Film4 Thursday

A headstrong New England mayor's re-election campaign is jeopardised by conflict with a powerful local banker. Political drama, starring Spencer Tracy

A long-serving marshal's retirement plans are ruined when three outlaws turn up and start to cause trouble. Western, starring Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury and Warner Anderson

An aristocrat and his entire household are shipwrecked, leading their resourceful butler to rise to the top of the pecking order. Comedy, starring Kenneth More and Cecil Parker

A Navy captain given command of a destroyer struggles with a crew who do not respect his authority. Second World War adventure, starring Trevor Howard and Richard Attenborough

An earthling and an alien are forced to set aside their mutual animosity to survive. Sci-fi adventure, starring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr

Jewish-American soldiers on a Nazi-killing spree in occupied France aid a resistance plot to assassinate Hitler. Tarantino's wartime adventure, with Brad Pitt and Christoph Waltz

After swapping bodies with a serial killer, a young girl discovers she has less than 24 hours before the change becomes permanent. Comedy horror, starring Vince Vaughn

A man posing as an independent film-maker finds his beloved jacket exerting a strange influence on him. Comedy horror, starring Jean Dujardin and Adele Haenel