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Portrait of the ACT UP activist group, a direct action collective aiming to impact the lives of people with AIDS.
78/52
A documentary about the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.
Battle Of The Sexes
True story of the tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.
Becoming Cary Grant
The star's own words are used to tell his life story.
The Breadwinner
A young girl in Afghanistan disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Cause Of Death: Unknown
A filmmaker investigates her sister's death from prescribed medication and asks if the pharmaceutical industry is culpable in relation to thousands of other such cases.
Le Cercle Rouge
After leaving prison, a thief crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot a heist.
The Cinema Travellers
A documentary about travelling cinemas in India.

D

The Desert Bride
When a live-in maid's path crosses that of a travelling salesman, her life will change forever.
The Eagle Huntress
A teenager decides to become the first female eagle huntress.
A Fantastic Woman
A transgender woman fights for the right to grieve after the death of her partner.
Fashionista
A woman who uses clothes as an emotional crutch discovers her life isn't as ideal as she thought.
The Forest Of The Lost Souls
Ricardo, a grieving father, and Carolina, a cynical young woman, meet in a notorious Portuguese suicide forest, where a mutual fascination develops.
Félicité
Story of a singer who finds herself in desperate circumstances after her son has an accident.
The Florida Project
The story of a precocious six-year-old and her rag-tag group of close friends whose carefree lives contrast with those of their struggling parents.

I

The Killing Of A Sacred Deer
A teenage boy tries to integrate a surgeon into his broken family but his motives become increasingly sinister.
The Lego Ninjago Movie
A battle royal in the city of teenage ninjas with special powers and a fine line in witty dialogue in the plastic world of Lego.
Loveless
A couple go looking for their young son after he disappears during one of their bitter rows.

M

Menashe
A man faces losing custody of his son after the death of his wife.
Mildred Pierce
When a murdered man gasps out her name, is our heroine's remarkable survival story finally at an end?
Moana
A young woman goes on an adventure with a demi-god.
Morvern Callar
After her boyfriend commits suicide, Samantha Morton runs away to Spain with her best pal.
Mountains May Depart
A young woman chooses between two men as China is torn between its traditional values and a capitalist future.
No Land's Song
The Islamic revolution of 1979 banned female singers from appearing in public in Iran. Now Ayat Najafi tries to revive tradition, planning an evening of Iranian and French female soloists to rebuild shattered cultural bridges - but can it work?
Psycho
A woman on the run stops in at the wrong motel.
The Prince Of Nothingwood
The story of Salim Shaheen, the most prolific and popular actor-director-producer in Afghanistan.

R

The Red Balloon
Classic short film about a boy and his friendship with a balloon.
The Red Turtle
The life of a castaway on a desert island.
Ratcatcher
An insight into the anguish of a young boy in the wake of a tragic accident.
The Square
An art exhibit invites passers by to altruism, but things don't go as planned for its curator.
Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
Disney classic about a wicked queen's attempts to slay "the fairest of them all".
Standing Start
Documenting world champion Craig MacLean's preparation for a cycle race.
Strangled
Seven years after a killer is jailed, a murder occurs in town - is it a copycat or has the wrong man been jailed?

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Wonderstruck
Ben and Rose are children from two different eras who secretly wish their lives were different. Both set out on quests.
We Need To Talk About Kevin
The much-anticipated film based on Lionel Shriver's Orange Prize-winning novel about a mother at odds with her dangerous son.
The Wound
Sexual repression and coming of age prove a dangerous mix for a small community.
You Were Never Really Here
A tormented assassin tries to rescue a girl but trouble lies ahead.
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