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- DirectorKen McMullenStarsRoshan SethJohn LynchTimothy SpallA young actress becomes politically aware within the Paris Commune of 1871.
- DirectorLoren Miller
- DirectorShani GrewalStarsSaeed JaffreyHayley MillsIan DuryAn alcoholic night watchman in a Dublin hotel redeems himself with the help of a new assistant.
- DirectorMika KaurismäkiStarsKari VäänänenRobert DaviRae Dawn ChongWidowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and educated local woman warns him about the possible consequences to the rain forest. Kari has mixed feelings about the project, until an accident puts him in the care of a local Indian tribe.
- DirectorJane CampionStarsKerry FoxAlexia KeoghKaren FergussonJanet Frame was a brilliant child who, as a teen, was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. Explore Janet's discovery of the world and her life in Europe as her books are published to acclaim.
- DirectorKatie MitchellElizabeth Lizzie TaylorPassion, Murder and Meyhem in Medieval England brought bang up to date, via a nod to the all that goes on behind the scenes...from the glances across rehearsal rooms of London, the riotous fun researching rural rich Kent comes to the screen a magical awakening during a road trip one summer. Fresh down from Oxford, working earnestly for the RSC, anything can happen in the concrete complexities of theatre, dance to two young women taking on Tudor mysteries having both dumped the same boyfriend for a summer without anything but seeking out: who dunnit?
- DirectorCharles McDougallStarsKevin O'DonohoeSidney ColeTim KeenA group of Millwall supporting hooligans travels to Spain for the 1982 World Cup Finals soon after the start of the Falklands War. One member of the gang is bent on avenging a personal loss.
- DirectorStephen WallaceStarsBryan BrownGeorge TakeiTerry O'QuinnThe island of Ambon in Indonesia, 1945. During the War, the number of Australian POWs on the island had dropped from 1100 to less than 300 due to abuses by their Japanese captors. Capt. Cooper is the chief prosecutor. In a mass grave, the bodies of 300 executed servicemen have been unearthed. Cooper assumes that the massacre was ordered by Baron Takahashi, Japanese commander on Ambon. But the one potential witness has gone mad and is due to be shipped back to Australia. No captured airmen were found alive on the island at all, not even the four-man crew of a reconnaissance plane shot down late in the War. Takahashi is returned to the island in the custody of an American officer, Maj. Beckett. But there is little evidence with which to prosecute the Baron. Cooper thinks he could make a case for the missing airmen if only their bodies could be located. And why does Maj. Beckett appear interested in not seeing Takahashi convicted? Cooper gets a break when Lt. Tanaka, a communications officer and a Christian, surrenders himself...
- DirectorDon McLennanStarsBruce BoxleitnerBruce MylesDeborah Kara UngerAn escaped prisoner abducts an accountant as he tracks a rodeo fair which is sheltering his wife.
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsMichael CaineRoger MooreSally KirklandTwo scientists working for UK and USA invent cold fusion. They decide to auction it off to foreign nations. Two look-alike crooks decide to steal their deposits but end working for CIA and MI5.
- DirectorBernard RoseStarsEmily LloydKiefer SutherlandJohn LahrDuring World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by acting as an American gangster, which soon turns deadly.
- DirectorAlan MetterStarsRandy QuaidFrank WhaleyChristine HarnosMichael meets a cute girl and has dinner at her mom's. Sadly, the dog dies and he's to bury it. The mad cab driver suggests selling the cold dog. An adventurous night begins.
- DirectorTeddy PageStarsRomano KristoffJim GainesDavid LightDuring a drugbust operation in Vietnam, two members of the elite force of the army are captured by a ruthless drug lord. When the CIA figures out the capture of these men, they send in their best team to rescue them at all costs!
- DirectorPeter BiddleStarsKen CampbellJim CarterMichael ElwynComedy drama, based on an idea by Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek, considering what might happen if the nation's criminals went on strike.
- DirectorKevin CostnerStarsKevin CostnerMary McDonnellGraham GreeneLieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, finds himself engaging with a neighbouring Sioux settlement, causing him to question his own purpose.
- DirectorMike OckrentStarsBen MurphyCon O'NeillPeter BeckettLinda's out on her hen night, her fiance is out on his stag night. Linda is having major doubts about getting married, when both groups arrive at a club, to find the band fronted by her ex-boyfriend - and the love of her life - Peter. Linda has to decide. Does she stay and settle down, like her friends want her to, or does she chuck it all in and run away with Peter?
- DirectorChris CurlingStarsSello Maake Ka-NcubeVusi DibakwaneThapelo MofokengSeven innocent people are accused of murdering a politician.
- DirectorMalcolm MowbrayStarsSteve GuttenbergJami GertzShelley LongCartoonist Gus has survived cancer treatment and now his romance novelist sister tries to find him a woman and guide him. Will they succeed?
- DirectorAnthony HopkinsStarsAnthony HopkinsBob KingdomA look at the life and writings of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Bob Kingdom).
- DirectorKarel ReiszStarsDebra WingerNick NolteWill PattonAngela (Debra Winger) hires/lures a P.I. (Nick Nolte) to prove a convicted teenager is innocent of his uncle's murder.
- DirectorFrank ShieldsStarsMichael NouriDarlanne FluegelMaxwell CaulfieldA swirl of flashing lights streaks through the Norwegian night. The mysterious lights set off a bizarre chain of events: unexplained disappearances, violent illnesses and slaughtered livestock. Two reporters pursue this hot U.F.O. story.
- DirectorPratibha ParmarStarsSuniti NamjoshiGillian HanscombeRukhsar AhmedA lyrical exploration of the sense and sensibilities of Indian lesbian poet and writer, Suniti Namjoshi. This moving and powerful portrait of a unique and brave woman weaves Namjoshi's life and writings into a sensual tapestry.
- DirectorPat O'ConnorStarsIain GlenMary Elizabeth MastrantonioSean T. McCloryA Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.
- DirectorPeter ManiuraJonathan MooreStarsQuentin HayesFiona KimmRichard SuartMark-Anthony Turnage's operatic retelling of Oedipus the King, moved to present-day London.
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsMel GibsonGlenn CloseAlan BatesHamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
- DirectorRichard StanleyStarsDylan McDermottStacey TravisJohn LynchThe head of a cyborg reactivates, rebuilds itself, and goes on a violent rampage in a space marine's girlfriend's apartment.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsFrances McDormandMaurice RoëvesRobert PattersonWhen an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth.
- DirectorMargo HarkinStarsEmer McCourtMichael LiebmannCathy CaseyA pregnant Irish girl tries to contact her boyfriend in British prison but her letters are not allowed through to him because she writes in Irish.
- DirectorDirk CampbellStarsNeil MorrisseyAmanda NoarMichael ElphickWhen a motorbike gang kills an occultist, the evil spirit he was summoning inhabits a damaged bike. The bike is then bought and restored, but reveals its true nature when it tries to exact vengeance on the gang.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsJean-Pierre LéaudMargi ClarkeKenneth ColleyHenri is depressed after losing his job, but finds himself too afraid to go through with suicide. He hires a contract killer to do the job for him instead - but what happens if he changes his mind?
- DirectorMichael StoneStarsMarcus CraigJudith KerlinLukas MunroAfter a year of self-imposed exile, a writer - Gabriel - returns to the North London house he shared with friends from school and childhood - Michael, Valerie, Alex, Anna, Eric, and Shelly. A year after the fact, they are scarred alike by the suicide of Shelly and Gabriel's subsequent flight, and when the blackout of a winter storm keeps Gabriel from leaving, all are forced to spend one last night together, resolving the issues and watching the slow breakdown of relationships put on hold. In flashback, the events of a year before are seen, even as current friendships and love left hanging at the point of change are catalyzed and reformed by fear, by rivalry, by the anger that lingers after Shelly's death, and by the betrayal revealed in the affair that Gabriel and Valerie undertook in the aftermath of Shelly's death.
- DirectorPeter DuffellStarsRichard HarrisGlenda JacksonFrank FinlayIn 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel, evil and good and thus begins the life of Sham.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsWojciech PszoniakEwa DalkowskaTeresa Budzisz-KrzyzanowskaThe last days of life of the legendary Polish pedagogue Dr. Janusz Korczak and his heroic dedication to protecting Jewish orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto.
- DirectorAxel CortiStarsValeria GolinoRobin RenucciPaul CrauchetSet in the seventeenth century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.
- DirectorPhillip KoStarsSimon YamJoey WangYasuhiro ShikamuraA triad assassin is sent to kill a female witness to a murder only to fall in love with her instead. A Hong Kong remake of the Japanese manga Crying Freeman.
- DirectorMichel KhleifiStarsBushra KaramanMakram KhouryTwo Palestinian lovers, parted during the 60s when he is imprisoned for resisting the Israeli occupation and she sorrowfully emigrates to the US, come together again in Jerusalem some 18 years later. He works for an agricultural aid organization, she is a scholar researching the meaning of sacrifice in Palestinian society. Around them rages the turmoil of the first Intifada
- DirectorJohn Walker
- DirectorMike LeighStarsAlison SteadmanJim BroadbentClaire SkinnerA shop assistant, her cook husband, and their twin daughters go about their lives in a working-class London suburb.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsMark HoughtonSooni ShroofWayne ArcherWhile in Hong Kong preparing for a big tournament, American kickboxing champion Sean becoms involved with undercover British nun Sophia and her battle against his evil crew of kickboxers
- DirectorGeorge DugdalePeter Mackenzie LittenStarsMark JaxKatie OrgillGary MartinHoward, a shy morgue worker, falls in love with a girl who ends up in the morgue, but he doesn't let that stop him.
- DirectorStephen Gibbons
- DirectorMichael Caton-JonesStarsMatthew ModineEric StoltzTate DonovanIn 1943, the crew of a B-17 based in the UK prepares for its 25th and final bombing mission over Germany before returning home to the USA.
- DirectorAgnieszka Piotrowska
- DirectorLaurens C. PostmaStarsRobbie ColtraneDawn HopeJesse LawrenceWhen sweet-voiced Cassie (Dawn Hope) of unsigned reggae act Midnight is offered a lucrative deal to join successful group Breaks by record company rep Billy (Toyah Willcox), her bandmate boyfriend Tyron (Letts) is less than thrilled.
- DirectorPhilippe SetbonStarsJeff GoldblumKathy BakerAlan BatesA serial killer gets sent to a mental institution, but as his insidious presence cause the doctors and orderlies to receive strange visions, his psychiatrist tries to find out his true identity.
- DirectorSiu-Tong ChungStarsAlex FongMark ChengAlan Chung San Chui
- DirectorJames IvoryStarsPaul NewmanJoanne WoodwardSaundra McClainSet during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.
- DirectorClive BarkerStarsCraig ShefferDavid CronenbergAnne BobbyA troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
- DirectorJoy ChamberlainStarsLisa EichhornCaroline PatersonA young woman is living on her own. She is intrigued by a young female couple who visit her home. She is forced to revisit her past and reawaken memories from her convent education. She addresses unresolved issues, which are satisfied after she is seduced by one of her house guests. She finds herself deserted the following morning and also discovers a burglary.
- DirectorLindsay ShonteffStarsMichael HoweGary HopeGerald SimNumber 1 has to compete against the mad Russian agent Ace Kissoff, who can change into a woman by just taking a pill.
- DirectorJonathan LynnStarsEric IdleRobbie ColtraneCamille Coduri2 criminals want out but their boss kills those leaving. When the men are ordered to rob the triad, they keep the money and hide from the boss, triad and police at a convent, dressed as nuns.
- DirectorElaine ProctorStarsMichael O'BrienAletta BezuidenhoutGys de VilliersThis bleak and claustrophobic chamber piece traced the breakdown of the marriage between an Afrikaner soldier and his wife after the terrible revelations about his work activities.
- DirectorChristina Burnett
- DirectorYves SimoneauStarsRobbie ColtraneMichael RileyDeborah DucheneA shy young man with a passion for opera has his world turned upside down by a con artist who really does have a heart of gold.
- DirectorChristopher MorahanStarsPaul McGannAmanda DonohoeFrederick TrevesA lowly hospital orderly impersonates a recently deceased doctor and goes to work in the busy ER of a small hospital where he meets and befriends a nurse who slowly figures out his secret and helps him maintain his charade.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsNick NolteTimothy HuttonArmand AssanteDirty cop, Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder. But during a routine Q&A, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course.
- DirectorLesley KeenIshu PatelStarsTamara KennedyMichael MacKenzieThe first part of the film is given over to the Egyptian Genesis. The Egyptians had many gods and goddesses and creation myths. Ra brings these myths together in a single version and concentrates on the story of Osiris and Isis and their battle with their evil brother Set. Part two shows the intertwining of the world of the gods with that of the Divine Pharaoh, whom the ancient Egyptians believed to be the son of the Sun God Ra. The life of the Divine Pharaoh is depicted as a journey through the rituals which surround his initiation into temple life. In death, the Pharaoh continues his journey in the Underworld in the boat of the Sun God Ra, travelling through the twelve hours of night and conquering the powers of darkness before being resurrected at the dawn of the new day.
- DirectorStephen GibbonsStarsStephen Gibbons
- DirectorXavier KollerStarsNecmettin ÇobanogluNur SürerEmin SivasThe story of a poor Turkish family who try to emigrate illegally to Switzerland.
- DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsJeremy IronsGlenn CloseRon SilverWealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.
- DirectorTom StoppardStarsGary OldmanTim RothRichard DreyfussTwo minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsAjit BanerjeeHaradhan BannerjeeSoumitra ChatterjeeFour brothers converge around an ailing father.
- DirectorChris BernardStarsHelmut GriemSharon DuceGary McDonaldDrama set in Manchester see's the star striker of the City's one & only football team, Manchester City, meets a fan & lucky radio phone in winner that results in a Kidnapping nightmare involving an out of his depth, jealous admirer of the winner
- DirectorDavid HaymanStarsIain GlenAndrew BarrKenneth GlenaanIn London 1963, Larry Winters (Iain Glen) murders a bartender. Sentenced to life Winters has fits of rage which continue until prison doctors put him in an experimental unit. Flashbacks to his childhood and his history of drug abuse show how this troubled man became a murderer.
- DirectorPhil JoanouStarsSean PennEd HarrisGary OldmanA Boston cop is recruited to return to his hometown and infiltrate the mob ran by his best friend's brother.
- DirectorJames ScottStarsRobert LindsayMolly RingwaldMarianne PriceA London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever.
- DirectorColin FinbowStarsIan HoggSusan CurnowMichael BondA group of teenage boys on a survival course are thrown into confusion and have to fend for themselves and face many problems when their leader has a nervous breakdown.
- DirectorDavid LelandStarsKenny IrelandLiam NeesonJoanne WhalleyUnemployed Scottish miner Danny Scoular (Liam Neeson) is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.
- DirectorTony PalmerStarsBen KingsleyKim NovakSiri NealRose Sellars (Kim Novak) is a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a widower (Sir Ben Kingsley). However, his children believe that their father is too old to start a new relationship.
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsChristopher WalkenRupert EverettNatasha RichardsonA couple retreat to Venice to work on their relationship, but an encounter with a stranger leads them into a world of intrigue - where their darkest desires are in reach.
- DirectorChristine EdzardStarsDerek JacobiPaul BrookeJulian FirthDouble life of a humble clerk which draws on interviews with street traders, beggars, thieves and performers from Henry Mayhew's book London Labour and the London Poor (1851), and letters and diaries of members of the upper classes.
- DirectorDerek JarmanStarsTilda SwintonJohnny MillsPhilip MacDonaldA nearly wordless visual narrative inter cuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones.
- DirectorPeter MedakStarsGary KempMartin KempBillie WhitelawThis fact-based movie follows the life of the twin crime-lords in London's '60s underworld.
- DirectorDavid WheatleyStarsMalick BowensJuliet StevensonJoseph MydellA group of several thousand Africans migrate westward across northern Africa and sail across the Strait of Gibraltar to Europe. Their message is: "We are poor because you are rich."
- DirectorFrancisco Lara PolopStarsPaul McGannSophie WardIsla BlairThe monk Ambrosio is renowned for his faith and his strength of will, a saint in the eyes of the populace. However, when he discovers the beautiful Matilda hidden in his own monastery, all his repressed passions begin to show themselves.
- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsPeter O'TooleOmar SharifChristopher LeeA petty crook in search of the clichéd pot of gold at the end of the rainbow hopes to cash in by befriending the heir to a huge fortune.
- DirectorPhilip RidleyStarsViggo MortensenLindsay DuncanJeremy CooperIn the 1950s, a young boy living with his troublesome family in rural USA fantasizes that a neighboring widow is actually a vampire, responsible for a number of disappearances in the area.
- DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsDebra WingerJohn MalkovichCampbell ScottAn American couple travel abroad to revitalize their relationship. But as the trip drags on, their attempt at recovering what they once had seems futile.
- DirectorNancy KellyStarsRosalind ChaoChris CooperMichael Paul ChanIn 1880s China, a girl is sold into marriage by her father. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in a gold-mining town where she forges a path for her own freedom and, ultimately, true love.
- DirectorIdrissa OuedraogoStarsRasmané OuédraogoIna CisséRoukietou BarrySet in a pre-colonial African past, Tilai is about an illicit love affair and its consequences. Saga returns to his village after an extended absence to discover that his father has taken Nogma, Saga's promised bride, for himself. Still in love with each other, the two begin an affair, although it would be considered incestuous. When the liaison is discovered, Saga's brother, Koudri, pretends to kill Saga for the honor of the family and village. Saga and Nogma flee to another village, but when Nogma's birth mother dies, he returns home. Having brought ruin on the family, Saga is shot by Koudri, who walks off into exile and probable death.
- DirectorMichael J. MurphyStarsDebbi StevensRob BartlettPhil LyndonAnna Bell is a successful, wealthy but burnt out rock singer. After breaking up with her boyfriend, she retreats to the country property that she's owned for several years, but never had time to visit.
- DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsJuliet StevensonAlan RickmanJenny HoweA woman dealing with inconsolable grief over the death of her partner gets another chance when he returns to earth as a ghost.
- DirectorHal HartleyStarsAdrienne ShellyMartin DonovanRebecca NelsonAfter being thrown out of her house, Maria encounters a married woman who complains of not having children. Maria ends up in an abandoned house, where she meets Matthew. When a baby is kidnapped Maria sets out to find the woman.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsTim RothPaul RhysAdrian BrineThe familiar tragic story of Vincent van Gogh is broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. The movie also provides a nice view of the locations which Vincent painted.
- DirectorJim AbrahamsStarsWinona RyderJeff DanielsLaila RobinsA small town prepares for the homecoming of superstar Roxy Carmichael, as does a young outsider, who believes Roxy is her mother.
- DirectorDouglas JacksonStarsVictoria TennantJean LeclercChris SarandonA woman is stalked by a psychopathic killer. She eventually kills him, only for the man to show up again, this time sane and without any knowledge of the attacks. The police don't believe her, but one detective agrees to look into it.
- CreatorRowan AtkinsonRichard CurtisStarsRowan AtkinsonMatilda ZieglerRobin DriscollBumbling, childlike Mr. Bean has trouble completing the simplest of day-to-day tasks, but his perseverance and resourcefulness frequently allow him to find ingenious ways around problems.
- DirectorJohn Howard DaviesStarsRowan AtkinsonPaul BownRudolph WalkerMr. Bean sits an exam and is confident until he realizes he has studied the wrong math equations. Mr. Bean tries to change into his swim trunks at the beach without anyone seeing his bits. Last, Mr. Bean tries to stifle a sneeze in church.
- DirectorRichard HolthouseStarsAnne KirkbrideWilliam RoacheJulie GoodyearDeirdre throws Ken out of the house when he fails to make a firm decision about their marriage. Alec sets off to track down his daughter. The McDonalds pay Alf for the damage to the shop window.
- DirectorNiall LeonardStarsBryan LawrencePerry Benson
- DirectorAlan RootA Survival 'special' about the Nile Crocodile that showed, for the first time, the wildebeest hunting abilities of the enormous crocodiles of the Grumeti river in Serengeti, Tanzania. This contrasts with the extraordinary level of maternal care shown by the crocodile mothers to their hatchlings, including protecting their eggs from monitor lizards and baboons. The documentary received the highest audience viewing figures for a wildlife film at the time - 12.25 million. It was released in the US under the title: Crocodile: Here be Dragons. It was awarded 'Best of Festival' at the inaugural Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival in 1991.