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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

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

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

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

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

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