2 for £20: Third Window Films Sale — 6 Titles You Might Have Missed
Our 2 for £20 offer on select Third Window Films titles is live now — mix and match any two titles from the collection and the offer is applied automatically at checkout (and subsequent multiples like 4 for £40 and beyond).
Browse the full 2 for £20 Third Window Films collection to see everything included.
With 37 titles in the mix it's easy to grab the obvious favourites and miss some of the smaller gems sitting alongside them. Here are six titles from the collection well worth a look.
ONE CUT OF THE DEAD
ONE CUT OF THE DEAD opens as a scrappy, single-take zombie film shot for a late-night TV slot — until the crew's low-budget shoot is interrupted by an actual zombie attack. The film's real trick arrives in its second half revealing one of the smartest, funniest love letters to independent filmmaking ever made. It became a word-of-mouth sensation on a shoestring budget, and it's easy to see why once you've seen the reveal.
ONODA: 10,000 NIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE
ONODA: 10,000 NIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE tells the extraordinary true story of Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who kept fighting in the Philippine jungle for nearly three decades after WWII ended, refusing to believe the war was over. It's a patient, immersive character study of duty curdling into delusion, filmed with real respect for just how strange and singular this true story is. If you think you know the Onoda story, this film goes deeper into the psychology behind it than any summary can.
THE LAND OF HOPE
THE LAND OF HOPE is director Sion Sono's restrained, humanist drama about a farming family living near a fictional nuclear plant in the aftermath of a meltdown, made in direct response to the real 2011 Fukushima disaster. Rather than his usual provocations, Sono turns his focus to quiet, devastating family drama — the everyday choices people make when an invisible threat upends normal life. It's one of his most emotionally grounded films, and a genuinely moving watch.
SHARK SKIN MAN AND PEACH HIP GIRL
SHARK SKIN MAN AND PEACH HIP GIRL is director Katsuhito Ishii's stylish, genre-blending road movie, mixing yakuza crime plotting with deadpan comedy and unexpected romance. Ishii's distinctive visual flair — the same pop-art sensibility he later brought to the anime sequence in Kill Bill — is on full display here, making familiar crime-movie beats feel fresh and playful. It's a cult favourite for anyone who likes their crime films with a wink.
FUNUKE: SHOW SOME LOVE, YOU LOSERS!
FUNUKE: SHOW SOME LOVE, YOU LOSERS! is a pitch-black family dramedy that detonates the moment an aspiring-actress daughter returns home after her parents' deaths, upending the quiet life of the sister who stayed behind to care for everyone else. Director Daihachi Yoshida balances vicious comedy and real cruelty with real precision, never letting the film settle into easy sympathy for anyone. It's a sharp, uncomfortable watch for anyone who likes their family dramas served without sugar-coating.
YOUR LOVELY SMILE
YOUR LOVELY SMILE is one of the lesser-known titles in the Third Window Films catalogue, and exactly the kind of film this label built its reputation on: a smaller Japanese release that wouldn't otherwise have made it to UK shelves at all. If you've enjoyed other Third Window titles for their eye toward overlooked, distinctive Japanese cinema, this is worth adding to the pile on trust alone. (Editor's note: worth double-checking this synopsis before publishing — plot details for this one weren't confidently available.)
All six are part of the 2 for £20 offer — grab any two together (or four, or six) and the discount applies automatically at checkout. See the full collection here.