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Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien StoryBlue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
Documentary2025100 minsDirector: Sinéad O'Shea
A candid portrait of a literary sensation that’s as enchanting as O’Brien’s wonderful novels.
The Last ShowgirlThe Last Showgirl
Drama202489 minsDirector: Gia Coppola
Golden Globe-nominated Pamela Anderson is enchanting as the Las Vegas showgirl whose stage show is set to close.
RiefenstahlRiefenstahl
Documentary2024115 minsDirector: Andreas Veiel
Captivating insight into the controversial filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, who became world-famous for her Nazi propaganda.
Mr. BurtonMr. Burton
Biopic2024124 minsDirector: Marc Evans
Toby Jones is terrific as the inspirational mentor who helped propel Richard Burton from the poor son of a Welsh miner to acting legend.
The Crying GameThe Crying Game
Drama1992112 minsDirector: Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan's acclaimed 1992 drama-mystery tells the story of Fergus (Stephen Rea), who looks after the lover (Jaye Davidson) of a British soldier he once knew. But what is Dil hiding?
DarlingDarling
Drama1965123 minsDirector: John Schlesinger
Julie Christie stars in the quintessential swinging sixties film, as a young woman flitting nonchalantly through London's nightlife.
No Other LandNo Other Land
Documentary202492 minsDirector: Basel Adra, Rachel Szor and 2 more
This powerful documentary from a Palestinian-Israeli collective might be one of the most important films of this year.
Driving MumDriving Mum
Comedy2022113 minsDirector: Hilmar Oddsson
Jon drives his mums corpse across Iceland in Hilmar Oddsson’s darkly comic odyssey of self-discovery and acceptance, beautifully filmed in crisp black and white.
CloudCloud
Drama2024124 minsDirector: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
An online scam leads to deadly consequences in Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s chilling tech thriller.
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper ThingsA Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
Documentary202488 minsDirector: Mark Cousins
A striking portrait of an artist deserving of greater recognition, directed by Mark Cousins (A Story of Film).
A Canterbury TaleA Canterbury Tale
War1944125 minsDirector: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Powell and Pressburger's most personal film combines a Chaucer-inspired pilgrimage with a war-time celebration of English landscape and values to create a gem of British cinema.
The Life and Death of Colonel BlimpThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
War1943164 minsDirector: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Powell and Pressburger’s masterpiece follows the rise and fall of a career soldier, from dashing and brave young officer in the Boer War to a pompous and old-fashioned Colonel by the time of World War Two.
DestroyerDestroyer
Thriller2018121 minsDirector: Karyn Kusama
Nicole Kidman is astonishing – and almost unrecognisable – as a jaded police detective haunted by her past in Karyn Kusama’s brooding thriller.
The Wicker ManThe Wicker Man
Horror197388 minsDirector: Robin Hardy
Christopher Lee and Edward Woodward star in the folk horror classic about a policemen investigating an island given over to paganism.
78/5278/52
Documentary201792 minsDirector: Alexandre O. Philippe
This superb, in-depth documentary devotes 90 minutes to analysing one of cinema’s most famous sequences – the shower scene in Psycho.
FlowFlow
Animation & Artists Moving Image202485 minsDirector: Gints Zilbalodis
Oscar-winning animated adventure about an unlikely group of animals who must work together to survive a natural disaster.
Bye Bye TiberiasBye Bye Tiberias
Documentary202383 minsDirector: Lina Soualem
A daughter’s powerful love letter to her mother and the strength of four generations of a Palestinian family.
Robinson in SpaceRobinson in Space
Animation & Artists Moving Image199778 minsDirector: Patrick Keiller
Patrick Keller's imaginative and cerebral Robinson in Space follows the titular character and his unseen companion (and narrator).
In the CutIn the Cut
Thriller2003119 minsDirector: Jane Campion
This feminist erotic thriller starring Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo adds a frisson of dangerous sex to a murder investigation.
MisericordiaMisericordia
Drama2024104 minsDirector: Alain Guiraudie
French provocateur Alain Guiraudie's rural homecoming story mixing passion, crime, mushrooms and bedroom farce to dizzily involving effect.
La CocinaLa Cocina
Drama2024139 minsDirector: Alonso Ruizpalacios
Tensions rise in a frenzied New York diner, in this loose reworking of Arnold Wesker’s 1957 play.
Feature 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.
Sight and Sound Poll
Meet the elite: hand-picked highlights from the 2022 Sight and Sound 250 Greatest Films of All Time Poll.
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.