, 1h48 Directed byAlan Rickman OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama ActorsEmma Thompson, Phyllida Law, Sean Biggerstaff, Gary Hollywood, Sheila Reid, Sandra Voe Roles Minister Rating67% Set in Scotland on one wintry day, the film focuses on eight people; a mother and daughter, Elspeth (Phyllida Law) and Frances (Emma Thompson); two young boys skipping school, Sam (Douglas Murphy) and Tom (Sean Biggerstaff); two old women who frequently attend strangers' funerals, Chloe (Sandra Voe) and Lily (Sheila Reid); and two teenagers Nita (Arlene Cockburn) and Alex (Gary Hollywood). The film consists primarily of the interactions between the characters.
, 1h49 Directed byMichael Winterbottom OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Romance ActorsRobert Carlyle, Juliet Aubrey, Sara Stockbridge, James Nesbitt, Sophie Okonedo, Tom Watson Roles Bill Cameron Rating70% Nick, is a young Scottish soccer player living in the big city. He meets Karen, and the two fall in love and move in together. Soon after, Nick exhibits signs of serious illness. As his body slowly succumbs to multiple sclerosis, he experiences a wide sweep of jagged emotions, and in the process gives himself and those who love him the strength to carry on.
, 1h25 Directed byDavid Hayman OriginUnited-kingdom GenresThriller, Biography, Horror, Crime ThemesPrison films ActorsIain Glen, Robert Carlyle, Tom Watson, Julie Graham, Alexander Morton, David Hayman Roles Patrick Rating56% Based on a true story. Larry Winters was sentenced to life imprisonment for a murder in a Soho bar in London in 1963. Silent Scream, directed by David Hayman and starring Iain Glen as Winters, is based on the life and writing of Winters. A violent and drug addicted member of the Barlinnie Special Unit in Scotland, Larry died in 1977 of a drug overdose at the age of 34.
Directed byMichael Radford GenresDrama, War, Romance ThemesPrison films, Political films ActorsPhyllis Logan, Denise Coffey, Tom Watson, Gregor Fisher, Paul Young, Yvonne Gilan Roles Finlay Rating63% In Scotland in 1943 during World War II, Janie (Phyllis Logan) is a young Scottish housewife married to Dougal (Paul Young), who is 15 years older. Participating in a war rehabilation program, the couple take in three Italian prisoners of war to work on their farm. Janie soon falls in love with one of the three, Luigi (Giovanni Mauriello). She begins a secret relationship with Luigi that is doomed from the start.
, 1h52 Directed byFrançois Truffaut OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Science fiction ThemesFilms based on science fiction novels, Political films, Dystopian films ActorsOskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack, Mark Lester, Jeremy Spenser, Michael Balfour Roles Instructor Sergeant (uncredited) Rating71% In the future, a totalitarian government employs a force known as Firemen to seek out and destroy all literature, permitting them to search anyone, anywhere, at any time. One of the Firemen, Guy Montag (Oskar Werner), meets one of his neighbors, Clarisse (Julie Christie), a 20-year-old schoolteacher whose job is hanging by a thread due to her unorthodox views. The two have a discussion about his job, where she asks if he ever reads the books he burns. Curious, he begins to hide books in his house and read them, starting with Charles Dickens' David Copperfield. This leads to conflict with his wife, Linda (also played by Julie Christie), who is more concerned with being popular enough to be a member of The Family, an interactive television program that refers to its viewers as cousins.
, 1h15 Directed byArthur Crabtree OriginUnited-kingdom GenresScience fiction, Horror ThemesTransport films, Aviation films ActorsMarshall Thompson, Kynaston Reeves, Terry Kilburn, Michael Balfour, Peter Madden, Tom Watson Roles Technical Sergeant (uncredited) Rating60% U. S. Air Force Interceptor Command Experimental Station No. 6 is a long-range radar installation located in Winthorp, Manitoba, Canada. Unexplained deaths begin to occur in the general area of a farming village near the American base. Postmortems reveal the victims were murdered and the brains and spinal cords are missing from the corpses; the only clue left behind are two puncture marks at the base of each skull. The locals, however, become convinced that radiation leaks from the radar installation's nuclear-power experiments are the cause of the mysterious deaths.