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The greatest films you never heard of
Scum [1979] (Ray Winstone)Scum [1979] (Ray Winstone)
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Brutal, funny, tragic. One of the best British films ever made.
A Midnight Clear [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)A Midnight Clear [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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Criminally neglected WW2 film - perhaps because it attempts to show the war as it really was rather than distorting and romanticising the facts to placate small-minded US nationalism?
Network [1976]Network [1976]
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I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore!
Blue Velvet [1986]Blue Velvet [1986]
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I don't know if you're a detective or a pervert
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Pee-Wee's Big Adventure [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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Anarchic, hilarious surrealism at its most primal and absurd. I can't watch a frame of this film without giggling.
Videodrome [1983]Videodrome [1983]
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David Cronenberg slowly wraps you up in layer upon layer of paranoia and nausea. Bizarre and intelligent. watch it.
Sid And Nancy [1986]Sid And Nancy [1986]
Easily the rawest, funniest, most terrifying rock biopic on celluloid. Kathy Beurke's brilliant too!
Dead Man's Shoes [2004]Dead Man's Shoes [2004]
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Wicked horror movie. Terse, realistic dilaogue, a crooning, miasmic soundtrack and hypnotic visuals make this one intense ride!
Gummo [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC)Gummo [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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Like a car crash by the side of the motorway - horrific, gortesque - and yet utterly mesmerising.
The Producers Special Edition [1968]The Producers Special Edition [1968]
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Mel Brooks' magnum opus.