From Scorsese’s macabre western to Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, a Bernstein biopic, a queer cowboy yarn and a swansong from a master Japanese animator, our critics have selected the year’s screen standouts

Filmed as Russia invaded Ukraine’s port city, Mstyslav Chernov’s documentary is gruelling, compelling and vital

Addressing loss and grief, Hayao Miyazaki’s dazzlingly surreal animation has the tender, solemn air of an artist reflecting on his own spellbinding legacy

This majestic tale about a Danish priest’s mission to build a parish on the Icelandic coast is a powerful reminder of man’s relationship with nature

Alice Diop’s award-winning courtroom drama doubles as an unsentimental study in empathy with one of the year’s most mesmerising performances

A novelist turns from witness to prime suspect when her husband is found dead by their blind son in Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or-winning courtroom drama

This whimsical, lovable movie features cinema’s bromance of the year between a human and a seashell as the latter goes looking for his family