Hikari crafts a tender meditation on loneliness and human connection, elevated by Brendan Fraser’s soulful, understated performance in this years most crowd-pleasing efforts, Rental Family.

With Amanda Seyfried delivering a performance of divine possession, The Testament of Ann Lee is a bold, hypnotic descent into faith, fanaticism, and ecstasy.

Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine is an unusually conventional sports biopic that pulls some punches without much surprise. Johnson’s lead performance is safe and commendable but never a knockout.

A rom-com that prides itself in a high-concept execution of a fantastical world beyond our lives; Eternity is a surefire crowd-pleaser where love, life and loss all collide in a world in transit.

Thunderous in emotion yet ghostly in touch, Hamnet transforms the tragedy of loss into a haunting meditation on survival, life and love. Anchored by Jesse Buckley’s career defining performance; Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet is a gutting portrait of grief that will leave you breathless.

Train Dreams is a melancholy memory that is bound to devastate and encapsulate you. Joel Edgerton’s quiet silence echoes across generations; a story about the longing for a simple life at the turn of the century. Every frame will haunt you long after its final scene.

A fantastical sweat-soaked fantasy across the neon lights of Macau; Edward Berger’s newest feature is a foray into gambling hell - a misfire of epic proportions, an exponentially boring character study that wastes a great performance from Colin Farrell.

David Michod’s Christy is a sports biopic that straddles the safety of structure than reinvent the conventions. Christy Martin’s inspiring and tumultus story marks a bold new step in Sydney Sweeney’s career.