Celebrating the relaunch of Film4 as a free-to-air TV channel, Channel4 counts down their list of the fop 50 films to see before you die, as compiled by film critics and personalities.

The Debtors is a comedy about a group of people with various addictions who meet up at the tables in Las Vegas.

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Two hopelessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the 19th century — by gaining the enmity of the most famous bank robber in the world and the affection of a crusading newspaperwoman.

Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court but he finds himself almost immediately on the run after a run-in with the police. Assisted by his lawyer Rina Van Niekirk and visiting British engineer Jim Keogh, he heads for Capetown where he hopes to recover a stash of diamonds, meant to finance revolutionary activities, that he had entrusted to a dentist before his incarceration. Along the way, they are followed by Major Horn of the South African State security bureau and it becomes apparent that he has no intention of arresting them until they reach their final destination

Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela's 27-year struggle to end apartheid.

An ex-British spy (Michael Caine) helps a U.S. diplomat's wife (Sean Young) and blows the lid off a deadly government cover-up.

After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.

A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.

The modern world holds many secrets, but by far the most astounding is that witches still live among us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world and putting an end to the human race once and for all. Armies of witch hunters have battled this unnatural enemy for centuries, including Kaulder, a valiant warrior who many years ago slayed the all-powerful Witch Queen, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the Queen cursed Kaulder with immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter. Today, Kaulder is the last living hunter who has spent his immortal life tracking down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost family.

Fantasies and clichés about Brazil and Brazilians as reinforced by international films, even those actually shot in Brazil. This documentary features interviews with non-Brazilian directors, writers and stars who have been involved in some of those films.

Dr. Lauren Slaughter, a research fellow at the Arab-Anglo Institute in London is utterly frustrated by her job. To supplement her income, she starts moonlighting at the Jasmine Escort Service, where she has more control over men and money than she does at the office. On one of her 'dates', Lauren meets the politician Lord Bulbeck who is trying to mediate a peace accord between the Arabs and Israelis. Bulbeck falls in love with his escort, and unwittingly, Lauren becomes a pawn in some very dirty politics.

Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits. When he arrives, Fletcher finds that the bank, acquired by his associate Prince di Siracusa, consists of some shabby offices above a restaurant. To make up for this, the Prince suggests that Fletcher invests in a silver mine owned by Shireen and Agha Firdausi. This solves one problem, but the mine also attracts the attention of some of the most powerful people in the silver business. Fletcher must pull out all his wheeler-dealing skills in order to keep hold of everything he's worked for, in the process romancing a banker's discontented wife.

Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason. Disaster movie-master Irwin Allen's film contains spectacular special effects, including a train crash caused by the eponymous swarm.

被美国放逐的退休好莱坞明星聘请英国的廉价小说作家为他当自传的捉刀人，不料这本看似轻松的工作竟然逐渐变成恶梦，因为围绕在这位过气明星身边的没落贵族和神秘情妇不是被杀就是想杀掉作家，使他不得不扮演自己书中的侦探追查事件真相。由迈克．霍德吉斯执导的这部英国侦探片一方面具有紧张悬疑气氛，一方面又对好莱坞影城的内幕有所讽刺，风格犹为别致。尽管全片的成绩不是很均衡，但两位主角米高．肯恩与米盖．罗纳的演出相当精彩，使它维持了不错的娱乐性。

麥可（亞倫艾達，「1600火線悍將」）完成了一部關於美國大革命的歷史小說，並順利地賣出電影版權，然而參與拍片的人對這部電影不斷提出各種意見，讓作者不禁一個頭兩個大：演員們對自己的角色有意見、導演想重設戰爭場景、而麥可本人則迷上了飾演女主角的費絲（蜜雪兒菲佛，「哈里遜福特之危機四伏」）。
此外，麥可還有個認為惡魔躲在她家廚房的瘋狂老媽，他的女朋友則不斷逼麥可許下承諾…參與演出的還有曾入圍奧斯卡的鮑伯霍金斯（「蒙娜麗莎」）、以及榮獲本屆奧斯卡最佳男配角的米高肯恩（「心塵往事」），飾演麥可的亞倫艾達則身兼本片的編、導、演三職。

2023 film by Oliver Parker

People in a small German village in the last valley to remain untouched by the devastating Thirty Years' War try to exist in peace with a group of soldiers occupying the valley.