But those big-budget behemoths represent only a tiny fraction of the hugely varied selection of films that have arrived on the big screen in the eight months of the year so far – so we're taking a moment to shine a spotlight on the best of the bunch so far, including some which you might have missed.
I've tried to keep the list as varied as possible in terms of genres and style and it's also worth noting that this list is by no means conclusive.
But scroll down for our list of 25 recommendations and five films to avoid.
1. The Testament of Ann Lee
Amanda Seyfried is in scintillating form as the titular Ann Lee, the founder of the Shaker religious movement in the 18th century, with the film detailing her life story through the medium of a number of sublime songs, reworked from traditional Shaker hymns by Oscar-winning composer Daniel Blumberg. It's a complete triumph.
2. The Secret Agent
Oscar-nominated Wagner Moura leads the cast as Armando, a university professor with an initially unclear past, who is on the run for reasons that are gradually unspooled over a luxurious 2 hour 40 minute run-time that finds time for various dramatic detours, including a fantastic B-movie inspired sequence starring a rampaging severed leg. It's a consistently engaging work with a deeply textured sense of time and place and real cinematic verve.
3. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
It's an eerily atmospheric film – though packed with generous lashings of humour – as Schoenbrun conjures up a mesmeric, evocative experience that merges fantasy with reality to explore themes relating to identity, art, sexuality, desire and otherness. It might not be for everyone – but has all the makings of a cult classic.
4. Sirat
It stars Sergi López (Pan's Labyrinth) as a father on the lookout for his missing daughter, with that search leading him and his young son to fall into the company a group of ravers in the Moroccan desert, who take them under their wing. Boasting a terrific electronic score from Kangding Ray, it's a thrilling sensory experience that's impossible to look away from.
5. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Picking up with Spike (Alfie Williams) after he's inducted into the horrifying gang of "Jimmies" he met at the end of the previous film, the film unfolds as an atmospheric – at times very violent – exploration of good versus evil in apocalyptic times, with Ralph Fiennes in especially electric form as maverick doctor and survivalist Dr Ian Kelson.
6. Miroirs No 3
It's a small scale, enigmatic mystery drama starring his regular collaborator Paula Beer as a pianist named Laura who is taken in by a woman named Betty and her family after her husband is killed in a car crash.
As they spend time together, it gradually becomes clear that not everything is as it seems – with Petzold providing an understated study of grief that occasionally takes on a slightly sinister edge.
7. Splitsville
All four leads provide top-tier comic performances and there are no shortage of hilarious set pieces – including one that features goldfish and a rollercoaster – but there's also a heartfelt relationship film underpinning all of the chaotic shenanigans.
8. The Odyssey
A muscular work anchored by a number of stellar performances – including Matt Damon in the lead role as Odysseus – it also features several of the best sequences of Nolan's acclaimed career, none finer that the magnificent horror-tinged segment that sees Samantha Morton turn in a standout performance as the witch Cersei.
9. My Father's Shadow
A lyrical, personal work informed by the memories of Davies and his brother, co-writer Wale Davies, it follows two young brothers as they spend time with their father in Lagos during the political turmoil of the 1993 Nigerian election crisis – with child stars Godwin Chiemerie Egbo and Chibuike Marvellous Egbo both excelling alongside a stellar performance from Sope Dirisu.
10. Blue Heron
Intimate and low-key, the early sections of the film unfolds like a memory, filmed naturalistically and completely devoid of melodrama, before a time-jump in the latter stages elegantly reframes the events into something genuinely profound.
11. The Drama
We won't give away the central dilemma here in case you still haven't seen it, but suffice to say that writer-director Kristoffer Borgli turns what could have been a shallow and one-note idea into something a little more knotty and complex: a drama about the subtle changes major revelations can have on our relationships and how we perceive those around us.
12. Tony
The Holdovers star Dominic Sessa takes on the central role as Bourdain, but the film largely sidesteps the tired conventions of the celebrity biopic, with Johnson instead delivering a rewarding coming-of-age tale with a light touch, packed with period details that evoke the nostalgic vibe of a seaside summer in the 1970s.
13. No Other Choice
But it's well worth a watch: a cutting satire of modern-day capitalism that follows a recently unemployed man (played by Squid Game star Lee Byung-hun) as he goes to extreme lengths to find a new job. Not all of the humour lands, but there are some expertly designed set pieces, a great deal of suspense and plenty of Park's signature virtuoso camerawork.
14. Project Hail Mary
Gradually, he pieces together the reasons for his mission, and soon finds an unlikely ally in the form of an adorable rock-based alien known as Rocky. It's that relationship which serves as the heart of a film that avoids the generic CGI-action traps that so many recent blockbusters have fallen into.
15. Little Amélie or The Character of Rain
Adapted from Amélie Nothomb's memoir The Character of Rain, it's a poignant, delicately told story that is sweet but never saccharine, with the use of colour especially commendable as the central character grows to appreciate the world around her.
16. Rose of Nevada
Rose of Nevada stars George Mackay and Callum Turner as two men who join the small crew of a fishing boat which has inexplicably surfaced in a coastal village 30 years after it had vanished without trace. Their new job soon takes them on a bizarre, time-bending odyssey that sees them make new discoveries both about themselves and their surroundings.
17. Hokum
The latest addition to a canon of films that see a depressed writer staying in an eerie hotel, it stars Adam Scott as an author who has travelled to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents ashes, only to be told that a Cailleach – an old Irish mythological witch – lurks within its walls. McCarthy sustains an admirably creepy and tense atmosphere for much of the film, with no shortage of nightmarish imagery but also a wicked streak of black humour running through the piece.
18. The Invite
Wilde herself stars alongside Seth Rogen as a married pair whose relationship is on the rocks, but who find themselves throwing a dinner party for their rather more free-spirited – and seemingly much happier – neighbours, played by Edward Norton and Penelope Cruz. As the night unfold, various revelations and uncomfortable truth come to light, with the script by Will McCormack and Rashida Jones expertly unspooling the tensions.
19. Backrooms
Playing on the fear of the liminal spaces and the uncanny, it's an atmospheric and genuinely unnerving film that marks out Parons as a hugely promising directorial talent – even if the film occasionally falters the more it spells out exactly what is going on.
20. Obsession
Although perhaps not quite as good as that success might have you believe, it's still an impressively made genre flick serving as a cautionary tale about male entitlement and being careful what you wish for. It also includes the best jump scare of the year – while Navarrette's highly committed central performance is very much deserving of the high praise (and could even land her an Oscar nomination).
21. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Luckily, a detailed knowledge of the series is not a prerequisite for enjoying this one, with Johnson himself even telling Radio Times that it was best to go in knowing as little as possible. What you can know is that it's a hugely inventive and often hilarious comedy that borrows extensively from Back to the Future to deliver a hugely rewarding film about male friendship.
22. Toy Story 5
Thankfully, most viewers could safely put any fears to one side after watching this delightful, touching film, which addresses concerns about screen time without devolving into one-note scare-mongering. While all the familiar toys – and a fair few new ones – are back, it's Jessie (voiced again by Joan Cusack) who truly gets her chance to shine.
23. If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Byrne plays Linda, a mother who is stretched to breaking point while struggling to cope with a number of issues including an ill daughter and a severely leaking ceiling. It's an intense and claustrophobic experience that isn't without moments of bleak humour, and Byrne anchors the whole thing with a sensational, intelligent performance that never overdoes things.
24. Ish
Filmed in crisp black-and-white and bolstered by fine, naturalistic performances from young actors Farhan Hasnat and Yahya Kitana, it's a rich piece of work that marks Perretta out as another British director to watch.
25. Tuner
Woodall plays Niki, a piano tuner suffering from hyperacusis who gets caught up in a world of crime after discovering that his heightened sense of hearing makes him an expert safe-cracker. Although you can see some of the plot beats coming a mile off, it's a thoroughly entertaining film boosted by top-tier sound design and a jazzy editing style that makes it a pleasure to watch.
1. Glenrothan
Cox has described the film as a "love letter" to Scotland, but nothing about the depiction of his homeland is textured or specific enough to feel like meaningful homage. Nor does the family feud, which is communicated through cloying flashbacks and stagey confrontation scenes, ring true. This is a plodding drama where virtually every choice is the most basic one.
2. Return to Silent Hill
Jeremy Irvine stars as James Sunderland, who finds himself in the titular town while looking for his estranged wife and must come face to face with all sorts of unspeakable terrors. Nothing here – from the murky visuals to the non-existent character work – gives us any reason to invest in what quickly descends into a stale and repetitive piece of schlock.
3. Animal Farm
And while there's no problem with updating a classic text for modern audiences, this ugly, animated take from Andy Serkis is so tonally jarring that it loses any sense of potency it might have. And that's before we even get to an altered ending that essentially undermines the whole thing. A baffling misfire.
4. Scary Movie
The Wayans enjoyed stirring the pot ahead of release by claiming the film wouldn't go down well with scolds who don't enjoy offensive humour. But the problem here isn't that the jokes are offensive; it's that they're all just so lazy, boring and incoherent. Indeed, most of the horror films parodied here – and there are a lot of them – have more genuinely humorous moments than this tiresome stinker.
5. Ladies First
With embarrassingly one-note humour and a predictable narrative that is occasionally interrupted by a couple of genuinely baffling scenes, it has nothing incisive to say about the modern world or how things may be different in a world where gender norms were flipped – and the redemption of Baron Cohen's dreadful character seems entirely unearned.
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