Christopher Abbott and Barry Keoghan are arch enemies in this gripping revenge thriller, in which Ireland’s rugged landscapes echo inner torment. Pulling apart the western trope of the strong, silent type, Christopher Andrews’s hard-hitting debut feature reveals old traumas behind fresh wounds.

Armando Ianucci, the brilliant comic mind behind The Thick of It, turns to the tyranny of Stalinism for this profoundly funny, absurdist romp. With its all-star cast and a masterful control of tone, The Death of Stalin is a breakneck farce and the only rightful heir to Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove.