Amelie has led a sheltered existence under the anally eccentric tutelage of her over protective parents. When Amelie finds work in a small Paris cafe her life continues in its own introverted fantasy until she discovers a tin box of memories and suddenly she sees her purpose, to bring happiness into the lives of others. In the pursuit of her good deeds Amelie becomes fascinated by a collector of discarded photo booth pictures, but as the possibility of love looms she begins to retreat from the i find out more...

Brilliant black comedy with Cusack as a hitman who goes home for his high school reunion. While he's there he's got one last job to do, and a long lost love to win back, but first he's got to shake off a rival, "The Grocer" (Aykroyd), who's hellbent on recruiting him to an "assassin's union"! Superb. find out more...

A death obssessed teenager and a 79 year old woman who lives life to the full gang up together in one of the wittiest black comedies ever made. An inventive, enduring classic which was far ahead of its time. You mean you haven't seen it? find out more...

A quirky, clever and charming movie from rookie director Anderson, who flies in the face of convention by making the hero of this high school-based comedy a slightly geeky academic who's anything but the all-American kid. Max Fischer is a brilliant but mixed-up scholarship kid at the Rushmore Academy, with a frenzied timetable and an uncanny knack of baffling both students and teachers alike. He attracts the attention of Blume (the superb Bill Murray), a rich, bored, middle-aged parent, apparen find out more...

Newly discovered Hope Davis stars in this witty and well-observed indie number. When Eliza discovers a love letter addressed to her husband she enlists the help of her family and they head into the city in search of some answers. But a car journey with relatives is a recipe for disaster! Charming and witty. find out more...

When Waring Hudsucker, head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, commits suicide his board of directors, led by Sidney Mussberger, come up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of money: appoint a moron to run the company and, when the stock falls low enough, buy it up, take over the company and restore its fortunes. They choose idealistic Norville Barnes, who just started in the mail room, and Norville is whacky enough to drive any company to ruin, but he comes up with a brilliant idea... ' find out more...

Two New York based siblings, would-be playwright Wendy and book writing theatre professor Jon, must put their self-absorption aside and band together to care for their cantankerous old dad. A painfully funny, sharp, witty script and, in turns, a heartbreaking story dealing with ageing, compromise and death in modern American family dynamics, with two predictably fine performances from Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman. find out more...

It's Sweden in 1975 and Elizabeth finally decides to leave her drunken and abusive husband, finding refuge in her brother's commune. The environment that Elizabeth finds herself in is a far cry from her previously suburban existence, and she quickly warms to it, only her children are less convinced, seeing as they do a world no less full of deceit and hypocracy than the life they have left. Together is a joyous movie, sharply observed, often very funny and with a satisfying feel good after taste find out more...