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The Devil's Brigade

The Devil's Brigade

Adventure · War · Action

Robert T. Frederick takes on the daunting task of melding a renegade group of American and Canadian recruits into a crack team of commando warriors. Frederick's superiors doubt the rookies until Frederick's volunteers them for a perilous attack on a Nazi stronghold in the mountains. 

Diary of a Lost Girl

Diary of a Lost Girl

World Cinema · LGBTQ

Diary of a Lost Girl represents the second and final work of one of the cinema's most compelling collaborations: G. W. Pabst and Louise Brooks. Diary confirmed Pabst's artistry as one of the great directors of the silent period and established Brooks as an "actress of brilliance, a luminescent perso…

Disaster Playground

Disaster Playground

Science · Documentary

Who are the people safeguarding the planet from asteroid destruction? What will happen when the Earth is finally threatened and how long will we have to save the human race? Disaster Playground investigates future outer space catastrophes and the procedures to manage and assess the risks

Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries: Episodes 1 & 2

Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries: Episodes 1 & 2

Suspense · Mystery · Drama

From the mind of world-famous crime novelist Donna Leon comes a blend of drama, romance and suspense fit for the idyllic city of Venice.

Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries: Episodes 11 & 12

Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries: Episodes 11 & 12

Suspense · Mystery · Drama

From the mind of world-famous crime novelist Donna Leon comes a blend of drama, romance and suspense fit for the idyllic city of Venice.

Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries: Episodes 7 & 8

Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries: Episodes 7 & 8

Suspense · Mystery · Drama

From the mind of world-famous crime novelist Donna Leon comes a blend of drama, romance and suspense fit for the idyllic city of Venice.

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 7: Evgeni Bauer

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 7: Evgeni Bauer

Silent · Drama · Comedy

These three films by the magnificent and macabre Evgeni Bauer reveal the distinctive eroticism and dark melodrama of early Russian cinema.

The Edge of the World

The Edge of the World

Romance · Drama

Two families living on a remote island off of Scotland are torn asunder by a race between their sons in this thrilling romantic drama from director Michael Powell (The Red Shoes, Stairway to Heaven).

Elvis: Return to Tupelo

Elvis: Return to Tupelo

Music & Dance · Documentary

Elvis Presley may have been born with the rock 'n roll in his blood but without poverty, southern culture and a mother whom he adored, Elvis Aaron Presley might have been just another poor white guy rather than the King of Rock 'n Roll. Narrated by Kris Kristofferson.

The Ex (Special Edition)

The Ex (Special Edition)

Horror · Thriller

David Kenyon's picturesque life starts to crumble under the weight of his past as his dark, ugly secrets are cunningly exposed to his family and coworkers. But David’s ruin is just beginning as his ex-wife's insane vengeance spirals out of control.

Eyes of Laura Mars (Special Edition)

Eyes of Laura Mars (Special Edition)

Photography · Mystery · Horror

A famous fashion photographer “witnesses” a series of bizarre murders with terrifying clarity. Homicide detective John Neville attempts to unravel the mystery…and makes a bloodcurdling discovery.

F.T.A.

F.T.A.

Music Documentaries · Music · Performance

In 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland toured an anti-war comedy show across Southeast Asia. Despite being highly controversial, it was a huge success among stationed soldiers. Out of circulation and difficult to see for decades, F.T.A. has now been fully restore…

The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter

Music · Romance · Comedy

Broadway promoters cast an investor's ex-flame, Clarice Sheldon, in their new show and rehearse on a remote farm, where the farmer's clumsy daughter, Patience Bingham, falls for the leading man. When Clarice quits, they must decide if Patience can step up to become the new star.

Father Brown, Detective

Father Brown, Detective

Mystery

A notorious jewel thief intends to steal precious diamonds from a cross in Father Brown’s church. The crime-busting clergyman fights to retain the cross, and also to reform and redeem the soul of the elusive troublemaker.

Faust (Restored Version)

Faust (Restored Version)

Silent

Newly restored. Inspired by the German legend and by Goethe's classic tale, Murnau's Faust tells the story of an alchemist (played by Gosta Ekman) who, struggling with his faith amidst a devastating plague, is offered the power to cure and the gift of youth ... in exchange for his soul. As the diabo…

Ffolkes aka North Sea Hijack

Ffolkes aka North Sea Hijack

Adventure · Action · Thriller

Madman Lou Kramer captures and threatens to destroy a vital North Sea oil rig in 24 hours unless the British government delivers a huge ransom. Rufus Excalibur Ffolkes is a reclusive underwater expert who leads an elite commando team in a race-against-the-clock high-seas assault.

Film Noir: The Dark Side Of Cinema II [Thunder On The Hill / The Price Of Fear / The Female Animal]

Film Noir: The Dark Side Of Cinema II [Thunder On The Hill / The Price Of Fear / The Female Animal]

Film Noir Box Sets · Box Set · Film Noir

This collection feature three classic noir films from the 1950s.

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XVIII [City of Shadows / Crashout / Finger Man]

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XVIII [City of Shadows / Crashout / Finger Man]

Film Noir Box Sets · Box Set · Film Noir

This collection features three film noir classics.

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXII [The Enforcer / The Scarlet Hour / Plunder Road]

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXII [The Enforcer / The Scarlet Hour / Plunder Road]

Film Noir Box Sets · Box Set · Film Noir

This collection features three film noir classics of the ’50s.

The Finances of the Grand Duke (Restored Authorized Edition)

The Finances of the Grand Duke (Restored Authorized Edition)

Silent · World Cinema · Thriller

In Murnau's playful espionage thriller reminiscent of Ernst Lubitsch (who had recently left Germany for Hollywood), Harry Liedtke stars as a benevolent dictator who must preserve the tiny nation of Abacco by fending off creditors, wooing a wealthy Russian princess, and evading a band of demonic cons…

Fish War

Fish War

Documentary

When the state of Washington banned tribes from fishing in their traditional waters and began arresting Indigenous fishers, it ignited the violent Fish Wars.

Fletch (Special Edition)

Fletch (Special Edition)

Crime · Based on Literature · Comedy

While working on a drug exposé, an investigative reporter attracts the attention of a strange businessman who wants to be killed so his wife will inherit more insurance. The wily reporter senses a scam, and soon he’s up to his byline in frame-ups, murder, police corruption and forbidden…

Fletch Lives (Special Edition)

Fletch Lives (Special Edition)

Crime · Based on Literature · Comedy

After receiving an inheritance in Louisiana, investigative reporter Irvin Fletcher ventures to Belle Isle Belle Isle plantation where he gets himself into hilarious trouble.

Flex is Kings

Flex is Kings

Culture · Music & Dance · African-American

Flex is Kings is a riveting and awe-inspiring look inside the world of Brooklyn street dancing known as flexing. Directors Michael Beach Nichols and Deidre Schoo take audiences along on the emotional journey of several young dancers; dancers who vie for a chance to make something of themselves by ba…

Un Flic (Special Edition) aka Dirty Money

Un Flic (Special Edition) aka Dirty Money

Crime · Thriller

A Paris police chief discovers that his nightclub owner friend also leads a group of bank robbers. When he’s tipped off that the same robbers are planning a drug heist, the police chief races to defeat his two-faced friend.

For Love Or Money (1963)

For Love Or Money (1963)

Romantic Comedy · Romance · Comedy

Despairing at her three daughters’ choices in men, an eccentric widow pays attorney Deke Gentry $100,000 to pair them up with pre-chosen mates.

For Love or Money

For Love or Money

Romantic Comedy · Romance · Drama

Doug's a concierge at a luxury hotel on Manhattan. He saves all his tips towards his plan for a hotel. Unfortunately, when he finds a potential investor, he discovers that his "savior" is having an affair with the woman he loves.

Test Tube Babies/Guilty Parents (Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Pictures, Vol. 7)

Test Tube Babies/Guilty Parents (Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Pictures, Vol. 7)

Drama

Cathy and George seem like the perfect postwar American couple, but a medical deficiency deprives them of the children that will complete their happy home.

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

Film Documentaries · Avant Garde · Art Documentaries

This documentary provides a vivid introduction to one of the most important, yet perpetually marginalized, realms of filmmaking: Avant-garde cinema. In its exploration of this expansive domain, FREE RADICALS privileges rare interviews with filmmakers in the avant-garde tradition and includes several…

Galileo

Galileo

Theatre · Drama

Based on the play by Bertolt Brecht (originally translated by Charles Laughton), GALILEO explores not merely the infamous historical figure, but the philosophical concepts for which he was both celebrated and condemned.

Gambit (Special Edition)

Gambit (Special Edition)

Thriller · Comedy

Starring screen icons Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine, Gambit is a delightful yet deadly game of international cat-and-mouse.

Goldengirl

Goldengirl

Sports · Science Fiction · Drama

An untried female sprinter enters the Olympics, claiming that she will win an unprecedented three gold medals. But when one man falls in love with her, he unravels the bizarre history of her training and the tough money men who stand to make millions…if she survives!

Gorky Park

Gorky Park

Crime · Thriller · Based on Literature

When three murder victims are discovered in Moscow’s Gorky Park detective Arkady Renko is determined to identify the bodies and find the killer. But when the clues point toward the involvement of the KGB, Renko is hunted by the secret police and confronted by an intricate web of deception and …

The Gospel of Eureka

The Gospel of Eureka

Documentary

Love, faith and civil rights collide in a southern town as evangelical Christians and drag queens step into the spotlight to dismantle stereotypes in this documentary narrated by Mx Justin Vivian Bond.

The Great Outdoors

The Great Outdoors

Slapstick · Adventure · 4K UHD DISC

A Chicago man and his family go camping with his obnoxious brother-in-law.

The Great Train Robbery (Special Edition)

The Great Train Robbery (Special Edition)

Adventure · Crime

Sean Connery is Edward Pierce, a thief who conceives a brilliant plan to steal a fortune in gold from a railroad car. But to pull off this most daring heist, Pierce must join forces with a safecracker and his own beautiful girlfriend in a series of intricately plotted thefts.

Gung Ho (Special Edition)

Gung Ho (Special Edition)

Comedy Drama · Drama · Comedy

When a Pennsylvania wheeler-dealer persuades a Japanese automotive firm to reopen his home town’s defunct auto factory, they hire him to enforce their policies among his American co-workers.

Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field

Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field

Biography · Art · Documentary

Enter the colorful world of Emmy®-winning, Oscar®-nominated Patricia Field, savvy retailer and costume designer behind Sex and the City, Emily in Paris, Ugly Betty, and The Devil Wears Prada.

Happy Times

Happy Times

Comedy · World Cinema · Jewish Interest

A seemingly friendly dinner party erupts into a night of violence and terror at a lush Hollywood estate.

The Hard Way

The Hard Way

Crime · Action · Comedy

Nick Lang is a popular movie star who joins forces with tough New York detective John Moss in order to break out of his “nice guy” screen image. On the trail of a ruthless serial killer, the last thing Moss needs is a pampered Hollywood sidekick, who he finds superficial and irritating.

The Haunted Castle (Restored Authorized Edition)

The Haunted Castle (Restored Authorized Edition)

Silent · Horror

Before plumbing the depths of horror and despair with such films as Faust and The Last Laugh, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau tested the waters with this moody drama of a storm-bound manor and the grim mystery that lurks within.

Heaven

Heaven

Drama

HEAVEN tells the story of Jonathan Stone, a middle-aged paramedic who struggles to find meaning in the midst of his everyday life, until he wakes up one day in Heaven and discovers that his life had more meaning than he could ever have imagined. 

High Ground

High Ground

War · Documentary

A group of wounded veterans join an expedition to climb the 20,000-foot Himalayan Mount Lobuche, led by blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer.

House of Cards

House of Cards

Crime · Mystery · Drama

An American boxer in Paris, stumbles upon an international conspiracy when hired by a mysterious widow to look after her eight-year-old son. All roads lead to Rome and a showdown with devilish arch-conspirator Leschenhaut.

Household Saints

Household Saints

Religion · Romance · Drama

Nancy Savoca’s chronicle of a spirited Italian-American New York family boasts memorable performances from Vincent D’Onofrio, Tracey Ullman, Lili Taylor, and Michael Imperioli, and showcases a unique voice in 1990s independent filmmaking.

How to Fold a Flag

How to Fold a Flag

War · Documentary

Follows a group of U.S. veterans as they create new lives post-Iraq against the backdrop of the 2008 election.

Hudson Hawk (Special Edition)

Hudson Hawk (Special Edition)

Adventure · Action · Comedy

The mob and the CIA have conspired to blackmail a cat burglar and his partner into stealing three da Vinci masterpieces from the most heavily-guarded museums in the world.

I Am JFK Jr.

I Am JFK Jr.

Biography · History · Documentary

I AM JFK JR. tells the story of a little boy who would grow up to become one of the most famous men in America.

I Am Richard Pryor

I Am Richard Pryor

Biography · Documentary

I AM RICHARD PRYOR tells the story of the legendary performer and satirist, who transcended race and social barriers with his irreverent and biting humor.

I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (Special Edition)

I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (Special Edition)

Vampires · Horror · Comedy

When a Satanist biker is killed by a gang of Hells Angels, an evil spirit he was summoning possesses his old Norton Commando motorcycle.

I'm No Angel

I'm No Angel

Romantic Comedy · Pre-Code · Comedy

Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the company of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along the way.

If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

Romantic Comedy · Pre-Code · Comedy Drama

To prevent his inheritance from going to his greedy family, a dying steel tycoon chooses eight random strangers and gives them each one million bucks.

In Search of Kundun

In Search of Kundun

Documentary

In Search of Kundun with Martin Scorsese is a deeply insightful film documenting the unique encounter of filmmaker Martin Scorsese (The Irishman, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver) with the Tibetan people and their spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama. Filmed in 1997, this emotional saga takes us from the s…

The Inner Life of Martin Frost

The Inner Life of Martin Frost

Drama

Having completed his fourth novel, Martin Frost accepts the invitation of friends to spend a few weeks in their vacant country house. On his first morning there, he awakes to find the beautiful and mysterious Claire Martin lying next to him. Intrigued by her presence, Martin finds himself compelled …

Internal Affairs (4KUHD)

Internal Affairs (4KUHD)

Crime · 4K UHD DISC · Drama

An LAPD investigator is determined to bring down a cop who has managed to maintain a spotless reputation despite being involved in a web of corruption.

The Interpreter (Special Edition)

The Interpreter (Special Edition)

Crime · Mystery · Thriller

A translator (Nicole Kidman) overhears an assassination plot at the United Nations headquarters. But when a federal agent (Sean Penn) investigates her claim and digs deeper into her dangerous past, he begins to question whether she is a victim—or a suspect.

Intolerance

Intolerance

Silent · National Film Registry

An epic like nothing that came before it or has been seen since, Griffith's monumental masterpiece remains as powerful today as it was almost a century ago. Featuring an orchestral score by Carl Davis.

Intolerance (Griffith Masterworks)

Intolerance (Griffith Masterworks)

Period Drama · National Film Registry · Silent

D.W. Griffith had a vision of the movies as the greatest spiritual force the world had ever known. Just one year after the huge success of THE BIRTH OF A NATION, he was emboldened to prove his faith in the new medium with the superproduction INTOLERANCE.

The Island (4KUHD)

The Island (4KUHD)

Adventure · 4K UHD DISC · Thriller

A writer investigating the disappearance of pleasure boats and passengers from within the Bermuda Triangle, along with his son, is captured by savage raiding pirates who need his services to improve their degenerated gene pool. 

It's A Gift

It's A Gift

Comedy

Harold Bissonette, an inept grocer who is constantly badgered by his family, dreams of escaping to the California sunshine. A small inheritance from his Uncle Bean tempts Bissonette to sell everything and buy his dream orange ranch—sight unseen.