1492 Conquest Of Paradise
(1992) [M]

The greatest adventure of all time - the tale of a humble mariner who set sail from Spain one August morning in 1492. He went in search of the orient but found himself instead a place beyond even his wildest dreams. His name was Christopher Columbus and his discovery was the New World. This is a...  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

Reach For The Sky
(1956) [G]

The classic story of one man's indomitable courage and endurance. As a young sports-loving pilot officer, Douglas Bader (Kenneth More) loses both legs in a flying accident. Not only does he overcome his devastating differently-abled-ness, he goes on to become a Battle of Britain ace. In 1945 when...  More

Born On The Fourth Of July
(1989) [M]

Tom Cruise delivers a riveting and unforgettable portrayal of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic in Oliver Stone's Academy Award winning masterpiece. Based on a true story, the acclaimed film follows the young Kovic from a zealous teen who eagerly volunteers for the Vietnam War, to an embittered veteran...  More

Simone De Beauvoir
(1978) [G]

Documentary on French author Simone De Beauvoir. Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre and their friends discuss the events and involvements that shaped her life and opinions - from the Spanish Civil War to the Paris riots of 1968. Her lucid, perceptive observations on the people and events of the...  More

Stalin
(1992) [PG]

The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. A brilliant made-for-television production with a superb cast. Won 3 Golden Globes.  More

The Best Intentions
(1992) [PG]

Scripted (but not directed) by Ingmar Bergman, Best Intentions is a multilayered backwards glance at the courtship of Bergman's own parents. Henrik Bergman (Samuel Froler) is a struggling theology student in the year 1909. His intended, Anna Aakerbloom (Pernilla August, who married director Bille...  More

Raging Bull (2 Disc Set)
(1980) [M]

Based on the true story of Jake LaMotta. An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it. Won 2 Oscars (Best Actor and Best Film Editing) and was nominated for 6 others including Best...  More

Chaplin
(1992) [M]

Containing an abundance of screen talent, Richard Attenborough's critically acclaimed Chaplin is a captivating recreation of the life of movie legend Charlie Chaplin. Robert Downey Jr's BAFTA winning performance in this wonderful film takes you on a journey through the laughter and misery of the...  More

Chanel Solitaire
(1982) [M]

The dramatic story of Gabrielle Chanel, the fashion designer who revolutionised the fashion industry and created the world famous Chanel No. 5 perfume. Her affairs were the talk of the European social scene but she became head of the greatest empire ever built by a woman.  More

Eleni
(1985) [PG]

Based on the autobiographical novel by Nicholas Gage. A New York times reporter returns to his homeland in search of answers regarding the death of his mother, who was executed while helping her children escape from a communist forced labour camp.  More

American Friends
(1991) [PG]

Francis Ashby, an Oxford University Professor, ventures into the Swiss Alps for a timely and well earned holiday before his prospective appointment as president of his college. What Ashby in his secure, well ordered life does not expect to face is a mid-life crisis in the chance meeting of two...  More

Sid And Nancy
(1986) [R]

Screaming and abrasive as safety pins on a blackboard, "Sid and Nancy" chronicles the sordid lives of two of punk's most notorious poster children, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his junkie girlfriend Nancy Spungen, brilliantly performed by Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb. Director Alex Cox...  More

The Krays
(1990) [R]

Prepare to be shocked by the real life story of Britain's most notorious gang-leaders - THE KRAYS. Gary and Martin Kemp star in this brutally stark account of the absolute rulers of London's East End underworld throughout their reign of terror in the 1950s and 1960s. Their power was born from...  More

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
(1993) [M]

This is the story of Bruce Lee's remarkable life told through the eyes of his widow, Linda. It dwells not on his mysterious death but his inspirational life and improbable rise to stardom from the streets of Hong Kong.  More

Malcolm X
(1992) [M]

Biography of Malcolm X, the famous African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a minister) was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. He became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when let out of jail, but later on...  More

Au Revoir Les Enfants
(1987) [PG]

During WWII, in a Catholic boarding school in the French countryside, two boys become friends. One is a French boy, Julien Quintin, and the other is a Jewish boy, Jean Bonnet, who is being hidden from the Nazis by the friars who run the school. Louis Malle directed this film based on what...  More

Jacquot De Nantes
(1991) [PG]

The true story of the childhood of Jacques Demy, and his pursuit of a dream - to become a filmmaker. This tale of teenage obsession is captured on film by the woman who shared his later life, Agnes Varda. French dialogue with subtitles.  More

The Quince Tree Sun (Dream of Light)
(1992) [G]

A film about the artistic process in every sense of the phrase, Spanish director Victor Erice's El Sol del Mebrillo (The Quince Tree Sun) loosely documents the efforts of artist Antonio Lopez to paint the titular foliage in his backyard. Lopez agonizes over just how to capture the light falling...  More

Lust For Life
(1956) [PG]

Vibrant orange sunflowers. Rippling yellow grain. Trees bursting with white bloom. "The pictures come to me as in a dream," Vincent Van Gogh said. A dream that too often turned to life-shattering nightmare. Winner of Golden Globe and New York Film Critics Best Actor Awards, Kirk Douglas gives a...  More

Charles Chauvel: The Action Director
(1972) [G]

A documentary on one of the pioneers of Australian cinema. The film includes interviews with his wife, Elsa, the late Chips Rafferty and features long excerpts from all the Chauvel classics including "In the Wake of the Bounty", "40,000 Horsemen", "Sons of Matthew", "Jedda" and "The Rats of...  More

My Father's Glory (La Gloire de Mon Pere)
(1990) [G]

The popular French classic based on author Marcel Pagnol's childhood memoirs. In 'La Gloire De Mon Pere' Marcel looks back at a perfect summer spent as a child in a cottage at the foot of the Provence Mountains. French dialogue with English subtitles.  More

Young Winston
(1972) [G]

'Young Winston' tells one of the greatest stories in English politics - the rise to power of Winston Churchill from childhood to the age of 26 when he made his first speech in the House of Commons. Directed by Richard Attenborough, the film covers Churchill's time as a war correspondent in India,...  More

Apollo 9:
(1969) [G]

Manned Test of Lunar Hardware in Earth Orbit. The Apollo 9 mission was the first manned flight of all Apollo lunar hardware in Earth orbit and first manned flight of the lunar module. Lunar module pilot Russel L. Schweickart performed a 37 minute EVA. Human reactions to space and...  More

Apollo 10
(1969) [G]

Man's Nearest Lunar Approach. The Apollo 10 mission was a complete staging of the Apollo 11 mission without actually landing on the Moon. The mission was the second to orbit the Moon and the first to travel to the Moon with the entire Apollo spacecraft configuration. Astronauts Thomas Stafford...  More

Apollo 11
(1969) [G]

Lunar Landing Mission. Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The first steps by humans on another planetary body were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. The astronauts also returned to Earth the first samples from another planetary body. Apollo 11...  More

Apollo 12
(2007) [G]

Beyond Apollo 11. Apollo 12, the second manned mission to land on the Moon, was planned and executed as a precision landing. The astronauts landed the Lunar Module within walking distance of the Surveyor III spacecraft which had landed on the Moon in April of 1967. The astronauts brought...  More

The Lover
(1992) [R]

The Lover is director Jean-Jacques Annaud's adaptation of Marguerite Duras' minimalist 1984 novel. Set in French Indochina in 1929, the film explores the erotic charge of forbidden love. Jane March plays a French teenager sent to a Saigon boarding school, while Tony Leung is a 32-year Chinese...  More

Shadowlands
(1993) [PG]

CS Lewis is the author of the Narnia books - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. Known as Jack, he teaches at an Oxford College, during the 1930's. An American fan, Joy Gresham, arrives to meet him for tea in Oxford. It is the beginning of a love affair. Tragically Joy becomes terminally...  More

Tous Les Matins Du Monde
(1991) [M]

The winner of seven French Oscars, Tous Les Matins Du Monde is a passionate, exquisitely photographed film based on the real-life 17th-century composers Sainte Colombe and Marin Marais. The aged Marais looks back on his apprenticeship with the master of the viola da gamba, Sainte Colombe....  More