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The perfect couple living in the perfect house in a perfect suburb? Not quite. April (Kate Winslet) and Frank's (Leonardo DiCaprio) marriage unravels when a desperate plan to change their "perfect" lives becomes their last hope to escape lives actually engulfed in emptiness. Sam Mendes helms this heartrending, razor-sharp glance at the 1950s American Dream -- behind the picture window. Michael Shannon and Kathy Bates co-star.

Only Jim Jarmusch could direct a Western like this: a poetry-loving American Indian mistakes accountant William Blake (Johnny Depp) for the English writer by the same name, while bounty hunters take Blake for a murderer. Jarmusch packs his independent-minded film with an unlikely collection of castmates, including Iggy Pop, Gabriel Byrne, John Hurt -- and Robert Mitchum, in one of his final big-screen roles.

Ethan Hawke reprises his role as Jesse, a traveling American who fell for a sweet French girl named Celine (Julie Delpy) while he was backpacking through Europe, in this sequel to the 1995 hit Before Sunrise that's set nine years after they met. Now a successful author, Jessie's on a book tour in Paris when Celine shows up at a reading, just hours before his plane leaves. It's their last chance at closure -- and maybe their second shot at love.

Academy Award winner Jane Campion directs this true story about Janet Frame (Kerry Fox), an excruciatingly shy girl who escaped a dysfunctional upbringing and eight years in a mental institution to become New Zealand's premier poet. The film unfolds as a trilogy chronicling Frame's childhood and teenage years; her time as a teacher and her incarceration; and her years spent as a writer traveling on a grant in Europe and finding her first love.

This disc includes episodes: "A Line in the Sand" and "Destination Timbuktu."

This disc includes the episodes: "Absolute Desert" and "Dire Straits."

Drawing scenes and dialogue from the records of participants and eyewitnesses, this first-rate documentary meticulously re-creates the saga of the Pilgrims, from their extraordinary Mayflower crossing to their encounters with Native Americans. Featuring a cast of actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company, the program was filmed at Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts and locations in England, Belgium, Maryland and Virginia.

Brian F. O'Byrne portrays Alexander Hamilton, America's first treasury secretary and the second most influential person in young America after George Washington, in this insightful documentary. Here, his life and death are explored in detail. The oftentimes controversial Hamilton founded the Coast Guard, saved the new republic from bankruptcy, founded what would become Wall Street and helped develop the Constitution.

This disc contains two films: "Christo's Valley Curtain" and "Running Fence."

This disc contains two films: "Islands" and "Christo in Paris."

This disc contains the film "Umbrellas" plus an interview (with Albert Maysles, Christo and Jeanne-Claude) and commentary on all five films.

This installment of the acclaimed PBS television series "American Experience" looks at one of the least understood periods in American history, Reconstruction, which spanned the tumultuous years from 1863 to 1877. The documentary tracks the extraordinary stories of ordinary Americans -- Southerners, Northerners, white and black -- as they struggle to shape new lives in a United States turned upside down.

This landmark "American Experience" episode chronicles the story of 250,000 American teenagers who left their homes to ride freight trains across the country during the Great Depression -- adventures that were borne out of necessity. Interviews with witnesses and rare footage accurately document the emotion and angst of the teens. The soundtrack includes music from various folk artists such as Woody Guthrie, Jimmie Rodgers, and Brownie McGhee.

Nicholas Hytner, Richard Griffiths and Frances de la Tour reprise their Tony-winning roles in this engaging film version of Alan Bennett's play, chronicling a rowdy group of boys on their way to higher education. On a quest to attend either Oxford or Cambridge, the teens grapple with the intricacies of university entrance exams and admissions, ultimately learning as much about the education system as they do about academics.

In the aftermath of the Balkan War, a widowed seamstress named Esma (Mirjana Karanovic) takes a waitress job to help pay for a pricey school trip for her daughter Sara (Luna Mijovic). While Esma ponders a romance with a co-worker (Leon Lucev), she also copes with Sara's budding adolescence. Writer-director Jasmila Zbanic's gut-wrenching drama was the surprise winner of the Berlin Film Festival's prestigious Golden Bear award.

Ten years after their divorce, Jane (Meryl Streep) and Jake (Alec Baldwin) unite for their son's college graduation and end up sleeping together. But Jake is married, and Jane is embarking on a new romance with her architect, Adam (Steve Martin).

After raising themselves in the desert along with thousands of other "lost boys," Sudanese refugees John, Daniel and Panther have found their way to America, where they experience electricity, running water and supermarkets for the first time. Capturing their wonder at things Westerners take for granted, this documentary, an award winner at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, paints an intimate portrait of strangers in a strange land.

In an Oscar-nominated performance, Vanessa Redgrave shines as Mary Stuart, queen of Scotland. Returning from France to assume the throne, Mary finds her ascension challenged by her brother, her husband and her cousin Queen Elizabeth I (Glenda Jackson). Timothy Dalton, Patrick McGoohan and Ian Holm co-star in this lavish production from director Charles Jarrott and producer Hal B. Wallis, creators of Anne of the Thousand Days.

Richard Harris stars as heroic commoner Oliver Cromwell, who single-handedly waged bloody battle against King Charles I in a civil war that pitted the Puritan middle class against the decadent English aristocracy during the 17th century. Cromwell, against daunting odds, eventually emerged victorious, while King Charles I suffered the loss of his head. Timothy Dalton, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley and Dorothy Tutin co-star.

When King Henry VIII (Richard Burton) decides to divorce his first wife, Katherine of Aragon (Irene Papas), and marry the beautiful Anne Boleyn (Geneviève Bujold), he ignites religious and political drama that stretches from London all the way to Rome. This acclaimed film (which won an Oscar for Costume Design) focuses on the woman at the center of the affair to tell the story of one of the most dramatic chapters in English royal history.

This disc contains the beginning of the miniseries.

This disc contains the conclusion of the miniseries as well as bonus material.

In this provocative period piece, Johnny Depp portrays 17th-century poet John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester, who received posthumous acclaim for his sexually overt poetry and, during his brief life, was known for his womanizing ways. Wilmot's rakish adventures include attempting to kidnap the woman he would eventually marry, constantly angering the king and wooing actress Elizabeth Barry. Samantha Morton and John Malkovich co-star.

When infamous gunslinger Billy the Kid (Jack Beutel) rides into town, Doc Holliday (Walter Huston) and legendary lawman Pat Garrett (Thomas Mitchell) are forced to test their friendship. But once the sultry Rio (Jane Russell) shows up to test their libidos, all bets are off. Eccentric millionaire Howard Hughes directs a young and buxom Russell in her screen debut -- a cleavage-bearing performance that kept Hollywood censors on their toes.

Quite by accident, an engineer builds a machine that can transport the user back in time. But his discovery comes with an ominous caveat: At the heart of this puzzling device, nothing is as it seems on the surface.

Alex Proyas directs this shadowy sci-fi masterpiece about a man (Rufus Sewell) who awakens to find himself accused of murder in a strange city. Now, he must untangle his jumbled memories while eluding both the police and a woman claiming to be his wife (Jennifer Connelly). This special edition director's cut boasts 11 minutes of new footage, plus commentary from Proyas, film critic Roger Ebert and screenwriters Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer.

With one eye on his lifelong dream of working in outer space, a genetically flawed but determined "In-Valid" (Ethan Hawke) hires a DNA broker (Tony Shalhoub) to help him obtain more desirable genetic material from a paralyzed man (Jude Law). In the process, he meets and falls in love with a beautiful "Valid" (Uma Thurman) with a heart defect. Screenwriter Andrew Niccol also directs this futuristic thriller in his feature-length debut.

A satellite crashes in New Mexico, prompting scientists to race against the clock to stop a deadly virus from spreading in this Oscar-nominated sci-fi classic based on Michael Crichton's novel of the same name. The alien illness that sprang from the probe has already killed most of those living near the crash site, and now it's up to a team of scientists to stop it. Note: Contains graphic scenes that may be unsuitable for young children.

Leading virtual-reality game designer Allegra Geller is testing a new prototype when an assassin wielding a daunting organic weapon attacks her. She survives the assault but must "portal" into her own game to get to the bottom of the intrigue.

The sun is dying and Earth's days are numbered in this sci-fi thriller helmed by Oscar winner Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire). With permanent darkness looming, scientists devise a plan to reignite the sun before the lights go out forever. To do so, a crew of astronauts is sent hurtling through space on an intense mission to determine the fate of the planet. Cillian Murphy and Michelle Yeoh co-star.

This disc includes the episode "The People" and bonus features.

This disc includes the episodes "Empire Upon the Trails" and "The Speck of the Future."

This disc includes the episodes "The Geography of Hope" and "Fight No More Forever."

This disc includes the episode "Ghost Dance" and the riveting finale, "One Sky Above Us."

This documentary follows an adopted American woman -- one of thousands of Vietnamese children who were separated from their families and flown to America in 1975 -- who gets more than she bargained for when she's reunited with her birth mother. The film emphasizes how much culture, rather than innate physical characteristics, can shape an individual. The film won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.

Alex's (Daniel Brühl) mother (Katrin Sass) falls into a coma just as the Berlin Wall is about to come down. But when she wakes up eight months later, her heart is too weak to withstand shock -- so Alex goes to great lengths to keep the truth about her country's reform a secret. Wolfgang Becker directs this widely praised, Golden Globe-nominated comedy set in East Germany in 1989 that played in festivals around the world.

This disc includes the first part of the series.

This disc includes the second part of the series.

In 1940, Adolf Hitler's dangerous philosophies and armies had overtaken much of Europe, destroying the lives of thousands of men and women and dismantling entire countries. Britain proved to be his biggest nemesis, however. Watch as the Battle of Britain unfolds in this fascinating recollection of some of World War II's dreariest and darkest hours, leavened only by the determination of the Allied forces to fight Hitler's evil.

This disc contains the beginning of the feature.

This disc contains the conclusion of the feature as well as bonus material.

When longtime platonic friends Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) find themselves in financial hot water, they hit upon the idea of making an adult film with amateur actors -- including themselves -- to bring in easy money. But when "action" is called, they discover their unspoken feelings for each other might threaten the whole enterprise. Writer-director Kevin Smith helms this comic look at the line between friendship and romance.

Legendary director John Huston adapts Rudyard Kipling's short story about Daniel Dravot (Sean Connery) and Peachy Carnehan (Michael Caine), two bored British soldiers stationed in India who travel to a mountainous Middle Eastern kingdom in search of riches and power. Embarking on the adventure of a lifetime, they con their way into becoming deities in Kafiristan before losing it all. The film earned four Oscar nominations.

This disc includes the following episodes: "Nations," "King Death" and "Burning Convictions."

This disc includes the following episodes: "The Body of the Queen," "The British Wars" and "Revolutions."

This disc includes the following episodes: "Britannia Incorporated," "The Wrong Empire" and "Forces of Nature."

Inspired by a true story, director Kevin Asch's film tells the story of Sam Gold (Jesse Eisenberg), a young Hasidic Jew from Brooklyn who breaks with Orthodox tradition when he becomes an intercontinental Ecstasy smuggler for an Israeli drug cartel. A blend of neurotic coming-of-age dramedy and tense crime thriller, the film features Justin Bartha ("National Treasure") as Sam's pal Yosef and hip-hop recording artist Q-Tip in a supporting role.

Anthony Hopkins stars as a victorious Roman general who returns from battling the Goths with their queen (Jessica Lange) as his prisoner. But kidnapping is anathema to the Goths, and a devastating cycle of revenge is triggered. Director Julie Taymor takes Shakespeare's bloody classic &NFi;Titus Andronicus&NFi_; and puts it through a phantasmagoric time machine. Highly stylized and thought-provoking, Titus received an Oscar for its brilliant costume design.

In a career-defining performance that earned him his first Academy Award, Gary Cooper stars as Alvin York, a poor Appalachian pacifist drafted into World War I. Placed in an impossible position, York single-handedly captures an entire enemy platoon and becomes a national hero. This World War II-era Hollywood classic based on the real-life war hero received 11 Academy Award nominations, including one for director Howard Hawks.

After a terrible beating left Mark Hogancamp brain damaged, he began creating models of a fictional town, Marwencol, to process the trauma. Jeff Malmberg's documentary explains how Hogancamp uses the elaborate dioramas as stand-ins for real life.

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This disc includes "The Taming of the Shrew" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

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This disc includes "Much Ado About Nothing" and "Macbeth."

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Ian McKellen turns in a sexually charged performance as the titular Edward II of England, a flawed monarch who ruled too much with his heart, in this BBC television adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's 16th-century historical drama. James Laurenson co-stars as Piers Gaveston, Edward's lover and most favored subject who returns happily from exile, only to be persecuted by the king's disapproving nobles.

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Ian McKellen turns in a sexually charged performance as the titular Edward II of England, a flawed monarch who ruled too much with his heart, in this BBC television adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's 16th-century historical drama. James Laurenson co-stars as Piers Gaveston, Edward's lover and most favored subject who returns happily from exile, only to be persecuted by the king's disapproving nobles.

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This disc includes "Much Ado About Nothing" and "Macbeth."

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This disc includes "The Taming of the Shrew" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

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Ian McKellen turns in a sexually charged performance as the titular Edward II of England, a flawed monarch who ruled too much with his heart, in this BBC television adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's 16th-century historical drama. James Laurenson co-stars as Piers Gaveston, Edward's lover and most favored subject who returns happily from exile, only to be persecuted by the king's disapproving nobles.

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This disc includes the following episodes: "Beginnings," "Conquest!" and "Dynasty."

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This disc includes the following episodes: "The Scarface Mob," "The Empty Chair" and "Ma Barker and Her Boys."

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Peter Weir directs this engaging thriller about an Australian lawyer (Richard Chamberlain) who defends a group of aborigines in a murder case, only to begin experiencing strange dreams and visions that portend a catastrophic tidal wave that will decimate Australia. Are these visions the real thing, or is he losing his mind? Finding the answer may prove crucial to the murder case and to the survival of the continent. David Gulpilil co-stars.

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While he projected unflappable confidence on the outside, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt suffered from a barrage of personal demons -- yet his inner turmoil never kept him from success. This installment of the "American Experience" series examines family letters and diaries, authentic film footage and rare interviews with distant relatives to reveal a fascinating figure whose unique brand of ambition would make him unforgettable.

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Peter Weir directs this engaging thriller about an Australian lawyer (Richard Chamberlain) who defends a group of aborigines in a murder case, only to begin experiencing strange dreams and visions that portend a catastrophic tidal wave that will decimate Australia. Are these visions the real thing, or is he losing his mind? Finding the answer may prove crucial to the murder case and to the survival of the continent. David Gulpilil co-stars.

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