24 Hour Party People 2002  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson, Sean Harris, Danny Cunningham, Paddy Considine, Andy Serkis, Chris Coghill, Ralf Little, Keith Allen, Paul Popplewell, John Simm
Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll define the lives of Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan) and his friends as he builds Factory Records into an important music scene label. This comedy/drama follows the action in Manchester, specifically at Wilson's trend-setting Hacienda club, from the late 1970s to the early 1990s as punk rock came into its own.
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 Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London 2004  PG, 101 min.
Genre: Family / Action / Comedy / Adventure / Mystery
Director: Kevin Allen
Cast: Frankie Muniz, Anthony Anderson, Hannah Spearritt, Cynthia Stevenson, Daniel Roebuck, Anna Chancellor, Keith Allen, James Faulkner, David Kelly, Santiago Segura, Connor Widdows, Keith David, Joshua Brody, Rod Silvers, Jack Stanley
While being trained at Kamp Woody "summer camp" as a future CIA agent, 15-year-old Cody Banks (Frankie Muniz) is given a new partner, Derek (Anthony Anderson), and the assignment of tracking down demoted agent Diaz (Keith Allen) who is in cahoots with Lord Duncan Kenworth (James Faulkner) to use stolen mind control software to take over the minds of world leaders. Diaz is in London, and Cody enrolls in a British private school where he poses as a clarinet player in the band in order to retrieve the stolen mind-control device. At the school, Cody teams up with another teenager, Scotland Yard operative Emily (Hannah Spearritt), and they try to stop Diaz from taking over the world.
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Blue Juice 1995   R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Carl Prechezer
Cast: Sean Pertwee, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Steven Mackintosh, Ewan McGregor, Peter Gunn, Heathcote Williams, Colette Brown, Jenny Agutter, Keith Allen, Michelle Chadwick, Robin Soans, Guy Leverton, Mark Frost, Paul Reynolds
Surfer JC (Sean Pertwee) lives in a Cornish coastal town and is nearing 30. His girlfriend (Catherine Zeta-Jones) pressures him to grow up and commit, while his other friends (Steven Mackintosh, Ewan McGregor, and Peter Gunn) have their own growing-up pains.
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 Captives 1994  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Angela Pope
Cast: Julia Ormond, Tim Roth, Peter Capaldi, Richard Hawley, Jeff Nuttal, Keith Allen, Annette Badland, Colin Salmon, Siobhan Redmond, Kenneth Pope, Bill Moody, Nathan Dambuza
Rachel (Julia Ormond) is a prison dentist who falls in love with one of her convict patients (Tim Roth), and–as a result–she becomes involved in blackmail and attempted murder.
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Chicago Joe and the Showgirl 1990 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernard Rose
Cast: Emily Lloyd, Kiefer Sutherland, Patsy Kensit, Keith Allen, Liz Fraser, Alexandra Pigg, Ralph Nossek, Colin Bruce, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Harry Fowler, John Lahr, Angela Morant
Based on an actual murder case in 1944 Great Britain called "The Cleft Chin Murder Case," this is the tale of U.S. Army deserter Karl (Kiefer Sutherland) and stripper Betty (Emily Lloyd) who meet and embark on a crime spree, which eventually escalates to murder.
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 De-lovely 2004 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irwin Winkler
Cast: Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce, Kevin McNally, Sandra Nelson, Allan Corduner, Peter Polycarpou, Keith Allen, James Wilby, Kevin McKidd, Richard Dillane, Edward Baker-Duly
Taking the form of a stage show with Cole Porter (Kevin Kline) looking back on his life, this biography covers facets of the American composer's life, including his homosexuality and love for his only wife, Linda (Ashley Judd). Yes, the music plays a big role in this film, but the relationship between Cole and Linda takes center stage.
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The Good Night 2007 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Jake Paltrow
Cast: Penelope Cruz, Martin Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Simon Pegg, Danny DeVito, Keith Allen, Michael Gambon, Lucy DeVito, Skye Bennett, Steffan Boje, Amber Rose Sealey, Sonia Doubell, Franco Bulaon
Rock musician Gary (Martin Freeman) had a successful album "One the One," but now his band no longer exists, and he ekes out a living writing jingles. To add to his problems, Gary is bored with girlfriend Dora (Gwyneth Paltrow) and dreams, to the point of obsession, about a beautiful Spanish woman. He seeks counsel from dream expert Mel (Danny De Vito). When Gary's best friend Paul (Simon Pegg) introduces him to the real-life woman of his dreams, she turns out be a model, Anna (Penelope Cruz). Now, Gary is finally forced to deal with his non-dream relationship with Dora.
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Happily Ever After 2004 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Yvan Attal
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Alain Chabat, Emmanuelle Seigner, Alain Cohen, Angie David, Anouk Aimee, Claude Berri, Aurore Clement, Kitu Gidwani, Keith Allen, Johnny Depp
Parisian 40-year-olds (Yvan Attal, Alain Chabat, and Alain Cohen) are unhappy in their current romances, and each searches in his own unique way for solutions in the war between the sexes.
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Kafka 1991 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Grey, Ian Holm, Jeroen Krabbe, Alec Guinness, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brian Glover, Robert Flemyng, Keith Allen
Blending material from Kafka's work, this story relates the investigation by Franz Kafka (Jeremy Irons) into the mysterious disappearance of his friend in Prague during 1919.
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Loch Ness 1996 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: John Henderson
Cast: Ted Danson, Joely Richardson, Ian Holm, Harris Yulin, Kirsty Graham, James Frain, Keith Allen, Nick Brimble, Wolf Kahler, Philip O'Brien, John Verea, Debora Weston
American crytozoologist Dr. Jonathan Dempsey (Ted Danson) travels to Scotland with new technology in hand to uncover mysteries concerning the Loch Ness Monster. Dempsey does learn something, but that new-found knowledge makes an impact on how to deal with what he has learned.
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Martin Chuzzlewit 1994 TV, 330 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Pedr James
Cast: Keith Allen, David Bradley, Emma Chambers, Julian Fellowes, Paul Francis, John Mills, Pete Postlethwaite, Julia Sawalha, Paul Scofield, Maggie Steed, Tom Wilkinson, Peter Wingfield
This BBC miniseries adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1844 story is a social comedy about an English family that sent its youngest son to America to gain business sense. He succeeds and years later returns home as an old man whose relatives now scheme to inherit his property.
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 My Wife Is an Actress 2001 R, 93 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Yvan Attal
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Terence Stamp, Noemie Lvovsky, Laurent Bateau, Keith Allen, Jo McInnes, Ludivine Sagnier, Lionel Abelanski, Valerie Leboutte
Real-life married couple Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal star as Charlotte and Yvan–a famous actress and a sports writer. Yvan must deal with his jealousies over Charlotte's love scenes, and Ivan's suspicions hit new heights when Charlotte heads to England to costar with suave John (Terrence Stamp).
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The Others 2001 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston, Alakina Mann, James Bentley, Eric Sykes, Elaine Cassidy, Renee Asherson, Gordon Reid, Keith Allen
While Grace (Nicole Kidman) awaits her husband's (Christopher Eccleston) return from World War II, she moves into a mansion with her children (Alakina Mann and James Bentley) hoping for a peaceful stay near the English coast. The children suffer photosensitivity, which causes allergies to sunlight. They must live under rules that ensure darkness in their surroundings. All goes well until Grace hires new servants (Finnula Flanagan, Eric Sykes, and Elaine Cassidy). Shortly after the servants arrive, it becomes obvious that there are "other beings" also residing in the house. Spooky!
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Second Best 1994 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Chris Menges
Cast: William Hurt, Chris Cleary Miles, Keith Allen, Prunella Scales, Jane Horrocks, Alan Cumming, John Hurt, Jodhi May, Nathan Yapp, Doris Irving
A lonely Welsh postman, Graham Holt (William Hurt), tries to adopt orphan John (Chris Cleary Miles) in this poignant tale.
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Shallow Grave 1994  R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor, Keith Allen, Ken Stott, Peter Mullan, Colin McCredie, Victoria Nairn, Gary Lewis, Jean Marie Coffey
Three boys resort to macabre deeds when their roommate dies, and they find a suitcase filled with cash lying next to the body.
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The Young Americans 1993 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Danny Cannon
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Iain Glen, Thandie Newton, Viggo Mortensen, Craig Kelly, Nigel Clauzel, James Duggan, Keith Allen, Terence Rigby, Dave Duffy, John Wood, Geoffrey McGivern, Christopher Adamson, Huggy Leaver, Dig Wayne
Multinational juvenile gangs, led by American drug baron Carl Frazer (Viggo Mortensen), are taking over the streets and clubs of London, and heroine trade is increasing. American drug enforcement agent John Harris (Harvey Keitel) is sent to London to help Scotland Yard in their efforts to clean up the mess.
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| 1. 24 Hour Party People (2002)
2. Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
3. Blue Juice (1995)
4. Captives (1994)
5. Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)
6. De-lovely (2004)
7. The Good Night (2007)
8. Happily Ever After (2004)
9. Kafka (1991)
10. Loch Ness (1996)
11. Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
12. My Wife Is an Actress (2001)
13. The Others (2001)
14. Second Best (1994)
15. Shallow Grave (1994)
16. The Young Americans (1993)
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