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Flipside - Cult British Cinema

Revisiting the many British films that have fallen through the cracks, this Flipside collection favours the overlooked, the sidelined and the undervalued.

With cult favourites from the BFI’s Flipside DVD label – and more besides - the collection offers rare films from directors who merit attention, plus little seen performances from accomplished British actors as Helen Mirren and John Hurt.

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The Black Panther The Black Panther

Drama 1977 97 mins Director: Ian Merrick

Gripping crime drama charts the killing spree which Donald Neilson, aka the Black Panther, perpetrated across England during the mid-70s.

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Assault Assault

Detective drama 1971 87 mins Director: Sidney Hayers

Violent British crime film about a murderer on the loose near a girls’ school, starring Suzy Kendall and Lesley Anne-Down.

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Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

Musical 1985 90 mins Director: Alan Clarke

Alan Clarke’s once derided feature is surely the only vampire snooker musical in cinema history and a genuine cult artefact ripe for rediscovery.

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Bronco Bullfrog Bronco Bullfrog

Drama 1970 87 mins Director: Barney Platts-Mills

A fascinating record of 1960s suedehead youth culture which is largely improvised by a non-professional cast of teenagers from east London

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Bread Bread

Drama 1971 68 mins Director: Stanley A. Long

A fun tale of hippies and rock and roll directed by the legendary Stanley Long and featuring cult British rock bands Juicy Lucy and Crazy Mabel.

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Captured Captured

War 1959 64 mins Director: John Krish

Previously only shown to a restricted audience of top military brass from the Ministry of Defence, Captured is a stunning Prisoner of War drama.

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Deadlier than the Male Deadlier than the Male

Detective drama 1967 98 mins Director: Ralph Thomas

Richard Johnson is Bulldog Drummond, a freelance investigator who attracts the attention of a pair of deadly female assassins, played by Elke Sommer and Sylva Koscina.

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Death and The Compass Death and The Compass

1996 86 mins Director: Alex Cox

Alex Cox’s visually stunning, deliciously dark adaptation of the short story by acclaimed Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.

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The Devil Rides Out The Devil Rides Out

Horror 1968 95 mins Director: Terence Fisher

Dennis Wheatley's occult tale is given the Hammer treatment.

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Deep End Deep End

Drama 1970 92 mins Director: Jerzy Skolimowski

Jerzy Skolimowski’s darkly comic and utterly compelling story of teenage infatuation in a run-down swimming pool. 

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Starting Out: The Making of Deep End Starting Out: The Making of Deep End

Documentary 2011 75 mins Director: Robert Fischer

Immersive and informative look at the production of this surreal, seductive film, with contributions from cast and crew.

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Duffer Duffer

Drama 1971 75 mins Director: Joseph Despins and William Dumaresq

A bizarre study of obsession focusing on a teenage boy who is torn between the charms of a fleshly female prostitute and the sadism of an older man.

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Herostratus Herostratus

Drama 1967 143 mins Director: Don Levy

Helen Mirren makes her film debut in the tale of a young poet (Michael Gothard) intent on turning his suicide into a mass-media spectacle.

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Little Malcolm Little Malcolm

Drama 1975 111 mins Director: Stuart Cooper

Delusional revolutionary Malcolm Scrawdyke (John Hurt) leads his Party of Dynamic Erection in a battle against an unseen nemesis in this dark comedy.

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Loving Memory Loving Memory

Drama 1970 52 mins Director: Tony Scott

An unsettling portrait of love and loss by the director of Top Gun.

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The Moon over the Alley The Moon over the Alley

Musical 1977 108 mins Director: Joseph Despins

The Moon Over the Alley is a bizarre and compelling musical exploring the problems of multicultural Notting Hill residents in the early 1970s.

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Maroc 7 Maroc 7

Crime 1967 88 mins Director: Gerry O'Hara

Gene Barry stars as a spy on an Arabian adventure, sent to Morocco to infiltrate Cyd Charisse’s highly glamorous jewel-smuggling outfit.

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Nightbirds Nightbirds

Drama 1970 78 mins Director: Andy Milligan

Dark drama about the doomed relationship of two down-and-outers living in the squalid East End of London in the early 1970s.

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The Party's Over The Party's Over

Drama 1965 92 mins Silent Director: Guy Hamilton

The partying of a wild group of beatniks lead by Oliver Reed has shocking consequences. Written by Marc Behm, directed by Guy Hamilton and with music by John Barry.

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Peeping Tom Peeping Tom

Drama 1960 101 mins Director: Michael Powell

Michael Powell’s dark, disturbing, once controversial tale of a shy camera technician who films women as he kills them is now rightly deemed a classic.

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Pressure Pressure

Drama 1978 121 mins Director: Horace Ové

Hailed as Britain's first black feature film, Pressure is a hard-hitting, honest document of the plight of disenchanted black youths in 1970s London.

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Prostitute Prostitute

Drama 1981 98 mins Director: Tony Garnett

Explicit and controversial drama. An ambitious working girl moves to London hoping to securing wealthier patrons, while her social worker friend fights to change antiquated prostitution laws.

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Private Road Private Road

Drama 1971 89 mins Director: Barney Platts-Mills

A compelling tale about the struggle for personal freedom, starring Bruce Robinson (Withnail and I).

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Repeater Repeater

Comedy 1979 75 mins Director: Chris Monger

Comic thriller which, with its unorthodox narrative about a woman's confession of a murder, deconstructs the conventions of the genre.

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Quatermass and the Pit Quatermass and the Pit

Horror 1967 94 mins Director: Roy Ward Baker

One of Britain’s finest sci-fi films, based on Nigel Kneale’s masterful script, about the discovery of ancient alien craft beneath central London.

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Radio On Radio On

Road movie 1979 100 mins Director: Chris Petit

A haunting blend of edgy mystery story and existential road movie.

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Requiem for a Village Requiem for a Village

Documentary 1975 68 mins Director: David Gladwell

The idyllic, pastoral past of a Suffolk village is reborn through memory in this extraordinary, little-known film from director David Gladwell.

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That Sinking Feeling That Sinking Feeling

Comedy 1979 90 mins Director: Bill Forsyth

Before Gregory's Girl, Bill Forsyth mate this equally hilarious caper about a group of unemployed teenagers who hatch a plan to steal a job lot of stainless steel sinks.

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Silent Scream Silent Scream

Biopic 1990 85 mins Director: David Hayman

Brutal, mind-bending journey into the damaged mind of a violent killer, with exceptional performances from Iain Glen and Robert Carlyle.

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Three Businessmen Three Businessmen

Comedy 1999 81 mins Director: Alex Cox

Alex Cox’s surreal and subversive comic fantasy about three men’s search for a meal that becomes a globe-trotting odyssey.

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Tomorrow Never Comes Tomorrow Never Comes

Crime 1978 102 mins Director: Peter Collinson

This tense, violent hostage drama stars Oliver Reed as a negotiator trying to barter the release of Susan George from her deranged partner.

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Twinky Twinky

Comedy 1970 94 mins Director: Richard Donner

Richard Donner directs this unlikely romance between a 38-year-old writer of erotic novels (Charles Bronson) and a 16-year-old schoolgirl (Susan George). After marrying and absconding to Scotland, the pair finds it hard to adjust to life together.

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Voice Over Voice Over

Drama 1982 108 mins Director: Chris Monger

A disturbing and controversial psychological drama from award-winning director Christopher Monger.

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Victim Victim

Drama 1961 100 mins Director: Basil Dearden

This thought-provoking classic stars Dirk Bogarde as a homosexual lawyer who risks his career to hunt down a blackmailer.

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Winstanley Winstanley

Historical drama 1976 96 mins Director: Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo

An authentic historical drama about the visionary Gerrard Winstanley who led a group of impoverished 'Diggers' to assert their common rights.