My 50 Favorite Movies

Once Upon a Time in the West (Special Collector's Edition)

When the husband of Jill McBain is killed by ruthless more...0 points

When the husband of Jill McBain is killed by ruthless outlaws in the old West, she hires two guns of her own to get revenge.Genre: WesternsRating: PG13Release Date: 30-JAN-2007Media Type: DVD0 points

The Wages of Fear - (The Criterion Collection)

In the squalid, impoverished South American town o more...0 points

In the squalid, impoverished South American town of Las Piedras, desperate men and women from all over the world scrape out a living and dream of escape, under the watchful eye of the ruling Southern Oil Company.0 points

The Godfather (Widescreen Edition)

BRANDO IS DON VITO CORLEONE, THE SYMPATHETIC GODFA more...0 points

BRANDO IS DON VITO CORLEONE, THE SYMPATHETIC GODFATHER OF A NEW YORK CRIME FAMILY, WHOSE BUSINESS IT IS TO MAKE OFFERS PEOPLE CAN'T REFUSE. VISUALLY BEAUTIFUL AND IMAGES OF TIMES ANDLOCALES CONTRAST THE FILM'S GRAPHIC VIOLEN.0 points

Casablanca (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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The Gold Rush (Two-Disc Special Edition)

A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for more...0 points

A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He gets mixed up with some burly characters and falls in love with the beautiful Georgia. He tries to win her heart with his singular charm.0 points

In Cold Blood

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Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)

Billy Wilder's noir-comic classic about death and more...0 points

Billy Wilder's noir-comic classic about death and decay in Hollywood remains as pungent as ever in its power to provoke shock, laughter, and gasps of astonishment. Joe Gillis (William Holden), a broke and cynical young screenwriter, is attempting to ditch a pair of repo men late one afternoon when he pulls off L.A.'s storied Sunset Boulevard and into the driveway of a seedy mansion belonging to Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), a forgotten silent movie luminary whose brilliant acting career withered...0 points

Umberto D. - Criterion Collection

Shot on location with a cast of nonprofessional actors, more...0 points

Shot on location with a cast of nonprofessional actors, Vittorio De Sica's neorealist masterpiece follows Umberto D., an elderly pensioner, as he struggles to make ends meet during Italy's postwar economic boom. Alone except for his dog, Flike, Umberto strives to maintain his dignity while trying to survive in a city where traditional human kindness seems to have lost out to the forces of modernization. Umberto's simple quest to fulfill the most fundamental human needs-food, shelter,...0 points

Raging Bull (Special Edition)

Robert De Niro teams with director Martin Scorsese more...0 points

Robert De Niro teams with director Martin Scorsese in this "extraordinarily compelling" (Leonard Maltin) film that introduced unflinching realism to stunned audiences in 1980. An "exceedingly violentas well as poetic" fight picture that maps "the landscape of the soul" (The New York Times),Raging Bull garnered eight OscarÂ(r) nominations* and won two, including Best Actor for De Niro. De Niro gives the performance of his career as Jake La Motta, a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexitie...0 points

Bonnie and Clyde (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Depression-era drifters Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatt more...0 points

Depression-era drifters Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty) and Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway) embark on a life of crime. They crave adventure - and each other. Nothing in film history has prepared us for the cascading violence to follow. We learn they can be hurt - and dread they can be killed. The vivid title-role performances get superb support from Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman and Estelle Parsons, 1967 Best Supporting Actress Academy AwardÒ winner. Director Arthur Penn keeps the film%u2...0 points

The 400 Blows - (The Criterion Collection)

Francois Truffaut's first and most personal featur more...0 points

Francois Truffaut's first and most personal feature film, told from the perspective of the director's lifelong cinematic counterpart, Antoine Doinel. Sensitively recreating the trials of Truffaut's own childhood, The 400 Blows unsentimentally portrays aloof parents, oppressive teachers, petty crime, and a friendship that would last a lifetime. Available after a long absence as a single-disc release.0 points

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (Widescreen Edition)

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Chinatown

Roman Polanski's brooding film noir exposes the da more...0 points

Roman Polanski's brooding film noir exposes the darkest side of the land of sunshine, the Los Angeles of the 1930s, where power is the only currency--and the only real thing worth buying. Jack Nicholson is J.J. Gittes, a private eye in the Chandler mold, who during a routine straying-spouse investigation finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into a jigsaw puzzle of clues and corruption. The glamorous Evelyn Mulwray (a dazzling Faye Dunaway) and her titanic father, Noah Cross (John Huston), are at...0 points

Swept Away (Digitally Remastered Edition)

Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Mediterr more...0 points

Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Mediterranean, Swept Away is Lina Wertmüller's most famous and controversial film about sex, love and politics. On an elegant yacht cruising off the coast of Sardinia, Raffaella, a rich and stunning capitalist, enjoys tormenting Gennarino, a Communist sailor. Fate weaves a different scenario and roles become reversed when the two find themselves stranded together on a deserted island. Raffaella must submit to Gennarino in order to survive which culm...0 points

12 Angry Men

Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is more...0 points

Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. How can this one man steer the others toward the same conclusion? It's a case of seemingly overwhelming evidence against a teenager accused of killing his father in "one of the best pictures ever made" (The Hollywood Reporter).0 points

Touch of Evil (Restored to Orson Welles' Vision)

Considered by many to be the greatest B movie ever more...0 points

Considered by many to be the greatest B movie ever made, the original-release version of Orson Welles's film noir masterpiece Touch of Evil was, ironically, never intended as a B movie at all--it merely suffered that fate after it was taken away from writer-director Welles, then reedited and released in 1958 as the second half of a double feature. Time and critical acclaim would eventually elevate the film to classic status (and Welles's original vision was meticulously followed for the film's 1998...0 points

Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (40th Anniversary Special Edition)

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Aguirre, the Wrath of God

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The Third Man - Criterion Collection (2-Disc Edition)

Cynical pulp novelist Holly Martins arrives in sha more...0 points

Cynical pulp novelist Holly Martins arrives in shadowy Vienna to investigate the mysterious death of his old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime, and thus begins an ever-thickening web of love, deception, and murder that adds up to one of cinema's most immortal treats, as well as one of its trickiest. Thanks to brilliant performances by Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, and Orson Welles; Anton Karas's timeless, evocative zither score; Graham Greene's razor-sharp dialogue; and Ro...0 points

The Bridge on the River Kwai (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

Isolated Music Score, An Appreciation by John Mili more...0 points

Isolated Music Score, An Appreciation by John Milius, Rise & Fall of Jungle Giant Documentary, Making of The Bridge on the River Kwai.0 points

Rififi - Criterion Collection

After making such American noir classics as The Na more...0 points

After making such American noir classics as The Naked City and Brute Force, blacklisted director Jules Dassin went to Paris and embarked on his masterpiece: a twisting, turning tale of four ex-cons who hatch one last glorious heist in the City of Lights. At once naturalistic and expressionistic, this melange of suspense, brutality, and dark humor was an international hit and earned Dassin the Best Director prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Criterion is proud to present Rififi in a pristine digi...0 points

Dog Day Afternoon (Two-Disc Special Edition)

DVD Features: Audio CommentaryDocumentariesFeaturette more...0 points

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Vertigo (Collector's Edition)

Considered by many to be director Alfred Hitchcock more...0 points

Considered by many to be director Alfred Hitchcock's greatest achievement, Leonard Maltin gives Vertigo four stars, hailing it as "A genuinely great motion picture." Set among San Francisco's renown landmarks, James Stewart is brilliant as Scottie Ferguson, an acrophobic detective hired to shadow a friend's suicidal wife, Madeleine (Kim Novak). After he saves her from drowning in the bay, Scottie's interest shifts from business to fascination with the icy, alluring blonde. When he finds another...0 points

Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)

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The General (The Ultimate 2-Disc Edition) (1926)

NEWLY MASTERED IN HD FROM A 35MM ARCHIVE PRINT STRUCK more...0 points

NEWLY MASTERED IN HD FROM A 35MM ARCHIVE PRINT STRUCK FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVETHE NUMBER 18 GREATEST FILM OF ALL TIME (AFI 100 YEARS... 100 MOVIES)Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton s THE GENERAL is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing. This Kino Ultimate 2 Disc Edition was mastered in HD from a 35mm archive print struck from the original camera negative. Rejected by the Confederate army...0 points

Come and See

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High Noon (Two-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition)

Gary Cooper won the Oscar(R) for the Best Actor in more...0 points

Gary Cooper won the Oscar(R) for the Best Actor in this classic tale of a lawman who stands alone to defend a town of cowardly citizens against a gang of revenge-seeking criminals. In the greatest showdown in the history of cinema, Cooper stands to lose not only the town but his new wife, Grace Kelly. The film also stars one of Hollywood's most beloved and prolific actors, Lloyd Bridges, and marks the first starring role for a beautiful young actress and internationally adored screen legend - Gr...0 points

It's a Wonderful Life (60th Anniversary Edition)

George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking more...0 points

George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all - and it's Christmas! As the angels discuss George, we see his life in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence. Clarence then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn't been for all of his good deeds over the years. Will Clarence be able to convince George to return to his family and forget suicide?0 points

Seconds

Rock Hudson stars in this unsettling look at secon more...0 points

Rock Hudson stars in this unsettling look at second chances. Banker Arthur Hamilton (John Randolph) lives a comfortable, stifling life until he is contacted by a mysterious caller offering "what every middle-aged man wants: complete freedom." Hamilton, with the help of an enigmatic corporation, fakes his own death and starts over in his new swinging-bachelor persona (now played by Rock Hudson). A change of life, though, is not just a change of scenery, and "Seconds", for all its thriller aspects...0 points

Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)

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Last Summer

A wonderfully acted film about the experiences of more...0 points

A wonderfully acted film about the experiences of four teenagers vacationing on the beach at Fire Island, Long Island. When tragedy strikes, the four youths are bound together for life by a terrible secret. Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actress--Catherine Burns.0 points

Fitzcarraldo

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Forbidden Games: The Criterion Collection

A timeless evocation of the loss of innocence, Ren more...0 points

A timeless evocation of the loss of innocence, René Clément's devastating Forbidden Games tells the story of a young orphan and her friend forced to fend for themselves in World War II France. Featuring brilliant performances from its child stars, the film won the 1952 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and remains a singular, breathtaking cinematic achievement.0 points

Modern Times (Criterion Collection)

Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin's last outing as the more...0 points

Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin's last outing as the Little Tramp, puts the iconic character to work as a giddily inept factory employee who becomes smitten with a gorgeous gamine (Paulette Goddard). With its barrage of unforgettable gags and sly commentary on class struggle during the Great Depression, Modern Times-though made almost a decade into the talkie era and containing moments of sound (even song!)-is a timeless showcase of Chaplin's untouchable genius as a director of...0 points

Apocalypse Now: Redux

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The Wild Bunch - The Original Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Outlaws on the Mexican-U.S. frontier face the marc more...0 points

Outlaws on the Mexican-U.S. frontier face the march of progress, the Mexican army and a gang of bounty hunters led by a former member while they plan a robbery of a U.S. army train. No one is innocent in this gritty tale of of desperation against changing times. Pump shotguns, machine guns and automobiles mix with horses and winchesters in this ultraviolent western.0 points

Boogie Nights

From Hollywood's hottest new director comes the ou more...0 points

From Hollywood's hottest new director comes the outrageous epic that throws the covers back on California's adult entertainment industry in the swinging seventies. It's a touching and often humorous portrait of a most unusual family of filmakers, brought0 points

Out of the Past

A collection of classic film noir.Genre: Feature Film-Drama more...0 points

A collection of classic film noir.Genre: Feature Film-DramaRating: NRRelease Date: 6-JUL-2004Media Type: DVD0 points

Psycho (Collector's Edition)

Alfred Hitchcock's landmark masterpiece of the mac more...0 points

Alfred Hitchcock's landmark masterpiece of the macabre stars Anthony Perkins as the troubled Norman Bates, whose old dark house and adjoining motel are not the place to spend a quiet evening. No one knows that better than Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), the ill-fated traveler whose journey ends in the notorious "shower scene." First a private detective, then Marion's sister (Vera Miles) searches for her, the horror and the suspense mount to a terrifying climax where the mysterious killer is finally...0 points

M - 2 Disc Special Edition - (The Criterion Collection)

On moratorium since the end of March, Fritz Lang's more...0 points

On moratorium since the end of March, Fritz Lang's serial killer thriller starring Peter Lorre returns to DVD in a fully restored, special edition double-disc set. A simple, haunting musical phrase whistled off-screen tells us that a young girl will be killed. "Who is the murderer?" pleads a nearby placard as serial killer Hans Beckert (Lorre) closes in on little Elsie Beckmann... In his harrowing masterwork, Lang merged trenchant social commentary with chilling suspense, creating a panorama of...0 points

Pixote

Hector Babenco, who went on to direct the acclaimed more...0 points

Hector Babenco, who went on to direct the acclaimed Kiss of the Spiderwoman, made an international splash with this gritty portrait of juvenile poverty and street crime in Brazil. Pixote (Portuguese slang for "Peewee") is the name of a chubby-cheeked 10-year-old runaway played by real-life slum kid Fernando Ramos da Silva. He's a natural, creating a childlike and vulnerable character left emotionally hardened and morally adrift by his brutal experiences. In an overcrowded São Paulo "reform school,"...0 points

Taxi Driver (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

At 26, Vietnam veteran Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) more...0 points

At 26, Vietnam veteran Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) is slipping slowly into isolation and violence on the streets of New York City. Trying to solve his insomnia by driving a yellow cab on the night shift, he grows increasingly disgusted by the people who hang out at night: "Someday a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets." His touching attempts to woo Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), a Senator's campaign worker, turn sour when he takes her to a porn movie on their first date. He even...0 points

Knife in the Water - Criterion Collection

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The Wizard of Oz (70th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition)

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Two-Disc Special Edition)

John Huston won the Academy Award(R) for writing a more...0 points

John Huston won the Academy Award(R) for writing and directing this powerful saga that pits gold and greed in the wilds of Mexico and stars his father (Walter Huston) and Humphrey Bogart. Year: 1948 Director: John Huston Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt0 points

Pulp Fiction (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

Critics and audiences worldwide hailed PULP FICTIO more...0 points

Critics and audiences worldwide hailed PULP FICTION as the star-studded picture that redefined cinema in the 20th Century! Writer/director Quentin Tarantino (Academy Award(R) Winner -- Best Original Screenplay, 1994) delivers an unforgettable cast of characters -- including a pair of low-rent hit men (John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson), their boss's sexy wife (Uma Thurman), and a desperate prizefighter (Bruce Willis) -- in a wildly entertaining and exhilarating motion picture adventure that bo...0 points

Blade Runner - The Final Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Visually spectacular, intensely action-packed and more...0 points

Visually spectacular, intensely action-packed and powerfully prophetic since its debut, Blade Runner returns in Ridley Scott's definitive Final Cut, including extended scenes and never-before-seen special effects. In a signature role as 21st-century detective Rick Deckard, Harrison Ford brings his masculine-yet-vulnerable presence to this stylish noir thriller. In a future of high-tech possibility soured by urban and social decay, Deckard hunts for fugitive, muderous replicants - and is drawn to...0 points

The Rules of the Game - Criterion Collection

Jean Renoir's 1939 classic is widely regarded as o more...0 points

Jean Renoir's 1939 classic is widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, and Criterion is very proud to present the film in a special two-disc edition. Cloaked in a comedy of manners, this scathing critique of corrupt French society is about a weekend hunting party at which amorous escapades abound among the aristocratic guests-which are also mirrored by the activities of the servants downstairs. The refusal of one of the guests to play by society's rules sets off a chain of events...0 points

8 1/2 - Criterion Collection

One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico more...0 points

One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 (Otto e Mezzo) turns one man's artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema. Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) is a director whose film-and life-is collapsing around him. An early working title for the film was La Bella Confusione (The Beautiful Confusion), and Fellini's masterpiece is exactly that: a shimmering dream, a circus, and a magic act. The Criterion Collection is proud to present the 1963 Academy Award® winner...0 points

Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack

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Atlas Shrugged Movie Soundtrack

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Twilight Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack

Bringing the timeless lyrics and melodies of iconi more...0 points

Bringing the timeless lyrics and melodies of iconic super group ABBA to movie audiences, this summer is the season for Mamma Mia! Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 160 cities and 8 languages around the world. Meryl Streep plays an independent, single mother and owner of a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, about to let go of her spirited daughter whom she's raised alone. But the youn...0 points

Music From The Motion Picture Not Another Teen Movie

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The Muppet Movie - Kermit's 50th Anniversary Edition

They're irreverent, irrepressible, and downright i more...0 points

They're irreverent, irrepressible, and downright irresistible. They're the Muppets! -- starring in their first full-length movie. See how their meteoric rise to fame and fortune began: with a rainbow, a song . . . and a Frog. After a fateful meeting with a big-time talent agent, Kermit the Frog heads for Hollywood dreaming of showbiz. Along the way, Fozzie Bear, the Great Gonzo, and the dazzling Miss Piggy join him in hopes of becoming film stars too. But all bets are off when Kermit falls into...0 points

Trinity and Beyond! The Atomic Bomb Movie [VHS]

In the salad days of nuclear-weapons testing, the United more...0 points

In the salad days of nuclear-weapons testing, the United States detonated 331 atomic, hydrogen, and thermonuclear bombs. Many of those explosions appear in Trinity and Beyond, which utilizes a lot of declassified footage, most of it in color. Standouts include the United States' South Pacific detonation of an atom bomb 90 feet below the water to study the effects on a fleet of ships. Surprise, surprise, they sink! If that wasn't enough, the navy also loaded the decks with sheep to study the effects...0 points