Mystery Puzzles, enigmas and elusive truths that keep you guessing until the final shot. Rhianna Dhillon's Mysteries Rhianna Dhillon opens a new case: working out which of the hundreds of films on BFI Player offers the most satisfying mystery. Short documentary 2026 11 mins Enemy Jake Gyllenhaal stars as doppelgängers in this dark, pulsating thriller from Denis Villeneuve. Drama 2013 91 mins Denis Villeneuve Rashomon Credited with bringing Japanese cinema to worldwide audiences, Akira Kurosawa’s breakthrough tells the story of a murder in the woods from four differing perspectives. Crime Period drama 1950 88 mins Akira Kurosawa All My Friends Hate Me The most uncomfortable birthday party ever. Comedy Horror 2022 94 mins Andrew Gaynord Insomnia Psychological Nordic noir starring Stellan Skarsgård as a detective losing his mind while investigating a murder in a town bathed in 24-hour daylight Crime Thriller 1997 96 mins Erik SkjoldbjÆrg Mona Lisa An ungainly cockney chauffeur navigates the seedy streets of London, gradually falling for the elegant and mysterious prostitute who is his passenger. Gangster Drama 1986 100 mins Neil Jordan BFI Restoration The Draughtsman's Contract Peter Greenaway became a director of international status with this witty, stylised, erotic country house murder mystery. Period drama 1982 107 mins Peter Greenaway Rose of Nevada Mark Jenkin’s time-travelling odyssey about a long-lost fishing boat that mysteriously returns to harbour, starring George MacKay and Callum Turner. Drama Science Fiction 2025 114 mins Mark Jenkin Leaving soon Twilight Transcendent murder-mystery about an obsessive detective, directed by a Béla Tarr associate and based on the same novel as Sean Penn's The Pledge. Thriller 1990 100 mins György Fehér Spider Cronenberg directs Ralph Fiennes in this chilling psychological drama about a mentally-disturbed man confronting his horrifying childhood memories. Drama Thriller 2003 94 mins David Cronenberg Long Day's Journey Into Night Bi Gan's ‘destroyed film noir' is a dazzling dive into an immersive dreamscape. Drama 2018 138 mins Bi Gan Je t'aime, je t'aime A mysterious time-travel experiment becomes a warped voyage through memory, in this mesmerising sci-fi from acclaimed director Alain Resnais. Drama Science Fiction 1968 95 mins Alain Resnais Memories of Murder A pair of detectives clash trying to solve the brutal murders of two women, in Bong Joon Ho’s masterful blend of true crime and dark social satire. Detective drama Thriller 2003 131 mins Bong Joon-ho The Eternal Daughter Joanna Hogg's enthralling ghost story, featuring an astonishing performance by her regular collaborator Tilda Swinton. Drama Horror 2021 96 mins Joanna Hogg Sky Peals A coming-of-age tale about a father-son relationship that might just be out of this world. Science Fiction 2023 91 mins Moin Hussain The Exterminating Angel Buñuel’s surreal, darkly satirical masterpiece about a group of wealthy dinner guests finding themselves inexplicably unable to leave. Drama 1962 93 mins Luis Buñuel The Glass Shield The first black recruit in his squad, rookie cop J.J. Johnson struggles to adapt to life on the force, in this thrilling drama from Charles Burnett. Drama 1994 110 mins Charles Burnett Eclipse Unsettling, little-seen 1970s psychological thriller – a story of sibling rivalry set on the lonely Scottish coast, with Tom Conti and Gay Hamilton. Drama 1976 85 mins Simon Perry Leaving soon Personal Shopper Kristen Stewart plays a celebrity's personal shopper, who keeps receiving strange text messages from an unknown source. Drama Thriller 2016 106 mins Olivier Assayas The Handmaiden Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Stoker) channels Sarah Waters’ novel Fingersmith, to create a sumptuous twisty psychological thriller full of erotic intrigue. Period drama Crime 2016 146 mins Park Chan-wook The Stendhal Syndrome Argento’s dizzying and gut-wrenching drama about a young policewoman (Asia Argento) on the hunt for a serial killer who becomes obsessed with her. Crime Horror 1996 120 mins Dario Argento Inland This strange, enigmatic and engrossing thriller finds a troubled young man returning to his hometown in the wake of his mother’s disappearance. Drama 2022 82 mins Fridtjof Ryder Audition Takashi Miike burst to prominence with this disturbing tale of a deadly young woman who turns the tables on her middle-aged suitor. Horror 1999 115 mins Takashi Miike Beast The hunt for a Jersey serial killer sparks a dangerous awakening in a young woman in this astonishing psycho-sexual thriller starring Jessie Buckley. Drama Thriller 2017 106 mins Michael Pearce Sequin in a Blue Room Sexual obsessions spiral dangerously out of control in this altogether different coming-of-age tale. Drama 2019 80 mins Samuel Van Grinsven Leaving soon Cop au Vin (Poulet au vinaigre) An eccentric detective is called to a small town to investigate after a property scheme leads to deaths and disappearances, in Chabrol’s crime drama. Crime Thriller 1985 109 mins Claude Chabrol BFI Restoration Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases A major BFI restoration starring Eille Norwood as Sherlock Holmes in an adaptation of three classic Arthur Conan Doyle cases. Detective drama 2025 73 mins Maurice Elvey and George Ridgwell Edge of Summer A summer holiday and an old folk tale bring two 11-year-olds together as they explore what, or who, is calling to them, from within an abandoned mine. Drama 2024 90 mins Lucy Cohen The Fever Justino is a security guard at the Port of Manaus. As his daughter prepares for medical school in Brasilia, he begins to develop a mysterious fever. Thriller 2019 98 mins Maya Werneck Da-Rin Leaving soon Mother Acclaimed Korean actor Kim Hye-ja is outstanding as a mother who will do anything to protect her son, in Bong Joon Ho’s fourth feature. Thriller 2009 129 mins Bong Joon-ho Stolen Kisses 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. Comedy Drama 1968 91 mins François Truffaut Oldboy Park’s wilfully grotesque fable about an abductee trying to fathom the mysteries of his past. Thriller 2003 120 mins Park Chan-wook Leaving soon Lost in the Night A young man seeks those responsible for his social activist mother’s disappearance, in this intense thriller from Amat Escalante (Heli, The Untamed). Drama 2023 123 mins Amat Escalante Theorem Pasolini’s classic about a handsome, enigmatic stranger (Terence Stamp) who arrives at a bourgeois household and seduces an entire family. Drama 1968 98 mins Pier Paolo Pasolini Available in 4K Stray Dog Akira Kurosawa’s masterful mix of film noir and police thriller set on the sweltering mean streets of occupied Tokyo. Crime Police drama 1949 122 mins Akira Kurosawa Leaving soon Red Road Andrea Arnold’s highly acclaimed film, winner of top prizes at Cannes and the BFI London Film Festival, is a haunting drama about a woman confronting past demons. Thriller 2006 110 mins Andrea Arnold Available in 4K Starve Acre Sinister forces invade a couple’s home in this wildly eerie British folk horror, with unflinching performances from Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark. Horror 2023 98 mins Dan Kokotajlo The Secret in Their Eyes A retired legal investigator revisits an unresolved case that still haunts him, in Juan José Campanella’s taut, Academy Award winning, thriller. Thriller 2009 129 mins Juan José Campanella Leaving soon Inspector Lavardin Claude Chabrol’s slippery thriller sees the eponymous detective investigating a murder involving a former lover. Crime Drama 1986 100 mins Claude Chabrol
Rhianna Dhillon's Mysteries Rhianna Dhillon opens a new case: working out which of the hundreds of films on BFI Player offers the most satisfying mystery. Short documentary 2026 11 mins
Enemy Jake Gyllenhaal stars as doppelgängers in this dark, pulsating thriller from Denis Villeneuve. Drama 2013 91 mins Denis Villeneuve
Rashomon Credited with bringing Japanese cinema to worldwide audiences, Akira Kurosawa’s breakthrough tells the story of a murder in the woods from four differing perspectives. Crime Period drama 1950 88 mins Akira Kurosawa
All My Friends Hate Me The most uncomfortable birthday party ever. Comedy Horror 2022 94 mins Andrew Gaynord
Insomnia Psychological Nordic noir starring Stellan Skarsgård as a detective losing his mind while investigating a murder in a town bathed in 24-hour daylight Crime Thriller 1997 96 mins Erik SkjoldbjÆrg
Mona Lisa An ungainly cockney chauffeur navigates the seedy streets of London, gradually falling for the elegant and mysterious prostitute who is his passenger. Gangster Drama 1986 100 mins Neil Jordan
BFI Restoration The Draughtsman's Contract Peter Greenaway became a director of international status with this witty, stylised, erotic country house murder mystery. Period drama 1982 107 mins Peter Greenaway
Rose of Nevada Mark Jenkin’s time-travelling odyssey about a long-lost fishing boat that mysteriously returns to harbour, starring George MacKay and Callum Turner. Drama Science Fiction 2025 114 mins Mark Jenkin
Leaving soon Twilight Transcendent murder-mystery about an obsessive detective, directed by a Béla Tarr associate and based on the same novel as Sean Penn's The Pledge. Thriller 1990 100 mins György Fehér
Spider Cronenberg directs Ralph Fiennes in this chilling psychological drama about a mentally-disturbed man confronting his horrifying childhood memories. Drama Thriller 2003 94 mins David Cronenberg
Long Day's Journey Into Night Bi Gan's ‘destroyed film noir' is a dazzling dive into an immersive dreamscape. Drama 2018 138 mins Bi Gan
Je t'aime, je t'aime A mysterious time-travel experiment becomes a warped voyage through memory, in this mesmerising sci-fi from acclaimed director Alain Resnais. Drama Science Fiction 1968 95 mins Alain Resnais
Memories of Murder A pair of detectives clash trying to solve the brutal murders of two women, in Bong Joon Ho’s masterful blend of true crime and dark social satire. Detective drama Thriller 2003 131 mins Bong Joon-ho
The Eternal Daughter Joanna Hogg's enthralling ghost story, featuring an astonishing performance by her regular collaborator Tilda Swinton. Drama Horror 2021 96 mins Joanna Hogg
Sky Peals A coming-of-age tale about a father-son relationship that might just be out of this world. Science Fiction 2023 91 mins Moin Hussain
The Exterminating Angel Buñuel’s surreal, darkly satirical masterpiece about a group of wealthy dinner guests finding themselves inexplicably unable to leave. Drama 1962 93 mins Luis Buñuel
The Glass Shield The first black recruit in his squad, rookie cop J.J. Johnson struggles to adapt to life on the force, in this thrilling drama from Charles Burnett. Drama 1994 110 mins Charles Burnett
Eclipse Unsettling, little-seen 1970s psychological thriller – a story of sibling rivalry set on the lonely Scottish coast, with Tom Conti and Gay Hamilton. Drama 1976 85 mins Simon Perry
Leaving soon Personal Shopper Kristen Stewart plays a celebrity's personal shopper, who keeps receiving strange text messages from an unknown source. Drama Thriller 2016 106 mins Olivier Assayas
The Handmaiden Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Stoker) channels Sarah Waters’ novel Fingersmith, to create a sumptuous twisty psychological thriller full of erotic intrigue. Period drama Crime 2016 146 mins Park Chan-wook
The Stendhal Syndrome Argento’s dizzying and gut-wrenching drama about a young policewoman (Asia Argento) on the hunt for a serial killer who becomes obsessed with her. Crime Horror 1996 120 mins Dario Argento
Inland This strange, enigmatic and engrossing thriller finds a troubled young man returning to his hometown in the wake of his mother’s disappearance. Drama 2022 82 mins Fridtjof Ryder
Audition Takashi Miike burst to prominence with this disturbing tale of a deadly young woman who turns the tables on her middle-aged suitor. Horror 1999 115 mins Takashi Miike
Beast The hunt for a Jersey serial killer sparks a dangerous awakening in a young woman in this astonishing psycho-sexual thriller starring Jessie Buckley. Drama Thriller 2017 106 mins Michael Pearce
Sequin in a Blue Room Sexual obsessions spiral dangerously out of control in this altogether different coming-of-age tale. Drama 2019 80 mins Samuel Van Grinsven
Leaving soon Cop au Vin (Poulet au vinaigre) An eccentric detective is called to a small town to investigate after a property scheme leads to deaths and disappearances, in Chabrol’s crime drama. Crime Thriller 1985 109 mins Claude Chabrol
BFI Restoration Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases A major BFI restoration starring Eille Norwood as Sherlock Holmes in an adaptation of three classic Arthur Conan Doyle cases. Detective drama 2025 73 mins Maurice Elvey and George Ridgwell
Edge of Summer A summer holiday and an old folk tale bring two 11-year-olds together as they explore what, or who, is calling to them, from within an abandoned mine. Drama 2024 90 mins Lucy Cohen
The Fever Justino is a security guard at the Port of Manaus. As his daughter prepares for medical school in Brasilia, he begins to develop a mysterious fever. Thriller 2019 98 mins Maya Werneck Da-Rin
Leaving soon Mother Acclaimed Korean actor Kim Hye-ja is outstanding as a mother who will do anything to protect her son, in Bong Joon Ho’s fourth feature. Thriller 2009 129 mins Bong Joon-ho
Stolen Kisses 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. Comedy Drama 1968 91 mins François Truffaut
Oldboy Park’s wilfully grotesque fable about an abductee trying to fathom the mysteries of his past. Thriller 2003 120 mins Park Chan-wook
Leaving soon Lost in the Night A young man seeks those responsible for his social activist mother’s disappearance, in this intense thriller from Amat Escalante (Heli, The Untamed). Drama 2023 123 mins Amat Escalante
Theorem Pasolini’s classic about a handsome, enigmatic stranger (Terence Stamp) who arrives at a bourgeois household and seduces an entire family. Drama 1968 98 mins Pier Paolo Pasolini
Available in 4K Stray Dog Akira Kurosawa’s masterful mix of film noir and police thriller set on the sweltering mean streets of occupied Tokyo. Crime Police drama 1949 122 mins Akira Kurosawa
Leaving soon Red Road Andrea Arnold’s highly acclaimed film, winner of top prizes at Cannes and the BFI London Film Festival, is a haunting drama about a woman confronting past demons. Thriller 2006 110 mins Andrea Arnold
Available in 4K Starve Acre Sinister forces invade a couple’s home in this wildly eerie British folk horror, with unflinching performances from Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark. Horror 2023 98 mins Dan Kokotajlo
The Secret in Their Eyes A retired legal investigator revisits an unresolved case that still haunts him, in Juan José Campanella’s taut, Academy Award winning, thriller. Thriller 2009 129 mins Juan José Campanella
Leaving soon Inspector Lavardin Claude Chabrol’s slippery thriller sees the eponymous detective investigating a murder involving a former lover. Crime Drama 1986 100 mins Claude Chabrol
