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Gosford Park(2001) DVD

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Robert Altman

Michael Gambon; Kristin Scott-Thomas; Camilla Rutherford;

The action takes place in an old country house in England in the 1930s where friends have been invited for a shooting weekend by the man of the house ...

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Hours, The(2002) DVD

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Stephen Daldry

Nicole Kidman; Meryl Streep; Julianne Moore;

An adaptation of the novel by Michael Cunningham, this is the story of three women living in different time periods of the Twentieth Century all linke...

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Howard's End(1992) DVD

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James Ivory

Anthony Hopkins; Prunella Scales; Vanessa Redgrave;

Edwardian drama based on E.M. Forster's novel which follows the fortunes of two families. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Actress, Best ...

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Independence Day(1996) DVD

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Roland Emmerich

Will Smith; Bill Pullman; Jeff Goldblum;

Mysterious spaceships appear in the sky and satellite communication systems cease to work. The population at large is unaware of the visitors' hidden ...

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Iris

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Richard Eyre

Judi Dench; Kate Winslet; Hugh Bonneville;

Based on the story of the life of Iris Murdoch, one of the twentieth century's most acclaimed novelists, as seen through the eyes of her husband, John...

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JFK(1991)

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Oliver Stone

Kevin Costner; Sissy Spacek; Tommy Lee Jones;

Drama based on the events surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy.

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Jurassic Park(1993) DVD

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Steven Spielberg

Richard Attenborough; Sam Neill; Bob Peck;

A scientist experimenting with dinosaur DNA populates a deserted island and invites other top scientists to visit his new 'creation...!' An Oscar and ...

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L.A. Confidential(1997) DVD

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Curtis Hanson

Kevin Spacey; Russell Crowe; Kim Basinger;

Action thriller based on the novel by James Ellroy which tells the story of a corrupt and sleazy Los Angeles in the 1950s.

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Last Emperor, The(1987) DVD

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Bernardo Bertolucci

John Lone; Joan Chen; Peter O'Toole;

The true story of Pu Yi, who, at the age of three toddled to the Imperial Throne to become 'Lord Of 10,000 Years', China's very last Emperor. Filmed e...

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Life Is Beautiful DVD

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World Cinema > Drama

Roberto Benigni

Roberto Benigni; Nicoletta Braschi;

Guido has won the heart of the woman he loves and created a beautiful life for his family but that life is now threatened by World War II. Italian dia...

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Lord Of The Rings, The - The Fellowship Of The Ring(2001) DVD

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Peter Jackson

Sean Astin; Sean Bean; Cate Blanchett;

Set in Middle-Earth many many years ago, this is the story of a young Hobbit named Frodo, who has in his possession a ring... This ring is needed by t...

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Lord Of The Rings, The - The Two Towers(2002) DVD

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Peter Jackson

Elijah Wood; Ian McKellen; Viggo Mortensen;

The tale continues with the Fellowship broken and three groups heading their different ways. Frodo and Sam carry on for Mordor and acquire along the w...

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Matrix, The(1998) DVD

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The Wachowski Brothers

Keanu Reeves; Laurence Fishburne; Carrie-Anne Moss;

Neo seeks the truth about the Matrix. Only one man has the answer, an elusive dangerous man who is known as Morpheus. A stranger called Trinity invite...

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Midnight Cowboy(1969) DVD

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John Schlesinger

Jon Voight; Dustin Hoffman; Sylvia Miles;

The story of a young Texas hustler who arrives in New York hoping to make a living as a stud for rich women and is befriended by a sick down-and-out. ...

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Midnight Express(1978) DVD

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Alan Parker

Brad Davis; Randy Quaid; John Hurt;

The true story of a man who had to escape from a Turkish prison... or die. Oliver Stone won an Oscar for his screenplay adaptation.

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Mississippi Burning(1988) DVD

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Alan Parker

Gene Hackman; Willem Dafoe; Brad Dourif;

Three young civil rights activists are murdered in cold blood by the Ku Klux Klan and lie buried in a Mississippi swamp. Two FBI agents are on the kil...

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Monster's Ball DVD

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Marc Forster

Billy Bob Thornton; Heath Ledger; Halle Berry;

Hank Grotowski is a prison guard who lives at home with his son and racist father. Lawrence Musgrove has just been executed and Hank meets Leticia, a ...

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My Left Foot DVD

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Jim Sheridan

Daniel Day-Lewis; Ray McAnally; Brenda Fricker;

The true story of Christy Brown who was born into a poor family in Dublin in 1932 with cerebral palsy. Totally paralysed with the exception of his lef...

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Officer And A Gentleman, An(1982) DVD

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Taylor Hackford

Richard Gere; Debra Winger; David Keith;

Desperately hoping to earn a naval commission, an ambitious young man enters officer candidate school. There he learns the importance of discipline, a...