An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Bad Tidings

2024

English

5.5

♡ 11

Tim Kirkby Director

Ben Crompton as Big Barry Brennan

Sarah Alexander as Laura

Lee Mack as Neil

Chris McCausland as Scott

Grumpy home-security expert Neil feuds with his neighbour Scott, who insists on keeping his Christmas lights illuminated all-year-round. Their tit-for-tat argument culminates in Neil triggering a power-cut across the entire street on Christmas Eve. But when the local crime family decide to rob every house on the street that night, and the pair must set aside their differences to defeat them.

Deprisa, Deprisa

1981

Spanish

7.0

♡ 6

62%

Carlos Saura Director

Berta Socuéllamos as Ángela

Jesús Arias as Meca

Jose Antonio Valdelomar González as Pablo

José María Hervás Roldán as Sebas

Angela is a young waitress who turns her back on society when she meets and falls in love with Pablo, a reckless criminal delinquent. Along with Pablo’s gang of car thieves, the pair embark on a drug and disco-fueled robbery spree as they hurtle toward oblivion.

Spring Breakers

2012

English

♡ 90

67%

Harmony Korine Director

James Franco as Alien

Tom Franco as Archie's Thug #1

Vanessa Hudgens as Candy

Selena Gomez as Faith

After four college girls rob a restaurant to fund their spring break in Florida, they get entangled with a weird dude with his own criminal agenda.

Blood and Wine

1996

English

6.0

♡ 19

65%

Bob Rafelson Director

Jack Nicholson as Alex

Jennifer Lopez as Gabriela

Harold Perrineau as Henry

Michael Caine as Victor

A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.

Pather Panchali

1955

Bangla

8.2

♡ 47

98%

Satyajit Ray Director

Binoy Mukherjee as Baidyanath Majumdar

Kanu Bannerjee as Harihar Ray

Tulsi Chakraborty as Prasanna, school teacher

Roma Ganguli as Roma

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. His wife, Sarbojaya, looks after their rebellious daughter, Durga, and young son, Apu. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life.

Wonder Boys

2000

English

7.2

♡ 31

81%

83%

Action

adultery

based on novel or book

Curtis Hanson Director

Kelly Bishop as Amanda Leer

Tobey Maguire as James Leer

Rob McElhenney as Student

Robert Downey Jr. as Terry Crabtree

Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.

The Brain

1969

French

6.8

♡ 4

72%

Gérard Oury Director

Micha Bayard as La dame du 5ème

Raymond Gérôme as Le commissaire bègue

Jacques Balutin as L'inspecteur Pochet

Charles Dalin as Un complice de Scanapicco

Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982

English

4.8

♡ 45

23%

Blake Edwards Director

Richard Mulligan as Clouseau's Father

Robert Wagner as George Lytton

Joanna Lumley as Marie Jouvet

Liz Smith as Martha Balls

The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France. His plane disappears en-route. This time, famous French TV reporter Marie Jouvet sets out to solve the mystery and starts to interview everybody connected to Clouseau.

A Life Less Ordinary

1997

English

6.3

♡ 26

41%

59%

Action

angel

based on novel or book

Danny Boyle Director

Stanley Tucci as Elliot Zweikel

Mel Winkler as Frank Naville

Timothy Olyphant as Hiker

Ewan McGregor as Robert Lewis

A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine, a spoiled rich girl who has just accidentally shot a suitor and, due to a misunderstanding, is kidnapped by janitor Robert. Although Celine quickly frees herself, she stays with Robert for thrills. O'Reilly and Jackson pursue, hoping to unite the prospective lovers.

Millions

2004

English

6.8

♡ 4

87%

78%

Action

beheading

christmas movie alternative

Danny Boyle Director

Leslie Phillips as Leslie Phillips

James Nesbitt as Ronnie

Nasser Memarzia as St Joseph

Christopher Fulford as The Man

Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a bag of bank robbery loot in the week before the United Kingdom switches its official currency to the Euro. What's a kid to do?

Time to Hunt

2020

Korean

6.3

♡ 45

69%

Sung-hyun Yoon Director

Christopher Sean as Additional Voices

Matthew Yang King as Additional Voices

Lee Jehoon as Jun-seok

Johnny Yong Bosch as Ki-Hoon

Four young men want to leave their dystopian world behind and go to a distant paradise to execute a money robbery, a daring act that will have unexpected consequences.

Two Way Stretch

1960

English

6.8

♡ 6

73%

Robert Day Director

Liz Fraser as Ethel

John Harvey as Governor Rockhampton Prison

Bernard Cribbins as Lennie Price

Warren Mitchell as Tailor

Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First however they must get out, a task made more difficult by a new, stricter prison officer.

$10,000 Blood Money

1967

Italian

6.1

♡ 4

Romolo Guerrieri Director

Paolo Figlia as Bounty Hunter

Massimo Sarchielli as Cisco

Fernando Sancho as Stardust Vasquez

Ferdinando Poggi as Vasquez Henchman Miguel

After being hired to free a landowner's kidnapped daughter, a bounty hunter double-crosses his employer and joins the kidnapper's gang.

The Night of the Hunter

1955

English

8.0

♡ 54

93%

90%

Action

based on novel or book

Charles Laughton Director

John Dennis as Prison Guard

Lillian Gish as Rachel Cooper

Frank Mills as Townsman

Don Beddoe as Walt Spoon

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers

1993

English

8.3

♡ 35

human animal relationship

Nick Park Director

Peter Hawkins as Gromit

Peter Sallis as Wallace

Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno pants created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wanted criminal. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.