LA 92
Portrait of the LA riots which took place after the police officers who beat Rodney King were acquitted.
Abundant Acreage Available
Two siblings coping with grief find their lives disrupted by the arrival of three brothers who have a surprising connection to their farm.
AlphaGo
Google's DeepMind team takes on one of the world's top Go players in a weeklong tournament.
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
A documentary about the celebrated actress and inventor.
The Boy Downstairs
A woman finds a jewel of a home in New York until realising her downstairs neighbour is her ex whose heart she broke. Like a true New Yorker, she keeps the apartment.
Bowling For Columbine
Documentary maker Michael Moore turns the spotlight on American gun culture.
City Of Ghosts
The citizen journalists risking their lives to report on atrocities within in Syria.

D

The Divine Order
A small-town mum joins the suffrage movement in Switzerland.
Devil's Gate
Struggling to overcome a recent professional tragedy, an FBI agent relocates to a small town to investigate the disappearance of a woman and her young son.
The Endless
Years after escaping a cult as teenagers, brothers Aaron and Justin return to their former home after receiving a mysterious message. While Aaron is quickly drawn back into the fold, Justin remains uneasy.
The Farthest
On the 40th anniversary of Voyager’s 11bn-mile flight (and counting), this is a behind-the-scenes account from those who built and nurtured this unprecedented deep space achievement.
The Godfather
The classic American gangster film.
A Gray State
Documentary investigating what happens when an ideology becomes an obsession.
House Of Z
Portrait of designer Zac Posen.

I

I Am Evidence
Every year in cities around the United States, it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of rape kits are left untested in police storage facilities. The film sheds light on these disturbing statistics.
Intent To Destroy
A documentary about the fate of Armenians living in Turkey in the early 20th Century.
Keep The Change
The unlikely love story of two people who meet in a support group.
Literally, Right Before Aaron
Still reeling from his breakup with college sweetheart Allison, Adam's world is thrown into further chaos when he’s surprisingly invited to attend her wedding.
The Last Animals
As the single-digit population of the Northern White Rhino ticks closer to extinction, Brooks exposes the epidemic of poachers and trafficking syndicates, and the heroic efforts of conservationists.

M

My Friend Dahmer
Before Jeffrey Dahmer became one of the most notorious serial killers of all time, he was a teenage loner.
Newton
A young bureaucrat named Newton is sent to the jungle to monitor an election there. But Maoist blockades, forced police protection and indifferent voters make defending democracy no easy task.
November
A peasant girl's unrequited love plays out against a backdrop of pagan ritual and myth.
Permission
A couple experiment with sleeping with other people and find it has unexpected effects on their lives.
Pilgrimage
In 13th-century Ireland, a cadre of monks travel through the war-torn countryside on a mission to bring their land’s most sacred relic to Rome.

R

The Reagan Show
A documentary constructed entirely from clips of archive footage, exploring Ronald Reagan's media persona.
Reservoir Dogs
Quentin Tarantino’s ultra-cool reworking of the tired old heist genre.
Saturday Church
A teenager explores issues around gender identity and sexuality in a seemingly hostile world, finding support from a church group.
A Suitable Girl
Three young women go through the process of arranged marriage.
Sweet Virginia
A burglary-homicide rattles the residents of a small Alaska town.
Tilt
A documentary filmmaker whose wife is pregnant starts to lose his grip.
Tom Of Finland
Portrait of the Finnish artist famous for his homoerotic work.
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