The Story Of The Kelly Gang
(1906) [G]

Celebrating over 100 years of cinema in Australia! THE STORY OF THE KELLY GANG is considered the first narrative feature film ever made. Filmed outside Melbourne when the Kelly legend was still fresh, it was believed lost for many years. The National Film & Sound Archive and the BFI have restored...  More

The Third Man (50th Anniversary Edition) (2 Disc Set)
(1949) [PG]

Orson Welles stars as Harry Lime, and Joseph Cotten plays his childhood friend, Holly Martins, in this all-time classic thriller scripted by Graham Greene and directed by Carol Reed. Martins searches for Lime through the seedy underworld of postwar Vienna and gets caught up in a web of love,...  More

La Commare Secca
(1962) [PG]

A prostitute is murdered by night in a Roman park. One by one the police interview the men who were in vicinity at the time-a petty thief, a hen-pecked pimp, a soldier on leave, a waiter and a pair of awkward lads keen to impress their girlfiends. As each gives his version of events, the story of...  More

Ivan The Terrible: Part 1 (New digital restoration) (2 disc set)
(1944) [PG]

Sergei Eisenstein's operatic saga of the 16th-century Russian hero Czar Ivan IV is given a charismatic performance by Nikolai Cherkasov and a brilliant score by Sergei Prokofiev. Part One deals with Czar Ivan's beginnings as the ruler of Russia, Ivan's coronation, and his marriage to Anastasia...  More

Where the Sidewalk Ends
(1950) [PG]

Dana Andrews stars as brutal cop Mark Dixon who previously had been in trouble with his superiors for his brutal methods. When Dixon accidently kills a murder suspect he knows his career will be over if he is discovered. He decides to dispose of the body and pin the murder on someone else....  More

High and Low
(1963) [PG]

yle thriller. A ruthless kidnapper, aiming to snatch wealthy industrialist Kingo Gondo's young son, takes the chauffeur's boy by mistake – but still demands the ransom. Gondo is left with an agonising choice, since paying the ransom will ruin him. Meanwhile the tenacious Inspector Tokuro is...  More

The Ring
(1927) [PG]

Alfred Hitchcock's silent The Ring is a traditional prizefighting melodrama, elevated by the richness of the characterizations and the stylish, Germanic use of the camera. Carl Brisson plays "Round One," a cocky young boxer who matriculates from sideshow bouts to the big time. Round One's...  More

Easy Virtue
(1927) [PG]

After divorcing an abusive husband, an innocent woman makes a valiant effort at beginning her life anew, but she cannot escape the incidents surrounding her past. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, featuring a newly recorded score. Based on a play by Noel Coward. Cast members include Isabel Jeans,...  More

Jamaica Inn
(1939) [PG]

Jamaica Inn was Hitchcock's first adaptation of a Daphne du Maurier novel (he later made Rebecca and The Birds from her stories). The film is a tense and atmospheric tale of thieves and cut-throats set on the rugged Cornish coast. Mary (Maureen O'Hara), an orphan girl, goes to live with her Uncle...  More

Juno and the Paycock
(1930) [PG]

Set during the Irish Revolution, a family discover that a significant amount of money will be coming their way. As they start living the rich life, however, their world comes crushing down when they realise that they will not in fact receive the inheritance.  More

The Farmer's Wife
(1928) [PG]

This first film version of Eden Philpotts' play The Farmer's Wife was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The story involves a roughhewn widowed farmer (Samuel Sweetland) in search of a new bride. Every candidate for the "title" proves insufficient, either because they fail to meet the farmer's...  More

Early Summer (Plus added feature: "What Did the Lady Forget?")
(1951) [G]

The Mamiya family are seeking a husband for their daughter, Noriko. But Noriko, played by the extraordinary Setsuko Hara, is a modern woman and has ideas of her own. She is not particularly enthusiastic about marrying—even mocking her married friends—but, when her brother proposes a potential...  More

An Autumn Afternoon (2 Disc Set)
(1962) [PG]

Alarmed by the pathetic state of his old teacher's daughter—the young woman has sacrificed herself to take care of her father and now passed the age of marriage—the aging salaryman Hirayama realises that he must find his daughter Michiko a husband. His son Koichi understands that Michiko is...  More

The Big Red One: The Reconstruction (Two-Disc Special Edition)
(1980) [M]

The extended version of director Sam Fuller's epic war film The Big Red One. Working with 70,000 feet of vault materials and Fuller's shooting script, critic/filmmaker Richard Schickel headed a reconstruction that adds over 40 minutes and transforms a truncated but admired war film into an epic...  More

Hunted
(1952) [M]

After accidentally setting fire to his foster parents’ house, Robbie, a six-year-old boy, runs away. He searches for a hiding place and runs into a riverside warehouse. Clattering down the steps, he runs into the arms of a man, Chris Lloyd (Dirk Bogarde). Robbie sees a body lying nearby....  More

Odd Man Out
(1946) [PG]

James Mason plays a hit man in this tense, atmospheric thriller from Carol Reed, the director of The Third Man. Johnny (Mason) is the idealistic leader of an illegal organisation who is on the run after escaping from prison. An attempt to hold up a linen mill goes wrong and Johnny is badly...  More

Rebel Without A Cause (2 Disc Set)
(1955) [M]

In one of the most influential performances in movie history, James Dean plays the new kid in town whose loneliness, frustration and anger mirrored those of postwar teens - and still reverberate 50 years later. Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo were Academy Award nominees for their achingly true...  More

The Naked Jungle
(1954) [PG]

Charlton Heston is the powerful, brooding owner of a plantation in the wild and treacherous South American jungle. Eleanor Parker is his charming American mail-order bride. But Heston is wary of the beautiful and talented Parker, and wonders why she would leave America for the rigors of jungle...  More

Detective Story
(1951) [PG]

Based on the smash Broadway hit, the gritty and gripping drama of Detective Story explodes onto the big screen under the capable direction of William Wyler (The Best Years Of Our Lives, Roman Holiday, Ben-Hur). Set amidst the hectic activity of a New York City police station, Kirk Douglas stars...  More

Somewhere in the Night
(1946) [PG]

George Taylor returns from the WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.  More

My Brother's Keeper
(1948) [PG]

George Martin and Willie Stannard are two prisoners on their way to a West Country gaol who find a way to escape. Martin is a hardened criminal but Stannard is a simple-minded youth awaiting trial. Despite being handcuffed together the two devise a clever plan to board a train in an attempt to...  More

Dear Murderer
(1947) [PG]

Hailed on its release as the first Gainsborough production by Betty Box, Britain’s leading female producer at the time, this is a chilling tale of premeditated murder and revenge. Lee Warren, a business man, returns to London after a trip abroad with a suspicion that his wife is being...  More

A Place of One's Own
(1945) [PG]

Mr and Mrs Smedhurst are a middle-aged business couple who buy an old cheap house for their retirement. After they move in they are told the house is supposedly haunted but are sceptical of the rumour. They invite a young companion, Annette, to stay, and gradually she begins to hear strange...  More

The Longest Yard (The Mean Machine)
(1974) [M]

In this rough-and-tumble yarn filmed on location at the Georgia State Prison, the cons are the heroes and the guards are the heavies. Eddie Albert is the sadistic warden who'll gladly make any sacrifice to push his guards' semi-pro football team to a national championship. Burt Reynolds plays one...  More

Sons and Lovers
(1960) [PG]

A visual masterpiece, this is a sensitive tale of the damage caused by people to each other, in the name of love. Adapted from the autobiographical novel of D.H.Lawrence, a Nottinghamshire coal-mining town during the early years of the century provides a close-knit community where what the...  More

The War Lover
(1962) [PG]

Steve McQueen fights his own private battle as a volatile "war lover" in this gripping story based on a novel by John Hersey. Stationed in England during World War II, Buzz Rickson (McQueen) is the bravest Air Force pilot in his squadron - and the most reckless. His maniacal quest for thrills...  More

Secret Mission
(1942) [PG]

A behind-the-lines adventure with four British Intelligence Officers parachuting into occupied France. The mission that follows takes them into the heart of the Nazi headquarters in France.  More

Operation Amsterdam
(1959) [G]

During WW II, British commandos visit occupied Holland to help the Dutch underground keep a fortune in diamonds out of Nazi hands. Tense action follows as Anna, Jan and their colleagues play cat and mouse with the Gestapo, knowing that one of their number may be a traitor.  More

The Day Will Dawn
(1952) [G]

Horse race tipster and journalist Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Norway his boat is attacked by a German U-Boat, however when he tells the navy about it they don't believe him and, to make matters worse, he is removed...  More

Morning Departure
(1950) [G]

The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?  More