The Top Boy star’s feature debut has a standout performance from Tut Nyuot as Troy, a teen struggling to stay out of a trouble as he does his time in a violent youth detention centre.

Andy Mundy Castle's thoughtful documentary follows British photographer Misan Harriman as he examines the clash between documenting injustice and earning social currency from it.

The Tourettes biopic I Swear earned an unfortunate meta-epilogue at the BAFTAs, but one that didn't diminish its value.

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Subtitles are everywhere on social media, but on film some see them as an obstacle. In fact, they are an opportunity – containing the potential to unlock cinema’s universality

Robert De Niro does double duty as Frank Costello and Vito Genovese in Barry Levinson's surprisingly enjoyable gangster thriller.

With this grisly yet witty thriller, Lawrance’s Millie instantly joins the ranks of greatest ever TV cops

Cox and co-star George Wallace have wonderful chemistry as a trans woman and her dad in this warm sitcom. It’s sweet, cosy and very funny

Elba is at his magnetic best in this fantastic documentary: challenging racist myths, comforting victims’ families and packing in more nuance than you’d think possible. He’s like a supernatural force

Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson strike up a risky, BDSM-charged office affair in Halina Reijn’s playful drama, Babygirl. Here the director talks about toying with audience expectations of an ‘erotic thriller’, and how the genre helped her understand her darker thoughts.

This sharp, witty Catalan spinoff of the BBC divorce lawyer series sees Nicola Walker’s Hannah on stunning form – with moments of frisson guaranteed to raise temperatures

A word of mouth phenomenon thanks to pitch-perfect turns by Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod, the David Nicholls romance provided joy, tears and 90s nostalgia galore

Following her bold debut I am Not a Witch, Rungano Nyoni digs deep into the surreality of Zambian mourning rituals with the story of a young woman who finds her abusive uncle dead on the side of a road.

Here's our review of Disney sequel Moana 2

Smarter, more inventive – and with added Harriet Walter. The second outing of this riveting sci-fi drama gives its talented supporting cast room to breathe

It’s got so much potential – identical twins split up as babies before the fall of the Berlin Wall – and yet this German drama is hokey and lame. In fact, Lohan managed a better dual performance in The Parent Trap … aged 12

Here's our verdict on Paddington 3, officially titled Paddington in Peru

Nail-biting and terrifying, this film shows us the essential work of Hope Not Hate, a group who use hidden cameras and incredibly treacherous fieldwork to expose the threat of extremism around the world Some good documentaries feel as if they land in…

This modern twist on the 1877 novel is an inspirational look at African American horse culture. Shame it’s also saccharine, shallow and full of flat dialogue As the Paris Olympics drew to a close this year, thousands of plans formed on social media,…

Steve McQueen returns to the big screen with Blitz, a Second World War drama about a mother's quest to reunite with her missing son amidst the devastation of '40s London – but it was a scene about collective protest that he found the most powerful to…