# Movies/shows you can't find anywhere **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, movies\ **Created:** [June 18, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420 "2022-06-18T05:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/121 "2022-06-28T16:12:23Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > I imagine it’s such a niche market that there won’t be much of a demand for a streaming service that’ll carry **China O’Brien** and **Bloodfist 1-8** , but I’d be happy to be proven wrong. Roku channels “B-Movie TV” and “The B-Zone”. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/122 "2022-06-28T17:08:00Z")
The 1989 horror film Clownhouse is now deliberately out of print because the director Victor Salva was convicted of sexually assaulting the 12 year old actor during the production of the film. Not a movie but Stephen King has deliberately pulled his book RAGE (written under the pseudonym Richard Bachman) because it depicts a school shooting and at least one school shooter in the 90s mentioned it being an inspiration for him. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/123 "2022-06-28T17:14:58Z")
I mentioned in a thread about Bruce Willis that Moonlighting has never been available on a streaming service. And I just checked Amazon Canada where a DVD set of the first two seasons is for sale for $312.63. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/124 "2022-06-28T18:01:25Z")
The American version of “Tales of the Unexpected”, particularly the first episode “The Final Chapter”. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/125 "2022-06-28T21:58:05Z")
For a lot of Euro arthouse stuff you need a region-free player or be willing to pay a lot for out-of-print editions. Anchor Bay put out Greenaway’s **The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover** on DVD ages ago but withdrew it quickly. The Criterion Channel has some movies that they haven’t yet put on disc. I’m pretty sure Paul Schrader’s **Light Sleeper** (my favorite film of his) is on the channel, but has yet to appear on a North American disc. I’d also love to find the movie **Patagonia** as it’s one of the few Welsh-language films out there, but no luck so far. ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/126 "2022-06-28T23:01:30Z")
Not completely unobtainable, but never been released on anything other than VHS or Laserdisc. I have digital copies of these, but would love to have them in higher quality. These are all Chinese movies featuring Joey Wong Jyo Yin / Wang Tsu Hsien, best known for the original _A Chinese Ghost Story_ trilogy. \*Lake Sprite / It Will Be Cold by the Lakeside/It will be \* - This was Joey’s debut in 1981 at the age of 14, though she’s as beautiful as when she made her next movie in 1984/85 at 17 or 18. It’s a Taiwanese production and I’m not sure if they’re originally speaking Mandarin or Taiwanese as it seems dubbed. Sources list this movie as made in 1983/84, because it was released in Hong Kong after 1987 following the success of _A Chinese Ghost Story_. Someone confirmed on Usenet that it was definitely shown in Taiwan in 1981. _Woman From Hong Kong_ - A 1991 TV movie from Tokyo Broadcasting Company (TBS). This will probably never see an official re-release because while Joey was very popular in Japan in the mid-90’s, she retired for the second time shortly after and has never been seen in a celebrity work since. I found a digital copy from VHS of _Woman From Hong Kong_ a couple of years ago and with that, to my knowledge, completed my collection of all of Joey’s filmography. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/127 "2022-07-01T19:27:51Z")
Wanted to watch the movie Fatherland which I hadn’t seen since it aired on HBO in 1994. Since it was an HBO movie I assumed it would be on HBO Max but it’s not. Looks like the only streaming option is an upload someone made to YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/128 "2022-07-01T20:18:11Z")
I remember that. Fine film ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/129 "2022-07-01T22:00:12Z")
Actually, the book was better. I’ve noticed that the HBO adaptations of such novels are true to the book until around the final third of the film. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/130 "2022-07-01T22:21:20Z")
I will have to read it then ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/131 "2022-07-01T22:25:55Z")
I recommend _ **Engima** _ and _ **Archangel** _ too, also by Robert Harris. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/132 "2022-07-01T23:07:54Z")
I am looking for _Stephen King’s Golden Years_. a miniseries. I tried JustWatch, but they gave me the synopsis to some British comedy series, while showing the title card from the King series. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/133 "2022-07-01T23:38:27Z")
Does this qualify? [https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/Stephen-King-s-Golden-Years/1115332](https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/Stephen-King-s-Golden-Years/1115332) Claims the whole thing (236 minutes) for $4.99 in SD. Alternately > **[Amazon.com: Stephen King's Golden Years : R.D. Call, Keith Szarabajka, Bill...](https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Kings-Golden-Years-Szarabajka/dp/B00BW4S89S)** > > Amazon.com: Stephen King's Golden Years : R.D. Call, Keith Szarabajka, Bill Raymond, Frances Sternhagen, Ed Lauter, Felicity Huffman: Movies & TV ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/134 "2022-07-01T23:55:40Z")
Unfortunate, I don’t live anywhere near South Dakota. Will they ship it to Oregon? 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/135 "2022-07-02T15:35:54Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Actually, the book was better. I’ve noticed that the HBO adaptations of such novels are true to the book until around the final third of the film. Something interesting that dovetails back to the topic of this thread. While the book was a best seller in its day it apparently is not available on Kindle because I just checked. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/136 "2022-07-07T19:06:23Z")
Is the 2004 pilot for _Dark Shadows_ available anywhere? I know it has been shown at conventions, and there is a bad copy available for viewing on You Tube, but I am looking for a better print to view. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/137 "2022-07-07T20:42:55Z")
I saw it recently on DVD in a pack with Langoliers and some other things that I don’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/138 "2022-07-09T18:28:04Z")
Now that this has reached 138 posts, I’d like to expand the topic a bit. Stage shows. So many are no longer in production - and are never likely to be in production again. That’s understandable, but it leaves one in the position of just reading the cast script. Which is like trying to enjoy a meal by reading the recipes. Especially frustrating when a playwright’s or actor’s memoirs mention the flash of writing inspiration, staging, or acting, that resulted in a particularly memorable scene. We’re left with the disappointment of never seeing that again. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/139 "2022-07-09T20:21:51Z")
There’s an episode of American Playhouse I’d love to have called [The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091858/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_20). Saw it once and have been wanting to see it again. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420/140 "2022-07-09T20:35:56Z")
Used to have that on VHS. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420.md?page=8)