A racially profiled police stop-and-search sets two best friends on a collision course in Imran Perretta’s intimate and poetically rendered drama.

Ish and Maram are barely teenagers, but still old enough to endure police harassment and its seismic repercussions. Naturalistic performances, an atypical score (also composed by multi-disciplinary artist Perretta) and lyrical, monochrome images make this a standout British film, which stands up for characters who are too often marginalised – both onscreen and off.

A jolt of adrenaline shot straight to the heart of 1990s British cinema, this darkly funny adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel was a major breakthrough for director Danny Boyle. 4K restored and back in cinemas for its 30th anniversary.

With live-wire energy and stylistic verve, Trainspotting bounces across the life and times of Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor), a Scottish heroin addict who, along with his misfit mates, gets high, gets in trouble, gets clean, and gets high again, all in a bid to outrun the banality of modern existence.

Kinetically cut to an iconic soundtrack featuring Iggy Pop, Underworld, Primal Scream, New Order and more, this indie phenomenon chooses life in all its ugly, beautiful, terrifying exhilaration.