Indie & International Sale Highlights - Editors' Picks



With nearly 900 titles in this sale, it can be difficult to narrow down the must-haves from the not-right-nows. That's why we've combed the list backwards and forwards for you and pulled out the top 10 best Indie/Art House selections and the top 10 Foreign Language/International titles. All these great DVDs are available now - on sale through February 9, 2009.

1. There Will Be Blood (2008)
Daniel Day-Lewis

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Paramount
April 8, 2008

DVD

Unmistakably a shot at greatness, Paul Thomas Anderson's ... Read more

2. The Fog of War - Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2004)
Robert McNamara

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Sony Pictures
May 11, 2004

DVD

The Fog of War, the movie that finally won Errol Morris the best documentary Oscar, is a spellbinder. Morris interviews Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and finds a uniquely unsettling viewpoint on much of 20th-century American history. Employing a ton of archival material, ... Read more


3. The Visitor (2007)
Richard Jenkins

In Stock
ANCHOR BAY
October 7, 2008

DVD

A deeply moving drama built around longtime character actor Richard Jenkins, ... Read more


4. Brokeback Mountain (Widescreen Edition) (2005)
Jake Gyllenhaal

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Universal
April 4, 2006

DVD

A sad, melancholy ache pervades Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee's haunting, moving film that, like his other movies, explores societal constraints and the passions that lurk underneath. This time, however, instead of taking on ancient China, 19th-century England, or '70s suburbia, Lee uses the tableau of the American West in ... Read more


5. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Al Gore

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Paramount
November 21, 2006

DVD

With the fate of our planet arguably hanging in the balance, ... Read more


6. Lost in Translation (2003)
Bill Murray

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Universal Studios
February 3, 2004

DVD

Like a good dream, Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation envelops you with an aura of fantastic light, moody sound, head-turning love, and a feeling of déjà vu, even though you've probably never been to this neon-fused version of Tokyo. Certainly Bob Harris has not. The 50-ish actor has signed ... Read more


7. The Believer (2001)
Henry Bean

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Palm Pictures / Umvd
October 19, 2004

DVD

There is considerable power and daring in Henry Bean's intense drama about a young Jewish Nazi in New York. Danny Balint is an intellectual trying to succeed as a thug; he beats up the studious yeshiva students he sees on the New York subway because he wan... Read more


8. Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)
Heather Matarazzo

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Sony Pictures
August 3, 1999

DVD

What is junior high school but a strange, disorienting pastiche of black comedy, tragedy, soap opera, and (most of all) horror movie? Well, that pretty much describes Todd Solondz's astonishingly honest and clear-sighted film, ... Read more


9. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition) (2004)
Jim Carrey

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Universal Studios
September 28, 2004

DVD

Screenwriters rarely develop a distinctive voice that can be recognized from movie to movie, but the ornate imagination of Charlie Kaufman (... Read more


10. Thank You for Smoking (Widescreen Edition) (2006)
Joan Lunden

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20th Century Fox
October 3, 2006

DVD

As the saying goes, Aaron Eckhart was born to play Nick Naylor, the 30-something "voice of Big Tobacco" in this brazen satire of corporate profits and what lobbyists will do to protect them. Right from the opening, Eckhart is in spin mode, turning the tabl... Read more

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