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15:00 Chance of a Lifetime Film (1950)

Comedy drama about a group of workers who agree to swap places with their stressed factory owner (Basil Radford), and take over and run the plant. Directed by Bernard Miles and Alan Osbiston.

16:55 A Man Called Peter Film (1955)

The life story of the late Peter Marshall, Protestant minister and chaplain of the US Senate, stars Richard Todd in the title role.

19:20 Bless This House Film (1973)

Movie spin-off from the popular 70s TV series, with Sid James starring as the middle-class, middle-aged father who doesn't understand the youth of the day, in particular his own two children (Sally Geeson and Robin Askwith).

21:00 Hero Film (2002)

Martial arts epic from premiere Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou. Asian superstars Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung and Donnie Yen act out a Rashomon-style story set in the 3rd century BC.

23:00 Assault on Precinct 13 Film (1976)

John Carpenter's second feature is a stylishly straightforward thriller in which cops and cons are trapped in a small LA police station by a heavily armed gang intent on freeing one of the prisoners. Edge-of-seat stuff, with Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston and Laurie Zimmer holding the fort superbly.

00:50 The Pillow Book Film (1995)

Peter Greenaway's film is a feast for the eye but the story itself is equally absorbing. Nagiko (Vivian Wu) who has a fetish for calligraphy on the human body meets ideal soul-mate Jerome (Ewan McGregor), an English translator sent to Japan. A torrid, lurid melodrama, full of passion, jealousy and revenge.

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15:00pm Distant Drums (U) 1951

An Army officer mounts a daring raid through the treacherous Florida swamplands in an effort to rescue prisoners from a tribe of marauding Indians. Undistinguished Western adventure, starring Gary Cooper, Mari Aldon, Richard Webb and Ray Teal

17:00pm Sailor Beware! (PG) 1956

An able seaman goes to meet his prospective mother-in-law to discuss marriage arrangements, but finds his run-in with the old battleaxe a harrowing experience. So when he realises he'll never be able to escape her beady eye, he's suddenly afflicted with a case of cold feet — and fails to turn up for his wedding. Dated comedy that still provides sparks of hilarity, starring Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton, Ronald Lewis and Gordon Jackson (888)

18:35pm The Apartment (PG) 1960

Comedy drama starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, which garnered best picture and the best director Oscars for Billy Wilder. Lemmon plays a lonely insurance clerk, who rents out his flat to executives for their romantic liaisons, but then finds one of them has set his sights on his girl (MacLaine). The film is on the long side, but it fizzes along nicely

21:00pm A Knight's Tale (PG) 2001

Poverty-stricken squire Heath Ledger spies an opportunity to make his dreams come true when his employer pops his clogs — and takes his place as a knight of the realm, launching himself on the road to riches. However, his ruse is jeopardised by a dastardly nobleman. Thoroughly entertaining action-packed comedy, with Ledger perfectly cast as the hero, alongside Mark Addy, Alan Tudyk, Rufus Sewell and Paul Bettany, who gives a scene-stealing performance as Geoffrey Chaucer (888)

23:30pm Braindead (18) 1992

A shy man's home is overrun by the undead, leading to a blood-spattered finale that has to be seen to be believed. Timothy Balme and Elizabeth Moody star in this gory comic horror, definitely not for the faint-hearted. Directed by Peter Jackson, who went on to film epic adaptations of The Lord of the Rings and King Kong (888)

01:35am Hot Fuzz Special

Director Edgar Wright and actor Simon Pegg discuss the making of their new action comedy, about a tough London copper reassigned to a quiet country village

01:40am One Nite in Mongkok (15) 1999

A hired killer arrives in a Hong Kong suburb at the wrong time, as a long-running gang war is about to spill out onto the mean streets. He soon latches onto a helpful prostitute, eager to help him with his work, but the reluctant assassin has an ulterior motive for taking his latest job. Acclaimed thriller, starring Daniel Wu, Cecilia Cheung and Alex Fong
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15:00pm The Good Die Young (PG) 1954

A psychotic playboy persuades three equally troubled crooks to help rob a mail van. However, while the heist itself succeeds, violent tensions among the gang members threaten to ruin their triumph. Conflict is inevitable, but there's no telling who will come out on top and escape with the loot. Powerful psychological melodrama, starring Laurence Harvey, Richard Basehart and Joan Collins (888)

16:50pm The One That Got Away (U) 1957

Gripping World War Two adventure telling the true story of pilot Franz von Werra (Hardy Kruger), a German PoW who repeatedly escaped from British prison camps. After being moved to Montreal, he managed to break out and make it into America in an attempt to rejoin his squadron. Colin Gordon, Terence Alexander and Michael Goodliffe also star (888)

18:55pm Baby Boom (PG) 1987

Diane Keaton plays a businesswoman whose life is turned upside down by the death of a cousin, leaving her literally holding the baby. Harmless comedy, which may interest viewers balancing the responsibilities of work and childcare, but the forgettable tale ultimately swaps credibility for cheap laughs. Harold Ramis, Sam Shepard and Sam Wanamaker also star (888)

21:00pm Croupier (15) 1997

A failed writer takes a job at a casino to support himself — and soon becomes embroiled in a dangerous plot to rob his employer, thanks to the attentions of a mysterious woman. Mike Hodges' dark and tangled crime drama was a disaster at the box office when first released in the UK, but after performing rather better in the States, finally received a deserved second chance. Clive Owen, Alex Kingston and Kate Hardie star (888)

22:45pm National Lampoon's Animal House (15) 1978

A college's most slobbish student fraternity is threatened with expulsion, so its madcap members declare war on the authorities. Anarchic campus comedy, directed by John Landis and co-written by Harold Ramis. The naturally hilarious John Belushi stars alongside Tim Matheson, Donald Sutherland, Karen Allen and Tom Hulce (888)

00:55am Hot Fuzz Special Director Edgar Wright and actor Simon Pegg discuss the making of their new action comedy, about a tough London copper reassigned to a quiet country village

01:00am The River (U) 1951

Jean Renoir's dramatisation of Rumer Godden's acclaimed novel, filmed on the banks of the River Ganges, recounting the pleasures and pains of adolescent love. The eldest daughter of an English family in India carries a torch for a wounded American pilot — an infatuation shared by her two closest friends. Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight and Adrienne Corri star

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15:00pm The Dark Corner (U) 1946

A private eye is released after serving a prison sentence for a crime he didn't commit. When he suspects someone is trying to kill him, he suspects the real perpetrator — his old lawyer. But when the attorney turns up dead, the detective becomes the prime suspect. Thriller, starring Mark Stevens, Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb and William Bendix (888)

16:55pm Cattle Empire (U) 1958

Joel McCrea stars in Charles Marquis Warren's tough Western, playing a trail boss who is imprisoned when his men go on the rampage in a quiet town. Released five years later, the convict shows no signs of turning over a new leaf — but his plans to double-cross the town mayor soon backfire. With Gloria Talbott and Don Haggerty (888)

18:30pm Battle of Britain (PG) 1969

Visually spectacular star-studded World War Two epic focusing on the exploits of the brave Allied airmen who prevented marauding Nazi forces invading Britain. It's just a shame the huge number of big-name stars, including Laurence Olivier, Robert Shaw and Christopher Plummer, prove such a distraction from the actual story. Susannah York, Michael Caine, Kenneth More and Trevor Howard also appear (888)

21:00pm Changing Lanes (15) 2002

A minor car accident leaves up-and-coming lawyer Ben Affleck and insurance salesman Samuel L Jackson caught in a horrifying spiral of violence and revenge against one another. Edge-of-the-seat thriller, which so effectively explores the idea of two perfectly ordinary men losing all perspective and tumbling out of control, it rapidly becomes rather unnerving. Amanda Peet, Toni Collette, Kim Staunton and Sydney Pollack co-star (888)

22:55pm Carrie (18) 1976

Brian De Palma's assured adaptation of Stephen King's chilling tale. A shy teenager with strange powers struggles to cope with her abusive mother and classmates. When a personable fellow pupil invites her to the prom, she vows to enjoy herself — but happiness turns to fury when her tormentors play a cruel prank, and she unleashes her deadly abilities. Memorably bloody horror, starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving and Nancy Allen (888)

00:50am Hot Fuzz

Special Director Edgar Wright and actor Simon Pegg discuss the making of their new action comedy, about a tough London copper reassigned to a quiet country village

00:55am Roma (18) 1972

Federico Fellini directs and stars in this Oscar-winning documentary-style drama, exploring the changing face of Rome in a series of vignettes. The semi-autobiographical film explores his infatuation with the city as a small boy, when he's impressed by the sheer size, before switching to his experiences as a teenager. Eccentric characters, famous faces and the striking imagery make this a stunning piece of work. With Peter Gonzales and Marcello Mastroianni

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3:00pm Campbell's Kingdom (U) 1957

A dying man (Dirk Bogarde) tries to claim his inheritance — an oil-rich valley in Canada. Unexpected problems spring up when he is forced to battle a scheming contractor who is determined to exploit the area for his own financial gain. But fighting for the apparently lost cause seems to give the ailing aristocrat a new lease of life. Good-looking but insubstantial adventure, with Stanley Baker, Michael Craig and Barbara Murray (888)

17:00pm Double Indemnity (PG) 1944

Billy Wilder's classic film noir thriller, starring Barbara Stanwyck as a ruthless femme fatale who plots to murder her wealthy husband with the help of insurance agent Fred MacMurray. Edward G Robinson also stars. Co-scripted by Raymond Chandler from the novel by James M Cain

19:05pm Say Anything (15) 1989

An aspiring teenage kickboxer falls for the most beautiful and intelligent girl in his class, and to his delight she feels the same way about him — but her father isn't quite so enthusiastic about the relationship. Smart comedy drama, starring John Cusack, Ione Skye and John Mahoney, and featuring a cameo from Cusack's real-life sibling Joan who, naturally, plays his character's sister. Written and directed by Cameron Crowe, this is a particular treat for fans, since the film was not originally released in UK cinemas

21:00pm The Sum of All Fears (12) 2002

The CIA become suspicious about Russia's nuclear activities, and youthful agent Jack Ryan is ordered to investigate. However, it's not long before the threat of a terrorist attack on US soil is on the cards, sparking a race against time to calm the situation before disaster strikes. Fast-paced thriller based on Tom Clancy's novel, starring Ben Affleck in the lead, with Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Ken Jenkins and Liev Schreiber (888)

23:25pm Electra Glide in Blue (PG) 1973

Road movie with a well-deserved cult following, starring Robert Blake as an ambitious pint-sized motorcycle cop who manages to overcome every villain he encounters. Inevitably his incredible run of luck must come to an end — and the discovery that his superior officer is less than squeaky clean seems to herald a distinct downturn in fortune. With Billy Green Bush, Jeannine Riley, Elisha Cook Jnr and Mitchell Ryan

01:40am Hot Fuzz Special Director Edgar Wright and actor Simon Pegg discuss the making of their new action comedy, about a tough London copper reassigned to a quiet country village

01:45am Whisky (15) 2004 Premiere.

Comedy drama starring Andres Pazos as the struggling owner of a sock factory, who is shocked to learn his estranged brother is planning to pay him a visit. In a bid to appear as successful as possible, he persuades his assistant to pose as his wife. With Mirella Pascual and Jorge Bolani

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15:00pm The Spy in Black (U) 1939

A German spy falls for an apparently sympathetic schoolteacher during a World War One mission. But he doesn't suspect the object of his affections is actually an English double agent, a revelation which jeopardises an operation to destroy the British fleet in the Orkneys in 1917. This out-of-the-ordinary romantic melodrama was Powell and Pressburger's first collaboration. Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson and Marius Goring are among the cast (888)

16:35pm Three Coins in the Fountain (U) 1954

Comedy, chronicling the misadventures of three American women who each throw a coin into Rome's famous Trevi Fountain in the hope of meeting the men of their dreams. Starring Dorothy McGuire, Clifton Webb, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Rossano Brazzi and Cathleen Nesbitt

18:35pm The Apartment (PG) 1960

Comedy drama starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, which garnered best picture and the best director Oscars for Billy Wilder. Lemmon plays a lonely insurance clerk, who rents out his flat to executives for their romantic liaisons, but then finds one of them has set his sights on his girl (MacLaine). The film is on the long side, but it fizzes along nicely

21:00pm She's All That (12) 1999

A popular high-school student, on the rebound after a bust-up with his girlfriend, bets his pals he can turn frumpy female student Rachael Leigh Cook into a prom queen — but doesn't realise what he's let himself in for. Of course, he soon realises that, minus her glasses, his “date” is actually his perfect mate. Chirpy, undemanding romantic comedy, with Freddie Prinze Jnr and Paul Walker. Watch out for a scene-stealing supporting performance by Matthew Lillard (888)

22:45pm Mona Lisa (18) 1986

Bob Hoskins takes the lead in this acclaimed romantic thriller, as a small-time crook who becomes chauffeur and bodyguard to high-class prostitute Cathy Tyson, little realising the effect it will have on both their lives. Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane and Sammi Davis also star in Neil Jordan's acclaimed film, which features Kate Hardie and a cameo by Sixties pop star Joe Brown (888)

00:45am Battle Royale (18) 2000

As teenage crime spirals out of control, the Japanese government adopt a hardline approach, sending classes of youngsters to an isolated island where they will be forced to kill or be killed in ever more horrifying ways. Controversial but very intelligent and stylish violent thriller, starring Takeshi Kitano, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda and Taro Yamamoto (888)

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15:00 The House on Telegraph Hill (Film) 1951

A Valentina Cortese plays Victoria Kopwelska, a survivor of the Nazi death camps. While incarcerated, she befriended a fellow prisoner with family in America who promises the pair will go there when freed. But on the eve of Liberation, she dies, allowing Victoria to adopt her identity and travel to America. Once there, she finds she is godmother to Chris, who is heir to a fortune but her arrival has disrupted the murderous plans of the boy's guardian, Alan Spender and nurse. His plans to get rid of the boy must be put on hold while he concentrates on Victoria and how better to start than to make her fall in love with him... Robert Wise, better known as the director of West Side Story and The Sound of Music, enthusiastically embraced the film noir genre for this film, with Basehart superbly creepy as the Lothario with murder in mind and Baker the hard-hearted blonde moll.

16:45 Robert De Niro - A Portrait (Documentary)

Robert De Niro talks exclusively to Film4 about his work on Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter and Once Upon a Time in America and about The Good Shepherd, his new film which he directs and stars in, which opens this month.


17:10 South of St. Louis (Film) 1949

Roy Enright's western is set in the last days of the Civil War. Chased off their ranch by marauding guerrillas, Joel McCrea, Zachary Scott and Douglas Kennedy head south for a new life. McCrea and Scott go into the gun-running business while Kennedy joins the Confederate army. The three soon find themselves on opposite sides of the law, with sultry saloon girl Alexis Smith adding to the ill-feeling.

18:55 Baby Boom (Film) 1987

Diane Keaton stars as a high-flying exec with the apartment and boyfriend to match. But she finds herself left a baby in a distant relative's will and, rather than give the infant up, takes her in. Soon, her boyfriend has left and she's lost her job. She starts a new life in Vermont, where a local vet soon takes a marked interest in her in Charles Shyer's gentle comedy, which is lifted by Keaton's superb performance.

21:00 Changing Lanes (Film) 2002

Ben Affleck plays well-heeled lawyer Gavin Banek dashing to a meeting; while Samuel L Jackson takes the role of Doyle Gipson, a separated parent on his way to a child custody hearing. When the pair's cars collide in a minor accident, Banek dashes off a cheque and leaves, little knowing he's accidentally taken a document crucial to Gipson's hearing that sees him lose the case. But Gipson has an equally vital document belonging to Banek and so begins a battle of wills and wits in Roger Michell's fast-moving thriller.

22:55 Taxi Driver (Film) 1976

Robert De Niro introduces Taxi Driver, in which he stars as cab driver Travis Bickle, who slowly slips into insanity as he witnesses the whoring, violence and political trading rife in New York in Martin Scorsese's landmark film. The film features superb support from Cybill Shepherd, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle and Leonard Harris, a classic soundtrack from Bernard Herrmann and dialogue from Paul Schraeder that crackles off the screen.

01:10 Robert De Niro - A Portrait (Documentary)

Robert De Niro talks exclusively to Film4 about his work on Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter and Once Upon a Time in America and about The Good Shepherd, his new film which he directs and stars in, which opens this month.

01:35 National Lampoon's Animal House (Film) 1978

This landmark comedy from John Landis has been often copied but never bettered. John Belushi, Tim Matheson and Tom Hulce are just three fraternity guys of Delta House at Faber University where kegs, women and music are preferred to studying Milton. But when the Dean threatens to close them down, it's time to unite and fight. Absolutely hysterical, with Belushi giving one of the best slob-out performances in film history and some of the best gags to hit the screen.

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15:00 Cattle Empire (Film) 1958

Joel McCrea plays John Cord, a trail boss jailed for five years when his men looted and burnt the town of Hamilton. Released from prison, he is attacked by the townsfolk. Saved by town boss Ralph Hamilton, who was blinded in the original riot, Cord is engaged to drive 5,000 head of cattle for Hamilton. But he also accepts a commission from Garth, Hamilton's rival, planning to double cross one of them. As the drive nears its end, Cord's men demand to be let loose in town, and as history looks likely to repeat itself, Cord learns about what really happened five years ago, and who his true enemies are, in Charles Marquis Warren's tough western.

16:45 Campbell's Kingdom (Film) 1958

Having been diagnosed with a terminal disease, Bruce Campbell returns to a town in the Canadian Rockies to prove his grandfather's theory that there is oil in the hills. However, no one believes him and, to make things worse, Owen Morgan plans to build a dam and flood the land where the oil lies.

18:50 The People that Time Forgot (Film) 1977

When Bowen Tyler was marooned on the lost island of Caprona in the year 1916 in the first film of this loose trilogy, The Land That Time Forgot, he hurled a cannister into the ocean hoping someone would find it and come to his rescue. Three years later the cannister, containing Tyler's information about the island and prehistoric botanical specimens, is discovered off the coast of Scotland. Tyler's old friend Ben McBride convinces a London newspaper that Tyler's strange claims could be true and that an expedition to rescue his friend on Caprona could result in the story of the century. And so the excitement begins in Kevin Connor's thrill-packed adventure.

20:35 Robert De Niro - A Portrait (Documentary)

Robert De Niro talks exclusively to Film4 about his work on Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter and Once Upon a Time in America and about The Good Shepherd, his new film which he directs and stars in, which opens this month.

21:00 Mickey Blue Eyes (Film) 1999

Kelly Makin's comedy stars Hugh Grant as sober English gent Michael Felgate, who proposes to girlfriend Gina only to discover that she is the daughter of prominent Mafia mobster Frank Vitale. However, Frank is delighted with his new son-in-law and sets about introducing a reluctant Michael to the family "business", which includes laundering dodgy family paintings though his hitherto reputable art house.

23:00 Blow Out (Film) 1981

In Brian De Palma's conspiracy thriller, John Travolta plays Jack Terry, a soundman working on B-movies who's out one night by the river recording owls for background noise. Suddenly, he sees a car approaching a bridge suffer a blown-out tyre and crash through the rails into the water. Diving in, he rescues Sally but the driver has drowned. When he finds out the the dead man was a potential presidential candidate, he plays back his tape and becomes convinced there's a gunshot just before the tyre explodes and, tracking down Sally, finds himself in a world of blackmail, violence and cover-up that lead to the very top.

01:05 Strange Days (Film) 1995

Set just as the 21st century dawns, Kathryn Bigelow's film stars Ralph Fiennes as an ex-cop selling the hardware and software of an illegal entertainment system that allows the user to implant other people's experiences directly into their brain. Sex and violence are the most popular requests but then he comes across a clip that shows the murder of Glenn Plummer, top hip-hop rapper and politician, whose death has plunged LA into chaos. The clip shows Plummer was killed by the police who know Fiennes has the clip as do those profiting from the rioting - now his life is under threat from both sides of the law as he tries to get the evidence shown and end the violence.

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15:00pm The Siege at Red River (PG) 1954

A Confederate secret agent lays his hands on a shipment of guns, but before he can do anything with them, he is betrayed by a former comrade and left fighting for his life behind enemy lines. Reasonable Western set during the American Civil War, starring Van Johnson, Joanne Dru and Richard Boone (888)
16:40pm Robert De Niro — A Portrait

The celebrated actor discusses his career, looking at his acclaimed performances in Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter and Once Upon a Time in America, and his recent directorial effort The Good Shepherd

17:05pm Three Coins in the Fountain (U) 1954

Comedy, chronicling the misadventures of three American women who each throw a coin into Rome's famous Trevi Fountain in the hope of meeting the men of their dreams. Starring Dorothy McGuire, Clifton Webb, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Rossano Brazzi and Cathleen Nesbitt

19:15pm Thunderbirds Are Go! (U) 1966

Energetic feature-length adventure based on Gerry Anderson's hit puppet series. International Rescue are called in to save the first manned Mars probe from sinister hijacker The Hood, and ensure a second mission runs smoothly. Featuring the voices of Shane Rimmer, Ray Barrett, Alexander Davion, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn and Cliff Richard, voicing a puppet version of himself (888)

21:00pm Rain Man (15) 1988

Tom Cruise impresses as a brash yuppie car-dealer who kidnaps autistic elder brother Dustin Hoffman in an effort to claim his share of their father's fortune — but the ensuing cross-country journey proves to be a profound learning experience. Superb multi-Oscar-winning drama, with Valeria Golino, Gerald R Molen and Jack Murdock (888)

23:35pm Sugarland Express (PG) 1974

Steven Spielberg's big-screen directorial debut, a tragi-comic road movie based on a true story about a woman who breaks her husband out of jail so he can help rescue their baby from overzealous authorities. Starring Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks and William Atherton

01:40am Whisky (15) 2004

Charming comedy drama starring Andres Pazos as the struggling owner of a sock factory, who is shocked to learn his estranged brother is planning to pay him a visit. In a bid to appear as successful as possible, he persuades his assistant to pose as his wife. With Mirella Pascual and Jorge Bolani

03:30am Close

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15:00 South of St. Louis (Film) 1949

Roy Enright's western is set in the last days of the Civil War. Chased off their ranch by marauding guerrillas, Joel McCrea, Zachary Scott and Douglas Kennedy head south for a new life. McCrea and Scott go into the gun-running business while Kennedy joins the Confederate army. The three soon find themselves on opposite sides of the law, with sultry saloon girl Alexis Smith adding to the ill-feeling.

16:45 Prince Valiant (Film) 1954

Veteran director Henry Hathaway's Arthurian adventure is based on the popular newspaper cartoon strip by Hal Foster. Robert Wagner plays the eponymous prince, a Viking invited to join King Arthur's court. But the evil Sir Brack plans to oust the king and then invade Valiant's Scandanavian home and only Valiant can stop him. Janet Leigh and Debra Paget are the respective love interests to both parties and, with much of the film being shot in Britain rather than on a Hollywood back-lot, viewers will enjoy identifying castles and locations that form a backdrop to the rousing action.

18:40 Robert De Niro - A Portrait (Documentary)

Robert De Niro talks exclusively to Film4 about his work on Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter and Once Upon a Time in America and about The Good Shepherd, his new film which he directs and stars in, which opens this month.

19:05 The Mighty (Film) 1998

Peter Chelsom's film stars Elden Hensen as a burly eighth grader with learning difficulties, the butt of everyone's jokes, who becomes friends with brainy Kieran Culkin, who suffers from a deforming disease that is destined to claim his life. Together, the two make one boy and share common cause in a film that avoids any mawkishness thanks to the strength of the two leads and a support cast including Gena Rowlands, Harry Dean Stanton and Sharon Stone.

21:00 The English Patient (Film) 1996

Anthony Minghella's multi-Oscar-winning story of love, mystery, betrayal, honour and adventure brings together disparate plot strands, times and characters. Nurse Juliette Binoche, accompanying the Allied advance in Italy, sets up a hospital in a monastery to nurse the dying, burned and disfigured Ralph Fiennes. Seeming to have lost his memory, flashes return with the arrival of the enigmatic Willem Dafoe and his past in the Sahara as an archaeologist and his affair with married Kristin Scott Thomas are revealed.

00:05 Miami Blues (Film) 1990

Alec Baldwin plays a killer who should never have been released. Landing at Miami airport, he kills a Hare Krishna just for bugging him and at his hotel, meets up with hooker Jennifer Jason Leigh. While they plan to settle down, veteran, world-weary cop Fred Ward is given the case of tracking them down before the violence escalates. George Armitage's tough thriller, based on Charles Willeford's crime novels, is a mix of violence and odd humour and, under the watchful eye of producer Jonathan Demme, crackles through its pace and fine acting.

01:55 Hush! (Film) 1998

When Jackson Baring takes his fiancee Helen home to his Virginia home to met his mother Martha, she seems to greet the bride-to-be with love, but underneath Martha has her own plans for a woman she sees as the brood mare for her bloodline in Jonathan Darby's chilling thriller.

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15:00 Moulin Rouge (Film) 1953

Jose Ferrer stars in John Huston's visually exquisite biopic of Toulouse-Lautrec as the crippled painter whose work perfectly captured the spirit of bohemian Paris in the naughty 1890s. The film overdoses on artistic licence in its romanticised portrayal of the artist as embittered loner, tormented by his doomed relationships with prostitute Marie Charlet and sympathetic model Myriamme Hayam.

17:20 The House on Telegraph Hill (Film) 1951

A Valentina Cortese plays Victoria Kopwelska, a survivor of the Nazi death camps. While incarcerated, she befriended a fellow prisoner with family in America who promises the pair will go there when freed. But on the eve of Liberation, she dies, allowing Victoria to adopt her identity and travel to America. Once there, she finds she is godmother to Chris, who is heir to a fortune but her arrival has disrupted the murderous plans of the boy's guardian, Alan Spender and nurse. His plans to get rid of the boy must be put on hold while he concentrates on Victoria and how better to start than to make her fall in love with him... Robert Wise, better known as the director of West Side Story and The Sound of Music, enthusiastically embraced the film noir genre for this film, with Basehart superbly creepy as the Lothario with murder in mind and Baker the hard-hearted blonde moll.

19:05 Memoirs of An Invisible Man (Film) 1992

John Carpenter's comedy thriller stars Chevy Chase who, caught up in a freak accidents, becomes invisible. Forced to flee the CIA, who see him as an outstanding asset, his only help is anthropologist Daryly Hannah, who as well as providing the lover interest, helps him come to terms with his plight.

21:00 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Film) 2003

Sean Connery stars in this all-action adventure as Allan Quatermain, called out of retirement in Kenya to help the government avert a world war being fermented by master criminal The Phantom. Quatermain gathers together a top team; Dorian Gray, Captain Nemo, Mina Harker and The Invisible Man are among those recruited, each with a spectacular skill. From Venice to the wastes of Mongolia, the team face perils and death in their desperate race against time. Stephen Norrington's fantasy, set in an alternative Victorian world, is frantic fun-filled action from start to finish, with the witty script matching awesome special effects.

23:05 Scandal (Film) 1988

Real-life story of the 1963 Profumo Affair that led to the fall of the current Conservative government. John Hurt plays Stephen Ward, the osteopath who introduces showgirl Christine Keeler to both cabinet minister John Profumo and a Russian spy.

01:15 Brotherhood (Film) 2004

Kang Je-Gyu's film is set during the Korean War but told from the point-of-view of two brothers drafted to fight for the South Korean army against the North. Rather like Band of Brothers or Full Metal Jacket, the film follows them through both bloody conflict and periods of R&R, with the impulsive Dong-Kun balanced by the sensitivity of his brother. But Dong-Kun is reckless for a reason - conspicuous bravery may see his younger brother released from service early. However, his daring deeds turn into a taste for glory, which only serves to alienate his sibling as one of the 20th-century's post-WWII conflicts unfolds.

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15:00 Laura (Film) 1944

Otto Preminger's sharp film stars Dana Andrews as Mark McPherson, a cynical detective who investigates the brutal murder of a beautiful woman, only to be faced with plenty of suspects - and the unnerving knowledge that he is falling in love with the dead woman. The film boasts an outstanding performance by Clifton Webb as Waldo Lydecker, a waspish, acid-tongued gossip columnist who is one of the main suspects. Preminger's decision to use him proved the right choice, launching Webb on a considerable and successful film career. Other suspects include Vincent Price as Shelby Carpenter, the weak playboy fiance of the murder victim, and the always-reliable Judith Anderson as Laura's friend, Ann Treadwell.

16:50 The Wicked Lady (Film) 1945

A bawdy romp from Gainsborough Studios, Margaret Lockwood co-stars with James Mason as 17th-century beauty Barbara Worth, who leads a double life as aristocratic Lady of the Manor by day and highwaywoman by night. This was Gainsborough's highest ever grossing picture, no doubt due to Lockwood's then-daring plunging necklines - America demanded a more demure re-shoot before they'd release the picture.

18:50 The People that Time Forgot (Film) 1977

When Bowen Tyler was marooned on the lost island of Caprona in the year 1916 in the first film of this loose trilogy, The Land That Time Forgot, he hurled a cannister into the ocean hoping someone would find it and come to his rescue. Three years later the cannister, containing Tyler's information about the island and prehistoric botanical specimens, is discovered off the coast of Scotland. Tyler's old friend Ben McBride convinces a London newspaper that Tyler's strange claims could be true and that an expedition to rescue his friend on Caprona could result in the story of the century. And so the excitement begins in Kevin Connor's thrill-packed adventure.

20:35 Robert De Niro - A Portrait (Documentary)

Robert De Niro talks exclusively to Film4 about his work on Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter and Once Upon a Time in America and about The Good Shepherd, his new film which he directs and stars in, which opens this month.

21:00 The Yards (Film) 2000

James Gray's taut thriller stars Mark Wahlberg as ex-con Leo Handler, received back into the bosom of his family, led by his uncle Frank. Frank runs a company that has lucrative contracts to repair New York's subway trains but he also has to make sure the opposition are seen in a bad light and that means employing Willie Gutierrez, Leo's best friend, to undertake a little sabotage. As Leo gets sucked into the criminal underworld surrounding the repair yards and violence explodes, so he finds himself a target for the police, and his uncle, who needs to guarantee his silence.

23:10 Taxi Driver (Film) 1976

Robert De Niro introdces this film in which he stars as cab driver Travis Bickle, who slowly slips into insanity as he witnesses the whoring, violence and political trading rife in New York in Martin Scorsese's landmark film. The film features superb support from Cybill Shepherd, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle and Leonard Harris, a classic soundtrack from Bernard Herrmann and dialogue from Paul Schraeder that crackles off the screen.

01:25 Robert De Niro - A Portrait (Documentary)

Robert De Niro talks exclusively to Film4 about his work on Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter and Once Upon a Time in America and about The Good Shepherd, his new film which he directs and stars in, which opens this month.

01:50 One Night in Mongkok (Film) 2004

Alex Fong plays a cop trying to stop gang warfare breaking out after a mobster's son is shot, while a naïve hitman arrives with a job to do in a city he's never visited. While Fong tries to keep a lid on things, Wu, taken under the wing of worldly Cecilia Cheung, finds his employer has grassed him to the cops, but even they don't know his ulterior motive for taking the job. Directed by Derek Yee. In Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles.

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15:00 The Siege at Red River (Film) 1954

Van Johnson as Confederate agent James Faraday, who steals a Gatling gun prototype from the Yankees easily enough. But smuggling it South through enemy territory proves decidedly tricky, especially with detective Frank Kelso on his back, treacherous scout Brett Manning double-crossing him, and with nurse Nora Curtis to protect.

16:40 There's No Business Like Show Business (Film) 1954

Walter Lang's Oscar-nominated film follows the fortunes of a family of vaudevillians, headed by parents Ethel Merman and Dan Dailey plus children Donald O'Connor, Johnnie Ray and Mitzi Gaynor, told in 'scrapbook' form. But the star of the film is Irving Berlin's songs, including the title number, Heat Wave, and the spectacular production number Alexander's Ragtime Band.

18:55 Explorers (Film) 1985

Joe Dante's much-underrated sci-fi film stars Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix. When Ben Crandall's dreams inspire him to create a giant circuit board, he discovers that they've invented a craft that can go through solid matter. At first, they just enjoy the thrills but they soon find the military interested in their exploits, as are beings from another system who are rather disturbed by the implications of the kids' discovery.

21:00 Rain Man (Film) 1988

Oscar-winning drama about a self-centred young man who discovers that he has been disinherited in favour of his autistic older brother, Raymond, who he never knew existed. Incredulous that a man who has no concept of the value of money has been left $3 million, he kidnaps Raymond and heads back to California from Cincinnati. But Raymond's refusal to fly forces them to drive, and a touching relationship develops along the way.

23:35 The Deer Hunter (Film) 1978

Introduced by Robert De Niro. Oscar-winner Michael Cimino's Vietnam epic centres on the effect of the war on six workers from a Pennsylvania steel town, both those who went and those who stayed behind. Robert De Niro turned in one of his finest performances with Meryl Streep, John Savage and John Cazale excellent support and Oscar-winner Christopher Walken, as the eventually maddened professional Russian roulette player, outstanding.

03:05 Robert De Niro - A Portrait (Documentary)

Robert De Niro talks exclusively to Film4 about his work on Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter and Once Upon a Time in America and about The Good Shepherd, his new film which he directs and stars in, which opens this month.

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15:00pm The Silver Fleet (PG) 1943

The chief of a Dutch shipyard finds himself shunned by his neighbours and loved ones for helping the Nazis create a new kind of submarine. Little do they suspect he's come up with a plan to destroy his latest creation — as well as those who ordered him to build it. Excellent World War Two melodrama, starring Ralph Richardson, Esmond Knight, Googie Withers and Frederick Burtwell (888)

16:45pm Carmen Jones (U) 1954

A sultry female military worker attracts attention from her colleagues, but has her eye on an engaged pilot. Hollywood adaptation of Bizet's opera, with modernised lyrics. Leading stars Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte sizzle on screen, even if they mimed most of the songs, while the rest of the cast provide plenty of sing-along moments (888)

18:45pm Robert De Niro — A Portrait

The celebrated actor discusses his career, looking at his acclaimed performances in Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter and Once Upon a Time in America, and his recent directorial effort The Good Shepherd

19:05pm The Mighty (PG) 1998

Two introverted boys — one suffering from learning difficulties, the other physically disabled — are thrown together by fate and forge a firm friendship. As they struggle to cope with the world at large, their shared interests and experiences help them to deal with the pitfalls of growing up on the fringes of society. Engaging drama, starring Sharon Stone, Elden Henson, Harry Dean Stanton, Kieran Culkin and Gillian Anderson

21:00pm The English Patient (15) 1996

Ralph Fiennes stars as the enigmatic, badly burned survivor of a wartime plane crash who recalls a passionate love affair while his wounds are tended by a nurse in a derelict Italian monastery. Anthony Minghella's gorgeous, critically acclaimed Oscar-winning romantic drama, based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje, and co-starring Juliette Binoche, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, Naveen Andrews and Kevin Whately (888)

00:05am Piranha (18) 1978

Mutant man-eating piranhas infest an American river and embark on a bloodthirsty killing spree, and only an alcoholic tour guide and a plucky insurance investigator stand in their way. Enjoyable tongue-in-cheek horror for fans of rubbery special effects and comical over-acting, starring Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies and Barbara Steele. Directed by Joe Dante, whose admiration for his future mentor Steven Spielberg is apparent throughout this Jaws-inspired effort (888)

01:50am The Hard Word (18) 2002

Three bank-robbing brothers find themselves behind bars. But their quick-witted lawyer soon finds a devious way of getting them out of jail — and putting extra money in his pocket. However, it's not long before the crooks realise he has his own agenda. Comedy thriller, starring Guy Pearce, Rachel Griffiths, Robert Taylor and Joel Edgerton

04:00am Close

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15:00 Moulin Rouge (Film) 1953

Jose Ferrer stars in John Huston's visually exquisite biopic of Toulouse-Lautrec as the crippled painter whose work perfectly captured the spirit of bohemian Paris in the naughty 1890s. The film overdoses on artistic licence in its romanticised portrayal of the artist as embittered loner, tormented by his doomed relationships with prostitute Marie Charlet and sympathetic model Myriamme Hayam.

17:15 Prince Valiant (Film) 1954

Veteran director Henry Hathaway's Arthurian adventure is based on the popular newspaper cartoon strip by Hal Foster. Robert Wagner plays the eponymous prince, a Viking invited to join King Arthur's court. But the evil Sir Brack plans to oust the king and then invade Valiant's Scandanavian home and only Valiant can stop him. Janet Leigh and Debra Paget are the respective love interests to both parties and, with much of the film being shot in Britain rather than on a Hollywood back-lot, viewers will enjoy identifying castles and locations that form a backdrop to the rousing action.

19:15 Thunderbirds Are GO (Film) 1966

Feature-length version of Gerry Anderson's classic supermarionated adventure series. When the first manned mission to Mars is sabotaged by a sinister character known as the Hood, International Rescue are called in to protect the astronauts set to undertake the second mission.

21:00 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Film) 2003

Sean Connery stars in this all-action adventure as Allan Quatermain, called out of retirement in Kenya to help the government avert a world war being fermented by master criminal The Phantom. Quatermain gathers together a top team; Dorian Gray, Captain Nemo, Mina Harker and The Invisible Man are among those recruited, each with a spectacular skill. From Venice to the wastes of Mongolia, the team face perils and death in their desperate race against time. Stephen Norrington's fantasy, set in an alternative Victorian world, is frantic fun-filled action from start to finish, with the witty script matching awesome special effects.

23:05 Bad Influence (Film) 1990

James Spader is a LA marketing executive who has it all - except self-esteem. Into his life comes drifter Rob Lowe, whose idea of a good time is sex and drugs and soon Spader lets himself go but as Lowe's actions begin to spin out of control, Spader wants him out of his life. But Lowe has very deadly ways ok keeping him close in Curtis Hanson's taut, disturbing psychological thriller.

01:00 A Fistful of Dynamite (Film) 1971

James Coburn plays an Irish mercenary who meets up with bank-robber Rod Steiger in revolution-torn Mexico where the former's expertise with explosives helps the latter pull off the biggest heist of his career. Inevitably, politics intervene and the pair find themselves reluctant freedom fighters taking on the army in Sergio Leone's final spaghetti western.

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15:00pm The Wicked Lady (PG) 1945

A 17th-century noblewoman tires of her humdrum life and decides to seek a little excitement — turning to highway robbery and murder to spice up her life, as well as getting romantically involved with a caddish crook. Absolutely fabulous classic British costume drama, with Margaret Lockwood on brilliant form as the vampish villainess, and support from James Mason, Patricia Roc and Griffith Jones (888)

17:10pm The Guinea Pig (PG) 1948

Working-class pupil Richard Attenborough is sent to public school as part of an educational experiment, and horrifies the establishment with his uncouth behaviour and bad manners. This Boulting brothers' drama sent shockwaves rippling through society on its release thanks to the inclusion of what was then considered bad language, although now few would bat an eyelid at the word in question. Cecil Trouncer, Bernard Miles and Sheila Sim co-star (888)

19:05pm Memoirs of an Invisible Man (PG) 1992

Chevy Chase stars as a successful but seriously bored stockbroker whose life gets a much-needed injection of excitement thanks to an industrial accident. Discovering he's been rendered invisible he makes plans to have some fun — but is soon forced to go on the run from devious CIA agents, led by Sam Neill, who are determined to use him for nefarious purposes. Rapid-fire comedy spy thriller directed by John Carpenter, co-starring Daryl Hannah, Michael McKean and Stephen Tobolowsky (888)

21:00pm Orange County (12) 2002

A surfer kid dreams of getting into Stanford University and escaping his dysfunctional family, but his dim-witted guidance counsellor sends in the wrong application, forcing the determined teenager to resort to more underhand methods to ensure he wins a place. Quirky comedy, starring Colin Hanks — son of Tom — with Jack Black, Catherine O'Hara, John Lithgow and Chevy Chase

22:35pm Jacob's Ladder (18) 1990

Vietnam veteran Tim Robbins suffers a series of terrifying visions in which he is plagued by grotesque, nightmarish apparitions — then discovers his old Army buddies are having similar experiences and sets out to investigate, despite his increasingly fragile grip on reality. Intense psychological chiller which quickly won a cult following — despite being dismissed by many critics. Director Adrian Lyne's attention to detail makes events all the more creepy, while co-stars Elizabeth Pena, Danny Aiello, Matt Craven and Macaulay Culkin give solid performances

00:45am Electra Glide in Blue (PG) 1973

Road movie with a well-deserved cult following, starring Robert Blake as an ambitious pint-sized motorcycle cop who manages to overcome every villain he encounters. Inevitably his incredible run of luck must come to an end — and the discovery that his superior officer is less than squeaky clean seems to herald a distinct downturn in fortune. With Billy Green Bush, Jeannine Riley, Elisha Cook Jnr and Mitchell Ryan

03:00am Close

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15:00 Horse Feathers (Film) 1932

Norman Z McLeod helmed this successful Marx Brothers follow-up to Monkey Business with Groucho as Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new head of a failing college. His student son Frank explains that his only hope of continuing his tenure is by turning the perpetually losing football side into one that can beat rivals Darwin College. Can Harpo and Chico, wrongly recruited as star players, plus Groucho and Zeppo outwit Darwin College, avoid the attentions of vamp Thelma Todd and win the game?

16:15 The Mark of Zorro (Film) 1974

Feckless Mexican nobleman Don Diego returns to his family home to discover the locality has been taken over by corrupt officials. Consequently, he adopts the disguise of Zorro, masked master swordsman, who aims to clear the land of corruption. Also starring Ricardo Montalban, Yvonne De Carlo, Anne Archer and Inez Perez.

17:35 Little Norse Prince (Film) 1968

From Japan's Studio Ghibli, Isao Takahata's animation features young Horus, who lives in a mythical Scandinavia of the Iron Age. Recovering the stolen Sword of the Sun from a rock giant, he learns he must travel to the lands of his ancestors, encountering the beautiful but enigmatic Hilda as his journey leads to a series of adventures.

19:15 Days of Heaven (Film) 1978

Director Terrence Malick's exquisitely-shot film tracing a savage love triangle set in the Midwest of America against a restless backdrop of endless wheat fields, with Richard Gere, Sam Shepard, Brooke Adams and Linda Manz.

21:00 Forrest Gump (Film) 1994

Lowly Southern boy Forrest starts off with his legs in metal clamps and ends up running across America, after becoming athlete, war hero, ping pong genius and shrimper. Crowd-pleasing comedy drama which won Tom Hanks his second Oscar.

23:35 Strange Days (Film) 1995

Set just as the 21st century dawns, Kathryn Bigelow's film stars Ralph Fiennes as an ex-cop selling the hardware and software of an illegal entertainment system that allows the user to implant other people's experiences directly into their brain. Sex and violence are the most popular requests but then he comes across a clip that shows the murder of Glenn Plummer, top hip-hop rapper and politician, whose death has plunged LA into chaos. The clip shows Plummer was killed by the police who know Fiennes has the clip as do those profiting from the rioting - now his life is under threat from both sides of the law as he tries to get the evidence shown and end the violence.

02:20 The Slums of Beverly Hills (Film) 1998

Director/writer Tamara Jenkins film is semi-autobiographical, a coming-of-age tale set in the riches of Beverly Hills but looking at those at the bottom of the glittering ladder. Natasha Lyonne plays Vivian Abramowitz, who lives with her father Murray and siblings Ben and Rickey. Murray's a car salesman who's not that great at his job, hence the moonlight flits from cheap apartment to cheap apartment just as the rent is due. As well as the family's hand-to-mouth existence, Vivian has to cope with her growing body, with her breasts outstripping her adolescent figure just as she's noticing boys. Into the mix comes Rita, the runaway daughter of Murray's richer brother and neighbour Eliot, who has the hots for Vivian. What could have been a dark film is lifted by Lyonne's stand-out performance and Jenkins' script and direction which, while showing the fecklessness of the family, also emphasises the love and humour that helps them survive.

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15:00 There's No Business Like Show Business (Film) 1954

Walter Lang's Oscar-nominated film follows the fortunes of a family of vaudevillians, headed by parents Ethel Merman and Dan Dailey plus children Donald O'Connor, Johnnie Ray and Mitzi Gaynor, told in 'scrapbook' form. But the star of the film is Irving Berlin's songs, including the title number, Heat Wave, and the spectacular production number Alexander's Ragtime Band.

17:15 Little Norse Prince (Film) 1968

From Japan's Studio Ghibli, Isao Takahata's animation features young Horus, who lives in a mythical Scandinavia of the Iron Age. Recovering the stolen Sword of the Sun from a rock giant, he learns he must travel to the lands of his ancestors, encountering the beautiful but enigmatic Hilda as his journey leads to a series of adventures.

18:50 The Vikings (Film) 1958

Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis star as two Viking half brothers fighting for the right to rule Northumbria and for the hand of its beautiful Queen in this full-blooded action drama.

21:00 The Deer Hunter (Film) 1978

Introduced by Robert De Niro. Oscar-winner Michael Cimino's Vietnam epic centres on the effect of the war on six workers from a Pennsylvania steel town, both those who went and those who stayed behind. Robert De Niro turned in one of his finest performances with Meryl Streep, John Savage and John Cazale excellent support and Oscar-winner Christopher Walken, as the eventually maddened professional Russian roulette player, outstanding.

00:30 Robert De Niro - A Portrait (Documentary)

Robert De Niro talks exclusively to Film4 about his work on Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter and Once Upon a Time in America and about The Good Shepherd, his new film which he directs and stars in, which opens this month.

00:50 The Hard Word (Film) 2002

Described as Australia's answer to Reservoir Dogs, brothers Guy Pearce, Damien Richardson and Joel Edgerton are serving time for robbery but they get day release - so they can pull off robberies for crooked cops Vince Colosimo and Paul Sonkkila. Promised final release and their banked share if they pull off the big one, a robbery at Melbourne's race track, Pearce smells a double-cross. Can the brothers pull one over the crooked cops and their equally bent lawyer in Scott Roberts' debut as director/writer.

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15:00 The Silver Fleet (Film) 1943

Ralph Richardson stars in this Powell and Pressburger WWII drama as Dutch shipyard owner Jaap van Leyden, who seems to be working with the Nazis and earns the emnity of the Dutch patriots around him. However, van Leyden is secretly aiming to make his own blow against the German invaders.

16:40 Millions Like Us (Film) 1943

Vintage British drama about the fortunes of a family who are split up during World War Two.

18:35 The Train (Film) 1964

Set in 1944 in Occupied France, this action-packed adventure stars Burt Lancaster as Labiche, a railwayman embroiled in a Nazi plot to ship French art treasures back to Germany.

21:00 Orange County (Film) 2002

With some of the cast and crew from the cult teen series Freaks and Geeks, Jake Gasdan's film stars Colin Hanks as a high school student eager to leave surf and slacking behind him and make it to Stanford. But his flaky teacher has sent in the wrong test papers and unless he and his brother Jack Black can get the right papers to the right professor in just 24 hours, his chance will be gone.

22:35 Once upon a Time in America (Film) 1984

Introduced by Robert De Niro. Sergio Leone's epic tale of New York gangsters stars Robert De Niro as a gangster returning to Brooklyn after 30 years in exile after he betrayed his friends. While he waits to find out who has invited him back and why, the films tells in flashback the story of his rise from street urchin to violent criminal alongside childhood friend James Woods.

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15:00pm The Kidnappers (U) 1953

Two orphaned boys living with their strict grandfather in Nova Scotia are disappointed by his refusal to allow them to keep a dog. However, their loneliness is alleviated when they discover a baby apparently abandoned in woodlands — and decide to raise the child themselves. Skilful drama, starring Duncan Macrae, Adrienne Corri, Jon Whiteley and Vincent Winter (888)

16:45pm The Girl Can't Help It (U) 1956

Rock 'n' roll comedy, with musical performances by Fats Domino, Little Richard, Gene Vincent, The Platters and Julie London dominating the plot about a theatrical agent's attempts to propel a gangster's girlfriend to stardom. Jayne Mansfield and Tom Ewell star

18:35pm One True Thing (15) 1998

A New York woman gives up a career and rejects her lover to dedicate herself to caring for her sick mother, learning a few harsh lessons about life, love and compassion along the way. Heart-rending drama, bolstered by a strong cast, including Renee Zellweger, Meryl Streep, William Hurt and Tom Everett Scott (888)

21:00pm Forrest Gump (12) 1994

Multi-Oscar-winning drama, starring Tom Hanks as the simple soul who acts as a living advertisement for the American Dream, bumbling through a bizarre series of adventures which lead to him becoming a football star, national hero and millionaire businessman. Robert Zemeckis's emotional and often humorous tale offers large helpings of patriotism which many critics found overbearing, but the performance of Hanks, coupled with special effects that see the hero sharing screen time with the likes of John F Kennedy, make this a wholesome slice of entertainment. Sally Field and Robin Wright Penn ably provide support, while Gary Sinise is on fantastic form as the feted Lieutenant Dan (888)

23:35pm Bats (15) 1999

Genetically engineered mutated bats escape from a shady research facility and start terrorising the residents of a small Texas town. Fortunately a local wildlife expert and her assistant are on hand to help battle the mammalian menace. But the creatures are blessed with heightened intelligence and aggression, so their task won't be easy. Screamingly daft horror thriller, starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton and Leon

01:20am Mostly Martha (PG) 2001

A chef's routine existence is thrown into turmoil after a death in the family leaves her to care for her niece — and as if that wasn't enough, a handsome rival enters her life, causing no end of chaos. Comedy, starring Martina Gedeck, Sergio Castellitto, Maxime Foerste and Sibylle Canonica

03:30am Close

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