In the Loop

Director: Armando Iannucci

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226774/

Review: Very funny and perfectly woven & paced creating a complex but followable story.

Rent it if: You're not offended by foul language.

And if you liked: The Inbetweeners, Four Lions, Wall Street

Check this out: The Thick of It

An Education

Director: Lone Scherfig

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1174732/

Review: A gripping, perfectly performed and sublimely shot film that falls slightly short at the end but shouldn't be written off for it.

Rent it if: You want to see Peter Sarsgaard's quite impressive English accent.

And if you liked: Manhattan, Cemetery Junction

Infernal Affairs

Director: Wai-keung Lau & Alan Mak

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338564/

Review: Very stylish with a great story and some beautiful shots.

Rent it if: You want to see the origins of The Departed

And if you liked: The Departed, Old Boy, The Dark Knight

The Killer Inside Me (2010)

Director: Michael Winterbottom

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0954947/

Review: Interesting tone with very disturbing moments but oddly paced.

Go see it if: You're not sensitive to serious violence.

And if you liked: No Country for Old Men, Blood Simple, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Psycho

Check this out: The Killer Inside Me

Grizzly Man

Director: Werner Herzog

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427312/

Review: Fascinating and worrying story built from genuinely hypnotic footage.

Rent it if: You like the sound of Werner Herzog's voice.

And if you liked: My Best Fiend, Planet Earth, Fitzcarraldo

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

Director: Werner Herzog

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1095217/

Review: Delirious and strangely entertaining with an interesting atmosphere.

Go see it if: You're not put off by Nicolas Cage or Xzibit. They're good in it!

And if you liked: Bad Lieutenant, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, Gone Baby Gone

Check this out: Bad Lieutenant

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

Director: Samuel Bayer

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179056/

Review: Messy, muddled, boring and ugly.

Go see it if: You're stupid like me.

And if you liked: Saw III, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

Director: Jack Sholder

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089686/

Review: Has some good stuff but is a bit muddled and messy yet manages to maintain its tone throughout.

Rent it if: Well, if you're looking into the Nightmare on Elm St. films like I am.

And if you liked: Evil Dead 2, The Fly, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

Four Lions

Director: Chris Morris

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1341167/

Review: Very funny and dark with a strong streak of character running through it.

Go see it if: You can see the difference between "finding the humour in" and "mocking."

And if you liked: Blackadder, Dr. Strangelove, This is Spinal Tap, The Ladykillers

Dracula (1992)

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103874/

Review: A stylish and bizarre mix of the very good and the cripplingly bad.

Rent it if: You can handle some absolutely atrocious accents.

And if you liked: Nosferatu, The Crow, The Wolfman (2010)