In prison and awaiting execution, Dr. Victor Frankenstein recounts to a priest what led him to his current circumstance. He inherited his family's wealth after the death of his mother when he was still only a young man. He hired Paul Krempe as his tutor and he immediately developed an interest in medical science. After several years, he and Krempe became equals and he deve find out more...

In a New York hospital Dr Malcolm Sayers finds a group of "forgotten" coma patients, seemingly oblivious to the world and beyond help. Through sheer dedication he discovers a spark of life in his charges and a long suppressed capacity for love in himself. A beautiful and uplifting true story. find out more...

Peter Yates' Oscar-winner is a heart-warming coming-of-age story that has also taken its place as the greatest sports movie about cycling ever made. Four friends graduate from high-school and find themselves looking at an uncertain future in small-town America. Dave's passion is cycling and his dream is to be a world-class champion like the Italians he idolises. His passion for cycling takes on new meaning when he and his friends face a team from the local college in the town's annual bike ra find out more...

In a not far off dystopian future women have become infertile and governments have forgotten that Orwell's ‘1984' was supposed to be a searing indictment of what NOT to do. Into this less than hopeful world arrives a young woman who has achieved the miracle of pregnancy, everyone wants the child as a cynical totem for the people, and those planning rebellion are as ruthless as those in power. Finding a reluctant but increasingly determined guardian in the form of Theo, mother and child go in sea find out more...

Scott Donaldson says: "An all-star cast battle an outbreak of a mysterious killer virus, in very real terms. As the world tries to stay alive, the movie tries to uncover how such a disaster could happen, giving us a film that is as much well intentioned medical procedural drama as it is a diseased thriller with slightly dubious racial politics. Either way, it’s an interesting take on a story that normally involves a lot more guns, guts a find out more...

Five brilliant medical students experiment with death in a reckless quest for knowledge and fame, led by the manipulative Nelson. But when their past sins come back to haunt them they discover the terrifying consequences of meddling with the unknown. Breathtakingly tense and totally gripping. find out more...

Critically acclaimed and visually ravishing story of the unlikely tryst between a runaway art student, distressed by impending blindness and a previous romance, and an avant-garde crusty, who meet while sleeping rough on Pont-Neuf. Director Carax takes us on an enchanted journey through a Paris of streets, rivers, bridges, escalators, the Metro and art museums as the movie progresses from the gritty reality of poverty and homelessness to a flamboyant firework lit fantasy land. find out more...

A remarkably moving drama that avoids being over-sugary. Nolte and Sarandon play a couple whose son devolps ALD, a rare and incurable nerve disease. Leaving behind the medical establishment they race against time searching for a cure. A powerful tale of a successful struggle against the odds. find out more...

The world as a lunatic asylum. Jack Nicholson plays the anarchist determined to challenge the smug system of authority and obedience that rule the roost. The first film by Czech dissident Forman after migrating from Czechoslovakia to the United States, and a superb comment on society! Won Best Picture plus others at 1975 Academy Awards. find out more...

A hospital porter witnesses the death of a doctor and then discovers he's applying for a new post. Assuming the deceased doctor's identity, he gets the job himself, but finds his problems are just beginning as he now has to cope in charge of casualty. What unfolds is, at times, excruciating in this unusual British film. find out more...