Missing movies I would love to buy...

[Scarab]

My TV list went no where (slow). And thankfully I own several of these on dvd or bluray (and others are available from Amazon). I am sure I am missing several, but these are ones I would love to add to my Vudu collection (in alphabetical order).

Airheads (1994)

American Ninja (1985) (sequel is available)

Amos and Andrew (1993)

Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds(2010)

Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009)

Better Off Dead (1985)

Born in East L.A. (1987)

Cocoon (1985) (sequel is available)

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)

Fast Getaway (1991)

Fortress (1992) (sequel is available)

Gumby: The Movie (1995)

Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986)

Heart and Souls (1993)

Here Come the Littles (1985)

If Looks Could Kill (1991)

Lightning Jack (1994)

Love Potion No. 9 (1992) (available to rent but not purchase)

Lucas (1986)

Mac and Me (1988)

Moving Violations (1985)

Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990)

Prehysteria! (1993) (available free with ads)

Prehysteria! 2 (1994) (available free with ads)

Prehysteria! 3 (1995)

Purple People Eater (1988)

Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (1985) (available to rent but not purchase)

Revenge of the Nerds (1984) (sequel is available)

Shrimp on the Barbie (1990)

SpaceCamp (1986)

Swamp Thing (1982) (available to rent but not purchase)

The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1999) (available to rent but not purchase)

The 'Burbs (1989) (available to rent but not purchase)

The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)

The Ewok Adventure (1984)

The Guyver (1991) (sequel is available)

The Heavenly Kid (1985)

The Meteor Man (1993)

The Nude Bomb (1980)

The Producers (1968) (available to rent but not purchase)

Three Amigos! (1986) (available to rent but not purchase)

Toys (1992)

[MAKAVELl]

Begged Vudu to add Airheads wish they would also get True Lies, Dutch, Punisher with Dolph, Showigirls, No Holds Barred and Angels in the Outfield

[Scarab]

Begged Vudu to add Airheads wish they would also get True Lies, Dutch, Punisher with Dolph, Showigirls, No Holds Barred and Angels in the Outfield

Definitely some good ones there.

I have been kicking myself so missing sooo many others.

Cannonball Run” (1981) (Vudu has the sequel)
Freaked (1993)
Mannequin (1987) (Vudu has the sequel)
Nine Months (1995)
Porky's (1981)
Pump Up the Volume (1990)
Pursuit to Algiers (1945) (Vudu has the other 13 of his Sherlock Holmes series and it is available on Blu-ray)
Silent Movie (1976)
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)
Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999) (Vudu rents and is MA eligible).

[MAKAVELl]

hard to believe a lot of these titles are missing if you check the Vudu subreddit most of the movies mentioned on here people request almost everyday

[Scarab]

hard to believe a lot of these titles are missing if you check the Vudu subreddit most of the movies mentioned on here people request almost everyday

The frustrating part is some of these used to be available.

[jeremymc7]

Read through the old forum messages

Total Recall has come and gone several times. When the BD or 4K gets a new release I'm sure it will be back up.

Cannonball 1 is a hard one, but it's never been there or not for some time.

A lot of classic 70 and 80's movies have contractual problems. In some cases it's not even clear who own's what anymore. So nothing new can be released.

MGM titles are a classic example. The studio was chewed up, spit out, and sold off sooooo many times during the 80's and 90's that the contracts are lost or incomplete.

Things like Disney buying FOX have also complicated things.

Then you have many of the studios having their own streaming channels and keeping content for themselves.

Oddly I find a lot of stuff on Tubi I can't find anywhere else.

[Scarab]

jeremymc7 Sadly you are not wrong. So many titles have come and gone only for us to hope they come back. (Many had I known I would have rushed to buy back the day). Granted with Vudu's wonderful search function many of those I do own are hidden unless endlessly scrolling through my collection without filters. Then often one version is discontinued, and another arrives (often with no noticeable change in film or studio).

I was hoping Amazon buying MGM would help improve the missing MGM titles (and hopefully, though unlikely, add Amazon Studios/MGM titles to Movies Anywhere).

Disney/Fox has its challenges, should have finished doing a D2D on my Fox movies before the acquisition, now I am paying for it (literally).

There are so many randomly available on bluray that aren't available to buy on streaming, some of which you cant rent but not buy which confuses potential licensing related issues even more (Three Amigos! is one example). Others that are on Bluray but Vudu only offers in SD (Warlock is one such example). And still, and not Vudu fault, there are a number of titles from the Movies Anywhere studios that either aren't eligible for service, or the other extreme of some movies that are eligible but aren't available to buy anywhere (Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving is an example). And not even going to get started in those missing Atmos audio tracks that have them on Bluray, or even more frustrating by Vudu can't offer multiple languages without charging you to buy the movie again while DVDs and Blurays often multiple languages on the same disc.

As for Tubi and the ever-growing list of other services, I do use them when I have to. I am not fond of ads, especially on streaming services as it is often the same ad every few minutes. But mostly I wan't finish converting my phyical collection to digital and there are hundreds of titles remaining to do (some I am waiting on sales but many others simply aren't available).

[cvoeller20]

I've been trying to find Amos and Andrew (1993) & Josh and S.A.M. (1993) from the Studio Warner Bros Since February 2021 of last year.

[RTF2451]

Begged Vudu to add Airheads wish they would also get True Lies, Dutch, Punisher with Dolph, Showigirls, No Holds Barred and Angels in the Outfield

Showgirls is available to purchase

[RTF2451]

Showgirls is available to purchase

My apologies, it was available to purchase a month or two ago, Thats when I picked it up. No Holds Barred was also available at some point cuz I have that. I also was able to get True Lies d2d but that was years ago

[MAKAVELl]

My apologies, it was available to purchase a month or two ago, Thats when I picked it up. No Holds Barred was also available at some point cuz I have that. I also was able to get True Lies d2d but that was years ago

Ended up buying Showgirls and True Lies on Bluray (True Lies is the Spanish version) but would still love to have everything on Vudu or MA

[mrewster]

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