TV Guide Sky Cinema Drama Thursday

Allied PoWs take to the football field when a group of Nazi officers comes up with the idea to have them take on a German team for a propaganda event. However, the prisoners see a chance to escape during the match. Second World War adventure, with Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Max von Sydow and Daniel Massey. Soccer legends also making appearances include Pele, Bobby Moore and Ossie Ardiles

Three former opera singers prepare for their annual concert to mark Verdi's birthday and raise funds for their retirement home. However, this year, a famous diva has joined the group, and her history with the others threatens the performance. Comedy drama, directed by Dustin Hoffman and starring Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, Tom Courtenay, Pauline Collins and Michael Gambon

Following the assassination of her husband, President John F Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy battles with grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define JFK's legacy. Director Pablo Larrain's Bafta-winning drama, starring Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard and Greta Gerwig. Mica Levi provided the Oscar-nominated score

A Navy Seal becomes a legend to his colleagues thanks to his skills as a deadly sniper. On his return to the US following four tours of duty in Iraq, he finds living an ordinary life as a husband and father far more difficult to deal with than the demands of warfare. Biopic based on the experiences of real-life Iraq conflict veteran Chris Kyle, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller and Kyle Gallner

A retired army colonel has raised his three sons alone on their remote Montana ranch. But the all-male household is thrown into turmoil when the youngest son brings home his beautiful fiancee, causing jealousy and tensions that culminate in tragedy. Edward Zwick's period drama, starring Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond and Henry Thomas

When a solitary writer adopts and bonds with a Great Dane that belonged to a late friend, she begins to come to terms with her past and her own creative inner life. Drama based on the novel by Sigrid Nunez, starring Naomi Watts and Bill Murray

A middle-class family take in a hulking homeless teenager, who has no education or skills to speak of. The indomitable wife encourages him to turn his life around, helping him to get the grades he needs for a college scholarship and hone his sporting skills to become an American football player. Fact-based drama, starring an Oscar-winning Sandra Bullock alongside Quinton Aaron and Tim McGraw

Lily Bloom returns to her childhood home of Plethora, Maine, to attend the funeral of her father, the former town mayor who beat his wife behind closed doors. Upon returning to Boston, Lily is attracted to Ryle Kincaid, a neurosurgeon with a dark side, and old flame Atlas Corrigan. Drama based on the bestselling novel, starring Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Jenny Slate and Brandon Sklenar

Small business owner Hope Goldman performs facials to celebrity clientele and powerful businesswomen. She is poised to launch her own skincare line, but is in arrears with rent on her store at a shopping complex. A rival called Angel opens in close proximity and soon after, her email is hacked and tyres slashed. Hope is convinced that Angel is the culprit and enlists hired thug Armen and young beau Jordan to extinguish the competition. Director Austin Peters' thriller, starring Elizabeth Banks and Lewis Pullman

Rachel Marron, a famous singer and actress is subjected to death threats by an obsessive fan and persuaded to hire a former secret service agent as her bodyguard. However, neither she or her new minder realise the effect they are about to have on each other's lives. Romantic thriller directed by Mick Jackson, starring Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp and Bill Cobbs