Col Needham, the founder of IMDb, has seen over 16,000 films

Recommending a film to Col Needham is no easy task… His personal film diary literally evolved into THE comprehensive catalogue of all films, the Internet Movie Database. The founder of IMDb and quite possibly the most supreme movie loving guest we’ll ever have on The Last Video Store to pick up his favourite films. Alexei joins Col on one of the great adventures of movie watching to find out how a mobile travelling video store van helped shape his love of film.Follow ALEXEI TOLIOPOULOS on Letterboxd for all the rental combo lists.

Alexei’s screening at the Sydney Opera House - Saturday Film Club: Children of Men, 6 September 2025

Our huge thank you to the Melbourne International Film Festival for getting Col to visit the Last Video Store

GUEST PICKS: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (action), Vertigo (thriller), Touch of Evil (crime)
STAFF PICKS: Limbo (2023) (crime)

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