Home video changed the world. The cultural and historical impact of the VHS tape was enormous. This film traces the ripples of that impact by examining the myriad aspects of society that were altered by the creation of videotape.

The Last Blockbuster

2020

English

6.7

♡ 16

71%

Taylor Morden Director

Tom Hanks as Self

Tom Cruise as Self

Adam Brody as Self

Jim Carrey as The Grinch

A documentary on the last remaining Blockbuster Video in Bend, Oregon.

Kicking and Screaming

1995

English

6.6

♡ 8

56%

Noah Baumbach Director

Sal Viscuso as Bar Teacher

Eric Stoltz as Chet

Cara Buono as Kate

Dean Cameron as Zach

After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all of whom can't quite work up the inertia to escape their university's pull. Nobody wants to make any big decisions that would radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, the professional student who tends bar and is in his tenth year of university studies.

Kim's Video

2023

English

6.9

♡ 7

71%

75%

Documentary

manhattan, new york city

new york city

vhs tapes

video store

David Redmon Director

Alex Ross Perry as Self

Tim League as Self - Alamo Drafthouse

David Lynch as Self - Filmmaker

Joel Coen as Self - Filmmaker

Since 1987, and for almost three decades, New York cinephiles had access to a vast treasure trove of rare films thanks to Kim's Video, a small empire run by Yongman Kim, an enigmatic character who amassed more than fifty thousand VHS tapes.

Rewind or Die

2023

English

3.3

♡ 1

M-Alain Bertoni Director

Claire Sattler as Cam

Beckett Lucas-Griffin as Checkout Guy

Serengeti Cox-Rodriguez as Girl

Alexander Friedel as Man in Black

When Cam returns her movies late to the video store, she finds out that she has to pay her late fees - with her life.

Beyond the Gates

2016

English

5.1

♡ 7

86%

Jackson Stewart Director

Sara Malakul Lane as Dahlia

Barbara Crampton as Evelyn

Justin Welborn as Hank

Jentzen Ramirez as Young Gordon

Two estranged brothers reunite at their missing father's video store to liquidate the property and sell off his assets. As they dig through the store, they find a VCR board game titled 'Beyond the Gates' that holds a connection to their father's disappearance and deadly consequences for anyone who plays it.

Be Kind Rewind

2008

English

♡ 35

64%

Michel Gondry Director

Karolina Wydra as Gabrielle Bochenski

Jack Black as Jerry

Yasiin Bey as Mike

Sigourney Weaver as Ms. Lawson

A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.

Everything to Entertain You: The Story of Video Headquarters

2023

English

6.3

♡ 2

Brantley C. Palmer Director

Steve Bissette as Self

Ken McAleer as Self

Mark Nelson as Self

A 60 minute documentary on one of the greatest video stores in the country, Video Headquarters, from Keene, New Hampshire that existed for 32 years from 1983-2015. It's owner, Ken McAleer, was a prominent figure among independent video store owners and the documentary examines how one man, with a single video store, can have such a big impact in the industry. A labor of love from a first time filmmaker and former employee, this nostalgic look back at the video store era includes interviews with VHQ owner Ken McAleer, employees, comic artist and former video store owner, Stephen Bissette, and a treasure trove of archival photographs and documents from the store.

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Beyond the Gates

Be Kind Rewind

Everything to Entertain You: The Story of Video Headquarters