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The greatest global cinema on demand
Rent the latest releases, subscribe to classics and explore the best from the BFI, national and regional archives
Rentals
The Limehouse Golem
Thriller2016109 minsDirector: Juan Carlos Medina
Bill Nighy plays the arch detective investigating a series of grisly murders around the music halls of Victorian London, in this pungent Gothic mystery.
Boys on Film 17: Love Is the Drug
2017142 minsDirector: Nicholas Colia
An intoxicating and entrancing selection of gay short films from around the globe.
Palace of Fun
Thriller201682 minsDirector: Eadward Stocks
The spirit of Patricia Highsmith comes to Brighton in this ominous psychological thriller about a young man who takes gleeful advantage of his sister's new boyfriend, upon discovering his dark secret.
Mountains May Depart
Drama2015126 minsDirector: Jia Zhangke
Jia Zhangke delivers another ambitious, astute and humane drama, spanning the early days of Chinese capitalism to a vision of 2025.
The Ornithologist
Drama2016118 minsDirector: João Pedro Rodrigues
A lone scientist in Portugal’s Douro region embarks on an unexpected transcendental journey. Beautiful, erotic and baffling.
The Big Sick
Comedy2017120 minsDirector: Michael Showalter
The hilarious, breakout indie comedy about a Pakistan-born comedian and his culture-clash relationship with an American grad student.
Best Films of 2017
Cinema can be sharpest at its edge. This year’s chart has small stories told well, and grand adventures that magnetise…
Sight & Sound's Best Films
Unmissable films from an essential source: the world’s wisest film magazine, whose annual list sets the standard.
LGBT Best of 2017
Stories with hunger, lust and courage, adventures from the community to rouse and inspire…
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Great Expectations (1946)
Period drama1947118 mins
The first of David Lean’s two Dickens adaptations is one of the finest British literary interpretations and one of the most acclaimed of all British films.
Napoléon Pt 1
Biopic1927177 minsDirector: Abel Gance
Abel Gance’s silent epic, one of the most magnificent – and hitherto inaccessible – spectacles in all cinema, is finally restored in this stunning new digital restoration.
Le Mépris
Drama1963103 minsDirector: Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard conducts an autopsy of love and the creative process, as a boorish film producer dismantles a seemingly strong marriage.
Napoléon Pt 2
Biopic1927156 minsDirector: Abel Gance
Abel Gance’s silent epic, one of the most magnificent – and hitherto inaccessible – spectacles in all cinema, is finally restored in this stunning new digital restoration.
Late Autumn
1960128 minsDirector: Yasujiro Ozu
Comedy turns to pathos in Yasujiro Ozu's tale of a group of businessmen who conspire to match-make for a widow and her daughter.
A Moving Image
Drama201674 minsDirector: Shola Amoo
The gentrification of London’s Brixton is examined in this probing and stylistically ambitious debut feature.
Most Popular Films of 2017
The classics that cut through in 2017 – here are the year’s most popular subscription titles.
Yasujiro Ozu
Along with Kurosawa, the director Yasujirō Ozu is a true master of Japanese cinema whose work has its place among the all-time greats.
Thriller
Who Can You Trust?
Trust few and fear all in a collection of films packed with paranoia and conspiracy.
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Christmas Is Coming
Animation & Artists Moving Image19511 mins
Santa's on strike! This charming animation for the GPO advises early posting to keep Father Christmas onside.
Using the Camera
Training film/TV programme196317 mins
All the practical dos and don'ts for the amateur film enthusiast, courtesy of Kodak.
'If Winter Comes' - It Has!
Non-Fiction19231 mins Location: Buxton
Dashing through the snow; on a six-horse open plough... The streets are ready for sledging in 1920s Buxton.
Lynne's Wedding
Home movie19809 mins Location: Leeds
Eating, dancing in the front room, playing football in the garden, walking around Whitby, a birthday party, a wedding – just being common people, only with a Jewish twist.
Miranda
Comedy194880 mins
A man goes fishing and comes home with a most unusual catch in this comedy feature.
Christmas Around the World
Animation & Artists Moving Image19785 mins Location: South Shields
Chomping alligators, a boomerang throwing kangaroo, a turkey in Turkey, and an angry lion, all mollified by a world touring, bumbling Santa.
Most Popular Free 2017
Our national fabric has many threads and deep colour. Each year, it gets more vivid and popular…
Christmas Crackers
It's time to join the ghosts of Christmases past as we celebrate a century of festive film.
Thriller
Who Can You Trust?
From the collections of the BFI and its partner archives, a host of rarely seen British thrillers highlighting Britain's often idiosyncratic take on the genre.
