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Dracula (1931)
1931 74mins USA (PG) Horror
Directed by Karl Freund|Tod Browning Starring Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners

The dashing, mysterious Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi), after hypnotizing a British soldier, Renfield (Dwight Frye), into his mindless slave, travels to London and takes up ...

Rear Window
1954 111mins USA (PG) Thriller / Mystery
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, ...

Frankenstein (1931)
1931 70mins USA (PG) Horror
Directed by James Whale Starring Boris Karloff, Edward Van Sloan, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Dwight Frye

This iconic horror film follows the obsessed scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein as he attempts to create life by assembling a creature from body parts of the deceased. Aided by ...

The Shining [UK Version]
1980 119mins UK, USA (15) Horror
Directed by Stanley Kubrick Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd

Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer's block. He settles in along with his wife, Wendy ...

Nosferatu
1922 94mins Germany (PG) Horror
Directed by F.W. Murnau Starring Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim

This performance will feature a live score performed by Hugo Max.

"I first saw Murnau’s Symphony of Horror when I was nine years old. The film’s expressionistic images ...

The Exorcist (Extended Cut)
1973 132mins USA (18) Horror
Directed by William Friedkin Starring Max von Sydow, Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair

One of the most profitable horror movies ever made, this tale of an exorcism is based loosely on actual events. When young Regan (Linda Blair) starts acting odd -- levitating, ...

The Bride of Frankenstein
1935 85mins USA (PG) Horror
Directed by James Whale Starring Elsa Lanchester, Boris Karloff, Colin Clive

After recovering from injuries sustained in the mob attack upon himself and his creation, Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive) falls under the control of his former mentor, Dr. ...

The Wolf Man [1941]
1941 71mins USA (PG) Horror
Directed by George Waggner Starring Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Claude Rains, Warren William

When his brother dies, Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney) returns to Wales and reconciles with his father (Claude Rains). While there, he visits an antique shop and, hoping to impress ...

Creature from the Black Lagoon [1954]
1954 86mins USA (PG) Horror
Directed by Jack Arnold Starring Richard Carlson, ulie Adams, Julie Adams, Richard Denning

Remnants of a mysterious animal have come to light in a remote jungle, and a group of scientists intends to determine if the find is an anomaly or evidence of an undiscovered ...

Beavertown Screamings presents: Nosferatu
1922 94mins Germany (18) Horror
Directed by F. W. Murnau Starring Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder

Love horror classics AND beer? In the week leading up to Halloween, Prince Charles Cinema will transform itself into an INTERACTIVE PIT OF TERROR for select showings as part ...

Barry Lyndon
1975 185mins UK, USA (12A) Family/Drama
Directed by Stanley Kubrick Starring Ryan O'Neal, Patrick Magee, Marisa Berenson

An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.

Gilda
1946 110mins USA (PG) Film Noir
Directed by Charles Vidor Starring Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready

Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) is a small-time American gambler, newly arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina. When he is caught cheating at a game of blackjack, Farrell manages to ...

There Will Be Blood
2007 158mins USA (15) Thriller / Western
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview moves to oil-rich California. Using his adopted son HW to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview ...

Citizen Kane
1941 120mins USA (U) Drama
Directed by Orson Welles Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore

When a reporter is assigned to decipher newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane's (Orson Welles) dying words, his investigation gradually reveals the fascinating portrait of a ...

Solaris (1972)
1972 167mins Soviet Union (12A) Science Fiction
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky Starring Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet

A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.

Heat : Director's Definitive Edition
1995 170mins USA (15) Crime
Directed by Michael Mann Starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Ashley Judd, Diane Venora, Tom Sizemore, Amy Brenneman

Master criminal Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is trying to control the rogue actions of one of his men, while also planning one last big heist before retiring. Meanwhile, ...

Seven Samurai [Shichinin no samurai]
1954 207mins Japan (PG) Western
Directed by Akira Kurosawa Starring Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Toshi, Keiko Tsushima

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.

La Haine
1995 98mins France (15) Crime
Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz Starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui

Hatred breeds hatred...

24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.

Apocalypse Now : Final Cut
1979 181mins USA (15) War
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Starring Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall

In Vietnam in 1970, Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) takes a perilous and increasingly hallucinatory journey upriver to find and terminate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a ...

Cinema Paradiso [Nuovo Cinema Paradiso]
1988 124mins Italy (PG) Drama
Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore Starring Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili

A winner of awards across the world including Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, 5 BAFTA Awards including Best Actor, Original Screenplay and Score, the Grand Prize of the Jury ...

Stop Making Sense
2023 87mins USA (PG) Concert Film
Directed by Jonathan Demme Starring David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth, and Jerry Harrison

Newly restored in 4K to coincide with its 40th anniversary, the 1984 film was directed by renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme and is considered by critics as the greatest ...

Paris, Texas
1984 145mins USA, France, West Germany, UK, Germany (12A) Drama
Directed by Wim Wenders Starring Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell

A disheveled man who wanders out of the desert, Travis Henderson (Harry Dean Stanton) seems to have no idea who he is. When a stranger manages to contact his brother, Walt ...

Alien (Theatrical Cut)
1979 117mins USA, UK (15) Film
Directed by Ridley Scott Starring Sigourney Weaver, Sigourn, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt

In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from ...

Yi Yi
2000 173mins Taiwan (15) Drama
Directed by Edward Yang Starring Wu Nien-jen, Elaine Jin, Issey Ogata, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang, Hsi-Sheng Chen, Su-Yun Ko, Lawrence Ko

The extraordinary, internationally embraced Yi Yi (A One and a Two . . .), directed by the late Taiwanese master Edward Yang, follows a middle-class family in Taipei over the ...

The Deer Hunter
1978 183mins UK, USA (18) Film
Directed by Michael Cimino Starring Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Cazale, John Savage

In 1968, Michael (Robert De Niro), Nick (Christopher Walken) and Steven (John Savage), lifelong friends from a working-class Pennsylvania steel town, prepare to ship out ...

Tampopo
1985 114mins Japan (15) Film
Directed by Jûzô Itami Starring Ken Watanabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto

The tale of an eccentric band of culinary ronin who guide the widow of a noodle-shop owner on her quest for the perfect recipe, this rapturous “ramen western” by Japanese ...

Le Samourai
1967 105mins France, Italy (PG) Crime
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville Starring Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Caty Rosier, Jacques Leroy, Michel Boisrond

After professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.

Playtime
1967 123mins Italy, France (U) Comedy Genius
Directed by Jacques Tati Starring Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden

Clumsy Monsieur Hulot (Jacques Tati) finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon ...

A Prophet
2008 155mins (18) Crime / Thriller
Directed by Jacques Audiard Starring Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif

Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than ...

The Warriors
1979 93mins USA (15) Gang
Directed by Walter Hill Starring Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright

A turf battle between New York City street gangs that rages from Coney Island to the Bronx. The Warriors are mistakenly fingered for the killing of a gang leader. Soon they ...

Ran
1985 160mins Japan (12A) War
Directed by Akira Kurosawa Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu

At the age of seventy, after years of consolidating his empire, the Great Lord Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai) decides to abdicate and divide his domain amongst his three ...

Casablanca
1942 102mins USA (U) Romance
Directed by Michael Curtiz Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid

Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), who owns a nightclub in Casablanca, discovers his old flame Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) is in town with her husband, Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid). ...

Eraserhead
1977 89mins USA (18) Mind F**k
Directed by David Lynch Starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph

First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child. David Lynch ...

Kwaidan
1964 183mins (15) Horror
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi Starring Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Rentaro Mikuni

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man ...

Stalker
1979 161mins Soviet Union (PG) Film
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky Starring Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

In an unnamed country at an unspecified time, there is a fiercely protected post-apocalyptic wasteland known as The Zone. An illegal guide (Aleksandr Kajdanovsky), whose ...

Memories of Murder [Salinui chueok]
2003 132mins South Korea (15) Film
Directed by Bong Joon Ho Starring Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim, Roe-ha Kim

In 1986, Park (Song Kang-ho) and Cho (Kim Roi-ha) are two simple-minded detectives assigned to a double murder investigation in a South Korean province. But when the murderer ...

The Crow
1994 102mins USA (15) Goth
Directed by Alex Proyas Starring Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Rochelle Davis

The night before his wedding, musician Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) and his fiancée are brutally murdered by members of a violent inner-city gang. On the anniversary of their ...

The Princess Bride
1987 98mins USA (PG) Romance/Comedy
Directed by Rob Reiner Starring Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright

A fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. He must find her after a long separation and save her. They must battle the evils of the mythical ...

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo)
1966 180mins USA, Spain, West Germany, Italy, Germany (15) Western
Directed by Sergio Leone Starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search ...

The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992 89mins USA (U) Musical / Comedy
Directed by Brian Henson Starring Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Michael Caine, Steve Whitmire, Meredith Braun

'Tis the season for love, laughter, and one of the most cherished stories of all time! Join Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and all the hilarious Muppets in this merry, magical ...

They Live by Night
1948 96mins USA (PG) Film Noir
Directed by Nicholas Ray Starring Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva

Legendary director Nicholas Ray began his career with this lyrical film noir, the first in a series of existential genre films overflowing with sympathy for America's outcasts ...

Blade Runner : The Final Cut
1982 118mins USA (15) Science Fiction
Directed by Ridley Scott Starring Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer

Deckard (Harrison Ford) is forced by the police Boss (M. Emmet Walsh) to continue his old job as Replicant Hunter. His assignment: eliminate four escaped Replicants from the ...

The Apartment
1960 125mins USA (PG) Comedy
Directed by Billy Wilder Starring Fred MacMurray, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine

Insurance worker C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) lends his Upper West Side apartment to company bosses to use for extramarital affairs. When his manager Mr. Sheldrake (Fred ...

White Christmas
1954 115mins USA (U) Musical
Directed by Michael Curtiz Starring Danny Kaye, Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen

Two talented song-and-dance men (Bing Crosby & Danny Kaye) team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in showbusiness. One winter, they join forces with a sister ...

It's A Wonderful Life
1946 130mins USA (U) Family/Drama
Directed by Frank Capra Starring Donna Reed, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore

Screenings from both 35mm and Digital. 35mm performances will be noted next to the time. If there is no note next to the time, the performance is Digital.

Beset with ...

Home Alone
1990 103mins USA (PG) Family / Comedy
Directed by Chris Columbus Starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara, John Candy, John Heard

When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother (Catherine O'Hara) makes him sleep in the attic. After ...

The Shop Around the Corner
1940 98mins USA (U) Romance/Comedy
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch Starring James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Frank Morgan

Alfred Kralik (James Stewart) and Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) are employees at Matuschek and Company, a general store in Budapest. Klara and Alfred are constantly at odds ...

Friday The 13th
1980 95mins USA (18) Horror
Directed by Sean S. Cunningham Starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor

A group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer.

All About Eve
1950 137mins USA (U) Film
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders

Backstage story revolving around aspiring actress Eve Harrington. Tattered and forlorn, Eve shows up in the dressing room of Broadway mega-star Margo Channing, telling a ...

Harakiri
1962 135mins (15) Drama
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita

Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a ...

Sunset Boulevard
1950 110mins USA (PG) Film
Directed by Billy Wilder Starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim

An aging silent film queen refuses to accept that her stardom has ended. She hires a young screenwriter to help set up her movie comeback. The screenwriter believes he can ...

Tokyo Story [Tôkyô monogatari]
1953 135mins Japan (U) Drama
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu Starring Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Sô Yamamura

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, a doctor, and their ...

City of God
2002 130mins Brazil (18) Crime
Directed by Fernando Meirelles|Kátia Lund Starring Alexandre Rodrigues, Matheus Nachtergaele, Leandro Firmino

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket (Phellipe Haagensen) is a budding photographer who documents the ...

Robocop - Director's Cut
1987 103mins USA (18) Film
Directed by Paul Verhoeven Starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy

Ready to serve and protect like never before, the future of law enforcement blasts his way back into cinemas from 20 May in a definitive 4K restoration – uncut and approved by ...

Breathless [À bout de souffle]
1960 90mins France (12A) Film
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger

Petty thug Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) considers himself a suave bad guy in the manner of Humphrey Bogart, but panics and impulsively kills a policeman while driving a stolen ...

Beau Travail
1999 93mins France (15) Drama
Directed by Claire Denis Starring Denis Lavant, Gregoire Colin, Michel Subor

Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival ...