Film4 Friday

A couple enrol their deaf-mute daughter in special classes to learn to speak, while dealing with tensions in their marriage. Drama, starring Phyllis Calvert and Jack Hawkins

A boy tries to help his father's butler escape a murder conviction, but he makes the servant seem even more suspicious. Crime drama, starring Ralph Richardson and Bobby Henrey

A teacher flees from a brutal school, and tries to keep his wicked uncle from forcing a woman into marriage. Charles Dickens adaptation, with Derek Bond and Cedric Hardwicke

A tiny bankrupt duchy hopes to attract economic aid by waging a war on the USA and losing - but the Americans surrender first. Comedy, starring Peter Sellers and Jean Seberg

A mysterious stranger leads the people of a Wild-West town to fight back against an invasion from another world. Sci-fi Western, with Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford

A New York cop battles armed men who have taken over a Los Angeles skyscraper where his wife is working on Christmas Eve. Action thriller, starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman

A bartender who secretly works for gangsters gets involved in a robbery gone wrong that digs up long-buried secrets. Crime drama, with Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and James Gandolfini

A former soldier is hired to rescue a senator's teenage daughter, who has been trafficked into a brothel. Psychological thriller, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Judith Roberts.