Broadway Video

I come to Broadway Video to get films I can’t find on iTunes: hard to find movies, foreign films, independent films, and gay movies. They have a good selection of Almodovar and other Spanish films which I like. If I wasn’t so lazy, I wouldn’t even bother with iTunes b/​c they are sort of limited and mainstream. The service is always excellent and if I can’t find something, the staff is super helpful. I like the way they arrange movies, such as «staff picks» and occasionally by an actor/​acress they are featuring. They moved from the storefront in QFC to one on Broadway. Oh, and if you are not OK with a video store having gay porn, stay in Belltown. The Hill should be off limits to you!

I love Broadway Video. The staff is very knowledgable and friendly. 3-​day rentals make life very convenient.

Support your local businesses! After recently watching the remake of Total Recall, my husband and I decided we would go pick up the old one to refresh our memory. Well… Netflix on demand didn’t have it, the nearest Blockbuster is no longer, and then… we found this place!
BTW — the ADDRESS LISTED ON Unilocal IS WRONG. It’s actually right by Than Bros and the Indian Food place past the Broadway Market further north on Broadway. It took us a couple turns and a phone call to finally find it. Guy at the store was quite helpful — and off we were on the way back home with our DVD in hand.
Will go back next time we have a DVD need again. I tried looking for this other title, WordPlay — couldn’t find it. It’s a little challenging finding titles in there — you can always ask the store guy to help. He was very helpful when we were there.
Oh yea, this store looked like it had a crazy amount of porn. Everywhere I turned… lots of porn.

I come here primarily for Blu-​Ray, inadvertently Netflix turned my love of video rental places into an occasional experience. Of course, while Netflix is still growing their library, these guys also have a lot of great stuff, especially television wise.
Blu-​Ray selection is pretty decent. If you manage to go on the week days, get your first Blu-​Ray full price and second for a dollar, I believe. $ 6, two movies, three days — if you’re prepared for it, it’s a good deal. Sadly I’m mostly only in here on the weekends but I end up renting two anyway. Blu-​Rays also out before Netflix has anything, of course.
The staff is very friendly. I believe I managed to get into a discussion with the manager or owner one time about switching to Blu-​Ray, he seemed reluctant, but he agreed that working at Criterion would be neat, if only it were several years ago.
That’s all kinda pithy though, the point here is that they have a great selection for literally anything you’d like to get. Maybe not specifics every time, or it’s already taken out, but you’ll find something else you might want to watch, which is how I figure their magical organization scheme works.
That’s right, it’s a trap.
You ask «where can I find Videodrome?» and the employee points vaguely at an area, says «Cronenberg section.»
While you look through an entire shelf you realize that maybe you could squeeze in half of Anti-​Christ before falling asleep alone on your couch, pint of ice cream carefully balanced. But you might as well rent Fawlty Towers too, for the morning after, because you remember what happens after the talking fox and your girlfriend says you can’t finish Anti-​Christ when she’s around.
And hey, QFC is right there so you can get some sympathy cereal and marshmallows to cheer you up when you inevitably finish it, if anything like me, actually saying «NO… NO, NO STOP THAT, OH GODDAMN» at your television.
Next week you’re back and you grab some fun movies made in Japan that you assume will be cheerful and happy but instead they have people ejaculating onto plants before cutting people’s heads off with their feet.
Anyway recommended because it’s pretty great. Maybe pricey, but that’s comparative to Netflix, and I can understand why they want to stay in business. Oh, great employee picks sections too, like I said, knowledgeable staff.

An extra star for surviving.
Broadway Video is hanging on. A small shop with an eclectic collection — thank jebus. Some porn, some gay, a fair collection of foreign and classics as well as US and Brit TV.

I love Broadway Video for too many reasons to mention!!! Ok, helpful, kind, knowledgeable, convenient, casual, spicy, and fun! The best thing to hit Broadway Market since the Bubble Bobble Video Game at Urban Outfitters!

Broadway video is cool, except for the fact that it made us think that the show The L Word was cool, for the first season, then we started watching it via netflix instant, and realized that it, or season 2, sucks. Whatever though, it has an interesting selection, and a big island full of porn.

I enjoy the zany style and quirky selection. I have yet to actually rent something here, but sometimes it’s inspirational to browse.

«I’m gonna eat you, little fishies!!» I’m pretty happy, because I was able to get some old 80’s British comedy here and didn’t have to bus to Scarecrow (kind of a pain to get to, but also awesome). Is seemingly a closet, but a cute closet, absolutely packed to the gills. I’m a Red Dwarf fan, and while the disc I wanted was checked out, I was glad to see they had it.
Resistance is futile! Check this place out!

It’s been almost 2 years since my review of Broadway Video, and as I’d hoped, they’ve expanded their Blu-​Ray selection. Yay! Sometimes the videos I want are all rented out, but that’s okay — there’s always something else to choose from — their selection of classic and foreign movies beats the hell out of anything the chain stores offer (though I’d like to see an even larger selection of Asian Horror and Animé movies). And on the off-​chance I want some gay porn, I can get that too. Reasonable prices, especially if you get the pre-​paid package deal. So glad they’ve outlasted Hollywood Video on the Hill.

Broadway Video.
I want to love this little gay video store so hard. We are neighbors in this dying gayborhood and I want Broadway Video to survive. Their selection is good for a store of this size. I agree with everyone else; it is very hard to find films in the mess of an organization system, but does Blockbuster have a copy of REAR WINDOW? No. The gay selection is good and they now have a little corner devoted to books which I love. The prices are fair as well. My only real complaint is the two long haired bearded fake hipster straight boys working there everyday. They have the best retail slacker job and still they are the rudest guys on Capitol Hill! I really hate interacting with them. They are of no help and usually make the process harder. Why not hire some homos, Broadway Video? This is still a gay neighborhood. At least for the moment.

small but packed with tons of good movies and tv shows, after trying to rent Mad Men season one, i finally found it here !!
for that i give them my trust .
ipb

My job is weird. It occasionally calls for me to run errands like «Pick up the following videos: The Dark Crystal, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Muppets Take Manhattan, Alice in Wonderland, The Never Ending Story… etc.»
No worries. I’ll just run up to Broadway Video!
I didn’t realize that they probably didn’t have a «family» section until I was standing in the middle of the store and spotted the binders and binders and binders full of carefully indexed porn just sitting out on a huge table devoted solely to leafing through their titillating offerings.
I guess if I ever get a job that requires me to pick up movies of a *ahem* different nature, I totally know where to go!

They’ve got a very decent selection, including the off-​beat, the foreign and the (well, consider the neighborhood!) the gay-​themed.
But… um… what’s with all the residual VHS tapes? Hello? DVD? They’ve got quite a few flix I’m dying to see, but which they only have on 15-​yr-​old VHS.

I used to work at Broadway Video! Lovely place. Broadway Video is one of those videos stores that you can look for something that you can’t find anywhere else. Better customer service than at Scarecrow (and I thought this before I worked there, so I’m not just talking about myself).
The way they have things is pretty confusing (I still had to look things up on the computer after working there three months and memorizing a lot of the inventory). Never be afraid to ask someone to find something for you! The people who work there know it is confusing and will always help you with that.
I’m pretty sure they also have one of the best porn selections in the city (especially gay and bi porn) if you are into that kind of thing. They have a huge selection of porn for sale as well (VHS and DVD).
They also sell previously viewed DVDs (including porn) for a great price. You can get 4 movies that just came off the New Release wall for $ 20!
Check out the Staff Picks and the section of the month in the back for quirky/​campy stuff. :)

I’m a little confused by how they’ve decided to categorize films. Actually, a lot confused. However, the staff is really friendly and helpful, so no big deal. They also have good deals like second rental is $ 1. The selection of movies is pretty impressive, but they don’t have Harry and the Hendersons and I’m sure other people would like to rent that besides just me.

Ok, so how can I find Velvet Goldmine with
a) Christian Bale
b) Jonathan Rhys-​Myers?
YOU CANT FIND IT!
However, its near my house so Kudos for not having me wait for Netflix deliver to me :)