80 Years of Oscars All-Time Favorite Movies

Director Steven Spielberg's A.I. propels you into a futuristic world where humans share every aspect of their lives with sophisticated companion robots called Mechas. When an advanced prototype robot child named David (Haley Joel Osment) is programmed to show unconditional love, his human family isn't prepared for the consequences. David soon embarks on a spectacular quest to discover the startling secret of his own identity.

Bob Fosse's autobiographical film celebrates the raunchy underbelly of show business. Successful director-choreographer Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) is at the top of the Broadway heap. But he stands powerless as his world slowly collapses around him; his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of Dexedrine keep him going. Soon, it's clear Gideon will have to make a choice -- his art or his life. Starring: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange Director: Bob Fosse Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

F. Murray Abraham earned a Best Actor Oscar for his imperious performance as Antonio Salieri, a mediocre composer whose churlish young rival, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce), wins immortality with his musical genius. Salieri, not happy to see his talent eclipsed, deviously plots revenge. Sly and compelling from start to finish, Amadeus also won Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director (Milos Forman). Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce Director: Milos Forman Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

The film that put director George Lucas on the Hollywood map also expertly showcased newcomers such as Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfuss, Suzanne Somers and "Ronny" Howard. Lucas masterfully weaves together the stories of a disparate group of high school students as they struggle with adolescent rites of passage in 1962. Touching and timeless, American Graffiti is a not-to-be-missed classic. Starring: Ron Howard, Cindy Williams Director: George Lucas Genre: Classics Format: Widescreen ... Language: French, English Subtitles: Spanish Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Based on the Depression-era comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," this adaptation of the smash Broadway musical follows America's favorite urchin (Aileen Quinn) as she captures Daddy Warbucks' (Albert Finney) heart with her unquenchable optimism -- and dodges the treacherous orphanage matron (Carol Burnett). Directed by John Huston, Annie features the hit song "Tomorrow." Starring: Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney Director: John Huston Genre: Children & Family Format: Full Screen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Two fly-fishing brothers, straitlaced scholar Norman (Craig Sheffer) and trouble-finding gambler Paul (Brad Pitt), struggle to mollify their Presbyterian preacher father's (Tom Skerritt) lofty moral -- and fishing -- standards. Director Robert Redford's Oscar-winning, nostalgic meditation about the fierce bonds that unite and divide families is set in Montana in the early 1900s. Emily Lloyd, Stephen Shellen and Brenda Blethyn co-star. Starring: Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt Director: Robert Redford Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

When 13-year-old Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) discovers a lustful letter and witnesses a sexual encounter between her older sister (Keira Knightley) and a servant's son (James McAvoy), her confusion prompts her to finger the young man for a violent crime. Her half-truth changes their lives forever in this Oscar-nominated drama based on the critically acclaimed novel by Ian McEwan. Brenda Blethyn and Vanessa Redgrave co-star. Starring: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy Director: Joe Wright Genre: Drama Format: DVD Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Based on the true story, medical researcher Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) attempts to treat a group of patients who've laid comatose in a Bronx hospital for 30 years. Sayer prescribes an experimental drug, and it works. Robert De Niro co-stars as a patient unconscious since adolescence who must come to terms with life as an adult. Starring: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams Director: Penny Marshall Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: French, English ... Subtitles: Spanish Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

In Tim Burton's hands, this comic book character taps into his brooding side, and Gotham's underbelly writhes in its vices. Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) starts to make a name for himself as a masked enemy to the criminal set just when the flamboyant Joker (Jack Nicholson) takes over as tops in the mafia. Adding the art-house hues to a big-budget formula meant major success at the box office, an Oscar for Art Direction and a line of sequels. Starring: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson Director: Tim Burton Genre: Action & Adventure Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Cecilia (Bette Midler) and Hillary (Barbara Hershey) have a lifelong friendship that time and physical distance can't touch. Although Hillary is an unprepossessing W.A.S.P and Cecilia's an aspiring Jewish nightclub singer, what began as an improbable friendship on the Atlantic City boardwalk becomes an unbreakable bond that's tested repeatedly -- especially when the chips are down and Hershey faces the ultimate battle. Starring: Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey Director: Garry Marshall Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Burt Reynolds plays Ed Earl Dodd, a sheriff who's more interested in keeping open his town's most popular business -- the "Chicken Ranch," a notorious Texas whorehouse -- than in carrying out the letter of the law. Dolly Parton is Mona Stangely, the whorehouse madam who also happens to hold the sheriff's interest. Together, they battle publicity-seeking politicians and the Moral Majority to save the whorehouse in this rollicking musical comedy.Starring: Dolly Parton, Burt Reynolds Director: Colin Higgins Genre: Comedy Format: Widescreen Language: English Subtitles: Spanish Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Never trust anyone over 30 … except this group of erstwhile buddies and former college radicals. After years apart, friends who've followed divergent paths reunite at the funeral of one of their own. Watch as the top-notch ensemble (William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, JoBeth Williams, Mary Kay Place, Tom Berenger and Jeff Goldblum) reconnects and cavorts to an irresistible soundtrack of 1960s hits. Starring: Tom Berenger, Glenn Close Director: Lawrence Kasdan Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Longtime lovers Armand Goldman (Robin Williams) and Albert Goldman (Nathan Lane) own a Miami drag club. When Armand's son announces his intent to marry Barbara (Calista Flockhart), the daughter of U.S. Senator (and vice president of the Committee for Moral Order) Kevin Keeley (Gene Hackman), Armand decides he has to fake a "normal" family. Nominated for an Academy Award, director Mike Nichols's comical farce is fast, funny and out of control. Starring: Robin Williams, Nathan Lane Director: Mike Nichols Genre: Comedy Format: Widescreen ... Language: Spanish, English ... Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Teena Brandon (Hilary Swank) moves to a small Nebraska town in search of a new life. Preferring to cross-dress and taking the name Brandon Teena, she passes herself off as a boy, begins dating Lana (Chloe Sevigny) and makes friends among the town's redneck men ... until the truth is revealed. Swank's Oscar-winning portrayal of this real-life character illuminates one woman's voyage of self-discovery -- and the events that cut it short. Starring: Hilary Swank, Chloe Sevigny Director: Kimberly Peirce Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen Language: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron (Catherine McCormack) -- his new bride and childhood love -- legendary Scottish warrior William Wallace (Mel Gibson, who also directed the film) slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule. With vivid battle scenes and a heaping portion of legend, Gibson's epic won five Oscars, including Best Picture. Starring: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau Director: Mel Gibson Genre: Drama Format: DVD Language: English Subtitles: None Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Two sheepherders -- Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar (Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger) -- meet and fall in love while working together near Wyoming's Brokeback Mountain in 1963. Over the next 20 years, their lives take different courses: Jack becomes a rodeo cowboy while Ennis remains a ranch hand. Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid and Michelle Williams co-star. Ang Lee directs screenwriter Larry McMurtry's adaptation of a short story by E. Annie Proulx. Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger Director: Ang Lee Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

A hack 1920s playwright (John Cusack) uses a mobster to finance his newest play. But when the gangster's bodyguard (Chazz Palminteri) starts rewriting the play to make it more believable, he shows more talent than the play's original author. Dianne Wiest steals the show as a haughty actress in this light-as-air period comedy, which ranks as one of Woody Allen's best films. Jim Broadbent, Mary-Louise Parker and Jennifer Tilly co-star. Starring: John Cusack, Chazz Palminteri Director: Woody Allen Genre: Comedy Format: DVD Language: English Subtitles: None Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Prewar Berlin's debauchery and turbulence is chronicled through the perspective of a British scribe (Michael York) and his comrades, among them flamboyant American nightclub entertainer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli). Existing in a morally ambiguous void, they doggedly maintain their façades as the world outside the cabaret gears for war. Director Bob Fosse uses the kitsch cabaret to reflect German society as it shifts from hedonism to Hitlerism. Starring: Liza Minnelli, Michael York Director: Bob Fosse Genre: Classics Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Director Brian De Palma deftly transfers Stephen King's first novel to the screen. Carrie (Sissy Spacek) is an ostracized girl saddled with a strict mother. But the teen has the ability to move objects with her mind, and when the high school "in crowd" torments her with a sick joke at the prom, Carrie's fury lashes out with devastating power. Starring: Sissy Spacek, Amy Irving Director: Brian De Palma Genre: Horror Format: Widescreen ... Language: French, English ... Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Move over, Gilligan: You have company! After Federal Express systems engineer Chuck Noland's (Tom Hanks) plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean, he finds himself fighting to survive on a deserted island with nothing but a painted volleyball for company. An acting tour de force for Hanks (who received an Oscar nod), Cast Away is a fascinating abstract about the human spirit's indomitability. Starring: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt Director: Robert Zemeckis Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: Spanish Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Jennifer Lopez stars as Catherine Deane, a psychotherapist who's experimenting with a technique that lets her enter her patients' psyches -- literally. Things start to get weird when an FBI agent (Vince Vaughn) asks Deane to help him solve a murder by exploring the gray matter of a comatose serial killer (Vincent D'Onofrio) in an attempt to find out where he drowned his final victim. Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn Director: Tarsem Duamdwar Genre: Thrillers Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

With a suspicious, porcelain-skinned femme fatale (Faye Dunaway) bankrolling his snooping, private eye J.J. Gittes (Jack Nicholson) uncovers intricate dirty dealings in the Los Angeles waterworks and gets his nose slashed for his trouble. Meanwhile, his financier harbors a nasty family secret. Director Roman Polanski reimagines 1930s Los Angeles with an onionlike story that reveals itself one complex layer at a time in this classic neonoir. Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway Director: Roman Polanski Genre: Classics Format: DVD Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Teenage miscreant Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell) wanders aimlessly amid a bleak, futuristic urban landscape. Along with his fellow thugs, he drinks drugged milk and listens to Beethoven -- that is, when he's not stealing or raping or beating people in nihilistic orgies of violence. A Clockwork Orange, based on Anthony Burgess' novel, is as powerful as when it was released in 1971. Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee Director: Stanley Kubrick Genre: Classics Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

COCOON WIDESCREEN DVD- A group of shut-ins at a rest home get a new lease on life when they're offered the gift of eternal youth by visiting aliens led by Brian Dennehy. Steve Guttenberg plays a charter boat captain who helps Dennehy and Don Ameche (who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar) marshal their fellow seniors (Hume Cronyn, Wilford Brimley, Jack Gilford, Jessica Tandy and Maureen Stapleton) into making the choice between perennial youth or old age. Starring: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley Director: Ron Howard Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Format: Widescreen Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

This tale of political intrigue centers on Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), a member of the British High Commission based in Africa, and his quest for truth. When his wife (Rachel Weisz, in an Oscar-winning turn for her supporting role) is murdered, Justin begins his own international investigation. Not even the rumors of his wife's affairs will stop him from uncovering the truth -- a conspiracy much larger and more dangerous than he'd imagined. Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz Director: Fernando Meirelles Genre: Thrillers Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Ang Lee's articulate direction, coupled with Yuen Woo-Ping's (The Matrix) balletic martial arts choreography, makes for a devastating one-two punch. Potent performances from Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh and newcomer Ziyi Zhang also give heft to this story about a young woman in ancient China who longs for an adventurous life rather than a dull arranged marriage. The treetop fight scene is not to be missed. Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh Director: Ang Lee Genre: Foreign Format: Widescreen ... Language: Mandarin, English ... Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar (Kevin Costner) tries to commit suicide -- and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe. Starring: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell Director: Kevin Costner Genre: Drama Format: DVD Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner ...

In this blockbuster sequel to Batman Begins, the caped crusader (Christian Bale) teams with Lt. James Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) to continue dismantling Gotham City's criminal organizations. But a psychotic new villain known as the Joker (Heath Ledger, in a Golden Globe- and Oscar-winning role) threatens to undo all their good work. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine also star. Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger Director: Christopher Nolan Genre: Action & Adventure Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English SDH ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Two escaped convicts -- one black (Sidney Poitier), one white (Tony Curtis), and both shackled in the same pair of handcuffs -- battle the elements and each other as they travel Southern back roads eluding the ever-approaching posse. Although the device of binding two racial antagonists together for survival may be rather obvious now, the idea wasn't old hat in the 1960s, and the top-notch performances remain ageless. Stanley Kramer directs. Starring: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier Director: Stanley Kramer Genre: Classics Format: DVD Language: English Subtitles: Spanish ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Twenty-five years after its Broadway debut, the definitive girl-group musical, earning the most Oscar nods in 2007, finally makes its way to the screen with Bill Condon at the helm and a dream cast that includes Jamie Foxx and Beyoncé Knowles. A trio of women have high hopes for fame but end up paying a high price for it. Eddie Murphy plays James Early (in an Oscar-nominated role), and Jennifer Hudson took home the golden statuette for playing strong but slighted Effie. Starring: Beyoncé Knowles, Jamie Foxx Director: Bill Condon Genre: Music & Musicals Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

England's Queen Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett) took the throne of a Roman Catholic country as a young woman, declared the nation Protestant and ruled for 45 years -- but at great personal cost. Director Shekhar Kapur's Oscar-winning treatise on absolute power and its human toll sees the virgin queen sacrifice happiness with Lord Robert Dudley (Joseph Fiennes) and place her trust in Sir Francis Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush) amid assassination threats. Starring: Cate Blanchett, Christopher Eccleston ... Director: Shekhar Kapur Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: French ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner ...

Adapted from Michael Ondaatje's acclaimed novel set against the backdrop of World War II, Anthony Mingehlla's Oscar-winning drama stars Ralph Fiennes as a horribly burned pilot who recounts a tale of doomed romance to the nurse tending him (Juliette Binoche). As his story is revealed via flashback, so too are secrets about his identity and the depth of his passion for the woman he loved (Kristin Scott Thomas). Willem Dafoe co-stars. Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche Director: Anthony Minghella Genre: Romance Format: DVD and streaming Language: English Subtitles: Spanish Awards: Academy Award® Winner

This offbeat romantic comedy (which won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay) stars Jim Carrey as Joel, who opts for a procedure in which memories of his girlfriend, Clementine (Kate Winslet), are erased after he learns she's already had the surgery done. But as his doctor begins to wipe out traces of Clementine, Joel decides he doesn't want to lose what's left of their relationship, so he squirrels away the memories somewhere else in his brain. Starring: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet Director: Michel Gondry Genre: Comedy Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

When an antiterrorism agent (John Travolta) wants to get the bad guys, he goes under the knife to acquire the face and voice of a captured terrorist (Nicolas Cage). When Cage escapes from custody, he turns the tables and takes on Travolta's face. Oscar-worthy performances? No! But you will get an explosive cat-and-mouse pursuit of the utmost lethal ferocity. Starring: Nicolas Cage, John Travolta Director: John Woo Genre: Action & Adventure Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: Spanish Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Happily married New York lawyer Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) finds himself attracted to his colleague Alex (Glenn Close), and the two enjoy a passionate tryst while Dan's wife (Anne Archer) and child are away. But the one-night stand comes back to haunt Dan when Alex refuses to let him go and begins to stalk him and his family. Just how far will she go to get what she wants? Starring: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close,Anne Archer Director: Adrian Lyne Genre: Thrillers Format: Widescreen Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Pixar has created another amazing animated adventure, this time heading underwater as two plucky fish, Marlin and Dory (voiced by Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres), search high and low for Marlin's missing son, Nemo (Alexander Gould). In addition to the other much-loved ocean-dwelling characters in this box office recordbreaker, this widescreen version includes deleted scenes, a making-of documentary, "The Art of Nemo" featurette and more. Starring: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres Director: Andrew Stanton Genre: Children & Family Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: French ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

It's the film (with an Oscar-winning title song) that put Jennifer Beals on the map. She's a macho welder by day and a star performer of erotic dance routines by night at a local Pittsburgh club. Not only that, Jennifer's also got the hots for the club's owner (Michael Nouri). But her biggest dream is to audition and win a place at an exclusive dance school. Can she do it? Starring: Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri Director: Adrian Lyne Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

The date which lives in infamy lives on in this gripping adaptation of James Jones' novel about Army life in Hawaii in the idyllic days just before December 7, 1941. Eight Oscars include Best Picture, Screenplay, Supporting Actress (Donna Reed) and Supporting Actor (Frank Sinatra). Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr rolling around in the waves and sand ranks as one of the hottest love scenes in screen history. Starring: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift Director: Fred Zinnemann Genre: Classics Format: Full Screen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Fred Astaire's inimitable dancing feet come full circle in George and Ira Gershwin's Funny Face, an airy 1957 musical gambol about high-fashion photography in Paris that costars Audrey Hepburn. Paris (and Audrey) have rarely looked better thanks to Ray June's luminous cinematography, and the classic score includes such songs as "SWonderful","He Loves and She Love", and the title tune. Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire Director: Stanley Donen Genre: Classics Format: Widescreen Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand, who won the Best Actress Oscar in her film debut) becomes a bitter, bottom-line woman in this sequel to Funny Girl. In the throes of the Depression, the theater business is bad, and Fanny's love life is worse. When con artist Billy Rose (James Caan) shows up, she helps him start a showbiz career. But the return of Fanny's first husband (Omar Sharif) threatens to break up her act and her budding romance with Billy. Starring: Barbra Streisand, James Caan Director: Herbert Ross Genre: Classics Format: Widescreen Full screen Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Leslie Caron stars as Gigi, an avant-garde French waif being groomed as the fille de joie of affluent and handsome Gaston (Louis Jourdan). Soon Gigi metamorphoses into a stunning beauty, and the head-over-heels Gaston asks for her hand. But Gigi's courtesan grandmother is aghast: No one in the family has ever considered something as plebian as matrimony! This 1958 gem won Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director,Vincente Minnelli

Director Francis Ford Coppola brings Mario Puzo's multigenerational crime saga to life in this Oscar-winning epic. When an organized crime family patriarch (Marlon Brando) barely survives an attempt on his life, his son Michael (Al Pacino) convinces his brother Sonny (James Caan) to let him take care of the would-be killers. Amid betrayals and corruption, Michael launches a campaign of bloody revenge that continues through the film's two sequels. Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino Director: Francis Ford Coppola Genre: Classics Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: None Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Margaret Mitchell's sweeping Civil War saga remains one of the greatest examples of cinematic storytelling. Vivien Leigh's tempestuous Scarlett O'Hara and Clark Gable's handsome rogue Rhett Butler bicker and battle from antebellum plantations to the streets of postwar Atlanta. This edition features a beautifully restored print and many extras. Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard,Olivia de Havilland,Director: Victor Fleming Genre: Classics Format: Full Screen, Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK - George Clooney's Oscar-nominated docudrama pits TV newsman Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) against Sen. Joseph McCarthy and his single-minded crusade to quell the red threat at home. Despite corporate pressure to back off, Murrow and his CBS staff are determined to examine the lies and fear tactics perpetrated by McCarthy during his Communist witch-hunts. The impressive cast includes Robert Downey Jr., Patricia Clarkson and Jeff Daniels. Starring: George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr. Director: George Clooney Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Dustin Hoffman (in his first major film role) turns in a landmark performance as a naïve young man recently graduated from college who is seduced by a middle-aged neighbor (Anne Bancroft). He, in turn, falls in love with her daughter (Katharine Ross). Mike Nichols won a Best Director Oscar, and Simon and Garfunkel achieved immortality with a score that includes "Mrs. Robinson." Starring: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman Director: Mike Nichols Genre: Classics Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: Spanish ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD - Swedish actor Max Von Sydow made his English-speaking debut in this gargantuan retelling of the life of Christ from Giant director George Stevens. The much-ballyhooed all-star cast includes Charlton Heston as John the Baptist and John Wayne as The Centurion at The Crucifixion. Filmed in Death Valley and in Utah, Nevada and Arizona locations, this dazzling epic garnered five Oscar nominations, including Best Special Effects and Best Score. Starring: Max von Sydow, Michael Anderson Jr. Director: George Stevens Genre: Classics Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: French ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Tarzan (Christopher Lambert), the seventh Earl of Greystoke, is raised by apes after he's lost in the African jungle. An explorer discovers the adult Tarzan, reacquaints him with the English language and his rightful place in the British aristocracy, and introduces him to his beautiful assistant (Andie MacDowell). But Tarzan's encounters with civilization are fraught with difficulty as his allegiance shifts between his animal and human families. Starring: Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm ... Director: Hugh Hudson Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee ...

A singing Marlon Brando stars as Sky Masterson opposite Frank Sinatra in this musical take on Damon Runyon's Manhattan short stories. One of the richest scores to spring from Broadway to Hollywood includes such classic songs as "Luck Be a Lady." The mix of movie stars and veterans from the show's theatrical run makes for a one-two punch of Broadway skill and Hollywood glamour. Starring: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Genre: Classics Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: French ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Sugar Ray (Richard Pryor), the proprietor of an illegal casino in 1920s Harlem, must contend with mobsters and corrupt cops who want to put him out of business. But with the help of his promising heir (Eddie Murphy), Sugar Ray pulls out all the stops to stay afloat. This stylish action-comedy, written and directed by Murphy, features an all-star cast that includes Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello, Della Reese, Arsenio Hall and Jasmine Guy. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor Director: Eddie Murphy Genre: Action & Adventure Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Operating a diner in a small-town community, Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) and his wife (Maria Bello) are the picture of normalcy. But when Tom prevents a robbery and enjoys hero status in the local media, he attracts the wrong kind of attention from mobsters (Ed Harris and William Hurt) who think he's someone else. David Cronenberg (The Fly) directs this taut suspense-thriller based on the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke. Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello Director: David Cronenberg Genre: Thrillers Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up -- Peter Pan -- did just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer (Robin Williams) whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids, in this family-oriented fantasy from director Steven Spielberg. But a trip to see Granny Wendy (Maggie Smith) in London, where the vengeful Capt. Hook (Dustin Hoffman) kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland, could lead to a chance at redemption. Starring: Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman Director: Steven Spielberg Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

This gripping drama follows the parallel lives of three 20th-century women. The incomparable Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman, in an Oscar-winning performance) is hard at work on the classic story of Mrs. Dalloway while battling depression in the 1920s; Laura Brown (Julianne Moore) is an unsatisfied 1950s housewife who finds solace in Woolf's novel; and Clarissa Vaughn (Meryl Streep) is a modern-day book editor who's losing her former lover to AIDS. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore Director: Stephen Daldry Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Director Neil Jordan's Oscar-nominated tale of bloodsucking immortals moves from 18th century New Orleans to a Grand Guignol theater in Paris to present-day San Francisco as it explores betrayal, love, loneliness and hunger. The lives of a trio of vampires -- cavalier Lestat (Tom Cruise), tormented Louis (Brad Pitt) and childlike Claudia (Kirsten Dunst) -- are interconnected for centuries in this adaptation of Anne Rice's romantic horror tale Starring: Brad Pitt, Christian Slater Neil Jordan Genre: Horror Format: Widescreen Language: French, English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward) -- party girl and prevaricator -- works as a shill, enticing naive men into rigged card games. She tries to reform, but when her new life crumbles, she falls back on her old ways. Soon Barbara and her partners in crime find themselves charged with murder and facing the death penalty. As the wheels of justice spin, Barbara desperately asserts her innocence. Hayward reaped an Oscar for her electrifying portrayal

KINSEY - Liam Neeson provides a fascinating portrait of theorist and zoologist Dr. Alfred Kinsey, whose name has been associated with human sexuality ever since he interviewed thousands of people about their sex lives and released his findings in a groundbreaking 1948 book, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. The book caused ripples in the scientific community and paved the way for further inquiry into the subject. Laura Linney and Peter Sarsgaard co-star.Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney Director: Bill Condon Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Tom Cruise stars as Captain Nathan Algren in this epic movie set in 1870s Japan. Hired to instruct the country's new army in the ways of modern warfare, Algren learns to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy their way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself, to be loyal, selfless and true, and to fight for the samurai's right to exist. Starring: Tom Cruise, Billy Connolly Director: Edward Zwick Genre: Action & Adventure Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Director David Lean's Oscar-winning epic tells the true-life story of warrior-poet T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole), who helped unite warring Arab tribes so they could strike back against the Turks in World War I. Lushly filmed and expertly acted, this timeless classic underscores the clash between cultures -- and within one man -- that changed the tide of war. Alec Guiness and Anthony Quinn co-star. Starring: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness Director: David Lean Genre: Classics Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Jack (Tom Cruise) lives peacefully with the animals and goblins in a mythical forest, until fate leads him to battle a host of terrors to rescue a captive unicorn. If he loses, the world plunges into an eternal ice age. Meanwhile, he must save his true love -- the beautiful princess Lili (Mia Sara) -- from the clutches of the demonic Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry) in this epic fantasy adventure. Director Ridley Scott's cut of the film includes 20 more minutes of footage. Starring: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara Director: Ridley Scott Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: French ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Little Big Man(1970) A parable about the bloody consequences of American expansionism in the Old West. Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman), a 121-year-old Indian living in a rest home, recounts the amazing tale of being the Battle of Little Bighorn's sole white survivor. Reared by the Cheyenne from the age of 10 only to be snatched by whites at age 15, Crabb spends his life journeying between the two cultures in an effort to find his place in the world. Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway Director: Arthur Penn Genre: Classics Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Plant yourself in front of the tube and veg out with Frank Oz's horticultural horror flick. Gawky Seymour Krelborn (Rick Moranis), looking for a way to save his job in a ramshackle, skid row flower shop, purchases a curious exotic plant hoping it will make business bloom. And it does. There's just one problem: The little creeper possesses a rapacious appetite for fresh human plasma … and it's mushrooming out of control! Starring: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene,with special appearance by Steve Martin, James Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest, Bill Murray, Director: Frank Oz Genre: Comedy Format: Widescreen Language: English subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

From the idyllic shire of the Hobbits to the smoking chasms of Mordor, director Peter Jackson has created a world that surpasses the expectations of J.R.R. Tolkien purists as Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) embarks on his epic quest for the one true ring. The movie -- which nabbed 13 Oscar nominations -- is wonderfully cast with actors such as Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn), and stays beautifully true to the book. Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin Director: Peter Jackson Genre: Action & AdventureFormat: Widescreen Language: English,Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

The third of the trilogy. As the shadow of Mordor grows, Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) is revealed as the hidden heir to the ancient kings. As he, Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces, Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) bring the One Ring ever closer to the heart of the dark lord's realm. Director Peter Jackson's epic won 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Starring: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen Director: Peter Jackson Genre: Action & Adventure Format: Widescreen Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Privileged Harvard jock Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O'Neal) sparks the anger of his steely, demanding father (Ray Milland) by falling in love with and marrying plebeian Radcliffe student Jennifer Cavalleri (Ali MacGraw). Naturally, Oliver's disapproving father cut's off his son's inheritance. After graduation, Oliver lands a job with a prominent law firm, and the blissful couple has the world by the tail … until the grim reaper pays a visit. Starring: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal Director: Arthur Hiller Genre: Romance Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Under the watchful eye of director Otto Preminger (Carmen Jones, Anatomy of a Murder), "Old Blue Eyes" Frank Sinatra explores controversial territory in an Oscar-nominated performance as former heroin addict and cardsharp Frankie Machine. Free at last after a stretch in prison, Frankie finds it difficult to pursue his dream of becoming a straight-shooting drummer -- most of all, because he can't escape his checkered past. Kim Novak co-stars. Starring: Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker Director: Otto Preminger Genre: Classics Format: Full Screen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Based on the novels by Patrick O'Brian, this dramatic thriller pits "Lucky" Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe), captain of the HMS Surprise, and his crew against a privateer equipped with better weapons. This Oscar-winning adventure co-stars Paul Bettany (as ship doctor Stephen Maturin), Billy Boyd and James D'Arcy, and as the two vessels command the high seas during the Napoleonic Wars, the maritime chase continues to claim victims. Starring: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany Director: Peter Weir Genre: Action & Adventure Format: Full screen Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

On a top-secret mission, J (Will Smith), a charismatic New York City cop, teams up with K (Tommy Lee Jones), a seasoned government agent who monitors aliens on Earth, to stop intergalactic alien terrorist Edgar (Vincent D'Onofrio) from inciting an interstellar, humanity-destroying war. Linda Fiorentino, Rip Torn and Tony Shalhoub co-star in director Barry Sonnenfeld's funny and slick sci-fi extravaganza. Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Format: DVD Language: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - The true story of Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) is brought to life by Oliver Stone's Academy Award-winning screenplay recounting the young American's experience in a Turkish prison. When Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey, the courts decide to make an example out of him and sentence him to 20 years in prison. With little hope of ever getting out, Hayes decides to attempt a daring escape. Co-stars Randy Quaid and John Hurt. Starring: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle Director: Alan Parker Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner ..

One of the most profitable biopics ever filmed, The Glenn Miller Story traces Miller's rise from pit-orchestra trombone player to leader of the most successful big band of his era -- the early 1940s. Girl-next-door June Allyson plays Miller's wife, Helen, who learns the value of patience while Glenn searches relentlessly for "the sound" that will put him on top. Louis Armstrong and Gene Krupa pop up in cameos. Starring: James Stewart, June Allyson Director: Anthony Mann Genre: Classics Format: WidescreenLanguage: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

When Santa falls down drunk in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, reluctant Macy's supervisor Doris Walker (Maureen O'Hara) offers the job to a bearded Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn, who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar) purporting to be the real Santa! During the Christmas season, he shares a flat with Doris's neighbor (John Payne), who has eyes for Doris. Kris hopes to unite the two while winning over Doris's skeptical 6-year-old daughter (Natalie Wood). Starring: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne Director: George Seaton Genre: Classics Format: DVD Language: French, English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

In this creepy thriller based on Stephen King's book, Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) rescues her idol, romance novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan), after a horrible car accident. But she morphs from nurturing caregiver to sadistic jailer upon discovering that Sheldon plans to kill off his literary heroine, Misery, in his next volume. Bates's disturbing performance as the psychotic Annie netted her a Best Actress Oscar. Starring: James Caan, Kathy Bates Director: Rob Reiner Genre: Thrillers Format: Widescreen ... Language: French, English ... Subtitles: Spanish ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Naïve young poet Ewan McGregor falls in love with cabaret star Nicole Kidman, and their ill-fated romance serves as a convenient peg on which to hang a dazzling array of numbers that span musical idioms (from snatches of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music" to Madonna's "Like a Virgin"). But the real star of the show is director Baz Luhrmann, who came up with this infectious concoction. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor Director: Baz Luhrmann Genre: Romance Format: Widescreen Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Director David Lynch weaves another complex, mysterious tale in this story about a woman (Laura Elena Harring) left stranded on Mulholland Drive with amnesia. Alone and afraid, she is taken in by Betty (Naomi Watts), who has just arrived in Hollywood to pursue her dreams. Gradually, the two women start to put the pieces of the puzzle together... a puzzle that unravels a dark, sinister plot.

Nia Vardalos plays Toula Portokalos, a single Greek woman who falls in love with a non-Greek (John Corbett), which is a no-no to her strict family -- especially her commanding mother, Maria (Lainie Kazan), and her traditional father, Gus (Michael Constantine). Think of it as a cross between Meet the Parents and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner … with a flavoring on the souvlaki side. Starring: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett Director: Joel Zwick Genre: Romance Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

In this classic version of the Broadway smash, Audrey Hepburn is at her most radiant as Eliza Doolittle, the Cockney flower girl transformed into a poised duchess by Professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison, reprising his Broadway role). This musical won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The restored and remastered special edition includes an audio commentary with crew members and Hepburn's singing voice, Marni Nixon. Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison Director: George Cukor Genre: Classics Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

A bat made from a tree struck by lightning and a passion for baseball define Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford). But when he's shot and severely wounded, his career gets cut short. Years later, Hobbs tries out for a struggling team. He steps to the plate and knocks the ball out of the park in this mythic film that's as epic as America's national pastime. Starring: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall Director: Barry Levinson Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

When pottery instructor Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett) dives into an illicit affair with one of her students, she creates a sticky situation that spells turmoil for herself and puts a fellow teacher in a tough spot. St. George faculty member Barbara Covett (Judi Dench) connects with the pretty new art teacher, but things get complicated when Sheba divulges her secret. Bill Nighy and Max Lewis support the two Oscar-nominated actresses. Starring: Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy Director: Richard Eyre Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Dreams of being a Navy pilot prompt Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) to enroll in officer training school, where he runs afoul of a drill instructor (Oscar winner Louis Gossett Jr.) who senses the cadet's loner instinct and aims to school him on the importance of teamwork -- or break him in the process. In the meantime, Mayo romances a working girl (Debra Winger), ignoring warnings to steer clear of the local lasses out to bag hotshot Navy flyboys. Starring: Richard Gere, Debra Winger Director: Taylor Hackford Genre: Romance Format: DVD Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Henry Fonda -- in his final role -- plays peevish retired professor Norman Thayer, who's making his yearly excursion with his wife (Katharine Hepburn) to their idyllic summerhouse. But a hostile teen left in their care short-circuits the couple's tranquility. After a rocky start, the old man and the boy forge a bond; can Norman do the same with his estranged daughter? Fonda and Hepburn earned top Oscar honors for their peerless performances. Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda Director: Mark Rydell Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: Spanish Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Actors: Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox, Alec Guinness Directors: David Lean Writers: David Lean, E.M. Forster, Santha Rama Rau Producers: Edward Sands, John Brabourne, John Heyman, Richard B. Goodwin Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Language: French (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Subtitles: English, Spanish, French Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only) Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 Number of discs: 2 Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Sony Pictures DVD Release Date: April 15, 2008 Run Time: 163 minutes

Product Description - Set in 1928, this film portrays an indelibly sardonic picture of British life in territorial India.The story concerns Adela Quested, who is a free-spirited British woman, played by (Judy Davis), who has settled in India and is to marry Ronny Heaslop (Nigel Havers), a town magistrate. She is befriended by the charming Dr. Aziz (Victor Banerjee), but it's a friendship that ultimately leads to tragedy.

In this 1943 remake of the silent horror film, violinist Erik Claudin (Claude Rains) worships soprano Christine Dubois (Susanna Foster) from afar and secretly aids her career. Believing a music publisher has stolen his concerto, Claudin kills him and is disfigured by acid in the process. He takes refuge in the Paris Opera House, where his shadowy figure terrorizes the theater company. This classic film won an Oscar for Best Cinematography. Starring: Claude Rains, Hume Cronyn Director: Arthur Lubin Genre: Horror Format: DVD Language: English Subtitles: French Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Flamboyant pirate Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp, in an Oscar-nominated performance), steals the show as a charming, carefree 17th century pirate who roams the Caribbean sea. When a rival pirate (Geoffrey Rush) pillages the village of Port Royal and kidnaps the governor's (Jonathan Pryce) daughter, Elizabeth (Keira Knightley), Jack decides to help Elizabeth's love, Will (Orlando Bloom), save her. Of course, the mission isn't quite that simple. … Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush,Orlando Bloom,Keira Knightley Director: Gore Verbinski Genre: Action & Adventure Format: Widescreen Language: English Subtitles: French Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Charlton Heston stars in one of the '60s' most beloved camp classics. Bewildered astronaut George Taylor (Heston) crash-lands on a strange planet ruled by intelligent apes who use primitive humans for experimentation and sport. Taylor quickly finds himself among the hunted as he struggles to escape the apes' power -- and uncover their darkest secret. Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall Director: Franklin J. Schaffner Genre: Classics Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

POLTERGEIST - A high-voltage spectacle boasting impressive (for the time) special effects, Poltergeist is a must-see horror classic. Life is very pleasant for the close-knit Freeling family until a host of otherworldy forces invades their peaceful suburban home. Before long, their house is transformed into a swirling supernatural sideshow -- all centered around their angelic young daughter, Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke). Starring: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke Director: Tobe Hooper Genre: Horror Format: Widescreen Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE -In this retelling of Jane Austen's novel set in 19th-century England, Mrs. Bennet (Brenda Blethyn) is all atwitter in hopes of marrying her daughters to prosperous gentlemen callers, especially when a wealthy bachelor moves nearby. Headstrong daughter Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) meets her match in Mr. Darcy, but misinterprets Darcy's honorable intentions and jeopardizes her chance at love. Donald Sutherland, Judi Dench and Jena Malone co-star. Starring: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen Director: Joe Wright Genre: Romance Format: Widescreen Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

PSYCHO - Director Alfred Hitchcock's Oscar-nominated shocker has been terrifying viewers for decades. When exhausted, larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where twitchy manager Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) cares for his housebound mother. The place seems quirky but fine -- until Marion decides to take a shower. Starring: Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, Martin Balsam Director: Alfred Hitchcock Genre: Classics Format: Widescreen Language: French, English Subtitles: Spanish Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

The Marquis de Sade (Geoffrey Rush) was a provocateur so addicted to words he used his own blood as ink while locked away in an insane asylum headed by the Abbe du Coulmier (Joaquin Phoenix). Although the outraged Doctor Royer-Collard (Michael Caine) tries to stop the Marquis from writing, a young worker (Kate Winslet) takes his dictation in this Oscar-nominated drama from director Phillip Kauffman (The Right Stuff). Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet Director: Philip Kaufman Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

A Best Director Oscar went to Warren Beatty for this sweeping epic that deftly interweaves romance and history. Beatty also heads the cast as radical American correspondent John Reed, who, along with his paramour, Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton), gets caught up in the spirit, euphoria and aftermath of Russia's 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Maureen Stapleton received an Academy Award for her supporting turn as anarchist Emma Goldman. Starring: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton Director: Warren Beatty Genre: Drama Format: DVD Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Audrey Hepburn (in an Oscar-winning performance) stars as a cosseted European princess who goes AWOL in Rome and is soon taken under the wing of tabloid journalist Gregory Peck and his photographer sidekick Eddie Albert. She thinks the boys don't suspect who she really is … but they're clued in and sense a sensational story if they can just keep Audrey's handlers from retrieving her too soon. The essence of 1950s chic. Starring: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn Director: William Wyler Genre: Classics Format: Full Screen ... Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Set amid political unrest in 1916 Ireland, this epic tale stars Sarah Miles as Rosy Ryan, a naive colleen trapped in a loveless marriage to schoolmaster Charles Shaughnessy (Robert Mitchum). When a handsome British officer arrives in town, his tryst with Rosy sets tongues wagging and leads the locals to suspect Rosy of being an informant after a rebel operation is sabotaged. John Mills won an Oscar for his supporting turn as the village half-wit. Starring: Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard Director: David Lean Genre: Classics Format: Full Screen ... Language: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer (Kevin Spacey) whose crimes are based on the Seven Deadly Sins. The dark and haunting film takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset (Morgan Freeman) researches the Seven Deadly Sins in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice hotshot partner, Mills (Brad Pitt), scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case. Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman Director: David Fincher Genre: Thrillers Format: Widescreen ... Language: French, English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Upstanding banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is framed for a double murder in the 1940s and begins a life sentence at the Shawshank prison, where he's befriended by an older inmate named Red (Morgan Freeman). During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates for his upstanding moral code and unquenchable sense of hope. Co-stars Gil Bellows and Bob Gunton (who's memorable as the amoral prison warden). Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman ... Director: Frank Darabont Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English ... Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

In this pulse-pounding adaptation of Thomas J. Harris's novel, FBI trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer; unfortunately, her Faustian relationship with Lecter soon leads to his escape … and now, two deranged killers are on the loose. Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster ... Director: Jonathan Demme Genre: Thrillers Format: Full Screen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Some kids have imaginary friends. Cole (Haley Joel Osment) does them one better: He lives in a world beyond imagination, filled with ghosts and madness. Bruce Willis is the empathic child psychiatrist who tries to heal the child, only to find that the poltergeists are not of this world and the problem may be his own. Tightly wound and filled with twists, M. Night Shyamalan's terrifying thriller will chill you. Starring: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment Director: M. Night Shyamalan Genre: Thrillers Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Fate and a tenacious 8-year-old boy conspire to unite lovelorn widower Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) and unhappily engaged Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) in Nora Ephron's Oscar-nominated romantic comedy, inspired by the 1957 classic An Affair to Remember. When Annie hears Sam and his young son, Jonah (Ross Malinger), on a call-in radio show, she thinks she's found her soul mate. Jonah knows Annie is the one, but convincing his dad could take a little work. Starring: Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks Director: Nora Ephron Genre: Romance Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: Korean ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

After coming within one question of winning it all on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?," 18-year-old Mumbai "slumdog" Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) is arrested on suspicion that he cheated his way to the top. While in custody, he regales a jaded inspector (Irfan Khan) with remarkable tales of his life on the streets and the story of the woman (Freida Pinto) he loved and lost. Danny Boyle directs this Oscar-winning Best Picture. Starring: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto Director: Danny Boyle Genre: Drama Format: DVD Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

With its transvestitism, palpable sex and murder, Billy Wilder's legendary screwball comedy reveals dark, hilarious roots. Musicians Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and get out of town the only way they know how -- dressed as women. On the road to Florida with an all-girl band, they meet Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe), and things start to heat up in this legendary farce. Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis ,Jack Lemon Director: Billy Wilder Genre: Classics Format: Widescreen Language: English Subtitles: French Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Aspiring author Stingo (Peter MacNicol) shares a Brooklyn boarding house with winsome Polish émigré Sophie (Meryl Streep) and her mercurial lover, Nathan (Kevin Kline) -- a union unsettled by Nathan's violent behavior and Sophie's disturbing recollections of her wartime experience. Stingo discovers that Sophie is a fraud, though, when her accounts of her stint at a Nazi concentration camp unravel, laying bare the real source of her torment. Starring: Peter MacNicol, Meryl Streep Director: Alan J. Pakula Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: Spanish Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Finding out there's a bomb on your bus (which will explode if the driver goes slower than 50 miles per hour, no less) is never a good thing -- but if your demolitions-expert-in-shining armor turns out to be Keanu Reeves, at least you'll have a fun ride. Jan De Bont's "Die Hard on a bus" thrill-fest has all the stunts, explosions and edge-of-your-seat moments an action fan could want -- plus Sandra Bullock in her breakthrough role. Starring: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock Director: Jan De Bont Genre: Action & Adventure Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

In this Rob Reiner dramatization of Stephen King's novella, The Body, a writer (Richard Dreyfuss) tells the story of how he and three other boys sought adventure and heroism. In the 1950s, in the woods of Oregon, the boys set out to find a missing teen's dead body. What they find out about themselves along the way, though, means even more in this coming-of-age tale co-starring River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Wil Wheaton and Jerry O'Connell. Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman Director: Rob Reiner Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: French, English ... Subtitles: Spanish ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee ...

The lives of a tight-knit group of Louisiana women intersect at Truvy's (Dolly Parton) salon in this Oscar-nominated comedic tearjerker from director Herbert Ross. M'Lynn (Sally Field) survives her daughter Shelby's (Julia Roberts) wedding, only to face Shelby's risky choice to have a baby. Ouiser (Shirley MacLaine), Clairee (Olympia Dukakis) and Annelle (Daryl Hannah) round out the group that proves that with friends, you can survive anything. Starring: Sally Field, Dolly Parton Director: Herbert Ross Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Billy Wilder's noir classic about Hollywood decadence remains as razor-sharp as ever. Norma (Gloria Swanson), a faded silent film star plotting her return, employs Joe (William Holden), a struggling screenwriter, to help edit a script that she has penned. As the work progresses, Norma draws closer to Joe, engulfing him in her fiery throes, but Joe wants out. Starring: Gloria Swanson, William Holden Director: Billy Wilder Genre: Classics Format: Full Screen ... Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Charming sociopath Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) maneuvers his way into the lush life of a young heir (Jude Law) vacationing in Italy in this increasingly creepy thriller from Anthony Minghella (The English Patient). Nominated for multiple Oscars and Golden Globes, the film features breathtaking cinematography and standout performances from all involved (including Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett and Philip Seymour Hoffman). Starring: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow Director: Anthony Minghella Genre: Thrillers Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Mothers are from Mars, and daughters are from Venus in this warm, offbeat story adapted from Larry McMurtry's novel. Director James L. Brooks seamlessly tells the story of a mother and daughter whose lives are changed by the men they love and their abiding love for each other. Terms of Endearment won five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actress (MacLaine), Best Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson), Best Director and Best Screenplay.

Director Terrence Malick's lyrical retelling of James Jones's novel about the bloody 1942 battle for Guadalcanal was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. With narration from Pvt. Witt (Sean Penn), fellow soldiers Capt. John Gaff (John Cusack), Sgt. Keck (Woody Harrelson) and the rest of the company become a tight-knit group as they face the horrors of war to hold onto a key-positioned airfield -- and their own sanity. Starring: Nick Nolte, Sean Penn Director: Terrence Malick Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Julie Andrews (hot off her triumph in The Sound of Music) stars as Millie Dillmount -- a small-town girl who comes to New York during the "roaring twenties" in search of a secretarial job and an unattached boss. Before you can say "23 skidoo," Millie befriends fellow single girl Mary Tyler Moore and comes across a white slavery plot run by a hysterically funny Beatrice Lillie. Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen contributed to the tuneful score. Starring: Julie Andrews, James Fox ,Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing,Director: George Roy Hill Genre: Comedy Format: Widescreen Language: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Based on the classic sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells, The Time Machine stars Guy Pearce as Alexander Hartdegen, a scientist and inventor who's determined to prove that time travel is possible. In the 1890s, he builds a time machine that sends him progressively farther in the future -- eventually hurtling him 800,000 years from now to a strange time where mankind has divided into two races: the hunters and the hunted. Starring: Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba Director: Simon Wells Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Format: Widescreen Language: EnglishSubtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

The Who made history with this campy cult classic -- the first-ever filmed "rock opera" -- which tells the tale of Tommy (Roger Daltry), a boy who loses the ability to hear, speak and see after the tragic death of his father. Despite his losses, Tommy becomes a pinball champion and religious messiah, only to have his followers betray him. Tina Turner, Elton John and Eric Clapton all turn in performances in this outlandish production.Starring: Oliver Reed, Ann-Margret Director: Ken Russell Genre: Music & Musicals Format: Widescreen Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Roland Young returns as Cosmo Topper in the third and final film (following 1937's Topper and 1939's Topper Takes a Trip) in the highly popular comedy series. This time around, Joan Blondell is the ghost, and Topper helps her rest in peace by finding her murderer. An added attraction here is the inimitable Eddie Anderson, better known as "Rochester." Starring: Joan Blondell, Patsy Kelly Director: Roy Del Ruth Genre: Classics Format: Full Screen ... Language: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

In director Irwin Allen's Oscar-winning actioner, architect Doug Roberts (Paul Newman) and builder James Duncan (William Holden) are celebrating their latest success: the world's tallest building. But when a blaze caused by bad wiring rages during the grand opening, Doug and Fire Chief O'Hallorhan (Steve McQueen) must beat impossible odds to save those trapped inside, including Doug's lady, Susan (Faye Dunaway), and con man Harlee (Fred Astaire). Starring: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman Director: John Guillermin Genre: Classics Language: French, English ... Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

In 1193 B.C., Prince Paris of Troy (Orlando Bloom) kidnaps legendary beauty Helen (Diane Kruger) from her husband, King Menelaus of Sparta, setting the two nations on a collision course for war. The Greeks, including Achilles (Brad Pitt), marshal their entire armada, sail to Troy and begin a decade-long siege. Eric Bana plays Hector, the leader of the Trojan forces, and Sean Bean is the wily Ulysses (of Trojan Horse fame). Positively Homeric! Starring: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana Director: Wolfgang Petersen Genre: Action Adventure Format: Full screen Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

It's 1942 and the Nazis are winning the war at sea, thanks to the Enigma encoding device that makes the German ciphering system unbreakable. A group of American submariners undertakes a mission to steal the Enigma in this Oscar-winning thriller. Among those facing tremendous risks for the greater good of the Allies are Lt. Andrew Tyler (Matthew McConaughey), Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren (Bill Paxton) and Lt. Pete Emmett (Jon Bon Jovi). Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton Director: Jonathan Mostow Genre: Action & Adventure Format: DVD Language: English Subtitles: None Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Director Cameron Crowe delivers a bizarre yet beautiful take on love, beauty and morality. Tom Cruise has it all: wealth, good looks and a gorgeous woman (Cameron Diaz). But just when he's found true love with Sofia (Penelope Cruz), Cruise's face is horribly disfigured in a car accident, and he loses everything … or does he? (Check out the original Spanish version, Open Your Eyes, also starring Cruz.) Starring: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz Director: Cameron Crowe Genre: Thrillers Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Among the pantheon of great country singers, Johnny Cash (played here by Joaquin Phoenix) may just be the most enigmatic. James Mangold's film distills Cash's transformation from man to icon -- from his hardscrabble days on an Arkansas farm to Sun Records in Memphis, Tenn., where Cash finally found a way for his talent to come into its own. Reese Witherspoon plays his beloved June, alongside co-stars Robert Patrick and Shelby Lynne. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon Director:James Mangold Genre:Drama Format: Widescreen/Full Screen Language: English Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Winner of eight Oscars, director Elia Kazan's classic morality tale stars Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy, a has-been boxer who experiences a crisis of conscience while working for mobbed-up union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb). Terry turns a blind eye when Friendly's thugs kill a fellow dockworker to keep him from testifying in a corruption case, but has second thoughts when the victim's sister (Eva Marie Saint) urges him to take a stand. Starring: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden Director: Elia Kazan Genre: Classics Format: Full Screen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Winner of 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture, this classic musical set among the tenements of New York City finds star-crossed lovers Maria (Natalie Wood) and Tony (Richard Beymer) caught in the midst of a turf war between rival street gangs. The modern Romeo and Juliet story features original choreography by Jerome Robbins, as adapted from the Broadway stage production. Oscar winners Rita Moreno and George Chakiris co-star. Starring: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer Director: Robert Wise Genre: Classics Format: DVD and Blu-ray Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

Robin Williams plays Chris Nielson, a kind of everyman who dies in a car accident and goes straight to heaven. Overcome with grief, his wife, Annie (Annabella Sciorra), commits suicide and ends up in slightly warmer climes. Undeterred, Nielson embarks on an epic journey to hell (assisted by angelic Cuba Gooding Jr.) to find his despairing wife. Lush special effects will make this movie resonate in your own dreams. Starring: Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr. Director: Vincent Ward Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: Spanish ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

In this Grand Guignol chiller, Hudson sisters Jane (Bette Davis) and Blanche (Joan Crawford), both aging actresses, share a rotting Los Angeles mansion. Jane, once a vaudeville headliner, has seen her career wane while her sibling's star soared. A devastating car crash -- blamed on a drunken, green-eyed Jane -- leaves Blanche wheelchair-bound, and the increasingly psychotic Jane seizes the chance to settle the score and plot her showbiz comeback. Starring: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford ... Director: Robert Aldrich Genre: Classics Format: Widescreen ... Language: English ... Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner

A dwarfish "Nelwyn" named Willow finds a baby adrift in a river and must protect it from an evil queen (Jean Marsh) bent on its destruction. Along with studly Madmartigan (Val Kilmer), Willow battles dragons and vanquishes evildoers, all the while shielding the infant from harm. Taken for what it is, the movie's a tribute of sorts to another film starring a diminutive hero, Lord of the Rings. Starring: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley Director: Ron Howard Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: None Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

In this scandalously sexy, eye-popping feast, three bored friends (Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer and Susan Sarandon) can't resist the devilish charms of the new man in town (Jack Nicholson). But the ladies soon discover that there's a surprise in getting what you wish for. Nicholson is intense and funny in his over-the-top performance as Satan. Starring: Jack Nicholson, Cher Director: George Miller Genre: Comedy Format: Widescreen ... Language: French, English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

The funky "Ease on Down the Road" is among the hummable tunes in Motown's lavish interpretation of L. Frank Baum's ageless tale. When bashful Harlem schoolteacher Dorothy (Diana Ross) exits a family gathering to search for lost pooch Toto, she's caught in a blizzard and transported to the magical land of Oz. Ross' stellar supporting cast includes Michael Jackson, funnyman Nipsey Russell, the incomparable Lena Horne and Richard Pryor as the Wiz. Starring: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson Director: Sidney Lumet Genre: Classics Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: French Awards: Academy Award® Nominee

Industrious secretary Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) dreams of climbing the corporate ladder and may be on her way after landing a job with Katherine Parker (Sigourney Weaver), a top brokerage firm executive. When a skiing mishap puts Katharine out of commission, the secretary discovers her boss has stolen Tess' idea for saving a client. Hooking up with investment broker Jack Trainer (Harrison Ford), Tess takes over the deal and turns the tables. Starring: Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver Director: Mike Nichols Genre: Comedy Format: DVD Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner