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Featured films

Celebrating the launch of the brand new 20th Century Flicks web experience. Alec, our developer, has chosen some of his favourites.

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BLADE RUNNER (ORIGINAL)

1982

15

120 mins

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 originally released version with no unicorns in a dream, a voiceover to keep you in touch with the narrative and a copout out of synch ending.

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PAPER MOON

1973

12

98 mins

"The year is 1936. Orphaned Addie Loggins (Tatum O'Neal, in her film debut) is left in the care of unethical travelling Bible salesman Moses Pray (Ryan O'Neal, Tatum's dad), who may or may not be her father. En route to Addie's relatives, Moses learns that the 9-year-old is quite a handful: she smokes, cusses, and is almost as devious and manipulative as he is. They join forces as swindlers..." - Hal Erickson, Rovi. Peter Bogdanovich's masterpiece, and shamefully overlooked by many!

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ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

1981

15

95 mins

1997 New York transformed into a city-wide prison from which NO ONE escapes. When the President's plane crashes into this urban hell-hole, only one man could be capable of getting him out...Snake Pliskin. They thought he was dead, but now he's back! Superbly classy cult sci-fi action.

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THE WILD BUNCH

1969

18

138 mins

Peckinpah completely rewrites John Ford's Western mythology by looking at the passing of the Old West from the point of view of marginalised outlaws rather than law-abiding settlers. While never ignoring their brutality he contrasts their code of loyalty with that of the corrupt railroad magnates. In purely cinematic terms, the film is a savagely beautiful spectacle, Lucien Ballard's superb cinematography complementing Peckinpah's darkly elegiac vision.

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FESTEN

1998

15

106 mins

A family reunion is the setting for this dark and inventive film from Denmark. When the eldest son gives a speech for his father, Helge's sixtieth birthday, Helge and the guests are taken aback by what they hear. There's also a missing daughter and a party of revellers keen to pretend the speech never happened! The fantastic cinematography from Lars von Triers as well as the richly textured plot makes this a unique film. Highly recommended.

New to rent

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BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER

2022

12

161 mins

The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.

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MEDUSA DELUXE

2022

15

101 mins

A murder mystery set in a competitive hairdressing contest. Extravagance and excess collide, as the death of a contestant sows seeds of division in a community whose passion for hair verges on obsession.

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DALILAND

2022

15

97 mins

In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps the aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New York.

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MASTER GARDENER

2022

15

111 mins

A meticulous horticulturist is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager.

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SCRAPPER

2023

12

84 mins

Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. Suddenly, her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality.

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NO HARD FEELINGS

2023

15

103 mins

On the brink of losing her home, Maddie finds an intriguing job listing: helicopter parents looking for someone to bring their introverted 19-year-old son out of his shell before college. She has one summer to make him a man or di...

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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE

2023

12

163 mins

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.

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TALK TO ME

2022

15

95 mins

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

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ETERNALS

2021

12

156 mins

Following the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), an unexpected tragedy forces the Eternals, ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years, out of the shadows to reunite against mankind's most ancient enemy, the Deviants.

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THE THREE MUSKETEERS - PART I: D'ARTAGNAN

2023

15

121 mins

D'Artagnan arrives in Paris trying to find his attackers after being left for dead, which leads him to a real war where the future of France is at stake. He aligns himself with Athos, Porthos and Aramis, three musketeers of the King.

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ELEMENTAL

2023

U

101 mins

Follows Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, earth- and air-residents live together.

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BARBIE

2023

12

114 mins

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

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EO

2022

PG

88 mins

Follows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes.

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COCAINE BEAR

2023

PG

95 mins

An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine. 'Nough said.

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THE FIVE DEVILS

2022

PG

103 mins

8-year-old Vicky possesses a special power: a hyperacute sense of smell. She spends her days exploring this gift, and lives happily with her mother Joanne, a swimming teacher whom she adores exclusively - to the despair of her firefighter father. When her mysterious aunt Julia suddenly reappears in their lives, secrets from their past resurface both violently and magically.

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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3

2023

PG

150 mins

Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful.

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TAWAI: A VOICE FROM THE FOREST

2017

PG

101 mins

Tawai is the word the nomadic hunter gatherers of Borneo use to describe their inner feeling of connection to nature. In this dreamy, philosophical and sociological look at life, explorer Bruce Parry travels the world to learn from people living lives very different to our own. From the jungles of Malaysia to the tributaries of the Amazon, TAWAI is a quest for reconnection, providing a powerful voice from the heart of the forest itself.

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TROLLS WORLD TOUR

2020

PG

91 mins

Poppy and Branch discover that they are but one of six different Troll tribes scattered over six different lands devoted to six different kinds of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop and Rock. Their world is about to get a lot bigger and a whole lot louder. A member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb, aided by her father King Thrash, wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends, set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who's looking to upstage them all.

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ASTEROID CITY

2023

PG

105 mins

Following a writer on his world famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City to compete in a junior stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted fo...

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THE KING'S MAN

2021

PG

131 mins

In the early years of the 20th century, the Kingsman agency is formed to stand against a cabal plotting a war to wipe out millions.

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SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

2023

PG

140 mins

Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the OscarĀ®-winning Spider-Verse saga, an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn's full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man across the Multiverse to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People to face off with a villain more powerful than anything they have ever encountered.

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SISU

2022

15

91 mins

When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, Nazi soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.

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THE RESCUE

2021

12

107 mins

"The Rescue" chronicles the dramatic 2018 rescue of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach, trapped deep inside a flooded cave. Academy Award-winning directors and producers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin reveal the perilous world of cave diving, the bravery of the rescuers, and the dedication of an entire community that made great sacrifices to save these young boys. An outing to explore a nearby system of caves after soccer practice transformed into a two-week saga of survival and a story that would capture the world's attention.

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DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: HONOUR AMONG THIEVES

2023

12

134 mins

A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.

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A KNOCK AT THE CABIN

2023

15

95 mins

From visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan comes a thriller about a tight-knit family who are taken hostage by four armed strangers while vacationing at a remote cabin. The visitors, led by Dave Bautista, demand that the young girl and her parents make an unthinkable choice: to save their family or save humanity.

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We have 2 small cinemas available for booking on a daily basis. The slots are for up to 2 hours and includes a movie of your choice.