Andrea Gets A Divorce
Rural policewoman Andrea wants to end her marriage and become a detective inspector in the city. After a birthday party, her drunken soon-to-be ex-husband runs out in front of her car. In a state of shock, Andrea commits a hit-and-run.
Baby Assassins: Nice Days
On a working holiday in Miyazaki, the teenage killers find themselves up against a deadly freelancer.
The Ballad Of Wallis Island
Eccentric lottery winner, Charles, dreams of getting his favorite musicians, Mortimer-McGwyer, back together. His fantasy turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig.
Boys Go To Jupiter
Suburban Florida is transformed into a 3D animated wonderland in this musical comedy.
Brief History Of A Family
A middle-class family’s fate becomes intertwined with their only son’s enigmatic new friend in post one-child policy China, putting unspoken secrets, unmet expectations, and untended emotions under the microscope.
Coyote Ugly
A smalltown girl heads for the bright lights to make it as a singer.

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Dogtooth
Three siblings cut off from society spend their lives trapped in their family’s home.
The Doom Busters
During the Second World War, a band of misfits must come together to save the galaxy.
Dreams
Johanne’s intimate writings about her crush on her teacher ignite both tension and self-reflection within her family, as her mother and grandmother confront their own unfulfilled dreams and desires.
Dying
Ensemble drama about members of an estranged family.
The End
After the sudden arrival of a stranger, Girl, threatens Mother and Father's family’s luxurious compound deep underground, Son begins to question their seemingly perfect existence.
Gregory's Girl
A gangly schoolboy develops a crush on a girl who plays some of the best football he's ever seen - but dealing with girls is even more complicated than it first appears.
Homegrown
Three Trump supporters from different backgrounds unite to campaign across America in 2020, advocating for his re-election while laying foundations for what they hope will be a long-lasting political movement.
Hidden
What dark secrets lie behind the mysterious video stalker?

I

Lady Bird
Teenage traumas in Sacramento, Cal, for 17-year-old Lady Bird who has love issues, sex issues, mom issues, when what she wants most is to be out of there, anywhere, especially New York because it's a long way away and packed with artistic promise.
The Last King Of Scotland
Ugandan dictator's rise to power as seen through the eyes of a young doctor.
The Last Sacrifice
A documentary about the real-life 1945 witchcraft killing of Charles Walton - the terrifying event that inspired The Wicker Man and birthed the folk horror genre.

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McVeigh
Over days and nights, McVeigh eats, sleeps, watches the news, meets a girl… all while inside his mind brews an unthinkable plan that will forever change the collective American psyche.
Mexico 86
A woman tries to juggle being a revolutionary with motherhood.
Mistress Dispeller
Desperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up her husband's affair.
A Mother's Embrace
During massive 1996 Rio storm, firefighter Ana and her firefighter team must evacuate a collapsing nursing home, but the mysterious residents have other sinister plans.
Mustang
Coming of age story about five Turkish girls.
Neon Dreaming
A young girl, who believes her mum is a ballet icon, is determined to try to find her.
On Falling
Trapped between the confines of her workplace and the solitude of her flat-share, a Portuguese warehouse picker in Scotland seeks to resist the loneliness, alienation and ensuing small talk which begin to threaten her sense of self.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Chain gang escapees in Deep South emulate a comic Odyssey.
The Piano Teacher
A pupil becomes infatuated with his teacher.
The Players
A teenager finds herself caught up in a web of tangled power dynamics when she joins a theatre group.
Queens
Lucia, Aurora, and their mother, Elena, plan to leave Lima in 1992 and seek opportunities in the US. Their farewell involves reconnecting with the kids' estranged father, adding to the emotional turbulence of their departure.

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Restless
The banal life of a middle-aged empty nester is violently shaken in the blink of an eye when hard-partying - and potentially dangerous - new neighbours move in next door.
Spilt Milk
A wannabe detective's hunt for his older brother reveals a dangerous side of Eighties Dublin.
The Surfer
Humiliated in front of his son by a surf gang, a man gets drawn into an escalating conflict.
This Is England
A young boy adopted by a group of skinheads struggles to find his own identity in a world dominated by racism and war. Now out to own on two-disc DVD.
Tornado
A Japanese puppeteer's daughter gets caught up with criminals when their show crosses paths with a crime gang, led by Sugarman and his son Little Sugar.
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
Growing up poor in Brooklyn, with an irresponsible father and the dream of becoming a writer.
Two To One
A family in East Germany finds millions in soon-to-be-worthless East German currency during reunification, and take what they can carry.

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Village Rockstars 2
A teenage girl continues to follow her music dream.
Zero
Two Americans find themselves in Dakar, Senegal with bombs strapped to their chests and ten hours to find out why.
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