127 Hours (2010)
The truer story of Aron Ralston, a climber who had to resort to desperate measures when trapped by a boulder.
28 Days Later (2002)
Survivors run from infected killers after apocalyptic rage virus devastates Britain.
28 Years Later (2025)
A group of survivors of the rage virus live on a small island. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors.
The Beach (2000)
An American backpacker searches for happiness in Thailand.
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
A sacked caretaker takes his bosses daughter hostage... but two fallen angels are determined to make the pair fall in love.
Millions (2004)
Two brothers on a housing estate experience a financial miracle.
Shallow Grave (1994)
Thriller showing what happens when three flatmates find and keep a suitcase of money.
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Tale of love and longing across the decades, seen through a streetkid growing up in India.
Sunshine (2007)
Astronauts are sent to try to save earth by reigniting the sun.
Steve Jobs (2015)
A biopic of the computing entrepeneur.
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
Renton returns to Edinburgh after running off with the money to find the city changed and his mates in various degrees of rage and despair.
Trainspotting (1996)
Black comic drama about the Edinburgh drugs scene. On re-release.
Trance (2013)
An art auctioneer and a hypnotherapist try to recover a stolen painting.
Yesterday (2019)
Musical comedy sees a singer-songwriter wake after a global blackout to discover a world where The Beatles never existed.
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