As Hollywood gears up for the Oscars, it spends all its time pimping its best wares to the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Meanwhile, the world of home video starts to feel a little sparse. Luckily there are still a few titles worth checking out.

• An Affair to Remember: 50th Anniversary Edition (1957, dir. Leo McCarrey, 20th Century Fox): It’s a classic for a reason. If you are a fan of Carey Grant and Deborah Kerr’s tear-jerker, you will be happy to know this new edition is loaded with bonuses.

• Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956, dir. Fred F. Sears, Sony): This new and improved two-disc edition lets you witness Ray Harryhausen’s classic miniature work in all its glory. The features overflow on the second disc and the package comes complete with a comic book. Purists, take note — it has been colourized, but the original black-and-white version is also included. It Came from Beneath the Sea (1956) also gets the two-disc deluxe edition treatment.

• The Hunting Party (2007, dir. Richard Shephard, Weinstein Company): Richard Gere stars as a burned-out war journalist in this surprisingly effective dark comic satire, but it’s Terrence Howard who steals the show.

• In the Heat of the Night: 40th Anniversary Edition (1967, dir. Norman Jewison, United Artists): Another classic gets redressed for the new millennium. Race relations go under the microscope in this pitch-perfect best picture Oscar winner.

• Jackie Gleason: Genius at Work (2007, MPI Home Video): Back in the day, Jackie Gleason dominated television, from his work on The Honeymooners to his own variety show. This DVD digs through the vaults to reveal some of this comic master’s long-lost work.

• King of California (2007, dir. Mike Cahill, First Look): Michael Douglas puts on his crazy hat and teams up with the always excellent Evan Rachel Wood as they go on a quest for buried treasure.

• King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007, dir. Seth Gordon, New Line): Oscar may have snubbed this brilliant doc for its lack of social commentary, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t one of the best stories put to tape last year. In King of Kong, the filmmakers take you into the world of classic video gaming and introduce you to the outrageous characters that live there. Genius.

• The Naked Prey (1966, dir. Cornel Wilde, Criterion): Wilde directs and stars in this gritty tale of savage colonialism and primal retribution.

• Sunshine (2007, dir. Danny Boyle, 20th Century Fox): Imagine if Event Horizon was actually good. As a group of astronauts fly towards the sun in order to save life on planet Earth, Boyle’s visually stunning film takes inspiration from 2001, Solaris and Alien to deliver one of the most innovative sci-fi flicks of recent memory.

• The Ten (2007, dir. David Wain, City Lights): With his who’s who cast, Wain uses a series of shorts to comically re-envision the Ten Commandments.

• Two-Lane Blacktop (1971, dir Monte Hellman, Criterion): Considered by some the definitive road movie alongside Vanishing Point, Two-Lane Blacktop features James Taylor and Dennis Wilson as two drag racers who challenge Warren Oates to a cross-country race in this methodical and hypnotic thriller.

• The Val Lewton Horror Collection (2008, Warner): Load up on classic horror with a box set that features Cat People, Curse of the Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, The Seventh Victim and Shadows in the Dark. Comes complete with a Martin Scorsese-endorsed doc on the legendary horror producer