Caught in the Act (1997)
Lucinda goes on a trip away with her two friends Katherine and Amanda and convinces them to join her on form a variety act in order to impress her childhood…
Clockwatchers (1997)
The relationship between four female temps all working for the same credit company is threatened with the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent position one of the…
Another 9 1/2 Weeks (1997)
Despondent at losing his lover, a man wanders the streets of Paris and has an affair with her kinky friend.
Career Girls (1997)
A young college student in London moves into a flat and becomes best friends with a flatmate; the former moves into her own flat 4 years later but 6 years…
Sharpe’s Waterloo (1997)
Based on the novel by Bernard Cornwell, “Sharpe’s Waterloo” brings maverick British officer Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe to his last fight against the French, in June of 1815.
Sharpe’s Justice (1997)
Napoleon has been exiled to Elba, the English have returned from the wars, and Major Richard Sharpe finds himself in a sort of exile to lead a company of Yorkshire…
The Serpent’s Kiss (1997)
A man sends a young architect to build an extravagant garden to bankrupt the husband of the woman he once loved.
Sharpe’s Revenge (1997)
Sharpe is framed as the thief who stole Napolean’s gold, and he must clear his name to avoid execution. Meanwhile his wife Jane – urged on by a friend –…
Keys to Tulsa (1997)
Richter Boudreau is on a bad streak: Languishing in the shadow of his celebrity mother, he loses his job as a film critic for the town paper, and now he’s…
Anna Karenina (1997)
Anna Karenina, the wife of a Russian imperial minister, creates a high-society scandal by an affair with Count Vronsky, a dashing cavalry officer in 19th-century St. Petersburg.
Fever Pitch (1997)
A romantic comedy about a man, a woman and a football team. Based on Nick Hornby’s best selling autobiographical novel, Fever Pitch. English teacher Paul Ashworth believes his long standing…
Jane Eyre (1997)
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark,…
Bright Hair (1997)
A solitary schoolgirl, prone to sudden blackouts after she’s stumbled into a murder scene, gets involved with her English teacher. Then, when his wife is also murdered, questions about what’s…
No Way Home (1997)
An ex-con’s future is threatened by his brother’s involvement with drugs.
The Woman In White (1997)
Based upon Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill…
Doodlebug (1997)
In his squalid apartment, a man tries to squash with his shoe an insect of some kind that is moving around the room.
Kill the Day (1996)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1996)
A film adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy, based on a popular stage production by the Royal Shakespeare Company. A small boy dreams the play, which unfolds in a surreal landscape of…
Killer Tongue (1996)
A bank robber seeks refuge in a desert gas station run by nuns, awaiting her boyfriend’s release. An alien meteorite transforms her into a flesh-craving monster with a monstrous tongue,…
The Secret Agent (1996)
In 1880s London, pornographic bookseller Verloc is a double agent for the Russian government, providing information to Chief Inspector Heat about a lazy anarchist organization. In order for the anarchists…
Brassed Off (1996)
A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they…
Carla’s Song (1996)
A Glasgow man visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee tormented by her memories.
Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)
Six outwardly average individuals have elaborate fetishes they indulge with surreptitious care. A mousy letter carrier makes dough balls she grotesquely ingests before bed. A shop clerk fixates on a…
The Wind in the Willows (1996)
Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, who plan to build a…
Mandela (1996)
A documentary that chronicles the life of South African leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela is probably best known for his 27 years of imprisonment, and for bringing an end to apartheid….
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask (1996)
Explores the life and work of the psychoanalytic theorist and activist Frantz Fanon who was born in Martinique, educated in Paris and worked in Algeria. Examines Fanon’s theories of identity…
Blood and Wine (1996)
A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.
Emma (1996)
Emma Woodhouse has a rigid sense of propriety as regards matrimonial alliances. Unfortunately she insists on matchmaking for her less forceful friend, Harriet, and so causes her to come to…
Intimate Relations (1996)
In 1950s England, sailor Harold Guppy arrives in a small seaside town looking for his estranged brother. After a brief reunion, Harold finds a room for rent in the house…
Some Mother’s Son (1996)
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as…
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1996)
A 1971–72 documentary film by Jonas Mekas. It revolves around Mekas’ trip back to Semeniškiai, the village of his birth.
Shine (1996)
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
Oasis: Second Night Live at Knebworth Park (1996)
Concert footage of British rock band Oasis performing the second of two record breaking gigs at Knebworth Park in Hertfordshire, England as part of the UK summer leg of their…
Crimetime (1996)
The star of a TV crime reenactment show becomes caught up in the mind of the killer he is playing.
Pop (1996)
A bored youth, a bored fish, a can of pop – the results are explosive!
Crash (1996)
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims, and he begins to use car accidents and the raw sexual…
Silent Trigger (1996)
Waxman is a former Special Forces soldier who is now working as a heavily armed assassin for a top secret government agency. When a covert mission goes terribly wrong, Waxman…
The Eighth Day (1996)
Georges has Down syndrome, living at a mental-institution, Harry is a busy businessman, giving lectures for young aspiring salesmen. He is successful in his business life, but his social life…
Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996)
This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her sex star pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career….
Sharpe’s Mission (1996)
Sharpe is teamed with a Colonel he helped promote and they are tasked to destroy a powder magazine, but an alliance with the French may threaten their success. Meanwhile, Jane…