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• Escape From LA (1996) (15) Escape From LA (1996) (15)
  Synopsis
  Renegade Snake Plissken is assigned to hunt down the president's daughter, who has joined forces with a nefarious revolutionary group aiming to bring down the American government. John Carpenter's action sequel, starring Kurt Russell, Pam Grier, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, Valeria Golino and Peter Fonda
• Escape From Liberty Cinema (1990) () Escape From Liberty Cinema (1990) ()
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• Escape From Luanda (2007) (12A) Escape From Luanda (2007) (12A)
  Synopsis
  Documentary that follows three people working and studying at a music school in Angola, and charts the triumph of their musical passion over their country's war-ravaged past.
• Escape From Mars (1999) (PG) Escape From Mars (1999) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Five astronauts embark on the first manned trip to Mars, and have to deal with inferior computers and fearsome big business interest as well as all the problems the red planet throws at them. Sci-fi drama, starring Christine Elise, Peter Outerbridge and Kathleen Moore
• Escape From New York (1981) (15) Escape From New York (1981) (15)
  Synopsis
  Former special forces soldier Snake Plissken is sentenced to life on Manhattan Island, an anarchic penal colony for the most dangerous criminals. When Air Force One is hijacked and crashes there, Snake is coerced into rescuing the US president from prisoners holding him hostage. John Carpenter's sci-fi action adventure, with Kurt Russell, Donald Pleasence, Lee Van Cleef, Adrienne Barbeau and Isaac Hayes. Including FYI Daily
• Escape From Sobibor (1987) (PG) Escape From Sobibor (1987) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Wartime drama based on the book by Richard Rashke. Set during the Second World War the tale chronicles the largest successful escape by prisoners from a Nazi concentration camp, when 600 captives made a bid for freedom. Alan Arkin, Joanna Pak, Rutger Hauer and Hartmut Becker star
• Escape from Taliban (2003) (15) Escape from Taliban (2003) (15)
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• Escape From Terror (1994) (15) Escape From Terror (1994) (15)
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  A woman falls in love with the man she believes is Mr Right and hastily marries him, but it isn't long before he begins showing his true colours, forcing her to seek shelter at a safe house. Fact-based drama, starring Maria Pitillo, Adam Storke and Brad Dourif
• Escape From the Bronx (1983) (18) Escape From the Bronx (1983) (18)
  Synopsis
  Italian futuristic action-schlock sequel. New York City is undergoing a major facelift, and the GC Corporation, the company behind the revamp, wants to oust the 'rats' in the Bronx and move them to the new city. Only their operation, led by cantankerous ex-prison warden Wrangler (Henry Silva), uses a bit of unnecessary force and the warriors aren't happy about it. So, with the help of underground warrior Strike (Giancarlo Prete), they decide to kidnap the President of GC so that they'll stop the…
• Escape From The Dark (1976) (U) Escape From The Dark (1976) (U)
  Synopsis
  The owner of a 19th-century Yorkshire mine plans to introduce a mechanised system of hauling coal to the surface - which means the pit ponies he currently uses will be put down. Three local children are horrified, and come up with a plan to save the animals. Disney children's drama, starring Alastair Sim and Peter Barkworth
• Escape From The Planet Of The Apes (1971) (PG) Escape From The Planet Of The Apes (1971) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Intelligent chimpanzees Cornelius and Zira escape the destruction of their planet by travelling back in time to 1970s America. Although initially treated as celebrities, the government comes to regard the pair as a threat to the human race when it transpires that Zira is pregnant. Sci-fi adventure sequel, starring Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Sal Mineo and Ricardo Montalban
• Escape From Tibet (1995) (PG) Escape From Tibet (1995) (PG)
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• Escape from Zahrain (2009) Escape from Zahrain (2009)
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  Fighting against government corruption in the fictional Middle Eastern country of Zahrain, rebel leader Sharif (Yul Brynner) leads a small group across the desert in an effort to escape the government soldiers who are bent on capturing them in this action
• Escape Human Cargo (1998) (12) Escape Human Cargo (1998) (12)
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  An American businessman travels to Saudi Arabia, only to find himself behind bars without explanation when a lucrative deal falls through. Distraught at the realisation he may never return home, he resorts to desperate measures to escape. Fact-based drama, starring Treat Williams, Stephen Lang, Sasson Gabai and Jerry Hyman
• Escape in the Sun (1955) Escape in the Sun (1955)
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• Escape To Athena (1979) (PG) Escape To Athena (1979) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Second World War Allied PoWs incarcerated on a Greek island plan to defy the SS by breaking out of prison and pulling off an art robbery, with the help of their liberal-minded camp commandant. Action adventure, with Roger Moore, David Niven, Telly Savalas, Elliott Gould, Stefanie Powers and Claudia Cardinale
• Escape to Burma (1955) (PG) Escape to Burma (1955) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Feisty plantation owner Gwen Moore (Barbara Stanwyck) is surprised by the arrival of Jim Brecan (Robert Ryan) on her property. Brecan is a fugitive on the run, accused of murder. Pursued by both the police and the Sawbwa of Sakar, he manages to convince Gwen of his innocence before disappearing into the jungle in an attempt to evade his would-be captors.
• Escape To Victory (1981) (PG) Escape To Victory (1981) (PG)
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  Allied PoWs take to the football field when a group of Nazi officers comes up with the idea to have them take on a German team for a propaganda event. However, the prisoners see a chance to escape during the match. Second World War adventure, with Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Max von Sydow and Daniel Massey. Soccer legends also making appearances include Pele, Bobby Moore and Ossie Ardiles
• Escape To Witch Mountain (1975) (U) Escape To Witch Mountain (1975) (U)
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  Two psychic children go on the run in an attempt to discover their true origin, hotly pursued by a wicked millionaire who wants to make use of their powers. A lonely widowed man helps them to escape, and leads them on a journey to a mountain where they believe their parents are waiting for them. Disney fantasy adventure, starring Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence and Eddie Albert
• Escapee (2011) (15) Escapee (2011) (15)
  Synopsis
  Thriller in which an escaped convict hunts down a college student with whom he has become infatuated. When Abby (Christine Evangelista), a psychology student, joins the rest of her class on a visit to a mental hospital, she is unprepared for the sequence of events her appearance there will trigger. A disturbing encounter with top security inmate Harmon Jaxon (Dominic Purcell) seems bad enough in itself - until news emerges later that Harmon has escaped from the facility. As a brutal storm rages,…
• Escort Girls (1974) (18) Escort Girls (1974) (18)
  Synopsis
  Exploitation auteur Donovan Winter ('Some Like it Sexy') directs this x-rated down-at-heel tale of lonely souls looking for love at Christmas. Broken up into a series of distinct stories set in and around a London escort agency, the film provides solid evidence of just how sleazy dating agencies were in the 1970s.
• Escort West (1958) (PG) Escort West (1958) (PG)
  Synopsis
  A former Confederate soldier and his daughter travel west in the aftermath of the Civil War, and encounter two survivors of an attack along the way. Romantic Western, starring Victor Mature, Elaine Stewart and Faith Domergue
• Eskimo Nell (1974) (18) Eskimo Nell (1974) (18)
  Synopsis
  A bevvy of comic actors appear in this English sex comedy. Three inexperienced film makers set out to make a version of the dirty poem, 'Eskimo Nell'. They obtain four different backers, and end up making four different versions of the film to suit each of them.
• Eskiya (1998) (15) Eskiya (1998) (15)
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• Esma's Secret (2006) (15) Esma's Secret (2006) (15)
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  Award-winning debut feature from Bosnian director Jasmila Zbanic. Single mother Esma (Mirjana Karanovic) lives with her 12-year-old daughter Sara (Luna Mijovic) in Sarajevo's Grbavica neighborhood, where life is still being reconstructed following the 1990s Yugoslav wars. Unable to make ends meet with the meagre government aid she receives, Esma takes a job as a cocktail waitress in a nightclub. Despite her lack of funds, when her feisty tomboy daughter needs money to go on a school trip, Esma tries…
• Espionage (1988) (18) Espionage (1988) (18)
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• Esrefpasalilar - Eshref Pasha (2010) (15) Esrefpasalilar - Eshref Pasha (2010) (15)
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• Essential Killing (2010) (15) Essential Killing (2010) (15)
  Synopsis
  Starving and physically shaken, Taliban fighter Mohammed uses a rocket launcher to kill three Americans who stumble upon his hiding place in a valley. Allied forces, circling the area in helicopters, soon track him down and subject him to a punishing interrogation punctuated by beatings and waterboarding. Unable or unwilling to talk, Mohammed refuses to answer the questions of his captors and he endures the pain with startling resolve.
• Essential War Epics Collection (2007) (15) Essential War Epics Collection (2007) (15)
  Synopsis
  An international selection of war films. In 'Assembly' (2007), set during and after the Chinese civil war, Gu Zidi (Hanyu Zang), captain of the Ninth Company of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), leads his 46 men into one of the bloodiest battles of the Huaihai Campaign in 1948. His orders are to fight the Nationalist Army (KMT) until he hears the bugle call for retreat. After the ammunition runs out and his men are dropping like flies, the bugle has still not sounded. When his dying lieutenant…
• Essentials The Secret Masterpieces Of Cinemas - Dreams (2008) (15) Essentials The Secret Masterpieces Of Cinemas - Dreams (2008) (15)
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• Essex Boys (1999) (18) Essex Boys (1999) (18)
  Synopsis
  An everyday tale of Essex criminal lowlife, starring Sean Bean as Jason Locke, a gangster freshly released from prison who is encouraged by his wife Lisa (Alex Kingston) to get involved in a vicious battle for control of the lucrative Essex drugs market. However Jason's plans are wrecked when he is sold a batch of dodgy merchandise by one of his rivals, and it is left to Lisa to realise her ambitions herself. She takes over Jason's former position, and doesn't hesitate to seduce criminal kingpin…
• Esther And The King (1960) (A) Esther And The King (1960) (A)
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• Esther Kahn (2001) (15) Esther Kahn (2001) (15)
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• Esther Waters (1947) (U) Esther Waters (1947) (U)
  Synopsis
  Classic British drama with Dirk Bogarde in his first starring role. In late-19th Century England, a dashing squire (Bogarde) impregnates one of his servants (Kathleen Ryan). In the face of local disapproval, the maid determines to bring up the child on her own.
• Estigmas (2009) (15) Estigmas (2009) (15)
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  A man begins bleeding from his hands, a condition that medical science cannot explain. Some people believe he has been blessed by God while others accuse him of being evil. All he wants to do is live in peace, eventually joining a travelling circus where he falls in love - but tragedy is never far away. Fantasy, starring Manuel Martinez and Marieta Orozco. In Spanish
• ET - The Extra Terrestrial (1982) (PG) ET - The Extra Terrestrial (1982) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Steven Spielberg directs this heart-warming family tale of friendship between a boy and his pet alien. Young Elliott (Henry Thomas) has not had a happy home life since his parents split up. Living with his mother, Mary (Dee Wallace), he is constantly fighting with his older brother, Michael (Robert MacNaughton), and little sister, Gertie (Drew Barrymore). When Elliott finds an alien in his backyard one night, he takes the creature in, christening him 'ET' and aiding him in his efforts to contact…
• Et Dieu... Crea La Femme (1956) () Et Dieu... Crea La Femme (1956) ()
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• Eternal Blood (2002) (18) Eternal Blood (2002) (18)
  Synopsis
  Camilla, a journalist student, meets a group of kids who are involved in a harmless game of 'Eternal Blood'. She beomes interested in this hobby through 'M', who she met in a philosophy seminar. 'M' soon realises that the group are into rituals of vampireism and has to find a way to revert the vampire process before it is too late.
• Eternal Evil (1985) (18) Eternal Evil (1985) (18)
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  Paul Sharpe is a successful commercial television director with what seems to be an exciting career and an attractive, loving family. But he is also frustrated and restless despite years of therapy. When he meets Janus, a mysterious dancer who awakens his interest in life though out-of-body experiences, the police begin investigating him. Paul soon realises that he might not be in control of his new-found 'freedom' and that Janus is out to take over his body and soul...
• Eternal Revenge (1999) (15) Eternal Revenge (1999) (15)
  Synopsis
  A female police officer tries to track down the murderer systematically bumping off a group of men she attended high school with years ago, a task made doubly urgent by the fear that her own boyfriend may be the next to die. Thriller, starring Alexandra Paul, Vlasta Vrana, Anthony Michael Hall and Michelle Johnson
• Eternal Summer (2006) (15) Eternal Summer (2006) (15)
  Synopsis
  Taiwanese drama telling the story of Jonathan (Bryant Chang), a young Hong Kong university student in love with his childhood friend, Shane (Joseph Chang). Things get complicated when his classmate, Carrie (Kate Yeung), begins to fall for him. Jonathan and Carrie take a day off from their studies to spend some time in the city where they check into a hotel but Jonathan calls things off when Carrie tries to get intimate with him. She understands and accepts the situation when she discovers that Jonathan…
• Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004) (15) Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004) (15)
  Synopsis
  Meek, mild-mannered office worker Joel Barish has never recovered from the end of his romance with eccentric book shop worker Clementine. In desperation, Joel turns to revered medic, Dr Howard Mierzwiak, who has pioneered a non-invasive, memory erasure operation. Joel hopes that by deleting all reminiscences of Clementine, he will be able to rise above his crippling depression. However, no sooner has he been put under anaesthetic than Joel realises he doesn't want to erase his past at all.
• Eternally Yours (1939) (PG) Eternally Yours (1939) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Comedy drama starring Loretta Young as Anita, a woman who is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Pretty soon the two get married and Anita becomes Arturo's stage assistant on a world tour. But Anita becomes annoyed by Arturo's flirtations and his death-defying stunts give her nightmares. Finally, when she's had enough, she disappears for real.
• Eternity (2010) Eternity (2010)
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• Eternity And A Day (1998) (PG) Eternity And A Day (1998) (PG)
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  An aging poet reminisces on the past, and the people and events that have shaped his life.
• Ethan Mao (2004) (15) Ethan Mao (2004) (15)
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  Edgy gay-interest drama from director Quentin Lee. Ethan Mao (Jun Hee Lee) is a troubled teenager who is thrown out of his home when his stepmother finds a gay pornographic magazine under his bed. Forced to make a living as a hustler on the streets of Los Angeles, Ethan is soon befriended by drug dealer Remigio (Jerry Hernandez), who gradually begins to fall in love with him. When Ethan hears that his estranged family are going to be out of town, he takes Remigio back to his old house so he can…
• Ethir Neechal (2013) (U) Ethir Neechal (2013) (U)
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• Etre Et Avoir (2002) (U) Etre Et Avoir (2002) (U)
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  Award-winning documentary charting the events within a small single-class village primary school in the Auvergne region of France over the course of one academic year. A dozen children aged 4-10 are brought together each day in a rural classroom and taught all their subjects by a single teacher, Monsieur Georges Lopez. A master of quiet authority, he patiently navigates the children towards adolesence, cooling down their arguments and listening to their problems, while trying to balance the varying…
• Eugenie (1969) (18) Eugenie (1969) (18)
  Synopsis
  Spanish director Jésus Franco directs this controversial sado-masochistic drama, regarded by many as his masterpiece. Based on the novel 'Philosophy in the Boudoir' by Marquis De Sade, the film tells the story of an innocent young woman, Eugenie (Marie Liljedahl), who is taken by her father (Franco regular Jack Taylor) to stay at an island paradise at the request of the elegant Madame de Saint Ange (Maria Rohm), with whom he is obsessed. There, Eugenie becomes the unwitting pawn in a game of sexual…
• Eugenie De Sade (1974) (18) Eugenie De Sade (1974) (18)
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  Original uncut version of the 1970s exploitation film from director Jesus Franco, based on a novel by the Marquis de Sade. Living with her widowed stepfather Albert (Paul Muller) in Berlin, Eugenie Radeck (Soledad Miranda) one day discovers that her father has a secret, sadistic lifestyle. Instead of recoiling in horror at the revelation, she finds herself being drawn to it and before long becomes Albert's willing accomplice in a plan to abduct and murder a young model.