This is my growing collection of DVD titles. It is by no means complete and, in a perfect world, I can envision having many hundreds, if not thousands, of movies in my collection. Whenever I review the titles out there that I still don’t own, I always find many that I would like to have.
However, I now feel that I’ve got things to a kind of essential minimum, although I still make note of several essential missing genres.
In choosing DVDs I always make sure that they are presented in their originally filmed aspect ratio. If such is not available, I refuse to own the media. In relation to this, I also try to own any “Director’s Cuts” of movies where these are available in addition to the theatrical release, since I feel they more accurately represent what the director had meant to do with the movie.
I should note that I have certain criteria for what goes in my collection. For the most part I want to own good art “films” (Lawrence Of Arabia, Citizen Kane, Memento), well made and enjoyable mainstream “movies” (Murder In The First, Dead Zone, The Green Mile), and cult classics (Alien, Ghost In The Shell, The Prisoner). If there’s a movie I don’t like, or think is not really good within its own context, I would prefer to not own it, rather than to put it in with all of the others.
Two of my favourite movies, one of which I’m still on the lookout for, are Truly Madly Deeply and Until The End Of The World. I don’t consider these to be the best movies or films, although they certainly rank among the better ones, and the latter definitely deserves study by any film student, but they’re my favourites because of how much they affected me when I first saw them.
Until The End Of The World is one of the few Wim Wenders’ movies still to be released on DVD, the delay having been caused by ongoing licensing disputes. This film has seen several different versions, around which is some controversy. Recently, there is news that a 3 disc Director’s Cut of the original (almost never seen) 5 1/2 hour movie is finally in the works. Here is a good information site.
To friends and family, and anybody else who might like to buy me a DVD, you can refer to my Amazon.ca Wish List – anything on there is bound to be something I’d like, since I added it myself. You should note, however, that I am no longer buying anything but Blu-ray titles. Those on the list that are not Blu-ray are more “place holders” for when they become available in the new format.
001. | π |
002. | 8 MM |
003. | 12 Angry Men |
004. | 16 Assassins [Blu-ray] |
005. | 2001 [Blu-ray] |
006. | 30 Days Of Night [Blu-ray] |
007. | 300 [Blu-ray] |
008. | About Schmidt |
009. | Abyss, The [Special Edition] |
010. | Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, The [Blu-ray] |
011. | Adventures Of Buckaroo Bonzai Across The Eighth Dimension, The [Special Edition] |
012. | Aeon Flux [The Complete Animated Collection] |
013. | African Queen, The [Blu-ray] |
014. | Airplane! |
015. | Alien [20th Anniversary Edition] |
016. | Aliens [Special Edition] |
017. | All Creatures Great & Small [The Complete Series 1 Collection] |
018. | All Creatures Great & Small [The Complete Series 2 Collection] |
019. | All Creatures Great & Small [The Complete Series 3 Collection] |
020. | All Creatures Great & Small [The Specials] |
021. | All The Jazz [The Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] |
022. | Altered States [Blu-ray] |
023. | American Beauty |
024. | American Gothic [The Complete Series] |
025. | American Psycho [Blu-ray] |
026. | American Werewolf In London, An [Collector’s Edition] |
027. | Andromeda Strain, The |
028. | Angel Heart [Blu-ray] |
029. | Antibodies [2-Disc Special Edition] |
030. | Apocalypse Now [Full Disclosure] [Blu-ray] |
031. | Apocalypto [Blu-ray] |
032. | Arrival [4K] |
033. | Aviator, The |
034. | Bad Times at the El Royale [Blu-ray] |
035. | Baraka [Blu-ray] |
036. | Batman Begins [Deluxe Edition] |
037. | Batman [Special Edition] |
038. | Becket [Blu-ray] |
039. | Being There [Blu-ray] |
040. | Benny & Joon |
041. | Big Blue, The [Director’s Cut] |
042. | Big Hit, The |
043. | Bird With The Crystal Plumage, The [Blu-ray] |
044. | Birdman Of Alcatraz, The |
045. | Blade / Blade II / Blade Trinity [Blu-ray] |
046. | Blade Runner [5 Disc Complete Collector’s Edition] [Blu-ray] |
047. | Blazing Saddles [Blu-ray] |
048. | Blues Brothers, The [Blu-ray] |
049. | Boogie Nights [Blu-ray] |
050. | Bounty, The |
051. | Brave One, The [Blu-ray] |
052. | Braveheart [Blu-ray] |
053. | Breaking Away |
054. | Bridge Too Far, A [Blu-ray] |
055. | Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid [Special Edition] |
056. | Butterfly Effect, The [Blu-ray] |
057. | Caligula [The Imperial Edition] [Blu-ray] |
058. | Casablanca [Blu-ray] |
059. | Casino Royale [Blu-ray] |
060. | Casino [Anniversary Edition] |
061. | Cell, The |
062. | Chariots Of Fire [Special Edition] |
063. | Charly |
064. | Chicken Little [Blu-ray] |
065. | China Syndrome, The [Special Edition] |
066. | Chungking Express [Blu-ray] |
067. | Cinderella Man [Collector’s Edition] |
068. | Citizen Kane |
069. | Clockwise |
070. | Clockwork Orange, A [Blu-ray] |
071. | Close Encounters Of The Third Kind [30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition] [Blu-ray] |
072. | Color Of Money, The [Blu-ray] |
073. | Colossus: The Forbin Project [Blu-ray] |
074. | Conversation, The [Blu-ray] |
075. | Cool Hand Luke [Blu-ray] |
076. | Coraline [Blu-ray] |
077. | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
078. | Daredevil [Director’s Cut] |
079. | Dark City [Director’s Cut] [Blu-ray] |
080. | Day The Earth Stood Still, The |
081. | Day Watch [Blu-ray] |
082. | Dead & Buried [Blu-ray] |
083. | Dead Zone, The |
084. | Deep Impact |
085. | Deliverance [Blu-ray] |
086. | Departed, The [Blu-ray] |
087. | Descent, The [Original Unrated Cut] [Blu-ray] |
088. | Devil’s Rejects, The [Unrated] [Blu-ray] |
089. | Die Hard [4K] |
090. | Don’t Look Now [The Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] |
091. | Dr. No [Blu-ray] |
092. | Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb [45th Anniversary Special Edition] [Blu-ray] |
093. | Earth The Biography [Blu-ray] |
094. | Edge of Tomorrow [Blu-ray] |
095. | Elephant Man, The |
096. | Empire Strikes Back, The [Despecialized Edition] [Blu-ray] |
097. | English Patient, The [Collector’s Edition] |
098. | Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind [Blu-ray] |
099. | Excalibur |
100. | Exorcist, The [Blu-ray] |
101. | Eye Of The Needle |
102. | Eyes Wide Shut [Blu-ray] |
103. | Face/Off [Blu-ray] |
104. | Fantastic Planet [The Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] |
105. | Fargo |
106. | Fawlty Towers (The Complete Collection) |
107. | Fisher King, The |
108. | Five Deadly Venoms [Limited Widescreen Edition] |
109. | Flatliners |
110. | Fly, The [1986] / The Fly 2 [1989] |
111. | Forrest Gump [Special Collector’s Edition] |
112. | Frailty |
113. | Free To Be…You And Me [36th Anniversary Edition] |
114. | From Russia With Love [Blu-ray] |
115. | Frozen [Blu-ray] |
116. | G.I. Jane |
117. | Gattaca |
118. | Ghandi [Blu-ray] |
119. | Ghost In The Shell |
120. | Ghostbusters [4K] |
121. | Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The [Blu-ray] |
122. | Glengarry Glen Ross [Special Edition] |
123. | Godfather, The [The Coppola Restoration] [The Godfather / The Godfather Part II / The Godfather Part III] [Blu-ray] |
124. | Goldeneye [Blu-ray] |
125. | Goldfinger [Blu-ray] |
126. | Gone Baby Gone [Blu-ray] |
127. | Good The Bad And The Ugly, The [Blu-ray] |
128. | Good Will Hunting |
129. | Gosford Park |
130. | Graduate, The |
131. | Great Train Robbery, The |
132. | Green Mile, The |
133. | Grosse Pointe Blank |
134. | Guardian, The [Blu-ray] |
135. | Halloween [Extended Edition] |
136. | Hanna [Blu-ray] |
137. | Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets |
138. | Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone |
139. | Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban |
140. | Haunting, The [Blu-ray] |
141. | Heat |
142. | Heavy Metal [Blu-ray] |
143. | High Fidelity |
144. | History of Violernce, A [Blu-ray] |
145. | Horse Whisperer, The |
146. | Hunt For Red October, The [Special Collector’s Edition] |
147. | Hunt, The [Blu-ray] |
148. | Hurt Locker, The [Blu-ray] |
149. | Hustler, The [Blu-ray] |
150. | I, Robot [Blu-ray] |
151. | In The Heat Of The Night |
152. | Inception [Blu-ray] |
153. | Incredibles, The |
154. | Innocents, The [The Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] |
155. | IP Man [Blu-ray] |
156. | Iron Man 2 [3-Disc Combo] [Blu-ray] |
157. | Iron Man [Ultimate 2-Disc Edition] [Blu-ray] |
158. | Jacob’s Ladder [Blu-ray] |
159. | Jaws [30th Anniversary Edition] |
160. | Jekyll |
161. | Jessica Jones [The Complete First Season] [Blu-ray] |
162. | Joker [Blu-ray] |
163. | Juno [Blu-ray] |
164. | Kagemusha [The Criterion Collection] |
165. | Keeping Mum |
166. | Kill Bill Volume 1 [Blu-ray] |
167. | Kill Bill Volume 2 [Blu-ray] |
168. | Killing Machine / Shogun’s Assassin [Double Feature] [Blu-ray] |
169. | Kindred: The Embraced [Complete Collection] |
170. | Kingdom, The [Series 1] |
171. | Kingdom, The [Series 2] |
172. | Kiss Of The Spiderwoman [Collector’s Edition] [Blu-ray] |
173. | Last Emporer, The [The Criterion Collection] |
174. | Last Samurai, The [Blu-ray] |
175. | Last Waltz, The [Blu-ray] |
176. | Last Year At Marienbad [Blu-ray] |
177. | Laurel Canyon |
178. | Lawrence Of Arabia |
179. | Legend Of Hell House, The |
180. | Legend Of Hell House, The [Blu-ray] |
181. | Leon: The Professional [Blu-ray] |
182. | Let The Right One In [Blu-ray] |
183. | Lethal Weapon [Blu-ray] |
184. | Life Of Brian [The Immaculate Edition] [Blu-ray] |
185. | Lights Out [Blu-ray] |
186. | Limitless [Blu-ray] |
187. | Living Daylights, The [Blu-ray] |
188. | Logan’s Run [Blu-ray] |
189. | Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, The [Extended Edition] |
190. | Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, The [Extended Edition] |
191. | Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, The [Extended Edition] |
192. | M*A*S*H [Five Star Collection] |
193. | Mad Max [Special Edition] |
194. | Man From Snowy River, The |
195. | Man Who Fell To Earth, The [The Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] |
196. | Man With the Golden Gun, The [Blu-ray] |
197. | Manchurian Candidate, The [Special Edition] |
198. | Marathon Man |
199. | Matrix Reloaded, The |
200. | Matrix Revolutions, The |
201. | Matrix, The |
202. | Memento |
203. | Men In Black [Deluxe Edition] |
204. | Metropolis [Restored Authorized Edition] |
205. | Midnight Express [20th Anniversary Edition] |
206. | Million Dollar Baby |
207. | Mimic [The Director’s Cut] [Blu-ray] |
208. | Minority Report |
209. | Miracle Worker, The |
210. | Mirrormask [Blu-ray] |
211. | Molly’s Game [Blu-ray] |
212. | Monster’s Ball |
213. | Monsters, Inc. [Collector’s Edition] |
214. | Montenegro |
215. | Monty Python And The Holy Grail [Special Edition] |
216. | Moon [Blu-ray] |
217. | Mr. Brooks [Blu-ray] |
218. | Mummy, The [Collector’s Edition] |
219. | Murder by Death [Blu-ray] |
220. | Murder By Decree |
221. | Murder In The First |
222. | My Big Fat Greek Wedding |
223. | My Cousin Vinny [Blu-ray] |
224. | Naked Prey, The [The Criterion Collection] |
225. | Name Of The Rose, The |
226. | Natural Born Killers [Director’s Cut] [Blu-ray] |
227. | Next [Blu-ray] |
228. | Night Watch [Blu-ray] |
229. | Nightmare Before Christmas, The [Special Edition] |
230. | Ninja Assassin [Blu-ray] |
231. | Noises Off! |
232. | Occupant, The [Blu-ray] |
233. | On Her Majesty’s Secret Service [Blu-ray] |
234. | One Hour Photo |
235. | Out Of Sight |
236. | Pan’s Labyrinth [2-Disc Platinum Series] |
237. | Passage To India, A [Blu-ray] |
238. | Passion Fish |
239. | Planet Earth [The Complete Series] [Blu-ray] |
240. | Platoon |
241. | Predestination [Blu-ray] |
242. | Prestige, The [Blu-ray] |
243. | Princess Bride, The |
244. | Princess Mononoke |
245. | Prisoner, The [Complete Collection] [Blu-ray] |
246. | Producers, The |
247. | Prophecy, The |
248. | Psycho |
249. | Pulp Fiction [Blu-ray] |
250. | Quiet Earth, The |
251. | Ratatouille [Blu-ray] |
252. | Rear Window [Collector’s Edition] |
253. | Remember That Night / David Gilmour Live At Royal Albert Hall [Blu-ray] |
254. | Repulsion [Blu-ray] |
255. | Rescue Dawn [Blu-ray] |
256. | Reservoir Dogs |
257. | Return Of The Jedi [Despecialized Edition] [Blu-ray] |
258. | Ring, The |
259. | Robocop [Blu-ray] |
260. | Ronin |
261. | Rosemary’s Baby |
262. | Rounders |
263. | Runaway Jury |
264. | Salem’s Lot [Blu-ray] |
265. | Salo, Or The 120 Days Of Sodom [The Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] |
266. | Samurai Trilogy, The [The Criterion Collection] [Blu0ray] |
267. | Sand Pebbles, The [Blu-ray] |
268. | Sanjuro [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] |
269. | Saturn 3 [Blu-ray] |
270. | Saw [Uncut Edition] |
271. | Scanners [The Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] |
272. | Scarface [Two-Disc Anniversary Edition] |
273. | Scent Of A Woman |
274. | Se7en [Blu-ray] |
275. | Searching For Bobby Fischer |
276. | Seven Samurai [Criterion Collection] |
277. | Shakespeare In Love |
278. | Shaolin Master Killer |
279. | Shawshank Redemption, The [Special Edition] |
280. | Shining, The [Blu-ray] |
281. | Shogun [James Clavell’s Miniseries] |
282. | Silence Of The Lambs, The [Criterion Collection] |
283. | Silent Running |
284. | Sin City [Blu-Ray] |
285. | Sixth Sense, The [Collector’s Edition] |
286. | Skyfall [Bly-ray] |
287. | Sleuth |
288. | Sneakers |
289. | Soldier |
290. | Spartacus: Blood And Sand [Blu-ray] |
291. | Speed |
292. | Splinter [Blu-ray] |
293. | Spy Who Loved Me, The [Blu-ray] |
294. | Star Trek: First Contact |
295. | Star Trek: The Motion Picture [Director’s Edition] |
296. | Star Trek: The Original Series [Blu-ray] |
297. | Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country [Blu-ray] |
298. | Star Trek: The Wrath Of Khan [Director’s Edition] |
299. | Star Wars [Despecialized Edition] [Blu-ray] |
300. | Stranger Than Fiction [Blu-ray] |
301. | Straw Dogs [Blu-ray] |
302. | Superman Returns [Blu-ray] |
303. | Superman: The Movie [Expanded Edition] |
304. | Sword Of Doom, The [The Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] |
305. | Taking of Deborah Logan, The [Blu-ray] |
306. | Taking Of Pelham One Two Three, The |
307. | Tampopo [The Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] |
308. | Tell No One [Blu-ray] |
309. | Terminator 2: Judgement Day [Unrated Special Edition] [Blu-ray] |
310. | Terminator, The [Blu-ray] |
311. | They Might be Giants [Blu-ray] |
312. | Thin Man, The Complete Collection [The Thin Man / After The Thin Man / Another Thin Man / Shadow Of The Thin Man / The Thin Man Goes Home / Song Of The Thin Man / Alias Nick And Nora] |
313. | Thing, The [Collector’s Edition, 1982] |
314. | This Is Spinal Tap [Blu-ray] |
315. | Three Kings |
316. | Tootsie |
317. | Touching The Void |
318. | Toy Story / Toy Story 2 |
319. | Truly Madly Deeply |
320. | Twister [Blu-ray] |
321. | Underworld Evolution [Blu-ray] |
322. | Underworld [Unrated] [Blu-ray] |
323. | Unforgiven |
324. | Until the End of the World [The Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] |
325. | Up [Blu-ray] |
326. | Usual Suspects, The [Blu-ray] |
327. | V For Vendetta [Blu-ray] |
328. | Vanishing Point [Blu-ray] |
329. | Videodrome [The Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] |
330. | Wall, The |
331. | Wanted [Blu-ray] |
332. | Warriors, The [Ultimate Director’s Cut] [Blu-ray] |
333. | Watchmen [The Ultimate Cut] [Blu-ray] |
334. | Wicker Man, The [The Final Cut] [Blu-ray] |
335. | Wizard Of Oz, The |
336. | Woodstock: 3 Days Of Peace And Music [Director’s Cut] |
337. | X-Men [Blu-ray] |
338. | X-Men: Days Of Future Past [The Rogue Cut] [Blu-ray] |
339. | X-Men: First Class [Blu-ray] |
340. | Yellow Submarine |
341. | Yojimbo [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] |
342. | Young Frankenstein [Blu-ray] |
343. | Zero Effect |