Empire of Light

6.6

2022

115 mins

DramaRomance

The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

The Souvenir

Year : 2019Rating : ⭐ 6.1

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

All of Us Strangers

Year : 2023Rating : ⭐ 7.4

One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life.

Malcolm & Marie

Year : 2021Rating : ⭐ 7.0

As a filmmaker and his girlfriend return home from his movie premiere, smoldering tensions and painful revelations push them toward a romantic reckoning.

Blue Jay

Year : 2016Rating : ⭐ 7.0

Meeting by chance when they return to their tiny California hometown, two former high-school sweethearts reflect on their shared past.

Femme

Year : 2023Rating : ⭐ 7.0

Jules is a drag artist in London who withdraws into himself and loses his career after a horrific attack. Months later, he recognizes one of his assailants in a gay sauna and quickly realizes he has the perfect opportunity to get revenge.

China Girl

Year : 1987Rating : ⭐ 6.0

Teenage lovers Tony and Tyan-Hwa tip the balance of power in New York's Little Italy and Chinatown.

Snow Angels

Year : 2007Rating : ⭐ 6.5

Waitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an evangelical Christian, but his erratic attempts at getting back into Annie's life have alarmed her. High school student Arthur works at Annie's restaurant, growing closer to a new kid in town, Lila, after class. When Glenn and Annie's daughter goes missing, the whole town searches for her, as he increasingly spirals out of control.

Maria's Lovers

Year : 1984Rating : ⭐ 6.0

A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.

Mississippi Masala

Year : 1991Rating : ⭐ 6.4

Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their Uganda home, twentysomething Mina finds herself co-operating a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. Her passionate romance with charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius challenges the prejudices of their conservative families and exposes the rifts between the region's Indian and African-American communities.

Blind

Year : 2017Rating : ⭐ 6.1

A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.

Hounddog

Year : 2008Rating : ⭐ 6.5

A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

The Edge of Love

Year : 2008Rating : ⭐ 6.2

When the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the last thing they expect is to bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Despite her joy at seeing Dylan after so many years, Vera is swept off her feet by a dashing officer, William Killick, and finds herself torn between the open adoration of her new found beau and the wily charms of the exotic Welshman.

Breezy

Year : 1973Rating : ⭐ 6.8

A free-spirited young woman, Breezy, hitches a ride with an aging real estate salesman, Frank. Sensing that she just wants to use him he tries to have nothing to do with her. She's not that easy to shake, however, and over time a bond forms between them.

Newness

Year : 2017Rating : ⭐ 6.1

In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Year : 2004Rating : ⭐ 8.1

Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

The World Unseen

Year : 2007Rating : ⭐ 7.0

A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.

Monday

Year : 2021Rating : ⭐ 6.5

A spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling, but what happens when you get to the inevitable Monday?

Maurice

Year : 1987Rating : ⭐ 7.6

After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.

Skin

Year : 2019Rating : ⭐ 6.9

A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life, with the help of a black activist and the woman he loves.

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

Year : 1919Rating : ⭐ 6.9

A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.