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Oslo

Marking his cinematic debut, theatre director Bartlett Sher helms this drama based on a true story.

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The Deceived

Derry Girls screenwriter Lisa McGee co-creates this gripping four-episode mini-series, featuring an appearance from Paul Mescal.

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Black Doves

British stars Kiera Knightley and Ben Whishaw compellingly lead this taut, gripping and thrilling spy series.

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2073

Documentary and drama elements are innovatively blended in this foreshadowing of the deadly global crises our present world faces.

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Santosh

Shahana Goswami, Sunita Rajwar and Nawal Shukla offer compelling performances in this gripping police procedural.

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Black Cab

British comedy actor Nick Frost takes on a serious role as a terrifyingly sinister taxi driver.

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Informer

This complex thriller explores themes of identity and expectation as a British-Pakistani man finds himself working as a police informant.

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Undercover

Based on the Spy Cops scandal, this series explores the cases of women tricked into relationships with undercover police offers.

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The Day of the Jackal

Created and co-produced by Irish novelist and screenwriter Ronan Bennett, this series offers a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase.

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Bad Sisters (Season 2)

Sharon Horgan co-writes and stars in the much-anticipated second series of this dark comedy about a group of sisters.

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Rippy

Michael Biehn, Tess Haubrich and Angie Milliken star in this gory horror-thriller featuring a killer kangaroo.

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Magpie

Immerse yourself in this innovative and visually ambitious slow-burn gothic noir about a marriage under strain.

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The Devil's Hour (Season 2)

This gripping supernatural thriller returns for five satisfying, succinct and thrilling episodes in its much-anticipated second season.

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The Marlow Murder Club

Set in the quiet British town of Marlow, this entertaining crime series features charming characters and impressive reveals.

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The Devil’s Climb

Follow two renowned rock climbers as they take on one of the most perilous mountains in North America, Devils Thumb.

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Conclave

All Quiet on the Western Front director Edward Berger leads this engrossing drama starring Stanley Tucci and John Lithgow.

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The Descent

A caving excursion goes drastically awry as six women climbers become trapped and hunted by an unknown breed of predator.

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The Ritual

David Bruckner directs this surreal horror film about an ancient evil stalking a group of old college friends.

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Dog Soldiers

A routine military drill turns into a gory nightmare in the unforgiving landscape of the Scottish wilderness.

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Wake Wood

Aiden Gillen and Eva Birthistle give outstanding lead performances in writer-director David Keating’s black-comic horror.

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The Wicker Man

This satirical folk horror follows an officer tasked with finding a missing child in an unfamiliar world of pagan rituals.

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A Mistake

Based on Carl Shuken’s 2019 bestselling novel, Christine Jeffs directs, adapts to screen and co-produces this gripping medical drama.

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The Killer’s Game

J.J. Perry directs this thrilling and high-octane action-comedy, starring Dave Bautista and Sofia Boutella.

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The Front Room

Brandy Norwood is sensational in her first significant horror role since 1997’s I Know What You Did Last Summer.

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Van der Valk (Season 4)

Based on the novels by British author Nicolas Freeling, this thrilling detective series returns for a fourth season.

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The Critic

Based on the novel by Anthony Quinn, Oscar-nominated British actor Sir Ian McKellen gives a fantastic and witty central performance.

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Slow Horses (Season 4)

The fourth book of British author Mick Herron is adapted in this darkly funny, tense and gripping six-episode season.

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The Wasp

Guillem Morales directs this unsettling, engrossing and intelligent thriller about revenge and unresolved childhood trauma.

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Catching Dust

Erin Moriarty shines in the central role of this gripping thriller, alongside talented Australian actor Jai Courtney.

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Alien: Romulus

Co-writer and director Fede Álvarez brings his own distinct spin to this franchise reboot, led by Priscilla actor Cailee Spaeny.

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Based on a young-adult best-selling book, Wednesday actor Emma Myers captivatingly leads this coming-of-age murder mystery series.

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Without Sin

With similarities to Happy Valley, this compelling four-part conspiracy series is packed with thrilling twists and turns.

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A Most Wanted Man

Writer-director Anton Corbijn’s spy espionage adaptation features a beguiling performance from Philip Seymour Hoffman in his final leading role.

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Boiling Point

With the same cast and writer-director team as the highly-lauded film, the challenges of running a new restaurant are explored.

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A Gentleman in Moscow

In this charming eight-episode series, Ewan McGregor is magnificent as a 1920s Russian aristocrat in hiding.

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The Last Breath

Joachim Hedén directs this tense underwater survival thriller, filled with dread, jeopardy and great white sharks.

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Miss Scarlet & the Duke

Immerse yourself in compelling mysteries and plotlines in this cult hit about a bold woman detective in Victorian London.

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DarkGame

In this merciless thriller, a detective tries to stop a masked sadist from live-broadcasting the executions of his captives.

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Drive-Away Dolls

Directed and co-written by Ethan Coen, this comedy caper stars outstanding performances from Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan.

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Cobra

This gripping and thrilling series follows a committee tasked with protecting UK citizens in times of national emergency.

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The Killing Kind

This gripping psychological stalker drama is in the vein of Fatal Attraction with playfully reversed gender roles.

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Blue Lights (Season 1)

The unique pressures and dangers of being a frontline policeman are explored in this engrossing Northern Ireland-set series.

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Eric

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in and executive produces this thrilling series that will appeal to fans of Sherlock.

The Escapist

Captivatingly led by revered Scottish actor Brian Cox, lose yourself in this gripping prison drama.

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A Forgotten Man

Adapted from Thomas Hürlimann’s play on the same subject, immerse yourself in this powerful exploration of wartime guilt.

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Just Jim

Emile Hirsch stars in this darkly comic drama about a Welsh teenager undergoing an identity transformation.

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Coriolanus

Ralph Fiennes’ bold and electrifying directorial debut is a visually striking and deeply visceral Shakespearean delight.

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Black Flies

Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire directs this riveting thriller, based on the 2008 novel by American writer Shannon Burke.

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Club Zero

Talented Austrian writer-director Jessica Hausner explores body image and eating disorders in this gripping drama.

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Love Lies Bleeding

Lust blends with violence in this brilliantly acted drama starring Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brian.

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Femme

This exceptional feature debut presents outstanding and thrilling performances from British actors George MacKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett.

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Gravity

Directed, co-produced and co-written by Alfonso Cuarón, this absorbing thriller features outstanding performances from Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.

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Chernobyl

Jessie Buckley, Stellan Skarsgård and Barry Keoghan are outstanding in Craig Mazin’s powerful five-part mini-series.

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Constellation

Noomi Rapace and Jonathan Banks are captivating in this gripping sci-thriller from Breaking Bad director Michelle MacLaren.

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Cold Meat

Sébastien Drouin directs and co-writes his debut feature in this chilling and claustrophobic survival thriller.

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Argylle

The lines between fiction and reality blur in this espionage thriller starring Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard and Bryan Cranston.

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Out of Darkness

With incredible world-building prowess, this Stone Age survival thriller is as suspenseful as it is intriguing.

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Marmalade

Keir O’Donnell marks his debut as writer-director in this thrilling heist-romance led by Stranger Things’ Joe Keery.

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Following

Witness the birth of Christopher Nolan’s penchant for complex non-chronological narratives in his mysterious debut feature film.

All Fun and Games

This horror-thriller grippingly explores the cruelty inherent in children’s games, and what happens when they go too far.

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Elevator Game

Rebekah McKendry’s second feature is based on the chilling online phenomenon of ‘The Elevator Game’.

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Rotting in the Sun

Jordan Firstman, Catalina Saavedra and Sebastián Silva are outstanding in this darkly funny exploration of a self-obsessed culture.

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Wreck

Set on a cruise ship, a killer duck is on the loose in this taut, gripping and compelling comedy-chiller.

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Goldeneye 007

Over twenty-five years on, a re-master of the iconic 1997 first-person shooter game is available on Nintendo Switch and Xbox.

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Fool Me Once

British actor Michelle Keegan is remarkable as the lead in this gripping eight-part mini-series about a grieving widow.

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American Star

Gonzalo López-Gallego directs this mysterious thriller about a man facing a crossroads in life.

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Criminal Record

British actors Cush Jumbo and Peter Capaldi mesmerisingly lead this thrilling exploration of police corruption.

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The Woman in the Wall

Featuring Bad Sisters’ Daryl McCormack, this exquisitely-made gothic mystery is as touching as it is harrowing.

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The Light in the Hall

Joanna Scanlan gives an outstanding performance as a grieving mother in this tense and frosty winter chiller.

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The End We Start From

Led by a gripping performance from Jodie Comer, motherhood is brought into sharp focus in this intimate survival drama.

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Slow Horses (Season 3)

British actress Kristin Scott Thomas is first-rate in this big, bold and unapologetically fun spy thriller.

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Crossfire

An outstanding central performance from British actor Keeley Hawes leads this nail-biting thriller about a holiday thrown into chaos.

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The Devil's Hour

An incredible central performance from Jessica Raine holds together the chilling action in this Emmy-nominated series.

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Calm with Horses

Cosmo Jarvis and Barry Keoghan are outstanding in this deeply immersive tale of doomed masculinity in rural Ireland.

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Killing of a Sacred Deer

Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman and Barry Keoghan star in this unsettling drama from renowned and wonderfully idiosyncratic writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos.

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Baby Driver

Ansel Elgort masterfully leads this thoroughly cinematic and exhilarating musical crime thriller from writer-director Edgar Wright.

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Culprits

An all-star British cast feature in this glossy and stylish television heist, led by UK actor Gemma Arterton.

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Saltburn

Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi lead this exquisitely black-hearted tale of privilege, with Margot Robbie on board as co-producer.

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The Hallow

Filmmaker Corin Hardy delivers an impressive debut about a family fighting evil spirits in an Irish forest.

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The Limehouse Golem

Juan Carlos Medina directs this Victorian-set murder mystery, captivatingly led by British actor Bill Nighy.

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The Woman in Black

Classic British institution, Hammer Films, is revived for this fresh take on Susan Hill’s widely-adapted novel.

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Tetris

This captivating thriller explores the origins of Tetris and how it found its way out of Russia.

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The Royal Hotel

Writer-director Kitty Green and actor Julia Garner reunite for this electrifying, chilling and genre-expanding thriller set in Australia’s outback.

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Foe

Academy Award nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star in this mesmerising sci-fi, based on best-selling author Iain Reid’s novel.

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Theeb

Young Jordanian actor Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat is outstanding in this Bedouin western about betrayal and survival.

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Wilderness

Jenna Coleman is outstanding as the slighted wife taking revenge on her cheating husband in this compelling six-episode series.

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Top Boy (Netflix Season 3)

Regularly touted as the UK’s answer to The Wire, follow two complex anti-heroes in this powerful and tense gangster thriller.

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Neither Confirm Nor Deny

This captivating documentary recounts a colossal CIA programme that used Howard Hughes as a cover during the cold war.

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Happy Valley

Creator Sally Wainwright and actor Sarah Lancashire unite to create an unstoppably compelling and poignant three-series television drama.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Let The Right One In filmmaker Tomas Alfredson directs this icily atmospheric and erudite Cold War espionage thriller.

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Six Minutes to Midnight

The UK’s Eddie/Suzy Izzard co-writes, co-produces and stars in this fascinating and fact-based World War Two spy drama.

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The Strays

Ashley Madekwe is captivating in this absorbing examination of race, class and privilege in the vein of Get Out.

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The Dive

The first English-language feature from German writer-director Maximilian Erlenwein is a tense and high-stakes underwater thriller.

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The Lesson

Richard E. Grant and Daryl McCormack give outstanding performances in this taut and mysterious noir thriller.

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Talk to Me

YouTube famous Australian brothers Danny and Michael Philippou co-direct this thrillingly creepy tale of possession.

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I Came By

Under The Shadow director Babak Anvari delivers a riveting thriller, brimming with entertaining performances and intelligent themes.

The Constant Gardener

Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz are outstanding in this conspiracy-thriller-cum-love-story from City of God director Fernando Meirelles.

An Ordinary Man

Veteran actor Ben Kingsley is outstanding as a transient fugitive who meets his unlikely match.

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Hijack

As both executive producer and leading actor, Idris Elba astonishes in this seven-part hostage drama, thrillingly told in real-time.

Red Road

Themes of paranoia and alienation pervade Kent-born Andrea Arnold’s dark and stunning debut feature as writer-director.

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Bloodlands

A tense Northern Ireland-set noir produced by Line of Duty creator, Jed Mercurio, and starring James Nesbitt.

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The Fall

The beloved Gillian Anderson and Fifty Shades of Grey star, Jamie Dornan, go head-to-head in this dark and stimulating thriller.

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Traces

Uncover the truth about the murder of a young woman’s mother in this gripping Scottish forensics drama.

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Utopia

Alexandra Roach and Adheel Akthar star in this cult-favourite crime series filled with adrenaline-pumping adventure.

Locke

Tom Hardy commands the screen, and the wheel, in this minimalist but mesmerising thriller.

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In The Earth

Hayley Squires and Reece Shearsmith star in a kaleidoscopic horror from British auteur Ben Wheatley.

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Kin

A blood and revenge-soaked drama about a Dublin family embroiled in organised crime.

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The Wedding Guest

Dev Patel smoulders as a mysterious wedding guest in Michael Winterbottom’s lean and lively thriller.

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Devs

Alex Garland’s cerebral sci-fi series is an impressively-plotted and realised meditation on big tech.

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The Capture

Black Mirror meets Homeland in a British crime drama as chilling as it is thrilling.