Kashmir human rights film divides UK’s Indian and Pakistani communities
Ashvin Kumar, director of No Fathers in Kashmir, says it shows the plight of families and people in Britain must not ignore their suffering
Weathering With You review – thrillingly beautiful anime romance
A runaway teenager falls for a mysterious ‘sun girl’ who has the power to stop the rain in Japan’s highest-grossing film of 2019
Midnight Traveler review – refugees’ gripping escape from Afghanistan
Filmed entirely on smartphones, Hassan Fazili’s powerful documentary charts his family’s perilous, gruelling trek to sanctuary in Europe
Lullaby review – a no-thrills thriller
A middle-class French family is terrorised by the nanny from hell
El Topo review – Jodorowsky’s weird world of occult psychedelia
The veteran director stars as a black-clad horseman on a bizarre desert quest with worrying Mansonesque overtones in his rereleased head trip of 1970
Lullaby review – bad-nanny thriller up past its bedtime
A young couple make a terrible childcare choice in this strained, unsatisfying drama based on Leïla Slimani’s bestselling novel
The most exciting movies of 2020 – foreign language
Paul Verhoeven plays the provocateur, bloody excess hits Brazil’s wild west and Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite finally invades these shores
La Dolce Vita review – a sexy, surreal masterpiece of modernity
Federico Fellini’s rereleased film brilliantly captures postwar Rome and its denizens as they tumble headlong into hedonistic excess – and secret melancholy
We Are from Jazz review – zany Russian musical comedy
In this entertaining fantasy from the Soviet era, a brilliant pianist is expelled from the music academy because of his passion for decadent American jazz
War epics, airmen and young Sopranos: essential films for 2020
Daniel Craig bows out as Bond, the original Ghostbusters make a slimy return and Dickens gets a razor-sharp reboot – our preview of movie highlights this year
Mark Kermode’s best films of 2019
The Observer’s film critic introduces his 10 best movies of 2019
Long Day’s Journey Into Night review – some kind of sorcery at work
This staggeringly ambitious love story will dazzle and baffle long after the credits have rolled
Merry Men 2 review – low-budget Fast & Furious-style shenanigans
The criminal fringe meets sexy high-stakes espionage in this rough-and-ready Nollywood action sequel
Nuclear nightmares: the Belarus film festival taking a stand against repression
In a country where history casts a long shadow and authoritarianism reigns, a guerrilla festival team commandeer cinemas to champion liberty – if the KGB don’t get there first
The 50 best films of 2019 in the US: the full list
Our pick of the top films released in the US this year brings a shocking class war, tearjerking breakups, war, glamour, horror and everything in between. Tell us your favourites too