Popular This week's most watched subscription films 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 Primavera Damiano Michieletto’s enthralling Venetian drama inspired by the life of Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi. Drama Historical drama 2025 111 mins Damiano Michieletto La Femme Infidèle A husband discovers his wife's affair in Chabrol’s most potent psychological thriller. Drama Thriller 1969 99 mins Claude Chabrol 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 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 Vampyros Lesbos Jesús Franco’s dreamily seductive, sun-kissed take on Dracula is one of his most famous works; famed for its hip, psychedelic-loungecore soundtrack. Horror 1971 89 mins Jesús Franco Discover exceptional cinema Subscribe to watch 100s of hand-picked movies. A free trial, then £6.99 per month or £65 per year. Subscribe now Available on multiple devices Help support a UK cultural charity Unique and trusted film picks New movies added weekly Opera Boasting quite possibly Argento's most iconic single image, almost certainly his most spectacular death, and indisputably his most insane ending. Horror 1987 107 mins Dario Argento Leaving soon L' enfer (Torment) A husband's jealousy and suspicion of his wife drive him to appalling extremes in Claude Charbrol’s unsettling psychological thriller. Drama 1994 102 mins Claude Chabrol Paris, Texas The late, great Harry Dean Stanton's finest role came as the near-mute Travis, on a journey across America to reunite his family, in Wim Wenders' moving tale of loss and redemption. Drama 1984 145 mins Wim Wenders Le Boucher Chabrol’s most celebrated film sees a friendship between a teacher and local butcher darken as a series of murders unsettles life in their village. Drama 1970 93 mins Claude Chabrol 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 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 Riefenstahl Captivating insight into the controversial filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, who became world-famous for her Nazi propaganda. Documentary 2024 115 mins Andreas Veiel 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 Ish A friendship is capsized in this blistering British drama, told with power and rage, from a filmmaker to watch. Drama 2025 88 mins Imran Perretta Leaving soon Merci Pour Le Chocolat (Nightcap) Chabrol’s deliciously icy mystery stars Isabelle Huppert as the wife of a concert pianist who uncovers some unusual secrets about her husband’s past. Thriller 2000 101 mins Claude Chabrol Leaving soon Irreversible Gaspar Noé's retina-searing shocker about an assault and its revenge, told in reverse chronology and starring Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel. Drama 2002 93 mins Gaspar Noé 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 Leaving soon The Swindle (Rien ne va plus) Isabelle Huppert is on sparkling form as one of a pair of con artists grifting their way across France, cheating gamblers out of their winnings. Comedy Thriller 1997 105 mins Claude Chabrol Leaving soon Betty A mysterious young woman finds refuge with a stranger in Chabrol’s unsettling psychological drama based on the book by Georges Simenon. Drama 1992 103 mins Claude Chabrol Available in 4K Seven Samurai Farmers hire a band of samurai to defend them against marauding bandits in Kurosawa’s influential epic, a touchstone for action movies ever since. Drama 1954 207 mins Akira Kurosawa Popular collections 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. Screen Classics Update your watchlist with these timeless films. Staff Picks: Must-Watch Films Too much choice, not enough time? Let the BFI Player team do the choosing. Horror Tales of terror have been embraced by cinema since its birth. BFI Player Apps Available on your favourite TV and mobile devices Supported Devices
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
Primavera Damiano Michieletto’s enthralling Venetian drama inspired by the life of Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi. Drama Historical drama 2025 111 mins Damiano Michieletto
La Femme Infidèle A husband discovers his wife's affair in Chabrol’s most potent psychological thriller. Drama Thriller 1969 99 mins Claude Chabrol
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
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
Vampyros Lesbos Jesús Franco’s dreamily seductive, sun-kissed take on Dracula is one of his most famous works; famed for its hip, psychedelic-loungecore soundtrack. Horror 1971 89 mins Jesús Franco
Opera Boasting quite possibly Argento's most iconic single image, almost certainly his most spectacular death, and indisputably his most insane ending. Horror 1987 107 mins Dario Argento
Leaving soon L' enfer (Torment) A husband's jealousy and suspicion of his wife drive him to appalling extremes in Claude Charbrol’s unsettling psychological thriller. Drama 1994 102 mins Claude Chabrol
Paris, Texas The late, great Harry Dean Stanton's finest role came as the near-mute Travis, on a journey across America to reunite his family, in Wim Wenders' moving tale of loss and redemption. Drama 1984 145 mins Wim Wenders
Le Boucher Chabrol’s most celebrated film sees a friendship between a teacher and local butcher darken as a series of murders unsettles life in their village. Drama 1970 93 mins Claude Chabrol
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
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
Riefenstahl Captivating insight into the controversial filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, who became world-famous for her Nazi propaganda. Documentary 2024 115 mins Andreas Veiel
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
Ish A friendship is capsized in this blistering British drama, told with power and rage, from a filmmaker to watch. Drama 2025 88 mins Imran Perretta
Leaving soon Merci Pour Le Chocolat (Nightcap) Chabrol’s deliciously icy mystery stars Isabelle Huppert as the wife of a concert pianist who uncovers some unusual secrets about her husband’s past. Thriller 2000 101 mins Claude Chabrol
Leaving soon Irreversible Gaspar Noé's retina-searing shocker about an assault and its revenge, told in reverse chronology and starring Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel. Drama 2002 93 mins Gaspar Noé
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
Leaving soon The Swindle (Rien ne va plus) Isabelle Huppert is on sparkling form as one of a pair of con artists grifting their way across France, cheating gamblers out of their winnings. Comedy Thriller 1997 105 mins Claude Chabrol
Leaving soon Betty A mysterious young woman finds refuge with a stranger in Chabrol’s unsettling psychological drama based on the book by Georges Simenon. Drama 1992 103 mins Claude Chabrol
Available in 4K Seven Samurai Farmers hire a band of samurai to defend them against marauding bandits in Kurosawa’s influential epic, a touchstone for action movies ever since. Drama 1954 207 mins Akira Kurosawa
