One of the joys of rental DVDs in the past was bonus features. In recent years, those have been stripped from rental DVDs are only available on DVDs for sale. There are exceptions however and we are developing a list. All of our rental DVDs are from Netlix.
Outlander (2014 – )
Outlander Disc 4 Season 4 Final Netflix Disc
Especially gag reel and a montage from all of the seasons up to now
Glass Castle (2017):
Netflix Rental DVD Bonus features:
Glass Castle Netflix Rental DVD bonus features
Ella Anderson – Young Jeanette Walls – Netflix Rental DVD bonus feature
Lion (2016): is now also on Netflix streaming. DVD bonus features include the real Saroo Brierly (played in the film by Dev Patel and Sunny Pawar) telling his story. Brierly wrote the book the movie is based on.
The Founder (2016): McDonald’s story. Now also on Netflix streaming. Rental DVD Bonus features: Press Conference, Time lapse building McDonald’s, The Production Design, The Story Behind the Story, the McDonald’s Brothers, Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc, Behind the Scenes Gallery
The Founder bonus features level two
Arrival (2016):
Gold (2016): The Bre-X scandal, starring Matthew McConaughey. Bonus features do NOT include telling the real story of what happened unless it is tucked into the director’s full film commentary.
Ida (2014): Interview with the director, on the set. Excellent Polish film.
We just recently began this list so we have missed many that we saw in the past. If you know of any, can you please let us know here in the comments, on Twitter to @LindaSherman or on our Contact Us page. Thank you!
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