last year I bought 1000 VHS tapes

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a big stack of random VHS tapes

Okay, maybe not a thousand. Or at least definitely not all VHS tapes. But sometime last year, I quit my last streaming service and started collecting physical copies of films again. Other than movies I saw in a theater, my favorite 2024 viewing experiences were things scored around Durham or elsewhere: thrift stores, library sales, big boxes of random tapes purchased from eBay, swap meets, Craigslist, gifts, etc. I got a 13″ CRT with a built-in DVD player, thrifted a working VCR, and began picking through them, but not with any clear focus, and despite donating and selling a fair amount of what I brought in, I’m well and truly buried in media and am now gonna try to dig myself out in less-than-efficient fashion.

My real start as a writer of any merit was as a movie blogger, and just about every year since I stopped I’ve thought about getting back into it. I’m gonna give it an earnest shot this year, and will be doing so while getting through as many of my tapes, DVDs, and blu-rays as I can. Every week, I’ll be posting a column called 1000 Tapes, where I’m going to write about the movies I watch in a week, all on physical media. I don’t leave many movies unfinished, but it’s a big pile of stuff and I’d like to move through it quickly, so if I bail on a tape that’s just footage of a C&O Railroad train chug-a-chug-a-choo-chooing through the scenic plains of 1980s Nebraska, I’ll let you know how much of it I could stand, why I quit, and so on. I’ll also let you know which films end up in my permanent collection, which is, given the limitations of space, extremely high praise.

The list below is not complete, just what’s laying around my room at the moment, but 429 pieces of media felt like a good start. Beyond what came in random lots, which you can probably take a guess at, I got most of these intending to watch them, which feels absurd now that I’ve spent a few days pecking out the list. A lot of rewatches, a lot of favorites hoarded against their eventual disappearance from streaming or an eventual 4K restoration that fucks something up. There’s plenty of things on this list that I know I’m keeping, but who knows — maybe this is the year I get tired of watching Bloodsport on my birthday.

Over the next week, I’ll add a page detailing the movies that’ve already made the permanent collection, as well as a page of tapes and DVDs I’m selling at a reasonable price. Unreasonably priced stuff will go on eBay. If I manage to keep this up, who knows — maybe we can watch kung-fu tapes together on Twitch.

A

  • A Chorus Line (Richard Attenborough, 1985) [VHS]
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Richard Lester, 1966) [VHS]
  • A Single Man (Tom Ford, 2009) [DVD]
  • A Star Is Born (George Cukor, 1954) [DVD]
  • Absolute Power (Clint Eastwood, 1997) [BD]
  • The Abyss (James Cameron, 1989) [VHS]
  • Adhurs (V. V. Vinayak, 2010) [DVD]
  • Against all Odds (Taylor Hackford, 1984) [VHS]
  • The Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese, 1993) [VHS]
  • Agnes of God (Norman Jewison, 1985) [VHS]
  • AI: Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001) [VHS]
  • Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (Robert Vince, 2002) [VHS]
  • Aladdin (Ron Clements & John Musker, 1992) [VHS]
  • Alexander Nevsky (Sergei Eisenstein, 1938) [VHS]
  • All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950) [DVD]
  • All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1984) [DVD]
  • …All the Marbles (Robert Aldrich, 1981) [VHS]
  • Alice Sweet Alice (Alfred Sole, 1976) [VHS]
  • Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001) [DVD]
  • American Ninja (Sam Firstenberg, 1985) [VHS]
  • Angoor (Gulzar, 1982) [DVD]
  • Anniyan (Shankar, 2005) [DVD]
  • Another Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke, 1939) [VHS]
  • Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) [DVD]
  • Around the World in 80 Days (Michael Anderson, 1956) [VHS]
  • Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra, 1944) [DVD]
  • Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (Jay Roach, 1997) [DVD]
  • Avenging Angel (Robert Vincent O’Neil, 1985) [VHS]
  • Awaken Punch (Fung Lung-hsiang, 1973) [DVD]

B

  • Baadshah (Abbas & Mustan Alibhai Burmawalla, 1999) [DVD]
  • Babe (Chris Noonan, 1995) [VHS]
  • Bachelor Party (Neal Israel, 1984) [VHS]
  • Bad Boys (Michael Bay, 1995) [DVD]
  • Bad Boys II (Michael Bay, 2003) [DVD]
  • Bad Company (Robert Benton, 1972)
  • Bad Day at Black Rock (John Sturges, 1955) [VHS]
  • Bandolero! (Andrew V. McLaglen, 1968) [VHS]
  • Bartleby (Anthony Friedman, 1970) [VHS]
  • BASEketball (David Zucker, 1998) [DVD]
  • Basic Instinct (Paul Verhoeven, 1992) [DVD]
  • The Basket (Rich Cowan, 2000) [VHS]
  • The Barefoot Contessa (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1954) [VHS]
  • The Beatles Anthology (Goff Wonfor, Kevin Godley, & Bob Smeaton, 1995) [VHS]
  • Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise, 1991)
  • Beetlejuice (Tim Burton, 1988) [VHS]
  • Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995) [DVD]
  • Benji: Off the Leash (Joe Camp, 2004) [VHS]
  • Big Business (Jim Abrahams, 1988) [DVD]
  • The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen, 1998) [VHS]
  • Big Night (Campbell Scott & Stanley Tucci, 1996) [VHS]
  • Blade II (Guillermo del Toro, 2002) [DVD]
  • The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez, 1999) [VHS]
  • Blink (Michael Apted, 1993) [VHS]
  • Bloodsport (Newt Arnold, 1988) [VHS]
  • The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980) [VHS]
  • Blow-up (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966) [DVD]
  • Body Heat (Lawrence Kasdan, 1981) [VHS]
  • Boycott (Clark Johnson, 2001) [VHS]
  • Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Blake Edwards, 1961) [DVD]
  • Breaking News (Johnnie To, 2004) [DVD]
  • Bringing Out the Dead (Martin Scorsese, 1999) [VHS]
  • Buddy Hackett II: On Stage at Caesar’s Atlantic City (Scott Lawrence Andrews, 1986) [VHS]
  • Bubble Boy (Blair Hayes, 2001) [VHS]
  • Buena Vista Social Club (Wim Wenders, 1999) [VHS]
  • Bullitt (Peter Yates, 1968) [BD]
  • Bunty aur Babli (Shaad Ali, 2005) [DVD]
  • Burn After Reading (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2008) [DVD]

C

  • Cache (Michael Haneke, 2005) [DVD]
  • Call it Murder (Chester Erskine, 1934) [VHS]
  • Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese, 1991) [VHS]
  • Captain Blood (Michael Curtiz, 1935) [VHS]
  • Car Wash (Michael Schultz, 1976) [VHS]
  • Carlito’s Way (Brian De Palma, 1993) [VHS]
  • Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
  • Casino Royale (Martin Campbell, 2006) [DVD]
  • Cat Ballou (Elliot Silverstein, 1965) [VHS]
  • Chaplin (Richard Attenborough, 1992) [VHS]
  • Charade (Stanley Donen, 1963) [VHS]
  • Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (Ethan Wiley, 1998) [DVD]
  • Citizen X (Chris Gerolmo, 1995) [VHS]
  • Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995) [VHS]
  • Coal Miner’s Daughter (Michael Apted, 1980) [VHS]
  • Cold Sweat (Terence Young, 1970) [VHS]
  • Collateral Damage (Andrew Davis, 2002) [DVD]
  • Con Air (Simon West, 1997) [VHS]
  • Contact (Robert Zemeckis, 1997) [VHS]
  • Cooley High (Michael Schultz, 1975) [VHS]
  • The Count of Monte Cristo (Kevin Reynolds, 2002) [DVD]
  • Crash Dive [Archie Mayo, 1943)
  • Cross My Heart (Armyan Bernstein, 1987) [VHS]
  • Crossroads (Tamra Davis, 2002) [VHS]
  • Curtains (Richard Ciupka, 1983) [DVD]

D

  • Dangerous Liaisons (Stephen Frears, 1988) [VHS]
  • Dangerous Minds (John N. Smith, 1995) [VHS]
  • Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen, 1981) [DVD]
  • Days of Thunder (Tony Scott, 1990) [VHS]
  • Days of Wine and Roses (Blake Edwards, 1962) [DVD]
  • Dead Again (Kenneth Branagh, 1991) [VHS]
  • Devil in a Blue Dress (Carl Franklin, 1995) [DVD]
  • Dirty Dancing (Emile Ardolino, 1987) [VHS]
  • Dirty Work (Bob Saget, 1998) [VHS]
  • Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino, 2012) [DVD]
  • Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001) [DVD]
  • Don’t Tell Her It’s Me (Malcolm Mowbray, 1990) [VHS]
  • Down and Out in Beverly Hills (Paul Mazursky, 1986) [VHS]
  • Dr. No (Terence Young, 1962) [DVD]
  • Dr. T and the Women (Robert Altman, 2000) [VHS]
  • Dracula II: Ascension (Patrick Lussier, 2003) [DVD]
  • Dragon Tiger Gate (Wilson Yip, 2006) [DVD]
  • Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011) [DVD]
  • Duplicate (Mahesh Bhatt, 1998) [DVD]

E

  • Earthquake (Mark Robson, 1974) [VHS]
  • Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990) [DVD]
  • Ek Nazar (B.R. Ishara, 1972) [DVD]
  • Elizabeth (Shekhar Kapur, 1998) [VHS]
  • Ella Enchanted (Tommy O’Haver, 2004) [VHS]
  • Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii (Marty Pasetta, 1973) [VHS]
  • Enemy of the State (Tony Scott, 1998) [VHS]
  • English Vinglish (Gauri Shinde, 2012) [DVD]
  • Enter the Dragon (Robert Clouse, 1973) [DVD]
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982) [VHS]
  • Europa Europa (Agnieszka Holland, 1990) [VHS]
  • Evita (Alan Parker, 1996) [VHS]
  • Executioner from Shaolin (Lau Kar-Leung, 1977) [DVD]

F

  • F Troop: Marriage Dreams and Schemes [VHS]
  • Face/Off (John Woo, 1997) [VHS]
  • Fargo (Joel Coen, 1996) [VHS]
  • Fantasia in Best Show Minor: The Best Show on WFMU Marathon DVD [2011]
  • The Fast and the Furious (Rob Cohen, 2001) [VHS]
  • Felony (David A. Prior, 1994) [VHS]
  • Fiddler on the Roof (Norman Jewison, 1971) [VHS]
  • First Men in the Moon (Nathan Juran, 1964) [VHS]
  • The Five Deadly Venoms (Chang Cheh, 1978) [DVD]
  • For Right or Wrong: The Burton Movie [DVD]
  • The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky, 2006) [DVD]
  • Freddy Got Fingered (Tom Green, 2001) [DVD]
  • Frequency (Gregory Hoblit, 2000) [DVD]
  • Friendly Persuasion (William Wyler, 1956) [VHS]
  • From Russia with Love (Terrence Young, 1963) [DVD]
  • F/X (Robert Mandel, 1986) [VHS]

G

  • Galaxy Quest (Dean Parisot, 1999) [VHS]
  • Get Shorty (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1995) [VHS]
  • The Getaway (Roger Donaldson, 1994) [VHS]
  • The Glass Shield (Charles Burnett, 1994) [VHS]
  • Go West (Edward Buzzell, 1940) [VHS]
  • Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon, 1998) [VHS]
  • Goldfinger (Guy Hamilton, 1964) [DVD]
  • The Good, The Bd and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966) [VHS]
  • Goosebumps: Stay Out of the Basement [VHS]
  • Grand Hotel (Edmund Goulding, 1932) [VHS]

H

  • Halloween: H20 (Steve Miner, 1998) [DVD]
  • Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen, 1986) [VHS]
  • The Happening (M. Night Shyamalan, 2008) [DVD]
  • Happy Gilmore (Dennis Dugan, 1996) [VHS]
  • Hard Target (John Woo, 1993) [VHS]
  • Harvey (Henry Koster, 1950) [VHS]
  • The Harvey Girls (George Sidney, 1946)
  • Hear No Evil (Robert Greenwald, 1993) [VHS]
  • Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats [DVD]
  • Hellraiser: Inferno (Scott Derrickson, 2000) [DVD]
  • Highlander (Russell Mulcahy, 1986)
  • Hologram Man (Richard Pepin, 1995) [DVD]
  • Hoop Dreams (Steve James, 1994) [VHS]
  • Horn Rattling and Grunt Calling Techniques [VHS]
  • Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007) [DVD]
  • How to Steal a Million (William Wyler, 1966) [DVD]
  • Howard’s End (James Ivory, 1992) [VHS]
  • Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (John Hough, 1988) [DVD]
  • The Hudsucker Proxy (Joel Coen, 1994) [VHS]
  • Hurricane (Jerry Jameson, 1974) [VHS]
  • Husbands (John Cassavetes, 1970) [VHS]
  • The Hustler (Robert Rossen, 1961) [VHS]

I

  • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (Mervyn LeRoy, 1932) [VHS]
  • The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997) [VHS]
  • I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (Keenen Ivory Wayans, 1988) [DVD]
  • In the Heat of the Night (Norman Jewison, 1967) [DVD]
  • Intersection (Mark Rydell, 1994) [VHS]
  • Interview with the Vampire (Neil Jordan, 1994) [DVD]
  • Iron Warrior (Alfonso Brescia, 1987) [VHS]
  • Isaac Asimov: Voyage to the Outer Planets and Beyond (1986) [VHS]
  • It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934) [VHS]
  • The Italian Job (Peter Collinson, 1969) [DVD]

J

  • Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (Kundan Shah, 1983) [DVD]
  • Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997) [DVD]
  • Jason and the Argonauts (Don Chaffey, 1963) [DVD]
  • Jennifer 8 (Bruce Robinson, 1992) [VHS]
  • Jeremiah Johnson (Sydney Pollack, 1972) [VHS]
  • Jerry Maguire (Cameron Crowe, 1996) [VHS]
  • Jodhaa Akbar (Ashutosh Gowariker, 2008) [DVD]
  • Julian Po (Alan Wade, 1997) [VHS]
  • Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993) [VHS]

K

  • The King and I (Walter Lang, 1956) [VHS]
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman (Héctor Babenco, 1985) [VHS]
  • Klute (Alan J. Pakula, 1971) [VHS]
  • Knives Out (Rian Johnson, 2019) [BD]
  • Kung Fu Hustle (Stephen Chow Sing-Chi, 2004) [DVD]

L

  • Labyrinth (Jim Henson, 1986) [DVD]
  • Ladies Room (Gabriella Cristiani, 1999) [VHS]
  • Lake Placid (Steve Miner, 1999) [VHS]
  • Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (Simon West, 2001) [VHS]
  • The Laramie Project (Moises Kaufman, 2002) [VHS]
  • The Last Hit (Jan Egleson, 1993) [VHS]
  • The Last Resort (Kareem Tabsch & Dennis Scholl, 2018) [DVD]
  • The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese, 1978) [DVD]
  • The Lawnmower Man (Brett Leonard, 1992) [VHS]
  • Lawnmower Man 2: Jobe’s War (Farhad Mann, 1996) [VHS]
  • LeoMania: Lionardo DiCaprio’s Unauthorized Story [VHS]
  • Lethal Weapon (Richard Donner, 1987) [VHS]
  • License to Kill (John Glen, 1989) [VHS]
  • The Limey (Steven Soderbergh, 1999) [VHS]
  • The Lion King (Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff, 1994) [VHS]
  • Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (Ellen Weissbrod, 1990) [DVD]
  • Live and Let Die (Guy Hamilton, 1973) [VHS]
  • Lonesome Dove (Simon Wincer, 1989) [VHS]
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, 2003) [VHS]
  • Lost in America (Albert Brooks, 1985) [VHS]

M

  • Madame Bovary (Vincente Minnelli, 1949) [VHS]
  • Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999) [VHS]
  • The Main Event (Howard Zieff, 1979) [VHS]
  • Major League (David S. Ward, 1989) [VHS]
  • Malone (Harley Cokeliss, 1987) [VHS]
  • Manborg (Steven Kostanski, 2011) [DVD]
  • The Manchurian Candidate (Jonathan Demme, 2004) [VHS]
  • The Mask of Zorro (Martin Campbell, 1998) [VHS]
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Peter Weir, 2003) [DVD]
  • The Matrix Reloaded (Lana & Lilly Wachowski, 2003) [VHS]
  • Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000) [VHS]
  • Miami Vice (Michael Mann, 2006) [DVD]
  • The Milky Way (Leo McCarey, 1936) [VHS]
  • The Millionaires Express (Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, 1986) [VHS]
  • Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (Lance Hool, 1985) [VHS]
  • Moby Dick (John Huston, 1956) [VHS]
  • Moon Over Parador (Paul Mazursky, 1988) [VHS]
  • Mortal Kombat (Paul W.S. Anderson, 1995) [VHS]
  • Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (John R. Leonetti, 1997) [DVD]
  • An extremely bootleg Mr. Bean DVD that might be the cartoon, may be Johnny English, and, astonishingly, might actually be the Merchant/Ivory adaptation of The Remains of the Day.
  • Much Ado About Nothing (Kenneth Branagh, 1993) [DVD]
  • Mulan (Tony Bancroft & Barry Cook, 1998) [DVD]
  • Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001) [DVD]
  • Multiplicity (Harold Ramis, 1996) [VHS]
  • The Mummy Returns (Stephen Sommers, 2001) [DVD]
  • Murphy’s Romance (Martin Ritt, 1985) [VHS]
  • My Dinner with Andre (Louis Malle, 1981) [DVD]
  • My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava, 1936) [VHS]

N

  • Na Tum Jaano Na Hum (Arjun Sablok, 2002) [DVD]
  • National Lampoon’s Vacation (Harold Ramis, 1983) [VHS]
  • Nemesis 4 (Albert Pyun, 1996) [VHS]
  • New Jack City (Mario Van Peebles, 1991) [DVD]
  • Night of the Living Dead (Tom Savini, 1990) [DVD]
  • Night Patrol (Jackie Kong, 1984) [VHS]
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1993) [VHS]
  • Ninja Turf (Richard Park Wu-sang, 1985) [DVD]
  • 9&1/2 Weeks (Adrian Lyne, 1986) [VHS]
  • No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (Martin Scorsese, 2005) [DVD]
  • Norfolk & Western #611 [VHS]
  • North and South (Richard T. Heffron & Larry Peerce, 1985) [VHS]
  • North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959) [VHS]
  • Nude Nuns with Big Guns (Joseph Guzman, 2010) [DVD]

O

  • Ocean’s Eleven [Lewis Milestone, 1960] [DVD]
  • Ocean’s Eleven (Steven Soderbergh, 2001) [DVD]
  • Ocean’s Twelve (Steven Soderbergh, 2004) [DVD]
  • Ocean’s Thirteen (Steven Soderbergh, 2007) [DVD]
  • Of Human Bondage (John Cromwell, 1934) [VHS]
  • Oklahoma! (Fred Zinnemann, 1955) [DVD]
  • On Deadly Ground (Steven Segal, 1994) [VHS]
  • On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (Peter R. Hunt, 1969) [VHS]
  • Ong-Bak the Thai Warrior (Prachya Pinkaew, 2003) [DVD]
  • Oosaravelli (Surender Reddy, 2001) [DVD]
  • Oscar’s Greatest Moments: 1971-1991 [VHS]
  • Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh, 1998) [VHS]
  • The Ox-Bow Incident (William A. Wellman, 1942) [VHS]

P

  • Panic Room (Oliver Stone, 1986) [DVD]
  • Pakeezah (Kamal Amrohi, 1972) [DVD]
  • The Patriot (Roland Emmerich, 2000) [DVD]
  • Paradise Alley (Sylvester Stallone, 1978) [VHS]
  • Picnic (Joshua Logan, 1955) [VHS]
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Gore Verbinski, 2003) [VHS]
  • Planet of the Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968) [DVD]
  • Platoon (Oliver Stone, 1986) [VHS]
  • Pocahontas (Mike Gabriel & Eric Goldberg, 1995) [VHS]
  • Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996) [VHS]
  • Pootie Tang (Louis C.K., 2001) [VHS]
  • Postcards From the Edge (Mike Nichols, 1990) [VHS]
  • Predator 2 (Stephen Hopkins, 1990) [VHS]
  • Prince Valiant (Anthony Hickox, 1997) [VHS]
  • Prom Night (Paul Lynch, 1980) [DVD]
  • The Protector (Prachya Pinkaew, 2005) [DVD]
  • Psycho (Gus Van Sant, 1998) [VHS]
  • Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994) [DVD]
  • Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002) [VHS]
  • Puppet Master (David Schmoeller, 1989) [DVD]
  • Python (Richard Clabaugh, 2000) [VHS]

Q

  • The Quick and the Dead (Sam Raimi, 1995) [DVD]

R

  • Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (Aditya Chopra, 2008) [DVD]
  • Rang De Basanti (Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, 2006) [DVD]
  • The Ray Bradbury Theater [DVD]
  • The Red Shoes (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948) [VHS]
  • Red Wolf (Yeun Wo-Ping, 1995) [DVD]
  • Redeye (Wes Craven, 2005) [DVD]
  • Reds (Warren Beatty, 1981) [VHS]
  • Renegades (Jack Sholder, 1989) [VHS]
  • The Return of Jafar (1994) [VHS]
  • Return of the Scorpion (Kim Hyo-cheon, 1980) [DVD]
  • Return to Macon County (Richard Compton, 1975) [VHS]
  • Ricochet (Russell Mulcahy, 1991) [VHS]
  • Ripping Yarns (Michael Palin and Terry Jones) [VHS]
  • Rodman Down Under [DVD]
  • Roll of Thunder, Hear Me Cry (Jack Smight, 1978) [VHS]
  • The Rookie (Clint Eastwood, 1990) [VHS]
  • Roommates (Peter Yates, 1995) [VHS]
  • Romancing the Stone (Robert Zemeckis, 1984) [VHS]
  • Running Cool (Beverly & Fred Sebastian, 1993) [VHS]

S

  • Saboteur (Alfred Hitchcock, 1942) [DVD]
  • Scarface (Brian De Palma, 1983) [DVD]
  • Scary Movie 2 (Keenen Ivory Wayans, 2001) [VHS]
  • Scorpio (Michael Winner, 1973) [DVD]
  • The Searchers (John Ford, 1956) [VHS]
  • The Secret of My Success (Herbert Ross, 1987) [VHS]
  • Se7en (David Fincher, 1995) [DVD]
  • Sex, Lies, and Videotape (Steven Soderbergh, 1989) [VHS]
  • Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer, 2000) [DVD]
  • Shadow Boxers (Katya Bankowsky, 1999) [DVD]
  • Shaolin King Boxer (Karl Maka, 1979) [DVD]
  • She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (John Ford, 1949) [VHS]
  • Shrek 2 (2004) [DVD]
  • The Siege (Edward Zwick, 1998) [VHS]
  • Silent Night, Deadly Night (Charles E. Sellier Jr., 1984) [DVD]
  • The Simpsons: Best of Vol. 1-3 [VHS]
  • Singh is Kinng (Anees Bazmee, 2008) [DVD]
  • Singin’ in the Rain (Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952) [VHS]
  • The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999) [VHS]
  • S.O.B. (Blake Edwards, 1981) [VHS]
  • Soldier (Paul W.S. Anderson, 1998) [VHS]
  • Son of Paleface (Frank Tashlin, 1952) [VHS]
  • Songwriter (Alan Rudolph, 1984) [VHS]
  • South Pacific (Joshua Logan, 1958) [VHS]
  • Snatch (Guy Ritchie, 2000) [VHS]
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) [VHS]
  • Spaceballs (Mel Brooks, 1987) [DVD]
  • Spawn (Mark A.Z. Dippé, 1997) [VHS]
  • Speaking Parts (Atom Egoyan, 1989) [VHS]
  • Speed Racer (Lana & Lilly Wachowski, 2008) [DVD]
  • Spider Baby (Jack Hill, 1967) [DVD]
  • Spider-Man (Sam Raimi, 2002) [VHS]
  • Spy Kids (Robert Rodriguez, 2001) [DVD]
  • The Spy Who Loved Me (Lewis Gilbert, 1977) [VHS]
  • Star Trek: First Contact (Jonathan Frakes, 1996) [VHS]
  • Star Wars Original Trilogy Box Set [VHS]
  • Static II: The Invisibles (Josh Stewart, 2004) [DVD]
  • Straight Talk (Barnet Kellman, 1992) [DVD]
  • Straw Dogs (Sam Peckinpah, 1971) [VHS]
  • Stormy Weather (Andrew L. Stone, 1943) [VHS]
  • The Substitute (Robert Mandel, 1996) [VHS]
  • The Sugarland Express (Steven Spielberg, 1974) [DVD]
  • The Sum of Us (Geoff Burton & Kevin Dowling, 1994) [DVD]
  • Supernova (Walter Hill, 2000) [VHS]
  • Surviving the Game (Ernest R. Dickerson, 1994) [VHS]
  • Surviving Picasso (James Ivory, 1996) [VHS]

T

  • Tale of the Mummy (Russell Mulcahy, 1998) [DVD]
  • The Taming of the Shrew (Franco Zeffirelli, 1967) [VHS]
  • Tattoo Connection (Lee Tso-Nam, 1978) [DVD]
  • Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976) [DVD]
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Steve Barron, 1990) [VHS]
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (Michael Pressman, 1991) [VHS]
  • Tequila Sunrise (Robert Towne, 1988) [VHS]
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron, 1991)
  • That Thing You Do (Tom Hanks, 1996) [VHS]
  • That Was Then… This Is Now (Christopher Cain, 1985) [VHS]
  • The Thin Blue Line (Errol Morris, 1988) [VHS]
  • 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (Russell Mulcahy, 2004) [DVD]
  • Three Kings (David O. Russell, 1999) [VHS]
  • Three Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (Sean McNamara, 1998) [VHS]
  • Thunderheart (Michael Apted, 1992) [VHS]
  • Tiger Warsaw (Amin Q. Chaudhri, 1988) [VHS]
  • The Time Machine (George Pal, 1960) [VHS]
  • Timecop (Peter Hyams, 1994) [DVD]
  • Titanic (James Cameron, 1997) [VHS]
  • To Catch a Thief (Alfred Hitchcock, 1955) [DVD]
  • Tombstone (George P. Cosmatos, 1993) [VHS]
  • Tomorrowland (Brad Bird, 2015) [DVD]
  • Tosca (Tito Gobbi & Kirk Browning, 1978) [DVD]
  • Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995) [VHS]
  • Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996) [VHS]
  • Trancers I (Charles Band, 1984) [VHS]
  • Trial and Error (Jonathan Lynn, 1997) [VHS]
  • The Trial of Old Drum (Sean McNamara, 2000) [VHS]
  • The Triumph of Love (Clare Peploe, 2001) [DVD]
  • Tropic Thunder (Ben Stiller, 2008) [DVD]
  • Truck Turner (Jonathan Kaplan, 1974) [DVD]
  • The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998)[VHS]
  • 2 Fast 2 Furious (John Singleton, 2003) [VHS]
  • Two Mules for Sister Sara (Don Siegel, 1970) [VHS]

U

  • Umrao Jaan (Muzaffar Ali, 1981) [DVD]
  • Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan, 2000) [VHS]
  • Under Pressure (Raoul Walsh, 1935) [VHS]
  • The Underneath (Steven Soderbergh, 1995) [VHS]
  • Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992) [VHS]
  • Universal Soldier (Roland Emmerich, 1992) [VHS]
  • Urban Legend (Jamie Blanks, 1998) [VHS]

V

  • Vampire in Brooklyn (Wes Craven, 1995) [VHS]
  • Vengeance (Johnnie To, 2009) [DVD]
  • Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (Gautham Vasudev Menon, 2010) [DVD]

W

  • Walk Hard: The Dewy Cox Story (Jake Kasdan, 2007) [DVD]
  • Weekend at Bernie’s (Ted Kotcheff, 1989) [VHS]
  • Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008) [DVD]
  • When a Stranger Calls Back (Fred Walton, 1993) [VHS]
  • When Strangers Appear (Scott Reynolds, 2001) [VHS]
  • William Shatner’s Star Trek Memories (Michael Mahler, 1995) [VHS]
  • Witness (Peter Weir, 1985) [VHS]
  • Wolf (Mike Nichols, 1994) [VHS]
  • The Woman in Red (Gene Wilder, 1984) [VHS]
  • Working Girl (Mike Nichols, 1988) [VHS]

X

  • The X-Files (Rob Bowman, 1998) [VHS]
  • X-Men (Bryan Singer, 2000) [VHS]
  • xXx (Rob Cohen, 2002) [DVD]

Y

  • Yes Boss (Aziz Mirza, 1997) [DVD]
  • Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, 1974) [DVD]

Z

  • Zelig (Woody Allen, 1983) [VHS]
  • Zoolander (Ben Stiller, 2001) [DVD]

Wrestling Tapes

  • Ric Flair: Space Mountain Spectacular [VHS]
  • WWE: Bret “Hit Man” Hart: The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be [DVD]
  • WWE: The Classic Five of 1998 Box Set [VHS]
  • WWE: Rey Mysterio: The Life of a Masked Man [DVD]

One response to “last year I bought 1000 VHS tapes”

  1. Colette, you have the first Trancers!!!

    …I have been in love with Tim Thomerson since I was a boy.