The Cinema Boys

2017 - Paul Schrader

"You believe in martyrdom, Reverend?"

The pastor of a small church in upstate New York spirals out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.

4/6 boys - 4.37/5 ★ 

2015 - Sebastian Schipper

ONE NIGHT IN BERLIN

A young Spanish woman who has newly moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.

5/6 boys - 4.5/5 ★ 

2019 - Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie

'This is me! This is how I win.'

A charismatic jeweller makes a high-stakes bet that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. In a precarious high-wire act, he must balance business, family and adversaries on all sides in pursuit of the ultimate win.

5/6 boys - 4.5/5 ★ 

2017  - Lynne Ramsay

'Joe, wake up. It's a beautiful day.'

A traumatised veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe’s nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.

5/6 boys - 4.1/5 ★ 

2001 - Hayao Miyazaki

LEARN TO LOVE, THEN GROW UP.

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.

5/6 boys - 4.1/5 ★ 

2001 - Antoine Fuqua

THE ONLY THING MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE LINE BEING CROSSED, IS THE COP WHO WILL CROSS IT.

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn’t what he appears.

6/6 boys - 4/5 ★ 

2010 - David O. Russell

EVERY DREAM DESERVES A FIGHTING CHANCE.

Micky Ward’s unlikely road to the world light welterweight title shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO’d by drugs and crime.

6/6 boys - 4.08/5 ★ 

1991 - Jonathan Demme

TO ENTER THE MIND OF A KILLER SHE MUST CHALLENGE THE MIND OF A MADMAN.

Clarice Starling, an FBI agent, seeks help from Hannibal Lecter, a psychopathic serial killer and former psychiatrist, in order to apprehend another serial killer who has been claiming female victims.

6/6 boys - 4.16/5 ★ 

2001 - Jean-Pierre Jeunet

ONE PERSON CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER.

Despite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, accidentally discovers a gift for helping others find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love.

4/6 boys - 4.37/5 ★ 

1969 - John Schlesinger

WHATEVER YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MIDNIGHT COWBOY IS TRUE.

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico “Ratso” Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.

4/6 boys - 4.37/5 ★ 

2018 - Alfonso Cuarón

MOUNTAINS ARE OLD, BUT THEY'RE STILL GREEN.

In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.

3/6 boys - 4.83/5 ★ 

2017 - Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie

ARE YOU READY FOR A GOOD TIME?

After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City’s underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.

5/6 boys - 4.3/5 ★ 

1991 - John Singleton

ONCE UPON A TIME IN SOUTH CENTRAL L.A… IT AIN’T NO FAIRY TALE.

Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.

4/6 boys - 4.37/5 ★ 

2002 - Roman Polanski

MUSIC WAS HIS PASSION. SURVIVAL WAS HIS MASTERPIECE.

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman’s experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind.

5/6 boys - 4.3/5 ★ 

2012 - Paul Thomas Anderson

EVERY MAN NEEDS A GUIDE.

Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new “religion” he forms after World War II.

4/6 boys - 4/5 ★ 

1990  - Martin Scorsese

THREE DECADES OF LIFE IN THE MAFIA.

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

5/6 boys - 4.9/5 ★ 

2000 - Mary Harron

I THINK MY MASK OF SANITY IS ABOUT TO SLIP.

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

5/6 boys - 4.4/5 ★ 

2003 - Sofia Coppola

EVERYONE WANTS TO BE FOUND.

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo – the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial – find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other’s company, away from their lives in America.

5/6 boys - 4.4/5 ★ 

2009 - Quentin Tarantino

ONCE UPON A TIME IN NAZI OCCUPIED FRANCE…

A band of oddball Jewish soldiers go on an undercover mission to bring down the Nazi government and put an end to the war. Meanwhile, a woman wants to avenge the death of her family from a German officer.

5/6 boys - 4.3/5 ★ 

2019 - Bong Joon-ho

ACT LIKE YOU OWN THE PLACE.

All unemployed, Ki-taek’s family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

4/6 boys - 4.1/5 ★ 

2019 - Robert Eggers

THERE IS ENCHANTMENT IN THE LIGHT.

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

4/6 boys - 4.75/5 ★ 

2019 - Sam Mendes

TIME IS THE ENEMY.

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

5/6 boys - 4.3/5 ★ 

 2019 - Alma Har'el

YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE IF I DIDN'T PAY YOU.

The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.

4/6 boys - 4.5/5 ★ 

2019 - Taika Waititi

AN ANTI HATE SATIRE.

A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.

5/6 boys - 4.2/5 ★ 

1980 - Stanley Kubrick

"Great party, isn't it?"

Jack and his family move into an isolated hotel with a violent past. Living in isolation, Jack begins to lose his sanity, which affects his family members.

6/6 boys - 4.66/5 ★ 

1993 - Tony Scott

"After I see a good movie I like to get a piece of pie and talk about it"

Clarence marries call girl Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

6/6 boys - 4.33/5 ★ 

2014 - Alex Garland

THERE IS NOTHING MORE HUMAN THAN THE WILL TO SURVIVE.

Caleb Smith, a young programmer, gets a chance to become a part of a strange scientific experiment where he is expected to assess artificial intelligence by interacting with a female robot.

6/6 boys - 4.33/5 ★