Released Date:
1976-05-26
Languages:
English
Countries:
UK
Runtime:
139 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (14945 Reviews)
Director:
Nicolas RoegPaul Mayersberg (screenplay)
Walter Tevis (from the novel by)
Thomas Jerome Newton is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to get the billions of dollars he needs to build a return spacecraft, and meets Mary-Lou, a girl who falls in love with him. He does not count on the greed and ruthlessness of business here on Earth, however.
Released Date:
1982-12-26
Countries:
UK
Runtime:
26 min
IMDB Ratings:
8.2 (8020 Reviews)
Wordless (save for the song "Walking in the Air") animated adventure about a young English boy who makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, only for it to come to life that night and take him on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus.
Released Date:
1983-04-29
Languages:
English
Countries:
UK
Runtime:
97 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (15534 Reviews)
Director:
Tony ScottIvan Davis (screenplay)
Michael Thomas (screenplay)
Whitley Strieber (novel)
The Egyptian vampire lady Miriam subsists upon the blood of her lovers. In return the guys or girls don't age... until Miriam has enough of them. Unfortunately that's currently the case with John, so his life expectancy is below 24 hours. Desperately he seeks help from the famous Dr. Sarah Roberts. She doesn't really belive his story, but becomes curious and contacts Miriam ... and gets caught in her ban, too.
Released Date:
1983-09-02
Languages:
English, Japanese
Countries:
UK, Japan, New Zealand
Runtime:
123 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (9214 Reviews)
Director:
Nagisa èshimaLaurens van der Post (novel)
Nagisa èshima (screenplay)
Paul Mayersberg (screenplay)
In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a Japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honor and glory. In his view, the allied prisoners are cowards when they chose to surrender instead of committing suicide. One of the prisoners, interpreter John Lawrence, tries to explain the Japanese way of thinking, but is considered a traitor.
Released Date:
1986-06-27
Languages:
English
Countries:
UK, USA
Runtime:
101 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (84486 Reviews)
Director:
Jim HensonDennis Lee (story)
Jim Henson (story)
Terry Jones (screenplay)
Young Sarah is left home alone by her parents and she has to babysit her little brother Toby. But the baby keeps crying and Sarah, while telling him a story to make him sleep, inadvertently conjures from a fantasy world the Goblin King who steals the child and brings him to his castle in the middle of a labyrinth. Sarah has to rescue him before midnight, or the baby will became a goblin...
Released Date:
2006-04-14
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA, UK
Runtime:
138 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (706 Reviews)
Director:
Julien TempleA documentary on the 30th anniversary of Britain's best-known music festival.
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