A countdown of the best films of the year, including David Lowery’s A Ghost Story, Damien Chazelle’s La La Land and Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight.

The Star Wars series returns with Rian Johnson’s dark and unpredictable follow up to The Force Awakens.

James Franco directs and stars as enigmatic filmmaker Tommy Wiseau in a riotously funny exploration of the making of midnight movie favourite The Room.

Aubrey Plaza is excellent as an Instagram stalker in Matt Spicer’s bitingly funny and deeply uncomfortable social media satire.

Joseph Kosinski trades slick sci-fi for the moving real-life tale of the Granite Mountain Hotshots as they battle wild fires around Arizona.

Tangerine director Sean Baker explores life on the outskirts of Disney World and on the margins of society in this powerful human drama.

Kenneth Branagh updates Agatha Christie’s most famous story, starring as iconic detective Hercule Poirot in this star-studded murder-mystery.

Chris Hemsworth’s Thor returns in Taika Waititi’s funny, offbeat installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Jessica Rothe relives her own murder over and over again in this teen slasher spin on the Groundhog Day formula.

Matthew Vaughn dives back into the world of ultraviolence and espionage with this entertaining but tone deaf sequel to 2014’s Kingsman: The Secret Service.