All socially awkward George cares about is music. When the charismatic Max joins his school, George realises that he’s the key to writing the perfect song. But George realises maybe the real prize isn’t winning the talent show… it’s Max. With a story by Josh O'Connor and a soundtrack stac...

Bill Forsyth’s classic comedy remains the ultimate depiction of coming-of-age awkwardness and an enduring favourite of Scottish cinema. Gregory (John Gordon Sinclair) is the teenager who’s smitten with the new star player of the school football team, the enigmatic Dorothy (Dee Hepburn).

In Huntleigh prison, a group of cell mates (Peter Sellers, Bernard Cribbins and David Lodge) plan the perfect burglary. By escaping the day before their release, then breaking back in again, they will have the perfect alibi when they rob a maharajah's palace of its diamonds - they will seemingly ...

After a failed suicide attempt, radio presenter Roy (Shenoah Allen, co-writer) wakes up to find himself being driven cross-country by a woman (Conti) wearing a monkey suit. Yes, this is a weird premise, but what follows is a liberating, and potentially lucrative, road trip.

With a colonel constantly causing annoyance, a bumbling nurse, a budding romance between a patient and nurse, and a man obsessed with having his bunyon removed, Haven Hospital's new Matron (Hattie Jacques) has a lot of hard work ahead. As she goes on ruling with an iron fist, Oliver Reckitt (Kenn...

Looking for an escape from boring nine-to-five jobs, bad relationships and dysfunctional families, five Cardiff friends plan a night out to remember, dominated by clubs, drugs, pubs and parties. Journey with them through the highs and lows of the weekend, wild escapades and unexpected epiphanies....

Working with cinematographer David Peat directors Murray Grigor and Patrick Higson capture Billy Connolly at his brilliant best, as the comedian employs his trademark humour and no small amount of roguish charm to navigate the political tensions of 1970s Dublin and Belfast.

Recently widowed Andrew Blake decides to leave his business in England and return to France, the country where he first met his late wife. Hoping to reconnect with his past, he takes a job as a butler in a grand but eccentric estate. What begins as an attempt to escape his grief soon turns into s...

Frustrated Ronnie lives out her theatrical ambitions vicariously through Audrey, her spoilt, domineering teenager. When Audrey falls into a coma, Ronnie and her browbeaten family spy an opportunity to improve life at home. Natalie Bailey’s pitch-black satire skewers Main Character Syndrome, tox...

When the father of a stereotypical middle-class French family brings home a pet rat, he triggers a surge of orgies, incest and murder within his prim and polished suburban home. François Ozon (Swimming Pool) displays hints of Luis Buñuel and John Waters in his anarchic takedown of the middle-clas...

Schneider, a hit man, gets a call on the morning of his birthday. After initially refusing, he reluctantly takes on the job and discovers the target is a writer living alone in a secluded place. The job seems straightforward but becomes much more complicated than expected. This is a violent, twis...

Mike Nichols' provocative dark comedy traces the lives of college roommates Johnathan (Jack Nicholson) and Sandy (Art Garfunkel) as they navigate relationships from the 1940's into the 60's. From idealistic romances to toxic love affairs, the film charts their diverging paths - Johnathan's descen...

Dennis Price plays Louis, a young man snubbed by his aristocratic family as a result of his mother's marriage. When she's killed, Louis becomes determined to inherit the family title, and won't let anything or anyone stop him. With an unforgettable performance by Alec Guinness as all eight remain...

When a corporation threatens to take over a small railway line, a group of villagers decide to try and run it for themselves. The final collaboration between director Charles Crichton and writer T.E.B. Clarke, The Titfield Thunderbolt is a stunningly scenic gem in Ealing's repertoire. Anarchic an...

Japanese designer Enatsu is worried about his sexless marriage. Meanwhile, office worker Akrane is preparing to return to work after a period of rehab following driving-induced panic attacks. Finally, successful advertising agent Ikeyama is looking to end his relationship. They are unknowingly co...

Enslaved by the invading Roman army, Hengist Pod and Horsa are sent to Ancient Rome to be auctioned off – that is until they hatch a plan to escape. In their bid to free themselves from captivity Hengist finds himself confused for a gladiator and becomes drafted into Cleopatra’s private guard...

"The longest unsponsored advertisement ever to reach cinema screens", reckoned producer Monja Danischewski. Maybe so, but Alexander Mackendrick's debut feature is much more than that. This comic account of a real-life event pitches a priggish English army captain against the remorseless guile of ...

After securing a job at his uncle's arms factory Stanley Windrush gets caught up in a dispute between the factory bosses and its trade union official. The Boulting Brothers' classic comedy brims with brilliant performances, including Ian Carmichael as the lovable Stanley and Dennis Price and Rich...

When it is announced that term is about to begin at St. Trinians, townspeople board up their shops, and policeman panic, for St. Trinians is a school like no other. Presided over by headmistress Miss Fritton, the unorthodox free expression she preaches leads to her students being uninhibited. Whe...

In post-war Britain following the detonation of an unexploded bomb the inhabitants of a London street discover riches and artefacts. These documents state that they are citizens of the medieval kingdom of Burgundy. When the government attempts to claim the fortune, the citizens of Burgundy declar...

After scene-stealing performances in The Lady Vanishes (1938) and Night Train to Munich (1940), Charters and Caldicott (Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne) take centre stage in this charming spy comedy. When the duo are mistaken for German agents, they receive a gramophone record which contains vita...

When a mistake at the Ministry of Education sends the girls of St. Swithin's to board with the boys of Nutbourne College, it causes mayhem for both headmasters. The two must, however, join forces, in order to conceal the mistake from parents and governors. The Happiest Days Of Your Life is a mast...

Before Monty Python's Flying Circus and The Goodies there was At Last the 1948 Show, the ground-breaking comedy sketch series starring John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Marty Feldman, and Aimi MacDonald. Highlights of this package include brilliant a solo turn from Brooke-Taylor as ...

Before Monty Python's Flying Circus and The Goodies there was At Last the 1948 Show, the ground-breaking comedy sketch series starring John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Marty Feldman, and Aimi MacDonald. The first two episodes of series two are unfortunately lost, reconstructed here...