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	Title	Year	Director	IMDb	Plot	Links
	The I Inside	2003	Roland Suso Richter	6.1	A man (Phillipe) awakens in a hospital not recalling the last two years as he begins to find out things...	IMDB
	I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse	1973	Fernando Arrabal			IMDB
	The Ice Harvest	2005	Harold Ramis	5.9	A dim-bulb lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Idiot Box	1996	David Caesar	6.3	Looking for the fast track out of suburban hell, two natural born losers scheme an impossible heist...	IMDB
	Igby Goes Down	2002	Burr Steers		A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.	IMDB
	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	1989	Steven Spielberg	8.1	The daring archaeologist and his father search for the Holy Grail and fight the Nazis.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	1984	Steven Spielberg	7.2	In India, Indiana Jones agrees to look for a village's lost magic stone and in doing so, stumbles on to a secret massive Thuggee cult.	IMDB
	Inside	2002	Michel Jetté	6.5		IMDB
	Insomnia	2002	Christopher Nolan	7.3	Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.	IMDB; All Movie Guide; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	Intacto	2001	Juan Carlos Fresnadillo		An enigmatic tale of four people whose lives are intertwined by destiny are subject to the laws of fate...	IMDB
	Intermission	2003	John Crowley		Intermission is an urban love story about people adrift and their convoluted journeys in the search for some kind of love...	IMDB
	The Interpreter	2005	Sydney Pollack	6.6	Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a US Secret Service agent (Penn) is assigned to investigate an interpreter (Kidman) who overhears an assassination plot.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Into the Blue	2005	John Stockwell	5.2	A group of divers find themselves in deep trouble with a drug lord after they come upon the illicit cargo of a sunken airplane.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Invincible	2001	Werner Herzog	6.6	A Jewish strongman performs in Berlin as the blond Aryan hero Siegfried.	IMDB
	Ironweed	1987	Hector Babenco	6.4	A schizophrenic drifter spends Halloween in his home town after returning there for the first time in decades.	IMDB
	Irréversible	2002	Gaspar Noé			IMDB
	Ivansxtc	2000	Bernard Rose	6.5	Outstanding and daring, Bernard Rose's exploration of Hollywood's seamier side tells the story of a man who has everything, yet he finds that this can never be enough. Ivan Beckman (Danny Huston) has the Midas touch. He's secured the deal of his career, and life in Hollywood's fast lane has just got one hell of a lot faster. But when fate delivers a cruel and unexpected blow, Ivan is sent spiralling out of control. Soon, he starts living his life of hedonistic pleasure - parties, women and drugs - to the extreme. And while others are more than willing to join in the fun, only Ivan knows the occasion. A modern day interpretation of Tolstoy's classic short story 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich', this brilliant expose of Hollywood's cut-throat world of deal making and breaking features an inspired performance by Danny (son of John) Huston in the lead role.	IMDB; Amazon UK
	Jackie Brown	1997	Quentin Tarantino	7.5	A female flight attendant becomes a key figure in a plot between the police and an arms dealer.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Jesus' Son	1999	Alison Maclean	6.9	A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.	IMDB
	Jill the Ripper	2000	Anthony Hickox	3.2	A tough guy goes undercover on a personal mission of vengeance into the hardcore world of S&M, to find out who's responsible for the death of his brother.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Julien Donkey-Boy	1999	Harmony Korine			IMDB
	Junebug	2005	Phil Morrison	7.4	A dealer in "outsider" art travels from Chicago to North Carolina to meet her new in-laws, challenging the equilibrium of this middle class Southern home.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Ken Park	2002	Larry Clark; Edward Lachman		It's about several Californian skateboarder's life and relationships with and without their parents.	IMDB
	Kids	1995	Larry Clark		An amoral young skater sets out to deflower as many virgins as possible, but things go badly when one gets tested for HIV.	IMDB
	Kill Bill: Vol. 1	2003	Quentin Tarantino		A female assassin attacked on her wedding day by her group leader, Bill, wakes up from a coma and seeks revenge.	IMDB
	Kill Bill: Vol. 2	2004	Quentin Tarantino		The Bride continues her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and his associates.	IMDB
	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	2000	Ray Brady	6.0	Richard, a science-fiction writer, works from home. Gradually he becomes obsessed with his beautiful new neighbour...	IMDB
	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	2005	Shane Black	7.9	A murder mystery brings together a private eye, a struggling actress, and a thief masquerading as an actor.	IMDB
	The Klansman	1974	Terence Young	4.3	An FBI Agent goes undercover in the Ku Klux Klan.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Kontroll	2003	Nimród Antal	7.7	A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, his fellow inspectors, who are all without exception likeable characters, a rival ticket inspection team, and racing along the tracks... And a tale about love.	IMDB; Amazon UK
	L.A. Confidential	1997	Curtis Hanson	8.4	A shooting at an all night diner is investigated by three LA policemen in their own unique ways.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Lady Vanishes	1938	Alfred Hitchcock		While traveling in continental Europe, a young British couple realize that a passenger seems to have been kidnapped from their train.	IMDB
	Lantana	2001	Ray Lawrence	7.6	Psychiatrist Valerie Somers disappears one night; Det. Leon Zat is called to investigate; his wife has been getting advice from Somers.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	2003	Jan de Bont	5.2	Lara Croft is on a quest to save Pandoras box.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Last Days	2005	Gus Van Sant	6.1	Michael Pitt stars in a Seattle-set rock & roll drama as a musician whose life and career is reminiscent of Kurt Cobain's.	IMDB
	Last Man Standing	1996	Walter Hill	5.7	A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Last Samurai	2003	Edward Zwick	7.9	An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Last Samurai, The	2003	Edward Zwick		An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.	IMDB
	The Last Wave	1977	Peter Weir	7.1	A Sydney lawyer has more to worry about than higher-than-average rainfall when he is called upon to defend five Aboriginals in court...	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Le Grand Ceremonial	1968	Pierre Jolivet		When a boy is the victim of his over-protective mother, he leaves his home at night in search of female victims. When he meets a young girl who is a petty thief, he mistreats her and she falls in love with him. He takes the girl home, where she brings him out of his psychotic state by making love to the disturbed virginal boy in front of his horrified mother. — Dan Pavlides	All Movie Guide
	Lethal Eviction	2005	Michael Feifer	4.8	The Last Place You'll Ever Live... When Amanda Winters purchases the Grayson Arms, she’s determined to rid the dilapidated apartment building of its rent-controlled residents. But will she go so far as to "lethally" evict them? As tenants meet horrifying deaths, Amanda becomes the prime suspect. But every tenant also has a motive - from the obsessed therapist to the transvestite to the twin sisters with a terrifying secret. "Lethal Eviction" is a tenant's nightmare starring Judd Nelson (The Breakfast Club), Jennifer Carpenter (White Chicks), Stacey Dash (Clueless), Michael Bowen (Kill Bill: Vol. 1), Michael Learned (The Waltons) and James Avery (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air).	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Lethal Weapon	1987	Richard Donner	7.5	A veteran detective is partnered with a young detective with a suicidal death wish.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Lethal Weapon 2	1989	Richard Donner	6.9	Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Lethal Weapon 3	1992	Richard Donner	6.3	Martin Riggs finally meets his match in the form of Lorna Cole, a beautiful but tough policewoman. Together with Roger Murtaugh...	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Licence to Kill	1989	John Glen	6.3	James Bond leaves Her Majesty's Secret Service to stop an evil drug lord and avenge his best friend, Felix Leiter.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Lila Says	2004	Ziad Doueiri	7.1	Two inner-city teenagers engage in an obsessive, innocent flirtation fueled by Lila's sexually explicit overtures.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Lilja 4-ever	2002	Lukas Moodysson	8.0	Lilja is 16 years old. Her only friend is the young boy Volodja. They live in Russia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej. He is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.	IMDB
	The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane	1976	Nicolas Gessner; Nicholas Gessner	7.2	A haunting thriller about a little girl who hides her house pretending that her father is away on business when he is actually decomposing in the basement.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Live and Let Die	1973	Guy Hamilton	6.7	007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Living Daylights	1987	John Glen	6.5	James Bond is living on the edge to stop an evil arms dealer from starting another world war. Bond crosses all seven continents in order to stop the evil Whitaker and General Koskov.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	2002	Jeff Probst			IMDB
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	2003	Peter Jackson	9.1	The former Fellowship of the Ring prepare for the final battle for Middle Earth, while Frodo & Sam approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring.	IMDB
	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	Peter Jackson		Frodo and Sam continue on to Mordor in their mission to destroy the One Ring. Whilst their former companions make new allies and launch an assault on Isengard.	IMDB
	Lord of War	2005	Andrew Niccol	7.5	An arms dealer (Cage) confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an Interpol agent (Hawke).	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Lost Angel	2004	Dimitri Logothetis	3.6	A serial killer...with a sadistic taste for blood. Inspector Billie Palmer is a policewoman assigned to a special crimes task force. She's got a lot of problems. While on the trail of a serial killer who leaves messages in cuneiform, she wounds a suspect in self-defense and becomes the object of an Internal Affairs witch-hunt. Traumatized by having to watch the murder of her mother, she is obsessed with the safety of her teenage sister, who herself has become the target for revenge against Billie. Meanwhile the ongoing serial killings make Billie the object of the media bloodhounds that wonder why she can't catch the killer.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Lost Highway	1997	David Lynch; James Cox	7.3	What's all that electricity, is it really lightning from the thunderstorm? And which life is the young man leading. The life he's lead, or the life he wanted to....	IMDB; All Movie Guide; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	Lost in Translation	2003	Sofia Coppola		Two Americans meet and spend a wonderful week in Tokyo.	IMDB
	M. Butterfly	1993	David Cronenberg	6.3	In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling - but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.	IMDB; All Movie Guide
	Ma Barker's Killer Brood	1960	Bill Karn	5.5	Ma Barker and her four sons terrorize the 1930s South and Midwest with a string of kidnappings, robberies and murders, and even get to work with such famous criminals as John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Machinist	2003	Brad Anderson		Brad Anderson directs the psychological thriller The Machinist, a production of Spain's Filmax company. Christian Bale plays Trevor Reznik, a factory lathe operator who has developed a serious case of insomnia. Lack of sleep has already started to wear down on his brain and his body. When he's involved in an accident at work, his co-workers turn against him. He starts to find strange notes in his apartment and see people that apparently aren't there. Jennifer Jason Leigh stars as call girl Stevie. The Machinist premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004.	All Movie Guide; DVD Empire
	Madame Wang's	1981	Paul Morrissey	3.9		IMDB
	Magnolia	1999	Paul Thomas Anderson		A mixing and matching of friends in the San Fernando Valley.	IMDB
	The Majestic	2001	Frank Darabont	6.7	Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long, lost son.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Man on Fire	2004	Tony Scott	7.2	In Mexico City, a former Marine swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect.	IMDB
	The Man Who Knew Too Much	1934	Alfred Hitchcock	7.0	A man and his wife receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Manchurian Candidate	2004	Jonathan Demme	6.7	In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.	IMDB
	Mandingo	1975	Richard Fleischer	5.0	A slave owner in the 1840s trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter, unaware that his wife is demanding from his champion services of a different kind.	IMDB
	El Mar	2000	Agustín Villaronga		Two boys (Ramallo and Manuel) and a girl in the Spanish Civil War are involved in the death of other two boys...	IMDB
	Marat/Sade	1967	Peter Brook	7.2		IMDB
	Maria Full of Grace	2004	Joshua Marston	7.6	A young Colombian girl accepts a risky offer in order to escape her country for the United States.	IMDB
	Matchstick Men	2003	Ridley Scott		A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.	IMDB
	Matrimonium	2005	Michael D. Akers; Michael Akers	4.8	Confusion ensues when, in order to win the million dollar payoff from a reality based TV show, straight Malcolm Caulfield must convince his friends and family that he is going to marry openly gay man Spencer Finch.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Matrix Reloaded	2003	Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski		Neo and the rebel leaders estimate that they have 72 hours until 250,000 probes discover Zion and destroy it and its inhabitants. During this, Neo must decide how he can save Trinity from a dark fate in his dreams.	IMDB
	Matrix Revolutions	2003	Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski	6.3	The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Me and You and Everyone We Know	2005	Miranda July	7.6	A lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Mechanik	2005	Dolph Lundgren	6.0	A Russian ex-hitman is called back to Russia for one last job. This time against his former employees, the Russian mob.	IMDB
	Medea	1988	Lars von Trier	7.3	After a script by Carl-Theodor Dreyer Cinematic genius Lars von Trier explores the dark passions of a woman scorned in this shocking and powerful film adapted from a screenplay by the great Carl-Theodor Dreyer (The Passion of Joan Of Arc). The drama unfolds in shimmering marshlands and gloomy subterranean passageways. Medea is a foreign sorceress, abandoned by Jason, her lover. In a fit of mad, jealous rage, she plots a vicious revenge and murders her own children. Medea is a revelation-the discovery of a rarely-seen, legendary film from the director of Dancer In the Dark, Breaking the Waves, and Dogville. While making it, Lars von Trier claimed to be in constant telepathic communication with the co-author of the original script (based on the play by Euripides)-Carl-Theodor Dreyer.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Memoirs of a Geisha	2005	Rob Marshall	6.7	Nitta Sayuri reveals how she transcended her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Million Dollar Baby	2004	Clint Eastwood	8.3	A hardened fighter-cum-trainer works with a determined woman in her attempt to establish herself as a boxer.	IMDB
	The Mirror	1975	Andrei Tarkovsky		A man in his forties is going to die and remebers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments but things that also tell the story of all the Russian nation...	IMDB
	Mondo Trasho	1969	John Waters	6.3	A day in the lives of a hit-and-run driver and her victim, and the bizarre things that happen to them...	IMDB
	Monster	2003	Patty Jenkins		A biopic on Aileen Carol Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was executed for killing seven men in the state of Florida during the 1980s.	IMDB
	Monster's Ball	2001	Marc Forster	7.3	After a family tragedy, a racist prison guard reexamines his attitudes while falling in love with the African American wife of the last prisoner he executed.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Moonraker	1979	Lewis Gilbert	6.0	James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Mothman Prophecies	2002	Mark Pellington	6.5	A reporter is drawn to a small West Virginia town to investigate a series of strange events, including psychic visions and the appearance of bizarre entities.	IMDB; All Movie Guide; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	Mulholland Drive	2001	David Lynch		A lost woman with amnesia is helped by a plucky ingenue new to L.A. But is everything what it seems to be?	IMDB
	Multiple Maniacs	1970	John Waters	6.8	The travelling sideshow 'Lady Divine's Cavalcade of Perversions' is actually a front for a group of psychotic kidnappers...	IMDB
	Munich	2005	Steven Spielberg	7.8	Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day.	IMDB
	My Best Friend's Birthday	1987	Quentin Tarantino	4.6		IMDB
	Mystic River	2003	Clint Eastwood		Three childhood friends are reunited after one loses a daughter, but all for different reasons.	IMDB