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• Man of Flowers (1983) (18) Man of Flowers (1983) (18)
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  Winner of a Grand Jury prize at the Chicago Film Festival and an Australian Film Institute Best Actor prize for Norman Kaye. He plays Charles, a middle aged artist who pays Lisa, a model, to perform a seductive striptease for him once a week to the strains of 'The Love Duet'. After paying Lisa $100, Charles always goes to church, plays the organ and prays to his dead mother for forgiveness. This routine and their detached, isolated involvement is disturbed when Charles gets drawn into the tangled…
• Man Of Iron (1963) (A) Man Of Iron (1963) (A)
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• Man of Iron (1981) (PG) Man of Iron (1981) (PG)
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  Andrzej Wajda's film follows on from his earlier work, 'Man Of Marble' (1977), telling the story of Maciej Tomczyk played by Jerzy Radziwilowicz. Maciej is a young worker involved in the Polish anti-Communist labour movement, carrying the role on from his father who was killed in the 1970 protests. However, a journalist is assigned by the state to discredit Tomczyk and the Solidarity movement by any means possible.
• Man of La Mancha (1972) (PG) Man of La Mancha (1972) (PG)
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  Broadway's musical fantasy comes to the screen, based on Cervante's Don Quixote, a searcher for 'the impossible dream'- honour, chivalry and adventure. Starring Peter O'Toole and Harry Andrews.
• Man of Marble (1977) (12) Man of Marble (1977) (12)
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  A television director (Krystyna Janda) sets out to make a documentary about former socialist hero Mateusz Birkut (Jerzy Radiwilowicz). Initially acclaimed as a hero for his brick-laying skills, with marble statues erected in his honour, Birkut was discredited by the government when he became too voluble regarding industrial politics. The director attempts to reveal the true story by interviewing Birkut's family and friends. An Andzej Wajda film which on its release in Poland evoked the wrath of…
• Man Of Steel (1999) () Man Of Steel (1999) ()
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• Man Of Steel (2013) (Tc) Man Of Steel (2013) (Tc)
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  When the planet of Krypton faces destruction, Jor-El sends his infant son to Earth. The child is adopted and raised by farmers Jonathan and Martha Kent, who christen the boy Clark and raise him as their own flesh and blood. Clark keeps his lineage a secret and grows up to become a newspaper reporter on The Daily Planet, working alongside Lois Lane under Editor in Chief Perry White. The arrival on Earth of renegade Kryptonian general Zod forces Clark to reveal his heroic alter ego.
• Man of the East (1972) (12) Man of the East (1972) (12)
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  A western spoof about a maverick Englishman who learns how to be an expert gunfighter when he goes to the USA to take over his Dad's ranch.
• Man of the Frontier (1936) (U) Man of the Frontier (1936) (U)
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  Western starring singing cowboy Gene Autry. Brought in to investigate a series of explosions that have stopped work on a new dam being built, Autry and his buddy Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnette) are soon forced to take on corrupt local banker Hartley Moore (Frank LaRue) head to head.
• Man of the House (1995) (U) Man of the House (1995) (U)
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  Chevy Chase plays a very undomesticated man who moves into the house with his fiancee and her terror of a son. She is very beautiful and he can't wait to lead a new life as her husband and stepfather to her son. Little does he know what mischievous and funny things the son has planned for him.
• Man Of The House (2005) (12) Man Of The House (2005) (12)
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  Comedy starring Tommy Lee Jones. Hard-edged Texas Ranger Roland Sharp (Jones) is assigned to protect the only witnesses to the murder of a key figure in the prosecution of a drug kingpin - a group of University of Texas cheerleaders. Sharp must now go undercover as an assistant cheerleading coach and move in with the young women - possibly the most terrifying assignment in his thirty-year career in law enforcement.
• Man Of The Moment (1955) (PG) Man Of The Moment (1955) (PG)
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  A lowly Foreign Office filing clerk gets involved in a vital diplomatic mission to Geneva and brings his own brand of chaos to the world of international affairs. Comedy, starring Norman Wisdom, Lana Morris, Belinda Lee, Jerry Desmonde and Karel Stepanek
• Man Of The Story (1996) (15) Man Of The Story (1996) (15)
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  Malayalam-language drama following the life of a young revolutionary in the southern Indian state of Kerala. The story of Kunjunni (Vishwanathan)'s life in many ways reflects and represents the story of Kerala as a whole. With little input from his parents, Kunjunni falls under the influence of an uncle (Narendra Prasad) who was formerly a disciple of Ghandi but now considers himself a Marxist. Drawn increasingly towards left-wing ideas, Kunjunni eventually participates in violent protest and is…
• Man of the West (1958) (12) Man of the West (1958) (12)
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  In his last great role, Gary Cooper powerfully demonstrates why he will forever be remembered as one of the most original and authentic stars of the screen. When the train he is on gets robbed, Link Jones (Cooper) finds himself unwillingly reunited with his old gang. To survive he must take up his old ways - his killing ways. What was once his 'family' has now become his hell.
• Man Of The Year (1996) (15) Man Of The Year (1996) (15)
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• Man of the Year (2002) (15) Man of the Year (2002) (15)
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  Maiquel (Murilo Benicio) is an ordinary guy who wants an ordinary life - wife, kids and a nice house. But his life in the vicious suburbs of Rio de Janeiro is transformed through a series of events that leads to him gunning down a much feared local hood. Urged on by enthusiastic locals and corrupt Rio police, he soon finds himself becoming a hit man for hire.
• Man of the Year (2006) (12) Man of the Year (2006) (12)
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  American satirical comedy about a fast-talking TV talk show host who gets more than he bargained for when the audience take him at his word. Robin Williams plays voice-of-the-people talk show host Tom Dobbs, who, suggesting he could do a better job at running the White House, finds himself swept into office on the back of his huge national fan base. It's not long before he finds out that his win is due to a computer error when the votes were counted, causing him some major soul-searching as he tries…
• Man of Violence (1971) (18) Man of Violence (1971) (18)
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  British crime drama in which a soldier of fortune becomes involved with some bent cops searching for missing gold bullion. British mercenary Moon (Michael Latimer) finds himself hired by crooked cops Nixon (Derek Aylward) and Burgess (George Belbin) as they try to get their hands on over 30 million pounds worth of stolen Arab gold, stashed away somewhere in Britain. But violence and treachery soon follow as rival gangsters, along with a sadistic murderer, home in on the prize.
• Man On A Ledge (2012) (12) Man On A Ledge (2012) (12)
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  An escaped convict climbs onto the outside of a skyscraper and threatens to jump. The police psychologist sent to talk him down begins to suspect there is an agenda behind this suspicious-seeming suicide bid, while the prisoner's brother takes advantage of the ensuing chaos to carry out a plan of his own. Thriller, with Sam Worthington, Jamie Bell, Elizabeth Banks and Ed Harris
• Man on Fire (1987) (18) Man on Fire (1987) (18)
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  Action thriller starring Scott Glenn as Creasy, an recently-retired CIA agent who is privately hired to guard the daughter of an Italian millionaire. However, things get complicated when terrorists kidnap the girl - and Creasy must pull out all the stops to rescue her. The film, based on the novel by A.J. Quinnell, inspired a 2004 Tony Scott-directed remake starring Denzel Washington.
• Man On Fire (2004) (18) Man On Fire (2004) (18)
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  A former US government operative battling with alcoholism is hired as a bodyguard to the daughter of a wealthy businessman in Mexico City - but when the girl is abducted, he swears to exact an explosive revenge on the kidnappers. Action thriller, starring Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Radha Mitchell and Dakota Fanning
• Man On The Moon (1999) (15) Man On The Moon (1999) (15)
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  Biopic of absurdist comedian and reluctant sitcom star Andy Kaufman, who left audiences equally entertained and baffled with an assortment of surreal pranks, staged wrestling matches with female opponents and his obnoxious lounge singer alter ego Tony Clifton. Starring Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Paul Giamatti and Courtney Love
• Man On The Train (2011) (Tc) Man On The Train (2011) (Tc)
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  Crime drama starring Donald Sutherland and Larry Mullen Jr., the U2 drummer, based on the 2002 French film 'L'Homme du Train'. A criminal (Mullen Jr.) travels to a small town believing that the innocence of its citizens and lack of security will make it easier to pull off a bank heist. While there he bumps into a university professor (Sutherland), whose gentleness and sense of trust seem to embody the values of the town. The professor invites the stranger into his home and the pair begin a conversation…
• Man On Wire (2008) (12) Man On Wire (2008) (12)
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  Oscar-winning documentary by James Marsh telling the story of what has since been described as 'the artistic crime of the century'. On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman called Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire suspended between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center, at the time the world's tallest buildings. After an hour of dancing on the wire with no safety net or harness, he was finally arrested for this beautiful but illegal act of daring. Petit and his team had spent several…
• Man Push Cart (2005) (15) Man Push Cart (2005) (15)
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  Independent film by Ramin Bahrani, telling the story of Ahmad (Ahmad Razvi), a former Pakistani rock singer who now ekes out a living selling coffee and doughnuts to morning commuters from his push cart in Midtown Manhattan. Ahmad supplements his income by selling bootleg porn DVDs, carefully saving his money to afford a place to live with his estranged young son. It is a harsh and often humiliating life, but Ahmad carries on with a stoic dignity and sensitivity, seemingly determined to find his…
• Man Saibani Mediye (2000) (PG) Man Saibani Mediye (2000) (PG)
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• Man Trouble (1992) (PG) Man Trouble (1992) (PG)
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  Opera singer Joan Spruance (Ellen Barkin) moves into her sister Andy's (Beverly D'Angelo) Hollywood home after her own house is mysteriously ransacked. But with Andy just about to publish a kiss-and-tell memoir which reveals uncomfortable information about her mobster ex-boyfriend (Harry Dean Stanton), the move only brings more trouble. Joan then hires guard dog trainer Harry Bliss (Jack Nicholson) in an attempt to beef up the security, and soon she and Bliss are embarking on an affair of their…
• Man Walking on Snow (2001) Man Walking on Snow (2001)
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  A young-at-heart widower leads an independent life in a quiet fishing town in northern Japan. He eases his loneliness by walking in the snow and studying the growth of fish at a breeding center. The second anniversary of his wife’s death marks confrontation with and between his two adult sons. Unspoken feelings open up change for brighter days. A unique, quirky and touching drama from the director of Bootleg Film and The Rebirth. –Celluloid Dreams
• Man Wanted (1995) (18) Man Wanted (1995) (18)
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  A hard-hearted man (Yu Rong Kwong) sets out to exact revenge when his cop pal betrays him. This quest for vengeance leads inexorably to a bloody conclusion.
• Man Who Causes A Storm (1957) () Man Who Causes A Storm (1957) ()
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• Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1974) (X) Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1974) (X)
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• Man With a Gun (1995) (18) Man With a Gun (1995) (18)
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  A crooked tycoon (Gary Busey) hires a hitman (Michael Madsen) to retrieve a computer disc holding incriminating evidence from his blackmailing wife. After the retrieval he wants the hitman to silence his wife...forever. What Busey does not realise is that the hitman and his wife are in league together and have hatched a plot to double cross him. As the mob become involved the situation rests on a knife edge.
• Man With A Movie Camera (1929) (U) Man With A Movie Camera (1929) (U)
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  Early experimental Soviet propaganda film from director Dziga Vertov, aiming to document the realities of everyday life in a bustling Russian metropolis, celebrating the impact of industrialisation and the processes of urban progress
• Man With A Movie Camera - Cinematic Orchestra (1929) (U) Man With A Movie Camera - Cinematic Orchestra (1929) (U)
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  Dziga Vertov's groundbreaking film accompanied by a new, specially-written score by Cinematic Orchestra - recorded live in the studio. Vertov's film is widely acknowledged as one of the landmark achievements of early modern cinema; its use of such radical effects as dissolves, split screens, slow motion, superimpositions and freeze frames have made for one of the most enduring representations of early 20th century city life.
• Man With The Gun (1955) (PG) Man With The Gun (1955) (PG)
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  A gunman is hired by citizens to drive an over-mighty cattle baron out of a small town, where he plans to win back his estranged wife - who happens to run the local bordello. However, because of his flagrant disregard for the letter of the law, he is thought no more highly of than the crooks he is supposed to stop. Western, starring Robert Mitchum, Jan Sterling, Karen Sharpe and Henry Hull
• Man Without A Cell Phone (2010) () Man Without A Cell Phone (2010) ()
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• Man Without A Star (1955) (PG) Man Without A Star (1955) (PG)
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  A wandering cowboy and his naive travelling partner are hired by an ambitious ranch owner, who wishes to expand her territory at the cost of her struggling neighbours. The drifter sympathises with the plight of the other farmers, but disapproves of the methods they intend to use to mark their territory. King Vidor's Western, starring Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, William Campbell, Richard Boone and Claire Trevor
• Man's Best Friend (1993) (15) Man's Best Friend (1993) (15)
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  Story of a DNA created guard dog who escapes to cause chaos in San Remo.
• Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) (U) Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) (U)
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  The top salesman of a sporting-goods store claims to be an expert angler and to have written several books on the subject - but in truth has never fished in his life. However, he is forced to learn fast when the company's pushy female PR expert enters him in a competition. Comedy, starring Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss and Maria Perschy
• Man, Woman And Child (1983) (PG) Man, Woman And Child (1983) (PG)
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• Man-Thing (2005) (15) Man-Thing (2005) (15)
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  A tycoon makes plans to drill for oil in Florida swampland. But when his workers start disappearing, the local sheriff investigates the truth behind legends of a mysterious creature lurking in the area whose touch burns anyone who feels fear. Horror, starring Matthew Le Nevez and Rachael Taylor
• Management (2008) (15) Management (2008) (15)
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  Romantic comedy starring Jennifer Aniston as Sue Claussen, a corporate art saleswoman who becomes the object of affection for aimless drifter Mike (Steve Zahn) when she stays overnight at the Arizona motel run by his parents. The bottle of wine left in her room 'with compliments of the management' leads to an encounter that Sue would rather not remember, but Mike just can't forget. Woody Harrelson co-stars as Jango, Sue's yogurt mogul ex-boyfriend.
• Manasantha Nuvve (2002) (PG) Manasantha Nuvve (2002) (PG)
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• Manasarovar (2004) (12A) Manasarovar (2004) (12A)
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• Manassinakkare (2004) (PG) Manassinakkare (2004) (PG)
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• Manborg (2011) (15) Manborg (2011) (15)
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  Tongue-in-cheek action movie in which a cyborg is forced to use his formidable fighting skills in a battle with evil. It is the future and human hegemony on Earth is ended by an invasion of demons from Hell. After an encounter with Draculon (Adam Brooks), the leader of the demonic forces, a soldier (Matthew Kennedy) wakes up to discover that his broken body has been rebuilt with mechanical parts. He is subsequently sent to fight for entertainment in a gladiatorial arena, but will he be able to use…
• Manchester United Beyond The Promised Land (2000) (PG) Manchester United Beyond The Promised Land (2000) (PG)
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  Documentary profile of the popular football team, kicking off with their unique treble victory - when they won the FA Cup, Premiership and Champions League - and moving on to the 1999/2000 season. The film includes footage of the games and training, as well as interviews with supporters and stars past and present including David Beckham, Ryan Giggs and Roy Keane.
• Mandala (1981) () Mandala (1981) ()
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• Mandela (1987) (PG) Mandela (1987) (PG)
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  The story of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, filmed before his release from prison. Mandela, a lawyer, begins the first black legal practice in Johannesburg, and courts Winnie, the first black social worker. Mandela works in the African National Congress to battle racism, but finds himself persecuted and eventually arrested on treason charges. He and Winnie, now married, join the underground resistance movement.
• Mandela (1997) (PG) Mandela (1997) (PG)
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