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The Raven (1963)

6.7/10
Director: Roger Corman
Starring: Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Jack Nicholson

The wheels of horror churn amid touches of humour in this twisted tale of sorcery most fowl! Inspired by the gothic poem by Edgar Allan Poe and starri... Read more

Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987)

7.6/10
Director: Robert Townsend
Starring: Eddie Murphy

Filmed live at New York's Felt Forum, Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on 80s love, se... Read more

Raw Deal (1986)

5.5/10
Director: John Irvin
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold, Darren McGavin, Sam Wanamaker, Paul Shen...

This violent and tongue-in-cheek thriller stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as a small-town sheriff (and former FBI agent) who single-handedly takes on the... Read more

Reach for the Sky (1956)

7.3/10
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow, Alexander Knox

A well told account of British pilot Douglas Bader (Kenneth More) who overcame the loss of both legs, to become one of the most remarkable fighter ace... Read more

Albert Lamorisse's Classic Shorts: The Red Balloon / White Mane (1956)

Director: Albert Lamorisse
Starring: Georges Sellier, Pascal Lamorisse, Laurent Roche, Alain Emery

Two acclaimed, classic shorts by Albert Lamorisse. 'The Red Balloon' (1956) - This exquisite short remains one of the most beloved children's films of... Read more

Reds (1981)

7.5/10
Director: Warren Beatty
Starring: Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Warren Beatty, Maur...

Academy Award-winning director Warren Beatty's acclaimed epic, based on actual events, tells the story of John Reed (Beatty), American Communist, jour... Read more

Reefer Madness (1936)

3.7/10
Director: Louis Gasnier
Starring: Warren McCollum, Dorothy Short, Dave O'Brien

'If you smoke it...you will go insane'. This classic anti-marijuana propaganda film depicts innocent high school kids being "turned on" by adult pushe... Read more

The Relic (1997)

5.7/10
Director: Peter Hyams
Starring: Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, Linda Hunt

It's 'Alien in a museum' as a monster imported from the South American jungle stalks the halls of a Chicago museum; only tough cop Tom Sizemore and le... Read more

The Replacement Killers (1997)

6.1/10
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker

Chow Yun-Fat follows the footsteps of Hong Kong action auteurs Jackie Chan and John Woo with his own bid to crossover into mainstream Hollywood fare.... Read more

Repo Man (1984)

6.9/10
Director: Alex Cox
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Vonetta McGee, Sy Richardson, Tracey Walter

Young L.A. punk Emilio Estevez gets an indoctrination into the sleazy world of car repossession by "repo man" Harry Dean Stanton in director Alex Cox'... Read more

Restless Natives (1986)

7.2/10
Director: Michael Hoffman
Starring: Vincent Friell, Joe Mulloney, Ned Beatty

Unemployed Scottish lads Will (Vincent Friell) and Ronnie (Joe Mullaney) are living on a housing estate in Edinburgh. Broke, bored and in an effort to... Read more

Retroactive (1997)

6.3/10
Director: Louis Morneau
Starring: James Belushi, Kylie Travis, Frank Whaley

This witty, suspenseful sci-fi/thriller is a cross between 'Groundhog Day' and 'Natural Born Killers'. Jam-packed with action and centering around a h... Read more

Revenge Of The Pink Panther (1978)

6.7/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Dyan Cannon

Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom return for the fifth in the Pink Panther series, this one set in Hong Kong. With Dyan Cannon, theme music by Henry Manci... Read more

Revolution (1985)

5.3/10
Director: Hugh Hudson
Starring: Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Joan Plowright, Nastassja Kinski, Steven Berkoff

A dramatic look at "the world turn'd upside down," the world of the American Revolution. Al Pacino stars as a Scottish immigrant who fights the Britis... Read more

Riff Raff (1990)

5.2/10
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, Jimmy Coleman

The scams, arguments, shoddy practices and humour of a group of workers, one just out of jail, working on expensive flats are the basis for this gem.... Read more

The Right Stuff (1983)

7.9/10
Director: Philip Kaufman
Starring: Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward, Lance Henriksen, C...

Long but exhilarating adaptation of Tom Wolfe's account of the U.S. manned space programme, with emphasis on test pilot Chuck Yeager, played by Sam Sh... Read more

Risky Business (1983)

6.8/10
Director: Paul Brickman
Starring: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano

Chicago teen Tom Cruise's parents leave the house and the car in his care while they go on vacation, leading him to do what any red-blooded American b... Read more

River's Edge (1986)

7.1/10
Director: Tim Hunter
Starring: Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Ione Skye, Roxana Zal, Daniel Roebu...

A powerful drama that uses a real incident to convey the hopelessness and hostility barely hidden under the surface of today's teenager. A big kid mur... Read more

The Robe (1953)

6.8/10
Director: Henry Koster
Starring: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie

A lavish costume drama set during the crucifixion of Jesus and the birth of Christianity in the Roman Empire. Richard Burton, Jean Simmons star. Trivi... Read more

The Rock (1996)

7.4/10
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, William Forsythe

An action/suspense tale of a disgruntled marine General (Ed Harris) who takes over Alcatraz, threatening to obliterate San Francisco with high-tech po... Read more

Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)

6.8/10
Director: Frank Tashlin
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell, Connie Stevens, Reginald Gardiner

Jerry Lewis becomes a full-time baby-sitter for movie sex-siren Marilyn Maxwell, who doesn't want her public to know she's had triplets. Connie Steven... Read more

The Rocketeer (1991)

6.4/10
Director: Joe Johnston
Starring: Alan Arkin, Bill Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Sorvino, Timothy Dalton

A glorious adventure for all, about a young pilot who is transformed into a jet-propelled hero when Nazi agents attempt to steal a top- secret inventi... Read more

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

7.4/10
Director: Jim Sharman
Starring: Barry Bostwick, Tim Curry, Meat Loaf, Susan Sarandon, Richard O'Brien, Patricia...

This camp musical sci-fi horror movie spoof has become - thanks to elaborate audience participation on the midnight movie circuit - the definitive cul... Read more

Roger and Me (1989)

Director: Michael Moore
Starring: Michael Moore

An acclaimed look by journalist Michael Moore at the devastation caused in his hometown of Flint, Michigan when General Motors decided to close most o... Read more

Rollerball (1975)

6.6/10
Director: Norman Jewison
Starring: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, Moses Gunn, John Beck, Pamela Hensley, Ra...

The most popular sport in the 21st century is Rollerball--a gory combination of roller derby and gladiator combat played with motorcycles. James Caan... Read more

Roman Holiday (1953)

8.1/10
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert, Audrey Hepburn

A delightful comedy about a newspaperman in Rome (Gregory Peck) who meets and falls for a lonely princess (Audrey Hepburn) travelling incognito. Featu... Read more

Romeo and Juliet (Zeffirelli) (1968)

7.6/10
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Starring: Olivia Hussey, Milo O'Shea, Leonard Whiting, Michael York

One of the most popular film adaptations of Shakespeare's classic, the recipient of international acclaim and four Academy Award nominations. Starring... Read more

Rosalie Goes Shopping (1989)

6/10
Director: Percy Adlon
Starring: Alex Winter, Brad Davis, Judge Reinhold, Marianne Sagebrecht

Bavarian-born Marianne Sagebrecht ('Bagdad Cafe') has settled with American husband Brad Davis in Stuttgart, Arkansas. She's become obsessed with spen... Read more

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

8/10
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: John Cassavetes, Mia Farrow, Ralph Bellamy, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Mauric...

Horrifying and darkly comic, "Rosemarys Baby" was Roman Polanski's Hollywood debut. This wildly entertaining nightmare, faithfully adapted from Ira L... Read more

Round Midnight (1986)

7.4/10
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Starring: Francois Cluzet, Dexter Gordon, Sandra Reaves-Phillips, Lonette McKee, Herbie Ha...

Bertrand Tavernier's exquisite homage to jazz - the moving story of a black jazz musician (sax great Dexter Gordon) in 1959 Paris, struggling to creat... Read more

Roy Orbison: Black and White Night (1988)

9/10
Director: Tony Mitchell
Starring: Roy Orbison, Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson...

A live performance by some legendary performers: Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, K D Lang, Bonnie Raitt, J D Souther, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Je... Read more

Rumble in Hong Kong (1974)

Director: Hdeng Tsu
Starring: Jackie Chan, John Chang, Charlie Chin, Phoenix Chen

Before "The Bronx" Jackie Chan displayed his prowess as the bodyguard of a Hong Kong gangster who goes against a tough female cop in order to protect... Read more

Ruthless People (1986)

6.9/10
Director: David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams
Starring: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater

A comedy about kidnapping, attempted murder, weight loss and revenge, from the directors of 'Flying High'. Danny DeVito wants to rid himself of naggin... Read more

Safe (1995)

7.2/10
Director: Todd Haynes
Starring: Xander Berkeley, Peter Friedman, Julianne Moore, James LeGros

This thought-provoking tale of modern-day alienation stars Julianne Moore as an L.A. housewife who develops allergic reactions to everyday household c... Read more

Saint Jack (1979)

7.1/10
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott, James Villiers

Ben Gazzara portrays a small-time pimp with big dreams working the pleasure palaces of Singapore in this stunning drama of political corruption and in... Read more

The Salute of the Jugger ( aka The Blood of Heroes ) (1989)

Director: David Peoples
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen, Anna Katarina, Delroy Lindo

A post-holocaust action thriller in which Rutger Hauer, the leader of a band of armour-clad gladiators, decides to challenge the ruling-laws. Read more

The Sand Pebbles (1966)

7.7/10
Director: Robert Wise
Starring: Candice Bergen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Steve McQueen

This compelling drama features a splendid performance by Steve McQueen as a jaded sailor on an American gunboat on the Yangtze River in 1926. His incr... Read more

Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

7.2/10
Director: Allan Dwan
Starring: John Wayne, John Agar, Adela Mara, Forrest Tucker

The Duke was never better than as the haunted Sergeant Stryker, a man hated by his men (with few exceptions) for his unyielding toughness, but it is b... Read more

Sanjuro (1962)

8.2/10
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama

The hero of Kurosawa's 'Yojimbo' returns to help a group of very earnest, very green, very young samurai get their clan rid of corruption. As in 'Yoji... Read more

Scarecrow (1973)

7.3/10
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Starring: Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan

Two towering performances by Al Pacino and Gene Hackman dominate this unusual but fascinating buddy film with Pacino and Hackman as drifters who team... Read more

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988)

7/10
Starring: Scooby-Doo, Scrappy-Doo, Shaggy

This feature-length adventure begins when Scooby and Shaggy sign on as gym teachers at Miss Grimwood's School for Ghouls - only to discover the pupils... Read more

Scream Blacula Scream (1973)

5.6/10
Director: Bob Kelljan
Starring: William Marshall, Don Mitchell, Pam Grier

'The black prince of shadows stalks the earth again'. An occult ritual summons vampire William Marshall from spirit exile, and only the occult skills... Read more

Screamers (1995)

6.4/10
Director: Christian Duguay
Starring: Peter Weller, Roy Dupuis, Jennifer Rubin, Andy Lauer

2078: War has devastated a distant planet; the few human survivors are pitted against 'Screamers', self-evolving robots programmed to kill... Based up... Read more

Sea of Love (1989)

6.8/10
Director: Harold Becker
Starring: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman

Al Pacino bounced back from oblivion in this thriller about the investigation by two New York detectives involving a series of killings. Ellen Barkin... Read more

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)

6.6/10
Director: Julien Temple
Starring: John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson, Billy Connolly, Sting , Bob Geldof, Phil Collins, J...

More Pythonesque humour from John Cleese and his gang of terrible, tastless and crazy cohorts including; Alexei Sayle, Rowan Atkinson and Barry Humphr... Read more

Send A Gorilla (1989)

4.7/10
Director: Melanie Read
Starring: Carmel McGlone, Katherine McRae, Perry Piercy

A grand romp about the strain of Valentines Day on a Gorilla Singing Telegram Company. Stars Carmel McGlone, Katherine McRae. Read more

The Set-Up (1948)

7.8/10
Director: Robert Wise
Starring: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias

One of the best film noirs of the '40s, this atmospheric tale centres around an ageing prize-fighter who refuses to be corrupted by the mob. A great p... Read more

sex, lies, and videotape (1989)

7.2/10
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Andie MacDowell, James Spader, Laura San Giacomo, Peter Gallagher

An original, quirky film that won newcomer Steven Soderbergh the top prize at Cannes and captured the imaginations of audiences worldwide. Graham Dalt... Read more

Shadow Makers (1989)

Director: Roland Joffe
Starring: Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Laura Dern, John C McG...

Aka 'Fat Man and Little Boy'. An arresting film about the development of the atomic bomb, focusing on General Groves (Paul Newman) and the brilliant J... Read more

Shadowlands (1993)

7.4/10
Director: Richard Attenborough
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Joseph Mazzello

An intelligent, observant, handsome adaptation of William Nicholson's award-winning play, inspired by the late-blooming romance between the fifty some... Read more

Shadows And Fog (1992)

6.8/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: John Cusack, Kathy Bates, Mia Farrow, Woody Allen

Woody Allen's wonderful 1920s mystery comedy is the story of one fantastic, Kafka-esque night when the circus came to a small European town and a mani... Read more

Shame (1987)

7.2/10
Director: Steve Jodrell
Starring: Deborra-Lee Furness, Tony Barry, Simone Buchanan

A gripping drama about a motorcyclist who finds herself caught up in a campaign of terror when she pulls into a small town to have her bike repaired.... Read more

Shattered (1991)

6.5/10
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Starring: Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi, Corbin Bernsen, Joanne Whalley

Based on Richard Neely's novel this intricate spy/thriller stars Tom Berenger who begins to think the car accident that caused his memory loss may not... Read more

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

9.3/10
Director: Frank Darabont
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Tim Robbins, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bello...

Director Frank Darabont's powerful adaptation of the novella by Stephen King stars Tim Robbins as a man serving two life sentences in New England's Sh... Read more

She's Gotta Have It (1986)

6.6/10
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Spike Lee

The celebrated first feature from independent black filmmaker Spike Lee, a brazenly comic foray into sexual politics. Tracy Camilla Johns stars as Nol... Read more

Shiloh (1996)

6.4/10
Director: Dale Rosenbloom
Starring: Blake Heron, Michael Moriarty, Scott Wilson, Rod Steiger

Based on the award-winning children's novel, this moving family drama follows a boy who tries to rescue a beagle puppy from its abusive owner and lear... Read more

Shining Through (1992)

6.4/10
Director: David Seltzer
Starring: Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson, Joely Richardson, John Gielgud

Sweeping WWII romance-drama stars Melanie Griffith as a secretary who falls in love with her mysterious new boss (Michael Douglas). She soon discovers... Read more

Shooting Lily (1996)

7.9/10
Director: Arthur Borman
Starring: Matt Wilson, Amy Smallman

What can a husband do when the woman he loves leaves him for no reason at all? In this case he has it all on tape - his obsessive camcorderings of the... Read more

Short Circuit (1986)

6.6/10
Director: John Badham
Starring: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens

No 5, a state-of-the-art military robot develops a mind of its own after being zapped by lightning during a storm! Upon meeting an animal lover, the m... Read more

The Silence of the Lambs (1990)

8.6/10
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine

Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice... Read more

The Silent Partner (1978)

7.5/10
Director: Daryl Duke
Starring: Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, John Candy

Elliot Gould, Christopher Plummer and Suzannah York star in this terrifying thriller that pits a mild-mannered bank clerk against an evil and sadistic... Read more

Silent Running (1971)

6.7/10
Director: Douglas Trumbull
Starring: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint

Bruce Dern stars in this sci-fi classic as a botanist preserving the only botanical specimens of life on Earth, under huge geodesic domes, whose rebel... Read more

Sister Act (1992)

6.3/10
Director: Emile Ardolino
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Harvey Keitel

Relive all the fun, laughter and irrestible music of the unforgettable hit comedy Sister Act. A sassy lounge singer (Whoopi Goldberg) is forced to hid... Read more

Sisters (1973)

6/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning

Director/co-writer Brian De Palma's first foray into Hitchcockian screen suspense in a bloody thriller. Reporter Jennifer Salt witnesses Margot Kidder... Read more

Slacker (Special Edition) (1991)

7.1/10
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Rudy Basquez, Richard Linklater, Jean Caffeine

A one-of-a-kind pseudo-documentary about the obsessions of the oddball residents of Austin, Texas. This hilarious film celebrates the lifestyle of 'Sl... Read more

The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)

Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Bernard Miles, Bill Travers, Margaret Rutherford, Peter Sellers, Virginia McKenn...

Jean and Bill are a struggling married couple with Bill trying to scrape a living as a writer. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them... Read more

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

7.6/10
Director: David Hand
Starring: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell

Walt Disney's first full-length animated feature features a magical story, memorable music and unforgettable characters. The beautiful and kindhearted... Read more

So I Married An Axe Murderer (1993)

6.4/10
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Starring: Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia

Charlie begins to suspect his new wife Harriet might be the killer he's read about in the tabloids. This delightfully quirky outing stars Nancy Travis... Read more

Solaris (1972)

8.1/10
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Starring: Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Juri Jarvet

A mind-bending, metaphysical film about an investigation into why astronauts on a space station situated above the planet Solaris have suffered mental... Read more

A Soldier's Story (1984)

7.2/10
Director: Norman Jewison
Starring: Howard E Rollins Jr, Adolph Caesar, Art Evans

A spellbinding mystery and drama about a black army attorney, sent to investigate a murder on a black army base. Starring Howard E Rollins, music by H... Read more

Solomon and Sheba (1959)

6.2/10
Director: King Vidor
Starring: Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George Sanders

This grand biblical epic recreates the story of history's greatest temptress and the mighty King of Israel and stars Yul Brynner and Gina Lollobrigida... Read more

Some Like It Hot (1959)

8.3/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E Brown

Perhaps the funniest American film of the 1950's, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon play two second rate musicians on the run from the Chicago mob, who take... Read more

Somebody To Love (1996)

5.2/10
Director: Alexandre Rockwell
Starring: Rosie Perez, Harvey Keitel, Anthony Quinn, Quentin Tarantino

Harvey Keitel and Rosie Perez team up in this latest feature from the Director of 'In the Soup'. Taxi-dance clubs are the focal point for this screwba... Read more

Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

6.8/10
Director: Jack Clayton
Starring: Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd, Pam Grier

Ray Bradbury wrote the screenplay based on his own novel about a mysterious carnival's visit to a turn-of-the-century Midwestern town. Full of wonderf... Read more

Godzilla: Son Of Godzilla (1967)

5.2/10
Director: Jun Fukuda
Starring: Tadao Takashima, Akira Kubo, Bibari Maeda

A group of scientists conducting weather experiments in the Pacific accidentally cause a massive radioactive storm - as a result the local praying man... Read more

Sonatine (1993)

7.6/10
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Aya Kokumai, Takeshi Kitano, Tetsu Watanabe

'Beat' Takeshi Kitano stars in this very original tale of the last days of a Tokyo gangster. Hard action combines brilliantly with haunting stillness. Read more

South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999)

8.7/10
Director: Trey Parker
Starring: Eric Cartman, Stan, Kyle, Kenny

When the four boys see an R-rated movie featuring Canadian's Terrance and Philip, they are pronounced corrupted, and their parents pressure the United... Read more

Soylent Green (1973)

7.1/10
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Brock Peters, Charlton Heston, Chuck Connors, Edward G Robinson, Joseph Cotten,...

This frighteningly prescient sci-fi tale about the dangers of the "greenhouse effect" was made long before the term became a popular buzzword. Charlto... Read more

Space Jam (1996)

6.3/10
Director: Joe Pytka
Starring: Bugs Bunny, Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle, Bill Murray

Basketball superstar Michael Jordan stars in this live-action/animated feature where he is 'hi-jacked' into the cartoon world of Bugs Bunny and the re... Read more

Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)

3.8/10
Director: Jan De Bont
Starring: Jason Patric, Sandra Bullock, Temuera Morrison, Willem Dafoe, Glenn Plummer

A romantic Caribbean cruise for feisty Sandra Bullock and new beau Jason Patric becomes a voyage into danger when deranged computer whiz Willem Dafoe,... Read more

Spellbound (1945)

7.6/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman, Leo G Carroll

Gregory Peck stars as the new director of a mental institution, Ingrid Bergman his love interest, who soon discovers that her lover is actually a ment... Read more

Spice World: The Movie (1997)

3.4/10
Director: Bob Spiers
Starring: Alan Cumming, Claire Rushbrook, George Wendt, Richard E Grant, Roger Moore, The...

Britain's chart-topping all-girl quintet, The Spice Girls, makes the jump to screen stardom with a glitzy musical that could have been called "A Hard... Read more

Splendour in the Grass (1961)

Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle

Warren Beatty (in his film debut) and Natalie Wood portray young lovers in the 1920s Midwest, whose inner struggles to retain a pure and virtuous love... Read more

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

7.1/10
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curt Jurgens, Richard Kiel

Agent 007 does battle against the arch villain Stromberg and his plans for world destruction. Spectacular underwater footage, beautiful women and the... Read more

Stanley and Iris (1990)

Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz

A sensitive film about illiteracy and isolation. Jane Fonda begins a wary relationship with Robert De Niro as she teaches him to read. Directed with f... Read more

A Star Is Born (Garland) (1954)

7.8/10
Director: George Cukor
Starring: Judy Garland, James Mason, Charles Bickford

The restored version of this masterpiece. Directed by George Cukor this classic musical drama about the doomed marriage of an entertainer whose career... Read more

Star Trek Generations (1994)

6.6/10
Director: David Carson
Starring: Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell

The old guard gives way to the new as Captain Kirk (William Shatner) passes the baton to a new Starfleet commander, Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) i... Read more

That'll Be The Day (1973) / Stardust (1974)

Director: Michael Apted
Starring: David Essex, Adam Faith, Larry Hagman, Keith Moon, Rosemary Leach, Ringo Starr,...

'That'll Be The Day' tells the story of a young man (David Essex) growing up in the dreary working-class world of Britain who comes of age and finds h... Read more

Stargate (1994)

7.1/10
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson

In Egypt, archeologists uncover a gigantic stone ring that, decades later, is found to be an interplanetary nexus. Scientist James Spader and Air Forc... Read more

State Fair (1945)

7.1/10
Director: Walter Lang
Starring: Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes

An engaging musical of a family's adventures at an Iowa State Fair. Fine Rodgers and Hammerstein songs including Oscar Winning 'It Might as well be Sp... Read more

Stealing Beauty (1996)

6.6/10
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring: Liv Tyler, Jeremy Irons, Sinead Cusack, Jean Marais

19 year old Lucy (Liv Tyler) spends a summer in Tuscany after her mother commits suicide. She stays with her mother's friends and has her picture pai... Read more

Steel Magnolias (1989)

7.2/10
Director: Herbert Ross
Starring: Dolly Parton, Sally Field, Sam Shepard, Shirley MacLaine

Adapted from the acclaimed stage play about a group of 'Strong Women' or 'Steel Magnolias' in a small southern town. The magnificent cast includes Shi... Read more

Stepping Razor: Red X (1993)

7.7/10
Director: Nicholas Campbell
Starring: Peter Tosh, Lloyd Allen, Edward Allen, Andrea Davis

An absorbing exploration into the life of the late Peter Tosh, Reggae artist, Jamaican folk hero, prophet and radical political activist through archi... Read more

Storm Boy (1976)

7.2/10
Director: Henri Safran
Starring: Peter Cummins, Greg Rowe, David Gulpilil

A wonderful Australian film dealing with the relationships between a boy, his pelican, his Aboriginal friend and his dour father who disapproves of bo... Read more

Storm Over Asia (1928)

7.3/10
Director: Vsevolod Pudovkin
Starring: Valeri Inkizhanov, I Inkizhanov, L Dedintsev

Director Vsevolod Pudovkin's epic is set on the Soviet Asian frontier and tells of a rebellious young Mongol trapper who is set up as a "puppet leader... Read more

Burning Paradise (1994)

7/10
Director: Ringo Lam
Starring: Willie Chi, Carmen Lee, Kam-Kong Wong

Willie Chi plays the legendary Fong Sai Yuk as a Shaolin student escaping with his master from the clutches of Manchu soldiers who have destroyed the... Read more

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

8.1/10
Director: George Roy Hill
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross

One of the most successful and entertaining Westerns of all time chronicles the hair-raising adventures of outlaws Butch (Paul Newman) and Sundance (R... Read more

The Butcher Boy (1998)

7.2/10
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Ian Hart, Sean McGinley

A blackly comic study of an Irish boy who doesn't have a chance in life; his father is a perpetual drunk, his mother a mentally fragile soul. Yet he g... Read more

The Two Ronnies: The Picnic / By the Sea (1976)

7.8/10
Director: Bill Wilson
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett

Enjoy a double-helping of delightful farce in these two irresistible, rarely seen 'silent' comedy television shorts from the award-winning team The Tw... Read more

Cactus Jack (1979)

8.3/10
Director: Hal Needham
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ann-Margret

Aka 'The Villain'. Arnold Schwarzenegger is the mysterious, handsome stranger in this combination of a western spoof and Road Runner cartoon. With Kir... Read more

The Caine Mutiny (1954)

7.8/10
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, Lee Marvin

Humphrey Bogart, as Captain Philip Francis Queeg, provokes Van Johnson to seize his ship during a typhoon. Van and fellow officer Robert Francis go on... Read more

Calamity Jane (1953)

7.3/10
Director: David Butler
Starring: Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn McLerie, Philip Carey

A sunny musical comedy with Doris Day as the rough-and-tumble frontiers woman who makes up in big-heartedness what she lacks in refinement. Contains t... Read more

Camelot (1967)

6.7/10
Director: Joshua Logan
Starring: Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings, Franco Nero

The epic Broadway hit comes alive with stunning performances by Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave as King Arthur and Lady Guenevere. Music by Freder... Read more

Camille Claudel (1988)

7.3/10
Director: Bruno Nuytten
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Alain Cuny

A poignant romantic tragedy based on the life of sculptor Camille Claudel. Isabelle Adjani gives an emotion-charged performance as the twenty-one-year... Read more

Can She Bake A Cherry Pie? (1983)

5.6/10
Director: Henry Jaglom
Starring: Karen Black, Michael Emil, Frances Fisher

Karen Black and Michael Emil star in this comic story of a love affair between a pedantic, middle-aged divorcee and a neurotic would-be singer who are... Read more

Can't Stop The Music (1980)

4.5/10
Director: Nancy Walker
Starring: Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, Steve Guttenberg, Village People

New York City DJ/Songwriter Jack Morell (Steve Guttenberg) needs just one big break to get his music heard and land a record deal. But with the help o... Read more

The Cannonball Run (1981)

6.2/10
Director: Hal Needham
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Farrah Fawcett, Roger Moore

Burt Reynolds leads a pack of wacky racers across the country in this road comedy that features zany stunts, loads of crashes and stars galore. With R... Read more

Cape Fear (1991)

7.3/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Joe Don Baker, Juliette Lewis, Robert...

Master filmmaker Martin Scorsese brings heart-pounding suspense to one of the most acclaimed thrillers of all time. Fourteen years after being impriso... Read more

The Card (1952)

Director: Ronald Neame
Starring: Valerie Hobson, Glynis Johns, Alec Guinness

About a young man's transformation from penniless hustler to provincial power. Entertaining, very clever comedy with fun lead by Alec Guinness and scr... Read more

Carmen (Opera) (1984)

7.7/10
Director: Francesco Rosi
Starring: Julia Migenes-Johnson, Placido Domingo

The definitive version of this classic opera, shot entirely on location in Spain, featuring Placido Domingo and Julia Migenes-Johnson. Soundtrack by t... Read more

Casino (1995)

8.2/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, Don Rickles, Alan King, Kevin Pollak, J...

A dazzling, richly layered record of a criminal dynasty during the transformation of Las Vegas from a sin-laden mecca to a family-oriented Disneyland,... Read more

Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)

4.5/10
Director: Sean McNamara
Starring: Brendon Ryan Barret

Re-join your favourites from the box office hit and meet some new friends too! This time Casper's on the run from the evil Kibosh, his assistant Snive... Read more

The Cat and the Canary (1927)

7.2/10
Director: Paul Leni
Starring: Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Tully Marshall

One of the great ghost stories and the prototype of all haunted house mysteries. Director Paul Leni's silent masterpiece is set in a creepy mansion wh... Read more

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

8.1/10
Director: Richard Brooks
Starring: Burl Ives, Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson, Paul Newman, Madelein...

Adapted from the Tennesse Williams' Pulitzer-winning play which lifts the lid on the emotional tangles of a rich southern family. Some of the more con... Read more

Cat People (1982)

6.1/10
Director: Paul Schrader
Starring: Annette O'Toole, John Heard, Malcolm McDowell, Nastassja Kinski

Paul Schrader's erotic remake of Jacques Tourneur's 1942 classic about an innocent young woman (Nastassia Kinski) who is subject to feline metamorphos... Read more

Chances Are (1989)

6.4/10
Director: Emile Ardolino
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Ryan O'Neal, Cybill Shepherd, Mary Stuart Masterson

A romantic comedy with a twist about the reincarnation of Cybill Shepherd's murdered husband in the form of a younger man (Robert Downey Jr). With Rya... Read more

Charade (1963)

8/10
Director: Stanley Donen
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Coburn, Walter Matthau

This elegant Hitchcock-like thriller has Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn put through a maze of danger and suspense in Paris, as a group of men pursue He... Read more

Charlotte's Web (1972)

6.3/10
Director: Charles Nichols, Iwao Takamoto
Starring: Agnes Moorehead, Debbie Reynolds, Henry Gibson, Paul Lynde

One of the enduring children's films, this is a story of friendship and salvation, with Charlotte the spider trying to save her friend Wilbur the pig... Read more

Charly (1968)

7.1/10
Director: Ralph Nelson
Starring: Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala

When a mentally retarded man named Charly (Cliff Robertson) undergoes experimental brain surgery, he is miraculously freed from the prison of his own... Read more

Children of the Corn (1983)

5.6/10
Director: Fritz Kiersch
Starring: Courtney Gains, Linda Hamilton, Peter Horton

A Stephen King horror story about a young couple who arrive in a small Iowa town controlled by demonic children. Cast includes Peter Horton and Linda... Read more

China Girl (1988)

6.1/10
Director: Abel Ferrara
Starring: Sari Chang, Richard Panebianco, David Caruso

A modern, bloody update of Romeo and Juliet from the director of 'Angel of Vengeance' and 'Bad Lieutenant'. James Russo and Sari Chang star. Read more

Chinatown (1974)

8.2/10
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Perry Lopez, John Hillerman, John Huston, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, Burt You...

Roman Polanski's classic detective yarn sees murder and scandal emerge from the drought of 1930s Southern California. Private Eye Jake Gittes (Jack Ni... Read more

Chinese Box (1997)

6.3/10
Director: Wayne Wang
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung, Ruben Blades

Hong Kong's 1997 return to China is the setting for this romantic drama starring Jeremy Irons as a jaded journalist whose life is at crossroads and wh... Read more

Chocolat (1988)

7.4/10
Director: Claire Denis
Starring: Mireille Perrier, Emmet Judson Williamson

An elegant and extraordinarily beautiful film set in the expansive golden countryside of Cameroon. A young French woman returns to Africa and is haunt... Read more

Cinema Paradiso: Director's Cut (1988)

8.5/10
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Starring: Salvatore Cascio, Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin

A charming, bittersweet tribute to the power of movies which won 1989's Best Foreign Film Academy Award. A filmmaker returns to his Sicilian hometown... Read more

City Slickers 2: The Legend Of Curly's Gold (1994)

Director: Paul Weiland
Starring: Josh Mostel, Jon Lovitz, Daniel Stern, Billy Crystal, Jack Palance

This sequel to the sagebrush farce finds Billy Crystal heading back to the west with pal Daniel Stern and brother Jon Lovitz to search for treasure hi... Read more

A Civil Action (1999)

6.5/10
Director: Steven Zaillian
Starring: John Travolta, Robert Duvall, James Gandolfini

Based on a true story and focusing on a high-priced personal injury attorney (John Travolta) who only takes big-money cases he can safely settle out o... Read more

Claire of the Moon (1993)

5/10
Director: Nicole Conn
Starring: Trisha Todd, Karen Trumbo, Faith McDevitt

When pop novelist Claire and lesbian sexual therapist Noel become roommates during a retreat for women writers, they make a poorly-matched pair. Spark... Read more

Clambake (1967)

5.5/10
Director: Arthur Nadel
Starring: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Bill Bixby

Rich kid (Elvis) wants to get out from under father's all-controlling thumb, so he switches places with a water skiing instructor. Read more

The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)

5.4/10
Director: Michael Chapman
Starring: Daryl Hannah, James Remar, Pamela Reed

The Neanderthal drama based on Jean Auel's popular novel casts Daryl Hannah as a beautiful outcast shunned by her tribe of swarthy cavemen. Determined... Read more

Class Action (1991)

6.4/10
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Gene Hackman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Gene Hackman plays a dedicated attorney who on behalf of an injured motorist takes a powerful corporation to court - with his daughter Mary Elizabeth... Read more

Clear and Present Danger (1994)

6.9/10
Director: Phillip Noyce
Starring: Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Willem Dafoe

CIA superhero Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) becomes aware of an illegal government plot against Colombian drug dealers. Second Tom Clancy thriller to star... Read more

Cleopatra (1963)

7/10
Director: Joseph L Mankiewicz
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton star in this truly mammoth production filled with spectacle and a cast of thousands. The legendary story of the Qu... Read more

Cleopatra Jones (1973)

5.8/10
Director: Jack Starrett
Starring: Bernie Casey, Tamara Dobson, Brenda Sykes, Shelley Winters

Black, beautiful, brawny Tamara Dobson stars as Cleopatra Jones, the U.S. special agent with a style all her own! Plenty of violence and action as 6'2... Read more

Cliffhanger (1993)

6.4/10
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker

Mountain rescue expert Sly Stallone is pitted against rotten John Lithgow and his gang who are after a hundred million dollars lost in the Rockies. (I... Read more

Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)

7.5/10
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Beverly D'Angelo, Levon Helm, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones

The film biography of country-western superstar Loretta Lynn. Sissy Spacek won an Academy Award for her performance as the lass from Butcher's Hollow.... Read more

The Cockleshell Heroes (1956)

6.7/10
Director: Jose Ferrer
Starring: Jose Ferrer, Trevor Howard, Victor Maddern

Inspired by a true story, the film follows a group of ten `canoe-commandos` who are taken, by sub-marine, close to the French coast. They must make a... Read more

Cocktail (1988)

5.8/10
Director: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Tom Cruise, Lisa Banes, Elisabeth Shue, Bryan Brown

A young arrival in the Big Apple (Tom Cruise) dreams of making his fortune but ends up working in a trendy Uptown bar where - under the tutelage of ma... Read more

Cocoon (1985)

6.7/10
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Steve Guttenberg, Jessi...

Ron Howard directs a fine batch of Hollywood's senior citizens, who find that the Fountain of Youth is located not far from their Florida retirement c... Read more

The Comancheros (1961)

6.9/10
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Lee Marvin

An action classic from the director of 'Casablanca' about a member of the Texas Rangers who works undercover to foil a notorious gang of outlaws. Also... Read more

Coming Home (1978)

7.3/10
Director: Hal Ashby
Starring: Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Robert Carradine

A powerful look at the effects of the Vietnam war on the people at home. Jane Fonda falls in love with paraplegic Jon Voight while her husband (Bruce... Read more

Communion (1989)

5.7/10
Director: Philippe Mora
Starring: Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse, Joel Carlson

Based on the best-selling autobiographical account by Whitley Strieber, this drama of extraterrestrial encounters stars Christopher Walken as the writ... Read more

The Confessional ( Le Confessionnal ) (1995)

7.5/10
Director: Robert Lepage
Starring: Lothaire Bluteau, Patrick Goyette, Ron Burrage

A man searches for lost relatives and missing pieces of family history, somehow linked to the making of Hitchcock's 'I Confess' in Quebec, 1953; past... Read more

Conspiracy Theory (1997)

6.7/10
Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart

Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson) is a sometime New York cabbie and fulltime conspiracy buff. Julia Roberts is a federal attorney who refused to believe him... Read more

Cool World (1992)

4.8/10
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Kim Basinger, Brad Pitt

Gabriel Byrne plays an artist who is drawn into a bizarre cartoon universe where he meets the pen and ink girl of his dreams. Read more

The Court Jester (1956)

7.9/10
Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Starring: Glynis Johns, Danny Kaye, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury

Danny Kaye has one of his best roles in this beloved comedy classic which rates as one of the funniest comedies of all time. To help restore the thron... Read more