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Jimpa (2025)
Hannah takes her nonbinary teenager, Frances, to Amsterdam to visit their gay grandfather, Jim - lovingly known as Jimpa. But Frances’ desire to stay abroad with Jimpa for a year means Hannah is forced to reconsider her beliefs about parenting and finally confront old stories about the past.
Jockey (2021)
An ageing jockey is determined to win one last championship, but his dream is complicated when a young rookie shows up claiming to be his son.
John And The Hole (2021)
When a teenager finds a hole in the ground, he hatches a chilling plot.
Joker: Folie À Deux (2024)
Failed comedian Arthur Fleck meets the love of his life as his murder trial begins.
José (2018)
A working class gay young man faces tough choices after he falls for a builder.
Josephine (2026)
After 8-year-old Josephine accidentally witnesses a crime in Golden Gate Park, she acts out in search of a way to regain control of her safety while adults are helpless to console her.
Journey To A Mother's Room (2018)
Leonor wants to leave home, but she doesn’t dare to tell her mother. Estrella doesn’t want her to leave but is unable to keep her by her side either. Mother and daughter will have to face this new stage in life in which the world they share starts to fall apart.
The Journey To Kyoto (2018)
A musician famous in the 80s thanks to a song, his best friend, an apparently famous painter, and the crossovers between two worlds.
Jour De Fête (1949)
Tati's debut about a postman who sees a newsreel about the US mail system and decides to upgrade his deliveries, with comic consequences.
Joyland (2022)
As the Ranas, a happily patriarchal joint family, yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theater and falls for an ambitious trans starlet. Their impossible love story illuminates the entire family's desire for a sexual rebellion.
Joyride (2022)
A woman planning to give up her baby finds herself on an oddball roadtrip with a 12-year-old.
JT LeRoy (2018)
Fictionalised retelling of the literary sensation and scandal of JT LeRoy.
The Judge (2017)
Profile of Judge Kholoud Al-Faqih, the first woman appointed to a Shari'a court in the Middle East.
Judy (2019)
Biopic focusing on the life of Judy Garland six months before her death.
Jules Et Jim (1962)
A French love triangle, spanning the years. Out on reissue in May.
Juliet, Naked (2018)
Annie is the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan, an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe. When the acoustic demo of a record from 25 years ago surfaces, its release leads to an encounter with the elusive rocker himself.
Julie Keeps Quiet (2024)
As the star player at an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the game she loves. When her coach falls under investigation and is suddenly suspended, all of the club's players are encouraged to speak up. But Julie decides to keep quiet…
Julius Caesar (2017)
All-female adaptation of the play, set in a women's prison.
July Tales (2017)
Two languorous summer days, two thorny tales of romantic misunderstanding.
Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
The gang are sucked back into the game - but everything has changed.
Juno And The Paycock (1929)
A Dublin family on the breadline think their luck may be about to change when they hear about an inheritance.
The Justice Of Bunny King (2021)
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.
Ju Dou (1990)
The wife of a brutal dye house owner embarks on an illicit affair with her husband's nephew.
Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work (2010)
Honest and open portrait of the groundbreaking comedienne.
Job Street (2004)
A day in the life of disenfranchised migrants.
Johanna (2005)
An operatic hospital saga, in which junkie nurse prescribes sex as life-saving treatment.
Joy Of Man's Desiring (2014)
Humans' relationship with machinery.
Julia (2008)
An alcoholic finds herself in deep trouble after kidnapping a kid.
Justin And The Knights Of Valour (2013)
A boy embarks on a quest to become a knight
Just A Kiss (2001)
Farcical romance as three couples become inextricably entwined due to wanderlust.
Just Say Hi (2013)
Bus stop meet-cute.
Juvenile Offender (2012)
Released from a young offenders' institution into difficult circumstances, a troubled young man searches for stability.
Kaboom (2010)
Sexual awakening and conspiracy in southern California.
Kabuli Kid (2008)
A Kabul taxi driver finds himself looking after an abandoned baby.
Kami's Party (2013)
A day in the life of a group of upper-class Iranian twentysomethings.
Karelian Cowgirls (2008)
Three women recall their part in the Winter War in Finland, in 1939.
Keepers Of Memory (2004)
Survivors of the Rwandan genocide talk about living with the aftermath.
Ken And Kazu (2015)
Two drug dealers find their life-long friendship tested, when one of them decides he wants out.
Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
The high school wannabe superhero returns for another dose of ass kicking.
The Kid (2010)
Adaptation of Kevin Lewis' autobiography of the same name.
Killers (2010)
Happy isn't so 'ever after' for a former government hitman and his unwitting wife.
The King Of Havana (2015)
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.
The King Of Kong (2007)
Arcade gamers battle it out to be top dog at Donkey Kong.
The King Of Ping Pong (2008)
Coming-of-age drama sees trouble brew between two siblings.
Kirikou And The Sorceress (1998)
Tale of a little boy who makes a big difference.
Kiss The Water (2013)
Portrait of salmon fly-maker Megan Boyd.
Kabul, Between Prayers (2025)
Documentary about a Taliban part-time soldier and his younger brother.
Kagemusha (1980)
A thief is draughted in to impersonate a warlord in medieval Japan.
Kailash (2018)
Portrait of Kailash Satyarthi, who has made it his life's work to end child slavery and exploitation.
Kalak (2023)
A nurse who was abused by his father finds his trauma is increasingly damaging to himself and those around him.
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