There are plenty of authentic emotional moments in Jason Katims’s drama about a bereavement support group. Until the dreadful, mewling music starts up …

An immaculate social satire featuring scabrous character studies, a murder-mystery and a shocking revenge scene

Privileged, greedy, traitorous and pretending to be woke – the characters in HBO’s hotel drama hit new lows in villainy. But who was the worst?

Enlightened creator Mike White’s Hawaii-set comedy drama offers up scathing social satire in a ballsy take-no-prisoners state of the nation series

The tart Oscar-tipped dark comedy offers an intoxicating revenge plot against bad men. But can insight be found in assuming everyone’s worst potential?

The actor makes a convincing plea for awards recognition in a heartbreaking true story of a father whose gay son kills himself after being bullied

Matthias Schoenaerts is outstanding as a prisoner trying to rehabilitate himself

Not even Angela Bassett can save this terribly over-the-top and at times wooden series from the same team that brought the world Glee

The super-soapy drama didn’t so much jump the shark as partake in a furious exhibition of shark dressage that continues to this day

A standout turn from the often under-utilized actor is one of the many joys of this carefully choreographed dinner party satire that acts as a cutting allegory of Trump’s America

Jesse Eisenberg plays a stoned shop assistant with latent special agent skills in Nima Nourizadeh’s weak rip of The Bourne Identity

The film that provoked a bidding war at this year’s festival is charming, fresh and moving, with a clear-eyed feel for what it’s like to be a teenager

Big hats and bigger voices dominate on this soapy country music drama – but the high quality writing and performances ensure that there’s something for everyone

Andrew Collins: Sure, there's country music in this grand old soap opera – but it's really about the Dynasty-style rivalry between star singers Rayna and Juliette