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Judgment At Nuremberg
(1961)
Stanley Kramer's powerful Judgement at Nuremberg was nominated for 11 Oscars. American judge Daniel Haywood (Spencer Tracy) presides over the trial of four German jurists accused of "legalising" Nazi atrocities. But as graphic accounts of sterilisation and murder unfold in the courtroom, mounting... More
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Five Easy Pieces
(1970) [M]
Robert Dupea (Jack Nicholson) is a man who has it all. A brilliant, classical pianist from a well-to-do family, he has made a career out of running from job to job and woman to woman. Presently working in an oil field, he spends most of his free time downing beers, playing poker and being no... More
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Goodbye Mr Chips
(1939) [G]
An old classics teacher looks back over his long career, remembering pupils and colleagues, and above all the idyllic courtship and marriage that transformed his life. Beloved classic based on the novel by James Hilton. More
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The Misfits
(1961) [PG]
This is the tragic and magnificent last film of two of the greatest film stars of all time. Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift star in this symbolic contemporary western, specially written for Marilyn by her then-husband, playwright Arthur Miller, about a group of drifters in... More
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Room At The Top
(1959) [M]
Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey) arrives in a new town with burning ambitions and a head full of dreams. He may be just a lowly town hall clerk, but with his charm and good looks, he's determined to "marry into money" and set himself up for life. The ground-breaking Room At The Top won two Oscars... More
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The Stranger
(1946) [PG]
Wilson of the War Crimes Commission is seeking Franz Kindler, mastermind of the Holocaust, who has effectively erased his identity. Wilson releases Kindler's former comrade Meinike and follows him to Harper, Connecticut, where he is killed before he can identify Kindler. Now Wilson's only clue is... More
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The Last Picture Show
(1971) [M]
Released in 1971 to critical acclaim and public controversy, Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show garnered eight Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture) and was hailed by many as the most important work by a young American director since Citizen Kane. A surprisingly frank,... More
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Henry V
(1944) [G]
Based on one the most popular historical plays by Shakespeare and made in order to boost moral of British troops during WW2, this movie is about English king Henry V and his military campaign in France in 1415., this movie is about English king Henry V and his military campaign in France in 1415. More
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Whistle Down The Wind
(1961) [G]
Bryan Forbes' enchanting film, based on the novel by Mary Hayley Bell, is a family classic. Three children (Hayely Mills, Diane Holgate and Alan Barnes) living on their widowed father's farm in the north of England discover a wanted man (Alan Bates) hiding out in a barn. They come to the... More
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The Purple Plain
(1954) [PG]
Set during the Burma Campaign, Peck stars as a pilot whose life has already been shattered by the loss of his wife during an air raid on London. Shot down after a dogfight with a Japanese fighter, he finds himself marooned in the Burmese jungle with a badly-injured navigator and a traumatised... More
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Pride and Prejudice
(1940) [G]
The arrival of the wealthy Mr Darcy in the neighbourhood causes great excitement within the Bennet family. One of her five daughters, Mrs Bennet feels, is sure to capture the heart of the wealthy young aristocrat. That fate befalls the spirited Elizabeth. Judging him on first impressions and the... More
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
(1971) [PG]
Roman Polanski's version of Shakespeare's tragedy about a Scottish lord who murders the king and ascends the throne. His wife then begins hallucinating as a result of her guilt and the dead king's son conspires to attack MacBeth and expose him for the murderer he is. More
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It's A Wonderful Life
(1946) [PG]
One of the best loved films of all time, Frank Capra’s eternal masterpiece “It’s A Wonderful Life” tells the story of George Bailey who spends his whole life helping others at his own sacrifice and trying to make good in a small town only to feel as though it has all been for nothing. As... More
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The Public Enemy
(1931) [PG]
In William Wellman's classic crime film The Public Enemy, James Cagney does a star turn as Tom Powers, a trouble-ridden individual who rises from the position of cheap thug to that of a powerful Prohibition gangster. When his best friend is murdered, Powers self-destructively seeks deadly... More
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Billy Liar
(1963) [PG]
Tom Courtenay stars as Billy Fisher, an ambitious but ultimately lazy young man with a dreary life who spends most of his time daydreaming about a land where he is a hero. A number of minor indiscretions causes Billy to lie in order to avoid the penalties. As these events start catching up with... More
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Entertaining Mr Sloane
(1969) [M]
Featuring two of Britain's best character actors, the late Beryl Reid and the late Harry Andrews, this scintillating black comedy is based on Joe Orton's wonderful play of the same name. Reid is marvellous as aging nymphomaniac Kath and Harry Andrews provides a superb foil as her rogue brother... More
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A Kind Of Loving
(1962) [M]
The legendary John Schlesinger (Yanks, Marathon Man, Midnight Cowboy) made his feature film directorial debut with this bittersweet and beautifully acted drama about a young draughtsman, Vic Brown (Alan Bates), whose life comes apart at the seams when he begins a relationship with typist Ingrid... More
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The Wooden Horse
(1950) [G]
In a POW camp, the Nazis have placed the huts far from the boundary so that any escape tunnel would have to be a long one. One British officer has the idea of starting a daily gynmastics routine using a vaulting horse: they can place it near the boundary and start a tunnel from under it. He and... More
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The Servant
(1963) [M]
The Servent takes a sharp look at British class relations via a dramatic turning of the tables between a rich ineffectual Oxbridge bachelor (James Fox) who is gradually debased and overruled by his sinister manservant (Dirk Bogarde) and his sexy sister(Sarah Miles). Bogarde's servant slowly... More
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The Red Shoes (1948)
(1948) [G]
The Powell and Pressburger classic is widely considered to be one of the greatest films ever made. The winner of two Academy Awards in 1948, for Hein Heckroth's Art and Set Direction, and Brian Easedale's music score, THE RED SHOES is the story of young ballerina Vicky Page (Moira Shearer), who... More
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White Heat
(1949) [PG]
As a psychotic thug devoted to his hard-boiled ma, James Cagney - older, scarier and just as electrifying - gives a performance to match his work in The Public Enemy as White Heat's cold-blooded Cody Jarrett. Bracingly directed by Raoul Walsh, this fast-paced thriller tracing Jarrett's violent... More
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Angels With Dirty Faces
(1938) [PG]
Off-screen pals James Cagney and Pat O'Brien teamed for the sixth time in this enduring gangster classic. Cagney's Rocky Sullivan is a charismatic ghetto tough whose underworld rise makes him a hero to a gang of slum punks. O'Brien is Father Connolly, the boyhood chum-turned-priest who vows to... More
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Witness For The Prosecution
(1957) [G]
Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton star in this “brilliantly made courtroom drama” (The Film Daily) that left audiences reeling from its surprise twists and shocking climax. Directed by Billy Wilder, scripted by Wilder and Harry Kurnitz and based on Agatha Christie''s hit... More
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The Go-Between
(1970) [PG]
Summer 1900: Queen Victoria's last and the summer Leo turns 13. He's the guest of Marcus, a wealthy classmate, at a grand home in rural Norfolk. Leo is befriended by Marian, Marcus's twenty-something sister, a beauty about to be engaged to Hugh, a viscount and good fellow. Marian buys Leo a... More
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The Godfather Part 2 (2 disc set)
(1975) [R]
Upon its release The Godafther: Part II was hailed as the best sequel to a movie ever made, however this film is much more than that. Coppolla utilised a quite brilliant screenplay and turned it into a visually captivating treat, as well as using his directorial skills to make the audience view... More
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The Wild One
(1953) [PG]
An angry young Marlon Brando scorches the screen as THE WILD ONE in this powerful '50s cult classic. Brando plays Johnny, the leader of a vicious biker gang which invades a small, sleepy California town. What's Johnny rebelling against? "What have you got?" he sneers. The leather-jacketed young... More
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Scott Of The Antarctic
(1948) [G]
John Mills stars as Commander Scott, the leader of the ill-fated and famed 1911 expedition to be the first to discover the South Pole. The British were up against the Norwegians in the Arctic quest for fame and honor which was won by Norway. More
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
(1975) [M]
When free spirited petty crook Randy P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) arrives at the state mental hospital, his contagious sense of disorder jolts the routine. He's on one side of a brewing war, soft spoken, coolly monstrous Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) on the other. At stake is the fate of every... More
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Anatomy Of A Murder
(1959) [M]
A riveting courtroom drama of rape and premeditated murder is brought to life with an all-star cast in director Otto Preminger's suspenseful and highly-acclaimed Anatomy of a Murder. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture (1959), the film pits a humble small-town lawyer (James... More
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Strike
(1925) [PG]
The first full-length feature project of pantheon Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein, Strike is a government-commissioned celebration of the unrealized 1905 Bolshevik revolution. The story is set in motion by a series of outrages and humiliations perpetrated on the workers of a metalworks plant.... More
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