TV Guide Sky Cinema Drama Thursday

An unemployed man with a criminal record is put on community service just as his son is born, and resolves to make a better life for his family. Befriending three fellow offenders facing an equally uncertain future, they decide to make a fresh start by stealing a cask of valuable whisky. Ken Loach's comedy drama, starring Paul Brannigan and John Henshaw

Racial tensions erupt in a Brooklyn neighbourhood on the hottest day of the summer. The simmering conflicts centre on the Italian-owned local pizza parlour, as a minor dispute gradually escalates into full-blown violence. Drama, directed by and starring Spike Lee, with Danny Aiello, John Turturro, Ossie Davis, Rosie Perez and Samuel L Jackson

When two young men cross paths in Berlin, a simple afternoon in the big city soon takes on a much greater meaning. Drama, starring Matthew Morrison and Alexandros Koutsoulis

American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer challenges the best player in the Soviet Union in a top championship, causing the two nations to use the event to fuel their respective agendas. Fischer soon finds himself caught between the two superpowers as well as having to deal with his own struggles. Tobey Maguire and Liev Schreiber star in this fact-based sporting drama set in 1972 during the Cold War

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

An English boy living in Shanghai is separated from his parents during the Japanese invasion and forced to live on the streets. The youngster is befriended by an American sailor, who helps the boy adapt to life without his family, before the pair are eventually captured and subjected to the terrors of internment. Steven Spielberg's Second World War drama based on JG Ballard's semi-autobiographical novel, starring Christian Bale, John Malkovich and Nigel Havers

When two young men cross paths in Berlin, a simple afternoon in the big city soon takes on a much greater meaning. Drama, starring Matthew Morrison and Alexandros Koutsoulis

Bruno, a boy in Nazi Germany, moves to the country when his father is placed in charge of a concentration camp. While exploring the woods close to the facility's boundary, he spots a Jewish youngster being held there, and the two become friends - but Bruno remains innocently oblivious to the camp's true purpose. Drama, starring David Thewlis, Asa Butterfield and Jack Scanlon

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

Bruno, a boy in Nazi Germany, moves to the country when his father is placed in charge of a concentration camp. While exploring the woods close to the facility's boundary, he spots a Jewish youngster being held there, and the two become friends - but Bruno remains innocently oblivious to the camp's true purpose. Drama, starring David Thewlis, Asa Butterfield and Jack Scanlon

An oil-rigger who has cut himself off from his cultured, middle-class roots reluctantly returns to his family home, with his pregnant girlfriend in tow, after receiving word that his father is dying. However, the homecoming turns into a failure, as the psychological journey has a lasting impact on himself and those closest to him. Drama, with Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach and Ralph Waite