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Sam inquires about a Help Wanted sign outside a funeral home and in her interview with owner Montgomery Dark, four gruesomely disturbing stories are told.
August 2007. Isolated in his austere penthouse overlooking Central Park, obsessive Wall Street data analyst Richard Boca sees ominous patterns. His computer models are behaving erratically, as are the swarms of mosquitos breeding in his apartment, an infestation that attends his psychological meltdown.
On holiday in Mallorca, Liv and Malte are attacked by three young men. Liv is raped and Malte is powerless to help her. They try to move on and rebuild their lives back in Germany but Malte cannot forgive himself. Then, one night in Cologne, he spots the guilty young man.
Six strangers are invited to a dinner party by a charming and enigmatic host, lured by the promise of substantial financial reward if they last the whole evening.
A young drifter finds shelter in a seedy motel and embarks on a dangerous love affair.
Six year old Iván is supposed to be on holiday with his father but calls his mother to say that he's alone on a beach and the phone he's using is running out of power.
Kate and her daughter Beth live alone in an isolated farmhouse in the woods, but when Kate slowly begins to suspect that something sinister is happening, her motherly instincts are put to the test.
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.
Krisha is the daughter of the Yates who are the nomad tribe of the tundra. To save her sick mother, she follows the words of Shaman and takes off on her adventure to the end of Northern land to find the red bear she saw in her dreams.
When a young woman faces a deadly diagnosis, she seeks dark magic from a witch in the woods - but every cure has costs
A love letter to the mosaic of queer lives in Saigon, a city that is as liberating as it is oppressive.
1975, Rosenkreuz Manor. Sigrun Fink, desperate for information about her biological family, starts a new position as nurse to the aging, ill and eccentric Baroness Heidenreich. For a shared longing binds them together: the old lady’s memory contains the secret to Sigrun's true identity; the nurse’s lifeforce holds the key to the future for the Baroness.
A documentary exploring the origins of the legend of the Mothman, a creature that reportedly haunted rural West Virginia in the 1960s.
Modern romantic musical based around the mythology of a famous Parisian nightclub in 1900. On re-release.
Documentary about the world's highest peaks.
When a fatal flu virus devastates Europe, city boy Jack takes refuge in the Alps but he’s ill-equipped to survive the harsh winter. Things only get worse when renegade Kara breaks into his house and commandeers his dwindling food supplies.
A disaffected teenager joins a band of radically idealistic travellers, but the situation gradually grows more sinister.
A documentary about ordinary people trying to help the refugees who pass through their countries.
Okju and Dongju move into their grandpa's house during their summer vacation after their father goes broke... but problems begin with their grandad falls ill.
The story of a boy raised by animals who comes back into contact with humans as he grows up.
A father and son travel across the American West in an aging Winnebago as they pursue psychedelic-assisted addiction treatment in Colorado.
A widowed cleaning lady in Fifties London falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, and decides that she must have one of her own.
Story of the artist and his bed-ridden, controlling mother.
The story of a husband and wife's killing spree.
Wild schoolboy and son of an alcoholic miner, Rich Jenkins is mentored by teacher Philip Burton to transform into Richard Burton - Wales's greatest star.
A magician checks into a hotel full of strange occupants... and discovers there is no way to leave.
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a brave teacher goes undercover to film what’s really happening in his own school.
Looking after his gay actor uncle, filmmaker Simon is engulfed in a whirl of Shakespeare and clutter, as uncle David lends his credit card to neighbours, greets visitors in the nude and teaches Simon a profound lesson on dying happy
In pursuit of a mummified princess, archaeologists accidentally restore her vengeful high priest to life.
A complex tongue-in-cheek adventure in London and the Sahara with gallant ex-legionnaire and beautiful Egyptologist fight supernatural beings.
Two women experience frustration in the late stages of pregnancy and dread what is to follow, but find relief with one another.
In a remake of the classic sitcom, a vampire falls in love with a Frankenstein-style monster and their family relocates to California.
Charles Dickens' tale gets the Henson twist.
A carnival showman who moonlights as a scientist kidnaps young women to use in his experiments.
Tensions rise between restless teenager Julija and her oppressive father Ante when an old family friend arrives at their Croatian island home.
A documentary about how bringing war veterans and wild mustangs together is helping both to readjust.
A giant rat escapes from a scientist's laboratory and wreaks havoc on the local population.
A film about Spanish colonial rule and aswangs.
A square sound engineer employs unusual research efforts to reveal the secrets behind the quintessential icon of kitsch, the pink flamingo.
A young Asian man and his white boyfriend try to save a struggling laundromat in Thatcher's Britain.
The curious journey of 14-year-old Daniel, a teenager with an immense passion for cryptozoology.
The story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters.
A 70-year-old widower travels to Paris to visit a childhood friend. He stays with his daughter and discovers that her marriage is falling apart. He decides to help. In the process, he finds out that he and his daughter share both dreams and desires of which they had been previously unaware.
An armoured knight has a very bad day.
A physically disabled man treks to Everest Base Camp on horseback, yet when the mountain puts his life on the line, he's forced to question how far he's willing to go, just to fit in.
Sonya is a super-busy, sought-after model and dating doesn't really fit her lifestyle. A one-night stand with a clumsy but considerate man might just change her perspective.
A family's journey to reconciliation after facing the trauma of the Holocaust.
An imaginary Alfred Hitchcock rewatches his own films and makes observations on how they fit into today's world.
A documentary about a young singer who survived being shot and left for dead by a man whose advances she had rejected.
The story of the National Gallery of London and what it means to its staff, visitors and the country at large.
Passion piece Steve Oram on exploring a gentle character in a dangerous world in Crushed
'I wanted to talk about the things that truly matter' Yoon Dan-bi on young love and adolescence in The World Before
It's a steal Mikel Gurrea on mothers, daughters and heists in Saints
'We don't have nearly enough films that talk about Sudanese women' Suzannah Mirghani on culture and politics in Cotton Queen
A moment of change David Arrow and Amber Paul on November 1963 and making the Oscar-qualifying Drive
I Swear leads charge for Scottish BAFTAs Tourette's drama has seven nominations
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