Popular This week's most watched subscription films La notte Michelangelo Antonioni's masterpiece about urban alienation stars Italian film icons Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau and Monica Vitti. Drama 1961 123 mins Michelangelo Antonioni The Cars That Ate Paris Peter Weir’s debut feature - a favourite of Kubrick's - is a mordant black comedy satirising small-town life and a gem of Ozploitation cinema. Comedy Horror 1974 88 mins Peter Weir Palestine 36 Acclaimed Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir’s most ambitious work is a powerful exploration of the events leading up to the Arab Revolt of 1936. Period drama 2025 120 mins Annemarie Jacir The Party Following some unexpected revelations, a celebration quickly takes a turn for the worse in Sally Potter's razor-sharp comedy. Comedy Drama 2017 71 mins Sally Potter 9 Songs After meeting at a gig, a London couple’s relationship unfolds in Michael Winterbottom’s intimate and controversial portrait of sex and live music. Drama 2005 67 mins Michael Winterbottom If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Rose Byrne gives a mesmerising, Oscar-nominated performance as an overwhelmed mother, in Mary Bronstein’s nerve-shredding comedy-thriller-horror. Drama 2025 113 mins Mary Bronstein Discover exceptional cinema Just £6.99 per month or £65 per year. Subscribe annually with voucher code SUMMER26 to save £15. Subscribe now Available on multiple devices Help support a UK cultural charity Unique and trusted film picks New movies added weekly The Girls (Gehenu Lamai) A young girl finds herself torn between duty and desire in this stunning Sri Lankan coming-of-age drama by pioneering filmmaker Sumitra Peries. Drama 1978 113 mins Sumitra Peries 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 Available in 4K La Haine Mathieu Kassovitz’s landmark mid-90s drama throws a cinematic Molotov cocktail at structural racism, police brutality and media manipulation. Drama 1995 98 mins Mathieu Kassovitz Amélie Audrey Tautou plays the shy waitress whose altruism leads to love, in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's BAFTA-winning hit romance. Drama 2001 117 mins Jean-Pierre Jeunet 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 Piano Teacher Isabelle Huppert’s turn as a woman disturbed yet consumed by her own desires has lost none of its gut-punching torment, in Haneke’s unsettling drama. Drama 2001 131 mins Michael Haneke Invaders from Mars From three hundred million miles away…invaders from Mars! Science Fiction 1953 80 mins William Cameron Menzies Romance Shockingly explicit, Catherine Breillat’s critically acclaimed Romance is one of the most controversial films of modern cinema. Drama 1999 98 mins Catherine Breillat BFI Restoration Central Bazaar Five strangers explore their fantasies over a period of five days in Stephen Dwoskin's remarkable experimental film. Drama 1976 142 mins Stephen Dwoskin 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 Nymphomaniac Vol. II Volume 2 of Lars von Trier’s explicit, controversial film about a woman recounting the history of her sexuality in episodic style. Drama 2013 124 mins Lars von Trier David Bowie Is Dead Mark Jenkin undertakes a stream-of-consciousness road trip through London in the turblent wake of David Bowie's death. Animation & Artists Moving Image 2018 17 mins Mark Jenkin The Plumber Peter Weir’s biting and unpredictable social satire about a young student troubled by repeat visits from her building’s gregarious repairman. Drama 1979 77 mins Peter Weir 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 Crash Technology and sexuality meet in head-on collision in David Cronenberg’s controversial adaptation of writer J.G. Ballard’s transgressive 1973 novel. Drama 1996 100 mins David Cronenberg Popular collections BFI Restorations Collecting, preserving and restoring films is a central mission of the BFI. This is the result: moments in time, captured and shared, honouring the work of filmmakers who are too important to forget. Sci-fi Few genres stretch like science fiction, a marketplace for idle prediction, utopia, apocalypse and wonder. 3 You Must See Your time is precious, so we've done some of the hard work for you. 3 of the best from the world's greatest filmmakers, themes and cinematic movements. Summertime Escape the heatwave, close your curtains and dip into our selection of summer films. BFI Player Apps Available on your favourite TV and mobile devices Supported Devices
La notte Michelangelo Antonioni's masterpiece about urban alienation stars Italian film icons Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau and Monica Vitti. Drama 1961 123 mins Michelangelo Antonioni
The Cars That Ate Paris Peter Weir’s debut feature - a favourite of Kubrick's - is a mordant black comedy satirising small-town life and a gem of Ozploitation cinema. Comedy Horror 1974 88 mins Peter Weir
Palestine 36 Acclaimed Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir’s most ambitious work is a powerful exploration of the events leading up to the Arab Revolt of 1936. Period drama 2025 120 mins Annemarie Jacir
The Party Following some unexpected revelations, a celebration quickly takes a turn for the worse in Sally Potter's razor-sharp comedy. Comedy Drama 2017 71 mins Sally Potter
9 Songs After meeting at a gig, a London couple’s relationship unfolds in Michael Winterbottom’s intimate and controversial portrait of sex and live music. Drama 2005 67 mins Michael Winterbottom
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Rose Byrne gives a mesmerising, Oscar-nominated performance as an overwhelmed mother, in Mary Bronstein’s nerve-shredding comedy-thriller-horror. Drama 2025 113 mins Mary Bronstein
The Girls (Gehenu Lamai) A young girl finds herself torn between duty and desire in this stunning Sri Lankan coming-of-age drama by pioneering filmmaker Sumitra Peries. Drama 1978 113 mins Sumitra Peries
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
Available in 4K La Haine Mathieu Kassovitz’s landmark mid-90s drama throws a cinematic Molotov cocktail at structural racism, police brutality and media manipulation. Drama 1995 98 mins Mathieu Kassovitz
Amélie Audrey Tautou plays the shy waitress whose altruism leads to love, in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's BAFTA-winning hit romance. Drama 2001 117 mins Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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 Piano Teacher Isabelle Huppert’s turn as a woman disturbed yet consumed by her own desires has lost none of its gut-punching torment, in Haneke’s unsettling drama. Drama 2001 131 mins Michael Haneke
Invaders from Mars From three hundred million miles away…invaders from Mars! Science Fiction 1953 80 mins William Cameron Menzies
Romance Shockingly explicit, Catherine Breillat’s critically acclaimed Romance is one of the most controversial films of modern cinema. Drama 1999 98 mins Catherine Breillat
BFI Restoration Central Bazaar Five strangers explore their fantasies over a period of five days in Stephen Dwoskin's remarkable experimental film. Drama 1976 142 mins Stephen Dwoskin
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
Nymphomaniac Vol. II Volume 2 of Lars von Trier’s explicit, controversial film about a woman recounting the history of her sexuality in episodic style. Drama 2013 124 mins Lars von Trier
David Bowie Is Dead Mark Jenkin undertakes a stream-of-consciousness road trip through London in the turblent wake of David Bowie's death. Animation & Artists Moving Image 2018 17 mins Mark Jenkin
The Plumber Peter Weir’s biting and unpredictable social satire about a young student troubled by repeat visits from her building’s gregarious repairman. Drama 1979 77 mins Peter Weir
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
Crash Technology and sexuality meet in head-on collision in David Cronenberg’s controversial adaptation of writer J.G. Ballard’s transgressive 1973 novel. Drama 1996 100 mins David Cronenberg
