Popular This week's most watched subscription films 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 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 The Gleaners & I Agnès Varda’s award-winning study of those living on the margins of French society at the turn of the millennium. Documentary 2000 79 mins Agnès Varda 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 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 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 Discover exceptional cinema A free trial, then £6.99 per month or £65 per year. Summer sale: For a limited time, subscribe annually using 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 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 Currently unavailable Morvern Callar Samantha Morton plays the enigmatic title character in Lynne Ramsay’s dreamy and atmospheric road movie. Drama 2002 93 mins Lynne Ramsay 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 Dig! XX Ondi Timoner’s cult music documentary returns after 20 years, remastered and extended, to explore rock’s most volatile friendship. Documentary 2024 147 mins Ondi Timoner 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 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 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 BFI Restoration Strongroom A bank robbery turns into a race against time to save two innocent people trapped in an airtight vault in this Tarantino-championed British thriller. Crime 1962 79 mins Vernon Sewell 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 Horseplay A group of young men test each other’s boundaries in this provocative chamber piece from acclaimed queer filmmaker Marco Berger. Comedy 2022 101 mins Marco Berger Ollie A young teenager, living in rural France, grapples with family tragedy through his friendship with a former skateboarder. Drama 2024 102 mins Antoine Besse A New Kind of Wilderness A tragedy shatters the idyllic world of a family living off-grid in the Norwegian wilderness. Documentary 2024 84 mins Silje Evensmo Jacobsen Swan Song Udo Kier enchants as the flamboyant hairdresser pulled out of retirement for one last bob in a hugely enjoyable comedy featuring Jennifer Coolidge. Drama 2021 105 mins Todd Stephens Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater recreates the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal feature debut, Breathless. Drama 2025 106 mins Richard Linklater 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 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. 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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
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
The Gleaners & I Agnès Varda’s award-winning study of those living on the margins of French society at the turn of the millennium. Documentary 2000 79 mins Agnès Varda
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
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 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
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
Currently unavailable Morvern Callar Samantha Morton plays the enigmatic title character in Lynne Ramsay’s dreamy and atmospheric road movie. Drama 2002 93 mins Lynne Ramsay
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
Dig! XX Ondi Timoner’s cult music documentary returns after 20 years, remastered and extended, to explore rock’s most volatile friendship. Documentary 2024 147 mins Ondi Timoner
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
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
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
BFI Restoration Strongroom A bank robbery turns into a race against time to save two innocent people trapped in an airtight vault in this Tarantino-championed British thriller. Crime 1962 79 mins Vernon Sewell
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
Horseplay A group of young men test each other’s boundaries in this provocative chamber piece from acclaimed queer filmmaker Marco Berger. Comedy 2022 101 mins Marco Berger
Ollie A young teenager, living in rural France, grapples with family tragedy through his friendship with a former skateboarder. Drama 2024 102 mins Antoine Besse
A New Kind of Wilderness A tragedy shatters the idyllic world of a family living off-grid in the Norwegian wilderness. Documentary 2024 84 mins Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Swan Song Udo Kier enchants as the flamboyant hairdresser pulled out of retirement for one last bob in a hugely enjoyable comedy featuring Jennifer Coolidge. Drama 2021 105 mins Todd Stephens
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater recreates the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal feature debut, Breathless. Drama 2025 106 mins Richard Linklater
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