Hairspray

Sharp and sexy comedy that offers a fresh take on desire and fidelity in the 21st century.

She just did what! Attention-seeking Signe will do anything to keep the focus on herself, in this wildly demented comedy.

Alice Rohrwacher’s fascinating new drama finds Josh O’Connor’s fish out of water delving into the world of stolen artefacts.

An uninvited guest causes havoc at a dinner party in this highly entertaining and darkly comic satire.

Music hall veteran Jerry Verno stars as a lowly clerk who gets more than he bargained for when he inherits a hotel, in Michael Powell's charming comedy.

Seána Kerslake is superb as caustic cab driver, Eileen, who makes an unlikely connection with regular passenger and local comedian, Shane (Patrick Kielty), in Prasanna Puwanarajah’s charming debut.

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone channel old-school Hollywood glamour in this bright and playful romantic musical from director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash).

Great British rock and roller Billy Fury buys himself a racehorse in this colourful musical for all the family.

Spike Lee’s bold and vivacious hip-hop musical restages an ancient Greek battle-of-the-sexes in 21st-century Chicago.

Gurinder Chadha’s Bollywood retelling of Austen’s classic romance is an all-round joy, adding colour and song to Austen’s evergreen wit.

The third in John Carney’s trilogy of musical films is the utterly charming story a boy who escapes his troubles through fronting a pop band.

Neeta and her crew rise to dancehall fame in North West London's Caribbean community, in the first Black British musical.

A sweet Baltimore boy's unusual photography becomes an art sensation in one of John Waters’ gentler films.

Divine is officially declared ‘the filthiest person alive’ in one of John Waters’ most notorious films.

Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd have created a moving romance between an Essex mechanic and a South Asian drag queen.

Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver star in this confident directorial debut from Carol screenwriter Phyllis Nagy about a network of women providing safe abortions in 1960s America.

A pair of commandos square off against savage bandits in this breathless action thriller set on a moving train.

Brighid Lowe’s intimate documentary about the Italian-born artist and filmmaker who became a vital part of the Free Cinema movement in '50s Britain.

A top-secret surveillance programme is revealed in this razor-sharp analysis of technology, human rights and structural racism.

Enchanting tale of female empowerment in 19th century France, based on the true story of a famed ‘bearded lady’.