Film4 is to place 39 titles from its Film4 library on iTunes and Amazon.
The Channel 4 film arm is including 17 titles receiving their first release in the HD format.
The collection includes classics and award-winners which will be available for digital download for the first time, bringing these culturally significant films to a new generation of cineastes.
Included are Neil Jordan’s Angel, Bill Forsyth’s Local Hero; plus Brassed Off, Sexy Beast and This is England.
Channel 4 says the move also illustrates Film4’s role in supporting the British film industry and nurturing new talent, as evidenced by the number of debut films in the collection, and the number of careers on both sides of the camera that these films have launched.