Scott’s desire to tell people what movies to watch knows no bounds. He’s decided to create a series on here devoted to profiling directors and creating guides to their films. This week’s director is… Steve McQueen (not the actor).

(Also, just going to head things off because it might be controversial: I do not consider Small Axe to be movies. They’re still included because they’re on Letterboxd but I don’t count them among my overall film ratings.)

Highly recommended: Hunger, 12 Years a Slave, Lovers Rock (non-film)

Recommended: Shame, Widows, Mangrove (non-film), Red, White, and Blue (non-film), Education (non-film), Blitz

Worth a look: Alex Wheatle (non-film)

Next week’s director is… Richard Donner!