TV Guide Sky Cinema Drama Tuesday

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

An American naval reserve pilot is called up for service in the Korean War, and must leave his family and civilian job as a lawyer. In command of a corps of naval pilots, he heads a bombing campaign on strategic Communist positions, but later comes to question the morality of the conflict. Adventure, starring William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March and Mickey Rooney

A hardened gambler is forced to repay a debt to a friend by reluctantly coaching a baseball team of underprivileged youngsters from one of Chicago's toughest neighbourhoods. Along the way, however, he discovers an entirely new perspective on life. Sporting drama, starring Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes and DB Sweeney

Teenager Celie suffers horribly at the hands of her abusive father Alfonso until she is married off against her will to local farmer Mister, who expects her to take care of his three children. Celie's spirited sister Nettie refuses to submit to Mister and leaves Georgia, but promises to write every day. Years pass and Celie has been worn down to quiet subservience, until Mister's mistress, sultry jazz singer Shug Avery, sashays into town and lights a fire in the broken wife. Musical drama based on Alice Walker's 1982 novel, starring Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P Henson, Colman Domingo and Danielle Brooks

A 1960s singing trio are chosen to perform backing vocals for a popular performer - an event that launches the band on a successful career of their own. However, when the most attractive of the girls is picked as the face of the group, edging out the other two, personal rivalries begin to jeopardise their friendship. Musical drama, inspired by the rise to fame of Diana Ross and the Supremes, and starring Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy and an Oscar-winning Jennifer Hudson

May 1940. As the Nazis advance against Britain's European allies, newly elected prime minister Winston Churchill must decide whether to leave neighbouring countries to their fate, by striking a peace deal with Hitler, or fight on against terrifying odds for the greater good. Double Oscar and Bafta-winning period drama, starring Gary Oldman, Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas

In German-occupied Poland during the Second World War, businessman and Nazi Party member Oskar Schindler is deeply affected when he witnesses the clearing of the Krakow Ghetto. He decides to try to save Jews destined for the concentration camps by employing them in his factory - an act of mercy made possible by a deal struck with a sadistic German commandant. Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning drama, starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes

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

Queen Elizabeth I faces threats at home and abroad, as Mary, Queen of Scots plots against her while the King of Spain builds a vast armada to undertake an invasion of England. Unable to reconcile her feelings for the dashing Sir Walter Raleigh with her duty to her country, the monarch engineers a romance between the courtier and one of her ladies-in-waiting. Historical drama sequel, with Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Geoffrey Rush and Samantha Morton