Seductive You can resist everything except temptation. Nighthawks A schoolteacher juggles everyday life with nights spent cruising for Mr Right in this fascinating landmark in British gay cinema Drama 1978 113 mins Ron Peck La Piscine A ménage à trois stirs passion and jealousy beside a secluded pool in this sultry, French cult-thriller. Drama 1969 123 mins Jacques Deray I Am Love Tilda Swinton and Luca Guadagnino’s sumptuous, operatic vision of an aristocratic family disrupted by unstoppable forces of passion. Drama Romance 2009 114 mins Luca Guadagnino 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 Black Orpheus Academy Award and Palme d'Or-winning adaption of the Orpheus myth, incorporating the music, costume and dance of Brazil’s Rio Festival. Romance 1959 107 mins Marcel Camus Swimming Pool A crime novelist seeks peace but gets a dangerous muse in this twisted bilingual thriller from François Ozon. Drama 2003 102 mins François Ozon Deep End Jerzy Skolimowski’s darkly comic and utterly compelling story of teenage infatuation in a run-down swimming pool. Drama 1970 92 mins Jerzy Skolimowski 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 The Lover Jean-Jacques Annaud's powerful, intimate, and sensual adaptation of the best-selling novel by Marguerite Duras. Drama Romance 1992 115 mins Jean-Jacques Annaud The Balconettes Co-written with Céline Sciamma, Noémie Merlant’s bold film follows three friends as they dispose of the body of an abuser they’ve accidentally killed. Comedy Fantasy 2024 104 mins Noémie Merlant Betty Blue Jean-Jacques Beineix’s story of a volatile, highly sexual relationship was one of the most successful French films of the 1980s. Drama Romance 1986 185 mins Jean-Jacques Beineix Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Irrepressible Vittorio De Sica (Bicycle Thieves) directs this Oscar-winning film of three comic tales of love and sex in three cities. Comedy Drama 1963 118 mins Vittorio De Sica Currently unavailable Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee’s poignant adaptation of Annie Proulx’s short story charts a tender, forbidden bond between two shepherds in the rugged American West. Romance Western 2005 135 mins Ang Lee Nymphomaniac Vol. I Volume 1 of Lars von Trier’s explicit, controversial film about a woman recounting the history of her sexuality in episodic style. Drama 2013 118 mins Lars von Trier The Housemaid An enigmatic housemaid and her wealthy, totalitarian employer begin an affair that will have disastrous consequences for them both. Thriller 2010 107 mins Im Sang-soo Kelly + Victor In modern Liverpool, a couple meet and begin a transgressive, sexually charged affair set against a background of crime and encroaching danger. Drama 2013 90 mins Kieran Evans Fear Eats the Soul Fassbinder’s international breakthrough, this unconventional love story combines lucid social analysis with devastating emotional power. Melodrama 1974 93 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder Rosebud A lesbian couple arouse the interest of their new neighbour in this erotic tale of voyeurism, power dressing and fantasy. Drama 1991 14 mins Cheryl Farthing Maitresse Gerard Depardieu plays the young innocent who falls for the mysterious maitresse Ariane (Bulle Ogier), a leather clad dominatrix, in Barbet Schroeder’s controversial film. Drama 1976 113 mins Barbet Schroeder The Duke of Burgundy Peter Strickland’s visually and aurally intoxicating tale of sadomasochistic power-play is a daringly erotic sensory feast. Drama 2015 104 mins Peter Strickland Weekend Andrew Haigh's internationally acclaimed tale of a brief encounter between two gay men. Drama 2011 97 mins Andrew Haigh Beast The hunt for a Jersey serial killer sparks a dangerous awakening in a young woman in this astonishing psycho-sexual thriller. Drama Thriller 2018 106 mins Michael Pearce The Falling Florence Pugh's first film teams her with Maisie Williams as teenage friends at a school cursed by mystery sickness. Drama 2015 102 mins Carol Morley Summer with Monika Ingmar Bergman’s scandalous tale of two lovers enjoying the freedom of youth. Drama Romance 1953 97 mins Ingmar Bergman Sunrise A Song of Two Humans The Czech archive version of one of cinema's last and most luminous silent masterpieces, an enduring fable of love, loss and redemption. Drama 1927 75 mins F.W. Murnau Discover exceptional cinema Free for 14 days, then £6.99/month or £65/year Subscribe now Available on multiple devices Help support a UK cultural charity Unique and trusted film picks New movies added weekly