Spoiler warning Two eccentric best friends graduate high school and respond to a man's romance- seeking newspaper ad as a gag, only to find their lives becoming increasingly complicated. Country: Germany, United Kingdom, United States Director: Terry Zwigoff Director of Photography: Affonso Beato Genre: Comedy, Drama

Spoiler warning In Japan for the funeral of his long-lost love, a tough French detective learns that he also has a teenage daughter and that her life is in danger from the Yakuza. Country: France Director: Gérard Krawczyk Director of Photography: Gerard Stérin Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller

The problematic lives of teenager students for whom the singer Lily Chou- Chou's dreamy music is the only way to escape an alienating, violent and insensitive society. Original title: Riri Shushu No Subete Country: Japan Director: Shunji Iwai Director of Photography: Noboru Shinoda Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller

Spoiler warning Despite being caught in her imaginative world, young waitress Amelie decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey during which she finds true love. Original title: Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain Country: France, Germany  Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Director of Photog…

Spoiler warning During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts. Original title: Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi Country: Japan Director: Hayao Miyazaki Director of Photography: Atsushi Okui Genre: Adventure, Fantas…

Spoiler warning A violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-merged with a metallic Buddha. Original title: Erekutorikku Doragon 80000V Country: Japan Director: Gakuryū Ishii Director of Photography: Norimichi Kasamatsu Genre: Action, Fantasy, Music, Sci-Fi

Spoiler warning When a senator's daughter under Secret Service protection is kidnapped from a private school, detective Alex Cross investigates the case even though he's recovering from the loss of his partner. Country: United States Director: Lee Tamahori Director of Photography: Matthew F. Leonetti Genre: Action, Crime, De…

Spoiler warning The story of how George Jung, along with the Medellín Cartel headed by Pablo Escobar, established the American cocaine market in the 1970s in the United States. Country: United States Director: Ted Demme Director of Photography: Ellen Kuras Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama

Spoiler warning The ethereally beautiful Vicky recalls her romances with Hao Hao and Jack in the neon-lit clubs of Taipei. Original title: Qian Xi Man Bo Country: Taiwan Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien Director of Photography: Mark Lee Ping Bin Genre: Drama, Romance

Spoiler warning In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted. Country: France, Spain, United States Director: Alejandro Amenábar Director of Photography: Javier Agu…

Spoiler warning As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving. Original title: Koroshiya 1 Country: Japan Director: Takashi Miike Director of Photography: Hideo Yama…

Spoiler warning Video game adventurer Lara Croft comes to life in a movie where she races against time and villains to recover powerful ancient artifacts. Country: Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, United States Director: Simon West Director of Photography: Peter Menzies Jr. Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Spoiler warning Danny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously. Country: United States Director: Steven Soderbergh Director of Photography: Peter Andrews Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime

Spoiler warning A brother and sister driving home through isolated countryside for spring break encounter a flesh-eating creature which is in the midst of its ritualistic eating spree. Country: Germany, United States Director: Victor Salva Director of Photography: Don E. FauntLeRoy Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Spoiler warning A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage. Original title: Siu Lam Juk Kau Country: Hong Kong Director: Stephen Chow Director of Photography: Kwen Pak-Huen and Kwong Ting-wo Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Spor…

Spoiler warning A rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be. Country: United States Director: Antoine Fuqua Director of Photography: Mauro Fiore Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Spoiler warning A terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses, and it's up to the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit. Original title: Kaubōi Bibappu: Tengoku no Tobira Country: Japan Director: Shinichirō Watanabe Director of Photography: Yōichi Ōgami Genre: Action, Crime, Cyberpunk, Sci-Fi

Spoiler warning The movie is about a dark-haired, unnamed woman who is involved in a car accident and loses her memory. While wandering around Los Angeles, she makes her way into an apartment that a girl named Betty has just moved into. Betty helps the mysterious stranger in her quest to unravel her identity. Country: France, United…

Spoiler warning More races and challenges for soon-to-be-graduate/drift racer Takumi Fujiwara. Of course, with all the bells and whistles of a big screen production. Country: Japan Director: Fumitsugu Yamaguchi Genre: Action, Romance, Sport

Spoiler warning David Aames, the owner of a large publishing company, wakes up in a different reality after his resentful lover kills herself. Country: United States Director: Cameron Crowe Director of Photography: John Toll Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller