It's not a horror film, but An Inconvenient Truth is certainly one of the scariest DVDs you could own. Presented in a straightforward format by former US Vice President Al Gore--think Royal British Institute lecture delivered with a Tennessee drawl--it sets out its compelling argument about climate change both methodically and entertainingly. Global warming is a real danger, argues Gore, ...

Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Al Gore
Directed By: Davis Guggenheim

The Frost / Nixon interviews are now recognised as one of the great media events of the Twentieth Century. First broadcast in May 1977, they drew the biggest ever worldwide audience for a news interview. Forty-five million people watched in America alone. During twenty eight and three quarter gruelling hours, Frost questioned Nixon on everything from Vietnam to China, from abuse of power to the ...

Manufacturer: DDS Media
Starring: David Frost; Richard Nixon

Manufacturer: Network

To anyone who truly understands what it means to be an American, Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 should be seen as a triumph of patriotic freedom. Rarely has the First Amendment been exercised with such fervour and forthrightness of purpose. After subjecting himself to charges of factual errors in his gun-lobby exposé Bowling for Columbine, Moore armed himself with a platoon of ...

Manufacturer: Optimum Home Entertainment
Directed By: Michael Moore

Manufacturer: Disinformation
Directed By: Alex Jones

An Oscar-winning documentary based on a 1999 massacre at an American High School in Colorado, Bowling for Columbine is film-maker Michael Moore's take on the culture of firearms violence that is, apparently, peculiar to the USA. Significantly, this is no detective investigation into the psychology and motives of the two students who randomly opened fire on their classmates, killing 12 of ...

Manufacturer: Momentum Pictures
Starring: Michael Moore, Charlton Heston, Marilyn Manson, Jacobo Arbenz, Mike Bradley
Directed By: Michael Moore

Manufacturer: Optimum Home Entertainment

Manufacturer: Pathfinder Home Ent.
Starring: David Albritton, Jack Beresford, Henri de Baillet-Latour, Philip Edwards, Donald Finlay
Directed By: Leni Riefenstahl

Manufacturer: Universal Music Operations
Starring: Valery Gergiev, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Flora Litvinova, Graham Haley, Dmitri Shostakovich
Directed By: Larry Weinstein

It's impossible to talk about Standard Operating Procedure without referencing Taxi to the Dark Side. Fortunately, both documentaries are vital to any discussion about US military interrogation techniques. While Alex Gibney's Oscar winner uses the death of an Iraqi taxi driver as a framing device, director Errol Morris and writer Philip Gourevitch (We Wish to Inform You that ...

Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Starring: Christopher Bradley, Sarah Denning, Joshua Feinman, Jeff L. Green, Merry Grissom
Directed By: Errol Morris