83.6% from 14 members
Underground
Totally original Yugoslavian film about war. love and deception. At times hilarious - the soundtrack too - you've got to watch it to understand.
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Underground
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Miki Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic
Director: Emir Kusturica
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The story of two crooks, from their time in Nazi-bombed Belgrade in 1941 to a war-torn Yugoslavia of today.
63%
from 3,274 members
Sex Traffic
John Simm in a really arresting piece about the coercion of Eastern European girls into the sex trade. This film made me join Amnesty International.
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Sex Traffic
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: John Simm, Anamaria Marinca, Wendy Crewson
Director: David Yates
Certificate:
The story of two young Moldovan sisters, kidnapped and trafficked through Romania, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Italy to the dark side of London, betrayed by pimps and police, and fighting for their lives. The reverberations of their story are explosive, exposing far-reaching corruption that ..read more »
68%
from 2,954 members
Death Proof
Superbly off-the-wall B-movie take-off by Tarantino. As one would expect it has a fantastic soundtrack with plenty of oldies you'll never have heard of!
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Death Proof
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Certificate:
Two separate pairs of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.
59%
from 25,154 members
Stranger Than Fiction
I didn't expect to like this, but I did! Maggie Gyllenhaal is wonderful in this quirky comedy with Will Ferrell.
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Stranger Than Fiction
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman
Director: Marc Forster
Certificate:
An IRS auditor suddenly finds himself the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire life, from his work, to his love-interest, to his death.
68%
from 55,279 members
The Last King Of Scotland
Brilliant film about a very scary regime and McAvoy awash in the middle of it.
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The Last King Of Scotland
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Simon McBurney, Gillian Anderson
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Certificate:
It was supposed to be a wild adventure in a far-off country, but when a naive young doctor arrives in 1970's Uganda - hoping for fun, sun and to lend a helping hand - he finds himself instead on a shocking ride into the darkest realm on earth. Befriended by the charismatic new leader, Idi Amin, and ..read more »
77%
from 103,871 members
Pieces Of April
Katie Holmes before she went weird. Wonderful dark comedy about one memorable Thanksgiving for a dysfunctional estranged family.
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Pieces Of April
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, Oliver Platt
Director: Peter Hedges
Certificate:
Katie Holmes is outstanding as the title character in Peter Hedges' PIECES OF APRIL. Holmes stars as April Burns, the black sheep of her family who has left suburbia for a Lower East Side tenement. To reconnect with her mother Joy (Patricia Clarkson), and father Jim (Oliver Platt), she invites them ..read more »
62%
from 4,144 members
The Squid And The Whale
Brilliant dark comedy starring Jeff Daniels. The worrying thing is that this is based on a true story!
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The Squid And The Whale
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg
Director: Noah Baumbach
Certificate:
Based on the true childhood experience of director Noah Baumbach and his brother, this quirky, offbeat and hilarious black comedy illustrates the real life struggles of a family splintered by divorce. The Squid and The Whale tells the story of the patriarch of an eccentric Brooklyn family who once ..read more »
66%
from 15,753 members
Clerks 2
I know it's sacrilegious, but I prefer this to the original and it remains my favourite Kevin Smith flm. I was literally howling with laughter in this one!
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Clerks 2
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Kevin Smith, Ethan Suplee, Jason Mewes
Director: Kevin Smith
Certificate:
In 1994, writer-director Kevin Smith scored a surprise indie hit with the low-budget, black and white CLERKS, which won awards at the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals and has attracted a growing cult audience over the years. Following such movies as MALLRATS, CHASING AMY, and DOGMA, Smith returns ..read more »
70%
from 12,719 members
The Man Who Wasn't There
Great film-noir with Billy-Bob Thornton, James Gandolfini and Scarlett Johansson. Excellent stuff!
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The Man Who Wasn't There
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini
Director: Joel Coen
Certificate:
The Coen brothers' THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE is a brilliantly photographed black-and-white absurdist noir set in Santa Rosa, California, in 1949. Ed Crane (the outstanding Billy Bob Thornton) is a slow-moving, barely talking barber who doesn't seem to want much out of life. He has virtually no ..read more »
68%
from 14,922 members
Day Watch
... its sequel. I suggest you watch them in fairly quick succession - otherwise it can be confusing.
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Day Watch
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Konstantin Khabensky, Mariya Poroshina, Vladimir Menshov
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Certificate:
It has been some time since the grand finale of the original film (Night Watch). Anton (Khabensky) continues to fight the forces of Darkness while simultaneously attempting to find and save his son from the clutches of those same forces. But when Dark Others start mysteriously being killed, and ..read more »
57%
from 15,086 members
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