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Bête, La 1975
Banned for 25 years, the uncut version of La Bête is like the extreme French cousin of the Carry On series - funnier, more erotic and far more shocking
Back To The Future 1985
Gleeful, thoroughly entertaining 80s time travel yarn that stars Michael J Fox as a teen who heads back in time, only to muddle his own parents' courtship
Bagdad Café 1988
Internationally acclaimed off-beat comedy. Set in the middle of a desert, the dilapidated Bagdad Café brings together characters of differing nationality and background - mostly the terminally weird
Baise-Moi 2001
Girls just want to have fun. Dirty, violent fun. A nihilistic, ground-breaking feminist rape revenge odyssey. From France
Bande A Part 1964
Prime mid-1960s Godard. As with A Bout Du Souffle, it's another jumpcutting pastiche of the American B movie, which freewheels across suburban Paris, effortlessly switching between the comic and the melancholic
Bandits 2001
A wayward, toothless but largely enjoyable crime comedy, which casts the superb Billy Bob Thornton and Bruce Willis as two bank robbers who fall for the same girl, Cate Blanchett. From director Barry Levinson
Bangkok Dangerous 2000
Visually striking, exhilarating action movie from the Thailand-based Pang brothers, in the best traditions of Hong Kong cinema with enough innovation to distinguish itself from the rest
Barry Lyndon 1975
Kubrick's oeuvre was never more lavish, ravishing or brilliantly eccentric than in his 18th Century story of pugnacious Irish chancer Barry Lyndon, a man with a talent for money and appearances, but with a crippling lack of love in his heart
Basic Instinct 1992
Paul Verhoeven's unashamedly upfront thriller introduced the world to Sharon Stone, playing ice-maiden murder suspect and author Catherine Trammel, who is being investigated (in more ways than one) by Michael Douglas
Basket Case 1981
Low budget, big laughs in an original (and excellent) sick horror slasher directed by schlock king Frank Henenlotter
Battle Royale 2000
Bizarre and often brilliant Japanese film about a class of school children put on an island and forced to fight to the death. Features Takeshi Kitano as the ex-teacher compere
Battle of the River Plate, The 1956
Quality war film directed, written and produced by acclaimed duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Full of gung-ho action, but also sophisticated and even troubling
Battlefield Earth 2000
The Earth has been captured by nine foot dreadlocked aliens in leather and stack heels. They want gold! Only one man can stop them - Jonnie the caveman
Beautiful Mind, A 2001
Earnest middle-brow thriller-cum-weepie starring Russell Crowe as a maths genius whose life is wracked by schizophrenia. Stamped all over with 'Hollywood prestige project' and showered with awards
Beauty and the Beast 1991
Disney enters the 90s with this charming smash hit, based on the popular fairy story, featuring a girl, a Beast and all-singing, all-dancing household items
Bedazzled 2000
Hollywood continues its raiding of the cinema archives for this glossy remake of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's 1967 comedy based on Faust. Elizabeth Hurley plays Satan while Brendan Fraser is the hapless nerd she grants seven wishes
Beetlejuice 1988
A ghostly couple declare war on the ghastly new occupants of their home by calling on the services of Beetlgeuse, who rids houses of unwanted humans
Before Night Falls 2000
Inspired retelling of the life of Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas featuring a career making turn from Javier Bardem and characteristically fine work from Sean Penn and Johnny Depp
Before You Go 2002
Julie Walters and Tom Wilkinson star in this weak adaptation of the British play 'The Memory Of Water', about three sisters attending their mother's funeral
Behind Enemy Lines 2001
War drama inspired by true story. Gung-ho action sits uneasily alongside depictions of genocide - but make no mistake, this is Top Gun revisited, not a 'message' movie
Beijing Bicycle 2000
A young courier in contemporary Beijing finds his life turned upside-down when his brand-new mountain bike is stolen
Believer, The 2001
Screenwriter Henry Bean makes his directorial debut with this hard-hitting drama based on the true life story of a Jewish Nazi. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2001
Ben-Hur 1959
Charlton Heston earnestly inhabits the title role of this multiple Oscar winner. An overblown 1950s historical epic, replete with three and a half hour running time, leaden dialogue and astonishing set-pieces
Bend It Like Beckham 2002
Writer-director Gurinder Chadha subverts the traditional masculine clichés of the football movie with this confident and highly enjoyable comedy about a young Asian girl trying to emulate her sporting hero
Best In Show 2000
Acclaimed spoof documentary about a dog show from Christopher Guest, the star of Spinal Tap, which captures some of that classic's sublime, improvised comedy
Beverly Hills Cop 1984
Eddie Murphy is at the peak of his powers - charming, fast-talking and smooth as polished ice - in this quintessential 80s comedy cop thriller
Beverly Hills Cop II 1987
Same schtick, different film. Eddie Murphy returns to crack jokes and catch crooks in this unlikeable sequel
Beverly Hills Cop III 1994
Axel Foley returns to California and gets up to fun and games at a theme park. Eddie Murphy shows off his action skills and forgets what made the original film memorable
Bible, The 1966
Biblical epic from the charismatic Hollywood old school giant, John Huston. Hugely ambitious, but sadly, extremely tedious
Bichunmoo 2000
Korea's answer to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. A martial arts epic replete with frustrated love, dynastic struggles and a mystical sword-fighting technique
Big 1988
Think the unthinkable: a funny (and not too sentimental) Tom Hanks comedy. The Oscar's favourite makes excellent use of his puppyish charm as the boy who grows into a man overnight
Big Trouble In Little China 1986
Kurt Russell's all-American truck-driver teams up with an old buddy and heads down into the freaky underworld of San Francisco's Chinatown in John Carpenter's subversive, winning twist on the action-hero genre
Big Wednesday 1978
John Milius' sentimental surfing movie and lament for lost youth. Stars Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey and some very big waves
Bill And Ted's Bogus Journey 1991
Ted 'Theodore' Logan and Bill S Preston, Esq make a welcome return in this equally silly and entertaining sequel, which sees our heroes dead and stuck in Hell
Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure 1988
A totally excellent film. It launched the career of Keanu Reeves, it contains one of the best ever jokes about Napolean and there's a bodacious appearance by Socrates
Billy Elliot 2000
Smash British hit from 2000 with newcomer Jamie Bell finding escape from the grim up north 1980s life of miners' strikes by exchanging his boxing gloves for a pair of ballet shoes
Billy Liar! 1963
Hopeless fantasist Tom Courtenay dreams of escaping life in a dreary north of England town at the start of the 60s. A milestone in British filmmaking, adapted from Keith Waterhouse's novel and stage play
Black Angel 1997
A six year old girl called Ikko witnesses the brutal killing of her gangland boss father. Her life is saved by an underground hit woman who sends her to America. Years later Ikko - now her a fully-fledged kung fu princess - returns to Tokyo with revenge in mind
Black Hawk Down 2001
Ridley Scott's vivid, visceral war drama based on true events. An elite American force stirs up a hornets' nest of murderous resistance on the streets of Mogadishu when their operaton misfires
Black Knight 2002
Lame Martin Lawrence comedy about an employee at a medieval theme park plunges into a moat and wakes up in 14th century England, where he finds himself embroiled in a plot to depose the king
Black Robe 1991
Black Stallion, The 1979
Having survived a shipwreck, a young boy develops a profound bond with a magnificent Arabian horse. Beautifully shot and largely free of sentiment, this remains a landmark in family drama
Blackboards 2000
New Wave Iranian film about itinerant teachers for which director Makhmalbaf became the youngest ever recipient of the Grand Prix Du Jury at Cannes 2000, aged only 20
Blade II 2002
Wesley Snipes reprises his role as the super-human comic-book vampire hunter in this stylish action-horror directed by Guillermo Del Toro
Blair Witch 2: Book Of Shadows 2000
The Blair Witch Project creators hand over the reigns to documentary maker Joe Berlinger for this disappointing follow up to 1999's low-budget spooky smash hit
Blair Witch Project, The 1998
Smash low budget horror hit of 1999. The highly effective conceit involves the audience viewing 'found' footage shot by three films students who encounter something nasty in the woods, and are never seen again
Blood Feast 1964
Grisly tale of an Egyptian caterer who collects body parts from young women in order to bring an ancient goddess back to life
Blood The Last Vampire 2000
Boasting sumptuous, fascinating animation, combining traditional techniques with CGI, this intriguing Japanese vampire yarn is let down by its short running time and spartan story
Blow 2001
Johnny Depp stars in the movie adaptation of the non-fiction book 'Blow: How A Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million With The Medellin Cocaine Cartel And Lost It All'
Blues Brothers 2000 1998
Blues Brothers, The 1980
Bones 2001
Blaxpoitation style horror starring world famous rapper, Snoop (Doggy) Dogg, and some pesky, meddling kids who raise the dead with a hip hop club inside a haunted house
Bourne Identity, The 2001
Swingers director Doug Liman brings a refreshingly different sensibility to this spy thriller starring Matt Damon as a deadly CIA agent with amnesia
Bowling For Columbine 2002
Enormously effective film from the former presenter of 'TV Nation', which probes America's obsession with guns and its willingness - fuelled by paranoia and fear - to use them
Boys Don't Cry 1999
True story about a woman, born as Teena Brandon, who re-creates herself as the charming and charismatic man, Brandon Teena. Only to be raped and murdered for her troubles. Powerful
Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992
Gary Oldman is a dapper Drac, brooding for centuries over the suicide of wife Winona Ryder, now reincarnated as fiancée to Keanu Reeves. Unashamedly epic, but it's the details which make the film, particularly vampire-killing Anthony Hopkins and Tom Waits as insect-gobbling Renfield
Branded to Kill 1967
Art, film noir and surrealism converge in this brutal gangster flick. A psychopathic hit man meets his match when a series of assassinations goes wrong
Braveheart 1995
Mad Mel dons a kilt and hair extensions and proceeds to slice up some English with a huge sword. Gibson both plays Scottish freedom fighter William Wallace and directs this epic of romance, heroism and flying horses
Brazil 1985
Undoubtedly Gilliam's masterpiece. Visual brilliance combines with snappy satirical humour to create one of the best films of the 80s
Bread And Roses 2000
Typically powerful polemic from Ken Loach. The director's first US-set film examines an infamous janitor's strike through the eyes of a union organiser and the illegal immigrant cleaner he meets while furthering the cause
Breakfast At Tiffany's 1961
Despite sanitising Truman Capote's novel, this is a charming fairy tale about a lost girl looking for love in the big city. Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard sparkle to the memorable refrain of 'Moon River'
Bridget Jones's Diary 2001
The Four Weddings And A Funeral writing/producing team work their magic on Helen Fielding's thirtysomething angsty comic novel, casting American Renée Zellweger alongside British talents Colin Firth and Hugh Grant
Brief Encounter 1945
David Lean breaks out the stiff upper lips for his restrained, yet emotionally charged, examination of forbidden passions in 1940s England
Brighton Rock 1947
Vintage British crime thriller, featuring a chilling turn from Richard Attenborough as a brutal teenage racketeer
Bring It On 2000
Resisting the current trend for teen comedies to indulge in gross-out and satire, Bring It On is a likeable comedy that celebrates, in irony-free fashion, the fine art of cheerleading
Broken Blossoms 1919
Superior silent-era melodrama. Waif-like Cockney Lillian Gish is saved from her brutal father by a Chinese missionary. A far more intimate affair than the historical epics for which D.W. Griffith is best known, and consequently far more engaging
Bronenosets Potyomkin 1925
Eisenstein's celebrated documentary style re-creation of the 1905 anti-Tsarist uprising by Russian sailors is a meticulous exercise in montage, stirring visuals - and propaganda
Brother 2000
'Beat' Takeshi Kitano stars as a yakuza exile who comes to LA and ruthlessly sets up an new, multi-ethnic crime family. Sparse, intelligent and shot through with gently sentimental humour
Brotherhood Of The Wolf 2001
A young scientist and his Iroquois blood brother hunt a mysterious killer beast that is stalking the countryside of 18th-century France. Exuberant genre-blending action featuring Vincent Cassel and martial artist Mark Dacascos
Bugsy Malone 1976
Kiddy gangsters fire splat guns instead of real bullets in Alan Parker's all-singing story of Bugsy Malone's fight for power against Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Stars a young Jodie Foster
Bully 2001
Compelling drama about a disparate bunch of Florida teens who conspire to rid themselves of an abusive friend. Frankly filmed by Larry Clark, director of the similarly controversial Kids
Bulworth 1998
Warren Beatty's well intended but uneven political satire. Jaded white liberal Senator Bulworth suffers a nervous breakdown and comes out the other side a rapping, truth-telling ghetto defendant
Burning, The 1981
A group of sex-starved teenagers, staying at a remote lakeside summer camp, are viciously butchered by a disfigured scissor-wielding maniac in this notorious gore-filled but second rate Friday The 13th clone
Bus Stop 1956
Uneasy and spiky musical, with an eye-openingly adept performance from Marilyn Monroe
Business Is Business 1971
The debut feature by the director of Basic Instinct, Total Recall and Starship Troopers is a bawdy sex comedy set in the red light district of Amsterdam. Moustaches, cleavage and a horny-porny soundtrack contribute to an unsatisfying slice of Eurotrash
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid 1969
Paul Newman and Robert Redford team to make one of cinema's greatest partnerships in this superb story about the death of the old West
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