Collections Featured collections BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival Presents The home of LGBTQIA+ rentals on BFI Player, showcasing favourites from the BFI Flare festival and the best in contemporary LGBTQIA+ cinema. American Indie US independent films made away from the pressures and glitz of Hollywood have offered directors a greater creative freedom. Forgotten Features Mischievous mermaids, murderous minors and military mayhem are among the highlights of this collection of long hard-to-see titles. Black Stories Showcasing the best of Black culture in film and TV history. Genres The Biopic Fascinating, diverse and frequently controversial, the biopic crosses genres to dramatise real lives in engrossing ways. Coming of Age Filmmakers love it, audiences live it. The rites-of-passage film enables us the chance to relive the past with wisdom, but not angst. Crime Revenge, money, power and love – the passions that push moral and immoral alike into a shady underworld. Documentaries Documentaries can be as expressive, surreal and experimental as any work of fiction. Comedy Genius Celebrating side-splitting cinema, from slapstick legends to today's anarchic voices. Family Films Films for kids have changed dramatically over the last 100 years, as seen in this family-friendly collection. Horror Uncommon terror – and a few laughs – links them, and they show vintage names such as George A. Romero and Hammer Films, alongside perverse visions minted much more recently. Served chilled. Sci-Fi - Days of Fear and Wonder Celebrating the most spectacular of movie genres and its unique hold on our imaginations. Sex How has cinema approached sex? Leave your inhibitions at the door and find out. Thriller Who Can You Trust? Trust few and fear all in a collection of films packed with suspense, paranoia and conspiracy. Country of origin American Indie US independent films made away from the pressures and glitz of Hollywood have offered directors a greater creative freedom. Chinese Cinema From the 1930s Golden Age to the urgent, socially conscious cinema of Jia Zhangke, Chinese cinema contains many riches to discover. French Cinema France, the country where cinema was born, has given us some of the masters of cinema. German Cinema A country once divided produces filmmakers of uncommon talent, storyteller reflecting the human story through national identity. India on Film Celebrating the diversity of Indian filmmaking and films about India. Themes and subjects Backed by BFI Highlighting some of the astonishing and engaging work that has been supported by the UK public, including the National Lottery funding through the BFI, over the last 60 years. Based on the Book… Literature has inspired some of the greatest films ever made. Black Stories Showcasing the best of Black culture in film and TV history. Cinema of WWI A young film industry just settling into its own home - the cinema - found itself enlisted to record, report and dramatise a war unlike any other. Cult Rentals Camp controversies and obscure outsiders. Disabled Britain on Film From a rare portrait of the first spokesperson of the UK disability rights movement to a reimagining of becoming blind, this selection of mainly fictional films covers a range of representations of being disabled. Edgar Wright's London After Dark The director selects the titles that helped inspire his latest film. Forgotten Features Mischievous mermaids, murderous minors and military mayhem are among the highlights of this collection of long hard-to-see titles. Girlfriends Let’s hear it for the badass buddies, inseparable gal-pals and the wisecracking girl gangs of cinema. Gothic: The Dark Heart of Film Gothic horror and romance tales feed on our darkest fears and desires, and conjure the creatures of the night into being. Inside Film The camera flips inward to film the creative process. Watch rarities, exclusives, documentaries and special features from the artists and obsessives who make the films. LGBT Britain This colourful and challenging collection explores screen representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender lives over the past century. It's... Monty Python Celebrating half a century of absurdity, songs, jokes and genius, from Britain’s best-loved comedic sextet. Nineties Rentals Exploring the films and filmmakers that broke the rules of cinema in the 1990s. Northern Voices Exploring the northern talent and creativity that drive such distinctive storytelling. The Pleasure Principle From Victorian voyeurism to Soho striptease: how a hidden film industry emerged to satisfy the sexual appetites of (male) viewers. Other Grooves An eccentric excursion to the furthest fringes of youth culture and alternative lifestyles, as captured in archive film and TV. Punk Punk’s mad parade burnt bright and quick, feeding on the public’s limitless love of disgust. Refugee Week To mark this year's Refugee Week, BFI and Counterpoints Arts have compiled a collection of films that explore refugee experiences in the past and present and across different parts of the world. Shakespeare on Film All the world's a cinema! How a century and more of filmmakers have raided, remade and refashioned the bard. Soho Stories Long linked to flesh and pleasure, London’s infamous district merits a closer look. Here you’ll find jazz clubs, garrets, lewdness and lidos. Sonic Personal, powerful and lyrical, this is where music and film collide, a meeting place for rock biopics, probing documentaries, groundbreakers and old stagers. South Asian Britain on Film Discover a rich history reaching back over a century as we celebrate South Asian communities and culture across Britain. South Asian Heritage Month Reclaiming the history and identity of British South Asians - through film. Summertime Feel the warmth of the sun and dip into our selection of summer rentals. Unavailable on DVD This collection showcases a selection of hard-to-see features that are unavailable to watch anywhere else (legally) in the UK. Woman with a Movie Camera Great films incite, others vex, a few elate. From pre-war to the present day, these remarkable works by international women directors do all that and more. Working Class Heroes A collection of films lit up by the charisma of working-class stars; a celebration of fine actors and remarkable leading roles. Actors and directors Earl Cameron Trailblazer, groundbreaker, godfather, pioneer... we chart the trajectory of Earl Cameron’s unique film career. Jean-Luc Godard Cinema’s perpetual provocateur has been inciting audiences for over half a century. Bong Joon Ho's Directors to Watch To mark 20 years as a director, Bong Joon Ho (Parasite) selects films from emerging directors whose work he believes will be pivotal to the next 20 years Hirokazu Koreeda Celebrating the master of contemporary Japanese cinema and his diverse, beautiful and human stories. Ken Loach Britain’s most garlanded working filmmaker has been an unyielding presence for half a century, rattling authorities and raging against injustice from the campaigning Cathy to Come to his two Palmes d’Or. Carol Morley Dreams, memories and reveries - the collected works of one of Britain's most distinctive filmmakers. Quay Brothers Tapping into a sense of early 20th-century Europe that is a place of dusty nightmares, folkloric paraphernalia and crumbling institutes filled with the dispossessed. Enter the spooky, surreal and sepia-tinted world of the Brothers Quay. Tilda Swinton Celebrating the extraordinary, convention-defying career of the chameleonic performer. Awards and festivals BFI London Film Festival Rentals The BFI London Film Festival captures the richness of world cinema at its diverse best. London Indian Film Festival Europe’s largest South Asian film festival is now online. Discover the best independent Indian cinema, from features and documentaries to on-stage highlights from the festival itself. Best of BAFTA A selection of nominees and winners, past and present, honouring the world’s most inventive storytellers. Best of British Independent Film Awards Striking, ambitious and delicious: the best indie films from the UK and around the world are showcased in this eye-popping collection of nominees, winners from the British Independent Film Awards. BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival Presents The home of LGBTQIA+ rentals on BFI Player, showcasing favourites from the BFI Flare festival and the best in contemporary LGBTQIA+ cinema. Cannes Film Festival Celebrate the Cannes Film Festival with our collection of major prize-winners and contenders from previous festivals. LOCO London Comedy Film Festival Comedy gold from the UK’s only international comedy film festival. Oscars Legends are minted and careers defined by the Academy Award, a tiny golden statue of incomparable significance. Most popular lists Sight and Sound's Films of the Year Unmissable films from an essential source: the world’s wisest film magazine, whose annual list sets the standard. Most Popular Rentals of 2024 Tomb raiders, spouse killers, lovers and fighters. It was a great year for compelling stories… Sight and Sound Poll Meet the elite: hand-picked highlights from the 2022 Sight and Sound 250 Greatest Films of All Time Poll.
