John Ford’s Western of 1960, Sergeant Rutledge, is one of his most underrated films, perhaps because it was misunderstood at the time as just another military courtroom drama.

Safe House: Casting Vera Farmiga, Brendan Gleeson, Ruben Blades

Set in New Orleans and based on a novel by the authors of Vertigo, Death Whistles the Blues is a hard-boiled tale of betrayal, violence and revenge featuring smoky jazz compositions by Franco himself.

Donna Deitch’s Desert Hearts, about a literary professor going through a divorce and the young female artist who seduces her, is one of the most beloved queer films.