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The story of Ricky Kasso, an American teenager who murdered his friend, Gary Lauwers, in an alleged Satanic sacrifice during the summer of 1984.
An ordinary man enters politics and finds himself drawn into corruption.
Sci-fi adventure set in a world where humans are mutating into "creatures".
After the death of his mother, a 17-year-old boy is thrust precariously between an explosive criminal family and a detective who thinks he can save him. Plus read our exclusive interview with Ben Mendelsohn.
Aquaman balances his duties as king and as a member of the Justice League, all while planning a wedding. Black Manta is on the hunt for Atlantean tech to help rebuild his armor. Orm plots to escape his Atlantean prison.
Alice returns to Wonderland to save the Mad Hatter.
An ape takes the first steps of human evolution.
Non-singing version of the story about how the King of Siam fell for a British school maam.
A documentary following Margaret Hodge's campaign against the BNP in Barking at the 2010 general election.
An academic gets into trouble when he tries to get his paws on a yapping dog.
Mo, a practising Muslim living in West Hollywood, is learning to navigate life post heartbreak. Enter Kal, an All-American guy who surprises Mo by offering to break fast with him during the holy month of Ramadan.
A woman tries to save her children, who are being held hostage in her father's fortress-like country house.
Liam is a scientific researcher who has been unstuck in time, as his jumps through time get more extreme, he is guided to the future by a mysterious old man where he witnesses the end of the world that he may have caused.
An Austrian woman escapes from the pressure of running her family’s vineyard by playing ice hockey. Then a new player arrives to challenge her rigid worldview, leading to a life-changing night on the streets of Vienna.
Retelling of the Second World War Rape of Nanking.
A vampire infestation in the office is the last thing our hard-pressed hero needs.
Animation examining a future world where the private sector run schools
A stolen laptop leads to revelations of loss, love and the quality of mercy.
A chemistry teacher embraces a life of crime after being diagnosed with cancer.
A TV reporter is tasked with painting memorial portrait for a coworker who died in a tragic accident that he survived. His colleague’s daughter becomes his guide.
After the courthouse is hijacked by the brother of a man she has just sentenced sentenced, a judge must rely on her strength and skills to find a way to end the standoff, save the hostages, and make her escape.
On a dystopian futuristic planet, all men's thoughts appear as "noise" around their heads... a problem for young Todd when he runs across a space girl.
Vincent Price demonstrates how to cook dishes from around the world using easy-to-access 1970s ingredients.
A young man who is desperately shy faces moral and emotional turmoil after falling for a waitress at the diner where he works.
An alcoholic film-director on the road to self-destruction.
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.
A Chinese family saga, told in different periods of time, commencing with the wife’s discovery of her husband’s homosexuality.
Nostalgia for the old times as age resurrects emotions and lost lovers for a legendary film star.
Rom com about a widow making a romantic choice between a dodgy dentist and a trainer with a heart of gold.
Bar-fuelled intimacy between two brewery workers blurs the line between friendship and romance.
A look into the creative and culinary processes behind one of the world's most famous restaurants.
A teenager overcomes prejudice to fulfil his ambition of becoming a drag queen.
A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy from the perspective of Liz, his longtime girlfriend, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
Viking heads on voyage to Valhalla.
The story of Moses, the adopted orphan who becomes a prince of Egypt and leads the Hebrew slaves to freedom
From the first camera to 45 billion cameras worldwide today, the visual sociologist filmmakers widen their lens to expose both humanity’s unique obsession with the camera’s image and the social consequences that lay ahead.
Two families who have known each other for years spend the long May weekend camping together as usual on the idyllic Danish island of Bornholm. However, instead of the relaxation they had anticipated, the holiday turns into purgatory…
A man works his way up the ranks of the IRA... while informing for the British.
An American teenager's love of kung fu leads him on the path to adventure in a mythic China.
A dysfunctional family's response to nuclear attack.
A man struggles to retain his liberal credentials when satanists move in next door.
An in-depth look at the underrated career of an idiosyncratic New York singer-songwriter.
Three ancient super-species vie for supremacy.
The short, violent life of The Symbionese Liberation Army.
A biopic of Kristina, Queen of Sweden.
The struggles and the glories of the world-famous scientist.
A brutal drama about a ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean and the subsequent struggles for survival and freedom.
Sasha is a young vampire with a serious problem: she’s too sensitive to kill. When her exasperated parents cut off her blood supply, Sasha’s life is in jeopardy. Luckily, she a lonely teenager with suicidal tendencies. But their friendly agreement soon becomes a nocturnal quest.
A middle aged salesman is sent to Saudi Arabia to sell a complicated IT system to the king and comes up against interminable delays and the prospect of terminal failure
Now the games are over, it's civil war in Part 1 of the final chapter
The rebels escort Katniss Everdeen into the Capital to assassinate President Snow, or die trying.
The whip-cracking archaeologist hero returns.
The history of Prague recounted through one man's story, full of glamour and danger.
Following exposure to a mysterious gas, a man begins to shrink - and doesn't stop.
Fantasy sees a man go on a quest to rescue his family.
Thirty years after his film JFK, filmmaker Oliver Stone takes viewers on a journey through recently declassified evidence in the assassination of President Kennedy.
When Owen and Claire return to Isla Nublar, they stumble on a conspiracy that threatens the Earth.
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.
An ex-con plans to get her own back on her thug of a husband by ripping him off.
An FBI team investigates after a US compound is attacked by terrorists in Riyadh.
Documentary about famed animation Studio Ghibli.
The complex examination of madness, love, psychological growth and unresolved feelings within relationships.
Reporters uncover political corruption before the Danish elections.
An American pastry chef travels to France to enter the Olympics of cooking, in pursuit of a red, white and blue collar from the Meilleur Ouvrier de France.
A chimney sweep and a shepherdess try to escape a tyrannical king.
Pre-legend Arthurian back story of samurai-style Romans in Britain.
To win the hand of his beloved, Chi-Hao must enter and triumph in a regional martial arts tournament.
Two friends plant an acre of corn and investigate how it grows, its history and its destination.
The social order starts to break down after bus travellers become stranded.
The life and music of young Louis XIV and an Italian composer, with Moliere as librettist.
Climber Chris Sharma undertakes a dangerous ascent in Mallorca.
A group of young inmates fight for their right to freedom.
Recently escaped from reformatory, young Reinaldo tries to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society.
A glimpse into the world of the Nats - an ancient community of Indian street performers.
Arcade gamers battle it out to be top dog at Donkey Kong.
This animation portrays the brutal world of school bullying as the starting point for a lifelong perpetuation of the instinct for violent revenge.
Coming-of-age drama sees trouble brew between two siblings.
Will Ferrell tries to coach little league, which causes him to lock horns with his over-competitive dad.
A man goes in search of his father and embarks on a relationship with tragic consequences.
Retelling of the 12th Century battle for Jerusalem.
Documentary about the Marcos family and Imelda's continued influence on politics in the Philippines.
When their headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, the Kingsman organisation must unite with secret US allies to prevent further destruction.
Learning to be an officer and a gentleman in Britain's finest privately owned secret service.
In the early years of the 20th century, the Kingsman agency is formed to stand against a cabal plotting a war to wipe out millions.
Three teenagers decide to build a fort and live wild.
Five street kids set out on a journey to the promised land.
The relationship between King George VI and an unconventional Australian speech therapist.
A fly-on-the-wall view of Graham's life and home.
Animated retelling of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.
The son of a taxi company owner converts written-off cars into futuristic vehicles that are conscious and speak, but will capitalism destroy his dream?
A young scientist becomes fascination by the psychoative properties of the khat plant and discovered it was a legal drug to make. This hybrid film considers what happens next
The high priest of a modern-day coven finds his life thrown into turmoil and ventures out on a journey of self-discovery.
Still the big daddy of all monster movies.
Peter Jackson revisits his favourite film in a great remake.
Sent to the small town of Marville to disarm a bomb left behind by retreating German troops, an English soldier finds it has been taken over by the abandoned inmates of the local asylum.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the great comic actor Eduardo Scarpetta was the king of the box office but when he decided to stage a tragedy, trouble ensued...
A drug lord aiming for redemption sparks a mob war.
The famous Hatton Garden jewel robbery carried out by a team of retired villains in 2015 that became "the largest burglary in English legal history"
A documentary about the more than 80 feature films based on the work of Stephen King.
Story of the Williams sisters rise to tennis fame under the tutelage of their father.
When Molly moves into her new apartment after a tragic accident, a strange noise from upstairs begins to unnerve her. As its intensity grows, she confronts her neighbours – but no one seems to hear what she is hearing.
Medieval epic about 13th Century civil war in Norway.
A medieval teenager has to undertake a quest before he can become a knight.
Ugandan dictator's rise to power as seen through the eyes of a young doctor.
Remake of the animated classic.
A guilt-ridden lion cub goes on an adventure. Reissued in 3D.
After losing in a card game a London con has to make the money back fast.
Documentary about a man struggling to come to terms with memories of war and his addictions in a community of homeless veterans
The life of a tired academic becomes suddenly moe complicated after his wife asks him to pull strings to help a Serbian woman who is facing deportation.
Documentary about two Haitian migrants who become stranded at the US-Mexico border, with no way forward.
Final part of Peter Jackson's Middle Earth trilogy.
An amateur historian defies the stodgy academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.
A couple split up and stumble through life whilst still in love with each other.
A lonely postman, struggling to cope, turns to his hero Eric Cantona for advice, and the footballer magically appears to inspire him.
Things go awry when friends fake a murder to get life insurance cash.
A drama exploring the politics of creative control in art, theatre and cinema.
A triptych of conflict in the shadow of different wars.
Documentary about a talent competition to find extras for a gangster film.
An animator struggles with the character he is creating.
Explores the impact of movie sound through insight from cinema’s biggest directors and their go-to sonic collaborators.
Two schemers plot a coup in the Middle East.
Two children make a pact and run off, prompting the local community to go on the hunt for them.
An injured woman in a rehabilitation centre recalls an all encompassing love.
Richard Harris is King Lear, as Liverpool gangster in modern times
A young woman and her autistic older brother struggle to understand each other as she tries to cope with caring for him and he tries to solve their problems through fantasy.
A young man is sent to La Maca, a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new Roman and must tell a story to the other prisoners.
Historical drama about Robert The Bruce.
The mystery and surprising history of the man with Elvis Presley's voice.
A documentary about parking lot attendants, their feelings about their job, and their theories about other aspects of life.
Documentary investigates the world of New Zealand chicken breeders.`
A Polish migrant tries to make it big in Pennsylvania.
An archaeologist takes his kids to explore the remains of a Viking expedition, but what they find is something much more ancient - and still alive.
A cabbie works and worries as his fellow drivers get bumped off.
The race is on to evacuate Japan after an earthquake threatens its existence.
Sitcom takes a smokey look at office relationships. Out to own now as part of a box set with Series 1.
Documenting mass shootings in the US.
Sword and sand epic, with wrestler The Rock resurrecting his role from The Mummy Returns.
A young boy and his sister are transported to a magical realm where they go on a quest to save it.
A documentary following one Honduran family's efforts to be accepted into the US as refugees.
Tobacco Force are superhero avengers, preparing for their clash with the mighty Lezardin. But what if the real horrors are the stories they tell to each other along the way?
A lone cop goes up against a corrupt system.
Who will have last laugh in school for pranksters?
A quick-fire series of attempted murders by a comfortably married couple.
Marine officer escorts fallen comrade back from Iraq.
A documentary exploring the erosion of traditional civil liberties in Britain under the Blair government.
Lippy, leggy FBI agent goes to Montreal to find a serial killer.
An American Major interrogates the conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic in 1945.
The story of the youngster who set the wheels in motion for the iconic music festival.
Disparate lives of five Californan women in search of something else.
Power struggle in 1645, as Oliver Cromwell instigates a reign of terror in England.
A documentary exploring the use of Monument Valley in film.
A group of armed men hold a crowded New York City subway train to ransom in this remake of the 1974 thriller.
Italy, today. Some elderly hunters reminisce about the tale of Luciano - a drunk who locks horns with the head of the region over right of passage and is later exiled.
Satire on smoking and spin.
In the wake of the Gulf War, a group of soldiers conspire to steal a pile of gold bullion.
Gregory Peck plays the iconic role of Atticus Finch, a small town lawyer who defends a negro in the lynch mob years before civil rights.
A road movie which draws from the archives of artist Audrey Amiss.
Enduring love story of Seretse Khama, King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana) and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948.
A documentary about the hunt for the notorious Daesh fighter.
Far from home, a Galician sailor working on a ferry between Germany and Denmark buys a video camera and films his everyday routine.
A slave ignorant of his Viking heritage challenges a powerful Viking lord after falling in love with the English princess he intends to marry.
A gang of vengeful women's plot to massacre corrupt monks comes unstuck when marauding Vikings arrive with demons on their tail.
Rotoscope hero attempts to divine the meaning of life through his dreams.
A group of villagers hatch a plan to scoop a lottery prize after the winner dies of shock.
Police officer Rick Grimes leads a group of survivors in a world overrun by zombies.
A teenager must summon all his strength so that he and his father can survive after an accident in the wilderness.
Living the life of Alaskan rhinoesque dinos that walk and talk with teenage Californian accents
Tony Jaa kicks ass for the elephants.
Kham finds himself the chief suspect in a murder.
Four multiracial families in suburban LA prepare for Thanksgiving celebrations.
Helena Bonham Carter and Gina McGee are best friends in Edinburgh, being messed up by men.
A humble secretary, betrayed by her boss, makes the most of a brief time left in charge to pursue her own ambitions in the world of high finance.
A solider returns home to find his small town at the mercy of drugs and gambling.
Snapshot of the life of a young man in 60s New York.
A historical epic inspired by the true events that happened in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
A group of women from a remote religious community deal with the aftermath of sexual assault perpetrated by the colony’s men.
Examination of the influential group of LA-based session musicians who worked alongside many of the greats, including Elvis Presley and The Byrds.
The film follows the story of Ellie, a young girl from a violent home, who decides to confront the situation.
Finding the magic Jenn Wexler on her approach to filmmaking, The Ranger and The Sacrifice Game
Beautiful and difficult Sandhya Suri on semi-urban outposts, moral ambiguity and Santosh
About a bear Iain Gardner on immigration, community and A Bear Named Wojtek
Tests of love Dennis Iliadis and his star Konstantina Messini on twisty meet-the-parents thriller Buzzheart
You must remember this Loïc Espuche on childhood revulsion, shyness, shame, kissing and Yuck!
Questlove film heads to Sundance A bumper year for star author and filmmaker
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