A stunning visual account of man's struggle for survival in the 21st Century, a time when replicant life forms are beginning to surpass humans not just in intelligence but emotions, raising questions about our concepts of self. A post-modern sci-fi classic, THE great Hollywood movie of the '80s, the last great pre-computer film done with smoke-and-mirrors SFX and the definitive cult arthouse Sci-Fi film. This is the second version re-edited by Ridley Scott; all the good bits remain, with the onl find out more...

It's sick, it's weird, it's spooky, but it's compulsive viewing. Forget Brat Packs and Rambo, this is the dark side to America. Beneath the squeaky clean surface lurk neuroses and perversions, degradation and despair. Brilliantly done, this film will haunt you. find out more...

Dark and brooding sci-fi treat from the director of "The Crow". In a city controlled by "The Strangers" - a colony of spooky bald aliens - everything stops at midnight. The citizens' memories are reprogrammed, and their surroundings altered, with everyone waking up in a state of dazed confusion. Everyone that is, except John Murdoch, (Rufus Sewell) who is somehow immune to the induced collective trance, and who knows that the murder rap he is suddenly, supposedly, facing is a nonsense. Sinister find out more...

Almodovar's direction is riveting as we watch the erotic death-dance of two killers, a lawyer and a master toreador, whose lives entwine as they draw each other in to a shocking but tender climax. Gloriously black, erotic, stylish and witty in equal measure. Basic Instinct with brains! find out more...

Marv is a lunkhead of incredible strength, an aggressive power he puts to merciless use when his one true love is murdered. Hartigan is the embittered, but moralistic cop who's sworn to protect a stripper and Dwight is the lover of Shellie and the inadvertent dark angel of Gail's Old Town girls, a feisty group of hookers. These are just a selection of the random characters in Rodriguez's adaptation of Frank Miller's Sin City graphic novels and it's difficult to decide which of the two is the bi find out more...

50-year old Titta lives an almost invisible life, staying in a hotel room in Switzerland with seemingly no purpose other than to sit in the hotel bar and smoke cigarettes. He apparently has a family but they are estranged and as time goes on, it becomes clear that this whole identity is a carefully constructed sham designed to conceal his dark past and criminal present. One day his elegant facade is shattered by an explosive incident and for the first time in years, Titta is forced to depart find out more...

The death of a fellow guest in a hotel deep in the Sahara allows a world weary journalist, Nicholson, to switch identity. Gradually as he follows the trail of his new personality he discovers that the guy was no ordinary businessman but an international arms dealer. The movie, though, is less about plot than a haunting languid atmosphere which moves from the desert to London, Munich, Barcelona and the Catalan countryside. The best of Antonioni's three English-language pictures; this, Blow-Up find out more...

Lynch continues to try and justify his directorial existence! Although visually very interesting, it appears to be too disjointed and unconnected from the original plot to succeed in its own right. Laura Palmer's dark secret is revealed. Peakites (Peakies?) will drool; critics will hurl! find out more...

A clean-faced 20-year-old, Sebastien leads an impoverished life with his immigrant family, constantly struggling to find the money for their next meal. When hired to repair the roof of the morphine-addicted Godon, Sebastien eavesdrops in on a conversation which appears to offer a quick and easy solution to his money troubles. When Godon suddenly drops dead, Sebastien decides to follow the instructions, meant for the recently deceased addict, in a desperate bid to secure some income for himself a find out more...