Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is a man in mid-life crisis; his estate agent wife, Carolyn (Annette Bening), despises him, while teenage daughter Jane is disgusted by the obsession he develops with her attractive friend Angela (Mena Suvari). In an attempt to recapture the lost days of his youth, Lester takes a job flipping burgers, and begins working out in his garage to the strains of 'Dark Side of the Moon'. He also rediscovers the joys of recreational drugs, supplied by new neighbour Ricky Fitts - who has also started dating Jane. Brit director Sam Mendes' film won five Oscars, including Best Director, Picture, Actor and Screenplay.

Slasher horror starring Thora Birch. When an American college athletics team travels to Russia to take part in a wrestling contest, some members of the group get left behind after a night of partying in a town along the way. Boarding a train in the hope of catching up with their teammates, they soon find themselves in a desperate fight for survival as they become the unwitting victims of an evil group of crazed organ-harvesting scientists.