My DVD Collection

This page is a list of my DVD collection, of which of very proud of. They are all movies that I love and enjoyed that I have seen more than twice. These films varies from normal kiddie films to exceptional award-winning films and to rare, cannot be found in Malaysia films.

Of course, as I try to be a good Malaysian citizen and since I am an avid film buff, I try my best to buy originals. Indeed, at least 70% of my DVD collection are original DVDs, bought from various shops such as Video Ezy, Speedy Video and Movie Magic. A small number of the DVDs I own are gifts from some of my special friends in America. The rest of the 30% are usually those hard-to-find-in-originals pirated DVDs, mostly films that are banned in Malaysia or rare, never heard of films.

Back in my college days, buying pirated DVDs was the norm for me as I wasn’t financially stable but since I began working and was able to earn an income, I was delighted to be able to set aside a bit of my income to buy original DVDs. Why I like and prefer buying the originals is due to the fact that it contains the wonderful special and bonus features that most pirated DVDs don’t. Those special and bonus features are worth every penny spent on the DVDs.

I’m not going to explain each DVD I have in great length, cause that will just take up tooooooo much time, so I rather link it to places where you can find information about them. I have also colour-coded the numbers to differentiate which one I have is pirated and which one is original. Numbers in Red signifies the DVD as the original product while numbers in Green siginifies that the DVD is a pirated copy.

I really do encourage all of you to buy originals, they last longer, and offers more fun stuff than most pirated ones plus they’re better quality. It’s really well-worth the money.

You can also tell from my DVD collection which actors & actresses I loved most as their names are all bolded. One of the criteria for me when it comes to deciding which DVD to buy is the cast - I have to make sure I love the performances and the actors and actresses before buying them. How the movies did in the box-office is never one of the criteria. I mostly buy them because I loved the film as a whole, loved the cast, love the story, love the acting and I just want to treasure them by adding them to my collection so that I can always go back and revisit the experience of the film. Besides, DVD collecting is one of my major hobbies.

Anyways, enough talk. Hope you have fun browsing through my DVD collection!

1. About a Boy (UK, 2002) - starring Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Rachel Weisz, Toni Collette. 

2. Agent Cody Banks (USA, 2003) - starring Frankie Muniz, Hillary Duff, Angie Harmon, Arnold Vosloo.

3. Bacheha-Ye aseman a.k.a The Children of Heaven (Iranian, 1997) - starring Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi, Amir Naji, Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi, Fereshte Sarabandi.

4. The Believers (USA, 1987) - starring Martin Sheen, Harley Cross, Helen Shaver, Robert Loggia, Jimmy Smits, Elizabeth Wilson.

5. Big Fat Liar (USA, 2002) - starring Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes, Paul Giamatti, Donald Faison, Sandra Oh, Lee Majors.

6. Billy Elliot (UK, 2000) - starring Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters, Stuart Wells, Jamie Draven, Jean Heywood.

7. Bowling for Columbine (USA, 2002) - Academy-award winning documentary directed and narrated by Michael Moore.

8. Capote (USA, 2005) - starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr., Chris Cooper, Bruce Greenwood, Amy Ryan, Bob Balaban, Mark Pellegrino, Michael J. Burg, Kate Shindle, Criag Archibald.

9. Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie (Japan, 1999) - The first movie version based on the popular anime series.

10. The Champ (USA, 1979) - starring Jon Voight, Ricky Schroder, Faye Dunaway, Jack Warden, Arthur Hill.

11. Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (USA, 2005) - starring Liam Neeson (voice), Tilda Swinton, William Moseley, Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Georgie Henley.

12. Cidade de Deus a.k.a City of God (Brazil, 2002) - No. 18 on IMDB’s Top 250 Movies of all time.

13. Daddy Day Care (USA, 2003) - starring Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn, Regina King, Anjelica Huston, Jimmy Bennett, Lacey Chabert.

14. Daredevil (USA, 2003) - starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Scott Terra, Jon Favreau, Joe Pantoliano.

15. Dead Poets Society (USA, 1989) - starring Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen.

16. Deuces Wild (USA, 2002) - starring Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro, Fairuza Balk, Drea de Matteo, Vincent Pastore, Matt Dillon, James Franco, Frankie Muniz, Balthazar Getty, Johnny Knoxville.

17. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (USA, 1982) - starring Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Robert MacNaughton, Dee Wallace-Stone, Peter Coyote, C. Thomas Howell, Sean Frye.

18. Eight Legged Freaks (USA, 2002) - David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Scott Terra, Scarlett Johansson, Doug E. Doug, Rick Overton, Leon Rippy.

19. Face/Off (USA, 1997) - starring John Travolta, Nicholas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Nick Cassavetes, Colm Feore, Dominique Swain, Thomas Jane.

20. Frailty (USA, 2001) - starring Bill Paxton, Matt O’Leary, Jeremy Sumpter, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe.

21. Free Willy (USA, 1993) - starring Keiko, Jason James Richter, Jayne Atkinson, August Schellenberg, Michael Madsen, Michael Ironside, Mykelti Williamson.

22. Funny Games (Germany, 1997) - Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering, Stefan Clapczynski, Doris Kunstmann.

23. Gangs of New York (USA, 2002) - Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, Gary Lewis.

24. Gensoumaden Saiyuki the Movie: Requiem (Japan, 2001) - The first feature length film of the very popular anime series.

25. Gettysburg (USA, 1993) - starring Martin Sheen, Jeff Daniels, Tom Berenger, Stephen Lang, Royce D. Applegate, Richard Jordan, Patrick Gorman, Kieran Mulroney, James Patrick Stuart, George Lazenby, Sam Elliott, Kevin Conway, C. Thomas Howell, John Rothman, Maxwell Caulfield, Richard Anderson.

26. Gods and Generals (USA, 2003) - starring Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, Mira Sorvino, Royce D. Applegate, Kevin Conway, C. Thomas Howell, Jeremy London, Robert Byrd, Bruce Boxleitner, Patrick Gorman, James Patrick Stuart.

27. The Goonies (USA, 1985) - starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Jonathan Ke Quan, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, Joe Pantoliano, Anne Ramsey, John Matuszak, Robert Davi.

28. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (UK/USA, 2001) - starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Ian Hart, Alan Rickman, Julie Walters, John Hurt, Fiona Shaw, Richard Griffiths, Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis, Devon Murray, Warwick Davis, John Cleese.

29. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (UK/USA, 2002) - starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Harris, Jason Issacs, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Kenneth Branagh, Julie Walters, Mark Williams, Fiona Shaw, Richard Griffiths, Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis, Devon Murray, Hugh Mitchell, Shirley Henderson, John Cleese.

30. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (UK/USA, 2004) - starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, David Thewlis, Gary Oldman, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Julie Walters, Mark Williams, Fiona Shaw, Richard Griffiths, Robert Hardy, Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis, Devon Murray, Dawn French, Emma Thompson, Timothy Spall.

31. Hong Xiguan zhi Shaolin wu zu a.k.a. The New Legend of Shaolin (Hong Kong, 1994) - starring Jet Li, Miu Tse, Deanie Ip, Chingmy Yau.

32. I Am David (USA, 2003) - starring Ben Tibber, James Caviezel, Joan Plowright, Frencesco De Vito, Paul Feig, Alessandro Sperduti.

33. I Not Stupid a.k.a Xiaohai bu ben (Singapore, 2002) - starring Shawn Lee, Joshua Ang, Huang Po Ju, Jack Neo, Xiang Yun, Selena Tan, Wen Su-Ru, Zheng Xian Bing, Cheryl Chan, Richard Low, Hossan Leong.

34. I Not Stupid (TV Series) (Singapore, 2002) - No links available. Starring Shawn Lee, Joshua Ang, Huang Po Ju, Jack Neo, Xiang Yun, Selena Tan, Wen Su-Ru, Zheng Xian Bing, Cheryl Chan, Richard Low.

35. I Not Stupid Too a.k.a Xiaohai bu ben 2 (Singapore, 2006) - starring Ashley Leong, Shawn Lee, Joshua Ang, Jack Neo, Xiang Yun, Selena Tan, Johnny Ng, Huang Yi Liang.

36. Identity (USA, 2003) - starring John Cusack, Alfred Molina, Amanda Peet, Ray Liotta, John C. McGinley, Rebecca DeMornay, John Hawkes, Jake Busey, Bret Loehr.

37. It (USA, 1990) - TV movie based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name…starring Tim Curry, Jonathan Brandis, Adam Faraizl, Seth Green, Ben Heller, Brandon Crane, John Ritter, Richard Masur, Richard Thomas, Emily Perkins, Olivia Hussey, Harry Anderson, Annette O’Toole, Tim Reid, Michael Cole, William B. Davis.