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The Rainer Werner Fassbinder Collection: Volume 3 Blu-ray Movie
Gods of the Plague / The American Soldier / The Niklashausen Journey / Rio Das Mortes / Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven / Fear of Fear / Satan's Brew
Arrow | 1970-1976 | 7 Movies | 653 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jul 10, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Dark humor / Psychological thriller / Foreign
Gods of the Plague Blu-ray Movie
Götter der Pest
Arrow | 1970 | 91 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend.
Crime / Drama / Foreign
Rio das Mortes Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 1971 | 84 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru to find buried treasure, using a map of the Rio das Mortes. Michel's girlfriend, Hanna, humors their plan, but really just wants to get married.
The Niklashausen Journey Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 1970 | 90 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
The Black Monk urges a humble shepherd to start a revolution after the shepherd sees the Virgin Mary.
Drama
The American Soldier Blu-ray Movie
Der Amerikanische Soldat
Arrow | 1970 | 80 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
The American Soldier (originally "Der Amerikanische Soldat") was the third of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "gangster trilogy." The film stars Karl Scheid as a German/American Vietnam veteran who takes a job as a hired assassin on behalf of the Munich crime lords. Scheid works both sides of the fence when three policemen engage him to knock off some awkward malcontents. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Foreign
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven Blu-ray Movie
Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel
Arrow | 1975 | 108 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. Mrs. Kusters wants to add canned sausages to the stew, her annoying daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. The point, we soon find out, is moot: Mr. Kusters has murdered the personnel director at the soap factory where he works before committing suicide.
Drama / Dark humor / Foreign
Fear of Fear Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 1975 | 88 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Drama / Foreign
Satan's Brew Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 1976 | 112 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Drama / Foreign
The Spanish Dancer Blu-ray Movie
Milestone | 1923 | 103 min | Not rated | Aug 29, 2023 | Dr. Stephen Larson
A love story between Don Cesar de Bazan and a beautiful Gypsy dancer.
Drama / Romance / Foreign
The Fugitive 4K Blu-ray Movie
30th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 1993 | 130 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 21, 2023 | Randy Miller III
A Chicago surgeon falsely convicted of killing his wife is determined to prove his innocence by leading his pursuers to the man who actually committed the crime.
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection 4K Blu-ray Movie
Rope / The Man Who Knew Too Much / Torn Curtain / Topaz / Frenzy / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1948-1972 | 5 Movies | 586 min | Rated PG | Oct 31, 2023 | Justin Dekker
See individual titles for their synopses.
Adventure / Crime / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Dark humor / Psychological thriller
Frenzy 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1972 | 116 min | Rated R | Oct 31, 2023 | Justin Dekker
In modern-day London, a sex criminal known as the Necktie Murderer has the police on alert, and in typical Hitchcock fashion, the trail is leading to an innocent man, who must now elude the law and prove his innocence by finding the real murderer,
Thriller / Dark humor
Topaz 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1969 | 142 min | Rated PG | Oct 31, 2023 | Justin Dekker
The Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, brought a best-selling spy novel to the screen with riveting results in this spellbinding espionage thriller. John Forsythe star as an American CIA agent who hires a French operative named Devereaux (Frederick Stafford) to go to Cuba and check out rumours of Russian missiles and a NATO spy called Topaz.
Thriller
Torn Curtain 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1966 | 128 min | Rated PG | Oct 31, 2023 | Justin Dekker
Paul Newman and Julie Andrews star in this classic tale of international espionage set behind the Iron Curtain.
Mystery / Thriller
The Man Who Knew Too Much 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1956 | 120 min | Rated PG | Oct 31, 2023 | Justin Dekker
International spies kidnap a doctor's son when he stumbles on their assassination plot. Filmed in VistaVision.
Adventure / Crime / Mystery / Thriller
Rope 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1948 | 81 min | Rated PG | Oct 31, 2023 | Justin Dekker
Two wealthy young men try to commit the perfect crime by murdering a friend.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Psychological thriller
Three Into Two Won't Go Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1969 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 94 min | Rated R | Aug 22, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Steve Howard, a British sales executive living in Middlesex, England, begins an affair with a young hitchhiker, Ella Patterson, to emotionally get away from his marriage to his wife Frances. But when Ella moves into a room in Steve and Frances' house, he must keep the true nature of his relationship with Ella under wraps at all costs.
Drama
Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Classmates Blu-ray Movie
Discotek Media | 1973 | 88 min | Unrated | Jul 25, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
At Seiwa Academy for Girls, the surface is all prestige with an impressive study abroad program and top-notch sports department. However, beneath the veneer of excellence lies the dangerous and corrupt Black Roses Society, who rule the school with an iron fist. The arrival of five transfer students - Masami, Masae, Shizuko, Kazue, and Aki - sets off a culture clash between female juvenile delinquents, sadistic jocks, and perverted faculty members. Masami, Masae, and Shizuko quickly fall in line with the bad crowd, while Kazue tries to play it safe and earn a scholarship to study abroad. But Aki, a lone wolf and skilled fencer, refuses to tolerate unfair play. In this jungle of a school, these newcomers must navigate the treacherous terrain and fierce classmates.
Action / Crime / Foreign
Jeans Blues: No Future Blu-ray Movie
ジーンズブルース 明日なき無頼派
Discotek Media | 1974 | 91 min | Unrated | Sep 26, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn't hers. Meanwhile, Jiro Katagiri is up to no good with his gangster friends and ends up making off with all their ill-gotten gains, much to their disapproval. The two misfits end up meeting after a car crash and soon end up on the road together in (another) stolen car.
Crime / Thriller / Foreign
- November 16, 2023
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Season Three Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2022 | 389 min | Rated TV-MA | Sep 26, 2023 | Martin Liebman
In Season 3 of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Jack races against time and across Europe to stop a rogue faction within the Russian government from restoring the Soviet Empire and starting World War III.
Action / Drama / Thriller