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Ridley Scott's fabulously frightening grimy spaceship classic.

Ripley is back in another alien-killing spree.

A crazy scientist is on a quest to create a new, immaculate, androgynous being.

The story of the Dorset Bus Drivers whose amateur dramatics group created a serious stage adaptation of the science fiction horror classic Alien and ended up performing in London's West End.

Nine-disc DVD offers two versions of each of the four Alien sc-fi fright flicks, with bonus extras.

Alien vs Predator, with man in the middle.

A girl with an eccentric, repressed childhood grows up attracted to the odd detail in everyday life and to the strangest people.

Kids take on an alien invasion.

Another monster mash up.

Fictionalised retelling of the alien autopsy hoax film.

A spaceship full of colonists check out another planet where man eating monsters are starving for fresh meat

An exploration into the spread of the radical Islamic school Red Mosque, which trains children to devote their lives to holy war, from a very young age.

Study of the cyclist that was being shot when the doping scandal broke.

A corrupt police lieutenant goes from bad to worse.

Re-imagining of Abel Ferrara's film, starring Nic Cage as a cop in post-Katrina New Orleans, whose moral compass slips after he is put in charge of a murder investigation.

A pregnant teenage girl falls in love with the new girl in school.

Counter-terrorist thriller about a CIA operative in the Middle East and his US-based 'handler'.

A documentary about bullying looking at causes, effects and possible solutions.

Eugene, a shy 10-year-old boy, is bullied every day until he discovers a secret underneath the school that keeps him safe, but there is a price to pay.

Three estranged siblings travel back to their home village after a call from their father.

Matt Busby comes out of retirement to help a young football team.

An intelligent Jewish boy grows up into an urban terrorist who hates Judaism.

Can girls kick it in big-screen adaptation? Course they can.

Sequel with Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu making mincemeat of bad guys.

Three women whose death sentences for the Manson murder case were commuted to life are taught by a graduate student, who witnesses their transformation.

A well intentioned US congressman gets out of his depth trying to help the Afghans repel Russian invaders.

Six men on a boat try to judge who is best.

A young girl is murdered in Breton fishing village after leaving the house of depressive artist.

Groups of Wild West settlers, outlaws and native tribespeople have to band together when faced with an alien threat.

Extravagant remake of the Roald Dahl story about a boy who wins a Golden Ticket visit to an eccentric millionaire's sweet factory.

A bright but troubled rich kid unexpectedly finds himself in the American ‘public school’ system – and finds a novel way of beating the bullies.

A ruling class sociopath kills a working class girl in a hit-and-run then determines his fate with a deck of cards.

Biopic of the little tramp.

A group of wannabe London socialites overindulge the decadent side of life.

A profile of the man who, potentially, could have been president, and the scandal that bought about his downfall.

A love triangle between a woman and two very different men is explored in typically French fashion.

After the death of his little brother, Charlie is unable to let go, especially as his own near-death experience has forged a fresh link between them.

Secrets from the past are prized open when an ex-con comes to see a couple in the country.

A replacement babysitter seems to have sinister intentions towards her young charges.

An investigation into the quality of air breathed by passengers and crew on most aeroplanes.

Welsh alien abduction / invasion leads to death by combine harvester

Family secrets are revealed when relatives fight over a country house.

The sleepy town where Léo lives doesn’t offer her much chance of self-fulfilment. Extricating herself from her mother’s influence and her constricting environment isn’t easy for the frustrated young woman, yet happiness might be close at hand.

A semi-retired associate of the Jewish mafia in Los Angeles tries to save his young grandson from a life of crime as three corrupt cops crack down on local criminals

A son struggles to deal with his abusive father.

A harrowing ‘true-life’ story about an honour killing in Jordan becomes a publishing sensation. But the author is not all that she seems. Touring.

Animated take on the Shakespeare tale.

Following in the footsteps of a goalie after he is sent off in a game.

Isao Takahata's fiercely beautiful anti-war animated classic. Out for 25th anniversary re-release.

Documentary makers explore corporate claims about sustainability.

Exploration of the history and methods of the Church of Scientology, recounted by former members.

Escape of Sudanese children from the devastation of civil war ends years later in the USA where fresh culture shocks await

A collection of shorts from America, South Korea and Israel showing very strange sides to family life.

A road trip through Death Valley becomes a kidnap double crossing stylefest.

Short film about a fractured relationship - the film festival prologue to The Darjeeling Limited.

Can a British journalist hack it in the New York world of a fashion magazine.

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.

The life of a young football prodigy is turned upside down after they come out as transgender.

A potrait of a young schizophrenic.

A mother and daughter struggle to come to terms with grief.

An idealistic attorney in post-war Germany faces public hostility as he tries to prosecute former members of the SS.

A romantic young American becomes determined to help an ageing Englishwoman find her long lost love in Italy.

A disaffected youth on Long Island becomes involved with a rich paedophile, after his father has been arrested for fraud.

The victim of a prank by her cousin’s friends, Emma ups the ante by planning to scare the mysterious, reclusive girl who lives across the street. But what starts off as a simple plan becomes a nightmare.

A young couple are taken by surprise on a trek deep into the Caucasus Mountains.

A group a schoolboys stranded on an island quickly turn to savagery and fiercely hierarchical behaviour in this adaptation of William Golding's classic tale.

Documentary tracing a decade in the career of the British chef.

A young girl grieves for her missing father.

A count's daughter is seduced by a footman.

The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott’s Alien – rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the art of Francis Bacon, and the dark visions of Dan O’Bannon and HR Giger.

Shy girl Miriam is waiting to celebrate her 15th birthday and she wants to invite her guy. So far they’ve only chatted online, and the anticipated blind date only complicates things.

An imaginative look at the 'lost' months of playwright Molière's life, in the style of one of his plays.

A woman's brush with a meteor supersizes her and soon, she finds herself and a team of other monsters taking on a bad guy from outer space.

A suspicious wife hires a prostitute to seduce her unfaithful husband.

A man with a passion for astrophysics experiences a schizophrenic break after suffering a bereavement.

Tales of a parrot and his pal.

Two 12-year-old girls set out to spend the day at the beach.

How childhood stress can have an impact on physical health in adulthood.

Shakespeare doth zombies.
A breaking marriage exposes the meaning of love and an unsolved crime.

Surburban lives are turned upside down and lies exposed due to the arrival of a man who gets his kicks from video interviews.

A documentary looking at the mysterious suicide epidemic in the Venezuelan Andes and meeting two women who have lost their daughters to it.

The firm friends embark on a dual adventure.

True story of the late years of the comedy double-act.
Telephone conversations animated in words that tell the real truth.

Three drag queens get stuck in a small town en route to a big competition.

Charade remake sees a widow implicated in the theft of $6million.

A secret agent comes to suspect his wife may also be leading a double life.

Biopic charting the way Billie Holiday found herself targeted by the Feds over her song Strange Fruit.

Michelle Pfeiffer is haunted by the ghost of a murdered student.

Six people bound together by a traumatic experience travel to the Scottish Lowlands for a relaxing reunion weekend. Soon a number of mysterious and horrifying events start to expose the cracks in their relationships.

A young journalist sets out to discover the truth behind the break up of a cabaret act, who split after a woman was found dead in a bath.
Late night arousal beside a pool, with music by Deadly Avenger.

Star crossed teenage lovers in Hawaiian shirts, under neon lights.

A New York City pimp encounters a woman who is determined to bring his business down.

A French comedy as a man finds himself the victim of mistaken identity.
French romcom sequel, with added children.
Double dose of French comedy as a man finds himself the victim of mistaken identity.

Love and sex become urgent issues for the young members of a sychronised swimming team.

A documentary about young earth creationists building an enormous, $120 million, 'life-size' Noah's Ark in Kentucky with the specific aim of debunking the theory of evolution.

Mischievously self-assured Mára and somewhat eccentric Heduš set out into the frozen wastes in search of adventure – by car, naturally. After all, Mára's turning 15 soon.

Mulder and Scully are reunited for a case involving a disgraced priest who has psychic visions linked to a series of gruesome abductions.

Brothers on a journey Nick and Alex Bourne on Down syndrome, siblings, and travelling the world to film Handsome
A Mayan princess Jayro Bustamante on seeing a legend differently in La Llorona
Montana story Anna Kerrigan on gender, casting and locations in Cowboys
Steps to success Alexis Bruchon on doing it himself in The Woman With Leopard Shoes
Capturing Guantánamo Kevin Macdonald on Mohamedou Ould Salahi, Guantánamo Bay and making The Mauritanian
Shouting and silence Eugen Jebeleanu on homophobia, Poppy Field and moving from theatre to film
Chloé Zhao wins Best Director at Golden Globes Nomadland and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm win top film awards
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