My Library

OK, so here’s something different.

I’d like to share with you the list of movies in my DVD (and Blu-Ray) library. The reason I’m sharing isn’t for self-aggrandizement—this is a relatively modest collection: I know three people just here in Halifax who have far larger and more varied libraries. What I need is a place online to keep a list of my movies to refer to so I don’t accidentally purchase the same one twice. My library is getting to the point where I may forget exactly which—say, Star Trek (all even-numbered titles so far, of course)—flick I own and which I still need for the shelf. Makes sense to put it here. 

I started collecting DVDs when I moved to Nova Scotia. So this collection represents a nine-year investment. Some might say this is a massive waste of disposable income, but I love movies and I love that these stories are all here, ready to be enjoyed any time or just available for reference.

I also have a list of movies I’d like to add to this collection, so I will updating this post on Flaw In The Iris as I go on my periodic hunts for new or older titles.

When I consider a movie to add to the collection, I always ask myself, “Will I watch this more than once?” If the answer is yes, I pick it up. With the rapid decline in the DVD market, it’s actually a good time to be a collector. Movies that were once quite expensive have dropped in price in the past year. I choose Blu-Ray when it makes sense economically or if I really love the look of a film.

What this list will tell you is something about my taste in movies, which certainly informs my opinions that I so flagrantly share on FITI. Some of these titles I picked up in collections, in two-for-one deals, and some because I just had to have them. Judge accordingly.

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3 Days of the Condor
91/2 Weeks
10 Things I Hate About You
13 Going On 30
The 13th Warrior
The 25th Hour
28 Days later
48 Hours
(500) Days of Summer

A
The Abyss
Adam’s Rib
The Addams Family
Addams Family Values
After Hours
Akira
Alien
Aliens
Alien Resurrection
All The President’s Men
Almost Famous
The American President
The Anderson Tapes
Amelie
Angel Heart
The Anniversary Party
Apartment Zero
Apocalypse Now Redux
The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
The Assignment
At Close Range
Away From Her

B
Babe
Babe: Pig In The City
Babette’s Feast
Bad Santa
The Bank Job
Barbarian Invasions
Barton Fink
Batman
Batman Returns
Batman Begins
The Battle of Algiers
Beautiful Girls
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Being John Malkovich
Beverley Hills Cop
The Big Chill
The Big Lebowski
The Big Picture
Birth
Blade
Blade II
The Blood of Heroes
Blood Simple
The Blues Brothers
Bob Roberts
Body Heat
Boogie Nights
Bonnie & Clyde
Brazil
The Bounty
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Ultimatum
Brassed Off!
Breakfast At Tiffany’s
The Breakfast Club
Breaking and Entering
Brick
Bright Star
Bringing Up Baby
Broadcast News
Brokeback Mountain
Bull Durham
Bullitt
The Butcher’s Wife

C
Cache (Hidden)
Casablanca
Caddyshack
The Candidate
Cannonball Run
Capricorn One
Carlito’s Way
Carnal Knowledge
Casa De Los Babys
The Celebration
Centurion
Chasing Amy
The Cincinnati Kid
City of God
Children of Men
Chinatown
Chungking Express
Class
Clerks II
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Code 46
Collateral
The Color of Money
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
Conan The Destroyer
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Contact
The Constant Gardener
Commando
The Craft
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Croupier
The Crow

D
Dangerous Liaisons
The Darjeeling Limited
Dark City
The Dark Knight
Daydream Nation
Dazed and Confused
Dead Ringers
The Dead Zone
Death On The Nile
Death Wish 2
The Decline of the American Empire
Deliverance
Desperado
Detroit Rock City
Die Hard
Diner
The Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Harry Collection
Dirty Pretty Things
Doctor Detroit
Dogma
Donnie Darko
The Doors
Double Indemnity
Dracula (1979)
The Dreamers
The Driver
Drugstore Cowboy

E
Eastern Promises
Ed Wood
Elizabeth
The English Patient
Escape From New York
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Event Horizon
Everything’s Gone Green
Excalibur
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec
The Eyes of Laura Mars

F
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Fallen Angels
Fargo
La Femme Nikita
Fight Club
Flashdance
Fletch
Flirting With Disaster
First Blood
A Fish Called Wanda
Five Easy Pieces
The Fly
Four Brothers
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Frantic
French Kiss
From Dusk To Dawn
Fugitive Pieces
The Fury

G
Garden State
Gator
The Gauntlet
Get Shorty
The Getaway (1972)
Ghostbusters
Ghost World
Ginger Snaps
The Girl In The Cafe
Glory
Go
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Good Morning Vietnam
Good Night & Good Luck
The Good Thief
Good Will Hunting
Gorky Park
The Graduate
The Great Escape
Green Card
Grosse Point Plank
Groundhog Day
The Gumball Rally

H
Hamlet 2
Hanna
Hard Boiled
Hard Core Logo
Heat
Heathers
Heaven
Heavy Metal
Hellboy
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Henry & June
The Hidden
High Fidelity
Highwaymen
The Hitcher
Hobo With A Shotgun
How To Get Ahead in Advertising
Howards End
Hot Fuzz
Hudson Hawk
The Hudsucker Proxy
Human Traffic
The Hunt for Red October
Hustle & Flow

I
I Am Love
I Love You, Man
The Ice Storm
Impromptu
The Incredibles
The Insider
Insomnia
Internal Affairs
In The Loop
Into The Night
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
The Iron Giant
Ishtar
Italian for Beginners

J
Jackie Brown
Jacob’s Ladder
Jaws
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
Jennifer’s Body
Johnny Handsome
Julie & Julia
Junebug

K
Key Largo
The Killing of Kings
Kill Bill
Kill Bill 2
Killshot
The King of Marvin Gardens
The King of New York
Kinsey
Kingpin
Kissing Jessica Stein
Knocked Up
Knowing

L
LA Confidential
LA Story
The Last American Virgin
The Last Detail
The Last of the Mohicans
Last Night (1998)
Last Night (2010)
The Last Seduction
The Last Station
Last Tango In Paris
Leon: The Professional
Lethal Weapon
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Lion In Winter
The Limey
To Live And Die in LA
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Losin’ It
The Lives of Others
Logan’s Run
London Boulevard
London River
The Long Good Friday
Lonestar
Lost in Translation
Love Actually

M
Mad Max
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Magnolia
The Manchurian Candidate
Manhunter
The Maltese Falcon
Man on Fire
The Man Who Would Be King
Marathon Man
Masada
The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions
Me And You And Everyone We Know
The Mechanic (1972)
Memento
Miami Rhapsody
Miami Vice
Miami Blues
Michael Clayton

Miller’s Crossing
Mission: Impossible
Mona Lisa
Monsoon Wedding
Monsters
Morvern Callar
The Mosquito Coast
Mountains of the Moon
Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle
Mulholland Dr.
Munich
My Dinner With Andre
My Summer of Love

N
Natural Born Killers
New Waterford Girl
New York Stories
Next Stop Wonderland
The Night of the Hunter
Night Shift
The Ninth Gate
No Country for Old Men
North By Northwest
Notting Hill
No Way Out

O
Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
Ocean’s Twelve
Omagh
The Omen (1976)
Once
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
One True Thing
Once Upon A Time In Mexico
Outland
Out of Sight
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Outsiders

P
The Parallax View
Passion Fish
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Perfume
The Philadelphia Story
Planet of the Apes (1968)
The Player
Poor Boy’s Game
Primary Colors
Private Benjamin
Point Blank
Poltergeist
P.S.
Pulp Fiction
Punch-Drunk Love
Pump Up The Volume
Pretty In Pink
Prince: Purple Rain
Prince: Under The Cherry Moon
Primer
The Prophesy

Q
Queen Margot
Quick Change
Quiz Show

R
Rachel Getting Married
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raising Arizona
Reality Bites
Reds
The Ref
The Remains of the Day
Repo Man
Reservoir Dogs
The Right Stuff
Ripley’s Game
Risky Business
Road House
RocknRolla
Robin and Marian
Ronin
Roman Holiday
Romeo + Juliet
Rounders
The Royal Tenenbaums
Ride With The Devil
Runaway Train
Run Lola Run
Running Scared (1986)
Run The Wild Fields
Rushmore
The Russia House

S
Sabrina (1954)
Saturday Night Fever
Say Anything
Semi-Tough
Sense & Sensibility
Serenity
Se7en
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Sexy Beast
Shadowlands

Shakespeare in Love
Shallow Grave
Shampoo
Sharky’s Machine
Shaun of the Dead
The Sheltering Sky
The Shawshank Redemption

The Silence of the Lambs
Silver Streak

Sin City
Singles
A Single Man
Sixteen Candles
Sleeping Beauty (2010)

Smilla’s Sense of Snow
Solaris (2002)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Spartan
The Spanish Prisoner
Starting in the Evening
State & Main
State of Grace
State of Play
Stealing Beauty
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek: First Contact

Star Trek: Nemesis
Star Wars Special Edition Episodes IV-VI
Star Wars (Original Cut)
The Empire Strikes Back (Original Cut)
Stripes
Super
Swingers
Swimming to Cambodia
Syriana
Synecdoche New York

T
The Tall Guy
Taxi Driver
Team America: World Police
Tequila Sunrise
Tombstone
Thief
Three Kings
The Three Musketeers/The Four Musketeers
THX1138
To Kill A Mockingbird
Tootsie
The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Thelma & Louise
The Thin Red Line
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Timecrimes
This is Spinal Tap
The Thing (1982)
The Third Man
Three Colours: Blue
Three Colours: White
Three Colours: Red
Topsy-Turvy
Trading Places
Trainspotting
True Romance
Truly, Madly, Deeply
The Truman Show
Twilight Zone: The Movie
The Two Jakes
Two-Lane Blacktop
Two Weeks Notice

U
Unbreakable
Unforgiven
An Unmarried Woman
Up In The Air
The Usual Suspects

V
Valley Girl
Vertigo
The Virgin Suicides

W
Waking Life
Wall-E
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Warlock
The Warriors
Watchmen
Westworld
Weird Science
Where Eagles Dare
Wilbur, Who Wants To Kill Himself
The Witches of Eastwick
White Hunter, Black Heart
White Sands
The Wild Bunch
The Wild Geese
Wild Things
The Wind and The Lion
Wings of Desire
Winter’s Bone
Withnail & I
Woman of the Year

X
X-Men
X2
X-Men: The Last Stand

Y
The Year of Living Dangerously
You Can Count On Me
Y Tu Mama Tambien

Z
Zapped!

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

JAMES BOND
The Ultimate Collection #1-4
Never Say Never Again
Casino Royale
Quantum of Solace

STANLEY KUBRICK
Paths of Glory
Dr Strangelove
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
Eyes Wide Shut

PINK PANTHER
The Pink Panther
Shot In The Dark
Return of The Pink Panther
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Revenge of The Pink Panther

WOODY ALLEN
Bananas
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know ABout Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask)
Sleeper
Love & Death
Annie Hall
Manhattan
Stardust Memories
Broadway Danny Rose
A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy
Hannah And Her Sisters
Crimes & Misdemeanors
Bullets Over Broadway
Mighty Aphrodite
Everyone Says I Love You
Deconstructing Harry
Sweet & Lowdown
Celebrity
Melinda & Melinda
Match Point
Scoop
Vicky Christina Barcelona
Wild Man Blues

BLU-RAY
Blade Runner
The Dark Knight
Days of Heaven
The Deep
Heat
Inception
The Kingdom of Heaven
Last of the Mohicans
Mad Max: The Road Warrior
Manhunter
Miami Vice
The Night of the Hunter
Splice
Se7en
The Silence of the Lambs
The Social Network

About the author

flawintheiris

Carsten Knox is a massive, cheese-eating nerd. In the day he works as a journalist in Halifax, Nova Scotia. At night he stares out at the rain-slick streets, watches movies, and writes about what he's seeing.

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