

Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save...  More

Tristan and Isolde
(2006) [M]

One of the great stories of doomed love is given a new screen interpretation in this historical drama. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, King Donnchadh (David O'Hara) of Ireland has become the de facto ruler of England, but one of his underlings, Lord Marke (Rufus Sewell), dreams of uniting...  More

The Illusionist
(2006) [M]

Nothing Is What It Seems. A supernatural mystery that combines romance, politics and magic, The Illusionist is the latest film from the producers of Crash and Sideways, starring Oscar nominees, Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti as two men pitted against each other in a battle of wits: Norton as...  More

Atonement
(2007) [MA]

Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.  More

The Duchess of Duke Street - BBC TV (Disc 1 of 5)
(1976) [PG]

London at the turn of the century is a city of horse-drawn cabs, gas lighting, great wealth and even greater poverty… and it's a city of opportunity for scullery maid Louisa Trotter, who rises to become hostess, entertainer and friend of princes and kings. Beautifully presented in a...  More

Gladiator (Blu-Ray)
(2000) [M]

Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save...  More

Sense And Sensibility
(1995) [G]

Elinor uses her head...Marianne follows her heart. Two sisters on very different paths, are about to discover there's only one road that leads to true love. SENSE & SENSIBILITY is the glorious adaptation of JANE AUSTEN's timeless story, brought to life with humour, heart and wonderful...  More

There Will Be Blood
(2007) [M]

The story chronciles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), who transforms himself from a down and out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. When Plainview gets a mysterious tip off that there's a little town out West where an ocean of oil...  More

The Duchess
(2008) [M]

Based on the remarkable, true story of the beautiful, powerful and notoriously scandalous Duchess of Devonshire. The Duchess unfolds the tale of a woman who became one of the world’s first celebrities, who was adored by all the people of England, save one: her husband, the Duke. Once she...  More

Twelfth Night (BBC)
(1980) [G]

Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino sends her to help him woo the Lady Olivia, who doesn't want the Duke, but finds that she likes the new...  More

Seven Samurai (50th Anniversary Uncut Version)
(1954) [PG]

In 16th Century Japan a poor village is raided every of year by a group bandits until, driven to the brink of starvation, the villagers decide to hire professional warriors to protect them. With only three meagre meals a day to offer as payment, their quest seems an impossible one. A simple plot,...  More

Henry VIII and His Six Wives
(1973) [PG]

Featuring a wealth of stars, this powerful period drama follows the illustrious life of King Henry VIII and his six wives. From his death bed Henry (Keith Michell) reminisces over his life and loves...  More

Cousin Bette
(1998) [M]

COUSIN BETTE, based on the novel by Honore de Balzac, stars Jessica Lange in a delicious performance. Elisabeth Fisher (Jessica Lange), known to her relatives as Bette, is a humble seamstress in a burlesque theatre in Paris. She has always been taken for granted by her rich relations, and has...  More

The Village
(2004) [M]

The people of a late nineteenth century village have built an harmonious and idyllic community in a beautiful setting. However, the surrounding woods contain creatures of an unknown origin refered to as "those we don't speak of". Lucius Hunt (Joaquin Phoenix) is curious about the outside world...  More

Love in the Afternoon
(1957) [M]

May-December romance is in bloom when screen legends Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper star in this "sparkling, witty romantic comedy" from three-times Academy Award winning director Billy Wilder. Co-starring Maurice Chevalier and the first collaboration with long-time future Wilder writing partner,...  More

1900 (2 disc set)
(1976) [R]

Set in Italy, the film follows the lives and interactions of two boys/men, one born a bastard of peasant stock (Depardieu), the other born to a land owner (De Niro). The drama spans from 1900 to about 1945, and focuses mainly on the rise of Fascism and the peasants' eventual reaction by...  More

Death In Venice
(1971) [PG]

One man becomes so obsessed by the beauty of a young boy in Venice that he cannot bear to leave, even when the city is affected by a plague. Based on the novel by Thomas Mann.  More

L'Innocente
(1976) [M]

With breathtaking elegance, Visconti's vision of a decadent aristocratic society, dazzles the eyes in sumptuous style.

Giancarlo Gianni stars as Tullio, a debauched unprincipled libertine who indulges himself in a series of affairs. Finally, he leaves his wife for his sensual mistress....  More

Ridicule
(1996) [MA]

In the periwigged and opulent France of Louis XVI, an unwitting nobleman soon discovers that survival at court demands both a razor wit and an acid tongue. French dialogue with subtitles.  More

La Marseillaise
(1938) [PG]

Jean Renoir's epic account of the French Revolution juxtaposes the opulent life of King Louis XVI with the poverty of the commoners who rose up to overthrow the monarchy in 1789. The film's title comes from the rallying song which grew out of the peasants' march on the Bastille, the song that...  More

The Man Who Would Be King
(1975) [PG]

Based on a Richard Kipling story and packed with spectacle, humor, excitement and bold twists of fate, The Man Who Would Be King earns its crown as "an epic like no other. One of the screen's great adventure yarns." (Danny Peary, Guide for the Film Fanatic) Sean Connery and Michael Caine -- chins...  More

Gothic
(1986) [M]

An impromptu party on the picturesque shores of Lake Geneva in July 1816 leads to a ghoulish night of terror: a night which will ultimately inspire the writing of two great horror classics: Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' and Dr. Polidori's 'The Vampyre'. Exiles Lord Byron (Gabriel Byrne) and his...  More

Barry Lyndon
(1975) [PG]

How does an Irish lad without prospects become part of the 18th-century English nobility? For Barry Lyndon (Ryan O’Neal) the answer is: any way he can! Barry is a pining suitor, a duellist, a vagabond, a soldier in the Seven Years War, a rogue, a spy, a card shark - all way stations on the...  More

La Veuve De Saint-Pierre (The Widow of Saint-Pierre)
(2000) [M]

The year is 1850. On Saint Pierre, a forgotten small island near Canada, Neel Auguste (Emir Kusturica) is found guilty of murder and condemned to death. But in Saint Pierre there is neither guillotine nor executioner to carry out the sentence. While waiting for a guillotine to arrive from France,...  More

Time Regained
(1999) [R]

Time Regained (aka Le Temps Retrouve) is a French language film starring the eternally graceful Catherine Deneuve. The film is based (loosely) on Marcel Proust's saga 'a la Recherche du Temps Perdu' (Remembrance Of Things Past). While the film does not strictly follow the structure of Proust's...  More

Braveheart (2-Disc set)
(1995) [MA]

Rousing Hollywood epic about Scottish rebels fighting English oppression. Packed with idyllic scenery and brutally realistic battles. William Wallace (Mel Gibson) sets out to avenge the deaths of his Scottish relatives by raising an army and taking on the might of the English  More

All The Rivers Run (2 Disc Set)
(2007) [M]

Set in the boom town of Echuca, Australia's largest inland port in the 1890s, All the Rivers Run is the classic romantic tale of love between a woman, a man and the river that binds them together. When the young Philadelphia Gordon is shipwrecked and off the coast of Australia and her parents are...  More

Under Milk Wood
(1973) [PG]

Dylan Thomas only wrote one play and this is the first and only screen adaptation of that world famous Welsh classic. The original play has been presented in nearly every country in the world, and on celluloid it remains by turn moving, funny, beautiful and completely timeless - a kaleidoscope of...  More

Caddie
(1976) [M]

Joan Long's screenplay tells of a fiercely independent young mother who when confronted with her husband's infidelity, takes her children and leaves their comfortable middle class surroundings behind, to fend for herself. Without skills, and faced with the responsibility of housing and feeding...  More

The Samurai: Volume 4
(1962) [PG]

The Hunter Ninja Kogento enables an expert rifleman to do away with Shintaro. Mystic Bridge Shintaro offers to escort some fugitives from the Koga ninja into Kofu though this means he will have to walk back towards his enemies who are pursuing him. Star Jumper While searching for a secret...  More