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Chelsea Bridge BoysChelsea Bridge Boys
Documentary 1965 31 minsDirector: Peter Davis and Staffan Lamm
Made for Swedish television, a look at a gang of "Rockers" who meet at a tea-kiosk on Chelsea Bridge.
Two for JoyTwo for Joy
Drama 2019 93 minsDirector: Tom Beard
A visceral, moving exploration of one British family's life following a tragedy, starring Samantha Morton, Daniel Mays and Billie Piper.
SnowpiercerSnowpiercer
Science Fiction 2013 126 minsDirector: Bong Joon-ho
After a global catastrophe launches the world into a new ice age, the last of humanity are trapped on a high-speed train that circles the globe infinitely.
12 Years a Slave12 Years a Slave
Biopic 2014 134 minsDirector: Steve McQueen
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender star in Steve McQueenβs fearless, Oscar-winning story of a free man whoβs sold into slavery.
First ManFirst Man
Drama 2018 141 minsDirector: Damien Chazelle
Ryan Gosling stars as Neil Armstrong in this powerful and sometimes petrifying biopic from the director of La La Land.
The Song of the ShirtThe Song of the Shirt
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1979 129 minsDirector: Sue Clayton and Jonathan Curling
The plight of women in the 1840s London rag trade is explored and deconstructed in this multifaceted documentary
Fahrenheit 11/9Fahrenheit 11/9
Documentary 2018 128 minsDirector: Michael Moore
Michael Moore paints a fiery portrait of life in Trumpβs America. Populist, provocative and piercingly captivating, this is Mooreβs clarion call to action.
UtΓΈya β July 22 UtΓΈya β July 22
Drama 2018 97 minsDirector: Erik Poppe
Unfolding in real time in a single, devastating 72-minute take, Erik Poppe delivers a harrowing reconstruction of the massacre of 69 young people by Anders Behring Breivik.
ArcadiaArcadia
Documentary 2018 79 minsDirector: Paul Wright
A folk horror wrapped up in an archive film, set to a soundtrack by Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp).
Of Love & LawOf Love & Law
Documentary 2019 94 minsDirector: Hikaru Toda
Two gay lawyers living in Osaka pioneer the first LGBTQ+ law firm in Japan.
The ImmigrantThe Immigrant
Drama 2013 117 minsDirector: James Gray
Marion Cotillard plays a Polish immigrant struggling to survive in 1920s New York, in this acclaimed drama from James Gray (We Own the Night).
NinaNina
Romance 2018 124 minsDirector: Olga Chajdas
When a couple experiencing conception problems find a potential surrogate mother they're overjoyed, until Nina falls in love with her...
The Miseducation of Cameron PostThe Miseducation of Cameron Post
Drama 2018 92 minsDirector: Desiree Akhavan
ChloΓ« Grace Moretz is the girl who finds her tribe with fellow βsinnersβ at a religious camp where they are told to pray the gay away.
Boys on Film 19: No Ordinary BoyBoys on Film 19: No Ordinary Boy
Anthology 2018 137 minsDirector: Leon Lopez and Marco Alessi
The Boys on Film series reaches the end of its teenage years with another compilation celebrating male desire in all its forms.
Anchor and HopeAnchor and Hope
Comedy 2018 113 minsDirector: Carlos Marques-Marcet
Sweetly swaying houseboat comedy about a couple whose river-bound existence is upended by the arrival of an old friend.
Postcards from LondonPostcards from London
Drama 2018 89 minsDirector: Steve McLean
A stylish, sensuous film about a young manβs journey into an unusual form of escort work.
A Moment in the ReedsA Moment in the Reeds
Drama 2017 107 minsDirector: Mikko Makela
The worldβs troubles recede, at least for a moment, in this intimate drama about an affair between a Finnish man and a Syrian immigrant.
MarioMario
Drama 2018 119 minsDirector: Marcel Gisler
On the pitch Mario and Leon are teammates; off the pitch they are becoming so much more.
RoomRoom
Thriller 2016 118 minsDirector: Lenny Abrahamson
Brie Larsonβs Oscar-winning performance is the beating heart of Lenny Abrahamsonβs extraordinarily moving drama.
On Chesil BeachOn Chesil Beach
Drama 2018 110 minsDirector: Dominic Cooke
Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle play a young, married couple struggling to physically connect in this sensitive adaptation of Ian McEwanβs acclaimed novel.
Lady MacbethLady Macbeth
Period drama 2017 89 minsDirector: William Oldroyd
Florence Pugh shines in this exceptional British debut of a young wife's need for freedom, whatever the cost.
The HandmaidenThe Handmaiden
Crime 2016 146 minsDirector: Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Stoker) channels Sarah Watersβ novel Fingersmith, to create a sumptuous twisty psychological thriller full of erotic intrigue.
The Diary of a Teenage GirlThe Diary of a Teenage Girl
Drama 2015 102 minsDirector: Marielle Heller
The US indie hit tells the bold, bawdy and hilarious story of a teenager's sexual awakening after she sleeps with her motherβs boyfriend.
Apocalypse NowApocalypse Now
War 1979 141 minsDirector: Francis Ford Coppola
Transplanting Joseph Conradβs colonial-era novel Heart of Darkness to Vietnam, Coppola created a mesmerising fantasia on the spectacle of war.
ElleElle
Drama 2015 131 minsDirector: Paul Verhoeven
Isabelle Huppert gives an unforgettable performance in Paul Verhoevenβs provocative thriller about one womanβs response to a violent attack.
CustodyCustody
Drama 2016 94 minsDirector: Xavier Legrand
Myriam (Drucker) has recently left husband Antoine (MΓ©nochet). She doesnβt want her youngest, Julien (Gioria), to see a father she claims is violent. But the judge rules otherwise, and the boy becomes a pawn in a bitter parental conflictβ¦
Pierrot le FouPierrot le Fou
Crime 1965 110 minsDirector: Jean-Luc Godard
Godardβs stunning, colour widescreen account of the wild journey of βthe last romantic coupleβ, Pierrot (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and his lover Marianne (Anna Karina).
DisorderDisorder
Thriller 2015 98 minsDirector: Alice Winocour
A broken soldier guards a tycoon's family in this involving thriller with hints of Taxi Driver, starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Diane Kruger.
The New GirlfriendThe New Girlfriend
Melodrama 2014 108 minsDirector: François Ozon
Ruth Rendell provides the source novel for this delicious tale of deception and identity, from the master of mischievous melodrama, François Ozon.
BastardsBastards
Drama 2013 100 minsDirector: Claire Denis
Claire Denisβ moody and atmospheric thriller about an absent brother returning to the fold to investigate his familyβs murky secrets.
Oscars
Winners and nominees, all vying for that tiny golden statue of incomparable significance
BlacKkKlansmanBlacKkKlansman
Drama 2018 135 minsDirector: Spike Lee
Spike Lee's stunning crime drama tells the stranger-than-fiction true story of an African-American police officer who infiltrated the KKK in the 1970s.
Double IndemnityDouble Indemnity
Crime 1944 108 minsDirector: Billy Wilder
Barbara Stanwyck is the housewife who dupes an insurance salesman into a devious murder plot, in this giant of American cinema - the archetypal Film Noir.
RBGRBG
Biopic 2018 99 minsDirector: Julie Cohen and Betsy West
Revelatory documentary on an unexpected hero - former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
MoonlightMoonlight
Drama 2016 111 minsDirector: Barry Jenkins
Winner of the 2017 Oscar for Best Picture (eventually!), Barry Jenkinsβ intoxicating drama follows the furtive life of a gay black boy through 80s Miami.
The Florida ProjectThe Florida Project
Drama 2017 112 minsDirector: Sean Baker
Tangerine director Sean Baker presents another visionary take on the wild ups and dangerous downs of life in Americaβs underbelly, featuring an Oscar-nominated turn from Willem Dafoe.
The Lady EveThe Lady Eve
Comedy 1941 94 minsDirector: Preston Sturges
A female con artist falls in love with her target in Preston Sturgesβs comedy, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda.
The PartyThe Party
Comedy 2017 71 minsDirector: Sally Potter
Following some unexpected revelations, a celebration quickly takes a turn for the worse in Sally Potter's razor-sharp comedy.
LuckyLucky
Comedy 2016 88 minsDirector: John Carroll Lynch
Harry Dean Stanton gives the performance of a lifetime as an irascible nonagenarian maverick grappling with his mortality.
Ghost StoriesGhost Stories
Horror 2018 98 minsDirector: Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman
Being scared has never been this much fun, as Martin Freeman, Andy Nyman and Paul Whitehouse bring the chilling London stage play to the screen.
BeastBeast
Drama 2018 106 minsDirector: Michael Pearce
The hunt for a Jersey serial killer sparks a dangerous awakening in a young woman (Jessie Buckley, in her feature debut) in this astonishing psycho-sexual thriller, which sets all the senses aflame.
You Were Never Really HereYou Were Never Really Here
Thriller 2017 90 minsDirector: Lynne Ramsay
Lynne Ramsay journeys with Joaquin Phoenix into the mind of an ex-soldier gun-for-hire whose own demons are as brutal as the actions of his adversaries.
The PostThe Post
Drama 2017 116 minsDirector: Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielbergβs acclaimed, gripping and timely drama about the publishing of the Pentagon Papers, featuring Tom Hanks and an Oscar-nominated performance from Meryl Streep.
Featured collections
Women with a Movie Camera
Great films incite, others vex, a few elate. From pre-war to the present day, these remarkable works by international women directors do all that and more.
BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival Presents
The home of LGBTQ+ film on BFI Player, with features, shorts and exclusives.