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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest(1975) DVD

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Drama > General

Milos Forman

Jack Nicholson; Louise Fletcher; William Redfield;

A rebellious and individualistic patient in a mental hospital battles against the repressive nursing regime.

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Out Of Africa(1985) DVD

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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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Philadelphia(1993) DVD

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Jonathan Demme

Tom Hanks; Denzel Washington; Jason Robards;

Two men, an AIDS sufferer and a black lawyer, launch an historic struggle against society's ignorance and intolerance towards AIDS. Tom Hanks won an A...

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Pianist, The DVD

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Roman Polanski

Adrien Brody; Thomas Kretschmann; Frank Finlay;

Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Jewish gifted classical pianist living Poland during the Nazi occupation manages to escape deportation to a concentration camp a...

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Piano, The DVD

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Jane Campion

Holly Hunter; Harvey Keitel; Sam Neill;

A woman, her daughter and her piano arrive in the remote backlands of 19th Century New Zealand for an arranged marriage. But her future husband refuse...

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Platoon(1986) DVD

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War > General

Oliver Stone

Charlie Sheen; Willem Dafoe; Tom Berenger;

A film which depicts the life experienced by a foot soldier in the madness they call Vietnam.

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Poseidon Adventure, The(1972) DVD

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Ronald Neame

Gene Hackman; Ernest Borgnine; Carol Lynley;

An acclaimed disaster movie which provides character briefs on ten survivors who struggle to escape from an ocean liner, capsized by a giant tidal wav...

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Pulp Fiction(1994) DVD

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Comedy > General

Quentin Tarantino

John Travolta; Samuel L Jackson; Uma Thurman;

John Travolta, Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson star as petty thugs in the seedy underworld of Los Angeles where smart talk, quickfire humour and co...

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Rain Man(1988) DVD

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Barry Levinson

Tom Cruise; Dustin Hoffman; Valeria Golino;

Charlie is a luxury car dealer who discovers he has an autistic brother called Raymond, who stands to inherit all his father's money.

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Right Stuff, The(1983) DVD

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Philip Kaufman

Sam Shepard; Scott Glenn; Dennis Quaid;

Based on Tom Wolfe's best-seller which relates the story of man's quest to put a man into space, and of the heroism and pioneering spirit of the first...

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Road To Perdition DVD

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Sam Mendes

Tom Hanks; Tyler Hoechlin; Paul Newman;

Michael Sullivan commits murder in the name of his boss, John Rooney. Everything is changed when Sullivan's son is witness to a brutal murder at the h...

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Rocky (1976) DVD

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John G Avildsen

Sylvester Stallone; Talia Shire; Burgess Meredith;

A fading small-time boxer is suddenly given the chance to regain his self-respect by contesting for the world heavyweight championship.

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Rosemary's Baby DVD

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Roman Polanski

Mia Farrow; John Cassavetes; Ruth Gordon;

When Rosemary Woodhouse and her husband, Guy, move into a new appartment block, they find themselves surrounded by some odd elderly neighbours. Rosema...

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Scent Of A Woman DVD

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Martin Brest

Al Pacino; Chris O'Donnell; James Rebhorn;

A blind ex-army man, Lt. Colonel Frank Slade meets up with a young student and they both head off to New York for a weekend that will change their liv...

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Shakespeare In Love(1998) DVD

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John Madden

Gwyneth Paltrow; Joseph Fiennes; Geoffrey Rush;

The reign of Elizabeth I finds Will Shakespeare, a writer, broke and envious of a rival. Then, he meets with a woman who wants to be an actor and who ...

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Shine(1996) DVD

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Scott Hicks

Geoffrey Rush; Lynn Redgrave; John Gielgud;

The true story of Australian child prodigy, David Helfgott, who is accepted in a London music school enabling him to pursue his passion for classical ...

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Silence Of The Lambs(1991) DVD

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Jonathan Demme

Anthony Hopkins; Jodie Foster; Scott Glenn;

An evil serial killer who skins his female victims is on the loose. FBI agent, Clarice Starling is assigned to the case. Desperate for any leads she s...

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Sting, The(1973) DVD

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George Roy Hill

Paul Newman; Robert Redford; Robert Shaw;

Comedy-suspense where a small-time crook and a con-man seek revenge on the crime lord who murdered one of their brotherhood.

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Talk To Her DVD

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World Cinema > Drama

Pedro Almodovar

Rosario Flores; Elena Anaya; Geraldine Chaplin;

A friendship develops between two men who find themselves in very similar circumstances... Benigno works in a clinic where he looks after Alicia, a ba...