DVD Collection

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

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