Costume Epics
![]() | Erik the Conqueror (Mario Bava - DVD)Italian director Mario Bava took a brief hiatus from horror films to make this fairly interesting Viking-themed adventure.Only $12.46 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Beowulf & Grendel (DVD)The hero, the monster, the myth.Only $13.21 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | To Kill a King (DVD)British filmmaker Mike Barker directs the political costume-drama To Kill a King. Set in 1645 at the end of the English Civil War, General Thomas Fairfax (Dougray Scott) celebrates the victory with his right-hand man Oliver Cromwell (Tim Roth). While,...Only $13.46 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Other Boleyn Girl, The (2003 BBC Version - DVD)U.K. documentary filmmaker Philippa Lowthorpe brings an experimental approach to the costume drama The Other Boleyn Girl, produced for television by BBC Films.Only $17.80 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Spartacus (2 Disc Criterion DVD)Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) is a rebellious slave purchased by Lentulus Batiatus (Peter Ustinov), owner of a school for gladiators. For the entertainment of corrupt Roman senator Marcus Licinius Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Batiatus' gladiators are to stage...Only $39.67 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Last Emperor (4 Disc Criterion Collection DVD)The Last Emperor is the true story of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, the last ruler of the Chinese Ching Dynasty. Told in flashback, the film covers the years 1908 to 1967.Only $52.99 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Last Emperor (Criterion Collection Blu-ray)The Last Emperor is the true story of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, the last ruler of the Chinese Ching Dynasty. Told in flashback, the film covers the years 1908 to 1967.Only $32.33 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Taking of Power by Louis XIV (Criterion Collection DVD)Given the opportunity to turn out a Sacha Guitry-style spectacle, director Roberto Rossellini charts his own neorealist course for The Rise of Louis XIV.Only $24.99 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Kagemusha (2 Disc Criterion Collection DVD)In his late, color masterpiece Kagemusha, Akira Kurosawa returned to the samurai film and to a primary theme of his career - the play between illusion and reality.Only $32.83 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Ran (2 Disc Criterion Collection DVD)...Only $32.33 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Throne of Blood (Criterion DVD)Macbeth is reimagined as a samurai in feudal Japan in director Akira Kurosawa's classic adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy.Only $32.83 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | House of Flying Daggers (DVD)Chinese director Zhang Yimou fuses a martial arts action-drama with a tragic romance in this elegant period piece.Only $13.28 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Knight's Tale, A (Extended Cut DVD)Heath Ledger stars as William Thatcher, a low-born 14th century squire who, in a fit of inspired spontaneity, replaces his deceased employer as the competitor at a jousting competition.Only $13.28 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Patriot, The (Extended Cut DVD)Farmer Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) was born and raised in South Carolina, and fought bravely during the French-Indian wars.Only $17.09 - Click here to buy now! |













