20th Century Flicks, Bristol

An Agatha Christie tale told four times on film, this is still the best. Ten guests on an isolated island are murdered one by one. The only clue is a children's nursery rhyme. A black comedy-mystery with terrific performances, 'And Then There Were None' is adapted beautifully by acclaimed French director Rene Clair. find out more...

ANGEL HEART (1987)

Certification18 Our Rating

Superbly stylish and atmospheric thriller set in the steamy New Orleans of 1955. Down and out private eye Harry Angel is hired by the sinister Louis Cyphre to find a missing crooner who's been dabbling in the occult. But Harry's leads keep winding up ritually murdered. Chilling, erotic, brilliant. find out more...

BASIC INSTINCT (1991)

Certification18 Our Rating

Gripping and sinuous thriller stars Douglas as a man on the edge, his career with the police resting on his ability to solve a recent murder. Stone is brilliant as Catherine Tramell, the icy and calculating suspect who draws Douglas deep into a web of intrigue. Superb, controversial and erotic. find out more...

CAT O' NINE TAILS (1971)

Certification12 Our Rating

A blind man overhears a crime and winds up in a web of murder blackmail and industrial espionage. Haunting and sinister music by Morricone, gruesome set pieces and starlets in short skirts assist the cult feel of the era and cinematic style of Point Blank. find out more...

CHINATOWN (1974)

Certification18 Our Rating

Polanski has a go at the film noir detective thriller, very bleak, very twisted and very menacing it is to. Nicholson plays a private-eye in pre-war LA who is hired to pursue an adultery case, but finds himself embroiled in a complicated murder investigation. find out more...

COMPLICITY (1999)

Certification18 Our Rating

Local journalist Cameron is an idealist who sympathises with the underdog, which is probably why he's still a local journalist! When a serial killer begins preying upon the amoral capitalists that Cameron is attempting to expose the police, not surprisingly, begin to suspect the journalist of the murders and so he finds himself compelled to hunt down the real culprit or spend the rest of his life in jail. Based on a novel by Ian Banks, whose books rarely shy away from the shocking, this is a dar find out more...

CROSSFIRE (1947)

CertificationPG Our Rating

Years of police work have taught Detective Finlay that where there's crime there's motive. However he finds no usual motive when investigating a man beaten to death, this man was killed because he was a Jew. "Hate", Finlay says, "is like a gun." A landmark film noir nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Edward Dmytryk directs a taught stylish tale that, certainly for its time, dared to explore a topic rarely covered in Hollywood; anti-Semitism in the US. find out more...

DEAD AGAIN (1991)

Certification15 Our Rating

Branagh stars as a wisecracking PI asked to help investigate for a woman with amnesia who is tormented by horrific nightmares. A visit to a psychic confirms that there is a past life connection to a woman murdered by a man remarkably like the detective. Enjoyable but ultimately flawed Hitchcock-style suspense thriller. find out more...

No Image for DEATH NOTE 2: THE LAST NAME

DEATH NOTE 2: THE LAST NAME (2007)

Certification15 Our Rating

The second live-action spin-off from the "Death Note" Manga series starring �L', the enigmatic detective, picks up where the first one left off. find out more...

DEATH NOTE VOLUME 1 (2006)

Certification12 Our Rating

Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami suddenly finds himself holding the power of life and death in his hands, the power of the �Death Note'. He decides to rid the world of evil, by killing off criminals one by one. When the murders start to pile up, genius detective L is on the case, and an epic battle of wits unfolds. A slick slice of hokum from the highly popular Manga anime TV series. find out more...