![]() | The Big Sleep [1946] [DVD]
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.35 Howard Hawks - Simply the greatest of all time:Big Sleep; Only Angelas Have Wings; Big Sky; Rio Bravo; Red River; His Girl Friday; Bringing up Baby & many more 5* films
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![]() | The 39 Steps [DVD] [1935]
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £1.50 Hitchcock - Up there with Hawks, so many 5* films: Rear Window; Shadow of Doubt; Vertigo; Strangers on a Train; Wrong Man; Psycho & my favourite the brilliant 39 Steps. What a list!
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![]() | The Story of Qui Ju [DVD] [1992] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Buy used from: £11.95 The grand master Zhang Yimou. Chinese cinema dominated the late 80s & 90s: Qui Ju (my favourite); Ju Dou; Raise the Red Lantern; To Live; Red Sorgum; Road Home & many more
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![]() | Annie Hall [DVD] [1977]
Buy new: £5.48 / Used from: £2.33 Wood Allen - At his peak in the 70s & early 80s. A back catalogue that proves beyond doubt that he is the best American filmaker of last 40 years: Manhattan; Hannah & Her Sister; Sleeper; Bananas
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![]() | The Godfather Part II [DVD] [1974] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Buy used from: £6.99 Francis Coppola: King of the 70s; Conversation; Godfather 1 & 2 (2 is a benchmark for all cinema); Apocalypse Now. Hearts of Darkness doc is also a must.
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![]() | The Frank Capra Collection - Feat: It's A Wonderful Life (4 Disc Box Set) [DVD]
Buy new: £11.97 / Used from: £15.97 Frank Capra: They don't make them like that anymore. It Happened One Night is a masterpiece. One of the best back catalogues in the Business
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![]() | Badlands [DVD] [1973]
Buy new: £3.88 / Used from: £1.77 Terence Malick: A true genius. Badlands is the best debut ever & what the word seminal was made for. There also Thin Red Line & Days of Heaven. Quality rather than quantity
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![]() | The Powell And Pressburger Collection [DVD]
Buy new: £19.58 / Used from: £17.99 Powell & Pressburger: A Matter of Life & Death is a top 10 film of all time. Everyone looks great & is a gem.
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![]() | Once Upon A Time In America [DVD] [1984]
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £2.99 Sergio Leone & Ennio Morrocone: The greatest colloboration in film history. Once Upon a Time in the West is a masterpiece.
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![]() | Some Like It Hot - Special Edition [DVD] [1959]
Buy new: £4.68 / Used from: £2.49 Billy Wilder - Some Like it Hot; Stalag 17; Sunset Boulevard; Double Indemity - Need I go on!
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![]() | The King Of Comedy [1982] [DVD]
Buy new: £3.88 / Used from: £1.20 Scorsese - King of Comedy (his best film); Mean Streets; Raging Bull; Italianamerica; Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore; Taxi Driver.
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![]() | The Maltese Falcon (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [1941]
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.49 John Huston - Struggled not to make a great picture: Maltese Falcon; Treasure of Sierra Madre; African Queen; Man Who Would Be King
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![]() | Casablanca : The Movie & More (2 Disc Special Edition) [1942] [DVD]
Buy used from: £15.00 Michael Curtiz: Worked with the best - Bogie, Flynn, Cagney, in some of the best: Casablanca; Adventures of Robin Hood; Yankee Doodle Dandy
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![]() | Bend Of The River [DVD] [1952]
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £2.94 Anthony Mann: Very underrated. My favourite westerns are those by Mann & Stewart of which there are many. Dark & twisted as a result of WW2
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![]() | The Insider [DVD] [1999] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Buy used from: £1.98 Michael Mann: The current master of American cinema: Insider; Heat; Manhunter; Thief; Collateral. TV series are also brilliant: Crime Story; RHD; Miami Vice
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![]() | Hana-Bi [DVD] [1998]
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.99 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano: Japan's & one of the worlds finest contemporary filmaker: Hana Bi; Sonatine; Zatoichi; Violent Cop
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![]() | Pedro Almodovar Collection - Volver, All About My Mother, Bad Education, Talk To Her [DVD] [2009]
Buy new: £13.98 Almodovar: Spanish maestro who has developed into one of the worlds finest.
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![]() | Blood Simple [DVD] [1983]
Buy new: £5.28 / Used from: £2.78 Coens: Blood Simple; Millers Crossing & Fargo are my 3 favourite Coen films. There are many more
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![]() | All The President's Men (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [1976]
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.25 Alan Pakula: Presidents Men is in my top 10 of all time - a masterpiece. Parallax View & Klute are not bad either
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![]() | The Son [DVD] [2002]
Buy new: £5.48 / Used from: £4.99 Dardenne brothers: A documentary background & style to their brilliant humanistic films. The promise; The Son (a minor masterpiece); The Child, are 3 of their best works.
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![]() | Sam Peckinpah - The Legendary Westerns Collection : Ride The High Country / The Wild Bunch Special Edition / The Ballad Of Cable Hogue / Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid Special Edition (6 Disc Box Set) [DVD]
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £9.50 Peckinpah: Ride the High Country is in my top 10 of all time. Wild Bunch; Cross of Iron & Billy the Kid are all terrific. His lesser known films are equally good.
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![]() | Three Colours Trilogy [DVD]
Buy new: £15.08 Kieslowski: Red & Double Life of Veronique are modern masterpieces. Existential cinema
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![]() | The Mike Leigh Film Collection : Naked / Bleak Moments / Career Girls / Secrets & Lies / Vera Drake / Topsy Turvy / All Or Nothing / Life Is Sweet / High Hopes / Meantime [1971] [DVD]
Buy used from: £150.00 Mike Leigh: A great body of work. Naked & Secrets & Lies being standouts
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![]() | The Last Picture Show [DVD] [1971]
Buy new: £4.58 / Used from: £2.69 Peter Bogdanovich: Picture Show & Paper Moon were 2 of the best films of the 70s and that is saying something. A real cineaste.
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![]() | In the Mood for Love [DVD] [2000]
Buy used from: £23.21 Wong Kar Wai: In the Mood for Love is beautiful, sumptious & brilliant. Chunking Express is equally brilliant. Wai & cinematographer Chris Doyle have created a unique look
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![The 39 Steps [DVD] [1935]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519JYBGADWL._SL75_.jpg)
![The Story of Qui Ju [DVD] [1992] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51T8ZB1G2QL._SL75_.jpg)
![Annie Hall [DVD] [1977]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GFEEWFT6L._SL75_.jpg)
![The Godfather Part II [DVD] [1974] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41V2AB34KCL._SL75_.jpg)
![The Frank Capra Collection - Feat: It's A Wonderful Life (4 Disc Box Set) [DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5193W3DVDAL._SL75_.jpg)
![Badlands [DVD] [1973]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PF3BG0RNL._SL75_.jpg)
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![Once Upon A Time In America [DVD] [1984]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41HZ0BRVF0L._SL75_.jpg)
![Some Like It Hot - Special Edition [DVD] [1959]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GK9C5503L._SL75_.jpg)
![The King Of Comedy [1982] [DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51P6GQABZAL._SL75_.jpg)
![The Maltese Falcon (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [1941]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510v5UkEbSL._SL75_.jpg)
![Casablanca : The Movie & More (2 Disc Special Edition) [1942] [DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51S0EeLuilL._SL75_.jpg)
![Bend Of The River [DVD] [1952]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DNM6C05ML._SL75_.jpg)
![The Insider [DVD] [1999] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y28RGA5AL._SL75_.jpg)
![Hana-Bi [DVD] [1998]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412XAKR9EKL._SL75_.jpg)
![Pedro Almodovar Collection - Volver, All About My Mother, Bad Education, Talk To Her [DVD] [2009]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517ddndNBSL._SL75_.jpg)
![Blood Simple [DVD] [1983]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41V6K4PAYHL._SL75_.jpg)
![All The President's Men (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [1976]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XRS13R3NL._SL75_.jpg)
![The Son [DVD] [2002]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5149C30Q79L._SL75_.jpg)
![Sam Peckinpah - The Legendary Westerns Collection : Ride The High Country / The Wild Bunch Special Edition / The Ballad Of Cable Hogue / Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid Special Edition (6 Disc Box Set) [DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/613imIcaGXL._SL75_.jpg)
![Three Colours Trilogy [DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41DP4D7CS3L._SL75_.jpg)
![The Mike Leigh Film Collection : Naked / Bleak Moments / Career Girls / Secrets & Lies / Vera Drake / Topsy Turvy / All Or Nothing / Life Is Sweet / High Hopes / Meantime [1971] [DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51d9T5W4uFL._SL75_.jpg)
![The Last Picture Show [DVD] [1971]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GSWB62YWL._SL75_.jpg)
![In the Mood for Love [DVD] [2000]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V0RGCZV3L._SL75_.jpg)
![North By Northwest [1959] [DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41AP2QB3AEL._SL75_.jpg)
![The 39 Steps [1978] [DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YFR0B1N1L._SL75_.jpg)
![Alien [DVD] [1979]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411Z5RSZ6TL._SL75_.jpg)