SBS World Movies

SBS World Movies

TV guide - Thursday, 27/02/25

01:45
Boiling Point
On the busiest night of the year, charismatic head chef Andy Jones balances along a knife's edge as multiple personal and professional crises threaten to destroy everything he's worked for.
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03:30
The Movie Show
Classic film review series hosted by living legends Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton. This episode features Bill Bennett, John Polson and Eric Bana.
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04:05
A Hero
Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned.
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06:30
8 1/2
Fellini's Academy award-winning story of a film about an artist trapped by his own success. Elegant, definitive and utterly honest, the film follows the trials and tribulations of a film director who faces artistic ruin. Considered by many to be autobiographical.
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09:00
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
At 32, Alice Hyatt (Burstyn) watches her dreams slipping away. Instead of a career as a singer, she has an abusive husband, an ill-mannered 12-year-old son and a life in small-town Oklahoma.
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11:05
Manon Des Sources
The stunning sequel to Jean de Florette. Manon, a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside, discovers the truth surrounding her father's death and decides to take revenge upon the men responsible.
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13:10
A Handful of Dust
Aristocrat Tony Last welcomes tragedy into his life when he invites John Beaver to visit his estate. There Beaver makes the acquaintance of Tony's wife, Brenda. Together, they continue their relationship in a series of bedroom assignations in London.
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15:20
Skies of Lebanon
In the 1950s, a young woman leaves the Swiss mountains for the shores of Beirut. She falls in love with a quirky astrophysicist, and the pair live in bliss until the civil war threatens their peaceful existence. Directed by Chloe Mazlo and stars Alba Rohrwacher and Wajdi Mouawad.
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17:05
The Final Countdown
A Pacific aircraft carrier enters a time warp and is transported from 1980 to 1941 - just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. The captain is forced to decide whether to strike at the approaching Japanese fleet and change the entire course of the World War II, or to keep history intact. Stars Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen and Katherine Ross.
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19:00
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Faced with a jail sentence, a two-bit crook feigns insanity to be sentenced to a mental hospital, only to discover it's not the easy ride he expected.
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21:30
Silverado
Four drifters arrive in the small frontier town of Silverado and become unlikely heroes in a battle against a powerful and greedy ranching family and a corrupt sheriff who is affiliated to their interests. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan and stars Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner and Danny Glover.
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23:55
Violet & Daisy
Two teenage assassins accept what they think will be a quick-and-easy job, only to be caught up by the eccentricities of their target. Before they know it, the mysterious loner leads them on an odyssey of self-examination.
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TV guide - Friday, 28/02/25

01:30
Dog Day Afternoon
A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation. It turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.
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03:40
The Final Countdown
A Pacific aircraft carrier enters a time warp and is transported from 1980 to 1941 - just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. The captain is forced to decide whether to strike at the approaching Japanese fleet and change the entire course of the World War II, or to keep history intact. Stars Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen and Katherine Ross.
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05:35
Sometimes Always Never
Scrabble-obsessed Merseyside tailor Alan's eldest son Michael stormed out of the house after a particularly heated round of the popular board game, never to return. Years later, Alan and his other son Peter continue the search while trying to repair their own strained relationship.
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07:15
Skies of Lebanon
In the 1950s, a young woman leaves the Swiss mountains for the shores of Beirut. She falls in love with a quirky astrophysicist, and the pair live in bliss until the civil war threatens their peaceful existence. Directed by Chloe Mazlo and stars Alba Rohrwacher and Wajdi Mouawad.
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09:00
A Most Wanted Man
A Muslim refugee from Chechnya illegally immigrates to Hamburg where he is caught in a war on terrorism. Based on the novel of the same name.
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11:15
Dog Day Afternoon
A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation. It turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.
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13:30
The Movie Show
Enjoy these classic episodes with living legends Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton as they review movies and give us their ratings out of five stars.
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14:00
Fried Green Tomatoes
During one of housewife Evelyn Couch's nursing home visits, she encounters Ninny Threadgoode, a colourful old woman who brightens Evelyn's outlook by sharing tales from her past. As Ninny recounts the exploits of her free-spirited sister-in-law Idgie in the 1920s, and the bond Idgie shared with her friend Ruth, Evelyn gains the confidence to change her own life for the better. Stars Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy.
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16:20
Mr. Holland's Opus
Life steers a passionate musician away from composing and toward a teaching career.
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