A searing indictment of all sorts of American dreams, Glengarry Glen Ross is a welcome if foul-mouthed reminder of just what it takes for a lot of folk to make it through the working day.

If The Force Awakens raised a lot of questions, The Last Jedi tackles them head-on, delivering answers that will shock and awe in equal measure. Fun, funny but with emotional heft, this is a mouth-watering set-up for Episode IX and a fitting tribute to Carrie Fisher.

A taut, thrilling documentary that plays out like a heist movie while never overshadowing its message or activist credentials.

This arty approach may dismay hard-core horror fans, but it captures the dark grace of the original with wit and style.

A decent historical drama, with one of the best extended battle scenes (a full half of the movie is the face-off in the 'village of death') in recent memory.

A phenomenal, heart-breaking performance from Jeff Bridges powers this simple but affecting redemption story.

Hitchcock's coldest, hardest movie until its controversial ending.

Wry and haunting.

Life-affirming and often laugh-out-loud funny, this is feel-good movie-making par excellence.

Unlike a number of director’s cuts, this version does embellish the original film. It won’t, however, win any converts. Fans should see it again, first-timers should believe the hype. Non-believers should suffer eternal damnation. [2000 re-release]

Soppy and girlish in the extreme, this should keep even the tiniest viewer rapt, while all too many adults may fall victim to an inexplicable bout of eye-watering long before the closing credits.

Its opening act may take some adjusting to, but succumb to the capable, captivating dynamic of these women and you won’t be disappointed.

Knowingly blending realist grit with generic guile, this unrelentingly tense account of a fragmented family living in constant fear thoroughly merited the Best Director prize at the Venice Film Festival.

A quality ghost story with an unusual backdrop and great performances.

Written by Roddy Doyle this was never going to be a depressing tale of single parenthood. Instead we watch through rose-tinted glasses as the ever watchable Colm Meaney bonds with his family over his daughter's pregnancy out of wedlock in Catholic Ireland.

Exquisitely designed, this cornucopia of melodramatic fragments and movie pastiches will enchant Guy Maddin fans.

Network is typical of the cool intelligence of '70s American cinema.

A completely merited cult favourite of the avant-garde genre. This is surprisingly compelling in places.

The plotting - Kelly's struggling painter falls for Leslie Caron's French waif, engaged to nice but dull Georges Guétary - lacks the pace, exuberance and wit of, say, Singin' In The Rain, but compensates with fantastic Technicolor visuals..., George Gershwin's sublime music (pick of the tunes: I've Got Rhythm, S'Wonderful and Our Love Is Here To Stay), sublime art direction from the great Cedric Gibbons and astounding choreography and footwork from Kelly.

It may not be to everybody's taste, but this is a daring antidote to its more saccharine cousins.

Cruel comedy with a delicious light touch.

Marx brothers anarchy that makes up for plot inconsistencies with infectious humour.

While Miyazaki’s two-hour-long, historical-melodrama swansong is destined to be his most divisive film yet, it is also his most adult and interesting, and never less than visually breathtaking throughout.

Genuinely original: a silly, hilarious and oddly profound adaptation for adult-sized children.

A film as sweet as it is sad, as pertinent as it is absurd, Limbo is an experience where not much seems to happen but where little things mean the world.

This powerful film offers no excuses for Sandro’s actions, but his situation demands our empathy.

While not quite offering the emotional gut-punch it promises, its many ideas never completely cohering, Soul is nevertheless a gorgeous and tender existential trip. It’s full of surprises.

The performances are credible, but set-pieces like the water-cannoning of a procession of burkha-clad protesters are also impeccably judged.