Personal Services

Personal Services 1987

6.02

Fed up with working hard just to scrape by, Christine Painter comes up with a bold plan to become the madam of a brothel and earn her financial freedom: she opens a house of spanking to fabulous reviews.

1987

The Hit

The Hit 1984

6.50

Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.

1984

Amateur

Amateur 1994

6.10

A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop and is befriended by a charitable ex-nun who is failing in her attempts to write marketable pornography.

1994

Velvet Goldmine

Velvet Goldmine 1998

6.88

Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former idol.

1998

Insignificance

Insignificance 1985

6.30

Four 1950s icons meet in the same hotel room, and two of them discover more in common between them than they ever anticipated.

1985

Escape from Sobibor

Escape from Sobibor 1987

7.20

The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.

1987

The Dead

The Dead 1987

6.80

After a convivial holiday dinner party, things begin to unravel when a husband and wife address some prickly issues concerning their marriage.

1987

Sid and Nancy

Sid and Nancy 1986

6.70

January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious is forced by his band mates to travel without his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who will meet him in New York. When the band breaks up and Sid begins his solo career in a hostile city, the turbulent couple definitely falls into the depths of drug addiction.

1986

Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here 1987

6.43

In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex.

1987

Trust

Trust 1990

6.81

After being thrown away from home, pregnant high school dropout Maria meets Matthew, a highly educated and extremely moody electronics repairman. The two begin an unusual romance built on their sense of mutual admiration and trust.

1990

Harbour Beat

Harbour Beat 1990

5.50

Neal McBride is a Glasgow cop who likes to go undercover - the rest of the police wish he would stay there. When he arrests a politician he gets reassigned to where they used to send criminals: Australia. Lancelot Cooper is a Sydney cop but a country boy at heart; he is as trusting as McBride is suspicious. The two are partners on a case where death, deception and betrayal propels them into a desperate fight for survival.

1990

Patty Hearst

Patty Hearst 1988

5.60

The true story of a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970s. Her time spent with her captors made her question herself and her way of life. She eventually joined their cause, sparking controversy.

1988

Prick Up Your Ears

Prick Up Your Ears 1987

6.67

When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.

1987

Immortality

Immortality 1998

5.76

A vampire in London is searching for the ideal woman to 'redeem' him.

1998

Wetherby

Wetherby 1985

5.91

The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its residents.

1985

The Reflecting Skin

The Reflecting Skin 1990

6.70

In 1950s rural Idaho, a young boy watches helplessly as his friends and brother fall under the spell of a mysterious widow living up the road and becomes convinced that she is a vampire.

1990

Roman Road

Roman Road 2004

1

Vince is a writer who suddenly decides to visit his old college friend Matt (who knows more than a bit about map-reading) to join him on an expedition. They both set off to walk the Roman road from Chichester to London, but it doesn't take long for it to become apparent that they're being chased by a mystery man in a fast car. It seems Vince has something in his backpack that someone wants very badly indeed.

2004

Walking and Talking

Walking and Talking 1996

6.10

Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back.

1996

Slam Dance

Slam Dance 1987

4.82

When framed for the murder of a sultry blonde, an underground cartoonist is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.

1987

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson 1987

6.80

In the 1930s, an aging film producer and his much younger wife live separate lives. Whenever a young starlet catches the husband's eye, he eventually manipulates her onto his casting couch. Natica Jackson (Michelle Pfeiffer) is a Hollywood star who is far from innocent, but she finds herself falling in love with a married man who has several children.

1987