If the lack of “newly released” home videos is discouraging, fear not. There is more than enough “notables” to make up for it.

Apocalypse Now: Three-Disc Full Disclosure Edition: Blu-ray (2010, Lionsgate). Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam retelling of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness comes to Blu-ray in both its superior original 1979 version as well as the bloated 2001 Redux. It’s joined by Hearts of Darkness (1991), a feature-length making-of doc. If you own it all already, look for a new 48-page booklet of interviews with Coppola, star Martin Sheen and screenwriter John Millius.

The Busby Berkley Collection (2010, dir. Busby Berkley, Warner). Get your fix of classic movie musicals complete with spectacular costume numbers and trademark kaleidoscopic top shots as nine of Berkley’s classics come to DVD. The 10-pack includes 42nd Street (1933), Footlight Parade (1933), Gold Diggers of 1933 and 1935 as well as a bonus disc filled with all his greatest scenes.

Charade: Blu-ray (1963, dir. Stanley Donen, Criterion). Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn star in this Hitchcock-inspired thriller about a woman who goes on the run after her life is threatened by four men searching for her late husband’s fortune — which she never knew about in the first place.

Dollhouse: Season 2 (2009, 20th Century Fox). One of the Internet’s favourite TV auteurs, Joss Whedon, redeems himself after Dollhouse’s first season of primitive slut-of-the-week adventures. With Eliza Dushku in the lead, Whedon ups the stakes and explores the classic conundrum of what happens when science goes too far.

The Exorcist: Blu-ray (1973, dir. William Friedken, Warner). Friedken’s seminal horror classic about a possessed girl and her mother’s fight to get her back hits Blu-ray just in time for Halloween.

Grindhouse (2007, dir. Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Vivendi). Rodriguez’s Planet Terror and Tarantinos’s Deathproof are finally restored to full double-feature glory on this two-disc edition, complete with two hours of bonus features.

H2Oil (2009, dir. Shannon Walsh). Another harrowing documentary about the petroleum industry, but this one focuses on the tarsands of northern Alberta and the effects our oil addiction is having on its communities.

The Human Centipede (2010, dir. Tom Six, IFC Films). If a psychopath kidnapped three people and surgically attached them anus to mouth, would anybody watch? Rent it to find out.

The Karate Kid (2010, dir. Harald Zwart, Sony). Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan star in this surprisingly entertaining update of the ’80s kung fu classic.

Kevin Pollack: The Littlest Suspect (2009, dir. Manny Rodriguez, Image). One of standup’s most underrated funnymen delivers his third concert film.

The Killer Inside Me (2010, dir. Michael Winterbottom, Pardox). Jim Thompson’s misanthropic pulp novel about a sadistic small-town sheriff gets an unflinching adaptation by Winterbottom. Casey Affleck stars as the lawman who starts up a violent sexual relationship with the new femme fatale in town, played by Jessica Alba. Don’t expect easy watching or easy answers.

The Maltese Falcon: Bl-uray (1941, dir. John Huston, Warner). Humphrey Bogart’s classic noir about tough-talking gumshoe Sam Spade gets the HD treatment. So does his equally impressive tale of greed gone wrong, The Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948).

MicMacs (2010, dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Sony). Amelie director Jeunet offers another surreal — and visually stunning — tragicomedy about a group of outcasts living in a junkyard. Jeunet’s early features, Delicatessen (1991) and City of Lost Children (1995), have also been reissued.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010, dir. Samuel Bayer, New Line). Wes Craven’s classic ’80s horror flick about a dream-haunting, child-molesting serial killer gets a reboot with Jackie Earl Haley donning Freddy Kruger’s glove. Remember, newer doesn’t always mean better.

Please Give (2010, dir. Nicole Holofcener, Sony Pictures Classics). One of America’s most underrated writer-directors, Holofcener reteams with her favourite leading lady, Catherine Keener, in this dramedy about the trials of a group of upper-middle class New Yorkers. Expect great dialogue and performances with slightly fewer neuroses than Woody Allen.

Smash His Camera (2010, dir. Leon Gast, Magnolia). The Oscar-winning director of When We Were Kings turns the lens on infamous paparazzo Ron Galella, who spent 30 years shooting stars and setting the tone for the intrusive celeb-obsessed culture we’ve all come to know (and hate).

Sons of Anarchy: Season 2 (2009, 20th Century Fox). Kurt Sutter, creator of The Shield, continues to deliver one of the most innovative series on TV in his retelling of Shakespeare’s Hamlet against the backdrop of a biker gang. Look for a critically lauded performance by Sutter’s wife, Katy Segal.

Spartacus: Blood and Sand (2010). Producers Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert return to TV with a stunning gladiator series that updates the sword-and-sandal epics of the past with more than its fair share of sex and violence.

You Don’t Know Jack (2010, dir. Barry Levinson, HBO). Al Pacino stars as the controversial Dr. Jack Kevorkian, in an HBO TV movie that is elevated by Levinson’s no-frills direction and strong turns by Pacino and Susan Sarandon.