A fading Southern belle comes to stay with her sister on the seedy side of New Orleans. Tension erupts as her brutal brother-in-law forces to the surface her shabby pretensions and the neurosis which threatens her sanity. A totally absorbing tale with outstanding performances from the all-star cast. find out more...

Phyllis Dietrichson is trapped in a loveless marriage to a man who inspires in her nothing but contempt, but rather than leave him Phyllis decides to kill him and collect on the insurance policy she's had set up with the help of her lover, and naive partner in crime, insurance salesman Walter Neff. The only flaws in their plan are the company's reluctance to pay out so much, the diligence of Neff's increasingly suspicious colleague, (and his 'little man'), and the exemplary ruthlessness of Ph find out more...

The wild west is passing by and on the family ranch straight laced but decent Homer is ever in conflict with his nasty bohemian son, Hud, who has a hold over the housekeeper and impressionable nephew Lon. The tension between the two eventually erupts in this successful anti-Western Western. find out more...

For all romantics this is essential viewing. Hepburn as the princess going awol is simply stunning, Peck smoulders to perfection, Rome is beautiful and all is right with the world. Ah, they don't make them like that any more.Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! find out more...

The story of an ambitious young clerk who abandons his real love so he can marry into a rich family. The first of the British "realist" pictures - films that dealt with working class people and the realities of the English class structure - as a change from cosey middle class drama. find out more...

Arthur Seaton is a factory worker who lives for women and booze and doesn't give a damn for the consequences. He is two-timing with Doreen whilst Brenda is pregnant and forced to face his responsibilities without losing his fighting spirit. 'Don't let the bastards grind you down'. A classic early 1960s angry young men neo-realist drama.

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Lemmon is an ambitious young corporate executive who finds promotion comes his way most easily by lending out his flat for his superiors to pursue their extra-marital affaires. It all gets too much when a jilted Maclaine attempts suicide in his flat and he has to take the blame. A comedy classic. Won Best Picture at 1960 Academy Awards.

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The last of the Ealing comedies. A gang of crooks take up lodgings in the house of a dotty old lady. Using her as cover they plan a bank robbery. However their ineptitude and a chain of misfortune lead to their downfall and a windfall for the naive, innocent old lady. Oh so dark and oh so brilliant! find out more...

The story of a miner who becomes a champion rugby player, but who can't overcome his violent and aggressive personality, which ruins his personal life as he wins his way to success. Rugby League football as a metaphor for the rat race and real passion in the tormented affair between Harris's inarticulate demanding miner/footballer and his dowdily uncomprehending landlady. One of the great films produced by the English "realist" movement of the 50s/60s. find out more...