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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969) [M]

One of the most popular screen westerns ever made, this Academy Award winning classic bleeds adventure, romance and comedy to tell the true story of the West's most likeable outlaws. No one is quicker than Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman) when it comes to get rich quick schemes, and his sidekick...  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

Bandit Queen
(1994) [R]

The story of India's most famous and feared outlaw and how she eventually surrendered to the police. Was she really a dangerous woman who terrorized the ruling caste or an ordinary low caste woman who had been kidnapped by louts? Hindi dialogue with English subtitles.  More

An Angel At My Table
(1990) [M]

Jane Campion's An Angel At My Table is an extraordinarily moving celebration of the life of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author. Based on her autobiographical trilogy, the film follows Janet through her poor childhood in the Depression and her growing fascination with literature;...  More

Cry Freedom
(1987) [PG]

The unforgettable friendship of two unforgettable men. The tension and terror that is present-day South Africa is powerfully portrayed in director Richard Attenborough's sweeping story of black activist Stephen Biko (Denzel Washington) and a liberal white newspaper editor who risks his own life...  More

Before Night Falls
(2000) [MA]

Julian Schnabel's Before Night Falls spans the whole of the brilliant Cuban author Reinaldo Arenas' life, from his poverty-stricken childhood to his persecution, torture and exile from Fidel Castro's Cuba. It is a vivid portrait of a remarkably talented and responsive man and a piercing account...  More

Escape From Alcatraz
(1979) [M]

Clint Eastwood and director Don (Dirty Harry) Siegel reteamed for their fifth film in this fascinating account of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison at Alcatraz. In 29 years the seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary was only broken once - by three...  More

The Hunter
(1980) [M]

In order to track down bail jumpers, Ralph 'Papa' Thorson goes on a series of routine and not-so-routine searches. Sometimes he takes down his quarry easily. At other times, he's forced to extreme measures which result in the injury or death of a lawbreaker. And then again, there are other...  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

Imagine: John Lennon (2 disc set)
(1972) [M]

Imagine: John Lennon was created with the cooperation of Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and produced by multi-award winning producer David L. Wolper and critically-acclaimed documentarian Andrew Solt (partners on This is Elvis). Backed by a monumental 36-tune sound track, the film draws from a treasure...  More