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Emma (1972)
(1972) [G]

This BBC production, set in the small town of Highbury, depicts the often hilarious attempts of Miss Emma Woodhouse to make proper marital matches for all of her friends. Though often mistaken in her judgement, she is counselled and criticised by her neighbor and brother-in-law, the wise Mr....  More

Mansfield Park (BBC) (2 Disc Set)
(1983) [G]

When Sir Thomas Bertram takes in the 9-year-old daughter of an impoverished relative, his wife has someone to bully. Never allowed to forget her good fortune, Fanny's good nature and fortitude finally win her a valued place in the household and the man of her dreams. Anna Massey heads the cast of...  More

The Remains Of The Day
(1993) [G]

Following the success of HOWARD'S END, Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson reunited with the acclaimed Merchant Ivory filmmaking team and teamed with a stellar support cast that included James Fox, Christopher Reeve and Hugh Grant for this extraordinary, moving story of blind devotion and repressed...  More

Anna And The King Of Siam
(1946) [G]

In 1862, young English widow Anna Owens accepts the job of teaching the royal children of Siam. On her arrival in Bangkok, culture clash is immediate. The king respects Anna for standing up to him, though this appalls his courtiers. In due course, she becomes the king's confidant and diplomatic...  More

Red Sorghum
(1991) [M]

In 1930s China a young woman is sent by her father to marry the leprous owner of a winery. Torn by tradition and honour she is at odds with the owner and seeks fulfilment elsewhere. In the nearby red sorghum fields she falls for one of his servants and when her master dies she finds herself...  More

Camille Claudel
(1979) [M]

Bruno Nuytten's Camille Claudel is the moving, passionate and tragic true story of France's greatest sculptor, Rodin, and his muse, Camille Claudel. Camille became an apprentice to Rodin and, despite their differences in age and much opposite, they fell in love. Their stormy love affair lasted...  More

Country Life
(1994) [M]

Starring Sam Neill, Creta Scacchi and Kerry Fox, Michael Blakemore's delightfully evocative comedy is a tale of love, lies and betrayal. Set on a rambling Australian sheep station shortly after the first world war , Country Life is a beautiful and sensual adaptation of Chekhov's tragic comedy...  More

Reap The Wild Wind
(1942) [PG]

In this turbulent swashbuckler, Cecil B. DeMille presents a tale of daring piracy and hot-blooded love. 1840s Key West is filled with salvage businesses thriving on the cargo of wrecked ships. Ship owner Loxi Claiborn (Paulette Goddard) suspects salvager King Cutler (Raymond Massey) of foul play,...  More

Little Women
(1994) [G]

With her husband off at war, Marmee (Susan Sarandon) is left alone to raise their four daughters -- her "little women." There is the spirited Jo (Winona Ryder); conservative Meg (Trini Alvarado, Paulie); fragile Beth (Claire Danes, Romeo & Juliet); and romantic Amy (played at different ages by...  More

Tess
(1979) [PG]

Roman Polanski's beautiful, Oscar-winning adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel. In 19th-century England a peasant named John Durbeyfield discovers he descends from a noble family, the d'Urbervilles. He sends his eldest daughter Tess (Nastassja Kinski) to live with Alec d'Urberville (Leigh...  More