A perfectly executed heist leads to murder and mayhem at a traveling circus. Read More »
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Lisbon (1956) Ray Milland, Maureen O’Hara, Claude Rains
High stakes battle of wits and morals between gentlemen crooks, set in beautiful Portugal. Read More »
My Kingdom (2001) Don Boyd, Richard Harris, Lynn Redgrave, Reece Noi
A powerful dynasty, headed by a charismatic, manipulative father Read More »
Cold Sweat AKA De La Part Des Copains (1970) Terence Young, Charles Bronson, James Mason, Liv Ullmann
Joe Martin, a quiet American, lives a quiet life in the South of France renting boats to tourists. Read More »
Song of Norway (1970) Andrew L. Stone, Florence Henderson, Toralv Maurstad, Christina Schollin
Based on the life of Norway’s greatest composer Edvard Grieg Read More »
Sling Blade (1996) Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh
A partially handicapped man named Karl is released from a mental hospital Read More »
Near Dark (1987) Kathryn Bigelow, Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen
A small-town farmer’s son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter. Read More »
Metropolitan (1990) Whit Stillman, Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Chris Eigeman
In an apartment on Manhattan a couple of friends from the New York upper-class meet almost Read More »
Shooting the Past (1999) Stephen Poliakoff, Lindsay Duncan, Timothy Spall, Liam Cunningham
A US property developer realises that he has a battle on his hands when he tries to renovate a London Read More »
Perfect Strangers (2001) Stephen Poliakoff, Michael Gambon, Lindsay Duncan, Matthew Macfadyen
Attending a distant family reunion reveals more than was expected. Read More »
Female Trouble (1974) John Waters, Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce
The life and times of Dawn Davenport, showing her progress from loving schoolgirl Read More »
Memory Lane (2012) Shawn Holmes, Michael Guy Allen, Meg Braden, Julian Curi
An orphaned war-veteran routinely travels between our world and the afterlife Read More »
Romeo Is Bleeding (1993) Peter Medak, Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Wallace Wood
Detective Jack Grimaldi (Gary Oldman) takes us through his shattered life after encountering Read More »
The Big Red One (1980) Samuel Fuller, Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine
The story of a hardened army sergeant and four of his men, from their first fight Read More »
Danger: Diabolik (1968) Mario Bava, John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli
In psychedelic swinging 60s style, the dreaded thief (and killer) Diabolik wreaks havoc Read More »