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	Title	Year	Director	IMDb	Plot	Links
	Naboer	2005	Pål Sletaune	6.3	John has just been left by his girlfriend Ingrid. That day he allows himself to be seduced into a mystical and scary world, where it is impossible to separate truth from the lies	IMDB
	The Nameless	1999	Jaume Balagueró			IMDB
	National Treasure	2004	Jon Turteltaub	6.6	A treasure hunter is in hot pursuit of a mythical treasure that has been passed down for centuries, while his employer turned enemy is onto the same path that he's on.	IMDB; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	Never Say Never Again	1983	Irvin Kershner	6.0	A SPECTRE agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Nicotina	2003	Hugo Rodríguez	6.3	A real-time dark comedy about a science geek who tangles with a clutch of Russian gangsters after he delivers them the wrong computer disk.	IMDB
	The Night of the Hunter	1955	Charles Laughton	8.2	A sinister crook posing as a preacher pursues two children for the secret they are privy to of the location of a cache of money .	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Night Watch	2004	Timur Bekmambetov			IMDB
	Nil by Mouth	1997	Gary Oldman	6.9	The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also...	IMDB; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	Moon Child	1989	Agustí Villaronga	6.0		IMDB
	North by Northwest	1959	Alfred Hitchcock		An advertising executive is mistaken for a spy and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.	IMDB
	Nostalghia	1983	Andrei Tarkovsky	7.5	The Russian poet Gortchakov, accompanied by guide and translator Eugenia, is traveling through Italy...	IMDB; All Movie Guide; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	Notorious	1946	Alfred Hitchcock	8.3	A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Nuit Noire	2005	Olivier Smolders; Alain Tasma	7.6		IMDB
	O Brother Where Are You	2000	Joel Coen; Ethan Coen	7.8	Three stumblebum convicts escape to go on a quest for treasure and meet various characters while learning where their real fortune lies.	IMDB; All Movie Guide; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	Obchod na korze	1965	Ján Kadár; Elmar Klos	8.8	Slovakia during WW2. Tono lives a poor life, but the authorities offer him a take over the Jewish widow Lautman's little shop for sewing material...	IMDB
	Ocean's Twelve	2004	Steven Soderbergh	6.1	Daniel Ocean recruits one more team member so he can pull off three major European heists in this sequel to Ocean's 11.	IMDB; DVD Empire; All Movie Guide; Amazon UK
	Octopussy	1983	John Glen	6.4	A Faberge Egg found with a murdered British agent puts Bond on the trail that leads to a plot to kill thousands to weaken NATO defences in Europe.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Of Freaks And Men	1998	Aleksei Balabanov			IMDB
	Okul	2004	Durul Taylan; Yagmur Taylan	6.5		IMDB
	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	2003	Robert Rodriguez		Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.	IMDB
	Ondskan	2003	Mikael Håfström	7.7	Erik is expelled from school for fighting. He ends up at a private boarding school where the senior students control the young ones...	IMDB; All Movie Guide
	One Hour Photo	2002	Mark Romanek	7.1	An employee of a one-hour photo lab becomes obsessed with a young suburban family.	IMDB
	Open Water	2003	Chris Kentis	6.1		IMDB
	Open Your Eyes	1997	Alejandro Amenábar; Alejandro Amenabar	7.8	A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery	IMDB; All Movie Guide; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	Orphans	1997	Peter Mullan		Four siblings gathered together for their mother's funeral in Glasgow face individual torments over night during a tumultuous storm that rips the roof off the church.	IMDB
	Our Lady of the Turks	1968	Carmelo Bene	5.7		IMDB
	Over the Edge	1979	Jonathan Kaplan	7.4	New Grenada is a planned community set in the desert where there is nothing for the kids to do, save for a rec center - which closes at 6 PM...	IMDB; All Movie Guide
	Palindromes	2004	Todd Solondz		"Grade: A- ...A movie that demands to be see because it's like nothing you've seen before." -- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly Palindromes is a fable of innocence: 13-year old Aviva Victor wants to be a mom. She does all that she can to make this happen and comes very close to succeeding, but in the end, her plan is thwarted by her sensible parents (Ellen Barkin and Richard Masur). So she runs away, still determined to get pregnant one way or another, but instead finds herself lost in another world, a less sensible one, perhaps, but one pregnant itself with all sorts of strange possibility. Like so many trips, this one is round-trip, and it's hard to say in the end if she can ever be quite the same again, or she can ever be anything but the same again. Palindromes features an all-star supporting cast including Debra Monk and Stephen Adly Guirgis. The startling Jennifer Jason Leigh, along with seven other different and equally brilliant risk-taking actors of different ages, races, sex and size, plays the young heroine. Acclaimed writer/director Todd Solondz (Welcome to the Dollhouse, Happiness, Storytelling) once again presents a film of moral complexity, and while this may be his most political and philosophical film yet, it is, in many ways, his most tender.	DVD Empire
	Panic Room	2002	David Fincher		Three men search for a missing fortune in a big mansion while a woman hides in one of its rooms.	IMDB
	Paparazzi	2004	Paul Abascal	5.6	A celebrity decides to make a persistent photographer pay for almost causing a personal tragedy.	IMDB
	Paradise Now	2005	Hany Abu-Assad	7.8	Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Passion of the Christ	2004	Mel Gibson		A film detailing the final hours and crucifixion of Jesus Christ.	IMDB
	Pecker	1998	John Waters	6.5	A Baltimore sandwich shop employee becomes an overnight sensation when photographs he's taken of his...	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Peep Show	1965	J.X. Williams		A conspiracy film involving a blackmail plot against a famous singer.	IMDB
	Perdita Durango	1997	Álex de la Iglesia		Rough girl Perdita and her demonic lover Romeo Dolorosa need humans to sacrifice following Romeo's religion...	IMDB
	Perfect Strangers	1984	Larry Cohen	4.6	Behind The Heat Of Passion Lies The Cold Heart Of A Killer. Even the most innocent eyes can see the difference between good and evil. Anne Carlisle (Liquid Sky) and Brad Rijn (Special Effects) star in this chilling urban noir thriller about a contract killer whose entanglement with a beautiful single mother could get them both killed! After "whacking" a rival deep in the bowels of Manhattan, a scrappy young hit man named Johnny (Rijn) is shocked to discover that a two-year-old boy has witnessed his brutal crime! But when his underworld bosses order him to eliminate the eyewitnesses, Johnny wages a desperate battle with his own morals and battered conscience... especially as he embarks upon a dangerous affair with the toddler's mother (Carlisle), a bohemian beauty who doesn't realize her new lover had a deadly hidden agenda!	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Phone Booth	2002	Joel Schumacher		Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle.	IMDB
	Pi	1998	Darren Aronofsky		Dark, hyperkinetic movie about a paranoid mathematician searching for a key number which will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.	IMDB
	The Pianist	2002	Roman Polanski	8.5	A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Pink Flamingos	1972	John Waters	6.0	A family of rednecks and a pair of swingers do battle with one another for the rights to the title "The Filthiest People Alive."	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	2003	Gore Verbinski		Pirate Jack Sparrow sets out to save a governor's daughter from fellow pirates, with the hopes that it will give him the opportunity to regain the ship that was stolen from him.	IMDB
	Pixote	1981	Hector Babenco	7.5	The life of a boy in the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with little crimes, prostitution, etc	IMDB
	Play for Today Abigail's Party	1977	Mike Leigh		A TV play based on the Hampstead Theatre production. Beverly has invited her new neighbours, Angela and Tony, over for drinks. She has also asked her divorced neighbour, Sue, because Sue's fifteen year-old daughter, Abigail, was holding a party in their house. Beverly's husband, Lawrence comes home late from work, just before the guests arrive. The gathering starts off in a stiff insensitive British middle class way with people who do not know each other, until Beverly and Lawrence start sniping at each other.	IMDB
	The Pledge	2001	Sean Penn	6.8	A retiring police chief pledges to catch the killer of a young child.	IMDB
	Plots with a View	2002	Nick Hurran	6.6		IMDB
	Polyester	1981	John Waters	6.6	A suburban housewife's world falls apart when her pornographer husband admits he's serially unfaithful to her, her daughter gets pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's feet.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Poolhall Junkies	2002	Mars Callahan	6.5	A talented pool hustler whose stayed out of the game for years, must go back to his old ways when his little brother gets involved with his enemy, the very man who held him back from greatness.	IMDB; All Movie Guide; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	Porcile	1969	Pier Paolo Pasolini		Two dramatic stories. In an undeterminated past, a young cannibal (who killed his own father) is condemned to be torn to pieces by some wild beasts...	IMDB
	Pretty Persuasion	2005	Marcos Siega	6.5	A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Primer	2004	Shane Carruth	6.1	Four friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.	IMDB; DVD Empire; All Movie Guide
	The Proposition	2005	John Hillcoat	7.6	Set at the end of the bushranger era, the epic Australian story concerns family, loyalty and betrayal.	IMDB
	Psycho	1960	Alfred Hitchcock		A young female embezzeler arrives at the Bates Motel which has terrible secrets of its own.	IMDB
	Pulp Fiction	1994	Quentin Tarantino		The stories of two mob hit men, a boxer and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.	IMDB
	The Puma Man	1980	Alberto De Martino	3.6	Low-budget superhero flick about a young man given a mystical medallion by a South American shaman,...	IMDB
	The Punisher	2004	Jonathan Hensleigh		After his wife and family are killed, G-Man Frank Castle (Jane) takes it upon himself to rid America of crime by acting as judge, jury and executioner. Based on the Marvel Comics hero.	IMDB
	Punishment Park	1971	Peter Watkins		"Punishment Park" is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews's news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies...	IMDB
	Pusher	1996	Nicolas Winding Refn; Nicholas Winding Refn	7.3	Frank is a drug pusher on the roll, until he makes a huge deal with dope that he hasn't payed for, and he gets busted by the police...	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Pusher II	2004	Nicolas Winding Refn	6.8	Tony (Mads Mikkelsen) is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done...	IMDB
	Putney Swope	1969	Robert Downey Sr.; Robert Downey, Sr.	6.3	Dark satire in which the token black man on the executive board of an advertising firm is accidentally put in charge...	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Quiet Days in Clichy	1970	Jens Jørgen Thorsen; Jens Jorgen Thorsen	5.8	"Morally offensive. A portrait of human depravity." -The Catholic Bishops Board of Review Joey is a struggling writer with no money. His roommate Carl is a womanizer with a taste for young girls. Together, these insatiable dreamers will laugh, love and screw their way through a decadent Paris paved with wanton women, wild orgies and outrageous erotic adventures. Based upon the long-banned novel by Henry Miller, Quiet Days in Clichy is considered to be the most daring film adaptation ever of one of the most controversial authors in history. In May of 1970, the United States Government seized the only English-language prints of Quiet Days in Clichy on charges of obscenity. And while it was ultimately cleared in Federal Court, the film mysteriously disappeared shortly after its release. Now more than 30 years later, this landmark 'adults only' classic can again be seen completely uncut and uncensored and featuring the original hit soundtrack by rock legend Country Joe McDonald.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Rabbit-Proof Fence	2002	Phillip Noyce; Philip Noyce	7.7	In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981	Steven Spielberg	8.7	Archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant, before the Nazis...	IMDB
	The Rainbow Thief	1990	Alejandro Jodorowsky	5.6	An eccentric prince decides one day to give up all his wealth and position and live his own life. His idea of living his own life, though, is to take up residence in the city's sewers. His dutiful servant, who happens to be a thief, accompanies him. Appeals to his rich uncle to do something about it fall on deaf ears — the uncle, who prefers the company of his Dalmatians to that of people, is as nutty as he is. — Brian Gusse	IMDB; All Movie Guide
	Read My Lips	2001	Jacques Audiard	7.3	She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Rear Window	1954	Alfred Hitchcock		A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.	IMDB
	The Red Circle	1970	Jean-Pierre Melville	8.1	Corey is a cool, aristocratic thief, released from prison on the same day that Vogel, a murderer, escapes from the custody of the patient Mattei, a cat-loving police superintendent. Corey robs Rico, his mob boss, then enlists Vogel and an ex-police sharpshooter, Jansen, in a jewel heist. While Corey is harried by the vengeful Rico, Mattei pressures Santi, a nightclub owner and pimp, to help him trap the thieves. Over all hangs the judgment of the police directeur, that every man is guilty.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Redentor	2004	Cláudio Torres	7.8	Célio Rocha believes he was assigned by God Himself a difficult mission: to persuade his childhood friend Otávio Sabóia, a corrupt entrepeneur in the construction business, to give away all his possessions to the poor.	IMDB
	La Région Centrale	1971	Michael Snow	6.1	Pure and hypnotic I saw this film projected many years ago and was completely drawn in by the use of sound and image. I found it to be deeply profound and comical, yet nearly impossible to describe, for it is the type of structural film that actually makes you think on numerous levels. So much has been written about this film, but I truly believe it is completely open to ones interpretation. Without doubt this is Snow's greatest film; a truly hypnotic masterpiece. IMDB User Comments: Author: faloopnik2	IMDB
	Rent	2005	Chris Columbus	7.1	This is the film version of the Pulitzer and Tony Award winning musical about Bohemians in the East Village of New York City struggling with life, love and AIDS, and the impacts they have on America.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Replacement Killers	1998	Antoine Fuqua	5.8	Failing to kill because of his conscience, a troubled hitman gets aid from a forger to help him get papers to China. However, the drug-lord has hired replacements to finished the job and kill the hitman.	IMDB; All Movie Guide; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	Requiem for a Dream	2000	Darren Aronofsky		The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island individuals are shattered when their addictions become stronger.	IMDB
	The Retrievers	1984	Elliott Hong	5.0		IMDB
	Revolver	2005	Guy Ritchie	5.8	Gambler Jack Green (Statham) enters into a game with potentially deadly consequences.	IMDB
	Ring of the Nibelungs	2004	Uli Edel	5.6	Based on the Germanic myth "Das Nibelungenlied" and the Nordic "Volsunga Saga" which also inspired the four-opera cycle by Richard Wagner and J.R.R...	IMDB
	Road to Perdition	2002	Sam Mendes		Bonds of loyalty are put to the test when a hitman's son witnesses what his father does for a living.	IMDB
	Rock Star	2001	Stephen Herek	5.8	Lead singer of a tribute band becomes lead singer of the real band he idolizes.	IMDB; DVD Empire; All Movie Guide
	Romance X	1999	Catherine Breillat		Although deeply in love with her boyfriend - and indeed sleeping in the same bed with him - a schoolteacher...	IMDB
	Romeo + Juliet	1996	Baz Luhrmann	6.8	Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Rope	1948	Alfred Hitchcock	7.9	Two young men commit a murder just to see what it's like.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Rx	2005	Ariel Vromen	5.7	What is meant to be a weekend party across the border soon becomes a heartbreaking journey that tests the boundaries of companionship, romantic love and personal ethics.	IMDB