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Harvey Pekar lives the life most of us dream of avoiding, a filing clerk by day, a man at odds with, and lost in, the world he inhabits the other sixteen hours. Harvey begins to write down his disgruntled observations and with the help of equally cantankerous illustrator, Harry Crumb, ‘American Splendor' is born. This movie of the man's life is an inspired mixture of animation, documentary and dramatisation, with Paul Giamatti finally getting a role worth his talent. Funny, sad, sharp and hip to find out more...

A frustrated, highly strung, spectacularly unsuccessful puppeteer inadvertently finds a passage way into the mind of John Malkovich and, uniquely skilled as he is in the art of manipulation, this seems like the perfect opportunity to escape his dead-end life and dull wife. There is little point in trying to explain the story further, you'll just have to watch this fantastically surreal, absurd, dark, gobsmackingly original comedy - the brainchild of a quite obviously seriously warped puppy. G find out more...

A brilliant movie from the same director as "Stranger Than Paradise". Our three low-life heroes escape from jail into the Louisiana swamps and find that they might have been better off inside. Off-beat, very stylish, funny and just brilliant! find out more...

Nick Porter sells salesmanship for a living, but the days of being on top of his game are long gone, thanks in no part to his ever losing battle with alcohol. Finally fired and discovering his wife has also decided it’s all over on the same day, Nick finds himself on his front lawn with all that is left of is worldly belongings. An adaptation of a Raymond Carver short story, don’t expect an archetypal Will Ferrell movie, this a bitter sweet drama...with some humour. A low key, thoughtful and tou find out more...

An excellent black comedy, handsome thriller and a tall story that keeps you guessing as it unwinds. The genuinely ridiculous plot (a man pays a couple of goons to 'pretend' to kidnap his wife in order to get his paws on his in-laws' 'ransom' money) is completely credible as mighty plans fall apart, spiralling ever more beyond the protagonist's control and leaving us marvelling at the complex stupidity of human nature. A modern classic.

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Ingmar is a mischievous boy growing up in Sweden in the 1950s. Life for him doesn't improve when his mother becomes bedridden and he is farmed out to rural relatives, but, by using his imagination, he successfully learns to cope with his quirky, open-eyed optimism intact. A witty, touching and perceptive rites of passage movie. find out more...

David Thewlis delivers an incredible performance as the clever and sarcastic Johnny. On the run from reality he turns up at his old girlfriend's house in London, where he proceeds to cause havoc. An inspired mix of script and improvisation with masterful direction, Leigh has taken a dark and inward look at life on Britain's bottom rung. Superb. find out more...

Stephane is deeply unfulfilled in his job, but in his dream world things just couldn't be better….and he dreams a lot. What Stephane needs to do is find some kind of middle ground between fantasy and reality, an opportunity that may just present itself if he can steel himself to approach his beautiful next door neighbour. Michel Gondry's follow up to ‘Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind' is equally as weird and wonderful as its predecessor, but lacks the rich multi-layered genius of Kaufman's writing find out more...

The famous con man movie in which two Chicago shysters plot an elaborate revenge on the mobster who killed their friend. Brilliant attention to period detail, a superbly put together plot and an overall damn good movie. Won Best Picture at 1973 Academy Awards. Absolutely brilliant. find out more...