Browse Film A-Z

0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Top 50 All films

• Ultraman The Alien Invasion (1991) (PG) Ultraman The Alien Invasion (1991) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Japanese superhero Ultraman battles with an alien who threatens to destroy the world. `Ultraman' is a cult television series in Japan and its 25th anniversary inspired this live action film.
• Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie (2010) (15) Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie (2010) (15)
  Synopsis
  CGI-animated feature that sets out to bring to life the universe of the 'Warhammer 40,000' game series and includes the vocal talents of Terence Stamp, John Hurt and Sean Pertwee. It is the 41st century and mankind's survival hinges on the protection offered by genetically enhanced soldiers known as Ultramarines. However, when a distress signal is received from one of the Imperial Shrine Worlds, even the formidable fighting skills of the Ultramarines look set to be put to the test. Awaiting them…
• Ultranova (2005) (12) Ultranova (2005) (12)
  Synopsis
  Debut film from Belgian painter Bouli Lanners, a loosely-structured black comedy following salesman Dimitri (Vincent Lécuyer) as he becomes the object of fantasy for two local girls. At the same time, Dimitri's work colleagues are going through their own personal crises.
• Ultrasuede - In Search of Halston (2010) (15) Ultrasuede - In Search of Halston (2010) (15)
  Synopsis
  Documentary on the life of influential 1970s fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick, aka Halston. Born in Iowa, Halston rose to fame in 1961 after designing the hat Jackie Kennedy wore to her husband's Presidential Inauguration of that year. It was in 1970s New York that he really found his place, however and his minimalist designs fitted well with the aesthetic of the decade and helped make ultrasuede a household fabric. Halston admirers included such icons of the era as Elizabeth Taylor, Andy Warhol…
• Ultraviolet (2006) (15) Ultraviolet (2006) (15)
  Synopsis
  A totalitarian regime in 2076 sets out to destroy a sub-species of vampiric mutants and take over the world. However, one of the vampires discovers a boy whose unique blood antigens hold the key to curing her kind - and risks her own safety to protect the child from government agents determined to kill him. Sci-fi thriller, starring Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright and Nick Chinlund
• Ultraviolet (1991) (18) Ultraviolet (1991) (18)
  Synopsis
  Patricia Healy and Stephen Meadow play a holidaying couple on a trip in Southern America find their vacation shattered with the arrival of a viscious gunmen.
• Ulysses (1967) (15) Ulysses (1967) (15)
  Synopsis
  Would-be poet Stephen Dedalus and hard-drinking Jewish man Leopold Bloom spend a day in 1904 wandering the streets of Dublin ruminating on life and interacting with a gallery of eccentric characters. Drama based on James Joyce's novel, starring the late Milo O'Shea. With Maurice Roeves, Barbara Jefford and TP McKenna
• Ulysses (1954) (U) Ulysses (1954) (U)
  Synopsis
  Lavish Italian-made adaptation of Homer's epic poem 'The Odyssey', starring Kirk Douglas as seafaring hero Ulysses, who is trying to return home to his faithful wife Penelope (Silvano Magnano) after fighting in the Trojan Wars. However, owing to his arrogance following his military victories, the gods have doomed him to journey aimlessly across the seven seas until he learns to be humble. His long and eventful journey includes a battle with a cyclops, an encounter with the deadly singing Sirens,…
• Ulysses' Gaze (1995) (PG) Ulysses' Gaze (1995) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Harvey Keitel plays a Greek filmmaker journeying across the Balkans to return home after thirty five years, confronting various demons from his past along the way.
• Ulzana's Raid (1972) (15) Ulzana's Raid (1972) (15)
  Synopsis
  Robert Aldrich's violent Western about a cavalry platoon, led by Burt Lancaster's Indian scout, in search of a group of Apaches on the rampage after escaping from a reservation. The film centres on the different reactions to the Apache killings from the scout and the platoon leader. Considered to be one of Aldrich's best but overlooked films it is also seen as an allegory of America's involvement in Vietnam.
• Umar (2006) (12) Umar (2006) (12)
  Synopsis
  Bollywood drama telling the story of three old men - Iqbal Khan (Kader Khan), Chanderkant Mehta (Prem Chopra) and Rajpal Singh (Satish Kaushik) - who live in the UK but are treated as servants by their own children. Shashank (Jimmy Shergill) has a respect for life and treats his elders with care, love, affection and respect. He is in love with Prem Lakha's daughter Sapna (Shenaz Treasurywala), and because Shashank is so respectful to the three old men, they help him with his love life. But Sapna's…
• Umberto D (1952) (PG) Umberto D (1952) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Hugely revered Neo-Realist film from Vittorio De Sica, that was for years banned in Italy and labelled as subversive and negative to the country. It is a portrait of an old man, living out his last days alone and abandoned by a post-war Italian society. Non-professional Carlo Battisti plays Umberto Domenico Ferrari, a retired civil servant with no friends, family or prospects to speak of, only his dog Flike for company. Umberto lives only on his meagre pension and in dire surroundings with a grasping…
• Umbilical Brothers Speedmouse - Live from the Sydney Opera House (2004) (15) Umbilical Brothers Speedmouse - Live from the Sydney Opera House (2004) (15)
  Synopsis
  Australian comedy duo David Collins and Shane Dundas - aka The Umbilical Brothers - perform live at Sydney Opera House, combining mime, audio acrobatics and physical comedy to create their unique brand of choreographed mayhem.
• Umbilical Cords (2012) () Umbilical Cords (2012) ()
  Synopsis Unavailable
  
• Umbracle (1972) Umbracle (1972)
  Synopsis
  As in Vampir-Cuadecuc, this film turns on two basic axes: the inquiry into ways of cinematographic representation and a critical image of official Spain at the time of the Franco dictatorship. “Montage of attractions” and Brechtianism in strong doses. Umbracle is made up of fragments (some are archive footage) that resound rather than progress by unusual links, with dejá vu scenes that promise us more but remaintensely unfinished. Jonathan Rosembaun said: “few directors since…
• Umbrage: The First Vampire (2009) (18) Umbrage: The First Vampire (2009) (18)
  Synopsis
  An antiques dealer and his dysfunctional family move to a remote farm house, taking a priceless obsidian mirror with them. The artefact summons up the first vampire, and the family are caught in a centuries old-feud between her and a bloodsucking Irish cowboy who is both her deadliest enemy and her one true love. Horror, starring Doug Bradley and Rita Ramnani
• Umrao Jaan (1981) (PG) Umrao Jaan (1981) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Bollywood drama about a horseman who abducts a little girl and takes her to Lucknow where she is trained to become a courtesan and becomes famous as Umrao Jaan Ada (Rekha). Many years later, circumstances bring her back to her old home but as a feeling of deja vu begins to overwhelm her, she realises that she can never regain what she lost.
• Umrao Jaan (2006) (12A) Umrao Jaan (2006) (12A)
  Synopsis Unavailable
  
• Umut Adasi (2007) (15) Umut Adasi (2007) (15)
  Synopsis Unavailable
  
• Un Air de Famille (1996) (15) Un Air de Famille (1996) (15)
  Synopsis
  Every Friday night the Menards gather at the restaurant owned by least favourite son, Henri (Jean-Pierre Menard). In attendance, tonight, are Henri's domineering mother, his still-single sister, Betty (Agnes Jaoui), brother and favourite son Philippe (Wladimir Yordanoff), and Philippe's wife, Yolande (Catherine Frot), who is celebrating her birthday. Henri's own wife is not in attendance, as she has decided to leave him. As the meal progresses and the wine flows, various family tensions bubble to…
• Un Amour De Swann (1984) (18) Un Amour De Swann (1984) (18)
  Synopsis
  Dramatising a small slice of Proust's 'A la Recherche du Temps Perdu', 'Swann in Love' follows Charles Swann's (Jeremy Irons) obsessive pursuit of Odette de Crecy, an aristocratic woman largely unmoved by his affections. Ornella Muti and Alain Delon co-star.
• Un Ballo In Maschera: Live From Teatro Regio Di Torino (2012) () Un Ballo In Maschera: Live From Teatro Regio Di Torino (2012) ()
  Synopsis Unavailable
  
• Un Chant D'Amour (1950) (18) Un Chant D'Amour (1950) (18)
  Synopsis
  In his only film, Jean Genet takes a look at homosexual desires within the confines of a French prison. The film has no dialogue (but has a new soundtrack by Simon Fisher Turner), remained unseen for many years and has courted controversy ever since.
• Un Coeur En Hiver (1992) (12A) Un Coeur En Hiver (1992) (12A)
  Synopsis
  A female violinist finds her affections divided between her playing partner and his manager.
• Un Flic (1972) (12) Un Flic (1972) (12)
  Synopsis
  Jean-Pierre Melville's last film stars Alain Delon as Police Commissioner Coleman who finds himself playing a game of cat and mouse with a gang of thieves after a bank robbery in a small Riviera town goes wrong. The gang is led by Coleman's friend, Simon (Richard Crenna), a night-club owner and whose girlfriend (Catherine Deneuve) is also having an affair with Coleman. The two men find the rivalry between them increasing as the net begins to surround Simon. A stylish European take on the Hollywood…
• Un Garibaldino Al Convento (1941) () Un Garibaldino Al Convento (1941) ()
  Synopsis Unavailable
  
• Un Homme et une Femme (1966) (PG) Un Homme et une Femme (1966) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Racing driver Jean-Louis Duroc (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is distraught when his wife commits suicide. During a visit to his son's boarding school, Duroc meets another widowed parent - script girl Anne Gauthier (Anouk Amie). A love affair develops after Duroc gives Anne a lift home, although the spectre of her late husband hangs over their relationship. Claude Leloch's slick film was a huge hit, an Oscar winner and blasted one of the most recognisable theme tunes in movie history. A sequel was made…
• Un Jeu Brutal De Bruit Et De Fureur (1988) (18) Un Jeu Brutal De Bruit Et De Fureur (1988) (18)
  Synopsis
  Two films by French director Jean-Claude Brisseau. Bruno Cremer stars in the brooding drama 'Un Jeu Brutal' (1983) as Christian Tessier, a scientist and closet serial killer with a rebellious disabled adolescent daughter. In 'De Bruit et de Fureur' (1988), lonely teenager Bruno (Vincent Gasperitsch) moves into a high-rise district in Paris with his working single mother. When he is befriended by troubled street kid Jean-Roger (Francois Negret), Bruno is drawn inexorably into a spiral of theft, vandalism…
• Un Mauvais Fils (1980) (15) Un Mauvais Fils (1980) (15)
  Synopsis
  Claude Sautet's look at the conflict between different generations when things go wrong. Former drug addict Bruno (Patrick Dewaere) returns home to France after a stint in a US jail but his father (Yves Robert) has blamed the death of his mother on Bruno's lifestyle and finds it difficult to accept his son back. Bruno finds it difficult to return to his old life and get a job but discovers some kind of solace in a relationship with Catherine (Brigitte Fossey), another former drug-addict. However,…
• Un Monde Presque Paisible - Almost Peaceful (2004) (15) Un Monde Presque Paisible - Almost Peaceful (2004) (15)
  Synopsis Unavailable
  
• Un Nos Ola Leuad (1991) (15) Un Nos Ola Leuad (1991) (15)
  Synopsis
  A man revisits the town he grew up in, but he is soon left struggling to deal with terrifying memories of his childhood and his increasingly disturbed mother. Bleak atmospheric drama, starring Dyfan Roberts, Tudor Roberts and Betsan Llwyd
• Un, Dos, Tres, Al Escondite Ingles (1969) () Un, Dos, Tres, Al Escondite Ingles (1969) ()
  Synopsis Unavailable
  
• Una Noche (2012) () Una Noche (2012) ()
  Synopsis Unavailable
  
• Una Pura Formalita (1994) (12) Una Pura Formalita (1994) (12)
  Synopsis
  A dark, Kafkaesque crime thriller. Onoff (Gerald Depardieu) is picked up by police officers, who find him running across the French countryside in the rain, breathless and apparently suffering from short-term memory loss. A murder has been committed in the nearby woods and Onoff is interrogated by an inspector (Roman Polanski), who will try to arrive at the truth.
• Unabomber: The True Story (1996) (15) Unabomber: The True Story (1996) (15)
  Synopsis
  Fact-based drama following the life of Ted Kaczynski, one of America's most notorious terrorists, who carried out a campaign of bombings between 1978 and 1995, and threatened further violence unless his political manifesto was published. However, his own brother would prove instrumental in bringing him to justice. Starring Robert Hays, Dean Stockwell and Tobin Bell
• Unaikoeu Enaipharuven (2000) (15) Unaikoeu Enaipharuven (2000) (15)
  Synopsis Unavailable
  
• Unakaga Ellam Unakaga (1999) (PG) Unakaga Ellam Unakaga (1999) (PG)
  Synopsis Unavailable
  
• Unarmed But Dangerous (2009) (18) Unarmed But Dangerous (2009) (18)
  Synopsis
  Action comedy directed by Xavier Leret and starring Mat Fraser and Faye Tozer. During a bungled raid on his home, disabled martial artist Jimmy Loveit (Fraser) disturbs a gang of criminals and confronts them. Shots are fired, with Jimmy injuring one of the gang, but in the confusion Jimmy's wife also gets hit and the men escape, taking Jimmy's daughter with them. Jimmy sets off to get his daughter back, unaware that the men who have taken her are associates of one of London's most notorious gangsters…
• Unborn (2003) (TBC) Unborn (2003) (TBC)
  Synopsis
  After being beaten up by her drug dealer, Por (Intira Jaroenpura) wakes up in hospital to find that she is pregnant. While there, a female spirit comes to haunt her. At first she is terrified by the ghostly presence but comes to believe that the spirit wants her help. Asking a friend to help her, she embarks on a mission to solve the mystery behind the woman's death.
• Unborn But Forgotten (2002) (15) Unborn But Forgotten (2002) (15)
  Synopsis
  Korean Ring-like horror suspense film based on a cursed website. A website is apparently killing every female visitor within 15 days of their viewing it. A female reporter begins an investigation that leads to the discovery of the site known only as 'The White Room'. Uncovering the secret has its price, leaving her only 15 days to solve the mystery behind the cryptic portal and break the curse.
• Unbreakable (2000) (12) Unbreakable (2000) (12)
  Synopsis
  A security guard escapes from the carnage of a train crash miraculously unscathed. He is baffled by what has happened to him - until he is contacted by a frail comic-book dealer, who appears to hold the key to the mystery. Drama from director M Night Shyamalan, with Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson, Robin Wright and Spencer Treat Clark
• Unbreakable: The Western States 100 (2012) (TBC) Unbreakable: The Western States 100 (2012) (TBC)
  Synopsis
  In 2010, four of the greatest undefeated mountain runners on earth toed the starting line at the Western States 100-mile endurance run, the oldest and most prestigious 100-mile foot race in the world. 'Unbreakable: The Western States 100' follows the four lead men on their journey.
• Uncertain Glory (1944) (U) Uncertain Glory (1944) (U)
  Synopsis
  A POW in Germany during WWII escapes, but is forced to give himself up when the Gestapo threaten to kill 100 hostages if he does not return. Errol Flynn plays the fugitive, faced with a choice between his own liberty and duty to his fellow man.
• Uncertainty (2009) (15) Uncertainty (2009) (15)
  Synopsis
  Drama thriller following a couple on two different scenarios on Independence Day in New York. Bobby (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Kate (Lynn Collins) are indecisive about whether to spend the holiday together in the city or whether to go to Kate's family home. They flip a coin, leaving it to chance to choose for them but both possible outcomes play out. One has them dealing with family drama and the decision of whether to reveal Kate's pregnancy, while the other sees them being chased around Manhattan…
• Unchained (1987) (15) Unchained (1987) (15)
  Synopsis
  Loosely based on the life of Robert Burns, this drama revolves around a man who is sentenced to a chain gang in Georgia, after becoming an unwilling accomplice in a robbery. He manages to escape and starts a new life, only to be captured again and sent back to the chain gang. Facing a life of drudgery, Burns devotes the rest of his imprisonment to writing a book which exposes the brutality of the regime.
• Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) (15) Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) (15)
  Synopsis
  Premiere. A dying man who believes in reincarnation becomes aware that he has only 48 hours to live. He persuades his family to take him out of hospital so he can die at home, where he remembers the events of his past lives and is visited by spirits from his past. Fantasy drama, with Thanapat Saisaymar and Sakda Kaewbuadee. In Thai
• Uncle Buck (1989) (12) Uncle Buck (1989) (12)
  Synopsis
  An unreliable but good-natured slob is called upon to look after his trouble-making nephew and nieces while their parents are away - and what starts as a disaster soon changes for the better as the unlikely babysitter gets to grips with the finer points of being a responsible adult. Family comedy, starring John Candy, Macaulay Culkin, Jean Kelly, Gaby Hoffman, Amy Madigan and Laurie Metcalf
• Uncle Dad (2006) (PG) Uncle Dad (2006) (PG)
  Synopsis
  Children's television series about a bunch of feisty brothers and sisters who are dumped on their eccentric Uncle Roy (Tim Plester). Having to look after an bunch of unruly children doesn't come easy to Uncle Roy, a single, self-sufficient anthropologist. In a house that's half jungle, half zoo, Roy is tested to the limits by his temporary guests, who would all love to stay, relishing a house full of exotic pets. Before long it develops into a battle of wits, as both sides compete to decide who…
• Uncle David (2010) (18) Uncle David (2010) (18)
  Synopsis
  David Hoyle makes his feature-length directorial debut is this black comedy thriller following a man and his nephew. Hoyle stars as Uncle David, a gay man who goes on holiday with his nephew, Ashley (Ashley Ryder), to a caravan park on the Isle of Sheppey. As the true nature of their relationship becomes apparent, so too does the real reason behind their holiday.
• Uncle Sam (1996) (18) Uncle Sam (1996) (18)
  Synopsis
  Sam Harper was a sadistic, unloved man in his small hometown, whose death in the Gulf War makes him a hero figure for his nephew Jody. When Sam's body is shipped home for Independence Day celebrations, bad memories are stirred up in the community. Sam escapes from his coffin and, disguised as American Uncle Sam, begins a reign of terror, killing anyone who does not conform to his twisted concept of the American Dream. Jody begins to realise the truth about his uncle as the body count mounts - he…