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A mysterious gunfighter intervenes when a man and his family are threatened by a predatory cattle baron determined to force every homesteader in the valley off the land. The situation rapidly escalates into violence, while an unspoken attraction develops between the gunman and the settler's wife. Western, starring Alan Ladd, Jack Palance, Van Heflin and Jean Arthur. Based on the novel by Jack Schaefer

After being coerced into working for a crime boss, Baby, a young getaway driver with tinnitus, takes part in a heist which seems doomed to fail, especially as the characters involved lose touch with reality as events spiral out of control. Writer/director Edgar Wright's Bafta-winning, music-themed action thriller, starring Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Jamie Foxx, Kevin Spacey and Jon Hamm

A hard-boiled cavalry scout with a feral dog as companion stumbles across a woman and her child stranded on their homestead deep inside hostile territory. Despite repeated attacks by the Apaches, they refuse to leave their home, leaving the scout with no choice but to stay and defend her. Western, starring John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond and Michael Pate

Environmental activists hijack an energy company's gala in Canary Wharf and take 300 hostages and an ex-soldier now working as a window cleaner tries to rescue them. Action thriller, starring Daisy Ridley. Action thriller, starring Daisy Ridley and Clive Owen

An apparently unassuming man finds someone very important to him has been scammed and driven to harm. Revealed as a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organisation known as 'Beekeepers', he sets out on a brutal quest of vengeance, hunting those responsible for the incident, who have seriously underestimated how much of a threat he is. Action thriller, starring Jason Statham, Jeremy Irons, Minnie Driver and Jemma Redgrave

With the imminent destruction of their home planet approaching, a man and his wife seek to preserve their race by sending their infant son to Earth. The child's spacecraft lands at the farm of Jonathan and Martha Kent, who name him Clark and raise him as their own son. Though his extraordinary abilities have led to the adult Clark living on the fringe of society, he is forced to take a stand to protect his adopted home from a fanatical general from his own world, who intends to wipe out the human race. Sci-fi adventure based on the Superman comic-books, starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon and Russell Crowe

Fugitives from the law they swore to protect, Miami cops Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett run a gauntlet of duplicitous police officers and gun-toting criminals in an attempt to clear their late captain's name. Fourth chapter in the action adventure franchise, starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens and Ioan Gruffudd

A drifter in a post-apocalyptic wasteland encounters a crazed, sadistic warlord and his radiation-afflicted cult. He assists a warrior who has turned against the tyrant, and liberates five women who have been forced to become his brides. Together, they make a desperate journey through the desert to salvation, with their enemies in hot pursuit. Reboot of the sci-fi thriller franchise, starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron

A wealthy playboy inherits a media empire when his father dies. Determined to do some good for a change, he uses his new-found fortune to become a masked crime-fighter. Aided by his chauffeur, who is a kung fu expert and a technical genius, he fights to bring down a powerful gangster. Comic-book adventure, starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz and Christoph Waltz

The Man of Steel battles an evil tycoon, who has recruited a computer genius to aid his schemes for world domination. Together the villains hatch a plan to dispose of Superman once and for all - but instead of killing the superhero, they accidentally unveil his dark side. Comic-book adventure sequel, starring Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Robert Vaughn and Margot Kidder