Popular The week's most watched free films. Showgirls is a Western In this mini video essay, BFI contributor Maha Al-Badrawi explains why Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls is a rhinestoned, stilettoed Western. Contains spoilers! Short documentary 2025 2 mins The Walk Adeel Akhtar portrays a man on a weekly trek to his nearest JobCentre, entering a state of purgatory through barriers put in place by the system. Drama 2023 12 mins Octopus Upon returning to her home town for a funeral, a young woman reconnects with the friends she left behind. 2021 13 mins Hard, Cracked the Wind A haunting with words is the lure between life and death for a young Cornish poet. Horror 2019 17 mins The Watchers A Yorkshire teenager begins to see and hear strange things in this unsettling slice of 60s sci-fi. Drama 1969 26 mins Frederick Wiseman's High School - a discussion Filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman and curator Matthew Barrington discuss Frederick Wiseman’s High School with Sandra Hebron. Short documentary 2026 22 mins Seagull Seagull is a recovering drug addict who is about to have a very strange night on The English Riviera. Horror 2022 6 mins The Ice Tower - Extended Q&A Writer-director Lucile Hadžihalilović explains how she spun her own dark fairytale out of Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen. Inside Film Non-Fiction 2026 36 mins A Last Resort Rose is desperate to celebrate her 60th birthday in style, but her daughter Genevieve is struggling to ignore some recent tragic news about her mum. Comedy 2022 17 mins New Perspectives: Wings of Desire Trixie Parkin-Christie of Northumbria University offers fresh insight into why Wings of Desire remains essential viewing. Short documentary 2024 4 mins George Clooney in Conversation George Clooney visited BFI Southbank to look back on his life and career. Inside Film Non-Fiction 2025 74 mins Daniel Day-Lewis Screen Talk | BFI London Film Festival 2025 Daniel Day-Lewis, the ultimate actor’s actor discusses his career in conversation with Mark Kermode. Inside Film Non-Fiction 2025 73 mins The Art of the Whodunit: Rian Johnson on Knives Out The modern master of murder mysteries discusses his creative process and how he’s reinventing the genre. Inside Film Non-Fiction 2025 47 mins Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio in Conversation Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio in Conversation at BFI Southbank, discussing the making of One Battle After Another. Inside Film Non-Fiction 2025 50 mins Screen Talks Career discussions with some of cinema's finest filmmakers and actors. Extended Q&As A collection of extended interviews with members of the British Film Industry discussing their work. Film Academy Shorts We present the very best shorts by young filmmakers, produced through the BFI Film Academy. Christmas Crackers It's time to join the ghosts of Christmases past as we celebrate a century of festive film.
Showgirls is a Western In this mini video essay, BFI contributor Maha Al-Badrawi explains why Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls is a rhinestoned, stilettoed Western. Contains spoilers! Short documentary 2025 2 mins
The Walk Adeel Akhtar portrays a man on a weekly trek to his nearest JobCentre, entering a state of purgatory through barriers put in place by the system. Drama 2023 12 mins
Octopus Upon returning to her home town for a funeral, a young woman reconnects with the friends she left behind. 2021 13 mins
Hard, Cracked the Wind A haunting with words is the lure between life and death for a young Cornish poet. Horror 2019 17 mins
The Watchers A Yorkshire teenager begins to see and hear strange things in this unsettling slice of 60s sci-fi. Drama 1969 26 mins
Frederick Wiseman's High School - a discussion Filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman and curator Matthew Barrington discuss Frederick Wiseman’s High School with Sandra Hebron. Short documentary 2026 22 mins
Seagull Seagull is a recovering drug addict who is about to have a very strange night on The English Riviera. Horror 2022 6 mins
The Ice Tower - Extended Q&A Writer-director Lucile Hadžihalilović explains how she spun her own dark fairytale out of Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen. Inside Film Non-Fiction 2026 36 mins
A Last Resort Rose is desperate to celebrate her 60th birthday in style, but her daughter Genevieve is struggling to ignore some recent tragic news about her mum. Comedy 2022 17 mins
New Perspectives: Wings of Desire Trixie Parkin-Christie of Northumbria University offers fresh insight into why Wings of Desire remains essential viewing. Short documentary 2024 4 mins
George Clooney in Conversation George Clooney visited BFI Southbank to look back on his life and career. Inside Film Non-Fiction 2025 74 mins
Daniel Day-Lewis Screen Talk | BFI London Film Festival 2025 Daniel Day-Lewis, the ultimate actor’s actor discusses his career in conversation with Mark Kermode. Inside Film Non-Fiction 2025 73 mins
The Art of the Whodunit: Rian Johnson on Knives Out The modern master of murder mysteries discusses his creative process and how he’s reinventing the genre. Inside Film Non-Fiction 2025 47 mins
Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio in Conversation Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio in Conversation at BFI Southbank, discussing the making of One Battle After Another. Inside Film Non-Fiction 2025 50 mins
