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Nerve-shredders to keep you on the edge of your seat.
The Animal Kingdom
A father and son explore a post-human world of delirious transformations in a wildly distinctive science-fiction/fantasy drama from French writer-director Thomas Cailley.
The Buckingham Murders
Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor is outstanding as a troubled cop whose latest case brings back painful memories in this gritty thriller.
Copa 71
Buried for 50 years, this is the untold story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup – a tremendous, televised rollercoaster ride and a historic moment in football.
Culprits
Someone’s picking off members of a gang who were once involved in an audacious heist, in this gripping series from creator J Blakeson.
Gassed Up
A group of London teenage boys turn to motorbike crime for survival in George Amponsah’s high-octane follow-up to The Hard Stop.
Lost In The Night
Amat Escalante’s fifth feature is a disarming thriller about a young man’s search to find those responsible for his social activist mother’s disappearance.
Lubo
Dramatising real events, this gripping period thriller tells the story of a man who disguises his identity in the desperate search for his stolen children.
Only the River Flows
Prolific writer-director Shujun Wei skilfully constructs an unusual slow-burn noir, drawing us inexorably into its mysterious psychological journey.
Shame on Dry Land
A cunning but guilt-ridden swindler becomes entangled in online gambling and tax evasion scams as he seeks forgiveness, in this incendiary existential thriller.
Stolen
Worlds collide when two siblings find themselves drawn into the kidnapping of a tribal woman’s baby in a rural Indian town, in this grippingly tense thriller.
Unmoored
The ordered life of a TV presenter threatens to unravel when she finally confronts her domineering husband about yet another scandalous accusation.
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