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Paycheck (2003)

6.3/10
Director: John Woo
Starring: Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore, Joe Morton,...

In this sci-fi thriller adapted from a story by Philip K. Dick, Ben Affleck plays a corporate espionage electronics whiz offered a vast sum by old pal... Read more

The Merchant of Venice (2000)

7.1/10
Director: Trevor Nunn
Starring: Henry Goodman, David Bamber, Alexander Hanson, Derbhle Crotty

An acclaimed stage-to-screen adaptation of the multi-award winning 1999 Royal National Theatre production of Shakespeare's play set in the 1930s. Henr... Read more

100 Years of Comedy (2000)

5.6/10
Starring: Various

Journey on a rip-roaring trip through the world of cinema comedy, with the funniest moments in the history of Hollywood, from the slapstick of the sil... Read more

Nemesis Game (2003)

5.6/10
Director: Jesse Warn
Starring: Carly Pope, Ian McShane, Brendan Fehr, Rena Owen, Jay Baruchel, Vanessa Guy, Adr...

A shy college student (Carly Pope), obsessed with finding the reason behind her mother's death, is befriended by an enigmatic comic book store owner (... Read more

The Killers (1946/1964 Versions) (1946)

7.8/10
Director: Don Siegel, Robert Siodmak
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, Lee Marv...

Ernest Hemingway's gripping short story "The Killers" has fascinated readers and filmmakers for generations. It's first screen incarnation came in 194... Read more

L'Ennui (1998)

6.2/10
Director: Cedric Kahn
Starring: Charles Berling, Sophie Guillemin, Arielle Dombasle, Robert Kramer, Alice Grey,...

Charles Berling plays Martin, a 40-something philosophy teacher in the throes of a mid-life crisis. This takes a turn when he begins an affair with Ce... Read more

The Little Prince (1974)

6.5/10
Director: Stanley Donen
Starring: Richard Kiley, Bob Fosse, Steven Warner, Gene Wilder

Antoine de Saint-Exupery's beloved classic novel of innocence and discovery is transformed into a heartwarming musical-drama. Richard Kiley is a downe... Read more

The League of Gentlemen: Series 2 (1999)

8.4/10
Director: Steve Bendelack
Starring: Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith

Welcome back to Royston Vasey. The town is in the grip of a mysterious epidemic and everyone is at risk, including: Papa Lazarou - who swaggers like a... Read more

Teen Wolf / Teen Wolf Too (1985)

Director: Rod Daniel, Christopher Leitch
Starring: Michael J Fox, James Hampton, Scott Paulin, Susan Ursitti, Jerry Levine, Jay Tar...

A decidedly hairy double feature. A high schooler gets no respect from his peers, teachers or coaches until he turns into a werewolf and becomes the t... Read more

Dr Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (2003)

Director: Bo Welch
Starring: Mike Myers, Alec Baldwin, Kelly Preston, Dakota Fanning, Spencer Breslin

Dr. Seuss' beloved tale of the large, mischievous feline is brought to life in this disappointing adaptation that pads the slim volume and running tim... Read more

Mickey Mouse in Living Color: Volume 1 (2004)

8.1/10
Starring: Mickey Mouse

Celebrate Mickey Mouse's career in colour cartoons with 26 original shorts released between 1935 and 1938 - a timeless collection chronicling Mickey's... Read more

Hypnotic (2002)

Director: Nick Willing
Starring: Goran Visnjic, Miranda Otto, Shirley Henderson, Paddy Considine, Claire Rushbroo...

Aka 'Doctor Sleep', 'Close Your Eyes'. Hypnotherapist Dr. Michael Strother (Goran Visnjic) has a dangerous gift; he gets flashes from the inside of hi... Read more

Carmen Jones (1954)

6.9/10
Director: Otto Preminger
Starring: Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll

Powered by George Bizet's grand music and Oscar Hammerstein II's magnificent lyrics, this Americanized all-black version of the classic opera "Carmen"... Read more

Camp (2003)

6.3/10
Director: Todd Graff
Starring: Daniel Letterle, Joanna Chilcoat, Robin de Jesus

Lively musical comedy-drama set at Camp Ovation, a place where high school kids interested in entering the world of show business go for two months to... Read more

Catch That Kid (2003)

5.2/10
Director: Bart Freundlich
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Max Thieriot, Jennifer Beals, Sam Robards, John Ca...

With her father in need of an expensive spinal operation because of a serious injury, young Kristen Stewart joins pals Corbin Bleu, a computer geek, a... Read more

The Haunted Mansion (2003)

5/10
Director: Rob Minkoff
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Nathaniel Parker, Wallace Shawn, Marsha Thomason, J...

Inspired by the popular Disney theme park attraction, this family-friendly horror farce stars Eddie Murphy and Marsha Thomason as husband-and-wife rea... Read more

To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)

6.1/10
Director: Bruce Humberstone
Starring: John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, Randolph Scott

When a carefree playboy (John Payne) joins the Marine Corps, he tests the skill and patience of the tough veteran sergeant (Randolph Scott) who tries... Read more

The Life of Birds: Episodes 4-6 (1998)

9/10
Starring: David Attenborough

This magnificent series from David Attenborough celebrates the incredible variety of the world's best loved creatures and provides fresh insight into... Read more

The Saatchi Gallery 100 (2003)

In the early 1990s, Charles Saatchi began to collect a range of works that would change the face of British art. Damien Hirst's giant shark in formald... Read more

Shade (2003)

6.4/10
Director: Damian Nieman
Starring: Stuart Townsend, Gabriel Byrne, Thandie Newton, Jamie Foxx, Melanie Griffith, Sy...

Los Angeles' underground gambling scene is explored in this captivating drama in which three small-time grifters devise a plan to beat the ultimate ca... Read more

The Sea is Watching (2002)

7.1/10
Director: Kei Kumai
Starring: Misa Shimizu, Nagiko Tohno, Masatoshi Nagase, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Renji Ishibashi...

From legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa comes his final screenplay; a beautifully crafted tale set in 19th-century Edo that centers on O-Shin,... Read more

Bright Young Things (2003)

6.6/10
Director: Stephen Fry
Starring: Emily Mortimer, Stephen Campbell Moore, Dan Aykroyd, Jim Broadbent, Stockard Cha...

British writer/actor Stephen Fry makes his feature directorial debut with this witty, sophisticated comedy adapted from Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bod... Read more

The Cars That Ate Paris / The Plumber (1974)

Director: Peter Weir
Starring: John Meillon, Terry Camilleri, Kevin Miles, Judy Morris, Ivar Kants, Candy Raymo...

A classic double feature from acclaimed director Peter Weir. "The Cars That Ate Paris" (1974) - Australian director Peter Weir's first feature is a de... Read more

Monster (2003)

7.3/10
Director: Patty Jenkins
Starring: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen

Charlize Theron won the Best Actress Academy Award for her astonishing performance as Aileen Wuornos, the prostitute convicted of killing several men... Read more

Hollywood Ending (2002)

6.6/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: George Hamilton, Mark Rydell, Tea Leoni, Treat Williams, Woody Allen, Debra Mess...

Star and director Woody Allen plays a formerly-hot filmmaker whose temperamental ways have relegated him to shooting TV commercials in Canada. When p... Read more

Deep Red (1975)

7.7/10
Director: Dario Argento
Starring: David Hemmings, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Meril, Daria Nicolodi

Aka "Profondo Rosso". Considered by many to be terror maestro Dario Argento's true masterpiece, "Deep Red" stars David Hemmings as an American jazz pi... Read more

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus: Vol. 1 (1969)

Starring: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Michael Pali...

This compilation is taken from the first series of "Monty Python's Flying Circus", originally transmitted from 5 October 1969 to 11 January 1970. Feat... Read more

Hidalgo (2004)

6.7/10
Director: Joe Johnston
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Said Taghmaoui, Louise Lombard

The Middle East meets the Wild West in this rousing actioner, loosely based on the life of 19th-century American cowboy Frank T. Hopkins. When he's in... Read more

Dead Kids (1981)

Director: Michael Laughlin
Starring: Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor, Fiona Lewis, Arthur Dignam

Aka "Strange Behavior". When corpses marked by strange stab wounds start appearing in a small Midwestern town, grisly murders are traced to experiment... Read more

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954)

7.2/10
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre

The great Disney version of Jules Verne's famous adventure/fantasy about a sailor (Kirk Douglas) and a scientist who get involved with Captain Nemo, (... Read more

21 Up (1977)

8.2/10
Director: Michael Apted

Called 'the definitive documentary' produced and directed by Michael Apted. Beginning in 1963 a camera has followed a group of children from the age o... Read more

Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)

6.3/10
Director: Jean Negulesco
Starring: Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Clifton Webb, Louis Jourdan

In this charming comedy, three women make wishes for romance at Rome's magnificent Trevi Fountain, spurring several amorous adventures. Won Oscars for... Read more

48 Hrs (1982)

6.9/10
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole

Street-weary cop Nick Nolte springs smart-aleck convict Eddie Murphy for two days in order to capture a mad dog killer. James Remar is the dangerous q... Read more

49th Parallel (1941)

7.4/10
Director: Michael Powell
Starring: Leslie Howard, Eric Portman, Anton Walbrook, Laurence Olivier, Raymond Massey

A powerful and important piece of World War 2 propaganda, which controversially was filmed from the point of view of a group of German soldiers. Asked... Read more

7 Faces of Dr Lao (1964)

7.3/10
Director: George Pal
Starring: Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, Arthur O'Connell

Tony Randall plays six roles in this western/fantasy about a travelling circus that has the power to alter lives. Randall plays the ancient Dr. Lao as... Read more

8 1/2 (1963)

6.5/10
Director: Federico Fellini
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimee

Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido Anselmi, a director whose new project is collapsing around him, along with his life. One of the greatest films about... Read more

Above Us the Waves (1955)

6.7/10
Director: Ralph Thomas
Starring: John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden

Based on a true-life 1943 incident, with most of the film is set in a British midget submarine, commandeered by John Mills. The sub's mission (togethe... Read more

Accidental Hero (1992)

Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy Garcia

Aka 'Hero'. A top T.V. reporter (Geena Davis) is rescued from a plane crash by a stranger (Dustin Hoffman). A reward is offered to the hero but a conm... Read more

Across the Pacific (1942)

6.9/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet

John Huston reunites with his 'Maltese Falcon' cast in this lively espionage drama originally focused on a Japanese invasion of Hawaii until real life... Read more

An Actor's Revenge (1963)

7.6/10
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Starring: Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao

Legendary Japanese actor Kazuo Hasegawa plays Yukinojo Nakamura, a kabuki actor who - like Hasegawa himself - was renowned for being an onnagata, or f... Read more

The Adjuster (1991)

6.7/10
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: Elias Koteas, Arsinee Khanjian, Maury Chaykin

A provocative examination of voyeurism and the power of images from Atom Egoyan. Elias Koteas plays an insurance adjuster who secretly likes giving aw... Read more

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)

5.9/10
Director: Bruce Beresford
Starring: Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Spike Milligan, Peter Cook

The clan from Australia gets into all kinds of trouble when they travel to England. From the cartoon strip by Barry Humphries and Nicholas Garland. Wi... Read more

The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1989)

7.1/10
Director: Masanori Hata
Starring: Narrated by, Dudley Moore

An acclaimed live-action movie about the adventures of a curious kitten named Milo and a pug nosed pup named Otis. Narrated by Dudley Moore. Read more

An Affair to Remember (1957)

7.6/10
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning

In this poignant and humourous love story, Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr meet on an ocean liner and fall deeply in love. Though each is engaged to someo... Read more

Aguirre, The Wrath Of God (1972)

8/10
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Ruy Guerra, Del Negro, Helena Rojo

Based on the journals of Brother Gaspar de Carvajal, and tells a hallucinatory tale of Spanish colonialists searching for El Dorado, the legendary cit... Read more

Aileen Wuornos: The Selling Of A Serial Killer (1992)

7/10
Director: Nick Broomfield
Starring: Aileen Wuornos

A twisted tale of murder, alleged police corruption and conniving opportunists that tracks the sensational trial and conviction of America's First Fem... Read more

Alien Nation (1988)

6.3/10
Director: Graham Baker
Starring: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp

A gritty sci-fi, crime procedural in the vein of The Hidden and District 9, Alien Nation is a tense tale of urban life in Los Angeles circa 1991. Here... Read more

All Dogs Go To Heaven 2 (1996)

5.5/10
Director: Larry Leker, Paul Sebella
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Sheena Easton, Dom DeLuise

Angelic canines Charlie and Itchy are back on Earth, sent down to find Gabriel's horn. Charlie Sheen, Sheena Easton and Dom Deluise provide the voices... Read more

Altered States (1980)

6.9/10
Director: Ken Russell
Starring: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid

William Hurt stars in a dazzling debut as a research scientist on an incredible journey into the inner space of the mind. He tries everything from ps... Read more

American Friends (1991)

6.6/10
Director: Tristram Powell
Starring: Michael Palin, Trini Alvarado, Connie Booth

A gentle, beautifully filmed tale of a middle-aged bachelor's (Michael Palin) torment after meeting two 'American Friends' in the Swiss Alps: An attra... Read more

An American Tail (1986)

6.9/10
Director: Don Bluth
Starring: Dom DeLuise, Christopher Plummer, Will Ryan

Steven Spielberg executive produced this animated heart-tugger about a family of Russian-Jewish mice that become separated on their way to America. Di... Read more

Anatomy Of A Murder (1959)

8.1/10
Director: Otto Preminger
Starring: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden

A riveting courtroom drama pitting small town lawyer James Stewart against big city prosecutor George C Scott, in a trial of Ben Gazzara, accused of m... Read more

Anchors Aweigh (1944)

7.2/10
Director: George Sidney
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Kathryn Grayson

Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra play two sailors on leave in Hollywood. While setting up his shy friend Clarence (Sinatra), Gene Kelly, as Joe, falls for... Read more

And The Ship Sails On (1984)

7.7/10
Director: Federico Fellini
Starring: Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti

A uniquely Felliniesque ocean voyage, circa 1914, with a journalist (Freddie Jones) acting as our host and introducing us to a variety of celebrated g... Read more

Andrei Rublev (1966)

8.2/10
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Starring: Anatoly Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko

Widely regarded as Tarkovsky's finest film 'Andrei Rublev' charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th century Russia... Read more

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998)

8.4/10
Director: David Mallet, Steven Pimlott
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Kiri Te Kanawa, Bonnie Tyler, Glenn Close

This extraordinary event celebrating Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50th birthday was filmed live at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and features performa... Read more

Angel and the Badman (1947)

7/10
Director: James Edward Grant
Starring: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Irene Rich, Harry Carey

In an offbeat Western drama that predated "Witness," John Wayne plays a hardened gunslinger who is tamed by strong-willed Quaker girl Gail Russell, bu... Read more

Anna Karenina (BBC) (1990)

6.6/10
Director: Basil Coleman
Starring: Nicola Pagett, Eric Porter, Stuart Wilson

Nicola Pagett stars as Anna Karenina in this wonderful adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's powerful and timeless tale of passion set in Russia in the 1870s. A... Read more

Annie (1981)

6.1/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Albert Finney, Aileen Quinn, Carol Burnett

Aileen Quinn, Carol Burnett and Albert Finney star in this adaptation of the Broadway hit based on the comic strip. With Tim Curry and Bernadette Pete... Read more

Annie Hall (1977)

8/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Paul Simon, Carol Kane, Shelley Duvall,...

One of Woody Allen's most well-loved and funniest films, with Diane Keaton as the ditsy sometime object of Woody's neurotic affections. Originally co... Read more

Antony And Cleopatra (BBC) (1981)

5.9/10
Director: Jonathan Miller
Starring: Colin Blakely, Janet Key, Jane Lapotaire, John Paul, Esmond Knight, Ian Charleso...

Colin Blakely and Jan Lapataire star in this BBC adaptation of Shakespeare's passionate tale. Mark Antony, one of the three rulers of the Roman Empire... Read more

Antz (1998)

6.6/10
Director: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
Starring: Voices Of, Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone

In an ant colony a neurotic worker named Z (voiced by Woody Allen) sets out to, with the help of his soldier buddy Weaver (Sylvester Stallone) prove h... Read more

The Ape Man (1943)

4.5/10
Director: William Beaudine
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Louise Currie

Scientist Bela Lugosi turns into a gorilla in this z grade cult horror classic.Jaw-droppingly bad acting, cardboard sets, and "one-take" direction tur... Read more

Apt Pupil (1998)

6.7/10
Director: Bryan Singer
Starring: Elias Koteas, Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro, Bruce Davison, David Schwimmer

Bryan Singer's follow-up to his superb 'The Usual Suspects' is this grand psychological number based on a novella by Stephen King. Brad Renfro, a high... Read more

Arachnophobia (1990)

6.4/10
Director: Frank Marshall
Starring: Jeff Daniels, John Goodman, Harley Jane Kozak, Julian Sands

First time director Frank Marshall spins a taut comic yarn as a wayward tropical spider crawls into small town USA, breeds and weaves a web of terror... Read more

Aria (1987)

5.8/10
Director: Bruce Beresford, Charles Sturridge, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Jean-Luc Godard, Julien Temple, Ken Russell, Nicolas Roeg, Robert Altman, Bill Bryden
Starring: John Hurt, Theresa Russell, Buck Henry, Beverly D'Angelo, Anita Morris, Bridget...

Ten different directors select a different aria and have free rein to do anything that they want. The world of opera meets the medium of film with a w... Read more

Arizona Dream (1992)

7.4/10
Director: Emir Kusturica
Starring: Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Jerry Lewis, Lili Taylor

Celebrated Yugoslavian Director, Emir Kusturica ('Underground') comes to America to paint this lavish picture about a young dreamer (Johnny Depp) who'... Read more

Assassins (1995)

6.3/10
Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Sylvester Stallone, Julianne Moore

Sylvester Stallone (in tweeds) is the old timer hitman looking for a way out while Antonio Banderas ('Desperado') is the young pretender looking to be... Read more

The Assignment (1997)

6.9/10
Director: Christian Duguay
Starring: Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley

Convinced by the CIA and Mossad (Israeli Secret Service) that he closely resembles international terrorist Carlos the Jackal, U.S. naval officer Aidan... Read more

Asterix and the Big Fight (1989)

6.4/10
Director: Phillippe Grimond
Starring: Asterix, Obelix, Getafix, Vitalstatistix

Gaulish custom requires that a would-be chief must challenge and defeat another to become the leader of two tribes in this animated tale based on the... Read more

At First Sight (1998)

5.9/10
Director: Irwin Winkler
Starring: Val Kilmer, Mira Sorvino, Kelly McGillis

Based on a true story by Dr Oliver Sacks ("Awakenings") about a blind masseur (Val Kilmer), blind since childhood, who falls in love with client Mira... Read more

Atlantic City (1980)

7.4/10
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Kate Reid, Susan Sarandon, Michel Piccoli, Robert Joy

Burt Lancaster delivers a stunning performance as the seemingly washed-up gangster, with Susan Sarandon as his lost-soul companion. A moving portrait... Read more

Atlantis (1991)

6.8/10
Director: Luc Besson

Following on from his success with 'The Big Blue', Luc Besson has created this 'Marine Opera' containing superb images from the Seychelles to the Nort... Read more

Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)

8/10
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejto, Francine Racette

'Goodbye, Children'. Louis Malle returns to the days of the German occupation during World War II to recount the story of friendship between two schoo... Read more

The Avengers (1998)

3.7/10
Director: Jeremiah S Chechik
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, Jim Broadbent

Set in a surreal 1999 London where scientist Ms. Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) teams up with dapper secret agent John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) to defeat a maxi... Read more

Bad Boys (1995)

6.8/10
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Tcheky Karyo, Martin Lawrence, Tea Leoni, Will Smith, Theresa Randle, Joe Pantol...

This fast-paced cop/buddy movie stars a well-matched Martin Lawrence and Will Smith as detectives assigned to investigate the theft of a large quantit... Read more

Bad Girls (1994)

5.1/10
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Andie MacDowell, Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson

It's Thelma and Louise on horseback as the four leads, (Madeleine Stowe, Andie MacDowell, Mary Stuart Masterson and Drew Barrymore) working girls at a... Read more

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

8.1/10
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takeshi Kato, Masayuki Mori

Reflecting his fondness for American crime films and motifs this stylish Akira Kurosawa thriller stars Toshiro Mifune and delves into corporate corrup... Read more

Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)

7.1/10
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Starring: Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel

Amid the decaying elegance of cold-war Vienna, psychoanalyst Dr. Alex Linden (Art Garfunkel) becomes mired in an erotically charged affair with the el... Read more

The Ballad Of Cable Hogue (1970)

7.3/10
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner

Peckinpah's lyrical, enjoyable fable of a loner who builds a life for himself in a remote part of the Old West. Jason Robards, David Warner and Stella... Read more

The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)

6.8/10
Director: Maggie Greenwald
Starring: Bo Hopkins, Carrie Snodgress, David Chung, Ian McKellen, Rene Auberjonois, Suzy...

The gender-bending, true-life sagebrusher about Josephine Monaghan (Suzy Amis), an outcast from a wealthy Eastern family, who searches for a new life... Read more

Baraka (1992)

8.6/10
Director: Ron Fricke

'Baraka' is an ancient Sufi word meaning a blessing, or the breath or essence of life, from which the evolutionary process unfolds. This gorgeous and... Read more

Barbarians At The Gate (1993)

7.3/10
Director: Glenn Jordan
Starring: James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Riegert

A dynamite serio-comedy based on the true story of the leveraged buyout of the giant congolomerate R J R - Nabisco in the greedy 80s. James Garner, Jo... Read more

Basket Case (1981)

6.1/10
Director: Frank Henenlotter
Starring: Kevin Van Hentenryck, Terri Susan Smith

"E.T."as if it were written and directed by a psychopath! The story of Duane Bradley and his little brother Belial who have come to New York looking f... Read more

Batman and Robin: The Complete Movie Serial (1949)

6.2/10
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Starring: Robert Lowery, John Duncan, Jane Adams, Lyle Talbot

Join superheroes Batman (Robert Lowery) and Robin (John Duncan) as they help Commissioner Gordon (Lyle Talbot) battle The Wizard, a villainous madman... Read more

Batman Returns (1992)

7/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Michael Gou...

In this sequel to 1989's "Batman", the Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) is up against the Penguin (Danny DeVito), the hideously deformed scion of a wea... Read more

Battle Cry (1954)

6.6/10
Director: Raoul Walsh
Starring: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman, Nancy Olson

Based on the novel by Leon Uris, a group of servicemen through boot camp then on to New Zealand where even more training takes place (and a romance be... Read more

Beauty and the Beast (Disney) (1991)

8/10
Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Starring: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White

The first animated feature to be nominated for Best Picture, Disney's enchanting romance follows the blossoming relationship between the beautiful, bo... Read more

Bedazzled (1967)

7/10
Director: Stanley Donen
Starring: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Raquel Welch, Eleanor Bron

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's update of the Faust legend, in which timid short order cook Stanley Moon sells his soul to the devil (aka George Spiggot... Read more

The Bedford Incident (1965)

7.5/10
Director: James B Harris
Starring: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Martin Balsam

A battle of wits aboard a US destroyer tracking Soviet submarines off Greenland during the Cold War. Richard Widmark is a skipper with an obsession to... Read more

The Bedroom Window (1987)

6.4/10
Director: Curtis Hanson
Starring: Steve Guttenberg, Elizabeth McGovern, Paul Shenar

Steve Guttenberg learns his affair with Isabelle Huppert, as a boss's wife, can cost him more than his present job, when he volunteers to be a proxy w... Read more

Being There (1979)

8/10
Director: Hal Ashby
Starring: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Ri...

Peter Sellers gives the performance of his career as Chance, a middle-aged gardener who's led a sheltered life and whose thoughts and behaviour are to... Read more

Belle Epoque (1992)

7.2/10
Director: Fernando Trueba
Starring: Fernando Fernan Gomez, Jorge Sanz, Maribel Verdu

Set in 1931, a time of promise and optimism in pre-Franco Spain, this delightfully earthy, cheerful comedy tells of a hearty young army deserter (Jorg... Read more

Benny and Joon (1993)

Director: Jeremiah S Chechik
Starring: Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn, Julianne Moore, Oliver Platt, D...

Johnny Depp plays a child-like drifter with a fixation on Buster Keaton, who goes to live with Benny (Aidan Quinn) and his mentally disturbed, somewha... Read more

The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (1982)

5.9/10
Director: Colin Higgins
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise

A high-stepping fast-talking musical-comedy with Burt Reynolds as the sheriff assigned to the Chicken Ranch, a brothel headed by feisty Madame Dolly P... Read more

The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)

4.9/10
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Starring: Diedrich Bader, Dabney Coleman, Erika Eleniak, Cloris Leachman, Rob Schneider, L...

This big-screen version of the backwoods Clampett family's invasion of Beverly Hills stars Jim Varney, Cloris Leachman and Lily Tomlin. Read more

Beyond Rangoon (1995)

6.6/10
Director: John Boorman
Starring: Patricia Arquette, Frances McDormand, Spalding Gray

An extraordinary, brilliantly executed, not-to-be-missed story of a young American doctor who, tormented by her past, travels to Burma with her sister... Read more

The Big Chill (1983)

7.2/10
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, Meg Tilly, Mary Kay Place, JoBeth Will...

College friends from the 1960's are re-united at the funeral of a mutual friend who committed suicide, and have to re-examine the twenty years that ha... Read more

Bilitis (1977)

5.4/10
Director: David Hamilton
Starring: Patti D'arbanville, Mona Kristensen, Gilles Kohler

The sexual awakening of a young woman is the focus of this gorgeously filmed, super-sensual tale from acclaimed photographer David Hamilton ("Laura").... Read more

Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)

Director: Peter Hewitt
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler

In this sequel the intrepid duo (Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter) travel to Heaven, Hell and points in between as they duel with an evil pair of robots w... Read more

Billy Connolly: World Tour Of Scotland (1994)

8.3/10
Starring: Billy Connolly

Combining personal revelations with original concert footage, this is a fast-moving and entertaining exploration of Billy's homeland. Read more

Bite the Bullet (1975)

6.8/10
Director: Richard Brooks
Starring: Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn

An excellent cast, featuring Gene Hackman, Ben Johnson, and James Coburn, highlights this entertaining Western as a disparate group of riders assemble... Read more

Black Robe (1991)

7.1/10
Director: Bruce Beresford
Starring: Lothaire Bluteau, August Schellenberg

In the turbulent 17th century, Jesuit priest Father Laforgue travels to Quebec to convert the Indian tribes. Cultures clash, romances flourish and the... Read more

The Black Stallion Returns (1983)

5.9/10
Director: Robert Dalva
Starring: Allen Goorwitz, Kelly Reno, Vincent Spano, Teri Garr, Woody Strode

In this sequel to the 1979 family favourite Kelly Reno is back as Alec, who finds himself in the exotic Sahara in hot pursuit of his beloved horse Bla... Read more

The Black Stallion (1979)

7.4/10
Director: Carroll Ballard
Starring: Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Hoyt Axton

Superb photography, an excellent music score and an absolutely gorgeous title star are just some of the many charms of 'The Black Stallion' which foll... Read more

Blade (1998)

7.1/10
Director: Stephen Norrington
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson

Wesley Snipes plays the Marvel Comic's vampire killer, out to cleanse the world of bloodsuckers as he hunts for the vampire who bit his mother during... Read more

Blast From The Past (1999)

6.6/10
Director: Hugh Wilson
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Sissy Spacek, Christopher Walken, Dave Foley

After spending his entire 35 years in the elaborate underground bomb shelter his parents retreated into during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, Brendan... Read more

Blaze (1989)

5.9/10
Director: Ron Shelton
Starring: Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Jerry Hardin

Paul Newman pulls out all the stops in his energetic performance as Earl K. Long, the wily Louisiana governor whose whirlwind romance with stripper Bl... Read more

Blood and Sand (1941)

7/10
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Starring: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth

Based on the novel by Vincente Blasco Ibanez, "Blood and Sand" is the beautifully rendered story of the rise and fall of a young, cocksure Spanish bul... Read more

Blood and Wine (1996)

6.1/10
Director: Bob Rafelson
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Judy Davis, Stephen Dorff, Jennifer Lopez

In this underrated film noir drama, Jack Nicholson is mesmerizing as Alex Gates, a man who appears to have it all - a beautiful wife (Judy Davis), a s... Read more

Blood Feast (1963)

5/10
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis
Starring: Connie Mason, Mel Arnold, Thomas Wood

Herschell Gordon Lewis invented the modern gore film with this 1963 low budget thriller about a mad Egyptian caterer who uses human victims to spice u... Read more

The Blue Kite (1993)

7.7/10
Director: Tian Zhuangzhuang
Starring: Lu Liping, Zhang Wenyao, Pu Quanxin

This harrowing tale of a family's struggle to survive in revolutionary China is told from the perspective of a young boy, Tietou, who witnesses first... Read more

The Blue Max (1966)

7.1/10
Director: John Guillermin
Starring: Anton Diffring, George Peppard, James Mason, Jeremy Kemp, Ursula Andress, Karl M...

During WWI a young German (George Peppard) fresh out of aviation training school competes for the coveted "Blue Max" flying award with other members o... Read more

Blue Velvet (1986)

7.8/10
Director: David Lynch
Starring: Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dean Stockwell

The most talked about film of the '80s, David Lynch's controversial, surreal mystery is set amid the manicured lawns of small town America where a wor... Read more

The Blues Brothers (1980)

7.9/10
Director: John Landis
Starring: Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, John Belushi, James Brown, Henry Gibson, Dan Aykro...

Engagingly nutty comedy about John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd trying to raise money to save an orphanage by reuniting their old band and nearly destroyin... Read more

Born Yesterday (1993)

5.1/10
Director: Luis Mandoki
Starring: Melanie Griffith, John Goodman, Don Johnson

An updating of the Judy Holliday/William Holden movie with a bespectacled Don Johnson brought in to school heavyweight politico John Goodman's girlfri... Read more

Boxcar Bertha (1972)

6.1/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus

An early effort by Martin Scorsese, with Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus and Bernie Casey. The film is set at a railroad yard during th... Read more

Brainstorm (1983)

6.5/10
Director: Douglas Trumbull
Starring: Cliff Robertson, Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher

Special-effects wizard Douglas Trumbull directed this technological thriller about a device that enables one to experience someone else's thoughts and... Read more

Breakdown (1997)

6.9/10
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Starring: Kurt Russell, J T Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan

This incredibly tense, gripping thriller stars Kurt Russell and Kathleen Quinlan, a couple who breakdown while driving cross-country. She accepts a li... Read more

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

7.7/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Patricia Neal, Mickey Rooney, Martin Balsam, George Peppard, Buddy Ebsen, Audrey...

A near perfect blend of comedy, romance, and minor tragedy, 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' is a must-see classic that, despite diversions from Truman Capot... Read more

Breathless (1983)

5.8/10
Director: Jim McBride
Starring: Richard Gere, Valerie Kaprisky, Art Metrano

This remake of the landmark 1959 Godard film follows the basic outline of the original - an amoral punk on the lam from police. Richard Gere and Valer... Read more

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

7.5/10
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: Gig Young, Isela Vega, Kris Kristofferson, Robert Webber, Warren Oates

When a Mexican land baron puts a million dollar bounty on the head of the man who seduced his daughter, two money-hungry men (Gig Young and Robert Web... Read more

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

8/10
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Charlie Ruggles

One of the funniest movies from Hollywood, a classic. Katharine Hepburn is the madcap heiress with her pet leopard 'Baby', who falls for an absent-min... Read more

Broadcast News (1987)

7.2/10
Director: James L Brooks
Starring: William Hurt, Holly Hunter, Albert Brooks

William Hurt, Holly Hunter and Albert Brooks play a tv news reporter, producer and writer in this involving and very funny inside look at the high pre... Read more

Bronco Billy (1980)

6.1/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis

This warmhearted yarn centres around Clint Eastwood as the owner of a fly-by-night Wild West show and the spoiled heiress who joins his entourage of e... Read more

A Bronx Tale (1993)

7.8/10
Director: Robert De Niro
Starring: Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato

Robert De Niro's directing debut is an acclaimed coming-of-age story set in an Italian neighbourhood in the Bronx in the early 1960's, where the son o... Read more

Bullet To Beijing (1995)

5.6/10
Director: George Mihalka
Starring: Michael Caine, Michael Gambon, Jason Connery

From bestselling author Len Deighton (The Ipcress File), comes another action-packed espionage thriller featuring the irrepressible and ever-reliableH... Read more

Bullitt (1968)

7.5/10
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Steve McQueen, Simon Oakland, Robert Vaughn, Robert Duvall, Norman Fell, Jacquel...

The quintessential Steve McQueen role has him as the system-bucking cop Frank Bullitt going after the killers of a government witness. Highlighted by... Read more

The Librarians: Series 2 (2008)

7.3/10
Starring: Bob Franklin, Heidi Arena, Kim Gyngell, Stephen Ballantyne, Roz Hammond, Wayne H...

Frances O'Brien, devout Catholic and panic disorder sufferer, is back in charge of the library. And breathing harder into her paper bag than ever. Her... Read more

School For Scoundrels (1960)

7.5/10
Director: Robert Hamer
Starring: Alastair Sim, Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Terry-Thomas

Enrol at the wacky college of Lifemanship where a senior host of great British comedians teach a completely uproarious course on how to come out tops... Read more

Private Elvis (1993)

Starring: Elvis Presley

Private Elvis definitive documents Elvis Presley's years as a private in the American Army, and features rare footage and archive photographs of the s... Read more

Poisoned Waters (2009)

Director: Rick Young

Frontline (USA) examines the rising hazards to human health and the eco-system, and why it's so hard to keep our waters clean. The coastal estuaries o... Read more

Times and Winds ( Bes Vakit ) (2006)

7.4/10
Director: Reha Erdem
Starring: Ozkan Ozen, Ali Bey Iscan

This award-winning and critically acclaimed film follows the lives of three friends on the verge of adolescence in a remote Turkish mountain village.... Read more

Unlikely Heroes (Simon Wiesenthal Collection) (2006)

7.7/10
Director: Richard Trank
Starring: Ben Kingsley

Narrated by Sir Ben Kingsley, 'Unlikely Heroes' tells the untold stories of Jewish resistance that took place throughout the Nazi Holocaust. In illust... Read more

Dean Spanley (2008)

7.2/10
Director: Toa Fraser
Starring: Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Peter O'Toole, Art Malik, Judy Parfitt,...

A whimsical and hypnotic tale, set in Edwardian England, and starring Peter O'Toole as the cantankerous father of an exasperated Jeremy Northam. Their... Read more

Adventureland (2009)

6.8/10
Director: Greg Mottola
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Margar...

It's the summer of '87, and uptight college grad James (Jesse Eisenberg) has just had to give up a trip to Europe for a job at the local amusement par... Read more

Crossing Over (2008)

6.8/10
Director: Wayne Kramer
Starring: Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Jim Sturgess, Cliff Curtis, Alice Braga,...

A harrowing ensemble drama that looks at life amongst illegal immigrants and the immigration enforcement agents whose job it is to secure the U.S. bor... Read more

Fanboys (2008)

6.6/10
Director: Kyle Newman
Starring: Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, Kristen Bell, Christo...

1998. A fanatical group of 'Star Wars' devotees travel across country on a mission to steal a pre-release print of 'Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom M... Read more

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Season 1 (1994)

6.7/10
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Kevin Sorbo, Michael Hurst

Long ago... In a time of myth and legend, when ancient gods plagued man with suffering - only one man dared to challenge their power. Hercules! Starri... Read more

Japanese Crime Noir Classics ( Tokyo Drifter / A Tattooed Life / Branded to Kill / Youth of the Beast ) (1966)

Director: Seijun Suzuki
Starring: Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Tetsuya Watari, Joe Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, An...

A collection of four Japanese crime noir classics from maverick director Seijun Suzuki. "Tokyo Drifter" (1966) - Warned by studio bosses to play it sa... Read more

Supernatural: Season 3 (2007)

6.8/10
Starring: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Katie Cassidy, Jim Beaver

The yellow-eyed demon is vanquished, but at a terrible price. The battle that brought him down released hundreds of hellish demons into an unsuspectin... Read more

Storage (2009)

5.7/10
Director: Michael Craft
Starring: Matthew Scully, Robert Mammone, Damien Garvey, Saskia Burmeister

A gripping Aussie thriller following 17-year-old Jimmy, devastated after the brutal murder of his father and now working for his uncle in an undergrou... Read more

The House on 92nd Street (1945)

6.8/10
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: Gene Lockhart, Leo G Carroll, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso, William Eythe

A German-American student is contacted by Nazi spies working in New York City and looking for information on the atomic bomb program. With the help of... Read more

Elvis and Anabelle (2007)

7.3/10
Director: Will Geiger
Starring: Max Minghella, Blake Lively, Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen, Keith Carradine

An artful blend of romantic whimsy, dark comedy and magical realism, this Texas indie stars Max Minghella as Elvis, the soul-searching son of a mortic... Read more

Zero: An Investigation into 9/11 (2008)

7.9/10
Director: Francesco Tre, Franco Fracassi

With the central premise being that the official version of what happened on September 11th 2001 cannot be true, this documentary from Italian filmmak... Read more

Darwin: The Voyage That Shook the World (2009)

7.2/10
Director: Steve Murray

Marking the 200th anniversary of Darwin's death, this expansive documentary follows him as a young amateur scientist on board the HMS Beagle in 1831,... Read more