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poster
Criterion Channel
88
8.5
/23075/
82
/594/
82
/539/
4.5
/49390/
95
/19/
96
/114/

Le Trou (1960)
Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer. Over the course of three days, the prisoners and friends break through the concrete floor using a bed post and begin to make their way through the sewer system – yet their escape is anything but assured.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
8.0
/59628/
78
/1065/
79
/948/
4.3
/110305/
96
/49/
93
/1068/

Throne of Blood (1957)
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
poster
AMC+
78
7.4
/45812/
74
/1282/
74
/912/
3.9
/112128/
83
/12/
89
/520/

Thesis (1996)
While doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured to death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former student at her college...
poster
Kanopy
75
7.0
/668/
73
/57/
64
/13/
3.5
/2793/
95
/40/
73
/5/
75
/15/

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project (2019)
Marion Stokes secretly recorded television 24 hours a day for 30 years from 1975 until her death in 2012. For Marion taping was a form of activism to seek the truth, and she believed that a comprehensive archive of the media would be invaluable for future generations. Her visionary and maddening project nearly tore her family apart, but now her 70,000 VHS tapes are being digitized and they'll be searchable online.
poster
73
7.2
/111758/
71
/3722/
72
/2396/
3.9
/346094/
83
/60/
80
/2714/
58
/6/

Videodrome (1983)
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
7.9
/22956/
77
/376/
76
/246/
3.6
/8892/
58
/84/
87
/640/
50
/20/

The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009)
In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant ended in tragedy.
poster
78
70
7.4
/6538/
71
/109/
72
/117/
3.7
/5208/
100
/10/
82
/151/

Forgotten Silver (1997)
The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
7.1
/20510/
67
/500/
69
/381/
3.6
/51537/
62
/13/
75
/264/
60
/9/

Benny's Video (1992)
A 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.
poster
65
7.3
/367209/
75
/15622/
72
/8047/
3.9
/751898/
52
/195/
71
/5084/
54
/39/
cc age 12+

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
poster
MUBI
64
7.0
/1139/
68
/98/
69
/22/
3.4
/7156/
71
/63/
75
/3/
59
/12/

Kim's Video (2023)
Since 1987, and for almost three decades, New York cinephiles had access to a vast treasure trove of rare films thanks to Kim's Video, a small empire run by Yongman Kim, an enigmatic character who amassed more than fifty thousand VHS tapes.
poster
Kanopy
64
5.9
/22672/
60
/1411/
58
/439/
3.2
/77147/
89
/167/
56
/92/
69
/26/
cc age 16+

Censor (2021)
A screener at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of control after viewing a low-budget horror with similarities to the disappearance of her sister.
poster
64
6.7
/6308/
67
/503/
64
/93/
3.0
/20367/
71
/28/
63
/46/
59
/4/
cc age 13+

The Last Blockbuster (2020)
A documentary on the last remaining Blockbuster Video in Bend, Oregon.
poster
71
64
6.8
/4157/
68
/136/
61
/52/
3.6
/2440/
100
/5/
62
/59/

Play Dirty (1969)
During World War II in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital Nazi oil depot.
poster
77
58
7.4
/2543/
71
/110/
71
/59/
3.6
/1946/
100
/8/
78
/14/

Chuck Norris vs Communism (2015)
In late eighties, in Ceausescu's Romania, a black market VHS bootlegger and a courageous female translator brought the magic of Western films to the Romanian people and sowed the seeds of a revolution.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
57
5.8
/43169/
58
/1113/
55
/918/
2.3
/13621/
22
/59/
29
/865/
43
/13/
cc age 18+

Spread (2009)
A gigolo must contend with the prospect that he has found true love.
poster
59
56
6.1
/8128/
61
/259/
61
/237/
3.1
/9443/
52
/127/

Men Behind the Sun (1988)
Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where they're horribly tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
54
5.4
/3662/
56
/281/
55
/93/
2.9
/9417/
68
/63/
41
/24/
cc age 15+

Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021)
In the late 90s, a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind them.
poster
71
52
7.1
/2980/
65
/48/
67
/48/
3.5
/2333/
80
/5/
75
/16/

The Mob (1951)
An undercover officer tracks waterfront corruption from California to New Orleans and back.
poster
Hoopla
49
5.6
/16171/
60
/374/
54
/239/
2.8
/5738/
17
/24/
28
/240/
53
/26/

Another Stakeout (1993)
A pair of immature detectives are joined by a pesky assistant district attorney in staking out a lakeside home where an important Mafia trial witness is believed to be heading.
poster
76
48
7.7
/1381/
76
/49/
68
/29/
3.6
/2006/
89
/33/

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)
A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.
poster
74
48
7.7
/3903/
77
/51/
75
/32/
3.5
/1125/

Loafing and Camouflage (1984)
A group of Greek soldiers are assigned to run the Cinematographic Unit of the army in the midst of political unrest.
poster
Kanopy
74
45
7.0
/953/
68
/40/
64
/31/
3.3
/1688/
100
/5/
78
/13/

Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector (2013)
A documentary capturing the modern day VHS culture and VHS collectors.
poster
Cultpix
67
28
7.0
/570/
63
/27/
67
/25/
3.4
/1214/

Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005)
An in-depth analysis of the "Video Nasty" scandal of the early 1980s in Britain.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
55
28
5.7
/966/
53
/67/
53
/40/
2.7
/2081/
62
/7/

VHS Massacre: Cult Films and the Decline of Physical Media (2016)
This lively documentary explores the rise and fall of physical media from the origin of film all the way through the video store era into digital media, focusing on B-movie and cult films. With icons like Joe Bob Briggs (MonsterVision), Lloyd Kaufman (Toxic Avenger), Greg Sestero (The Room), Debbie Rochon (Return to Nuke 'Em High), Deborah Reed (Troll 2), Mark Frazer (Samurai Cop), James Nguyen (Birdemic) and many others.
poster
45
22
3.5
/368/
40
/19/
44
/14/
2.8
/329/
59
/22/
41
/235/

Men Behind the Sun 3: A Narrow Escape (1994)
During the shut down and destruction of the Japanese test camp Squadron 731 in Manchuria, a soldier becomes infected with a virus developed during the camp's testing and risks spreading it into Japan on the train ride home.
poster
49
18
4.4
/782/
48
/36/
49
/23/
2.7
/871/

Man Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil (1992)
In 1935, Japan's Unit 731 conducts inhumane experiments. A doctor tries to free prisoners, including his fiancée, from the camp while witnessing atrocities.
poster
67
17
7.0
/291/
67
/12/
65
/16/
3.4
/685/

Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2 (2006)
An investigation of UK video censorship after the video recordings act was introduced.
poster
62
15
6.4
/691/
58
/18/
60
/16/
3.4
/399/

The Parisian Lady (1969)
Sometimes, the circumstances call for reckless bravery--and just like that--a humble neighbourhood seamstress becomes an enchanting Parisian couturière bent on dazzling Mykonos' haut monde. But, is all fair in love and war?
poster
66
13
6.8
/430/
70
/15/
56
/14/
3.5
/373/

90° in the Shade (1965)
In a Prague shop, an assistant has been carrying on an affair with the dishonest, married manager. An emotionally repressed auditor with domestic problems of his own uncovers serious stock discrepancies. A test of loyalties and a questioning of values concludes in tragedy.
poster
65
11
6.7
/224/
65
/19/
62
/10/
3.4
/396/

VHS Revolution (2017)
Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the media generated – with far-fetched examples of canine television games, seduction manuals, aerobics class while holding a baby, among others.
poster
?
7.6
/24/

(Warum verkauft mein Vater seine) Plattensammlung? (2010)
My fathers moves to another flat and wants to sell his vinyl collection after decades of passionate collecting. A conversation between father and son, respectively documentary-film protagonist and filmmaker covers reflections about collecting.
poster
44
?
5.2
/74/
25
/4/
41
/7/
3.0
/407/

Less (1973)
"Near the end of 1973, Frampton realized that he had not finished a single film over the course of a year. He promptly conceived and executed LESS, a doubly punning work in which a minimalist Frampton generates a twenty-four frame (one-second) loop of the incremental blacking out of a nude image by photographer Les Krims." - Bruce Jenkins
poster
?
7.6
/36/
60
/2/
10
/1/

Sex Abuse in the Church: Code of Silence (2017)
Secret internal documents reveal how Catholic Church officials protect priests accused of pedophilia and sexual abuse by moving them from country to country, sometimes as far away as Africa. Even Pope Francis is implicated. When he was bishop of Buenos Aires, he tried to influence the Argentinean justice system in order to protect a convicted priest. From Cameroon to Argentina, America to France and Italy, this investigation traces the transfers of pedophile priests.
poster
?
5.7
/31/

Mr. Eckles (2018)
A plain but queerly different envelope by a certain Mr. Eckles among Mia's mail sets in motion a spine-chilling string of unexplained events. But, what is the meaning of this, and above all, who is Mr. Eckles?
poster
?
8.1
/23/
80
/1/

Cult Of VHS (2022)
A Love Letter / Feature Length Documentary about the impact that VHS had and still has in the hearts of fans around the world.
poster
?
5.8
/19/
65
/2/
100
/1/

VHS Love: Cult Cinema Obsession (2022)
True hard core collectors have no boundaries, they will buy three of everything and must have all the staple items of their fandom on their shelves. Experience the world of VHS obsessed enthusiasts who celebrate their own unique culture and live and breathe all things VHS. The format that never dies is back and here to stay! Celebrate all things cult cinema and delve deep into the minds of avid collectors who will stop at nothing to collect every beloved movie of their youth on VHS.
poster
47
?
5.6
/109/
40
/1/

Unit 731 (2015)
Unit 731 explores a side of WWII history that is largely unknown to the Western World. Documenting the development of WWII from the perspective of the Far East Front, the story of the gruesome human research center, UNIT 731, is revealed.
poster
DocAlliance Films
?
6.8
/21/

731: Two Versions of Hell (2006)
Two Versions of Hell is both a documentary about Japan's World War Two biological weapons facility, Unit 731, and a demonstration of the power of historical revisionism.
poster
?
7.4
/68/
55
/4/

The African Tale (1963)
A USSR animated short adapted from one of Jomo Kenyatta's fables.
poster
?
8.5
/70/
78
/5/
100
/1/

Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide - The Final 39 (2010)
Every Video Nasty from the DPP list of 39 is critiqued and explored, followed by the original trailers.
poster
?
6.4
/35/
55
/2/
67
/3/

Kizu: The Untold Story of Unit 731 (2004)
Documentary about Japan's Unit 731 of World War II.
poster
64
?
7.3
/146/
43
/6/
70
/3/
3.6
/390/

Harold and the Purple Crayon (1959)
This is the ingeniously imaginative story of a small boy who, with his magic crayon, draws himself in and out of a series of adventures.
poster
?
5.1
/56/
10
/1/
43
/3/

Paid in Blood (1971)
Luigi Batzella directed this spaghetti western under the pseudonym "Paolo Solvay." Gioffredo Scarciofolo stars (using his standard alias, "Jeff Cameron") as Tom Carter, whose brother was murdered and robbed by the evil Ringo Brown (William Mayor) shortly after taking all his money out of the bank to marry Cora (Krista Nell), a local saloon girl. Tom is suspicious of Cora, but she helps him unmask the real killer.
poster
Pluto TV
53
?
4.7
/172/
43
/6/
64
/5/
3.0
/237/

VHS Lives: A Schlockumentary (2017)
The golden age of home video may be over, but VHS is still very much alive for these dedicated fans, collectors and low-budget filmmakers.
poster
?
7.9
/45/
56
/6/
58
/6/

The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse (2011)
The extraordinary story of comedian Bob Monkhouse's life and career, told through the vast private archive of films, TV shows, letters and memorabilia that he left behind.
poster
49
?
4.8
/678/
55
/7/
44
/14/

Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet (1991)
Sergeant Friman is developing an automatic submarine detector that piques the interest of both, Swedish and Russian spies.
poster
46
?
6.7
/99/
10
/1/
62
/6/

The Outlaws (1958)
Some months before the outbreak of the Greek Civil War three outlaws struggle for survival in the mountains. Directed by Nikos Koundouros.
poster
70
?
6.9
/428/
66
/12/
77
/6/

Μήτσος ο Ρεζίλης (1984)
Mitsos, the son of a coffee shop owner and matchmaker, runs a marriage bureau and earns his living by arranging marriages. He does not hesitate to dress up according to the occasion in order to satisfy his clients' whims. Everything goes well until he meets Eva and his heart beats wildly with love.


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