Lonely, bullied 12-year-old Oskar fantasises about taking bloody revenge on his tormentors and Eli, his new neighbour, might look 12-years-old too, but she's been that way for rather a long time, and her fantasies involving blood are somewhat different! An unlikely alliance forms between the two in this subtle combination of pre-teen male/female bonding and vampire lore... all set in a snowbound Swedish working class suburb. find out more...

Alan Clarke's work is renowned for it's starkly realistic and often disturbing portrayal of British society, and this is no exception. Tim Roth is outstanding as the snarling anarchistic skinhead car-thief who has no wish to be "saved" by his concerned social worker. Black, bleak and brilliant. find out more...

Eighteen year old Brian Lackey is missing something, five hours to be precise, five hours from his childhood that he cannot account for and that he has become convinced is the work of aliens. Moving to New York Brian meets a young hustler, depressingly wise beyond his years and though seemingly at complete odds with each other the two form a bond. Together the young lads recognise the need to acknowledge what has happened to them and in each other see the opportunity to lay their demons to rest. find out more...

A wonderful tale of a girl's passage from childhood to adulthood, a time that coincided with the overthrow of the Shah of Iran and his replacement by the tyranny of a fundamentalist theocracy. find out more...

Precious is an obese sixteen-year-old black teenager growing up in Harlem. Sexually abused by her father and the mother of two of his children life hasn't dealt Precious the ace of spades so she escapes into a fantasy world, but this film is about her reality not her dreams... Precious flees home for the safety of a special school, makes friends, is inspired by her teacher and begins the slow process of self-realization. This award winning film sounds bleak, but it's uplifting, more Danny Boyl find out more...

Set in the summer of 1984 – Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decide to raise money to support the families of the striking miners. But there is a problem. The Union seems embarrassed to receive their support. But the activists are not deterred. They decide to ignore the Union and find out more...

Two children, one the shy son of a pious religious family and the other the trouble making latchkey runt of a disintegrated one, form an unlikely friendship. With the aid of a camera, the bravado of one, the artistic imagination of the other and inspired by the then action hit Rambo, they decide to make a film of their own. As the movie progresses both the film and their own lives seem less and less easy to control. The experience will change them forever. Highly recommended. find out more...

It's 1985 and working class lad Brian Jackson has got himself a place at Bristol University, a sizeable step towards his ambition of getting onto University Challenge, but there is a veritable minefield for the naïve Brian to negotiate before he can achieve the pinnacle of becoming one of ‘Bamber's' babes, not least of which is the opposite sex. 'Starter For 10' is a charming well observed bitter sweet comedy, carried nicely by James McAvoy as the ‘all at sea' Brian. Neat soundtrack to. find out more...

Based on the gripping film of the same name which starred Gary Oldman, 'The Firm' is a brutal coming of age story set around the casual violence and pack mentality of English football hooliganism at its 1980s peak. find out more...

Jeffrey Willis has just finished high school and isn't quite sure what the future holds. His parents expect him to go to college but he is starting to find his close-knit family stifling. He gets a summer job at the Flamingo club where he meets Phil Brody, a successful car dealer who fills Jeffrey's head with ideas about how to make his fortune. Phil is everything Jeffrey would like to be - popular, rich and the best gin rummy player the club has ever seen. Jeffrey's find out more...