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  • Cool Hand Luke

    Cool Hand Luke

    A classic Deep South prison movie with Paul Newman as a nonconformist struggling against the brutal inhumanity of the men in charge.

  • Goldfinger

    Goldfinger

    Agent 007 drinks, gambles, womanises – and uncovers a fiendish conspiracy masterminded by gold bullion dealer Auric Goldfinger.

  • The Sting

    The Sting

    Paul Newman and Robert Redford are perfectly teamed as grifter partners in this multi-Oscar-winning shaggy-dog story of an epic con.

  • Dog Day Afternoon

    Dog Day Afternoon

    Director Sidney Lumet’s persuasive recreation of a real-life hostage incident is centred around Al Pacino’s touching performance as a comically inept bank robber.

  • Chinatown

    Chinatown

    Roman Polanski’s brilliant thriller stars Jack Nicholson as a private eye uncovering corruption in 1930s Los Angeles, a desert town where water equals power.

  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell know that diamonds are a girl’s best friend in this marvellous musical.

  • Hot Fuzz

    Hot Fuzz

    Edgar Wright’s action comedy sees a London cop transferred to a seemingly sleepy village.

  • The Wild Bunch

    The Wild Bunch

    A gang of outlaws goes out in a blaze of violence and glory in Sam Peckinpah’s elegiac film about the dying days of the wild west.

  • Unforgiven

    Unforgiven

    A vicious killer comes out of retirement to avenge the mutilation of a prostitute in Clint Eastwood’s complex, morally ambiguous and Oscar-winning Western.

  • The Passion of Remembrance

    Using real and mystical landscapes, Blackwood and Julien create a visual mosaic signifying the black British experience of the 80s.

  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

    Australian writer-director Andrew Dominik (Chopper) made his astonishingly individual US debut with his intensely poetic take on the last months of the infamous American outlaw.

  • The Wrestler

    The Wrestler

    Darren Aronofsky’s gritty tale of a washed-up wrestler returning to the ring provided a comeback role for Mickey Rourke, whose own return from the wilderness it celebrated.

  • Inception

    Inception

    Big-budget action movies entered new territory – namely the subconscious – with Christopher Nolan’s cerebral blockbuster about secret agents with access to our dreams.

  • Bullitt

    An iconic cop movie, famous for Steve McQueen’s taciturn cool and trusty Mustang.

  • Blue Velvet

    Blue Velvet

    In David Lynch’s idiosyncratic drama, a young man’s curiosity draws him into the twisted criminal sub-culture operating beneath the placid surface of his cosy hometown.

  • Privilege

    Privilege

    Starring Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones as pop star Steven Shorter, and iconic Sixties supermodel Jean Shrimpton, Privilege taps into the sinister possibilities of the growing celebrity culture.

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