Here are some on my wish list:
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Min And Bill
Tugboat Annie
The Truth About Spring
Murder, He Said
David Copperfield w/Freddie Bartholemew
Canterville Ghost w/Charles Laughton
Diary Of A Mad Housewife
Harry And The Hendersons
Island Of Lost Souls
You're A Big Boy Now
Playtime-Tati
If I Had A Million
Midnight Lace
On Borrowed Time (already mentioned, but a must-have)

I forgot one:
Margaret Rutherford Miss Marple movies. A box set was released in England, but not here yet.

SIGN "O" THE TIMES (a.k.a. PRINCE: SIGN "O" THE TIMES) has been officially released as a Region 1 DVD (of rather laudable quality, too) by Alliance Atlantis. It is a Canadian exclusive, so it will have to be imported for U.S. consumers, but it is legit, legal and official.

Necessary Addition:
 

THE WAR GAME (1965) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059894/

Up the Academy (Mad magazine movie)
Hot Times at Monte Claire High

Sandra Dee movies:

A Summer Place (1959) - Warner Bros.
I'd Rather Be Rich (1964) - Universal
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1967) - MGM

Connie Stevens/Troy Donahue

Susan Slade (1961) - Warner Bros.

Harper Valley PTA is coming out - May or June I think. I saw it on the "upcoming releases" list on DeepDiscountDVD.com

Also Kansas City Bomber will be released in May. I also saw it there at DDD - and have it "saved" for when it's released. Great Roller Derby movie!

What about the film 20 DATES (1999)?

Looks like there is a region 2 PAL version. [edit]

Whisper of the Heart (1995) by Yoshifumi Kondo based on a screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki. Does anyone have any news on this one?

Well, as you can see from siggy, I'm on a personal crusade to get three films which I love released to DVD. One of them is already on your list, one of them has been announced (again, after the first release mysteriously fell-through), but the third is stilll in limbo...

THE WOMAN CHASER (1999) meets all of you criteria, so please add it to the list. A fine film and one I'll pre-order the day it is announced.

Long overdue update posted.

Thanks for all the input. Please let me know if you have any additional updates.

I haven't been buying as many DVDs (baby and all) so I have not been as anal about keeping up with new release announcements.

I didn't see A Matter of Life and Death (aka Stairway to Heaven) 1946 on the list.

I Come in Peace (titled Dark Angel in R2) with the great Dolph Lundgren has no region 1 release

Also Godzilla 1985

Just some unreleased titles to add.... as you can tell, I'm on a Cagney binge after revisiting his films in the Warner Gangster Collection.

Blonde Crazy (1931) - James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ray Milland
Smart Money (1931) - Cagney, Edward. G. Robinson
Lady Killer (1933) - Cagney
Ceiling Zero (1936) - dir. Hawks, Cagney

You can add the release date for "Race With the Devil"

June 28, 2005.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...s=dvd&n=507846

These seem to have been released:

Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, The (1980)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) ('Wwii Movies - Colllector's Series' on Amazon)
Plague Dogs, The (1982) (pan 'n' scan with nastier bits edited out though)
Rhinestone (1984) yee ha!
Student of Prague, The (Man Who Cheated Life, The) (1926) by Alpha, Gotham Distribution
Whisky Galore! (1949) in the 'Ealing Comedy Collection' box
Wild in the Streets (1968) as half of a Midnite Movies Double Feature

Got these dates from Amazon:

Au hasard Balthazar COMING 6/14/05!
Heaven Can Wait (1943) COMING 6/14/05!
Target (1985) COMING 6/14/05!
Race With the Devil (1975) COMING 6/28/05!
Slaves of New York (1989) COMING 7/26/05!
After the Thin Man (1936) COMING 8/02/05!
Follow the Fleet (1936) COMING 8/16/05!
Shall We Dance? (1937) COMING 8/16/05!
Top Hat (1935) COMING 8/16/05!

Dead Women in Lingerie is seeing release, finally:

PRESS RELEASE
MTI TO RELEASE MAURA TIERNEY’S FIRST FEATURE FILM
DEAD WOMEN IN LINGERIE

Shocking Thriller Starring Dennis Christopher, June Lockhart, Laura Harring,
and the Late Jerry Orbach will be available on DVD July 12, 2005!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Miami, FL — (June 7, 2005) MTI Home Video, the leading independent home entertainment studio, will release the thriller DEAD WOMEN IN LINGERIE on DVD July 12, 2005. The feature marks Maura Tierney’s film debut, as well as her first and only nude scene.

DEAD WOMEN IN LINGERIE was co-written by the films’ star John Romo and the films’ director and producer Erica Fox (The Christmas Box, Timepiece). The film stars Maura Tierney (ER, Welcome to Mooseport, Liar Liar), Dennis Christopher (It, Chariot’s of Fire, Breaking Away), June Lockhart (Lost in Space, General Hospital, The Big Picture), Laura Harring (The Punisher, Mulholland Dr., Willard), and the Late Jerry Orbach (Law and Order, Dirty Dancing, Crimes and Misdemeanors).

Synopsis:

A private detective is hired to catch a serial killer who makes immigrant garment workers his victims.

The DVD release will be shown in widescreen format, with interactive menus, scene selection, cast biographies, optional Spanish subtitles and trailers. The film will be priced at $19.95 SRP for the DVD.

Production notes from writer/director Erica Fox:

"It was important to me that the sex scenes with the Nick (Romo) and Molly (Tierney) characters always took place during the day and were beautifully photographed while the death scenes, which are also connected to sex, are all shot in dark or silhouette to symbolize the difference. It was important to me that the character of Molly, was a strong female character; smart and funny and I believe this character was the start of that persona for her. It was the first of many smart, funny characters she went on to play."

The film went on to be an AFI Showcase Feature, and was given a theatrical release by AFI. It was also in the OAS/AFI film festival and it went on to the Cuban Film Festival. After the screening the 800 seat theater was emptying, but when they heard the song over the credits, they all sat back down. The song was sung by Fox’s step-sister, Libby Harding (Word of Mouth, Conjunto Jardin) and was a cover of a Silvio Rodriguez song, "Canto Arena." Rodriguez is the equivalent of Bruce Springsteen in Cuba. People were amazed that that song was in the film. DEAD WOMEN IN LINGERIE was the first U.S. film to do a song rights agreement with Cuba.

Letter From An Unknown Woman. Which studio owns this one anyways?

Please add to the list:

Who's The Caboose? (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179526/)
High Strung (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102032/)

I keep waiting for Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! to be released on DVD (it's already on the list). It was released on laserdisc, you'd think that if it was popular enough to be on laserdisc it'd be popular enough to be on DVD. Oh well...

I keep waiting for someone like Anchor Bay to put out Silent Scream - saw this years ago and still have a crappy VHS version, but it would be nice to have it out on DVD. Seems with all the horror remakes and catalog titles coming out, they would get around to this one.

More
 

Angels and Cherubs / Angeles Y Querubines (Rafael Corkidi, 1972, Cine Producciones/Azteca, Mexico)

Big Grey-Blue Bird, A / Bottom, ein großer graublauer Vogel / Grosso uccello grigio azzurro, Un (Thomas Schamoni, 1971, West Germany)

Hu-Man (Jérôme Laperrousaz, France, 1975)

Birds In Peru / Birds Come To Die In Peru / Les Oiseaux Vont Mourir Au Perou (Romain Gary, 1968)

Kingdom, The / Okuku (Kanai Katsu, Japan, 1973)

Brand X (Win / Wynn / Wyn Chamberlain, 1970 (Starring Taylor Meade & Sam Shepard))

Death May Be Your Santa Claus (Frankie Dymon Jr, UK, 1969)

Pink Lady's Motion Picture / Pinku redi no katsudoshashin (Shusei Kotani / Tom Kotani, 1978, Japan)

There Is No 13 (William Sachs, 1974, Film Ventures International)

Boob Tube Strikes Again / The Coming Of Seymour / Fabulous Fanny (Lee Frost, 1977)

Heartbeat In The Brain (Amanda Feilding, UK, 1970)

Poupée, La / The Doll / He, She, Or It / Lalka / Die Puppe (Jacques Baratier, 1962, France)

Troika (Frederic Hobbs & Gordon Mueller, 1969, USA, Emerson)

Bells Of Silesia, The / Das Unheil / Les Cloches De Silésie (Peter Fleischmann, 1972, Germany)

Marines, Les / Il fiore e la violenza (Francois Reichenbach, 1957, France)

Without Warning / The Story Without A Name / Sangue Sotto la Luna / Achtung! Blondinengangster (Arnold Laven, USA, 1952)

Pubertinaje (José Antonio Alcaraz, Pablo Leder & Luis Urias, 1971, Mexico, Producciones Viskin)

Big Departure, The / Grand Depart, Le (Martial Raysse, 1972, France, Nouvelles Editions de Films)

Another one that is not out yet is Goin' Coconuts with Donnie and Marie Osmond. It's not a good movie, of course, but I do remember it being the first movie that I say on HBO when I was a kid. I have the VHS version from Goodtimes and it is unwatchable due to poor quality.

Didn't see The Sundowners (1960) on the list ... surely, it has received at least 5 votes at IMDb ...

According to DVDPlanet, Faster Pussycat and Motor Psycho should be out tomorrow.

Almost an Angel (1990) hasn't been released yet and I didn't see anyone mention it.

Once Almost an Angel and Robin Hood: Men in Tights are released there will be nothing else out there that I'm interested in that hasn't been released. Still can't believe Men in Tights hasn't been released and movies like Brain Donors, Freaked and Cabin Boy have been released.

I've been waiting or this one...

Wild Geese, The (1978)

Hey this is not a big screen movie but what about: Son Of The Morning Star,it was about george custer and the last stand,it's on vhs and that's it.
Would love to see this on dvd.

how about the original "The Incredible Journey" from disney? I remember seeing the original theatrically (re-release) in the late sixties - early seventies. It would give people a chance to see that disney made quality movies before pixar. this is not to be confused with the remake (ok, but not as good as the original) where they gave the animals voices.

List has been updated

Unreleased:
Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1993)
Ghoulies IV

Released (needs to be taken off list):
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000B9E2LI/qid=1128025530/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-3169561-4096902?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846">Nail Gun Massacre (1985)</a>

Is it all about money?
 

My question is, "Why?" Why does every cheap knock-off film that comes down the pike get a near-immediate DVD release when there are hundreds of classics that have yet to see the light of day?

Do we really need three and four different releases of some titles when more than half the films on the AFI list aren't even available?

What's up with "The Fountainhead" for example -- an amazing film yet not available in any format. Is someone waiting for Miss Neal to pass on so that a box set can be offered in her memory?

Are there politics involved, or is it all about the money?

The Formula (George C. Scott)

The list has been updated.

My apologies if this was mentioned upthread, but how about Mel Gibson's Attack Force Z? Been waiting for ages for this one to arrive on DVD.

Two 80's anime movies that I'd really like to see on DVD...

Robot Carnival (1987)
Lensman (1984)

I didnt see
the public eye And
the illustrated man

Just a few more:

Malicious (1973)
Three in the attic (1968)
The Slams (1973)
Quentin Durward (1955)
Play Dirty (1968)
The Bed-Sitting Room (1969)
Sette monache a Kansas City (1973)
Moonfleet (1955)
Kamasutra - Vollendung der Liebe (1969)
The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947)
The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
Time to Kill (1943)
The Egyptian (1954)
A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)
Escape from Devil's Island (1935)
Androcles and the Lion (1952)
Angel Face (1952)
The Prodigal (1955)
Madam Satan (1930)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Man of the West (1958)
The Furies (1950)
Desperate (1947)
Attila (1954)
Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
Le Monache di Sant'Arcangelo (1973)
Revenge of the Shogun Women (1977)
A Man Called Dagger (1967)
Operación Goldman (1966)
The Happening (1967)
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
The Mercenaries (1968)
100 Rifles (1969)
Crossed Swords (1977)
...tick...tick...tick... (1970)
Riot (1969)
The Split (1968)
Violent Saturday (1955)
The Badlanders (1958)
El Condor (1970)
Hannie Caulder (1971)
Storm Over the Nile (1955)
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
The Stranglers of Bombay (1960)
The Earth Dies Screaming (1965)
Night of the Big Heat (1967)
The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
Paper Tiger (1975)
Hot Potato (1976)
Island of the Lost (1967)
7 Women (1966)
The Sword of Ali Baba (1965)
Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
The Naked Cage (1986)
Little Cigars (1973)
Simon, King of the Witches (1971)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975)
Fire Sale (1977)
Beyond the Reef (1981)
Darktown Strutters (1975)

Six Pack (1982) is coming out 4/4/2006