Aro Favourite: Classics
25 Classics Films have attained the hallowed status of Aro Favourite
Dame Edna Experience, The (TV Series) (1987)
- Dame Edna Everage hosted this riotous mock chat–show in the late eighties (following a series of successful TV specials), where her guests…
- DVD $24.95, $29.95, $29.95, $39.95
Amadeus (1984)
- Academy–award winning biopic of Mozart's illustrious but brief existence that spawned much of the greatest music ever written. A humourous yet…
- DVD
$20 $15
Danger Diabolik (1968)
- Cat–burgling cool from the pop–art 1960's, outfitted in futuristic chic and the effortless glamour of John Phillip Law and blonde…
- Blu-Ray $24.95
Oliver! (1968)
- Perfect screen adaptation of the 1960 stage musical by British writer and composer Lionel Bart, based on Charles Dickens' timeless tale. For a…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
- A 13–minute credit sequence opens this riveting frontier saga, arguably the finest film of the genre. Charles Bronson steps in to Clint…
- DVD
$25 $18.75
Graduate, The (1967)
- An endearing Dustin Hoffman in his first leading role, is seduced by a middle–aged woman and then falls in love with her daughter. A brilliant…
- DVD
$20 $15
Prisoner, The (TV Series) (1967-1968)
- Patrick McGoohan stars as No.6, a man who wakes to find himself the pawn of a mysterious big brother organisation in this 60's soaked sci–fi…
- DVD $54.95
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
- High powered melodrama with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in peak form as a married couple whose dinner party turns into a violent debacle.…
- DVD
$20 $15
Get Smart (TV Series) (1965-1968)
- Iconic 60's spy spoof series following the enduringly hilarious adventures of an enthusiastic but incompetent secret agent and his loyal, glamorous…
- DVD
$29.95 $20
Thunderbirds (TV Series) (1965- 1966)
- The complete series of Gerry Anderson's exemplary puppet suspense TV series that continues to enthrall new generations.
Set around the…
- DVD $89.95
Masque of the Red Death (1964)
- The best of Corman's Poe adaptations allies the director's playful yet virulent treatment to one of the writer's most strongly allegorical stories.…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
Star Trek - Season 1 (TV Series) (1964)
- The original Star Trek series was a milestone in television – as one of the best sci–fi conceptions and as the start of a remarkable…
- Blu-Ray $64.95
Birds, The (1963)
- Hitch's masterful rendering of Daphne Du Maurier's novella contains some of his most memorable set pieces, as the population of a seaside resort come…
- DVD
$25 $18.75
Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
- Politically–charged nail–biter with Frank Sinatra experiencing post–war paranoia about a fellow soldier who may have been…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
West Side Story (1961)
- Oscar–sweeping, hugely influential film version of Bernstein and Sondheim's landmark Broadway musical, updating Romeo and Juliet to dockland…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Rio Bravo (1959)
- John Wayne plays a sheriff who has captured a high profile bandit. With the state Marshall many days away and a gang of thugs planning a raid from…
- DVD
$20 $15
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) (1955-1962)
- Pre–dating THE TWILIGHT ZONE by some years, the Master of Suspense created this iconic television series featuring self–contained tales…
- DVD $159.95
Seven Samurai, The (1954)
- Kurosawa's classic 'Eastern Western' about a village who hire an elite band of warriors to fend off marauders. Compassionate storytelling with combat…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Shane (1953)
- Former gunfighter Alan Ladd comes to the defence of homesteaders menaced by Jack Palance (satanically clad all in black). Classic Western is splendid…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
High Noon (1952)
- Retiring marshal Gary Cooper faces a crisis of conscience when he learns an old adversary wants revenge. A classic that derives its impact through…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Double Indemnity (1944)
- The jewel in the crown of all things film noir has hardly dated an iota despite countless imitations. You'll savour each moment as…
- DVD $19.95
Casablanca (1942)
- The role that immortalised Bogart is that of Rick, the laconic cafe–owner who assists old flame Ingrid Bergman to escape the Nazis with her…
- DVD
$20 $15
Thief of Bagdad, The (1940)
- Sabu stars in this magical, intoxicating vision of the Arabian Nights, some twenty years before the genre was revived in SINBAD. Romance, tragedy,…
- DVD $14.95 | Blu-Ray $19.95
Steamboat Bill Jr (1928)
- One of Buster Keaton's best films begins as sly farce, with his wimpish city–slicker meekly tussling with a thuggish steamboat–captain…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Metropolis (1926)
- Fritz Lang's masterpiece is a magnificent marriage of pure cinema innovation and startlingly ambitious set design.
Set around the year 2000, a…
- Blu-Ray $19.95