Tired of It’s a Wonderful Life? This Christmas, try feasting with family and friends on recent films ranging from Top Gun: Maverick to Pinocchio and The Banshees of Inisherin

Halina Reijn’s barbed satire of 21st-century youth culture and a bold tale of sexual discovery from Lena Dunham join Gen Z gems Booksmart, Eighth Grade and more

Claire Denis’s Both Sides of the Blade, starring Juliette Binoche, joins other classics where three’s a crowd, from The Piano to The Favourite

The age-defying actor’s return in a belated Top Gun sequel adds to a fascinating career ranging from Magnolia to Mission: Impossible

Hurtling Brad Pitt thriller vehicle Bullet Train follows in the tracks of classics from Shanghai Express and The Lady Vanishes to Unstoppable

Gael García Bernal’s performance on Disney+ as Marvel’s crime-fighting Werewolf By Night joins hirsute favourites from The Wolf Man to The Howling

An engaging new Apple TV+ documentary about the trailblazing actor is an ideal introduction to his work, from Blackboard Jungle to In the Heat of the Night

Alex Garland’s rural chiller joins classics of the genre from The Wicker Man to Cry of the Banshee

Ahead of Netflix’s biopic of the Hollywood star, what better time to catch up on her deft, joyous screen performances, from Some Like It Hot to The Misfits

Our critic surveys the streaming services’s current offerings to find the best family films – from Monsters, Inc to The Muppet Movie, Wolfwalkers to Wadjda

Mark Rylance’s pitch-perfect turn as the worst golfer in the Open’s history follows in the slipstream of valiant loser dramas, from Rocky and Slap Shot to Cool Runnings

​The Lost City, ​Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum’s remote island romp​,​ joins classics from The African Queen to Fitzcarraldo

Paul Verhoeven’s lesbian nuns romance joins a heavenly sisterhood that ranges from Black Narcissus and Doubt to Viridiana

From Jared Leto’s biochemist in the Marvel film to the avenging feminist in A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Complex, candid porn drama Pleasure and pitch-black sex-business satire Red Rocket follow in the writhing wake of Boogie Nights et al

Cinematic portrayals of Her Majesty span psychological depths and gleeful farce, from The King’s Speech to The Naked Gun

From Billy Liar to My Summer of Love, the county’s moors and mill towns have been fertile ground for film-makers. Clio Barnard’s Bradford romance is no exception

As the Canadian master of the perverse returns to Cannes with his first film in eight years, what better time to look back at his career, from Shivers to Crash

Guillermo del Toro’s seductive remake of the gritty cult classic hits a genre sweet spot alongside LA Confidential, The Postman Always Rings Twice and more