List of the best Mike Hodges movies: Get Carter(1971), Flash Gordon(1980), A Prayer for the Dying(1987), Pulp(1972), Black Rainbow(1991), The Terminal Man(1974), Morons From Outer Space(1985), Croupier(1998) ... ...
Crime, Drama
UK
1971
111 Minutes
Director
Michael Caine Ian Hendry Britt Ekland John Osborne Tony Beckley George Sewell Geraldine Moffat Dorothy White Rosemarie Dunham Petra Markham Alun Armstrong
gangster brother killer thug brutal dark london funeral street murder retribution cover-up violence revenge pursuit wretched excess 20th century
When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate.
Sci-Fi
UK|Italy|Netherlands|USA
1980
110 Minutes
Director
Sam Jones Melody Anderson Max von Sydow Topol Ornella Muti Timothy Dalton Brian Blessed Peter Wyngarde Mariangela Melato John Osborne Richard O'Brien
football player travel agent scientist tyrant hawkman campy quirky outlandish airplane spaceship planet mongo moon sky city space exploration apocalypse unlikely allies new love flash gordon saving the planet discovery
A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1987
106 Minutes
Director
Mickey Rourke Bob Hoskins Alan Bates Sammi Davis Christopher Fulford Liam Neeson Alison Doody Karl Johnson Ian Bartholomew Peggy Aitchison Cliff Burnett
terrorist ira agent priest mortician rival somber emotional tense ireland london cemetery street irish republican army assassination bombing one last job confession the troubles quest escape
Martin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1972
96 Minutes
Director
Michael Caine Mickey Rooney Lionel Stander Lizabeth Scott Nadia Cassini Al Lettieri Dennis Price Amerigo Tot Leopoldo Trieste Robert Sacchi Joe Z. Cordina
author actor princess clairvoyant priest hit man amusing cool offbeat rome malta party ghost writing cross-dressing surveillance murder investigation cancer mystery pursuit
A seedy writer of sleazy pulp novels is recruited by a quirky, reclusive ex-actor to help him write his biography at his house in Malta.
Fantasy
UK
1991
103 Minutes
Director
Rosanna Arquette Jason Robards Thomas Hulce Mark Joy Ron Rosenthal John Bennes
doctor scientist protégé psychic psychopath bleak thrilling intense gripping brutal dense clinic horror escape experiments murder discovery escape metamorphosis mystery
A christian medium sees a vision of a hitman killing his target. The vision turns true, and the same hitman is assigned to kill her. Her drunk father/manager doesn't believe she got the gift, and a curious journalist tries to protect her.
Sci-Fi
USA
1974
107 Minutes
Director
George Segal Joan Hackett Richard Dysart Jill Clayburgh Donald Moffat Matt Clark
Hoping to cure his violent seizures, a man agrees to a series of experimental microcomputers inserted into his brain but inadvertently discovers that violence now triggers a pleasurable response his brain.
Sci-Fi
UK
1985
91 Minutes
Director
Mel Smith Griff Rhys Jones James Sikking Joanne Pearce Jimmy Nail Paul Brown
alien husband wife agent soldier colonel offbeat witty united kingdom arizona concert hall freeway spaceship mental institution rock 'n' roll celebrity military crash landing aliens stupidity
A trio of moronic aliens crash-land on Earth and become celebrities, while a fourth alien, who arrives separately, finds himself ignored.
Mystery & Thriller
1998
91 Minutes
Director
Clive Owen Kate Hardie Alex Kingston Gina McKee Nicholas Ball Nick Reding Ursula Alberts Paul Reynolds
author girlfriend african gory casino house game happiness career transformation
A broke writer (Clive Owen) gets a job as a croupier and becomes involved with a woman (Alex Kingston) who wants to rob his casino.