Popular This week's most watched subscription films Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater recreates the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal feature debut, Breathless. Drama 2025 106 mins Richard Linklater Twentynine Palms A young couple take a road trip through the Californian desert towards a shocking climax in Bruno Dumont’s stripped-back horror. Drama Horror 2003 119 mins Bruno Dumont 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 The Chronology of Water A woman battles addiction and abuse in Kristen Stewart’s uncompromising depiction of love, trauma and artistic self-expression. Drama 2025 128 mins Kristen Stewart 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. 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Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater recreates the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal feature debut, Breathless. Drama 2025 106 mins Richard Linklater
Twentynine Palms A young couple take a road trip through the Californian desert towards a shocking climax in Bruno Dumont’s stripped-back horror. Drama Horror 2003 119 mins Bruno Dumont
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
The Chronology of Water A woman battles addiction and abuse in Kristen Stewart’s uncompromising depiction of love, trauma and artistic self-expression. Drama 2025 128 mins Kristen Stewart
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
D Is for Distance A heartbreaking but powerful account of Louis Petit's epilepsy as documented by his parents, filmmakers Christopher Petit and Emma Matthews. Documentary 2026 90 mins Chris Petit and Emma Matthews
Leaving soon Punch-Drunk Love Adam Sandler is a beleaguered businessman who finds romance with a mysterious woman, in Paul Thomas Anderson’s award-winning offbeat comedy. Drama 2002 95 mins Paul Thomas Anderson
Leaving soon Thundercrack! One dark and stormy night a group of strangers take refuge in a remote house…what happens next guaranteed this film a place in cinema history. Comedy Horror 1975 160 mins Curt Mcdowell
Hard Paint A socially withdrawn young Brazilian man makes money performing erotic dances in chat rooms before beginning a passionate relationship with a rival. Drama 2018 117 mins Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon
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
Martyrs A revenge mission leads two young women to the heart of a deranged cult, in Pascal Laugier’s notoriously brutal and unflinching horror. Horror 2008 99 mins Pascal Laugier
The Wind That Shakes the Barley Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or winning tale of two brothers joining the fight for Irish independence in the 1920s, starring Cillian Murphy and Pádraic Delaney Drama 2006 122 mins Ken Loach
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
Central Station I’m Still Here director Walter Salles’ touching BAFTA winner about a retired teacher and young boy who become unlikely travel companions across Brazil Drama 1998 111 mins Walter Salles
Brides Two British teenagers attempt to travel to Syria in this compassionate and thought-provoking road film, inspired by a true story. Drama 2024 92 mins Nadia Fall
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