Absolute Denial
Science fiction animation sees a programmer building a super computer off the grid runs into trouble as the AI he's created grows in strength.
Affairs Of The Art
A family is obsessed with everything from drawing to taxidermy.
Amelie
A girl with an eccentric, repressed childhood grows up attracted to the odd detail in everyday life and to the strangest people.
Annette
A stand-up comedian and his opera singer wife have a daughter with a surprising gift.
Ballad Of A White Cow
A single mum, whose husband has been executed, struggles for justice.
The Bayview
A glimpse into the world of a family who have turned the previously derelict hotel into a place of respite for international fishermen when they come to land.
Bend It Like Beckham
An 18-year-old football-mad girl defies her parents' wishes to conform by pursuing her dream to play footie like David Beckham.
The Beta Test
A man's life starts to fracture after he receives an unusual invitation.
Born In Damascus
After ten years apart, a Scottish filmmaker tries to reconnect with her closest cousin after their paths were separated by war.
Bosco
How does a tiny Italian village of 13 inhabitants connect to a Uruguayan city an ocean away?
Brave
A princess gets more than she bargains for when she asks for a spell.
Bridget Jones's Diary
Overweight middle-class secretary has trouble with men and other appetites in London.
The Bright Side
Cynical stand-up, Kate, has lost her way, but she gains friends and a new perspective on life when she goes through cancer treatment with an unlikely band of companions.
Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase The Blues Away
The story of how a Louisiana sharecropper became one of the most influential guitarists of all time
Casablanca
A reunion between former lovers forces a bar owner to make an impossible choice amid the incivility of war.
Clueless
A rich high school student tries to give a fellow student a makeover but finds herself falling in love.

D

The Deer King
When a pack of dogs race through a Zol-controlled mine, Van, an enslaved former soldier, and a young girl named Yuna are both bitten, but manage to escape as the sole survivors of the attack. They seek out a simple, peaceful existence in the countryside but the deadly Black Wolf Fever complicates everything.
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial
Spielberg's beloved classic about a stranded and lonely alien.
Europa
Kamal, an Iraqi man trying to enter Europe on foot through the border between Turkey and Bulgaria, is relentlessly pursued through a forest by a group of hunters.
Even Mice Belong In Heaven
A mouse and a fox meet in animal heaven and forge an unexpected friendship.
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
A teenager overcomes prejudice to fulfil his ambition of becoming a drag queen.
Faceless
Hong Kong pro-democracy protestors forge political community through anonymity.
Fathom
Documentary follows researchers working to finally decode the communication of humpback whales.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
A teen plots a day off school.
Frozen
The beauty and danger of ice exposed in an animated musical tale of royal siblings and treachery behind the throne.
The Gig Is Up
Documentary digs into the gig economy.
The Goonies
A pirate treasure map leads a group of kids on an adventure.
Grease
Cult musical about the romance between a naive Aussie and school stud. Singalong version back in cinemas for Valentine's Day.
Hairspray
A big-budget remake of the John Waters classic, with a teenage hair hopper rebel becoming a star even without a dainty figure.
Here Today
Tale of the unlikely friendship that develops between a New York singer and a comedy writer.
Hunt For The Wilderpeople
A kid and his foster uncle run off into the New Zealand bush.

I

The Illusionist
A stage entertainer dedicated to a dying art finds his life transformed by a chance encounter with a young devotee.
Jaws
A small seaside community dependent on tourism is terrorised by a great white shark with a hunger for human flesh.
The Justice Of Bunny King
Bunny, a woman at the outskirts of society, fights to be reunited with her children. When her teenage niece needs help, Bunny takes her under her wing, and together, they make a stand against the cards they’ve been dealt.
Laurent Garnier: Off The Record
Profile of the godfather of 1990s techno music.

M

Mad God
An epic journey through all the layers of hell.
Mamma Mia!
When her daughter wants to get married, Donna has to explain that any one of three men could be her father.
Mandibles
When friends Jean-Gab and Manu find a giant fly trapped in the boot of a car, they decide to train it in the hope of making a ton of cash.
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Sam Ali, a young sensitive and impulsive Syrian, left his country for Lebanon to escape the war. He finds himself turned into a work of art by a tattoo artist...but at what cost.
Martyrs Lane
A small, nightly visitor brings comfort to a lonely girl growing up in a large vicarage, but soon she will realise that her little visitor offers knowledge that might be very, very dangerous.
Moana
A young woman goes on an adventure with a demi-god.
Moulin Rouge!
Modern romantic musical based around the mythology of a famous Parisian nightclub in 1900. On re-release.
The Night House
A widow struggles with grief as strange things happen in her lake house at night.
Ninjababy
When a woman discovers she is unexpectedly pregnant her unborn baby proves unexpectedly animated in the conversation department.
Pig
A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness is forced to return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped
Prince Of Muck
Documentary portrait of a laird and his family.

R

Radiograph Of A Family
The director's dual portrait of her parents.
Rebel Dykes
Documentary about the underground lesbian scene in London in the Eighties.
Restless Natives
Two friends start holding up tour buses.
The Road Dance
With the world on the brink of war a young woman dreams of a world and a life away from the harsh land and strict religion of her Hebridean island home.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Gothic horror meets rock musical.
The Servant
Psychological thriller about a servant who begins to manipulate his employer.
The Shift
An agency worker gets bad news while she's shopping.
Singin' In The Rain
A silent film idol romances a Hollywood starlet in this much-loved classic.
Skies Of Lebanon
A Swiss woman moves to Lebanon where she falls in love with an astrophysicist but their peace is threatened by the civil war.
Star Wars: Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back
Superior sequel, to Lucas's space hit.
Stop-Zemlia
Drama follows a shy teenager and her friend as they navigate their 16th year.
Stop Nineteen
Consideration of the tourist industry that has sprung up around places associated with The Troubles.
Superman: The Movie
Classic comic book adaptation about an orphaned alien who becomes humanity's saviour.
Titanic
An epic disaster movie, with added passion and icebergs. Re-released for its 25th anniversary.
Two Cents Worth Of Hope
Love blossoms between a young village boy and the daughter of a wealthy landowner

V

The Wizard Of Oz
Swept away to a magical land, young Dorothy sets out to find the wizard who can help her get home, meeting some unusual friends along the way. Out on IMAX reissue.
Walk With Angels
Documentary follows a former child soldier who now helps families regain their stolen children in the economically deprived townships in South Africa.
The Water Horse: Legend Of The Deep
A lonely young boy discovers a magical egg and befriends the strange creature which hatches from it. Plus read our exclusive interview with Jay Russell.
Whale Rider
Granddaughter of Maori chief in modern New Zealand suffers rejection for her gender.
Whisky Galore!
Classic Ealing comedy where a group of Scottish islanders rescue and hide a shipwrecked cargo of whisky.
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