Average rating: 4.27   85.4% from 11 members


Bad Lieutenant

Harvey Keitel pushing the envelope
  • Bad Lieutenant on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Harvey Keitel,  Victor Argo,  Paul Calderon
    Director: Abel Ferrara
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Harvey Keitel stars as a nameless New York cop, hopelessy addicted to drugs, gambling, and sex, in this intense, hallucinatory portrait of sin and redemption by Abel Ferrara. The film follows the lieutenant as he makes his way to various crime scenes, concerned only with taking bets from his fellow ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 3,353 members

Man Bites Dog

funny and shocking

London to Brighton

'Lock, Stock..' it isn't

13 - Tzameti

sweaty palms

Requiem For A Dream

don't do daytime quizes

Lilya 4 Ever

gutsy girl
  • Lilya 4 Ever on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Oksana Akinshina,  Artiom Bogucharski,  Elina Benenson
    Director: Lukas Moodysson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    From the acclaimed director of the fantastic TOGETHER and SHOW ME LOVE comes this searing tale of a contemporary Russian teenage girl. Lilya (played by Oksana Akinsha) lives in a small poor town but is on her way to a better life in America with her mother and her boyfriend. But she is shockingly ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 7,693 members

Midnight Cowboy

Schlesinger's classic

The Man With The Golden Arm

Sinatra as a heroin addict-believe it!
  • The Man With The Golden Arm on DVD (1956)
    Starring: Frank Sinatra,  Kim Novak,  Eleanor Parker
    Director: Otto Preminger
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Otto Preminger's THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM is a powerful drama which broached the subject of drug addiction in a stark and realistic manner. It may appear mild by today's standards, but it stands an exceptionally harrowing film for its day. Frank Sinatra plays the addict, Frankie Machine, with ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 585 members

The Lost Weekend

first serious film about alcoholism

Scum

Alan Clarke brilliant film 1#
  • Scum on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Ray Winstone,  Mick Ford,  Phil Daniels
    Director: Alan Clarke
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Featuring both the previously unseen BBC version and the Theatrical version. Controversial story of the cruelty and violence inside a Government Borstal. The film powerfully and sensationally portrays one man's struggle against all odds to be top dog in a system that is intent on breaking his spirit.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 4,045 members




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