Guillermo Del Toro's blockbusting tale of a young girl struggling to make sense of the violent world around her was a big 2006 arthouse hit. Continuing his exploration of the impact of the Spanish Civil War on his generation (it was also the backdrop for his excellent ghost story, The Devil's Backbone) Del Toro's fantasy mixes strong horror with fairytale-style aesthetics to great effect, making Ofelia's escape into an imaginary realm a poignant response to the cruel realities of her existence. find out more...

A psycho-chiller/thriller from the master of the genre as the naive young wife of a rich Cornish land owner is haunted by the image of his first glamorous wife, Rebecca. The usual mix of pyschology and fine film making, and widely considered to be one of Hitchcock's best works. Best Picture at the 1940 Academy Awards. find out more...

From the director of 'Shawshank Redemption' and based on another story by Stephen King, the title refers to the last walk condemned prisoners make to the electric chair. 'The Green Mile' is filled with the mystical, one of the prisoners having the power to heal and emanating a goodness which slowly but surely disperses the weary cynicism of the guards. Though the story itself is relatively slight it's the ensemble acting which makes 'The Green Mile' such a strong, watchable movie, Tom Hanks in p find out more...

Bergman's fascinating and acclaimed allegorical search for a meaning for human existance. A disillusioned soldier returns from the Crusades to find plague ravaging Europe. Death arrives in person to take his soul, but by beating him at chess he earns a reprieve. Repressive, dark, medieval and superb! find out more...

Superb supernatural suspense thriller, relying on good old-fashioned atmosphere rather than technological wizardry to provide the edge-of-the-seat factor. Bruce Willis plays Dr Malcolm Crowe, an esteemed child psychologist haunted by his failure to save an ex-patient. Before calling it a day Crowe decides to take on one last case - that of a very frightened eight year old boy, Cole Sear, who has a dark secret - he sees dead people. Too young to see how he's supposed to help these troubled spirit find out more...