Stephen Graham

Daisy Ridley

Alex Hassell

Christopher Eccleston

Young Woman and the Sea

Young Woman and the Sea (2024)

Annette Badland

Pete Postlethwaite

Corinne Camacho

Enter the medieval world of Christine Carpenter, a visionary girl who is to become an Anchoress (a walled-in recluse) so that she can "live in the Virgin's house forever." Based on actual letters that were written about such an Anchoress in 1325, the film follows Christine as she awakens to her own sensuality and explores her own female, earth-based spirituality.—International Film Circuit

Anchoress

Anchoress (1993)

Olivia Williams

Lenny Henry

Tina Louise Owens

Leon, a mixed race boy older than his 9 years, is forced to take care of his blue-eyed baby brother when his single mother suffers a nervous breakdown. When the authorities separate the brot

My Name Is Leon

My Name Is Leon (2022)

David Beckham

John Bradley

Sue Johnston

Documentary about the career of one of the greatest footballers, Bryan Robson.

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story (2021)

Mia Wasikowska

Richard Gere

Hilary Swank

Amelia Earhart, a Kansas girl, discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23, and within 12 years has progressed to winning the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. At age 39, she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, an adventure that catapults her into aviation myth.

Amelia

Amelia (2009)

Julianna Margulies

Michael Stuhlbarg

Edie Falco

This movie is about a young woman who is married to a devout Jew and the problems that trouble their marriage because of her wanting something more out of her life.

A Price Above Rubies

A Price Above Rubies (1998)

Alexander Ludwig

Ian McShane

James Cosmo

The film tells the story of Will Stanton, a young man who learns he is the last of a group of warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the Dark. Traveling back and forth through time, Will discovers a series of clues which lead him into a showdown with forces of unimaginable power. With the Dark once again rising, the future of the world rests in Will's hands. —Anonymous

Pimeä nousee

Pimeä nousee (2007)

Andy Serkis

Simon Pegg

Shirley Henderson

Manchester 1976: Cambridge educated Tony Wilson, Granada TV presenter, is at a Sex Pistols gig. Totally inspired by this pivotal moment in music history, he and his friends set up a record label, Factory Records, signing first Joy Division (who go on to become New Order) then James and the Happy Mondays, who all become seminal artists of their time. What ensues is a tale of music, sex, drugs, larger-than-life characters, and the birth of one of the most famous dance clubs in the world, The Hacienda - a mecca for clubbers as famous as the likes of Studio 54. Graphically depicting the music and dance heritage of Manchester from the late 70's to the early 90's, this comedy documents the vibrancy that made Mad-chester the place in the world that you would most like to be.

24 Hour Party People

24 Hour Party People (2002)

Jude Law

Willem Dafoe

Sarah Polley

Allegra Geller, the leading game designer in the world, is testing her new virtual reality game, eXistenZ with a focus group. As they begin, she is attacked by a fanatic assassin employing a bizarre organic gun. She flees with a young marketing trainee, Ted Pikul, who is suddenly assigned as her bodyguard. Unfortunately, her pod, an organic gaming device that contains the only copy of the eXistenZ game program, is damaged. To inspect it, she talks Ted into accepting a gameport in his own body so he can play the game with her. The events leading up to this, and the resulting game lead the pair on a strange adventure where reality and their actions are impossible to determine from either their own or the game's perspective. —Kenneth Chisholm

eXistenZ

eXistenZ (1999)

Abbie Cornish

Amandla Stenberg

George MacKay

Germany 1944: 15-year old Leyna (Amandla Stenberg), daughter of a white German mother and a black father, lives in fear due to the color of her skin. When she meets Lutz (George MacKay), the son of a prominent SS officer and a member of the Hitler Youth - mandatory for all Aryan boys since 1936 - the two fall helplessly in love, putting both their lives at risk. An original coming of age story through the eyes of a bi-racial teen as she witnesses the persecution of Jews and those deemed 'non-pure'.

Where Hands Touch

Where Hands Touch (2018)

Aneurin Barnard

Tom Wilkinson

Nigel Lindsay

After another failed attempt to commit suicide, hapless writer William addresses the services of hired assassin Leslie, the inexorable angel of death from the Killers Guild, an organization that is ready to help anyone who needs a quick and painless death. Leslie has a good heart, but an unsteady hand. The authorities want to retire him, and the contract that has turned up is the only chance to postpone the inevitable. However, the case intervenes in the fortuity. The fate suddenly smiled to William: he falls in love.

Dead in a Week Or Your Money Back

Dead in a Week Or Your Money Back (2018)

Peter Mullan

Tony Curran

Gary Lewis

Three friends in Edinburgh, Scotland, interview and select a new flatmate. He's hardly moved in than they discover him dead in his room. An ethical dilemma ensues when they discover that he possessed a large amount of cash. Things get worse as the men whose money it was search for it, and the three friends start to turn on each other. —grantss

Shallow Grave

Shallow Grave (1994)

Gemma Arterton

Vanessa Redgrave

Terence Stamp

"Song for Marion", a London-set comedic drama, is about shy, grumpy pensioner Arthur who is reluctantly inspired by his beloved wife Marion to join a highly unconventional local choir. At odds with his son James, it is left to charismatic choir director Elizabeth to try and persuade Arthur that he can learn to embrace life. Arthur must confront the undercurrents of his own grumbling persona as he embarks on a hilarious, life-affirming journey of musical self discovery. —Anonymous

Song for Marion

Song for Marion (2012)

Nicole Kidman

Eric Sykes

Michelle Fairley

A woman named Grace retires with her two children to a mansion on Jersey, towards the end of the Second World War, where she's waiting for her husband to come back from battle. The children have a disease which means they cannot be touched by direct sunlight without being hurt in some way. They will live alone there with oppressive, strange and almost religious rules, until she needs to hire a group of servants for them. Their arrival will accidentally begin to break the rules with unexpected consequences.

The Others

The Others (2001)

Naomie Harris

Brendan Gleeson

Danny Boyle

Animal activists invade a laboratory with the intention of releasing chimpanzees that are undergoing experimentation, infected by a virus -a virus that causes rage. The naive activists ignore the pleas of a scientist to keep the cages locked, with disastrous results. Twenty-eight days later, our protagonist, Jim, wakes up from a coma, alone, in an abandoned hospital. He begins to seek out anyone else to find London is deserted, apparently without a living soul. After finding a church, which had become inhabited by zombie like humans intent on his demise, he runs for his life. Selena and Mark rescue him from the horde and bring him up to date on the mass carnage and horror as all of London tore itself apart. This is a tale of survival and ultimately, heroics, with nice subtext about mankind's savage nature.

28 Days Later...

28 Days Later... (2002)

7.5 / 10

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6.5 / 10

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7.2 / 10

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7.4 / 10

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5.8 / 10

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6.5 / 10

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4.8 / 10

Action
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7.3 / 10

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6.8 / 10

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6.4 / 10

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6.3 / 10

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7.3 / 10

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7 / 10

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7.6 / 10

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7.6 / 10

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