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2011 Must See List (66 titles)

Films released in the UK in 2011 that I'd really love to see, but probably won't...

by: Darwin Franks from Oxford

13 Assassins on DVD (2010)
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yusuke Iseya
Director: Takashi Miike, Takashi Miike
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A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.
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- 70
- from 7666 members

Abel on DVD (2009)
Starring: Christopher Ruiz-Esparza, Gerardo Ruiz-Esparza, Karina Gidi
Director: Diego Luna
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Adorable little Abel has problems in the head. His mother collects him from the psychiatric ward hoping not to upset him. She carefully discusses with his teacher how to deal with the absence of Abel’s father. The entire family is on pins and needles, worrying about Abel breaking down. But things ..read more »
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- 60
- from 631 members

Amer on DVD (2009)
Starring: Harry Cleven, Jean-Michel Vovk, Cassandra Forêt
Director: Helene Cattet, Bruno Forzani
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Inspired by the 'giallo' films of the 1970s, this French feature observes a girl, Ana (Cassandra Foret, Charlotte Eugee Guibeaud and Marie Bos), during three sensuous periods of her life. The first storyline follows a childhood Ana (Foret) as she lives through a night in the house where her ..read more »
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- 50
- from 508 members

Animal Kingdom on DVD (2010)
Starring: Guy Pearce, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton
Director: David Michod
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Animal Kingdom tells the story of seventeen year-old J (Josh) as he navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.
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- 70
- from 17,450 members

Archipelago on DVD (2010)
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Kate Fahy, Lydia Leonard
Director: Joanna Hogg
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British filmmaker Joanna Hogg writes and directs this drama set in the Scilly Isles, painting a portrait of a middle class English family under strain. When Edward (Tom Hiddleston) announces his plans to go on a volunteer trip to Africa, his mother Patricia (Kate Fahy) decides to gather her family ..read more »
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- 50
- from 2611 members

Armadillo on DVD (2010)
Director: Janus Metz Pedersen
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Armadillo is an upfront account of growing cynicism and adrenaline addiction for young soldiers at war. Mads and Daniel are serving their first mission in Helmand, Afghanistan. Their platoon is stationed in Camp Armadillo, right on the Helmand frontline, fighting tough battles against the Talebans. ..read more »
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- 60
- from 1822 members

Attack the Block on DVD (2011)
Starring: Nick Frost, Jodie Whittaker, Luke Treadaway
Director: Joe Cornish
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Attack the Block is a fast, funny, frightening action adventure movie that pits a teen gang against an invasion of savage alien monsters. It turns a London housing estate into a sci-fi playground. A tower block into a fortress under siege. And teenage street kids into heroes. It's inner city versus ..read more »
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- 70
- from 36,830 members

Ballast on DVD (2008)
Starring: Micheal J. Smith Sr., JimMyron Ross, Tarra Riggs
Director: Lance Hammer
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A drama set in the Mississippi delta, where one man's suicide affects three people's lives.
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- 60
- from 424 members

The Bang Bang Club on DVD (2010)
Starring: Malin Akerman, Ryan Phillippe, Taylor Kitsch
Director: Steven Silver
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A drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa.
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- 70
- from 1006 members

Benda Bilili on DVD (2010)
Starring: Roger Landu, Coco Ngambali, Leon Likabu
Director: Renaud Barret, Florent De La Tullaye, Renaud Ba
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From the lawless streets of Kinshasa, Congo comes one of the most incredible stories ever committed to film. Five years in the making, Benda Bilili follows a group of street musicians as they struggle to record their first album. Four of the group are paraplegic s who get around Kinshasa in Mad ..read more »
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- 80
- from 726 members