Horse trainer Steve Tapley is caught between the feuding Martingale and Shattuck families. Read More »
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The National Health (1973) Jack Gold, Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Eleanor Bron
The British National Health System is skewered in this comedy set in a rundown London hospital. Read More »
Babylon (1981) Franco Rosso, David N. Haynes, Trevor Laird, Victor Romero Evans
Babylon follows the story of David, a working class musician and black man in South East London. Read More »
Caged Heat (1974) Jonathan Demme, Juanita Brown, Roberta Collins, Erica Gavin, Ella Reid
A girl is caught in a drug bust and sent to the hoosegow. Read More »
Scorpio Rising (1963) Kenneth Anger, Ernie Allo, Bruce Byron, Frank Carifi
A gang of Nazi bikers prepares for a race as sexual, sadistic, and occult images are cut together. Read More »
Fever Pitch (1997) David Evans, Colin Firth, Ruth Gemmell, Luke Aikman
A romantic comedy about a man, a woman and a football team. Read More »
Tight Spot (1955) Phil Karlson, Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith
Sherry Conley, a street tough and cynical woman with an unhappy family background Read More »
I, Monster (1971) Stephen Weeks, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Mike Raven
In the Nineteenth Century, in London, the psychologist Charles Marlowe Read More »
Let’s Get Skase (2001) Matthew George, Lachy Hulme, Alex Dimitriades, Craig McLachlan
Christopher Skase was a white collar fugitive until Australia decided to launch an unofficial chase to get Skase. Read More »
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973) Hall Bartlett, James Franciscus, Juliet Mills, Philip Ahn
Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his sea-gull clan. Read More »
High Tide (1947) John Reinhardt, Lee Tracy, Don Castle, Julie Bishop
A fast-moving automobile fails to make a sharp turn of the highway from Malibu to Los Angeles. Read More »
Stage Struck (1925) Allan Dwan, Gloria Swanson, Lawrence Gray, Gertrude Astor
A young woman dreams of becoming a great actress. When her boyfriend starts to flirt Read More »
Land of the Pharaohs (1955) Howard Hawks, Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin
In ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh Khufu (Jack Hawkins) is obsessed with acquiring gold Read More »
Dead Ringer (1964) Paul Henreid, Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford
After the funeral of her brother-in-law, Edith Phillips learns that Margaret de Lorca Read More »
It Couldn’t Happen Here (1987) Jack Bond, Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, Joss Ackland
Pet Shop Boys Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant embark upon a journey across Read More »