Popular This week's most popular rentals in one place 20,000 Days on Earth £3.50 The myths and minutiae of musician Nick Cave are explored in the course of this fictional portrait, following 24 hours in the life of a cultural icon. Documentary 2014 93 mins Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard Kokuho £4.50 Sang-il Lee’s lavish decades-spanning kabuki epic broke box office records, becoming Japan’s highest-grossing live-action film to date. Drama Period drama 2025 174 mins Sang-il Lee Broken English £4.50 Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth deliver an inventive and moving portrait of Marianne Faithfull, starring the cultural icon herself. Drama-documentary Biopic 2025 99 mins Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard The Return £3.50 Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche are superb in this moody and poignant adaptation of the final sections of Homer's Odyssey. Drama 2024 116 mins Uberto Pasolini Withnail & I £3.50 Richard E. Grant steals the show in the indomitable cult classic following two washed-up actors as they embark on a booze-filled getaway to the Lake District. Comedy Drama 1988 107 mins Bruce Robinson Everybody to Kenmure Street £4.50 A quiet dawn raid on a Glasgow street swells into a huge protest that showcases the power of community in Bustos Sierra’s exhilarating documentary. Documentary 2026 99 mins Felipe Bustos Sierra The Stranger £4.50 François Ozon’s sterling adaptation of Albert Camus’ landmark novel is a gripping account of human absurdity in 1930s French-colonised Algeria. Crime Drama 2025 122 mins François Ozon Hen £4.50 An escaped hen seeks refuge in a decaying Greek seaside restaurant, protecting her eggs whilst observing the complexity of human lives. Drama 2025 96 mins György Pálfi Only Lovers Left Alive £3.50 Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton star as ageless, blood-drinking lovers in Jim Jarmusch’s clever, funny and sexy vampire tale. Romance Fantasy 2014 123 mins Jim Jarmusch Eagles of the Republic £4.50 Exiled Swedish-Egyptian filmmaker Tarik Saleh’s political thriller about a movie star coerced into taking on the most dangerous role of his life. Thriller Action and Adventure 2025 128 mins Tarik Saleh Rebuilding £4.50 After wildfires destroy his ranch, a cowboy (Josh O’Connor) finds refuge in a FEMA camp, gradually rebuilding his life alongside fellow survivors. Drama 2025 96 mins Max Walker‑Silverman Our Land £4.50 Orban Wallace's inspiring documentary explores who has the right to roam in England, where 92% of land and 97% of rivers are not legally accessible. Documentary 2026 91 mins Orban Wallace A Prophet [Un prophète] £3.50 Jacques Audiard’s award-winning crime drama chronicles the rites of passage and eventual rise to power of a young French Arab. Tough, taut, truthful. Crime 2009 156 mins Jacques Audiard Pierrot le Fou £2.50 Godard’s stunning, colour widescreen account of the wild journey of ‘the last romantic couple’, Pierrot (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and his lover Marianne (Anna Karina). Crime 1965 110 mins Jean-Luc Godard A Pale View of Hills £4.50 A tender adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro’s striking debut novel, which unfolds in the shadow of Nagasaki. Drama 2025 123 mins Kei Ishikawa Le Mépris £2.50 Jean-Luc Godard conducts an autopsy of love and the creative process, as a boorish film producer dismantles a seemingly strong marriage. Drama 1963 103 mins Jean-Luc Godard Bound £3.50 A seductive neo-noir and cult classic centring on lesbian desire in dangerous circumstances. Gangster Thriller 1996 109 mins Lilly Wachowski and Lana Wachowski Dread Beat and Blood £3.50 Vibrant documentary portrait of dub poet and activist Linton Kwesi Johnson, fighting racism with the spoken word on the streets of 1970s Brixton. Biopic 1979 44 mins Franco Rosso Happy-Go-lucky £3.50 Sally Hawkins shines in her breakout role as the perpetually sunny Poppy, in Mike Leigh’s charming drama about the power of optimism. Comedy Drama 2008 118 mins Mike Leigh Familiar Touch £4.50 Sarah Friedland’s absorbing coming-of-(old)-age debut feature portrays the multifaceted reality of an octogenarian woman with a failing memory. Drama 2024 92 mins Sarah Friedland Breathless [À bout de souffle] £3.50 Jean-Luc Godard’s extraordinary debut feature, an insouciant and iconoclastic crime film that paved the way for the French New Wave. Film noir 1960 90 mins Jean-Luc Godard Popular collections French Cinema France, the country where cinema was born, has given us some of the masters of cinema. Staff Picks: Must-Watch Films Too much choice, not enough time? Let the BFI Player team do the choosing. Cult Rentals Camp controversies and obscure outsiders. Documentaries Documentaries can be as expressive, surreal and experimental as any work of fiction. BFI Player Apps Available on your favourite TV and mobile devices Supported Devices
20,000 Days on Earth £3.50 The myths and minutiae of musician Nick Cave are explored in the course of this fictional portrait, following 24 hours in the life of a cultural icon. Documentary 2014 93 mins Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
Kokuho £4.50 Sang-il Lee’s lavish decades-spanning kabuki epic broke box office records, becoming Japan’s highest-grossing live-action film to date. Drama Period drama 2025 174 mins Sang-il Lee
Broken English £4.50 Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth deliver an inventive and moving portrait of Marianne Faithfull, starring the cultural icon herself. Drama-documentary Biopic 2025 99 mins Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
The Return £3.50 Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche are superb in this moody and poignant adaptation of the final sections of Homer's Odyssey. Drama 2024 116 mins Uberto Pasolini
Withnail & I £3.50 Richard E. Grant steals the show in the indomitable cult classic following two washed-up actors as they embark on a booze-filled getaway to the Lake District. Comedy Drama 1988 107 mins Bruce Robinson
Everybody to Kenmure Street £4.50 A quiet dawn raid on a Glasgow street swells into a huge protest that showcases the power of community in Bustos Sierra’s exhilarating documentary. Documentary 2026 99 mins Felipe Bustos Sierra
The Stranger £4.50 François Ozon’s sterling adaptation of Albert Camus’ landmark novel is a gripping account of human absurdity in 1930s French-colonised Algeria. Crime Drama 2025 122 mins François Ozon
Hen £4.50 An escaped hen seeks refuge in a decaying Greek seaside restaurant, protecting her eggs whilst observing the complexity of human lives. Drama 2025 96 mins György Pálfi
Only Lovers Left Alive £3.50 Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton star as ageless, blood-drinking lovers in Jim Jarmusch’s clever, funny and sexy vampire tale. Romance Fantasy 2014 123 mins Jim Jarmusch
Eagles of the Republic £4.50 Exiled Swedish-Egyptian filmmaker Tarik Saleh’s political thriller about a movie star coerced into taking on the most dangerous role of his life. Thriller Action and Adventure 2025 128 mins Tarik Saleh
Rebuilding £4.50 After wildfires destroy his ranch, a cowboy (Josh O’Connor) finds refuge in a FEMA camp, gradually rebuilding his life alongside fellow survivors. Drama 2025 96 mins Max Walker‑Silverman
Our Land £4.50 Orban Wallace's inspiring documentary explores who has the right to roam in England, where 92% of land and 97% of rivers are not legally accessible. Documentary 2026 91 mins Orban Wallace
A Prophet [Un prophète] £3.50 Jacques Audiard’s award-winning crime drama chronicles the rites of passage and eventual rise to power of a young French Arab. Tough, taut, truthful. Crime 2009 156 mins Jacques Audiard
Pierrot le Fou £2.50 Godard’s stunning, colour widescreen account of the wild journey of ‘the last romantic couple’, Pierrot (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and his lover Marianne (Anna Karina). Crime 1965 110 mins Jean-Luc Godard
A Pale View of Hills £4.50 A tender adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro’s striking debut novel, which unfolds in the shadow of Nagasaki. Drama 2025 123 mins Kei Ishikawa
Le Mépris £2.50 Jean-Luc Godard conducts an autopsy of love and the creative process, as a boorish film producer dismantles a seemingly strong marriage. Drama 1963 103 mins Jean-Luc Godard
Bound £3.50 A seductive neo-noir and cult classic centring on lesbian desire in dangerous circumstances. Gangster Thriller 1996 109 mins Lilly Wachowski and Lana Wachowski
Dread Beat and Blood £3.50 Vibrant documentary portrait of dub poet and activist Linton Kwesi Johnson, fighting racism with the spoken word on the streets of 1970s Brixton. Biopic 1979 44 mins Franco Rosso
Happy-Go-lucky £3.50 Sally Hawkins shines in her breakout role as the perpetually sunny Poppy, in Mike Leigh’s charming drama about the power of optimism. Comedy Drama 2008 118 mins Mike Leigh
Familiar Touch £4.50 Sarah Friedland’s absorbing coming-of-(old)-age debut feature portrays the multifaceted reality of an octogenarian woman with a failing memory. Drama 2024 92 mins Sarah Friedland
Breathless [À bout de souffle] £3.50 Jean-Luc Godard’s extraordinary debut feature, an insouciant and iconoclastic crime film that paved the way for the French New Wave. Film noir 1960 90 mins Jean-Luc Godard
