Gabriel Byrne

Winner of two Oscars (for Kevin Spacey and screenwriter McQuarrie), this is Bryan Singer's (who would go on to direct X-Men and Superman Returns) riveting modern film noir, with a twist ending that will blow your mind to smithereens.

Introducing the extraordinarily complex and violent world of the Norsemen, HISTORY’s® first scripted series races the gripping sagas of historical hero Ragnar Lothbrok. As claimed direct descendent of Odin, god of war and warriors, Lothbrok's mystical nature and devotion to the gods feeds his stealthy maneuvers and determination to become King of the Vikings.

Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Maria Bello and John Leguizamo star in this 2005 remake of John Carpenter's '70s siege classic, centred on a police station where officers and criminals are forced to team up and defend themselves from armed foes surrounding the building.

Oscar-winners Will Smith and Gene Hackman star in this 1998 Tony Scott conspiracy thriller.

In her classic 1868 novel about love, family and becoming a woman, Louisa May Alcott told the dramas and adventures of Mrs March and her four "little women"…

Oscar winner Juliette Binoche and nominee Rinko Kikuchi star in this drama directed by Catalan director Isabel Coixet, based on Agatha Christie's novel.