Sky Cinema Greats HD Thursday

A hapless bank robber sees his simple heist turn into a hostage situation and a media circus. Sidney Lumet's fact-based drama, starring Al Pacino, John Cazale and Charles Durning.

A Soviet submarine commander alarms both the American and Russian governments as he pilots his vessel toward the US. Cold War thriller, starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin

A pilot leads a bombing campaign on strategic enemy positions in the Korean War, but comes to question the morality of the conflict. Adventure, with William Holden and Grace Kelly

A grizzled drifter rescues a nun from a gang of rapists and gets roped into escorting her across the Mexican desert. Western, starring Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine

The lives of three brothers and their father are thrown into turmoil when the youngest brings his fiancee home to live with them. Period drama, with Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt

A chain-gang prisoner is hailed as a hero among his fellow convicts for his stand against authority and repeated escape attempts. Drama, starring Paul Newman and George Kennedy

Allied PoWs take on the Nazis in a propagandist football match, but plan to escape during the game. Second World War adventure, starring Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone

A former secret service agent acts as a bodyguard for a famous singer who is being persecuted by an obsessed fan. Romantic thriller, starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston

A Cuban immigrant to Miami becomes a powerful drug baron, but his empire is threatened by his paranoia and cocaine addiction. Thriller remake, with Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer

A series of interlinked stories about the Los Angeles underworld. Quentin Tarantino's crime drama, starring John Travolta, Samuel L Jackson, Uma Thurman and Bruce Willis

A CIA analyst is caught up in the Colombian drug trade as he hunts the terrorists who killed a friend of the US president. Action thriller, with Harrison Ford and Willem Dafoe

A pizza parlour is the focus of simmering racial tensions on the hottest day of the summer in a Brooklyn neighbourhood. Drama, directed by and starring Spike Lee, with Danny Aiello