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	Title	Year	Director	IMDb	Plot	Links
	S1m0ne	2002	Andrew Niccol	6.2	A producer's film is endangered when his star walks off, so he decides to digitally create an actress to substitute for the star, becoming an overnight sensation that everyone thinks is a real person.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Sacred Flesh	2000	Nigel Wingrove	3.2		IMDB
	Sahara	2005	Breck Eisner	5.9	Master explorer Dirk Pitt goes on the adventure of a lifetime of seeking out a lost Civil War battleship known as the "Ship of Death" in the deserts of West Africa while helping a UN doctor being hounded by a ruthless dictator.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Salton Sea	2002	D.J. Caruso	7.2	After his wife is murdered, a man drifts into a world populated by thugs and speed junkies.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Saragossa Manuscript	1965	Wojciech Has; Wojciech J. Has	8.1	In the Napoleonic wars, an officer finds an old book that relates his grandfather's story, Alfons van Worden...	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Scarface	1983	Brian De Palma	8.0	In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug empire while succumbing to greed.	IMDB
	A Scream in the Streets	1973	Carl Monson; Dwayne Avery	3.9	Two cops track down a serial killer/rapist.	IMDB
	The Sea That Thinks	2001	Gert de Graaff		Consciousness, the individual's perception of reality, and humans' place in the universe are among the underlying themes of this philosophical Dutch feature. Bart (Bart Klever) is a screenwriter whose latest project is a script entitled "The Sea That Thinks." What he writes is what's happening around him, and in time what he's writing begins to affect what's around him, as his screenplay becomes layered with increasing levels of notes and observations about the reality of his life. As reality begins to turn on him, Bart finds himself caught in a variety of strange illusions that lead him to wonder just what is real and what is not. While the film's reflexive, self-referential nature straddles a fine line between fiction and reality, this didn't prevent De Zee Die Denkt from winning the VPRO Joris Ivens Award at the 2000 International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam. — Mark Deming	All Movie Guide
	The Sea That Thinks	2000	Gert de Graaff	6.9	Incredible optical illusions in a story in a story in a story helps the surprised viewer finally to find out that he has been watching himself all along.	IMDB
	Seabiscuit	2003	Gary Ross		True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the three-man team behind it but also those of the nation as well.	IMDB
	Secretary	2002	Steven Shainberg		A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.	IMDB
	Serendipity	2001	Peter Chelsom	6.5	A couple reunite years after the night they first met, fell in love, and separated, convinced that one day they'd end up together.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Seul contre tous	1998	Gaspar Noé		The butcher (known from Noe's short film Carne) has done some time in jail after beating up the guy...	IMDB
	Shaft	1971	Gordon Parks	6.5	John Shaft is the ultimate in suave black detectives. He first finds himself up against Bumpy, the leader of the Black crime mob...	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Shaft in Africa	1973	John Guillermin	5.6	P.I. John Shaft is recruited to go undercover to break up a modern slavery ring where young Africans are lured to Paris to do chain-gang work.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Shaft's Big Score!	1972	Gordon Parks	6.0	Shaft is back to find the murderer of an old friend on the cold hard city streets with a little help from his new friends.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Shaolin Dolemite	1999	Robert Tai	5.0	Prepare Yourself! The Godfather of Rap and original Blaxploitation superstar Rudy Ray Moore (Dolemite) locks fists with master Kung-Fu director Robert Tai (5 Deadly Venoms) in the very first martial arts blaxploitation comedy ever made. Monk Ru-Dee of the Dolemite Clan goes on an action-filled odyssey into the deepest China in search of Twopac, the Westside Monk, to bring him to justice. Deadly obstacles stand in Ru-Dee's way: The Vampire Bronzemen, the topless Ninja Ho, and the dreaded Ninja Clan of Japan. Rudee must consult the wisdom of Abbot White (Robert Tai) and commences to hilariously kick ass with the help of the Clan of the Wu Tang and the Shabazz Tribe (The East Side Monks). Extraordinary dubbing, complete irreverence and some of the most brilliant fight choreography ever shot make Shaolin Dolemite an outstanding introduction to the new millennium's most original entertainment form: the marriage of Hong Kong action and the brilliance of the blaxploitation genre.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Shawshank Redemption	1994	Frank Darabont	9.0	The life of Andy Dufresne changes when he is convicted and jailed for the murder of his wife.	IMDB; DVD Empire; All Movie Guide; Amazon UK
	Silver Heads	1998	Vladimir Maslov; Yevgeny Yufit	6.8		IMDB
	Sin City	2005	Frank Miller; Robert Rodriguez	8.3	An adaptation of Frank Miller's stories based in the fictional town of Sin City. Chief amongst the town's residents is Marv, who trawls the darkest areas of town looking for the person who killed his one true love, Goldie.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Sin City	2005	Frank Miller; Robert Rodriguez	8.4	An adaptation of Frank Miller's stories based in the fictional town of Sin City. Chief amongst the town's residents is Marv, who trawls the darkest areas of town looking for the person who killed his one true love, Goldie.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Singing Detective	2003	Keith Gordon		From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots.	IMDB
	Single White Female 2: The Psycho	2005	Keith Samples	4.3	A young woman develops a dangerous, obsessive friendship with her new roommate and plots to murder all those whom have done her new friend wrong.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Sisters	1973	Brian De Palma	6.9	SISTERS is a horrific story centering on Danielle (Margot Kidder), a young woman who apparently murders her date...	IMDB
	Slap Shot	1977	George Roy Hill	7.1	A failing ice hockey team finds success using constant fighting and violence during games.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Sling Blade	1996	Billy Bob Thornton	8.0	Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.	IMDB; All Movie Guide; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	Snatch.	2000	Guy Ritchie	8.0	Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Sombre	1998	Philippe Grandrieux	6.5	A car, following the Tour de France. Children screaming in front of the puppet show. Women, often prostitutes...	IMDB
	Sorte Nula	2004	Fernando Fragata	6.7		IMDB
	A Sound of Thunder	2005	Peter Hyams	3.7	When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.	IMDB
	Sounder	1972	Martin Ritt	7.9	The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After some weeks or months, the wife and mother, Rebecca Morgan, sends the oldest son, who is about 11 years old, to visit his father at the camp. The trip becomes something of an odyssey for the boy. During the journey he stays a little while with a dedicated Black schoolteacher.	IMDB
	Spartan	2004	David Mamet		The investigation into a kidnapping of the daughter of a high-ranking US government official.	IMDB
	Spawn	1997	Mark A.Z. Dippé; Mark A.Z. Dippe	4.6	A mercenary is killed, but comes back from Hell as a reluctant soldier of the Devil.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Spun	2002	Jonas Åkerlund; Jonas Akerlund	6.3	An out-of-control speed freak (Schwartzman) is introduced his drug of choice's creator (Rourke) by his dealer (Leguizamo). A massive three-day adventure ensues (with Fugit, Murphy, and Suvari in tow).	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Stalker	1979	Andrei Tarkovsky		Near a gray and unnamed city is The Zone, an alien place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers. Over his wife's strenuous objections...	IMDB
	Starsky & Hutch	2004	Todd Phillips		Two streetwise cops (Stiller and Wilson) bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Torino with the help of police snitch called Huggy Bear (Snoop Dogg).	IMDB
	The Steamroller and the Violin	1960	Andrei Tarkovsky		Katok i Skripka (The Steamroller and the Violin) was the last short Andrei Tarkovsky directed before moving on to his first feature. The film tells a very simply story of friendship between an artistic, sensitive seven-year-old violinist named Sasha and a physical, blue-collar steamroller operator. They befriend each other after Sasha is threatened by some ruffians, spend the day together, and alter each other's perceptions of life. — Perry Seibert	All Movie Guide; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	The Stepford Wives	2004	Frank Oz		Special Collector's Edition "The Stepford Wives is a horror picture that will have you screaming-with laughter. It's wickedly funny." -Gene Shalit, Today "I laughed my way through The Stepford Wives." -Cathleen McGuigan, Newsweek "It's a flat-out comedy-funny!" -Joel Siegel, Good Morning America	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Stillwater	2005	Adrian Kays	5.2	In his breathtakingly visual debut feature film, Adrian Kays creates a haunting depiction of a troubled young man searching for his past...	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Storytelling	2001	Todd Solondz	6.8	College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Straight Story	1999	David Lynch	8.0	An old man makes a long journey by tractor to mend his relationship with an ill brother.	IMDB; All Movie Guide; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	Straight to Hell	1987	Alex Cox		A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot...	IMDB
	Strangers on a Train	1951	Alfred Hitchcock	8.3	You'd like your wife killed, wouldn't you? I'll do it for you if you'll kill someone for me, and since we're strangers we'll be free of suspicion.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Suicide Kings	1997	Peter O'Fallon	6.9	A group of youngsters kidnap a respected Mafia figure.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Superfly	1972	Gordon Parks Jr.; Gordon Parks, Jr.	5.9	Super Fly is a cocaine dealer who begins to realize that his life will soon end with either prison or his death...	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Suspect Zero	2004	E. Elias Merhige	5.7	A mysterious serial killer is hunting other serial killers - and one FBI agent suspects there may be more to the vigilante than they imagine.	IMDB; All Movie Guide; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	Suspended Animation	2001	John D. Hancock; John Hancock	5.2	Animator Thomas Kempton gets more than he bargained for when a snowmobile trip turns to terror in the wilds of Northern Michigan...	IMDB; DVD Empire; All Movie Guide; Amazon UK
	Sweet Movie	1974	Dusan Makavejev		The winner of the Miss World Virginity contest escapes from a sexless marriage to an oil tycoon, has...	IMDB
	Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song	1971	Melvin Van Peebles	5.4	After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Swordfish	2001	Dominic Sena	6.2	The world's most dangerous spy is hired by the CIA to coerce a computer hacker recently released from prison to help steal billions in unused government funds.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Take My Eyes	2003	Icíar Bollaín			IMDB
	Tales from the Gimli Hospital	1988	Guy Maddin		While their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told an important...	IMDB
	Tangos The Exile Of Gardel	1985	Fernando E. Solanas	7.8	Some Argentinians, exiled in Paris, decide to put on a tango-ballet, dedicated to Carlos Gardel, a legendary Argentinian tango star.	IMDB
	Teknolust	2002	Lynn Hershman-Leeson; Lynn Hershman Leeson	4.8	Anxious to use artificial life to improve the world, Rosetta Stone, (Tilda Swinton), a bio-geneticist...	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Tenant	1976	Roman Polanski	7.5	A quiet and inconspicuous man (Trelkovsky) rents an apartment in France where the previous tenant committed suicide...	IMDB
	Tenement	1985	Roberta Findlay	3.7	A drug selling and violent street-gang terrorize the renters of a big trashy apartment-house.	IMDB; All Movie Guide; DVD Empire
	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	2003	Jonathan Mostow		John Connor is now in his 20's, and a female terminator, called T-X or Terminatrix, is after him. Another T-101 is sent back through time to protect John once again on the verge of the rise of the machines.	IMDB
	Three Businessmen	1998	Alex Cox			IMDB
	Thunderball	1965	Terence Young	6.9	When SPECTRE steals two nuclear bombs for a massive extortion scheme, agent 007 is sent in to find them before they can be used.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Thunderbolt and Lightfoot	1974	Michael Cimino	6.9	With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organize a daring new heist.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Ticking Man	2003	Steven Lewis Simpson	5.4	In the remote west coast of Scotland, a drug dealer double-crosses and kills a drug trafficker who imports drugs for him...	IMDB
	Tomorrow Never Dies	1997	Roger Spottiswoode	6.4	When an egotistical media baron is tied to the disappearance of a British battleship, James Bond is sent to investigate.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Torque	2004	Joseph Kahn		Biker Cary Ford is framed by an old rival and biker gang leader for the murder of another gang member who happens to be the brother of Trey (Ice Cube)...	IMDB
	Transamerica	2005	Duncan Tucker	7.9	A pre-operative male-to-female transsexual takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.	IMDB
	The Transporter	2002	Louis Leterrier; Corey Yuen; Cory Yuen	6.2	This film is about a man (Statham) whose job is to deliver packages without asking any questions. Complications arise when he breaks those rules.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Transporter 2	2005	Louis Leterrier	6.0	Mercenary Frank Martin, who specializes moving goods of all kinds, surfaces again this time in Miami, Florida when he's implicated in the kidnapping of the young son of a powerful USA official.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Trash	1970	Paul Morrissey			IMDB
	Tristana	1970	Luis Buñuel	7.6	When the young woman Tristana's mother dies, she is entrusted to the guardianship of the well-respected though old Don Lope...	IMDB
	The Trouble with Harry	1955	Alfred Hitchcock		The trouble with Harry is that he's dead, and everyone seems to have a different idea of what needs to be done with his body...	IMDB
	Troy	2004	Wolfgang Petersen	7.0	An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.	IMDB; All Movie Guide; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	True Romance	1993	Tony Scott	7.7	Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.	IMDB
	Tsotsi	2005	Gavin Hood	7.3	Six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader (Chweneyagae). <a href="/rg/title-tease/trailers/title/tt0468565/trailers">(view trailer)</a>	IMDB
	Turk 182!	1985	Bob Clark	5.5	Jimmy Lynch is angry because his older brother, who was injured as a result of an off duty fire rescue...	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Two-Lane Blacktop	1971	Monte Hellman		A '55 Chevy takes on a '70 GTO in a race across the Southwest in Monte Hellman's cult favorite. The Driver (James Taylor) and the Mechanic (Dennis Wilson) phlegmatically slouch from race to race, pitting their gray Chevy against any and all gearheads in order to make money for gas and food. They and the tag-along Girl (Laurie Bird) meet their match in "Oh Maybelline" fan GTO (Warren Oates), and they all set off on a cross-country race to Washington D.C., with the winner getting the loser's car. But it isn't the end that really counts; it is the process of getting there, as the Girl's fickleness forces the Driver to decide what matters more: endless races or her. Shot on location from a spare script by Rudolph Wurlitzer and Will Corry, Two-Lane Blacktop was trumpeted as the "film of the year" in Esquire Magazine before its release. It bombed, and disputes over music rights kept it from home video until 1999, but repertory and TV screenings have gained it an avid following for its automotive detail, flashes of authentic idiosyncrasy, and artfully abstract examination of the urge to forge ahead, whether or not there is anywhere to go. — Lucia Bozzola	All Movie Guide; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	U Turn	1997	Oliver Stone	6.5	A drifter (Penn) becomes entangled with a femme fatale (Lopez) and her husband (Nolte) after his car breaks down in their small Southwest town.	IMDB; DVD Empire; All Movie Guide; Amazon UK
	Unleashed	2005	Louis Leterrier		Raised to be a mindless killer, a man escapes his master to live a normal life. But when his master returns, he must return to his violent ways if he wants to stay free.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Unscarred	1999	Buddy Giovinazzo	5.9		IMDB
	Vacas	1991	Julio Medem	7.0	Set in the Basque region, a story of the rivalry of two families, period 1870-1935	IMDB
	Van Helsing	2004	Stephen Sommers		The notorious monster hunter is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula who is using Dr. Frankenstein's research and a werewolf for some sinister purpose.	IMDB
	Vanilla Sky	2001	Cameron Crowe		A successful publisher finds his life taking a turn for the surreal after a car accident with a jaded lover.	IMDB
	Velvet Smooth	1976	Michael L. Fink	3.0	The female head of a detective agency is hired by a crime lord to figure out who's taking his action.	IMDB
	Vera Drake	2004	Mike Leigh	7.9	Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.	IMDB; All Movie Guide; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	Vertigo	1958	Alfred Hitchcock		Complex story about a San Francisco detective and his psychological troubles with fear of heights and obsession over a woman.	IMDB
	Vice Squad	1982	Gary Sherman	5.1	A Los Angeles businesswoman, known only by her street name of Princess, turns to prostitution to support...	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Video X	2003	James D. Mortellaro		Dwayne and Darla Jean are two serial killers who made their way through southern states in a crime spree that began as a simple vacation...	IMDB
	A View to a Kill	1985	John Glen	6.0	James Bond is faced up against a mad industrialist who plans to destroy Silicon Valley. It is up to 007 to stop him and his ally May Day.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Villmark	2003	Pål Øie	7.0	The crew of the TV show "Real TV" with controlling boss Gunnar on the front line will soon begin production...	IMDB
	Violent City	1970	Sergio Sollima			IMDB
	The Violent Professionals	1973	Sergio Martino		When Milano police lieutenant Giorga's chief is murdered by an organized crime ring, he vows to avenge his boss's death...	IMDB
	The Virgin Suicides	1999	Sofia Coppola	7.1	A group of male friends become obsessed with a group of mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents after one of them commits suicide.	IMDB
	Viva la muerte	1970	Fernando Arrabal			IMDB
	Voces De Nuerte	1983	Jesus Franco			IMDB
	Walk the Line	2005	James Mangold	8.0	A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The War Zone	1999	Tim Roth	7.2	An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.	IMDB; DVD Empire; All Movie Guide; Amazon UK
	The Warriors	1979	Walter Hill	7.3	A gang called The Warriors are framed for killing a gang leader trying to unite all the gangs in the area. With other gangs gunning for them they must get back to the home turf of Coney Island... Alive.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Waterborne	2005	Ben Rekhi	6.5	Three sets of area residents band together after a terrorist attack against L.A.'s water supply.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Waves Of Lust	1975	Ruggero Deodato	6.6	A young couple becomes embroiled with the personal problems of another couple on a yacht moored off Sicily during a turbulent weekend of fun, games, sex games, betrayal, spouse abuse, and murder.	IMDB
	Wedding Through	1974	Thierry Zéno	4.5	An art-house black and white film without dialogue. It's about a man who lives alone on a farm with his pigs...	IMDB
	Welcome to the Dollhouse	1995	Todd Solondz		Insightful look at an unattractive 7th grader as she struggles to cope with un-attentive parents, snobbish classmates, a smart older brother, an attractive younger sister, and her own insecurities.	IMDB
	Werckmeister Harmonies	2000	Béla Tarr; Ágnes Hranitzky; Bela Tarr	7.3	This story takes place in a small town on the Hungarian Plain. In a provincial town, which is surrounded with nothing else but frost...	IMDB; All Movie Guide; Amazon UK
	Where the Truth Lies	2005	Atom Egoyan	6.7	K. O'Connor, a young journalist known for her celebrity profiles, is consumed with discovering the truth behind a long-buried incident that affected the lives and careers of showbiz team Vince Collins and Lanny Morris.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Wild in the Streets	1968	Barry Shear; Roger Corman	6.0	Max Flatow is a precocious, social miscreant who has a way with home-made explosives. When he tires of these...	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Wonderland	2003	James Cox		In the police investigation of a brutal crime scene, one man was at the center of it all: legendary porn star John Holmes.	IMDB
	The Woodsman	2004	Nicole Kassell	6.7	A pedophile returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.	IMDB; All Movie Guide; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	The World Is Not Enough	1999	Michael Apted	6.3	Feeling responsbile for the death of a British oil tycoon and a friend, who died in an explosion in MI6 headquarters, James Bond takes position as bodyguard to the tycoon's daughter, Elektra,	IMDB; DVD Empire
	X312 - Flight to Hell	1971	Jesus Franco	5.5		IMDB
	xXx	2002	Rob Cohen	5.5	Xander Cage is an extreme sports athelete recruited by the government on a special mission.	IMDB; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	xXx: State of the Union	2005	Lee Tamahori	3.9	Darius Stone, a new agent in the XXX program, is sent to Washington, DC to defuse a power struggle amongst national leaders.	IMDB
	The Yards	2000	James Gray	6.3	In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative...	IMDB; DVD Empire
	You Only Live Twice	1967	Lewis Gilbert	6.9	Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Zero Day	2003	Ben Coccio	7.8	Two troubled adolescents chronicle the events that ultimately lead up to a terrifying assault on their school.	IMDB; DVD Empire