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Jaws

M124 mins|97%90%
In 1975, director Steven Spielberg brought Peter Benchley's best-selling novel to the screen with stunning power...

In 1975, director Steven Spielberg brought Peter Benchley's best-selling novel to the screen with stunning power and unbearable suspense. Jaws became the highest-grossing film of all time (at the time) and changed the game for blockbusters (and swimmers).

Poster for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

1883 mins|84%82%
Grisly horror classic about a small group of friends who go out to the country to...

Grisly horror classic about a small group of friends who go out to the country to visit their grandfather's house, only to be confronted by a family of cannibals and a chainsaw-wielding maniac named Leatherface.

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Last Tango in Paris

R18129 mins|81%75%
Bernardo Bertolucci's erotic drama. A young Parisian woman (Maria Schneider) begins a sordid affair with a middle-aged...

Bernardo Bertolucci's erotic drama. A young Parisian woman (Maria Schneider) begins a sordid affair with a middle-aged Marlon Brando, who lays out ground rules that their clandestine relationship will be based only on sex.

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The Colour of Pomegranates

PG79 mins|94%82%
Sergei Parajanov’s surreal masterpiece on the life of Armenian troubadour Sayat Nova, made in...

Sergei Parajanov’s surreal masterpiece on the life of Armenian troubadour Sayat Nova, made in 1960 USSR. Few films have ever been as scorned and vilified by official powers, and few artists treated as disgracefully...

Poster for Darling (1965)

Darling (1965)

122 mins|73%70%
The swinging London, early sixties. Beautiful but shallow, Diana Scott is a professional advertising model, a...

The swinging London, early sixties. Beautiful but shallow, Diana Scott is a professional advertising model, a failed actress, a vocationally bored woman, who toys with the affections of several men while gaining fame and fortune.

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Contempt

103 mins|92%85%
Jean-Luc Godard teams with screen icon Brigitte Bardot in this chronicle of a disintegrating marriage, set...

Jean-Luc Godard teams with screen icon Brigitte Bardot in this chronicle of a disintegrating marriage, set against the backdrop of a movie production.

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Jules and Jim

PG106 mins|94%89%
A seminal movie from the French New Wave, François Truffaut's hugely influentialJules et Jim is based on...

A seminal movie from the French New Wave, François Truffaut's hugely influentialJules et Jim is based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Henri-Pierre Roché and stars Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Wener and Henri Serre in a life-long love triangle.

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Tokyo Story (Tôkyô monogatari)

PG136 mins|100%93%
Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story centers on an aging couple who travel from Japan to Tokyo, to visit their...

Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story centers on an aging couple who travel from Japan to Tokyo, to visit their children. Widely regarding as Ozu's masterpiece. In 2012 it was voted the best film of all time by Sight & Sound magazine.

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The River (1951)

G99 mins|92%78%
Jean Renoir's masterpiece, the story of adolescent love set in India. Three adolescent girls growing up...

Jean Renoir's masterpiece, the story of adolescent love set in India. Three adolescent girls growing up in Bengal learn life lessons after falling for an older American soldier.

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La grande illusion

G114 mins|97%92%
Arguably Jean Renoir's greatest masterpiece, an anti-war saga concerning the relationships amongst a group of French...

Arguably Jean Renoir's greatest masterpiece, an anti-war saga concerning the relationships amongst a group of French officers, captured by the enemy and plotting their escape, during World War I - and a meditation on the collapse of Europe's old world order.

Poster for Sense and Sensibility (1995)

Sense and Sensibility (1995)

G131 mins|97%90%
Director Ang Lee's BAFTA and Oscar-winning adaptation of Jane Austen's 1811 romantic novel. Emma Thompson (also...

Director Ang Lee's BAFTA and Oscar-winning adaptation of Jane Austen's 1811 romantic novel. Emma Thompson (also the film's screenwriter) and Kate Winslet are the Dashwood sisters…

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My Neighbour Totoro

G86 mins
Family adventure from the godfather of Japanese animation Hayao Miyazaki, following two young girls who befriend...

Family adventure from the godfather of Japanese animation Hayao Miyazaki, following two young girls who befriend an enormous cat-bear creature sleeping in a nearby forest.

Poster for The Night Porter (1973)

The Night Porter (1973)

118 mins|67%68%
A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a...

A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them.

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Resurrection (2022)

R16103 mins|82%46%
Rebecca Hall (The Night House) and Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction) lead this crime thriller about a...

Rebecca Hall (The Night House) and Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction) lead this crime thriller about a capable, disciplined, and successful woman whose life is thrown into sudden disarray when a man from the depths of her past returns.

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Tampopo

M115 mins|100%93%
A Japanese classic, this humorous self-described "noodle western" wraps numerous foodie vignettes around a tale about...

A Japanese classic, this humorous self-described "noodle western" wraps numerous foodie vignettes around a tale about a rundown ramen store looking to revive itself.

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Kim's Video

89 mins|71%75%
Part personal video essay, part documentary, part creative intervention—this film charts the rise, the fall and the...

Part personal video essay, part documentary, part creative intervention—this film charts the rise, the fall and the relocation of a New York video store improbably transplanted into the heart of Mafia country.

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Ratcatcher

M93 mins|87%86%
In this Lynne Ramsay film, recently restored in 4K, an unabashed kid navigates the filthy world...

In this Lynne Ramsay film, recently restored in 4K, an unabashed kid navigates the filthy world of 1973 Glasgow, preoccupying himself with the equally poor youth around him.

Poster for Crossing (2024)

Crossing (2024)

M106 mins|97%84%
Lia, a retired teacher, made a promise to find her long lost niece Tekla. Together with...

Lia, a retired teacher, made a promise to find her long lost niece Tekla. Together with Achi, who offers to be her guide, she sets off to search for Tekla in the Istanbul trans community. But looking for someone who never intended to be found is harder than Lia and Achi thought. Could Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights, help them?

Poster for Len Lye: Master of Motion

Len Lye: Master of Motion

30 mins
30-minute documentary celebration of New Zealand icon Len Lye, showcasing his visionary work in film and...

30-minute documentary celebration of New Zealand icon Len Lye, showcasing his visionary work in film and sculpture, his monumental ambitions for his work beyond his own life and his legacy in the Len Lye Centre.

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Invisible Nation

85 mins|80%97%
With unprecedented access to Taiwan's sitting head of state, director Vanessa Hope investigates the election and...
With unprecedented access to Taiwan's sitting head of state, director Vanessa Hope investigates the election and tenure of Tsai Ing-wen, the first female president of Taiwan.
Poster for Rise Fly Fishing Film Tour

Rise Fly Fishing Film Tour

E120 mins
An annual short film showcase celebrating fly fishing and all of the year's best action from...

An annual short film showcase celebrating fly fishing and all of the year's best action from around the globe.

Poster for Young Woman and the Sea

Young Woman and the Sea

PG100 mins|88%96%
Daisy Ridley leads this against-the-odds true story as accomplished swimmer Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle, the first woman to successfully...

Daisy Ridley leads this against-the-odds true story as accomplished swimmer Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. From the co-director of Oscar-nominated film Kon-Tiki, adapting the book by Glenn Stout.

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