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3 of the best from the world's greatest filmmakers, themes and cinematic movements.
Flare
BFI Flare ensures the best LGBTQIA+ cinema shines brighter than ever…
Kamikaze HeartsKamikaze Hearts
Drama198687 minsDirector: Juliet Bashore
Juliet Bashore’s queer docufiction, starring Tigr and real-life girlfriend porn star Sharon Mitchell, was shot in and celebrates the heady days of the San Francisco underground in the 1980s.
UndertowUndertow
Drama2009101 minsDirector: Javier Fuentes-León
Miguel, a young married fisherman with a baby on the way, struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town’s rigid traditions.
JoylandJoyland
Drama2022128 minsDirector: Saim Sadiq
A conservative family in Pakistan is torn apart when a son falls in love with a transgender erotic dancer, in Saim Sadiq’s riveting queer drama.
The Taviani Brothers
Masters of contemporary Italian cinema
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Period drama1974111 minsDirector: Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani
An aristocratic idealist betrays his cause in this epic period drama.
A Man for BurningA Man for Burning
Drama196290 minsDirector: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani and Valentino Orsini
A brave leader organises Sicilian peasants against the local Mafia.
The SubversivesThe Subversives
Drama196797 minsDirector: Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani
The Tavianis’ breakthrough film interweaves the stories of four men brought together by a leading local communist's funeral.
BAFTA Film Awards
And the winner is… you, with a choice of three brilliant Bafta victors from years past.
The Quiet GirlThe Quiet Girl
Drama202191 minsDirector: Colm Bairéad
A neglected girl lives a joyful summer in Colm Bairéad's Academy Award-nominated debut that combines outstanding beauty and heart-wrenching performances.
Nil by MouthNil by Mouth
Drama1997129 minsDirector: Gary Oldman
Twenty-five years old and newly restored, Gary Oldman’s BAFTA-winning debut as writer-director remains a magnificent achievement.
Wild TalesWild Tales
Comedy2014122 minsDirector: Damian Szifron
This Oscar-nominated, Almodóvar-produced anthology of six tales of ordinary madness is the most riotously enjoyable portmanteau film since Pulp Fiction.
Valentine's Films
Imperfect, tough, revelatory - love takes many forms, and we have the perfect film for each…
Stolen KissesStolen Kisses
Comedy196891 minsDirector: François Truffaut
Naively idealistic and largely inept both in his dealings with women and in any job, Antoine clumsily courts Christine while working for a private detective agency.
Girls Girls GirlsGirls Girls Girls
Romance2021101 minsDirector: Alli Haapasalo
Three young Finnish women explore love and sex in this spirited coming-of-age drama, which won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award at Sundance 2022.
Lingua FrancaLingua Franca
Drama201994 minsDirector: Isabel Sandoval
An undocumented immigrant searches for safety and security in Isabel Sandoval's poignant mix of love story and social drama.
Great Composers
A trio of notable scores from past and present talent
WalkaboutWalkabout
Drama1970101 minsDirector: Nicolas Roeg
Jenny Agutter plays the teenage girl reliant on a young Aboriginal (David Gulpilil) for her survival, in Nicolas Roeg's stunning Australian outback drama.
The Battle of AlgiersThe Battle of Algiers
Drama1966121 minsDirector: Gillo Pontecorvo
Gillo Pontecorvo’s masterpiece about the last years of French colonial rule in Algeria, seen from the perspective of both the revolutionaries and the French authorities.
Tom of FinlandTom of Finland
Biopic2017116 minsDirector: Dome Karukoski
The story of a gay icon is brought to life in Dome Karukoski’s handsome biopic of Touko Laaksonen, the artist whose homoerotic drawings gave visual expression to a growing gay culture.
Women with a Movie Camera
A celebration of diverse works of art from the heart, devised by women and told with craft.
Small BodySmall Body
Drama202189 minsDirector: Laura Samani
This strikingly original and enthralling feature debut from Laura Samani details the odyssey of a young mother as she tries to save her baby’s soul.
She Dies TomorrowShe Dies Tomorrow
Drama202084 minsDirector: Amy Seimetz
Amy knows she's going to die tomorrow and her fear is contagious.
TogetherTogether
Animation & Artists Moving Image195648 minsDirector: Lorenza Mazzetti
Two deaf-mute dock workers eke out a humble East End existence in Lorenza Mazzetti's striking and poetic example of Free Cinema.
Sundance
Three recent hits from the kingmaker and loudhailer for independent cinema
ClemencyClemency
Drama2019112 minsDirector: Chinonye Chukwu
Alfre Woodard is quietly devastating as a weary prison warden presiding over her twelfth execution, in this Sundance-winning death row drama.
The SouvenirThe Souvenir
Drama2018120 minsDirector: Joanna Hogg
Sight and Sound's 2019 film of the year is the compelling, semi-autobiographical drama from acclaimed writer-director Joanna Hogg.
KlondikeKlondike
Drama2022100 minsDirector: Maryna Er Gorbach
Set in Donetsk against the backdrop of the downing of Malaysian flight MH17 in 2014, a Ukrainian family attempts to live a normal life amid the absurdity and futility of conflict, in Maryna Er Gorbach’s visually striking film.
Juliette Binoche
Three films to honour a French star of singular talent…
Clouds of Sils MariaClouds of Sils Maria
Drama2014124 minsDirector: Olivier Assayas
Juliette Binoche, Chloë Moretz, and Kristen Stewart star in this moving drama about a veteran actor struggling as the allure of her fame fades.
Let the Sunshine InLet the Sunshine In
Drama201795 minsDirector: Claire Denis
Director Claire Denis gives a wry account of an artist’s search for love, in this witty black comedy starring Juliette Binoche.
Between Two WorldsBetween Two Worlds
Drama2021106 minsDirector: Emmanuel Carrère
Juliette Binoche plays an undercover reporter investigating the conditions faced by France’s working women in this insightful, involving drama.
Wener Herzog
Werner Herzog's work has an open mind and an appetite for the odd and the curious
FitzcarraldoFitzcarraldo
Drama1981157 minsDirector: Werner Herzog
One of Werner Herzog's most acclaimed and audacious films, Fitzcarraldo tells the incredible story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an opera-loving fortune hunter who dreams of bringing opera to the heart of the Peruvian jungle.
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Drama201989 minsDirector: Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog is on typically thought-provoking form, dramatising the work of a ‘rent-a-relative’ service, in this Tokyo-set meditation on contemporary alienation.
StroszekStroszek
Drama1977108 minsDirector: Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog’s uniquely askew take on Americana follows the journey of Bruno S. as he leaves Berlin for the bleak trailer parks of Wisconsin.
A Date With Destiny
Time is running out. Not just for this year, but for the heroes at the heart of these stories where every second matters…
The Driver's Seat (Identikit)The Driver's Seat (Identikit)
Drama1974102 minsDirector: Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
Elizabeth Taylor stars as a troubled woman who arrives in Rome in search of the most dangerous liaison, in the most obscure, bizarre and wildly misunderstood film of her career.
Cléo from 5 to 7Cléo from 5 to 7
Drama196291 minsDirector: Agnès Varda
Agnes Varda’s classic character study follows a successful pop singer as she wanders around Paris while awaiting the results of serious medical tests.
11 Minutes11 Minutes
Drama201579 minsDirector: Jerzy Skolimowski
Jerzy Skolimowski’s ‘catastrophic thriller’ interweaves the lives of multiple characters during a fateful, gripping 11 minutes.
New Arab Cinema
Modern Arab cinema is producing absorbing works of grand ambition across the genres. Here's our choice…
Where Do We Go Now?Where Do We Go Now?
Comedy2011102 minsDirector: Nadine Labaki
A group of Lebanese women strive to smooth over the ever-rising religious tension between Christians and Muslims in their village.
FeathersFeathers
Comedy2021115 minsDirector: Omar El Zohairy
An avalanche of absurdities befalls a family when its authoritative patriarch gets turned into a chicken, in this surreal Cannes prize-winning satire.
AshkalAshkal
Crime202294 minsDirector: Youssef Chebbi
The investigation into a series of unexplained deaths hints to the supernatural, in this thrillingly unconventional police procedural.
Michele Soavi
Welcome to the twisted visions of Milanese maestro Michele Soavi
StageFrightStageFright
Horror198790 minsDirector: Michele Soavi
Dario Argento's protégé, Michele Soavi, made his directorial debut with this deliriously stylish slasher opus.
The ChurchThe Church
Horror1989102 minsDirector: Michele Soavi
A librarian discovers an ancient evil lurking underneath a cathedral, in this spectacular gothic horror co-written and produced by Dario Argento.
The SectThe Sect
Horror1991117 minsDirector: Michele Soavi
Michele Soavi's delirious and surreal satanic horror follows a teacher drawn into the schemes of an evil cult.
Michael Powell
A selection of Michael Powell's solo work from a long and phenomenal career.
RynoxRynox
Crime193246 minsDirector: Michael Powell
Michael Powell’s earliest existing film is a twisty thriller crafted with a bold visual style that is unmistakeably influenced by Fritz Lang.
The Edge of the WorldThe Edge of the World
Drama193775 minsDirector: Michael Powell
Michael Powell's daring, windswept story of the inhabitants of a remote island who find their way of life threatened by a rapidly industrialising world.
Bluebeard's CastleBluebeard's Castle
Performance196362 minsDirector: Michael Powell
Discover a ‘lost’ masterpiece from acclaimed director Michael Powell (The Red Shoes and Peeping Tom), with this stunning adaptation of Béla Bartok’s expressionist opera.
Sight & Sound - One Year On
Three lesser-known wonders from the latest poll of Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time.
Les Enfants du paradisLes Enfants du paradis
Drama1945190 minsDirector: Marcel Carné
Marcel Carné's masterpiece of French cinema portrays the theatrical milieu of Paris' 'Boulevard du Crime'.
A Touch of ZenA Touch of Zen
Action and Adventure1971179 minsDirector: King Hu
King Hu's epic swordplay saga combines ghost story, martial arts mastery and Buddhist mythology to stunning, hypnotic effect.
Memories of UnderdevelopmentMemories of Underdevelopment
Drama196899 minsDirector: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
A mesmerising and complex character study of alienation amid tumultuous social change, from one of Cuba’s greatest directors, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea.
Powell + Pressburger: Phantom Threads
Highlighting films by other directors with links to the Archers’ own works.
La RondeLa Ronde
Drama195089 minsDirector: Max Ophuls
Ophuls’ exquisite, imaginative adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s play about a carousel of erotic encounters involving characters of different social status.
Black OrpheusBlack Orpheus
Romance1959107 minsDirector: Marcel Camus
Academy Award and Palme d'Or-winning adaption of the Orpheus myth, incorporating the music, costume and dance of Brazil’s Rio Festival.
French CancanFrench Cancan
Period drama1955104 minsDirector: Jean Renoir
Based on the story of Moulin Rouge founder Charles Zidler, Jean Renoir’s tale of an impresario’s commitment to his art is a masterpiece of Technicolor brilliance.
Catherine Breillat
Explore three films defined by provocation, conflict and so much more
Sex Is ComedySex Is Comedy
Comedy200295 minsDirector: Catherine Breillat
A director struggles to film a difficult sex scene between two actors who happen to hate each other, in Catherine Breillat's witty exploration of intimacy coordination.
Anatomy of HellAnatomy of Hell
Drama200377 minsDirector: Catherine Breillat
Catherine Breillat's rigorously intellectual exploration of sexuality, about a woman who employs a gay man to spend days watching her naked.
RomanceRomance
Drama199998 minsDirector: Catherine Breillat
Shockingly explicit, Catherine Breillat’s critically acclaimed Romance is one of the most controversial films of modern cinema.
BFI London Film Festival
Three festival hits from BFI London Film Festival
KlondikeKlondike
Drama2022100 minsDirector: Maryna Er Gorbach
Set in Donetsk against the backdrop of the downing of Malaysian flight MH17 in 2014, a Ukrainian family attempts to live a normal life amid the absurdity and futility of conflict, in Maryna Er Gorbach’s visually striking film.
AutobiographyAutobiography
2022115 minsDirector: Makbul Mubarak
This riveting feature debut from Makbul Mubarak patiently details the journey of a young man as he begins to taste power for the first time.
AshkalAshkal
Crime202294 minsDirector: Youssef Chebbi
The investigation into a series of unexplained deaths hints to the supernatural, in this thrillingly unconventional police procedural.
So Good They Remade It
Update your watchlist with three exceptional originals…
IkiruIkiru
Drama1952143 minsDirector: Akira Kurosawa
A bureaucrat’s life finds new meaning in Kurosawa’s classic original, the source for Bill Nighy’s brilliant drama, Living.
Wings of DesireWings of Desire
Fantasy1987128 minsDirector: Wim Wenders
In director Wim Wenders' (Paris, Texas) most metaphysical work, a guardian angel desires nothing more than to be human. Presented in a stunning new restoration.
Bad LieutenantBad Lieutenant
Crime199296 minsDirector: Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara's disturbing character study of a corrupt N.Y.C. cop and his slide into insanity, starring Harvey Keitel in a career-best performance.
Masculinity
Three stories of British working-class masculinity
MuscleMuscle
Drama2019111 minsDirector: Gerard Johnson
A directionless call centre salesman gets more than he bargained for when he joins a local gym, in Gerard Johnson's stunning dissection of masculinity.
Bullet BoyBullet Boy
Drama200586 minsDirector: Saul Dibb
Ashley Walters impresses in the hard-hitting Hackney drama that’s still one of the best of Britain’s black urban crime films.
FaceFace
Crime1997101 minsDirector: Antonia Bird
Robert Carlyle and Ray Winstone are members of a criminal gang that tears itself apart after a heist goes wrong, in Antonia Bird’s stylish thriller.
Jean-Pierre Leaud
Seven decades, three films, one iconic actor…
The 400 BlowsThe 400 Blows
Drama1959100 minsDirector: François Truffaut
François Truffaut’s French New Wave landmark is one of the greatest movies about adolescence.
Le departLe depart
Comedy196685 minsDirector: Jerzy Skolimowski
Jerzy Skolimowski’s most ‘New Wave’ film, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud as a man dreaming of motor-racing stardom.
The Death of Louis XIVThe Death of Louis XIV
Historical drama2016115 minsDirector: Albert Serra
The last days of the Sun King, evoked with sombre beauty by Albert Serra. The legendary Jean-Pierre Léaud brings ineffable presence to the title role.
Carnival Spirit
We're banging the steel drum this weekend, for Notting Hill and beyond…
Black OrpheusBlack Orpheus
Romance1959107 minsDirector: Marcel Camus
Academy Award and Palme d'Or-winning adaption of the Orpheus myth, incorporating the music, costume and dance of Brazil’s Rio Festival.
BabylonBabylon
Drama198095 minsDirector: Franco Rosso
A young Rastafarian toaster (rapper) aims for success at a Reggae Sound System competition, in this cult classic from Franco Rosso that pulsates with an irresistible dub soundtrack.
The Story of Lover's RockThe Story of Lover's Rock
Documentary2011100 minsDirector: Menelik Shabazz
Menelik Shabazz (Burning an Illusion) shines a light on the music genre often dubbed ‘romantic reggae’; a uniquely black British sound that developed in the late 70s and 80s against a backdrop of riots, racial tension and sound systems.
3 You Must See: Be Gay Do Crime
A four-word slogan which celebrates queer cinema's felons and their films
El ÁngelEl Ángel
Crime2018115 minsDirector: Luis Ortega
The controversial exploits of baby-faced Argentine serial killer Carlos Robledo Puch are exhilaratingly reinterpreted in this stylish biopic.
The HandmaidenThe Handmaiden
Crime2016146 minsDirector: Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Stoker) channels Sarah Waters’ novel Fingersmith, to create a sumptuous twisty psychological thriller full of erotic intrigue.
The Living EndThe Living End
Drama199285 minsDirector: Gregg Araki
In this cult piece of New Queer Cinema, two unlikely buddies hit the road with a nihilistic mission after they're both diagnosed with HIV.
3 You Must See: Jamil Dehlavi
Sample the work of a visionary rebel who speaks truth to power
Immaculate ConceptionImmaculate Conception
Drama1992123 minsDirector: Jamil Dehlavi
A western couple struggling to conceive a child visit a fertility shrine in Karachi and find themselves caught in a world of fantasy and exploitation.
The Blood of HussainThe Blood of Hussain
Drama1981106 minsDirector: Jamil Dehlavi
Allegorical tale of revolutionary struggle against injustice and oppression which follows the mourning procession for the murdered Hussain, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
Towers of SilenceTowers of Silence
Drama197551 minsDirector: Jamil Dehlavi
Weaving together scenes of Zoroastrian funerary rituals, Jamil Dehlavi's early experimental film juxtaposes traumatic landscapes of sex, death, and faith.
3 You Must See: Summer Holidays
HolidayHoliday
Thriller201888 minsDirector: Isabella Eklöf
A lavish trip to the Turkish Riviera goes horribly awry in this disturbing tale of power, exploitation and complicity from the writer of Border.
Beach RatsBeach Rats
Drama201798 minsDirector: Eliza Hittman
Gripping account of repressed sexual desire in a hyper-masculine environment, with British newcomer Harris Dickinson as a virulently macho Brooklyn teen.
CeliaCelia
Drama1989108 minsDirector: Ann Turner
Set in mid-1950s Australia, with the fear of communism in the air and rabbit plagues overrunning the countryside, Ann Turner’s debut film depicts a long, hot summer seen through the eyes and wild imagination of a young girl.
Greta Gerwig
Get to know Greta better with these choice titles
Frances HaFrances Ha
Comedy201286 minsDirector: Noah Baumbach
Barbie creators Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach hit their stride with this critical smash about an awkward girl and her complex passions.
BagheadBaghead
Comedy200881 minsDirector: Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass
Greta Gerwig shines as one of four filmmaking friends who find their slasher screenplay idea turning into a terrifying reality, in this in ‘mumblegore’ horror-comedy.
EdenEden
Drama2014131 minsDirector: Mia Hansen-Løve
Mia Hansen-Løve’s stylish and transcendent story of house music is one of the great films about dance culture.
Albert Serra
Three artistic and immersive films from the Catalan maestro
LibertéLiberté
Drama2019138 minsDirector: Albert Serra
Albert Serra’s explicit and opulent exploration of the limits of the erotic imagination is realised in this remarkably radical and subversive cinematic experience.
The Death of Louis XIVThe Death of Louis XIV
Historical drama2016115 minsDirector: Albert Serra
The last days of the Sun King, evoked with sombre beauty by Albert Serra. The legendary Jean-Pierre Léaud brings ineffable presence to the title role.
Story of My DeathStory of My Death
Drama2013144 minsDirector: Albert Serra
Maverick auteur Albert Serra’s imagines a meeting between the ageing Casanova and Count Dracula in this deliciously eccentric baroque reflection on pleasure and erotic desire.
Tsai Ming Liang
3 films crafted with insight and patience, going beneath the surface to reveal essential human truths…
Goodbye, Dragon InnGoodbye, Dragon Inn
Comedy200382 minsDirector: Tsai Ming-liang
An exquisite, wry tribute to the experience of cinema-going from director Tsai Ming-liang.
I Don't Want to Sleep AloneI Don't Want to Sleep Alone
Drama2007113 minsDirector: Tsai Ming-liang
Acclaimed Taiwanese-Malaysian director Tsai Ming-liang returns with his muse and star Lee Kang-sheng in this romantic drama about loneliness, love and abuse in Kuala Lumpur.
The Wayward CloudThe Wayward Cloud
Comedy2004114 minsDirector: Tsai Ming-liang
Ming-Liang Tsai's outrageous blend of sex, comedy, musical and drama is a daring, controversial and hilarious smorgasbord from one of Taiwan's most acclaimed directors.
Pride Month
Celebrate Pride Month with three stories that show how and why it matters
Luminous ProcuressLuminous Procuress
Fantasy197174 minsDirector: Steven Arnold
Steven Arnold's psychedelic odyssey is a hedonistic celebration of gender-fluidity and pan-sexuality in late 60s San Francisco.
JustineJustine
Drama202182 minsDirector: Jamie Patterson
A young woman struggles with her demons, in this arresting sophomore feature from Tucked (Flare 2019) director Jamie Patterson.
Colors of TobiColors of Tobi
Documentary202182 minsDirector: Alexa Bakony
A mesmerising portrait of a family grappling with teenage gender dysphoria, this uplifting documentary exudes the defiant message that love is all you need.
Nina Menkes
Mysterious, disturbing and potent - three films from the cinematic sorceress.
Magdalena ViragaMagdalena Viraga
Drama198791 minsDirector: Nina Menkes
Nina Menkes’ extraordinary debut feature is an intoxicating blend of poetry, witchcraft and feminist critique.
Phantom LovePhantom Love
Drama200787 minsDirector: Nina Menkes
A bewitching dark fairy tale about a woman struggling to escape her overbearing family.
DissolutionDissolution
Drama201089 minsDirector: Nina Menkes
Dostoyevsky is relocated to contemporary Tel Aviv in a riveting portrait of alienated masculinity.
Abel Ferrara's crime stories
The director has a high time among the low-lifes of his native New York City
Bad LieutenantBad Lieutenant
Crime199296 minsDirector: Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara's disturbing character study of a corrupt N.Y.C. cop and his slide into insanity, starring Harvey Keitel in a career-best performance.
King of New YorkKing of New York
Crime1990103 minsDirector: Abel Ferrara
Christopher Walken is the dogged drug-lord determined to keep his empire together, in Abel Ferrara's brutally gritty crime thriller.
Fear CityFear City
Crime198497 minsDirector: Abel Ferrara
Tom Berenger, Melanie Griffith and Billy Dee Williams star in this tough crime thriller about a talent agent who takes the law into his own hands when his strippers are targeted by a serial killer.
Ursula Meier
Nature, families and boundaries are all explored by the Swiss-French maestro.
HomeHome
Drama200894 minsDirector: Ursula Meier
Ursula Meier's dark semi-comic fable concerns a family living next to an unused motorway. Isabelle Huppert and Olivier Gourmet excel as the parents.
The LineThe Line
Drama2022103 minsDirector: Ursula Meier
A line is painted to divide rivals in a warring family drama, circled by ice but told with warm humanity by the great Ursula Meier. Nominated for the Golden Bear at the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival.
SisterSister
Drama201297 minsDirector: Ursula Meier
Ursula Meier’s tender drama follows two siblings living at the base of a luxury ski resort in Switzerland, starring Léa Seydoux and Gillian Anderson.
Jerzy Skolimowski
Three from one of the world’s most remarkable filmmakers.
MoonlightingMoonlighting
Drama198297 minsDirector: Jerzy Skolimowski
When martial law is declared back home, a Polish builder (Jeremy Irons) decides not to tell his colleagues in Jerzy Skolimowski's Cannes-winning drama.
Essential KillingEssential Killing
Thriller201085 minsDirector: Jerzy Skolimowski
Vincent Gallo goes on the run in the dead of winter in Jerzy Skolimowski’s near-wordless thriller.
Le departLe depart
Comedy196685 minsDirector: Jerzy Skolimowski
Jerzy Skolimowski’s most ‘New Wave’ film, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud as a man dreaming of motor-racing stardom.
Northern Voices
A selection of great Northern Voices with stories to tell
Letter to BrezhnevLetter to Brezhnev
Comedy198594 minsDirector: Chris Bernard
A defining Merseyside film, in which two Liverpool lasses hook up with a pair of Russian sailors only to wonder if they might be better off behind the Iron Curtain.
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey StoryBeing Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
Biopic2018101 minsDirector: Steve Sullivan
Frank Sidebottom was a pillar of alternative comedy of the late 80s/early 90s, and this charming documentary remembers the man behind the papier-mâché head.
Distant Voices, Still LivesDistant Voices, Still Lives
Biopic198884 minsDirector: Terence Davies
Terence Davies' debut feature is a remarkable evocation of working-class family life in the 40s and 50s and a visionary exploration of memory.
Love Fools
Try this trio who found out that obeying your heart isn't always smart…
Love & FriendshipLove & Friendship
Comedy201693 minsDirector: Whit Stillman
Whit Stillman crosses the Atlantic for this irresistible Jane Austen adaptation, following the delicious and devious exploits of Lady Susan (Kate Beckinsale).
A Good MarriageA Good Marriage
Comedy1981100 minsDirector: Eric Rohmer
Eric Rohmer's pleasingly precise portrait of obstinately perverse longing, with Béatrice Romand as the student determined to marry an uninterested lawyer.
Marriage Italian StyleMarriage Italian Style
Comedy196497 minsDirector: Vittorio De Sica
Sophia Loren and Marcelo Mastroianni are irrepressible as a long-married couple in this exquisite and timeless comedy of our all-too-human foibles.
Flare
LGBTQIA+ cinema shines brighter than ever
In from the SideIn from the Side
Drama2021135 minsDirector: Matt Carter
The lives of a London gay rugby team, both on and off the pitch, are explored in this assured feature which reveals the many different games that people play.
Girls Girls GirlsGirls Girls Girls
Romance2021101 minsDirector: Alli Haapasalo
Three young Finnish women explore love and sex in this spirited coming-of-age drama, which won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award at Sundance 2022.
DiamantinoDiamantino
Comedy201897 minsDirector: Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt
Diamantino, Portugal’s (the world’s!) top football player, becomes embroiled in a genetic experiment and a conspiracy to leave the EU, in this joyful, postmodern political fantasy.
Ingmar Bergman's The Faith trilogy
"I want to be one of the artists in the cathedral on the great plain"
Through a Glass DarklyThrough a Glass Darkly
Drama196189 minsDirector: Ingmar Bergman
The first part of Ingmar Bergman's 'Faith Trilogy', about a writer (Björnstrand) who joins his daughter, son and son-in-law on holiday, where tensions soon arise.
The SilenceThe Silence
Drama196395 minsDirector: Ingmar Bergman
Two sisters, one ailing, the other with her young son, check into a hotel in a foreign city readying itself for war, in Ingmar Bergman's nightmarish vision of emotional isolation.
Winter LightWinter Light
Drama196281 minsDirector: Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman's highly personal treatise on the torments of faith, in which a widowed village pastor struggles to deal with his parishioners and ex-lover.
Harris Dickinson
Triangle of Sadness is just the latest film for a singular talent
Postcards from LondonPostcards from London
Drama201889 minsDirector: Steve McLean
A stylish, sensuous film about a young man’s journey into an unusual form of escort work.
Beach RatsBeach Rats
Drama201798 minsDirector: Eliza Hittman
Gripping account of repressed sexual desire in a hyper-masculine environment, with British newcomer Harris Dickinson as a virulently macho Brooklyn teen.
County LinesCounty Lines
Crime201990 minsDirector: Henry Blake
Blistering thriller of a teen groomed to work for a brutal, organised drugs network.
François Truffaut
The pioneer of a new kind of cinema.
The 400 BlowsThe 400 Blows
Drama1959100 minsDirector: François Truffaut
François Truffaut’s French New Wave landmark is one of the greatest movies about adolescence.
Jules et JimJules et Jim
Drama1962106 minsDirector: François Truffaut
François Truffaut’s hugely popular classic depicts one of cinema’s most captivating love triangles
The Woman Next DoorThe Woman Next Door
Drama1981105 minsDirector: François Truffaut
Happily married Bernard (Gérard Depardieu) has his life is thrown into turmoil when Mathilde (Fanny Ardant) - an old flame - moves into the house opposite.
Fassbinder
A fearless artist who knew no taboos, he combined scathing criticism with profound human insight
The Marriage of Maria BraunThe Marriage of Maria Braun
Drama1978120 minsDirector: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
With a blazing star performance from Hanna Schygulla in the title role, this was the greatest critical and commercial success of Fassbinder’s career.
QuerelleQuerelle
Drama1982109 minsDirector: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Jeanne Moreau plays a jaded brothel madam caught up in the violent sexual awakening of Brad Davis' naïve young sailor in Fassbinder's fever dream of subversive eroticism.
Fear Eats the SoulFear Eats the Soul
Melodrama197493 minsDirector: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Fassbinder’s international breakthrough, this unconventional love story combines lucid social analysis with devastating emotional power.
Kinuyo Tanaka
One of Japan's greatest actors
Dragnet GirlDragnet Girl
Crime1933100 minsSilentDirector: Yasujirō Ozu
A seemingly ordinary typist moonlights as a fun-loving gangster's moll in one of Ozu's most enduring silent films.
A Hen in the WindA Hen in the Wind
Drama194884 minsDirector: Yasujirō Ozu
In a Japan recently devastated by World War II a devoted, near-destitute mother turns to prostitution to pay medical bills when her son falls dangerously ill.
Equinox FlowerEquinox Flower
Comedy1958118 minsDirector: Yasujirō Ozu
Ozu's deft comedy takes an ironic look at the decline of paternal authority.
Peter Strickland
Master of crafting small, strange worlds you will never forget…
In FabricIn Fabric
Drama2018119 minsDirector: Peter Strickland
A beautiful blood-red dress unleashes a curse on its wearers in Peter Strickland's erotic and twisted horror.
Berberian Sound StudioBerberian Sound Studio
Drama201292 minsDirector: Peter Strickland
In 1970s Italy, a timid British sound engineer joins the crew on a violent horror film. But the disturbing world of the film soon seeps into reality.
The Duke of BurgundyThe Duke of Burgundy
Drama2015104 minsDirector: Peter Strickland
Peter Strickland’s visually and aurally intoxicating tale of sadomasochistic power-play is a daringly erotic sensory feast.
3 You Must See: New French Extremity
Divisive and disturbing, the films of the New French Extremity explore intimacy in a violent world
RomanceRomance
Drama199998 minsDirector: Catherine Breillat
Shockingly explicit, Catherine Breillat’s critically acclaimed Romance is one of the most controversial films of modern cinema.
DemonloverDemonlover
Drama2002121 minsDirector: Olivier Assayas
Olivier Assayas' neo-noir cyber-thriller is a chilling exploration of the nexus between sex and violence available at the click of a button.
EvolutionEvolution
Drama201582 minsDirector: Lucile Hadzihalilovic
The long-awaited second feature from Lucile Hadžihalilović (Innocence) is a gorgeously surreal coming-of-age tale laced with bizarre body-horror.
Park Chan-wook
Witness the evolution of a master filmmaker
JSA: Joint Security AreaJSA: Joint Security Area
Thriller2001109 minsDirector: Park Chan-wook
Gunfire breaks out in the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea in this gripping thriller from Park Chan-wook.
OldboyOldboy
Thriller2003120 minsDirector: Park Chan-wook
Park’s wilfully grotesque fable about an abductee trying to fathom the mysteries of his past.
The HandmaidenThe Handmaiden
Crime2016146 minsDirector: Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Stoker) channels Sarah Waters’ novel Fingersmith, to create a sumptuous twisty psychological thriller full of erotic intrigue.
Ingmar Bergman
Bergman's work still dazzles - tackling love, life and reflection in a way that feels ageless and vital.
The Seventh SealThe Seventh Seal
Fantasy195796 minsDirector: Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman’s best-known film is a brilliant allegorical drama starring Max von Sydow as a knight trying to elude his own death.
Wild StrawberriesWild Strawberries
Drama195788 minsDirector: Ingmar Bergman
Victor Sjöström is magnificent as the crabby professor taking a nostalgic road trip with his daughter-in-law, in Ingmar Bergman's elegiac masterpiece.
Summer with MonikaSummer with Monika
Drama195397 minsDirector: Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman’s scandalous tale of two lovers enjoying the freedom of youth.
Fashion on Film
Strike a pose and clear the runway: good-looking stories to mark London Fashion week...
Personal ShopperPersonal Shopper
Drama2016106 minsDirector: Olivier Assayas
Kristen Stewart reunites with Olivier Assayas to play an A-List celebrity's personal shopper, who keeps receiving strange text messages from an unknown source.
In FabricIn Fabric
Drama2018119 minsDirector: Peter Strickland
A beautiful blood-red dress unleashes a curse on its wearers in Peter Strickland's erotic and twisted horror.
The Bitter Tears of Petra von KantThe Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Drama1972124 minsDirector: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Fassbinder's visual and verbal extravaganza about a successful but lonely fashion designer who falls in love with a beautiful younger woman.
J-Horror
Share restless times with the undead and the slayers, all the way from Japan
Ring [Ringu]Ring [Ringu]
Horror199796 minsDirector: Hideo Nakata
A journalist sets out to uncover in urban legend about a supposedly cursed videotape, in Hideo Nakata's chilling and highly influential tale of technological terror.
OnibabaOnibaba
Horror1964102 minsDirector: Kaneto Shindo
Stylish, symbolic and erotically charged Japanese horror in which the fortunes of a murderous mother-and-daughter team are upended by a strangely masked samurai.
PulsePulse
Horror2001119 minsDirector: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's dark and apocalyptic J-Horror foretells how technology serves to isolate us as it grows more important to our lives.
Joanna Hogg
Taking a scalpel to English bourgeois life, throwing emotional storms into privileged lives
UnrelatedUnrelated
Drama200896 minsDirector: Joanna Hogg
On a Tuscan break a fortysomething woman finds herself drawn to the company of a group of partying teens, including a young Tom Hiddleston (in one of his earliest roles).
ArchipelagoArchipelago
Drama2011109 minsDirector: Joanna Hogg
Starring Tom Hiddleston, a family holiday to the Isles of Scilly sees fractures emerge in this sun-filled drama from Joanna Hogg (The Souvenir).
ExhibitionExhibition
Drama2014105 minsDirector: Joanna Hogg
Joanna Hogg's sleek and minimalist comedy about a pair of artists and their emotional attachment to their ultra-modernist apartment.
Olivier Assayas
A director with a curiosity for human behaviour and the intelligence to express it
DemonloverDemonlover
Drama2002121 minsDirector: Olivier Assayas
Olivier Assayas' neo-noir cyber-thriller is a chilling exploration of the nexus between sex and violence available at the click of a button.
Irma VepIrma Vep
Drama199699 minsDirector: Olivier Assayas
Olivier Assayas' sexy and stylish ode to the madness of filmmaking, with Maggie Cheung as the Hong Kong movie star playing a Catwoman-style anti-heroine.
Personal ShopperPersonal Shopper
Drama2016106 minsDirector: Olivier Assayas
Kristen Stewart reunites with Olivier Assayas to play an A-List celebrity's personal shopper, who keeps receiving strange text messages from an unknown source.
A-list meets arthouse
When established stars chose rawer, more challenging pictures
Only God ForgivesOnly God Forgives
Crime201390 minsDirector: Nicolas Winding Refn
Ryan Gosling takes on Bangkok’s criminal underworld in this kaleidoscopic revenge fantasy from cult director Nicolas Winding Refn.
Personal ShopperPersonal Shopper
Drama2016106 minsDirector: Olivier Assayas
Kristen Stewart reunites with Olivier Assayas to play an A-List celebrity's personal shopper, who keeps receiving strange text messages from an unknown source.
Journey to ItalyJourney to Italy
Drama195486 minsDirector: Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini's acerbic but finally very moving masterpiece about marital crisis boasts great performances from Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders