A woman battles addiction and abuse in Kristen Stewart’s uncompromising depiction of love, trauma and artistic self-expression.

A revenge mission leads two young women to the heart of a deranged cult, in Pascal Laugier’s notoriously brutal and unflinching horror.

Norman Jewison’s moving biopic details the life of New Jersey boxer Rubin ‘the Hurricane’ Carter and his 20-year fight for justice.

Johnny Harris revitalises the British boxing film with this grippingly authentic ringside saga starring Ray Winstone and Ian McShane.

A major BFI restoration starring Eille Norwood as Sherlock Holmes in an adaptation of three classic Arthur Conan Doyle cases.

Jessica Hynes’ directorial debut is a life-affirming lesson in the importance of learning to stand up for yourself.

The power of kinship is explored in Carol Morley’s drama-documentary, drawn from real life and resonant with the way we live now.

A bank robbery turns into a race against time to save two innocent people trapped in an airtight vault in this Tarantino-championed British thriller.

Aliens threaten the world order as zombies stumble through graveyards in Ed Wood’s notorious sci-fi, dubbed one of the worst films ever made.

Clare Denis’ transgressive erotic horror … with cannibals, starring Béatrice Dalle and Vincent Gallo.

Vampires rampage around Hampstead in a strange, bloody cult horror by low-budget sex-gore auteur Andy Milligan.

Dark drama about the doomed relationship of two down-and-outers living in the squalid East End of London in the early 1970s.

Starring Juliette Binoche and Jeremy Irons, this drama follows a British politician whose life unravels when he becomes obsessed with his son’s lover.

Programmers, filmmakers, and attendees past and present chart the history of BFI Flare to mark its 40th anniversary, from parties to politics.

A young trans woman embarks on a journey with her estranged father to scatter her mother’s ashes in this tender depiction of identity and family ties.

Existence is laid bare in Kristen Johnson’s soul-stirring portrait of human life, told through the eyes of a filmmaker's trusty camera.

As a young man embarks on a new relationship, he is forced to face the traumas of his past in this remarkable debut feature.

Soulful docufiction featuring real-life porn actor Lalo Santos.

David Cronenberg’s chilling thriller in which a young billionaire’s insular world collapses during a limo ride across Manhattan, with Robert Pattinson

Benedict Cumberbatch gives a powerful performance in this visually striking fantasy drama about grief, family, and healing.

São Paulo’s streets can offer danger or opportunity, and for Baby, a young gay man carving out his own existence, they deliver both.

A seductive and smart gay comedy set on a cruisy Greek island.

Takeshi Kitano directs and stars as a Japanese gangster who’s exiled to Los Angeles, where he builds a drugs empire that soon attracts Mafia interest.

Dubbed “the quintessence of gruesomeness”, this noirish psychological horror follows a young woman’s nightmarish evening through Los Angeles.