Popular This week's most watched subscription films 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 Friendship's Death Tilda Swinton plays an extra-terrestrial android discussing life’s big questions in this unique sci-fi by influential film theorist Peter Wollen. Science Fiction 1987 72 mins Peter Wollen Memory: The Origins of Alien The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott’s Alien, one of Hollywood’s most beloved and iconic shockers. Documentary 2019 93 mins Alexandre O. Philippe Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Grimonprez’s Academy Award-nominated film reveals the connections between post-war jazz, US imperialism and the Pan-African decolonisation movement. Documentary 2024 150 mins Johan Grimonprez Lynch/Oz Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not on Mulholland Drive anymore…the fascinating influence of The Wizard of Oz on David Lynch's filmmaking. Documentary 2022 109 mins Alexandre O. Philippe Ultras Forget the dramatic headlines and take a joyful deep dive into 'the world’s most popular subculture’: football’s infamous ultras. Documentary 2025 88 mins Ragnhild Ekner 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 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 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 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 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 Edward II Christopher Marlowe's 16th century play is radically adapted by Derek Jarman in one of his most powerful films, starring Tilda Swinton. Drama 1991 90 mins Derek Jarman 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 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 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 BFI Restoration Winstanley An authentic historical drama about the visionary Gerrard Winstanley who led a group of impoverished 'Diggers' to assert their common rights. Historical drama Biopic 1976 96 mins Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo The Act of Killing Groundbreaking documentary in which former Indonesian death-squad leaders re-enact their crimes through scenes inspired by different film genres. Documentary 2012 117 mins Joshua Oppenheimer Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater recreates the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal feature debut, Breathless. Drama 2025 106 mins Richard Linklater 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 Oldboy Park’s wilfully grotesque fable about an abductee trying to fathom the mysteries of his past. Thriller 2003 120 mins Park Chan-wook 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 Popular collections Cult Movies A gateway to the weird and wonderful world of cinema that refuses easy categorisation. 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. Documentaries Documentaries can be as expressive, surreal and experimental as any work of fiction. This collection explores a world made up of people and places. BFI Player Apps Available on your favourite TV and mobile devices Supported Devices
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
Friendship's Death Tilda Swinton plays an extra-terrestrial android discussing life’s big questions in this unique sci-fi by influential film theorist Peter Wollen. Science Fiction 1987 72 mins Peter Wollen
Memory: The Origins of Alien The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott’s Alien, one of Hollywood’s most beloved and iconic shockers. Documentary 2019 93 mins Alexandre O. Philippe
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Grimonprez’s Academy Award-nominated film reveals the connections between post-war jazz, US imperialism and the Pan-African decolonisation movement. Documentary 2024 150 mins Johan Grimonprez
Lynch/Oz Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not on Mulholland Drive anymore…the fascinating influence of The Wizard of Oz on David Lynch's filmmaking. Documentary 2022 109 mins Alexandre O. Philippe
Ultras Forget the dramatic headlines and take a joyful deep dive into 'the world’s most popular subculture’: football’s infamous ultras. Documentary 2025 88 mins Ragnhild Ekner
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
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
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
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
Edward II Christopher Marlowe's 16th century play is radically adapted by Derek Jarman in one of his most powerful films, starring Tilda Swinton. Drama 1991 90 mins Derek Jarman
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
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
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
BFI Restoration Winstanley An authentic historical drama about the visionary Gerrard Winstanley who led a group of impoverished 'Diggers' to assert their common rights. Historical drama Biopic 1976 96 mins Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo
The Act of Killing Groundbreaking documentary in which former Indonesian death-squad leaders re-enact their crimes through scenes inspired by different film genres. Documentary 2012 117 mins Joshua Oppenheimer
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater recreates the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal feature debut, Breathless. Drama 2025 106 mins Richard Linklater
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
Oldboy Park’s wilfully grotesque fable about an abductee trying to fathom the mysteries of his past. Thriller 2003 120 mins Park Chan-wook
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
