Taking a break from helming Star Wars, director Rian Johnson convenes a ridiculous collection of stars in the drawing room for this foul-mouthed and bloody reimagining of an Agatha Christie-style murder mystery.

Edward Norton first major role for many years sees him directing Jonathan Lethem's crime novel. Norton stars as Lionel Essrog, a private detective who is tasked with solving a case with painful connections: the murder of his mentor and boss Frank (Bruce Willis). He's extremely detailed fixated, but also must contend with verbal tics as he unpicks the facts of this conspiracy, covering everyone in the city, from housing campaigner Laura (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) to city-shaping architect Moses (Alec Baldwin).

Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville deliver two career best performances, embodying a decades-long intimacy with genuine chemistry. A tear-jerking drama of everyday tragedy and genuine affection, this is a refreshingly honest portrait of marriage and endurance that will quietly break your heart and bring a smile.

Wang Xiaoshuai's film explores the impact of China's one child policy. Spanning the 1980s to the present, but shifting back and forth in time, Wang uncompromisingly details the changing fortunes of a family and those around them, and how government policy has affected their lives.

Oscar nominee Feras Fayyad (Last Men in Aleppo) delivers an unflinching story of the Syrian war. For besieged civilians, hope and safety lie underground inside the subterranean hospital known as The Cave, where paediatrician and managing physician Dr Amani Ballour and her colleagues Samaher and Dr Alaa have claimed their right to work as equals alongside their male counterparts, doing their jobs in a way that would be unthinkable in the oppressively patriarchal culture that exists above.

Shia LaBeouf writes and stars in this nakedly autobiographical coming of age story. Thrust into the spotlight by his father James (LaBeouf), Otis (Noah Jupe in his early years, Lucas Hedges as a grown man) struggles to cope with the pressure and resentment of his also-ran dad.