Raves From The Grave – must see movie list

4th October 2018

We don’t just sell music, we also sell DVDs covering every genre and period from blockbusters to documentaries and TV series.  Here are a few of our must see movies, all available in store.

  1. Pulp Fiction (1994): The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster’s wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Quentin Tarantino (stories), Roger Avary (stories), John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson.
  2. Schindler’s List (1993): Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp, it is a testament to the good in all of us. Written by Harald Mayr.
  3. Psycho (1960): A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer’s client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. Alfred Hitchcock classic.
  4. Godfather (1972): The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. Francis Ford Coppola.
  5. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966): A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood.
  6. Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977): Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire’s world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher.
  7. Trainspotting (1996): Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends. Dannie Boyle, Ewan McGregor.
  8. JAWS (1975): A local sheriff, a marine biologist and an old seafarer team up to hunt down a great white shark wreaking havoc in a beach resort. Steven Spielberg.
  9. 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968): A space-opera spanning the dawn of man to humanity reaching the stars, 2001: A Space Odyssey tells the story of the Black Monolith, humanity’s evolution and the rise of A.I.’s ultimate supercomputer HAL 9000. Stanley Kubrick.
  10. The Wicker Man (1973): A police sergeant is sent to a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl whom the townsfolk claim never existed. Stranger still are the rites that take place there. Robin Hardy.
  11. E.T. (1982): A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world. Steven Spielberg
  12. Raiders of the Lost of Ark (1981): In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler’s Nazis can obtain its awesome powers. Steven Spielberg.
  13. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968): A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land. Ken Hughes.
  14. Swallows and Amazons (2016): Four children (the Swallows) on holiday in the Lake District sail on their own to an island and start a war with rival children (the Amazons). In the meantime, a mysterious man on a houseboat accuses them of a crime they did not commit. Philipa Lowthorpe.
  15. Goodnight, Mr. Tom (1988): A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond. Jack Gold.
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