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A biologist joins a team exploring a quarantine zone after her husband goes missing there, and finds something very different from what she expected.
The Anniversary Party (2001)
A couple's anniversary proves to be a test of their fidelity as well as of friendship.
Anomalisa (2015)
Stop-motion tale of a man who struggles to connect with other people.
eXistenZ (1999)
Virtual reality gets messy!
Flesh & Blood (1985)
A band of mercenaries rape and pillage their way through 16th century Italy, with the Black Death at their heels.
Good Time (2017)
Crime caper sees a bank robber try to evade capture.
Greenberg (2010)
A carpenter recently released from an asylum struggles over a possible relationship whilst staying in his brother's house in Los Angeles.
The Hateful Eight (2015)
In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.
The Hitcher (1986)
A thriller about a hitch-hiker with murderous intent.
The Jacket (2005)
A casualty of war returns to a world that appears strange and unreal.
The King Is Alive (2000)
The social order starts to break down after bus travellers become stranded.
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
Love and self-destruction amid union corruption in Fifties New York.
Margot At The Wedding (2007)
A neurotic woman undermines her whole family and her sister's impending marriage.
The Machinist (2004)
Christian Bale lives in the subconscious of a mentally frail insomniac.
Palindromes (2004)
The strange tale of an abused teenage girl, played by a cast of eight.
Poolman (2023)
A hapless dreamer and would-be philosopher spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block in sunny LA. When he uncovers a water heist, he does what he can to protect the city.
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Rag Tale (2005)
Poisonous cynicism and manipulative scheming at the heart of a national tabloid.
Road To Perdition (2002)
Tom Hanks is a hitman for the Chicago mob in 1931, who goes on the run with his 12-year-old son.
Sharp Stick (2022)
A naive 26-year-old finds herself on a sexual odyssey.
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
The story of a theatre director's drive to produce his masterwork.
Washington Square (1997)
A doctor tries to stand in the way of his daughter's romance.
Welcome To Me (2014)
When Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own TV talk show.
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