FilmFour (Firm)
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of film: an odyssey, written and directed by award-winning film-maker Mark Cousins, is the story of international cinema told through the history of cinematic innovation. Five years in the making, The Story of Film: An Odyssey covers six continents and 12 decades, showing how film-makers are influenced both by the historical events of their times, and by each other. It provides a worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made; an...
2) Starred up
Publisher
Tribeca Film
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A troubled and explosively violent teenager is transferred to an adult prison where he finally meets his match - a man who also happens to be his father.
3) Enys men
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness, challenging her grip on reality and pushing her into a living nightmare. Evoking the feeling of never-before-seen celluloid unspooling in a haunted movie palace, this masterful vision of horror asserts Mark Jenkin as one of the most exciting filmmakers.
4) Ex machina
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Caleb, a coder at the world's largest Internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a retreat belonging to the company's reclusive CEO, Nathan. But when Caleb arrives he finds that he will have to participate in a fascinating experiment with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot woman, Ava. Truths, emotions, and motives are blurred as the relationship between Caleb, Ava, and Nathan intensifies....
Publisher
Searchlight Pictures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pádraic struggles to find normality and peace in his daily existence after his lifetime best friend, Colm, abruptly no longer wants to speak to him ever again. It's hard to avoid the consequences of that decision in a tiny Irish village, but as he searches for a reason he can accept and understand, the rest of his life seems to change around him as well, in some rather extreme and dire ways.
6) Saint Maud
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Maud, a newly devout hospice nurse, becomes obsessed with saving her dying patient's soul, but sinister forces, and her own sinful past, threaten to put an end to her holy calling.
7) Poor things
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices...
8) Beast
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A disturbed woman living in a secluded community finds herself pulled between the control of her overbearing family and the appeal of a secretive stranger suspected of a series of vicious murders.
9) '71
Publisher
Roadside Attractions LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A British soldier is caught behind enemy lines in Belfast 1971. Unable to tell friend from foe, and increasingly wary of his own comrades, he must survive the night alone and find his way to safety through a disorienting, alien, and deadly landscape.
10) Life
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the true story of photographer Dennis Stock and Hollywood's rebel actor James Dean, brought together for a Life Magazine assignment. Their journey leads to an unbreakable friendship and some of the most iconic images of the age.
11) Attack the block
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A gang of tough inner-city kids try to defend their turf against an invasion of savage alien creatures, which turns a South London apartment complex into an extraterrestrial warzone.
12) 45 years
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
As Kate and Geoff prepare to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary, their marriage is shaken when unexpected news threatens to change their lives.
13) I am not a witch
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When eight-year-old Shula turns up alone and unannounced in a rural Zambian village, the locals are suspicious. A minor incident escalates to a full-blown witch trial, where she is found guilty and sentenced to life on a state-run witch camp. There, she is tethered to a long white ribbon and told that if she ever tries to run away, she will be transformed into a goat. As the days pass, Shula begins to settle into her new community, but a threat looms...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Drama and reality combine in a fictitious 24 hours in the life of musician and international cultural icon, Nick Cave. With startlingly frank insights and an intimate portrayal of the artistic process, the film examines what makes us who we are, and celebrates the transformative power of the creative spirit. Featuring appearances by longtime Cave collaborators Ray Winstone, Blixa Bargeld, Warren Ellis and Kylie Minogue, 20 000 DAYS ON EARTH fuses...
16) Lean on Pete
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray, both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean On Pete. The horse's owner Del Montgomery and his jockey Bonnie help Charley fill the void of his father's absence--until he...
17) Suffragette
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by true events, a moving drama exploring the passion and heartbreak of the women who risked everything in their fight for equality in early 20th century Britain. The story centers on Maud, a working wife and mother whose life is forever changed when she is secretly recruited to join the U.K.'s growing suffragette movement. Galvanized by the outlaw fugitive Emmeline Pankhurst, Maud becomes an activist for the cause alongside women from all...
18) Kill list
Publisher
IFC Midnight
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
After a hit job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, an ex-soldier and present contract killer is pressured by his partner into taking a new assignment. As he enters into a bizarre and disturbing world, his fear and paranoia send him toward a point of no return.
19) The favourite
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Early eighteenth-century England is at war with the French. A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne, and her friend Lady Sarah tends to her ill health. When a new servant Abigail arrives, Sarah takes her under her wing, and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become time-consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps in to fill in as the Queen's companion. Their growing friendship gives her a chance to fulfill her...
20) The lobster
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obligated to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.