The Apprentice
Biographical drama by Ali Abbasi (Gräns) about Donald Trump’s early years as a real estate entrepreneur. Set in the sleazy New York of the 1970s and 1980s, featuring Sebastian Stan as Trump and Jeremy Strong as his mentor Roy Cohn.
Conclave
Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci shine in Edward Berger's film adaptation of Robert Harris' thriller in which cardinals gather at the Vatican for the most secretive election in the world: that of a new pope.
Flow
Enchantingly beautiful animation film about a stubborn black cat that has to share a small boat with a group of other animals after a terrible flood. This turns out to be an even bigger challenge than surviving the flood itself.
The Room Next Door
Pedro Almodóvar (Hable Con Ella, Dolor Y Gloria) makes his English-language debut with this penetrating look at mortality and friendship starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore. Winner of the Golden Lion in Venice.
Small Things Like These
Dickensian drama starring Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) as a coal merchant who stumbles upon a secret of a convent in an Irish port town in the 1980s. Based on the novel of the same name by Claire Keegan.
Monsieur Aznavour
Biopic on the life of iconic French-Armenian chansonnier Charles Aznavour.
The Substance
The sensation of this year’s Cannes Film Festival was this hyper-stylised body horror film starring Demi Moore as a fitness instructor who goes to extremes in her pursuit of eternal youth, with grotesque consequences.
The New Year That Never Came
Romanian drama in which the paths of six ordinary Romanians cross in the run-up to the fall of the communist regime. Winner of the Best Film prize in the Orrizonti section of the Venice Film Festival.
Babygirl
Erotic thriller by Halina Reijn in which a successful female CEO begins an affair with a younger intern. Nicole Kidman won the best actress award at the Venice Film Festival.