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Memoirs of a Survivor 1981 star_border 4.1
Based on the acclaimed novel by Doris Lessing, this dystopian science fiction tale concerns a woman struggling to make her way in a post-apocalyptic society. D (Julie Christie) is living in a city that's at the point of collapse following a catastrophic nuclear war; lawlessness and violence rule the day, and gangs of brutal youth roam the streets. With the help of her teenage companion Emily (Leonie Mellinger), D tries to make her way, and in order to cope, she often escapes into a fantasy world in which she lives in genteel Victorian surroundings in the 19th century.

Law and Disorder 1974 star_border 4.8
In crime ridden New York of the seventies two cops has had enough. They decide to take justice into their own hands. Things turn exciting and humorous. No hoodlum goes safe.

O Lucky Man! 1973 star_border 6.8
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.

Gumshoe 1971 star_border 6.3
A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.

Bleak Moments 1971 star_border 6.1
Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neighbor and irritating workmate.

Spring and Port Wine 1970 star_border 5.6
A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's lives in working class Bolton, England.

Loving Memory 1970 star_border 5.6
An isolated brother and sister live with their memories and a grisly secret.

if.... 1968 star_border 7.1
In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.

The Burning 1968 star_border 7
The Burning is Stephen Frears’ first film, a chilling exploration of racial tensions in Apartheid-era South Africa. On a sweltering summer’ day, a wealthy white matriarch insists on taking her household on a planned trip to the country, in spite of their urgent warnings that an uprising is underway.

Charlie Bubbles 1968 star_border 6.3
Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous, has mislaid a writer's basic tool – the capacity to feel and to respond. Now he must visit his estranged wife and son, whom he has set up on a farm outside his native city. His journey accidentally becomes an attempt to reestablish his connections with life, people, and his own history.