Easy Rider

Director: Dennis Hopper

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064276/

Review: Nicely slow paced with a decent message and good soundtrack.

Rent it if: You've somehow never seen it like me.

And if you liked: Vanishing Point, Dazed & Confused

Sexy Beast

Director: Jonathan Glazer

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203119/

Review: Beautifully crafted and unbelievably tense.

Rent it if: You're ok with Ben Kingsley haunting you while you sleep.

And if you liked: Irreversible, Bronson, Inglourious Basterds

Damien: Omen II

Director: Don Taylor

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077394/

Review: A decent enough continuation of the first film even though it loses some of the tension.

Rent it if: You don't mind it not being completely original.

And if you liked: The Omen, The Birds, Final Destination

24 Hour Party People

Director: Michael Winterbottom

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274309/

Review: Lulls you in carefully and fascinates without ever over-indulging.

Rent it if: You either do or don't like Joy Division and/or the Happy Mondays. Whichever

And if you liked: Dead Man's Shoes, Control, Trainspotting

The Princess and the Frog

Director: Ron Clements & Joe Musker

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780521/

Review: Very frantic and full of cliché but gets the job done mostly.

Go see it if: You're into the Disney thing.

And if you liked: The old 2D Disney films. Really, they're a certain thing to themselves.

It's Complicated

Director: Nancy Meyers

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1230414/

Review: Mildly funny at parts but mostly is very predictable and uninteresting.

Go see it if: There's nothing better screening.

And if you liked: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Sweet Home Alabama

Jacob's Ladder

Director: Adrian Lyne

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099871/

Review: Nice and moody mystery thriller with really original and effective imagery.

Rent it if: You like a bit of a head movie.

And if you liked: Akira, Pink Floyd The Wall, Brazil, The Machinist, Angel Heart

Bananas

Director: Woody Allen

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066808/

Review: Absolutely light and silly but lots of fun and laughs.

Rent it if: You think the Scary Movie films are funny. (they're not)

And if you liked: Sleeper, Young Frankenstein, The Naked Gun

Nosferatu

Director: F.W. Murnau

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013442/

Review: Quite long and slow but full of haunting imagery and incredibly original design.

Rent it if: You claim to like vampire movies.

And if you liked: Nosferatu: Phantom Der Nacht, The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari

Freaks

Director: Tod Browning

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022913/

Review: Brilliant and gripping in just about every way.

Rent it if: You can deal with a slow burner.

And if you liked: The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari, Edward Scissorhands