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Hail Satan?Hail Satan?
Documentary201995 minsDirector: Penny Lane
An unexpectedly funny, charming and thought-provoking documentary about a group who celebrate difference, and challenge the link between religion and state in the US.
Dragged Across ConcreteDragged Across Concrete
Crime2018159 minsDirector: S. Craig Zahler
As brutal and uncompromising as its title would suggest, the third feature from S. Craig Zahler (Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99) is another instant classic crime drama.
HolidayHoliday
Thriller201888 minsDirector: Isabella Eklöf
A lavish trip to the Turkish Riviera goes horribly awry in this disturbing tale of power, exploitation and complicity from the writer of Border.
JT LeRoyJT LeRoy
Drama2018109 minsDirector: Justin Kelly
Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern's towering tall story hoaxes the world.
The Third WifeThe Third Wife
Drama201892 minsDirector: Ash Mayfair
A fourteen-year-old girl falls for another of her polygamous husband's wives in this award-winning coming-of-age tale of love and self-discovery.
The White CrowThe White Crow
Biopic2019127 minsDirector: Ralph Fiennes
Dance perfection meets political defection in director Ralph Fiennes’ intoxicating account of the young life of Rudolf Nureyev.
Nineties Rentals
Exploring the films and filmmakers that broke the rules of cinema in the 1990s.
Pedro Almodóvar
Obscenity and poignancy fuse in the work of this Spanish legend, whom Pauline Kael declared was "Godard with a human face – a happy face."
BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival Presents
The home of LGBTQ+ rentals on BFI Player, showcasing favourites from the BFI Flare festival and the best in contemporary LGBTQ+ cinema.
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The Navigator: A Medieval OdysseyThe Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
Period drama198891 minsDirector: Vincent Ward
A group of medieval English villagers find themselves transported to '80s New Zealand, in Vincent Ward's startling fusion of period fantasy and time-travel science fiction.
Bande à partBande à part
Crime196495 minsDirector: Jean-Luc Godard
Godard's playful tribute to the Hollywood pulp crime movies of the 1940s, executed with typically Gallic cool.
Death in the GardenDeath in the Garden
Action and Adventure195699 minsDirector: Luis Buñuel
A band of fugitives are forced to flee for their lives into the jungle in this subversive adventure tale from cinema's master provocateur, Luis Buñuel.
The BroodThe Brood
Horror197992 minsDirector: David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg’s highly disturbing horror about a woman who’s able to externalise her inner torment and manifest it into a brood of killer offspring.
92 in the Shade92 in the Shade
Comedy197587 minsDirector: Thomas Mcguane
Peter Fonda and Warren Oates feature in a sweaty tale of warring Florida fishing outfits, in this quirky and long unavailable comedy-drama.
The AddictionThe Addiction
Horror199482 minsDirector: Abel Ferrara
Lili Taylor and Christopher Walken star in Abel Ferrara's raw, intense and intelligent take on the vampire myth - selected for the Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time Poll by The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw.
Controversial Classics
A collection of the bold and the banned; causes célèbre and succès de scandale to incite, provoke and arouse.
Sci-fi Classics
Few genres stretch like science fiction, a marketplace for idle prediction, utopia, apocalypse and wonder.
Nineties Cult Classics
Exploring the films and filmmakers that broke the rules of cinema in the 1990s.
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South Bank Street Performers 1977South Bank Street Performers 1977
Amateur film19773 minsSilent Location: Waterloo Sta
Acrobats, actors, musicians, human statues: nothing is off-the-table in South Bank for this extravagant exhibition of excellent talents.
BreakersBreakers
Non-Fiction18960 minsSilent
A handful of passers-by watch waves breaking gently onto a shore
Sidewalk SurfingSidewalk Surfing
Cinemagazine19785 minsSilent Location: Lambeth
Skate City on the banks of the Thames
Bank Holiday Crowds at ResortsBank Holiday Crowds at Resorts
News19612 minsSilent Location: Southend-on-Sea
Sailors and their sweethearts, jive dancing teens, grandpa in a pac-a-mac - a carefree day for many on August Bank Holiday Monday in Sheringham, Cromer, Southend and Felixstowe.
Pasand Apni ApniPasand Apni Apni
Comedy1969112 mins Location: London
Bollywood-on-Thames: East meets West in a tale of two loves in 70s London
Civil War in IrelandCivil War in Ireland
Non-Fiction19222 minsSilent
Remarkable newsreel footage of the Battle of Dublin
London's Bridges on Film
A special selection of films capturing a century of life along the Thames and the iconic structures spanning it, to mark the launch of Illuminated River, a major new public art commission.
Forgotten Features
Mischievous mermaids, murderous minors and military mayhem are among the highlights of this collection of long hard-to-see titles.
The Arts on Film
Behind the canvas with a movie camera: you can almost smell the turpentine in these fascinating portraits of artists at work.