David Copperfield (BBC)
(1999) [PG]

Charles Dickens' haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather after his mother dies but manages to triumph over incredible adversities.  More

Artemisia
(1997) [R]

Visually ravishing and sensual, Artemisia tells the extraordinary story of seventeen year old Artemisia Gentelischi, daughter of the renowned painter Orazio. Although passionately sharing her father's love of art, she is frustrated by the conventions seventeenth century Italy which forbids women...  More

Ryan's Daughter (2 Disc Set)
(1970) [M]

In this epic tale of love, David Lean recreates the evocative atmosphere of a bygone era of film making. Written by Robert Bolt, Ryan's Daughter is a bitter sweet tale of love and loyality between Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles and Christopher Jones played out against the backdrop of early 20th...  More

Shakespeare In Love
(1998) [M]

London, 1593: the Elizabethan Era. Young, handsome William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is craving inspiration due to his failing creativity. He seeks a soul mate to cure his writer's block, so he may continue to work on his upcoming play. Fate would leave its mark, and love will show its face in...  More

The Governess
(1997) [M]

Forced to support her family when the murder of her father leaves them penniless, Rosina da Silva assumes a new identity as a governess. Reluctantly leaving her charmed and privileged life behind in London, she journeys to the remote Scottish Isle of Skye and the bleak surroundings of the...  More

Elizabeth
(1998) [MA]

England, 1554. Under the rule of Queen Mary I, a zealous Catholic, England has been reduced to a country racked by financial and religious instability. Now close to death, Mary (Kathy Burke) steps up her policy of protestant repression. Even Princess Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett), her younger sister...  More

Vanity Fair (BBC 2 disc set)
(1987) [PG]

In an England on the brink of bankruptcy and war, only the wily may prosper. Becky Sharp is a governess, temptress and social climber supreme, a woman who more than compensates in brains and beauty for what she conspicuously lacks in breeding. To what lengths will she go in order to secure...  More

Tom Jones
(1963) [M]

Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture, and featuring a cast of superb actors headed by the young Albert Finney and Susannah York, Tony Richardson's wickedly funny adaptation of Henry Fielding's novel (scripted by John Osbourne) is a rollicking, picaresque period comedy to savour....  More

Her Majesty Mrs Brown
(1997) [PG]

Queen Victoria, the world's most powerful woman. John Brown, a simple Scottish Highlander. Their extraordinary friendship transformed an empire. A sweeping epic, based on the true-life relationship between England's Queen Victoria and John Brown, a royal servant, Mrs Brown paints a revealing...  More

The Duellists
(1997) [M]

Based on a story by Joseph Conrad. Set during the grand, sweeping Napoleonic age, an officer in the French army insults another officer and sets off a life-long enmity. The two officers, D'Hubert and Feraud, cross swords time and time again in an attempt to achieve justice and preserve their honor.  More

The Return Of Martin Guerre
(1982) [PG]

An award-winning medieval mystery about a young man who unexpectedly returns home, years after abandoning his wife, and attempts to resume his marriage. French dialogue with English subtitles.  More

Die Marquise Von O (The Marquise of O)
(1976) [PG]

Rohmer's best films stand up to endless viewings, in fact, they're so detailed and well thought out, you don't get anything significant out of them until you've watched them many times. The Marquise of O is definitely one of his best. It's his only film that doesn't deal with the love problems of...  More

Beaumarchais (The Scoundrel)
(1996) [PG]

A lavish costume-drama based on the life of the author of two famous eighteenth-century comedies - 'The Marriage Of Figaro' and 'The Barber Of Seville'. He was also an arms dealer, a spy, a woman-chaser, and a defender of human rights. French dialogue.  More

Kama Sutra
(1996) [MA]

In this visually striking saga of one woman's search for personal and sexual freedom in 16th century India, Maya (Indira Varma) is a servant girl who is a handmaid to Tara (Sarita Choudhury), a princess. Maya and Tara have been close friends since childhood, and when Rasa Devi (Rekha), an elegant...  More

The Secret Agent
(1996) [M]

London of the late 19th century is a haven for political exiles of all sorts - refugees, partisans, anarchists. Verloc has made his living spying for the Russian government, an agent provocateur of sorts, while simultaneously providing information to the London police, specifically Chief...  More

Red River
(1948) [G]

Wayne gives one of the best performances of his career ad Tom Dunson, a self-made cattle baron who'll do anything to protect his way of life. So when plummeting livestock values demand that he drive his herd through the treacherous Chisholm Trail, Tom proves that he'll risk anything to reach his...  More

The Portrait Of A Lady
(1996) [PG]

Nicole Kidman stars in this dark, elaborate adaptation of Henry James's novel, director Jane Campion's follow-up to The Piano. American Isabel Archer (Kidman) visits her wealthy relatives in 1872 England, where she turns down an offer of marriage by a kind and rich suitor (Richard E. Grant) in...  More

The Magnificent Ambersons
(1942) [PG]

Following his first cinematic masterpiece Citizen Kane, Orson Welles uses many innovative techniques to create this resplendent period drama featuring outstanding performances from stars, Dolores Costello, Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt and Anne Baxter. Isabel Amberson refuses to marry Eugene Morgan and...  More

Wuthering Heights
(1970) [M]

Haunting, passionate and unforgettable, this “lovely, scenically rich” (Newsweek) version of Emily Bronte’s timeless masterpiece stars Emmy winner Anna Calder-Marshall and Timothy Dalton (Licence to Kill) as Cathy and Heathcliff, two star-crossed lovers destined for doomed romance....  More

Persuasion
(1995) [G]

Eight years earlier, Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, was persuaded to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young seaman who, though promising, had poor family connections. When her father rents out the family estate to Admiral Croft, Anne is...  More

Sense And Sensibility
(1995) [G]

Elinor uses her head...Marianne follows her heart. Two sisters on very different paths, are about to discover there's only one road that leads to true love. SENSE & SENSIBILITY is the glorious adaptation of JANE AUSTEN's timeless story, brought to life with humour, heart and wonderful...  More

Madame Bovary (1991)
(1991) [PG]

A classy adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's novel, directed by the great Claude Chabrol. In 19th century France, Emma Rouault (Isabelle Huppert), the daughter of a country squire, has visions of a romantic life, but she is sadly disillusioned by her marriage to Charles Bovary (Jean-Francois...  More

Once Upon A Time In China 3
(1993) [PG]

Wong Fei-Hung and sidekick Chung arrive in Peking just as the Empress announces a Lion Dance martial arts contest. Also accompanying him is cousin Yee, his young, Westernized aunt-by-adoption, to whom Wong is secretly betrothed. Wong faces a possible romantic rival in a Russian diplomat,...  More

Once Upon A Time In China 2
(1992) [M]

In the sequel to the Tsui Hark classic, Wong Fei-Hung faces The White Lotus society, a fanatical cult seeking to drive the Europeans out of China through violence, even attacking Chinese who follow Western ways. Wong must also defend Dr. Sun Yat Sen, a revolutionary, from the military. With his...  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

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

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

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

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

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