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• Pelle the Conqueror (1987) (15) Pelle the Conqueror (1987) (15)
  Synopsis
  Pappa Lasse (Max von Sydow) decides to leave turn-of-the-century Sweden for Denmark, hoping the quality of his life and that of his son (Pelle Hvenegaard) will improve. The grass is no greener in Denmark, however, and they must work like slaves on a farm to survive. Through Pelle's eyes we see how the peasants cope with their harsh living conditions, and how the landowners hold onto their power.
• Penalty Phase (1986) (PG) Penalty Phase (1986) (PG)
  Synopsis
  A judge discovers a technical flaw in the handling of a case against a suspect who the public expect to be convicted. The judge must decide whether to incur public wrath and perhaps destroy his career by disclosing the evidence, or to say nothing and thereby corrupt his principles.
• Penda's Fen (1973) (18) Penda's Fen (1973) (18)
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• Pendulum (1968) (AA) Pendulum (1968) (AA)
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• Penelope (2006) (U) Penelope (2006) (U)
  Synopsis
  An heiress is born with the nose of a pig due to a curse on her family - an enchantment that can only be lifted by finding a man who loves her. As she reaches adulthood, her story piques the interest of a tabloid reporter, who, determined to get a photograph of her nose, hires a down-on-his-luck gambler for the task. However, the desperate hack fails to count on romance getting in the way. Romantic fantasy, starring Christina Ricci, James McAvoy and Peter Dinklage
• Penetration Angst (2003) (18) Penetration Angst (2003) (18)
  Synopsis
  Low-budget black comedy horror from director Wolfgang Büld. Beautiful and disturbed Helen (Fiona Horsey) has a morbid fear of penetrative sex after a witnessing her mother and her S&M lover when she was a child. Now, whenever she has sex with someone, her vagina turns into a literal man-eater, devouring the men that threaten her.
• Penitentiary (1979) (18) Penitentiary (1979) (18)
  Synopsis
  The first in a trilogy of 'Penitentiary' films from director Jamaa Fanaka. The violent world of life inside an American prison is graphically illustrated in this 1979 movie. The plot centres around a corrupt boxing match between two inmates, Martel 'Too Sweet' Cordone (Leon Isaac Kennedy) and 'Half Dead' Johnson (Badja Djola).
• Penitentiary 2 (1987) (18) Penitentiary 2 (1987) (18)
  Synopsis
  Paroled after serving time for a murder he didn’t commit, prison boxing champion Martel “Too Sweet” Gordone (Leon Isaac Kennedy) hangs up his gloves, moves in with his sister’s family and rekindles his romance with Clarisse (Eugenia Wright – “Magnum P.I.”). he soon learns that life on the outside isn’t much easier than it was in prison when “Half Dead” Johnson (Ernie Hudson “Oz”, Ghostbusters, The Human Tornado) escapes from prison and murders Clarisse. Though the loss of…
• Penitentiary 3 (1987) (18) Penitentiary 3 (1987) (18)
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• Pennies From Heaven (1936) (U) Pennies From Heaven (1936) (U)
  Synopsis
  Musical starring Bing Crosby as a wanderer who drifts into the lives and hearts of the residents of the small town of Middletown, New Jersey. Featuring music and lyrics by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston, including the classics 'So Do I', 'Pennies From Heaven' (Academy Award nominee for Best Music/Song), 'Skeleton In the Closet' and 'Lets Call A Heart A Heart'.
• Pennies From Heaven (1981) (15) Pennies From Heaven (1981) (15)
  Synopsis
  Arthur (Steve Martin) is a sheet music salesman, unhappily married to Joan (Jessica Harper) and living in a dreary Chicago apartment during the recession. To cheer himself up he sings the songs of the era, transporting himself into a more glamorous world. He falls in love with record store assistant Eileen (Bernadette Peters), who also seems to offer an alternative to his mundane life, but tragedy looms for the young lovers in the form of a sinister tramp. Adapted from the Dennis Potter TV series.
• Pennin Manaithai Thottu (2000) (15) Pennin Manaithai Thottu (2000) (15)
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• Penny Dreadful (2006) (18) Penny Dreadful (2006) (18)
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  A woman has suffered from a phobia of automobiles since the car crash that killed her parents when she was a child. Determined to conquer her fears, she agrees to accompany her therapist on a road trip to the site of the tragic accident, unaware a murderous hitchhiker has set his sights on the two travellers. Horror, starring Rachel Miner, Mimi Rogers and Chad Todhunter
• Penny Points To Paradise Let's Go Crazy (1951) (U) Penny Points To Paradise Let's Go Crazy (1951) (U)
  Synopsis
  Double bill of Peter Sellers comedies. In 'Penny Points to Paradise' (1951), Sellers' first screen role, he's joined by fellow Goons Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe. When Harry and Spike visit Bristol to spend the winnings from Harry's latest Pools win, the boys are soon targeted by a gang of local counterfeiters. 'Let's Go Crazy' (1951) is a short comedy film in which both Sellers and Milligan play multiple roles.
• Penny Princess (1952) (Tc) Penny Princess (1952) (Tc)
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• Penny Serenade (1941) (U) Penny Serenade (1941) (U)
  Synopsis
  Record store assistant Julie (Irene Dunne) falls for feckless reporter Roger (an Oscar nominated Cary Grant). He is offered a job in Tokyo, but marries Julie before he leaves, promising to send for her once his finances are secure. When she eventually arrives, however, it is left to her to clear his debts. Happier times seem to be ahead when Julie becomes pregnant and they decide to return to America, but tragedy lurks just around the corner.
• Pentagon Wars (1998) (15) Pentagon Wars (1998) (15)
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• Pentathlon (1994) (18) Pentathlon (1994) (18)
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  Fast-paced action movie starring Dolph Lundgren as a muscular East German athlete who defects during the 1988 Seoul Olympics. When Eric Brogar (Lundgren) wins a gold medal in the pentathlon he becomes a national hero in his nation. However, his subsequent defection to the US quickly turns him into a figure of loathing, with his coach, Heinrich Mueller (David Soul), particularly disenchanted. Heinrich quickly makes plans to follow the athlete to America and exact his revenge. Will Eric be able to…
• Penumbra (2011) (15) Penumbra (2011) (15)
  Synopsis
  A woman rents an apartment she owns in Buenos Aires to a mysterious stranger as an unexplained solar eclipse occurs. She discovers to her dread that he has a strange connection to the sun being blocked out, and has chosen his new home for a sinister purpose. Horror, starring Cristina Brondo and Camila Bordonaba. In Spanish
• People I Know (2002) (15) People I Know (2002) (15)
  Synopsis
  A past-his-prime New York publicist with a drug habit agrees to help his client cover up a potential scandal involving a one-night stand with an actress. She takes him to a drug den, and he passes out while witnessing what appears to be her murder. He struggles to piece together his memories of the night and uncover what happened to her. Thriller, starring Al Pacino, Kim Basinger, Ryan O'Neal and Tea Leoni
• People Like Us (2012) (12) People Like Us (2012) (12)
  Synopsis
  A salesman returns home for his father's funeral, and is surprised to discover a mysterious beneficiary in the will. He realises he has a sister he never knew existed, and tracks down the woman and her son, hoping to uncover the truth about his father's past - but does not reveal himself as her brother. Drama, starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks and Michelle Pfeiffer
• People Of No Importance (1956) () People Of No Importance (1956) ()
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• People On Sunday (1929) (U) People On Sunday (1929) (U)
  Synopsis
  Five young Berliners spend a Sunday visiting the country. Nothing of note happens, but in its close attention to the small details of everyday life 'People on Sunday' is a significant landmark in the traditions of European realism. Written and directed by Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann (all of whom would later, following Hitler's rise to power, develop successful careers in Hollywood), this edition features a newly recorded soundtrack by Elena Kats-Chernin.
• People Out There (2012) () People Out There (2012) ()
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• People That Time Forgot (1977) (U) People That Time Forgot (1977) (U)
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• People Will Talk (1951) (U) People Will Talk (1951) (U)
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  Classic drama starring Cary Grant as Dr. Praetorius, an unorthodox medical professor at a sedate midwestern college who seems more interested in the human soul than the cold facts of the human body. Praetorius falls in love with one of his students, an unmarried pregnant girl (Jeanne Crain). At the climactic hearing concerning Praetorius' fitness, the presiding judge (Basil Ruysdael) decides that Praetorius' 'modern' methods are more worthwhile than the pragmatic, cut-and-dried theories of his enemies.
• People's Hero (1995) (18) People's Hero (1995) (18)
  Synopsis
  A bank heist goes horribly wrong, and the reluctant hero (Ti Lung) is trapped between the robbers and the bank staff who have become hostages. A gritty drama loosely based on 'Dog Day Afternoon' directed by acclaimed director Derek Yee.
• Pepe Le Moko (1936) (PG) Pepe Le Moko (1936) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Julien Duvivier's 1936 classic centred on a lovestruck gangster hiding out from the police in a casbah.
• Pepi, Luci, Bom (1980) (18) Pepi, Luci, Bom (1980) (18)
  Synopsis
  The first feature from Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, made while he was still working at the Post Office. Set during Madrid's post-Franco punk period, it is a pot-pourri of his usual obsessions: sex, drugs, adverts, musical numbers, violence and female masochism all put together with low-budget style and panache.
• Peppa Pig My Birthday Party and Other Stories (2006) (U) Peppa Pig My Birthday Party and Other Stories (2006) (U)
  Synopsis
  Ten more animated adventures featuring the cheeky but lovable Peppa Pig and her friends and family: Daddy Pig, Mummy Pig and little brother George.
• Peppa Pig: Grandpa's Compost Heap & Other Stories (2013) () Peppa Pig: Grandpa's Compost Heap & Other Stories (2013) ()
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• Peppa Pig: Work And Play & Other Stories (2013) () Peppa Pig: Work And Play & Other Stories (2013) ()
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• Peppermint Candy (1999) (15) Peppermint Candy (1999) (15)
  Synopsis
  Korean drama chronicling the difficult and troubled life of one man, Yong-ho (Kyung-gu Sol). Shown in reverse chronological order, the film portrays seven different stages in Yong-ho's life against the backdrop of nearly three decades of turbulent Korean history. The film opens with a distraught Yong-ho commiting suicide after attending a disastrous college reunion. It then retraces the steps that brought him to this point, from his failed marriage and unsuccessful career to his first love and his…
• Peppermint Soda (1977) (15) Peppermint Soda (1977) (15)
  Synopsis
  Debut feature from Diane Kurys draws on her own experiences to portary a year in the lives of two sisters; thirteen year old Anne, who is quiet and introverted, and fifteen year old Frederique, more outgoing and already into adolescent affairs with boys. Set in the early sixties the social and political climate of the post-Kennedy forms a backdrop for the unfolding drama of their lives at an oppressive schol and with divorced parents.
• Pequenas Voces (2010) () Pequenas Voces (2010) ()
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• Peraanmai (2009) (12A) Peraanmai (2009) (12A)
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  Tamil-language drama starring Jeyam Ravi as a forest officer who foils the plan of a group of terrorists trying to enter the country with the help of five beautiful young women (played by Saranya, Tanusika, Varsha, Vasundra and Liyasree). Roland Kickinger co-stars as the villain of the piece.
• Peralagan (2004) (15) Peralagan (2004) (15)
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• Percival's Big Night (2011) () Percival's Big Night (2011) ()
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• Percy (1970) (15) Percy (1970) (15)
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  Low-brow comedy farce starring Hywel Bennett as Edwin Anthony, the first man to undergo a successful penis transplant. He christens his new appendage Percy, and becomes so fond of it that he decides to track down its former owner, a virile young philanderer with a multitude of beautiful young lovers...
• Percy and Thunder (1993) (12) Percy and Thunder (1993) (12)
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  Sports drama starring James Earl Jones as Percy, an ex-championship boxer who now trains amateurs. One of these young fighters, known as 'Thunder' (Courtney Vance), shows real potential - but his murky past and criminal connections cloud Percy's ambitious dreams for his future. Can they work together to overcome the odds that seem to be stacked against them?
• Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief (2010) (PG) Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief (2010) (PG)
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  A teenager is shocked to discover he is the son of Greek god Poseidon and has been accused of stealing Zeus's lightning bolt. The youngster is given 14 days to find the culprit and return the missing item before the furious deity instigates an apocalyptic war. Fantasy adventure, starring Logan Lerman, Pierce Brosnan, Brandon T Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Sean Bean and Steve Coogan
• Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters (2013) (Tc) Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters (2013) (Tc)
  Synopsis
  The second instalment of the fantasy adventure franchise based on the bestselling children's books by Rick Riordan. After discovering that their demigod training ground, Camp Half-Blood, is in danger of being overrun by monsters, Percy (Logan Lerman), Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario), Grover (Brandon T. Jackson) and Tyson (Douglas Smith) set out on a perilous journey to the Sea of Monsters, known today as the Bermuda Triangle, to retrieve the mythical object that can save their camp - the Golden Fleece.
• Percy's Progress (1974) (15) Percy's Progress (1974) (15)
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  The sequel to 'Percy' has all the men in the world becoming impotent, except the sole owner of the world's first transplanted organ.
• Perdita Durango (1999) (18) Perdita Durango (1999) (18)
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  Perdita (Rosie Perez) and Romeo (Javier Bardem) are two lovers well-matched in temperament; Romeo is a master of bloody Voodoo rituals, Perdita is willing to cast her own spell on anyone for her personal gain. Not content with ferrying an illicit cargo of foetuses from Mexico to Las Vegas on behalf of the Mafia, the pair also kidnap an innocent young couple en route. Earmarking one of their hostages for the starring role in one of their bizarre sacrificial ceremonies, Romeo and Perdita remain unaware…
• Perestroika (2009) () Perestroika (2009) ()
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• Perfect (1985) (15) Perfect (1985) (15)
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  John Travolta stars as Adam Lawrence, a Rolling Stone reporter who runs into trouble while researching two separate articles. The first involves a businessman dealing in cocaine, while the second, an expose of health clubs, brings him into intimate contact with aerobics instructor Jessie (Jamie Lee Curtis). Adam and Jessie begin a romance, but she is none too happy when she discovers that he is preparing a story on her club.
• Perfect Alibi (1994) (15) Perfect Alibi (1994) (15)
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  To doctor's wife Melanie Bauer she seemed like the perfect au pair. But the day Janine crossed the threshold of the Bauer family home was the day the nightmare began. Slowly but surely Janine takes control of Melanie's children and husband. Worse, as Janine's power grows, Melanie seems to be fading.
• Perfect Blue (1997) (18) Perfect Blue (1997) (18)
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  Pop star Mima, her fame and fortune beginning to slide as fashions change, is persuaded to turn actress, reluctantly accepting an ill-defined role in a television soap opera. However, Mima's grip on reality begins to loosen as a result; she imagines that she has an identical twin who has maintained a singing career, and becomes increasingly paranoid after her friends are either threatened or killed. Can Mima unravel the truth before she is driven completely over the edge?
• Perfect Body (1997) (PG) Perfect Body (1997) (PG)
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  An aspiring gymnast battles against severe anorexia, casting a shadow over her long-cherished dreams of competing in the Olympics. Sporting drama, starring Amy Jo Johnson, Brett Cullen, Cathy Rigby and Wendie Malick
• Perfect Creature (2006) (15) Perfect Creature (2006) (15)
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  Horror set during the 1960s in an alternate New Zealand, known as 'Nuovo Zelandia', where vampires and humans peacefully co-exist, the bloodsuckers being the next step in human evolution. However, this delicate balance looks to be destroyed when an influenza epidemic sweeps the human population and one vampire turns to preying on humans. The church sends out Silus (Dougray Scott) to catch the renegade vampire, Edgar (Leo Gregory). Silus joins forces with a human police captain (Saffron Burrows)…