The Babadook

For creature fans who want the people around the spectacle to be worth following. Here the extra interest may be a family's improvised rescue, a government's decision-making, a compromised romance...

The range runs from the social choreography of a dinner party to singing mermaids, vampire travellers and a body that refuses the role assigned to it. Each film has a specific reason to be here in...

A ranking across a year rich in precise thrillers, formally adventurous drama, animated invention and uncomfortable comedy. The order favours complete films whose direction and performances make...

A strong first completed feature can introduce a way of seeing rather than merely demonstrate professional polish. These choices favour debuts since 2000, with a few earlier reference points and...