Drama

• Oedipus Rex | Blu Ray | (24/09/2012) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Three years after The Gospel According to Matthew, Pier Paolo Pasolini resumed his series of classical adaptations with asavage, highly personal take on Sophocles' ancient Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex (Edipo Re). As his first colour feature, Oedipus Rex makes brilliant use of wildly alternating Moroccan landscapes to transpose collective myth into a particular vision that is at once tender, sensual, and wholly unsparing.The film is divided into three sections set in different eras. The opening takes place in 1920s Italy, and recounts a birth thatechoes that of the director himself, the product of a beautiful bourgeoise's affair with a military officer. The mid section depicts a time outside of history - it is here that the myth of Oedipus (portrayed by Franco Citti of Accattone and Coppola's The Godfather), one of patricide and incest, plays out opposite the young man's mother/lover (Silvana Mangano). An epilogue shot on the streets of present-day Bologna finds Oedipus playing his flute for a bustling citizenry.

• Performance | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £6.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (128.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Chas a violent and psychotic East London gangster needs a place to lie low after a hit that should never have been carried out. He finds the perfect cover in the form of guest house run by the mysterious Mr. Turner a one-time rock superstar who is looking for the right spark to rekindle his faded talent...

• The Namesake | DVD | (30/07/2007) from £10.97   |  Saving you £12.01 (150.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Kal Penn faces the greatest problems of assimilation as he is torn between tradition and modernity in this new drama.

• The Last Picture Show | Blu Ray | (27/11/2023) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of the key films of the American seventies cinema renaissance The Last Picture Show is set in the early fifties, in the loneliest Texas nowheresville to ever dust up a movie screen. This aching portrait of a dying West, adapted from Larry McMurtrys novel, focuses on the daily shuffles of three futureless teens enigmatic Sonny (Timothy Bottoms), wayward jock Duane (Jeff Bridges), and desperate-to-be-adored rich girl Jacy (Cybill Shepherd)and the aging lost souls who bump up against them in the night like drifting tumbleweeds, including Cloris Leachman lonely housewife and Ben Johnson grizzled movie-house proprietor. Featuring evocative black-and-white imagery and profoundly felt performances, this hushed depiction of crumbling American values remains the pivotal work in the career of invaluable film historian and director Peter Bogdanovich. Product Features 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 4K digital restoration of the directors cut, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features Two audio commentaries, featuring Bogdanovich and actors Cybill Shepherd, Randy Quaid, Cloris Leachman, and Frank Marshall Two documentaries about the making of the film QA with Bogdanovich from 2009 Screen tests and location footage Excerpts from a 1972 television interview with filmmaker Francois Truffaut about the New Hollywood Trailers English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by film critic Graham Fuller Cover by F. Ron Miller

• Risen | DVD | (25/07/2016) from £7.05   |  Saving you £12.94 (183.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

  RISEN is the epic Biblical story of the Resurrection, as told through the eyes of a non-believer. Clavius (Joseph Fiennes), a powerful Roman military tribune, and his aide, Lucius (Tom Felton), are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus (Cliff Curtis) in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumours of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem. Click Images to Enlarge

• My Cousin Rachel | DVD | (30/10/2017) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the best-selling novel by Daphne du Maurier (author of The Peerless Rebecca), My Cousin Rachel (1952) weaves an eerie tale of Gothic romance, set against the backdrop of the wild, rock-ribbed Cornish coast. Richard Burton, in his first American film role, stars as an anguished young Englishman, torn between dark suspicion and an uncontrollable passion for his guardian's widow, the alluring and mysterious Rachel (Olivia de Havilland). With atmospheric direction by Henry Koster (The Robe) and a darkly romantic score by Franz Waxman (Sunset Boulevard), My Cousin Rachel is a seductive entry in the annals of cinematic ambiguity. Features: This release of Daphne Du Maurier 1952 Gothic film adaptation coincides with the new 2017 release 4 time Oscar nominated and Golden Globe winner Stars Olivia De Havilland (The Adventures of Robin Hood & Gone With the Wind) and Richard Burton (Where Eagles Dare)

• Room at the Top (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (20/05/2019) from £15.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In post-war industrial Yorkshire, social climbing Joe Lampton (Lawrence Harvey) aims to woo the boss's daughter as he attempts to reach the top of his profession. But when his working class background hampers his efforts, Joe seeks solace with the unhappily married Alice (Simone Signoret) an affair that will have dire consequences. A mature treatment of sexuality and class, Jack Clayton's Room at the Top is a landmark of the British New Wave. Winner of two Academy Awards®, including Best Actress for Signoret and Best Adapted Screenplay, this kitchen sink classic is available on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK to mark the films 60th anniversary.

• August: Osage County | DVD | (26/05/2014) from £4.96   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  August: Osage County tells the dark, hilarious and deeply touching story of the Weston family. A deep family crisis draws three daughters back to the family home, each returning with husbands and boyfriends in tow to solve the mystery of what happened.

• Saturday Night And Sunday Morning | DVD | (22/06/2015) from £13.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (28.59%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A key film of the British New Wave, Saturday Night And Sunday Morning was a great box-office success - audiences were thrilled by its anti-establishment energy, the gritty realism of its setting, and most of all by a working-class hero of a fresh and outspoken kind. Based on Alan Sillitoe's largely autobiographical novel, the film is set in the grim industrial streets and factories of Nottingham, where Arthur Seaton spends his days at a factory bench, his Saturday evenings in the local...

• Fallen | DVD | (01/05/2017) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When Luce (Addison Timlin; That Awkward Moment) is sent to Sword & Cross reform school, accused of a crime she didn't commit, she finds herself torn between two students; dangerous Cameron and mysterious Daniel (Jeremy Irvine; War Horse). Tormented by strange visions, Luce begins to unravel the secrets of her past and finds she must choose where her feelings lie, pitting Heaven against Hell in an epic battle over true love.

• Her and She and Him | Unknown | (15/09/2025) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Arriving in Paris with dreams of making it big, bohemian Greta is swiftly besieged by horny Frenchmen. She's offered shelter by possessive lesbian aristocrat Claude, who takes Greta under her wing and into her bed. But Greta hasn't forsaken men completely, and she's about to make Claude very jealous indeed...Starring Astrid Frank, Swedish star of Au Pair Girls, and directed by soft-core specialist Max Pécas (Sexually Yours), Her and She and Him also known as Les Liaisons particulières was one of the first films to take advantage of the newly-relaxed censorship to show a more realistic sort of on-screen lovemaking. 88 Films are proud to present a truly pioneering piece of smut.HIGH-DEFINITION BLU-RAY PRESENTATION IN 1.66:1 ASPECT RATIOORIGINAL FRENCH MONO 2.0 AUDIO ENGLISH SUBTITLESLet's Calm Down and Talk About Max Pécas FeaturetteMax Pécas' Grave FeaturetteAdditional Scenes From US VersionUS TrailerAlternative French title sequence (as Claude et Greta)Image GalleryORIGINAL AND NEWLY COMMISSIONED ARTWORK BY JOEL ROBINSON

• The Bedford Incident | DVD | (06/12/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Cold War just got a lot hotter... Nerve-wracking suspense surrounds The Bedford Incident the tale of a U.S. naval vessel on a routine NATO patrol that ends up in a freakish showdown with a Russian submarine. Richard Widmark is Capt. Eric Finlander the maniacal commander who drives his tense crew to the brink of of nervous exhaustion. Sidney Poitier is Ben Munceford photojournalist aboard assigned to record a 'typical' mission. His moral indignation is put to the test by the

• Brokeback Mountain | Blu Ray | (13/08/2007) from £8.99   |  Saving you £16.00 (177.98%)   |  RRP £24.99

  An epic love story set against the sweeping vistas of Wyoming and Texas.

• The Killing Fields (30th Anniversary Steelbook Edition) | Blu Ray | (03/11/2014) from £7.00   |  Saving you £15.99 (228.43%)   |  RRP £22.99

  This harrowing but rewarding 1984 drama concerns the real-life relationship between New York Times reporter Sidney Schanberg and his Cambodian assistant Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor), the latter left at the mercy of the Khmer Rouge after Schanberg--who chose to stay after American evacuation but was booted out--failed to get him safe passage. Filmmaker Roland Joffé, previously a documentarist, made his feature debut with this account of Dith's rocky survival in the ensuing madness of the Khmer Rouge's genocidal campaign. The script of The Killing Fields spends some time with Schanberg's feelings of guilt after the fact, but most of the movie is a shattering re-creation of hell on Earth. The late Haing S. Ngor--a real-life doctor who had never acted before and who lived through the events depicted by Joffé--is outstanding, and he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Oscars also went to cinematographer Chris Menges and editor Jim Clark. --Tom Keogh

• FLOATING WEEDS | Blu Ray | (03/12/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Towards the end of his career, Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu (Tokyo Story; Late Spring; Early Summer; An Autumn Afternoon; Good Morning) returned to a story he had made some 25 years earlier as a silent, Ukigusa monogatari [A Story of Floating Weeds], for a magnificent colour reworking, photographed by legendary cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa (Rashomon, Ugetsu monogatari).When a travelling theatre troupe brings their show to a seaside port, Komajuro (Ganjiro Nakamura), an ageing actor, is reunited with his former lover, sake bar owner Oyoshi (Haruko Sugimura), and his illegitimate son Kiyoshi (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), to the distress of his current mistress Sumiko (Machiko Kyo).From this simple scenario, Ozu builds, one exquisite image at a time, a saga of profound humanity and rich understanding. Encompassing a novelistic range of emotions and tones with the utmost delicacy, Floating Weeds stands tall even amidst a body of work as extraordinary as Ozu's. Making its worldwide Blu-ray debut, The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Floating Weeds in a beautiful new high-definition restoration.

• Imitation of Life | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £16.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-70.00%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Living a lie is a poor substitute for living the truth - sometimes it takes the harsh realties of life to help us discover who we truly are. The legendary Lana Turner stars in this 1959 version of Fannie Hurst's emotionally charged drama which chronicles two widows and their troubled daughters as they struggle to find true happiness amidst racial prejudice. Lana Turner plays Lora a single white mother whose Hollywood starlet ambitions come at the expense of any meaningful relationship with her daughter Susie (Sandra Dee). Lora's black housekeeper Annie (Juanita Moore) has troubles of her own as she faces the rejection of her own fair-skinned daughter Sarah Jane (Susan Kohner) who abandons her heritage for a chance to be accepted as white. As years of selfishness and denial pass tragedy strikes and forces the women to come to terms with their own identities.

• Uncle Vanya | Blu Ray | (14/06/2021) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Olivier Award-winner Conor McPherson's stunning new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's masterpiece, Uncle Vanya, is a portrayal of life at the turn of the 20th century, full of tumultuous frustration, dark humour and hidden passions. In the heat of summer, Sonya (Aimee Lou Wood) and her Uncle Vanya (Toby Jones) while away their days on a crumbling estate deep in the countryside, visited occasionally only by the local doctor Astrov (Richard Armitage). However, when Sonya's father Professor Serebryakov (Roger Allam) suddenly returns with his restless, alluring, new wife Yelena (Rosalind Eleazar) declaring his intention to sell the house, the polite facades crumble and long repressed feelings start to emerge with devastating consequences. Critically acclaimed by both the press and public, Uncle Vanya played to sold out houses each night, before it was shut down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. During these unprecedented times, witness this extraordinary cast return to the Harold Pinter Theatre in a way that fuses the power of theatre and screen. Starring Toby Jones, Richard Armitage, Rosalind Eleazar, Aimee Lou Wood, Anna Calder-Marshall, Dearbhla Molloy, Peter Wight, Roger Allam

• Enigma | DVD | (02/05/2011) from £6.96   |  Saving you £13.03 (187.21%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The World War Two tale of a young genius's race against time to crack the Nazi 'enigma' code and solve the mystery of his missing girlfriend.

• Clint Eastwood Collection - Play Misty For Me/Joe Kidd/Two Mules For Sister Sarah/Coogan's Bluff/The Beguiled/The Eiger San | DVD | (11/06/2007) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-3.44 (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.55

  A box set featuring many of Clint's finest movies from the Universal stable. Films Comprise: 1. Play Misty For Me (1971) 2. Joe Kidd (1972) 3. Two Mules For Sister Sara (1970) 4. Coogan's Bluff (1968) 5. The Beguiled (1971) 6. The Eiger Sanction (1975) 7. High Plain's Drifter (1973) 8. Breezy (1973)

• The English Patient | Blu Ray | (12/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Winner of an outstanding nine Academy Awards The English Patient is the sweeping World War II romantic epic that's being compared to such legendary films as Casablanca and Doctor Zhivago. After a badly burned pilot (Ralph Fiennes) is pulled from the wreckage of his plane in the Sahara Desert he's placed in the care of an army nurse (Juliette Binoche) and identified only as the English patient. As his memory slowly returns a passionate and consuming love affair with a married woman (Kristin Scott Thomas) is unveiled and lives from both the past and the present become inextricably altered. Set against breath taking backdrops in North Africa and Italy this film is a riveting cinematic masterpiece that stirs the heart and touches the soul like no other film in years!