Drama

• Fatman | DVD | (07/12/2020) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Mel Gibson stars as Chris Cringle in this unorthodox festive action drama. When privileged 12-year-old Billy Wenan (Chance Hurstfield) receives a lump of coal for Christmas he decides to take his revenge out on Santa by hiring an assassin to kill him. As the assassin, known as the Skinny Man (Walter Goggins), makes his way to the North Pole, Chris Cringle reluctantly agrees a deal with the US military to build parts for fighter jets, meanwhile complaining to his wife Ruth (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) about the current state of the holiday season and how it has been usurped by gluttony. With the arrival of the Skinny Man, Chris Cringle must defend himself in a bloody showdown. Will Christmas ever be the same again?

• Yentl | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £9.55   |  Saving you £6.44 (67.43%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Nothing's Impossible. The story of an advanced Jewish girl named Yentl who used to study the Torah (the Jewish bible) when no woman could do it. After losing her father she decides to go to a Yeshiva the Jewish school for priests. The big problem is that only boys are allowed to study there. Therefore Yentl decides to undercover herself as as a boy. Everything is fine until she falls in love with a study friend. Babra's magnum opus was nominated for a plethora of Academy

• Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee (HBO) | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (57.22%)   |  RRP £10.99

  The epic fall of the American Indian. Inspired by Dee Brown's acclaimed bestseller the HBO Films event Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee begins powerfully with the Sioux triumph over General Custer at Little Big Horn. The action centers on the struggles of three characters: Charles Eastman (Adam Beach Flags Of Our Fathers) a young Dartmouth-educated Sioux doctor; Sitting Bull (August Schellenberg The New World) the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of their identity their dignity and their sacred land - the Black Hills of the Dakotas; and Senator Henry Dawes (Aidan Quinn Empire Falls) one of the men responsible for the government policy on Indian affairs. While Eastman and schoolteacher Elaine Goodale (Anna Paquin X-Men: The Last Stand) work to improve life for the Sioux on the reservation Senator Dawes lobbies President Grant for kinder Indian treatment. Epic in scope Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee is a new Western classic

• The Garden of the Finzi Contini | DVD | (08/08/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The celebrated director of neoreliast masterpieces including Bicycle Thieves and Shoeshine Vittorio De Sica once again stuck gold in 1970. After ten years of trying he finally adapted Giorgio Bassani's celebrated novel to great acclaim and an Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Set at the outbreak of War De Sica's film tells the story of the Finzi-Continis an aristocratic Jewish family protected by the walls of their idyllic estate. Whilst outside Mussolini bans Jews from tennis courts the Finzi-Continis are not worried as they rally on their own living in their dreamland. Giorgio (Lino Capolicchio) is the middle-class Jew in love with his childhood friend Micol (Dominique Sanda) of the Finzi-Contini family but she is in love with a gentile and wanting of experiences outlawed by the new government. With Giorgio's separation of Micol De Sica tracks the loss of an idyllic way of life from the tennis courts to the waiting rooms where Jews await transportation to the concentration camps. Arrow Academy presents Vittorio De Sica's autumnal masterpiece The Garden of the Finzi Contini on DVD for the first time in the UK.

• Harriet Craig (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (17/02/2025) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From director Vincent Sherman (Affair in Trinidad) comes the classic drama Harriet Craig, starring Joan Crawford (Strait-Jacket) and Wendell Corey (Rear Window). Manipulative and possessive Harriet (Crawford) controls every aspect of the lives of her husband Walter (Corey) and cousin Clare (K T Stevens, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice), and schemes to destroy their chances of happiness. However, when they become aware of her treachery, her world begins to fall apart... Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Craig's Wife by George Kelly (The Show-Off), Harriet Craig boasts one of Joan Crawford's most devastating performances.

• Elizabeth | DVD | (17/04/2006) from £13.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (66.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Helen Mirren stars as the 'Virgin Queen' Elizabeth I in this Channel 4 drama penned by acclaimed novelist Nigel Williams. Elizabeth I daughter of Henry VIII reunited a nation divided by religious strife faced down the Spanish Armada and after an unprecedented forty-five year reign died one of England's best-loved monarchs. During her time as Queen poets and playwrights wrote about her artists painted her composers dedicated their work to her all contributing to the legen

• The Brokenwood Mysteries: Series 9 | DVD | (09/10/2023) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• A Quiet Passion | DVD | (17/07/2017) from £7.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The story of 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson is brought to vivid life, in a remarkably sensitive biopic by director Terence Davies, exploring her early days as a young schoolgirl through to her later years as a recluse. Now recognised as a genius that penned some of the most important verses in American literature, the poet was virtually unknown in her lifetime, leaving behind a legacy of stunning, astute work that still resonates deeply today. Featuring a curated selection of her poems in voiceover, A Quiet Passion details every facet of Dickinson's character: her wit, her humour and the intimate, close-knit relationship she had with her family. Cynthia Nixon commands a superb performance in the title role, while Davies' elegant direction allows the audience to connect with the hopes, dreams and disappointments of one of the greatest poets of all time.

• Y Tu Mama Tambien | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £6.88   |  Saving you £7.11 (103.34%)   |  RRP £13.99

  This acclaimed Mexican movie follows a pair of friends who embark on a sexually charged road trip with a seductive woman they barely know.

• Lars Von Trier's E-Trilogy - Element Of Crime / Epidemic / Europa | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Lars Von Trier is considered one of world cinema's great auteurs. His reputation has been built upon controversial and experimental films such as The Idiots Dancer In The Dark and Dogville that often divide audiences. However he found his own unique voice with three early projects which have come to be known as the E-Trilogy: Element of Crime Epidemic and Europa - all dramas concerned with the nature of identity. Element Of Crime (1984

• Murder One - Season 1 | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The complete first season of Murder One in which a single but multi-faceted case is explored from opening trial arguments to final judgment over the course of 23 enthralling episodes.

• Emma. | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Crossroads | DVD | (11/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Eugene Martone (Ralph Macchio) struggles with the devil and his destiny when he goes down to the Crossroads in this contemporary drama. With a potent blend of adventure, romance and music, the film takes gifted Martone into a dangerous and challenging new world. Obsessed with unlocking the mysteries of the blues, the fledging musicians finds cantankerous Willie Brown (Joe Seneca), a master of the blues harmonica, and frees him from prison. The unlikely duo hobos from New York to Mississipi as Martone searches for fame and Brown tries to break a contract he signed years ago with the devil.

• Great Expectations | DVD | (25/03/2013) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Get swept away with this beautiful adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel starring Helena Bonham Carter (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2), Ralph Fiennes (Skyfall), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse), Holliday Grainger (Anna Karenina), Robbie Coltrane (Arthur Christmas) and David Walliams (Little Britain). Directed by BAFTA Award-winning Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), this is a stunning re-telling of the classic tale. Young orphan Pip (Jeremy Irvine) is given a chance to rise from his humble beginnings thanks to a mysterious benefactor. Moving through London's class ridden world as a gentleman, Pip uses his new found position to pursue the beautiful Estella (Holliday Grainger); a spoilt heiress he's loved since childhood. Yet the shocking truth behind his great fortune will have devastating consequences for everything he holds dear.

• I, Daniel Blake | DVD | (27/02/2017) from £5.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From acclaimed director Ken Loach comes his new film, I Daniel Blake. Daniel Blake (59) has worked as a joiner most of his life in Newcastle. Now, for the first time ever, he needs help from the State. He crosses paths with single mother Katie and her two young children, Daisy and Dylan. Katie's only chance to escape a one-roomed homeless hostel in London has been to accept a flat in a city she doesn't know, some 300 miles away. Daniel and Katie find themselves in no-man's land, caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy as played out against the rhetoric of ˜striver and skiver' in modern-day Britain.

• My Brilliant Friend: Series 3 | DVD | (02/05/2022) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A woman recounts the lifelong friendship and conflicts with a girl she met at primary school in Naples during the early 1950s.

• I, Tonya | DVD | (25/06/2018) from £7.55   |  Saving you £-2.55 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.00

  Based on the unbelievable but true events, I, TONYA is a darkly comedic tale of American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history. Though Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition, her legacy was forever defined by her association with an infamous, ill-conceived, and even more poorly executed attack on fellow Olympic competitor Nancy Kerrigan. Featuring an iconic turn by Margot Robbie as the fiery Harding I, TONYA is an absurd, irreverent, and piercing portrayal of Harding's life and career in all of its uncheckedand checkeredglory.

• The Darjeeling Limited (2007) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (26/04/2021) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In The Darjeeling Limited, from director WES ANDERSON (Rushmore, Fantastic Mr. Fox), three estranged American brothers reunite for a meticulously planned, soul-searching train voyage across India, one year after the death of their father. For reasons involving over-the-counter painkillers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray, the brothers eventually find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desertwhere a new, unplanned chapter of their journey begins. Featuring a sensational cast, including OWEN WILSON (Armageddon, Wedding Crashers), ADRIEN BRODY (The Thin Red Line, The Pianist), JASON SCHWARTZMAN (Rushmore, HBO's Bored to Death), and ANJELICA HUSTON (Prizzi's Honor, The Grifters), The Darjeeling Limited is a visually dazzling and hilarious film that takes Anderson's work to richer, deeper places than ever before. Special Features: New high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Wes Anderson, with DTS-HD Master Audio Anderson's short film Hotel Chevalier (part one of The Darjeeling Limited), starring Natalie Portman, with commentary by Anderson Audio commentary featuring Anderson and co-writers Jason Schwartzman and Roman Coppola Behind-the-scenes documentary by Barry Braverman Anderson and filmmaker James Ivory discussing the film's music Anderson's American Express commercial On-set footage shot by Coppola and actor Waris Ahluwalia Audition footage, deleted and alternate scenes, and stills galleries Original theatrical trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Richard Brody and original illustrations by Eric Anderson

• Bonjour Tristesse (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (18/08/2025) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Otto Preminger (Bunny Lake Is Missing) directs Bonjour Tristesse, a stylish adaptation of Françoise Sagan's novel, starring Deborah Kerr (The Chalk Garden), David Niven (Bluebeard's Eighth Wife), and Jean Seberg (Lilith).Holidaying on the French Riviera, widower and playboy Raymond (Niven) begins to develop a relationship with staid Anne (Kerr). His manipulative daughter Cécile (Seberg), fearing her behaviour will be curtailed, conspires to come between them, with tragic results...Shot on location by Georges Périnal (The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp) in an innovative mixture of colour and black-and-white photography, Bonjour Tristesse was a favourite film of nouvelle vague filmmakers François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, with the latter casting Seberg in his debut feature, Breathless.INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES4K restorationOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with critics and writers Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme (2025)Geoff Andrew on ˜Bonjour Tristesse' (2025): the writer and critic delves into the making of the film and discusses its cast and crewA Charming Little Monster (2016): Denis Westhoff, Françoise Sagan, discusses his mother's best-selling novel and its adaptation for the screenOriginal theatrical trailer Isolated music & effects trackImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet with new essay by Peter Cowie, a piece on Françoise Sagan's source novel and its transition to the big screen, a selection of archival materials on the film's production, and overview of contemporary critical responses, and film creditsUK premiere on Blu-rayLimited edition of 3,000 copies for the UKAll features subject to change

• The Straight Story | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  From director David Lynch comes a lyrical portrait of one man's real life journey across America's heartland.