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A former cop in a bleak future Los Angeles is forced to return to duty for a mission to hunt down and kill a group of renegade android replicants. The fugitives have escaped from a space colony to find their creator on Earth, in a bid to prolong their limited lifespan. Theatrical cut of Ridley Scott's sci-fi thriller, originally released in cinemas, starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young and Daryl Hannah

American zoologist Dian Fossey gives up her comfortable city life to research endangered mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Living among the apes, she develops a close bond with the animals and becomes an expert in how they communicate, while dedicating the rest of her life to protecting gorillas from extinction. Fact-based drama, starring Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris and Iain Cuthbertson

A group of conspirators contracts the Jackal, a professional hitman, to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle of France. The killer starts to put his painstaking plans into action, creating a new identity, establishing his alibi and commissioning a custom-made weapon, while out-foxing the French police at every turn. Fred Zinnemann's adaptation of Frederick's Forsyth thriller, with Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale, Alan Badel, Tony Britton and Cyril Cusack

Maverick San Francisco detective 'Dirty' Harry Callahan sets out to capture a deranged sniper picking off victims at random. Although his own tactics barely stay within the confines of the law, he is determined the killer will face his particular brand of justice, regardless of his superiors' disapproval. Don Siegel's thriller, starring Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino and Andy Robinson

In the aftermath of the Normandy landings, a group of American soldiers scours the battlefields of France in search of a missing infantryman, who has been given compassionate leave to return home because his brothers have been killed in the conflict. Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning Second World War drama, starring Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Barry Pepper and Vin Diesel. It won five Academy Awards, including Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, and Best Director. The film makers also took home a couple of Baftas for Best Sound and Best Special Effects

English nobleman Robin of Locksley returns home from fighting in the Crusades, only to discover that his father has been murdered and his lands seized, while the local people are living in fear under the tyrannical rule of the Sheriff of Nottingham. Branded an outlaw for his defiance, Robin and his Moorish travelling companion go into hiding in the forest, where they recruit a group of bandits to fight for justice, protect the downtrodden, and foil the Sheriff's plan to seize the throne while the king is away at war. Medieval action adventure, starring Kevin Costner, Alan Rickman, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Christian Slater and Mike McShane

Twenty years after ordering the murder of his brother, ageing don Michael Corleone is close to fulfilling his dream of severing his family's Mafia ties and gaining legitimacy, but vengeful enemies and the actions of his hot-headed nephew soon draw him back into a life of crime. Francis Ford Coppola's crime drama sequel, starring Al Pacino, Andy Garcia, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Eli Wallach and Bridget Fonda

An isolated, misanthropic New York cab driver becomes increasingly disturbed by the corruption he sees all around him. His desperate attempts to make connections with a political campaigner and a teenage prostitute, whom he feels compelled to save, seem doomed to failure, and he is gradually driven towards a brutal act of violence. Martin Scorsese's drama, starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd and Harvey Keitel