Naked 1993  N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge, Greg Cruttwell, Claire Skinner, Peter Wight, Elizabeth Berrington, Ewen Bremner, Susan Vidler, Deborah MacLaren, Gina McKee, Carolina Giammetta, Peter Whitman, David Foxxe, Toby Jones
Johnny (David Thewlis) is a drifter who heads to London to escape from the family whose daughter he has raped. He looks up his old girlfriend Louise (Lesley Sharp), seduces her roommate Sophie (Katrin Cartlidge), and then roams London's streets where he meets people who seem to be living on or over the edge. Finally, Johnny returns to Sophie's home and meets Jeremy (Greg Cruttwell) whose life is a mirror image of his own defiant lifestyle. There is comedy mixed with pathos in this well-acted, philosophical story that exposes the deeper psychological sides of its characters.
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 Trainspotting 1996  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Macdonald, James Cosmo, Peter Mullan, Eileen Nicholas, Susan Vidler, Pauline Lynch, Shirley Henderson, Stuart McQuarrie
The team that made "Shallow Grave" (director Danny Boyle, producer Andrew MacDonald, and screenwriter John Hodge) brings to the screen this insightful black comedy about young Edinburgh punks involved in, and loving, the world of drugs. This film is bound to be as controversial as its hero, Renton (Ewan McGregor), who heads straight into a world of addiction and tries to find the other side of his crisis.
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Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself 2002  R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lone Scherfig
Cast: Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Lisa McKinlay, Mads Mikkelsen, Julia Davis, Susan Vidler, Robert McIntosh, Lorraine McIntosh, Gordon Brown, Mhairi Steenbock, Andrew Townsley
During the years since their father's death, Harbour (Adrian Rawlins) has been the sole caretaker for his suicidal young brother, Wilbur (Jamie Sives). When Harbour marries Alice (Shirley Henderson), her daughter, 10-year-old Mary (Lisa McKinlay), also joins the new family, and they will remain together–in good times and in bad.
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The Woman in White 1997  TV, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Tim Fywell
Cast: Tara Fitzgerald, Justine Waddell, Simon Callow, Ian Richardson, Andrew Lincoln, John Standing, Susan Vidler, Adie Allen, James Wilby, Ann Bell, Kika Markham
Half-sisters Marian and Laura Fairlie (Tara Fitzgerald and Justine Waddell) find themselves involved with a mysterious woman dressed in white who may hold the key to success in their futures.
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| 1. Naked (1993)
2. Trainspotting (1996)
3. Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
4. The Woman in White (1997)
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