Sky Cinema Drama HD Thursday

A US destroyer captain's obsessive hunt for a Russian submarine leads to tragedy as he drives his men to their limits. Cold War thriller, with Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier

A conman takes an orphan on a journey across Depression-era America, and discovers she is just as cunning as he is. Drama, with real-life father-and-daughter Ryan and Tatum O'Neal

A one-eyed, over-the-hill US marshal reluctantly agrees to help a teenage girl track down her father's murderer. Western, starring an Oscar-winning John Wayne, with Kim Darby

An oil-rigger who has disowned his middle-class roots returns to the family home when told his father is close to death. Drama, starring Jack Nicholson, Karen Black and Ralph Waite

An ageing gunfighter and a drunken town sheriff are drawn into the conflict between a land-grabbing cattle baron and a ranching family. Western, with John Wayne and Robert Mitchum

The son of a concentration camp commandant befriends an imprisoned Jewish boy, while remaining oblivious to the horrors around them. Drama, with David Thewlis and Asa Butterfield

Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir is severely tested during the Yom Kippur War. Biopic, starring Helen Mirren, Zed Josef and Liev Schreiber

Elizabeth I wrestles with her feelings for Sir Walter Raleigh while Spain prepares for a naval attack on England. Historical drama sequel, starring Cate Blanchett and Clive Owen

Composer Salieri is consumed with jealousy as he is overshadowed in the Austrian court by Mozart, and plots his rival's downfall. Period drama, with F Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce

A German businessman employs Jews in his factory to save them from the Holocaust. Steven Spielberg's fact-based Oscar-winning drama, starring Liam Neeson and Ben Kingsley

A Navy Seal finds life back on civvy street difficult to deal with after four tours of Iraq. Biopic about sniper Chris Kyle, starring Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller

Two brothers travel across America for a no-holds-barred boxing match that becomes a fight for their lives. Drama, starring Charlie Hunnam and Jack O'Connell