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His Girl Friday(1940) DVD

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Howard Hawks

Cary Grant; Rosalind Russell; Ralph Bellamy;

The owner of a newspaper attempts to keep his star reporter, his ex-wife, on the payroll by baiting her with a potentially big story...

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Out Of Africa(1985) DVD

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Drama > General

Sydney Pollack

Meryl Streep; Robert Redford; Klaus Maria Brandauer;

Winner of seven Academy Awards, the story tells of a rich, bored Danish woman who finds love with a free-spirited hunter in turbulent East Africa. Fil...

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Harold And Maude(1971) DVD

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Hal Ashby

Bud Cort; Ruth Gordon; Cyril Cusack;

Black comedy tale about a young man who falls in love with an older woman. He is obsessed with death, but she helps him see the positive side of thing...

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Valentine Days DVD

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Sumeer Sabharwal

Gina Marie; Manoj Bidvai; Nikhil Sakhrani;

Jeena, an American, settles down in India after her Indian father's death. She makes friends with Samir, Aditya and Vishant, but soon they all fall in...

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We'll Meet Again DVD

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Drama

Part 1 of the Three part We'll Meet Again Boxset.

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Muriel's Wedding(1994) DVD

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P J Hogan

Toni Collette; Rachel Griffiths; Bill Hunter;

The twin obsessions, ABBA and marriage are the driving force behind Muriel Heslop's quest for happiness - small town Australia cannot stem her ambitio...

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American President, The(1995) DVD

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Rob Reiner

Michael Douglas; Annette Bening; Martin Sheen;

Romantic comedy story of a lonely American President desperately attempting to conduct a romance.

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Red Shoes

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This South Korean film, based on the Hans Christian Anderson story THE RED SHOES, is a horror film marked by strong visuals and acting. After discover...

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Maria's Lovers(1984) DVD

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Andrei Konchalovsky

Nastassja Kinski; Robert Mitchum; John Savage;

The horrors of war haunt a World War II soldier who returns home and marries his childhood sweetheart. A compelling drama about the many wounds, physi...

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Endless Love(1981) DVD

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Drama > Romantic

Franco Zeffirelli

Brooke Shields; Martin Hewitt; Shirley Knight;

This film is a contemporary variation on the 'Romeo and Juliet' theme. He is 17 and she is 15. Their love is determined to survive, despite all the pr...

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One From The Heart(1982) DVD

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Francis Ford Coppola

Nastassja Kinski; Frederic Forrest; Teri Garr;

Hank and Frannie are at the end of a five year relationship and are unable to live together anymore. After their break-up they immediately find new dr...

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It Happened One Night DVD

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Frank Capra

Clark Gable; Claudette Colbert;

In her attempt to escape her father a spoilt millionaire's daughter gets involved with an unemployed newsman in New York. Laughs follow these lovers a...

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She's So Lovely DVD

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Nick Cassavetes

Sean Penn; John Travolta; Robin Wright Penn;

Maureen and Joey live happily together until first husband Eddie walks back into Maureen's life after ten years. Now she must choose between the two.....

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Midsummer Night's Dream, A DVD

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Elijah Moshinsky

Helen Mirren; Peter McEnery; Nigel Davenport;

One of the best known Shakespeare comedies, which blends romance, fun, confusion and fairies.

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Romeo And Juliet(1996) DVD

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Baz Luhrmann

Leonardo DiCaprio; Claire Danes; Brian Dennehy;

Lets face it, when they try and teach you Shakespeare it’s at the precise point in our lives that we would not be interested in it in the slightest. O...

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It's A Wonderful Life(1946) DVD

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Frank Capra

James Stewart; Donna Reed; Lionel Barrymore;

This heart-warming tale from director Frank Capra tells the story of the dark and bittersweet world of George Bailey (James Stewart), whose hopes and ...

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Big

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Penny Marshall

Tom Hanks; Elizabeth Perkins; Robert Loggia;

Josh makes a wish on a carnival wishing machine and gets more than he bargained for when he wakes up next morning to find that his wish to be 'big' ha...

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Mannequin(1987) DVD

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Michael Gottlieb

Andrew McCarthy; Kim Cattrall; Estelle Getty;

Amusing tale of a young artist who creates mannequins for a living, and ends up falling in love with one of his creations, not realising that the mann...

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Jerry Maguire DVD

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Cameron Crowe

Tom Cruise; Cuba Gooding Jr; Renee Zellweger;

As a top agent at Sports Management International, Jerry Maguire knows his way around and is his own man... until one day he gets an attack of decency...