The power of kinship is explored in Carol Morley’s drama-documentary, drawn from real life and resonant with the way we live now.

Julianne Moore and John Cusack star in David Cronenberg’s caustic take on modern Hollywood, depicted as a nightmare world of ego and obsession.

David Cronenberg directs Ralph Fiennes in this chilling psychological drama about a mentally-disturbed man facing his horrifying childhood memories.

A directionless call centre worker gets more than he bargained for when he joins a local gym, in Gerard Johnson's stunning dissection of masculinity.

Sylvia leads a quiet life caring for her sister Hilda who has complex care needs in Mike Leigh's deeply affecting debut feature film.

São Paulo’s streets can offer danger or opportunity, and for Baby, a young gay man carving out his own existence, they deliver both.

Jean Renoir's entrancing first colour film is a lyrical coming-of-age tale about a girl living with her English family on the banks of West Bengal.

Dubbed “the quintessence of gruesomeness”, this noirish psychological horror follows a young woman’s nightmarish evening through Los Angeles.

Takeshi Kitano directs and stars as a Japanese gangster who’s exiled to Los Angeles, where he builds a drugs empire that soon attracts Mafia interest.

Benedict Cumberbatch gives a powerful performance in this visually striking fantasy drama about grief, family, and healing.

Gerard Johnson’s (Hyena, Muscle) dark-humoured portrait of a lonely man who is desperate to connect but quick to lash out.

Brechtian drama about a family evicted from their family and forced to move to a tent camp on the outskirts of Berlin during the Great Depression.

A Deaf woman navigates identity and motherhood in this poignant drama.

The highlights from George Clooney's on-stage interview at the BFI Southbank in December 2025.

Embrace an alternative to Valentine's Day with Rhianna Dhillon's pick of the BFI Player films that celebrate female friendship.