23 October 2026

Scream
Clever homage to the horror genre, reinventing scary movies.
Children Of The Wicker Man
A documentary about The Wicker Man and its legacy.
Fatherland
Drama focusing on Thomas Mann's post-war life, as he and his daughter embark on a road-trip across Germany.

30 October 2026

Donnie Darko
Californian teenager is told by imaginary friend in rabbit mask that the world will end in 28 days.
Pan's Labyrinth
In the midst of the Spanish Civil War, a lonely girl encounters a mysterious faun.
Gentle Monster
A woman struggles with her feelings after discovering her husband's grim secret.
Nightborn
In Finnish forest, Saga and her husband Jon embark on a new chapter as parents. But Saga's joy is overshadowed by a chilling suspicion about their newborn, unbeknownst to Jon, causing a rift as she alone grapples with the disturbing truth.
Everest: The Other Side
Follows two mountaineers as they attempt to climb and ski the direct North Face of Mount Everest.

05 November 2026

V For Vendetta
In the near future, Britain is a fascist state into which a mysterious, masked terrorist dares to fight fear with flames

06 November 2026

Raise The Red Lantern
The fate of a concubine in a rich man's household.
Rocky
An underdog boxer gets a shot at the big time.
Think Of England
During the Second World War group of six people is delivered to an uninhabited island with a secret mission – to make some pornographic films which in the government’s opinion should boost the fighting morale of the boys at the front.
One In A Million
Filmed over 10 years, one girl’s epic journey from Syria to Germany and back again. She and her family navigate war, exile, and heartbreak in a foreign land, illuminating the complexities of the refugee experience.
Ghost Town
Documentary takes a ride in a series of taxis in a Japanese city that was devastated by a 2011 tsunami.
I Play Rocky
Sylvester Stallone, then a failing actor, writes the ultimate underdog story and must fight for his chance to play the role of a lifetime - Rocky Balboa.

13 November 2026

The Man Who Fell To Earth
The spectacular yet melancholy story of an alien from a dying planet who comes to Earth in search of water but indulges a little too much.
How To Rob A Bank
In this true-crime documentary, a charismatic rebel in 1990s Seattle pulls off an unprecedented string of bank robberies straight out of the movies.
Fjord
Mihai and Lisbet Gheorghiu, a devout Romanian Norwegian couple, move from Romania to Norway with their children to be closer to Lisbet’s family. But tension mounts when one of the children arrives at school with bruises.

20 November 2026

Arthur Christmas
After a present is missed on Christmas Eve, Santa's son tries to deliver it.
Josephine
After 8-year-old Josephine accidentally witnesses a crime in Golden Gate Park, she acts out in search of a way to regain control of her safety while adults are helpless to console her.
American Doctor
When three American doctors — Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian — enter Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between medicine and politics, risking everything to expose the truth.
Filipiñana
Tee girl Isabel feels strangely drawn to Dr. Palanca, the president of the country club where she works. However, after piecing together a violent picture of what lies beneath the club’s pristine surface, she realizes that what began as an innocent infatuation is actually rooted in a sinister shared history.

27 November 2026

To Hold A Mountain
In the remote highlands of Montenegro, a shepherd mother and daughter proudly defend their ancestral mountain from the threat of becoming a NATO military training ground, stirring memories of the violence that shattered their family.
Minotaur
A high-powered executive's meticulously controlled existence begins to unravel.

04 December 2026

The Holiday
An American woman and an Englishwoman swap houses for a holiday and discover romance.
Nuisance Bear
A polar bear is forced to navigate a human world of tourists, wildlife officers, and hunters as its ancient migration collides with modern life. When a sacred predator is branded a nuisance, it becomes unclear who truly belongs in this shared landscape.
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
Childhood friends Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli, and Conor played together, skipped school together, and dreamt of the lives they would have one day. Now they’re thirty, and the future they imagined is slipping quietly out of reach.

11 December 2026

It's A Wonderful Life
Christmas classic about a disheartened businessman who is helped by an angel.

08 January 2027

Ink
Drama charting Rupert Murdoch's acquisition of The Sun newspaper and its upturning of the landscape under editor Larry Lamb in 1969.

15 January 2027

The Debut
A shy housewife is unexpectedly cast in a local am-dram original musical. Under the spell of the strong-willed and enigmatic director, she loses herself in the role.
A Long Winter
Returning to his childhood home deep in the mountains, Mike is drawn back into the quiet rituals of family life as the clan prepares for the winter ahead.

22 January 2027

The Education Of Jane Cumming
Edinburgh, 1810. Two female teachers find themselves at the centre of a scandal.

05 February 2027

Rose
A woman disguises herself as a man in 17th Century Germany.
All Of A Sudden
The director of a nursing home in Paris has an encounter with a terminally ill Japanese playwright that transforms her life.
Paper Tiger
Two brothers pursue the American Dream but get entangled in a dangerous Russian mafia scheme.

30 April 2027

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Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone
The boy wizard's first adventure.
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