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VivaViva
Sex comedy 2008 116 minsDirector: Anna Biller
Anna Biller's outrageous sexploitation satire follows bored housewife Barbi as she searches for adventure in predatory 1970s Los Angeles.
Flames of PassionFlames of Passion
Romance 1989 17 minsDirector: Richard Kwietniowski
An ingenious gay homage to Brief Encounter.
Female Human AnimalFemale Human Animal
Drama-documentary 2018 74 minsDirector: Josh Appignanesi
Josh Appignanesi's art-world psycho-thriller blends reality and fiction to delirious effect, in its tale of an exhibition curator pursued by a mysterious figure.
Breathless [Γ bout de souffle]Breathless [Γ bout de souffle]
Film noir 1960 90 minsDirector: Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godardβs extraordinary debut feature, an insouciant and iconoclastic crime film that paved the way for the French New Wave.
CaravaggioCaravaggio
Biopic 1986 93 minsDirector: Derek Jarman
Derek Jarmanβs unique biopic of the 17th century Italian artist Michelangelo da Caravaggio is a powerful meditation on sexuality, criminality and art.
8Β½8Β½
Drama 1963 138 minsDirector: Federico Fellini
Fellini triumphantly conjured himself out of writer's block with this magnum opus about a film director experiencing his own creative crisis.
VictimVictim
Crime 1961 100 minsDirector: Basil Dearden
This thought-provoking classic stars Dirk Bogarde as a homosexual lawyer who risks his career to hunt down a blackmailer.
DogtoothDogtooth
Drama 2009 93 minsDirector: Yorgos Lanthimos
Yorgos Lanthimos' scary, witty tale of a dysfunctional Greek family is original, ingenious and sadly relevant as a study of parent-child relationships
Red DesertRed Desert
Drama 1964 117 minsDirector: Michelangelo Antonioni
Antonioni's mid-career masterpiece stars Monica Vitti as an emotionally anguished young woman embarking on a tentative affair with a businessman (Richard Harris).
Peeping TomPeeping Tom
Drama 1960 101 minsDirector: Michael Powell
Michael Powellβs dark, disturbing, once controversial tale of a shy camera technician who films women as he kills them is now rightly deemed a classic.
The Headless WomanThe Headless Woman
Drama 2008 86 minsDirector: Lucrecia Martel
A woman is plagued by paranoia after she hits something β or someone β with her car in Lucrecia Martelβs acclaimed psychological thriller.
The Third ManThe Third Man
Thriller 1949 105 minsDirector: Carol Reed
Carol Reed's timeless classic, one of the greatest British films, lavishly marries a perfect script, an unforgettable theme tune and the star power of Orson Welles.
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Drama 2009 114 minsDirector: Luca Guadagnino
Tilda Swinton and Luca Guadagninoβs sumptuous, operatic vision of an aristocratic family disrupted by unstoppable forces of passion.
ProstituteProstitute
Drama 1981 98 minsDirector: Tony Garnett
Explicit and controversial drama. An ambitious working girl moves to London hoping to securing wealthier patrons, while her social worker friend fights to change antiquated prostitution laws.
The LoverThe Lover
Drama 1992 115 minsDirector: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud's powerful, intimate, and sensual adaptation of the best-selling novel by Marguerite Duras.
Blackbird Blackbird BlackberryBlackbird Blackbird Blackberry
Drama 2023 110 minsDirector: Elene Naveriani
A fiercely independent womanβs tranquillity is disturbed by an unexpected affair, in this wry, tender and understated drama from Georgia.
Green BorderGreen Border
Drama 2023 152 minsDirector: Agnieszka Holland and 2 more
Three-time Oscar-nominee Agnieszka Holland returns with a powerful, timely and unflinching exploration of the current migrant crisis.
Girls Will Be GirlsGirls Will Be Girls
Drama 2024 119 minsDirector: Shuchi Talati
Teenage romance simmers in a strict Himalayan boarding school in this sublime coming-of-age tale. Winner of a 2024 Sundance audience award
All We Imagine as LightAll We Imagine as Light
Romance 2024 118 minsDirector: Payal Kapadia
Payal Kapadiaβs Cannes Grand Prix-winning portrait of three women is a transcendent tale of love and sisterhood.
Hannah Takes the StairsHannah Takes the Stairs
Comedy 2006 84 minsDirector: Joe Swanberg
Greta Gerwig plays the carefree intern who finds herself at the centre of a love triangle with two co-workers, in this charming 'mumblecore' rom-com.
A Night of Knowing NothingA Night of Knowing Nothing
Drama-documentary 2021 99 minsDirector: Payal Kapadia
All We Imagine as Light director Payal Kapadiaβs bold and distinctive feature debut explores the political climate of contemporary India.
The Love WitchThe Love Witch
Comedy 2016 121 minsDirector: Anna Biller
A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, in Anna Biller's outrageous tribute to 1960s Technicolor melodramas.
The Universal TheoryThe Universal Theory
Thriller 2023 118 minsDirector: Timm KrΓΆger
Amid an awesome Alpine backdrop, a gifted physicist enters a mind-bending web of murder and mystery. The spirits of Lynch, Lang and Hitchcock pervade this visually breathtaking cold war mystery-thriller.
Featured collections
VΔra ChytilovΓ‘
Defiance and compassion: celebrating the work of a true original and a pioneer of Czech cinema.
British Classics
Tales of war and want, nerve and desire, flavoured with wit and rhythm from some of the greatest filmmakers ever assembled.
BFI Flare LGBTQ+
Here are the pioneers, the iconoclasts, the brave - from landmark LGBTQ+ portraits to the next generation of gay classics from the BFI Flare festival.
TrapsTraps
Comedy 1998 116 minsDirector: VΔra ChytilovΓ‘
VΔra ChytilovΓ‘'s dark, post-communist comedy. After a veterinary surgeon is sexually assaulted by two men, she uses her particular expertise in castraton to exact her revengeβ¦
The Frightened WomanThe Frightened Woman
Drama 1969 86 minsDirector: Piero Schivazappa
A rich sadist kidnaps a woman to subject to his elaborate S&M games, but she soon turns the tables... Piero Schivazappa's erotic thriller explodes with eye-popping psychedelic production design.
Something DifferentSomething Different
Drama 1963 81 minsDirector: VΔra ChytilovΓ‘
VΔra ChytilovΓ‘'s first feature is an important work of women's cinema, which contrasts the parallel stories of a gymnast (filmed as documentary) and a housewife (told as fiction).
L'avventuraL'avventura
Drama 1960 137 minsDirector: Michelangelo Antonioni
Antonioniβs masterpiece of modern alienation, with Monica Vitti as the young woman searching for her friend who's inexplicably disappeared.
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis BaconLove Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Biopic 1998 87 minsDirector: John Maybury
Derek Jacobi and Daniel Craig star as artist Francis Bacon and his muse George Dyer in John Mayburyβs darkly exquisite biopic.
SunflowerSunflower
Drama 1969 112 minsDirector: Vittorio De Sica
Sophia Loren searches for the husband she lost at the Russian Front (Marcello Mastroianni) in this sweeping romance epic with echoes of Doctor Zhivago.
She Dies TomorrowShe Dies Tomorrow
Drama 2020 84 minsDirector: Amy Seimetz
Amy knows she's going to die tomorrow and her fear is contagious.
Coming soon
Upcoming films for your watchlistI Am LoveI Am Love
Drama 2009 114 minsDirector: Luca Guadagnino
Tilda Swinton and Luca Guadagninoβs sumptuous, operatic vision of an aristocratic family disrupted by unstoppable forces of passion.
ProstituteProstitute
Drama 1981 98 minsDirector: Tony Garnett
Explicit and controversial drama. An ambitious working girl moves to London hoping to securing wealthier patrons, while her social worker friend fights to change antiquated prostitution laws.
The LoverThe Lover
Drama 1992 115 minsDirector: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud's powerful, intimate, and sensual adaptation of the best-selling novel by Marguerite Duras.
Blackbird Blackbird BlackberryBlackbird Blackbird Blackberry
Drama 2023 110 minsDirector: Elene Naveriani
A fiercely independent womanβs tranquillity is disturbed by an unexpected affair, in this wry, tender and understated drama from Georgia.
Green BorderGreen Border
Drama 2023 152 minsDirector: Agnieszka Holland and 2 more
Three-time Oscar-nominee Agnieszka Holland returns with a powerful, timely and unflinching exploration of the current migrant crisis.
Girls Will Be GirlsGirls Will Be Girls
Drama 2024 119 minsDirector: Shuchi Talati
Teenage romance simmers in a strict Himalayan boarding school in this sublime coming-of-age tale. Winner of a 2024 Sundance audience award
All We Imagine as LightAll We Imagine as Light
Romance 2024 118 minsDirector: Payal Kapadia
Payal Kapadiaβs Cannes Grand Prix-winning portrait of three women is a transcendent tale of love and sisterhood.
Hannah Takes the StairsHannah Takes the Stairs
Comedy 2006 84 minsDirector: Joe Swanberg
Greta Gerwig plays the carefree intern who finds herself at the centre of a love triangle with two co-workers, in this charming 'mumblecore' rom-com.
A Night of Knowing NothingA Night of Knowing Nothing
Drama-documentary 2021 99 minsDirector: Payal Kapadia
All We Imagine as Light director Payal Kapadiaβs bold and distinctive feature debut explores the political climate of contemporary India.
The Love WitchThe Love Witch
Comedy 2016 121 minsDirector: Anna Biller
A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, in Anna Biller's outrageous tribute to 1960s Technicolor melodramas.
The Universal TheoryThe Universal Theory
Thriller 2023 118 minsDirector: Timm KrΓΆger
Amid an awesome Alpine backdrop, a gifted physicist enters a mind-bending web of murder and mystery. The spirits of Lynch, Lang and Hitchcock pervade this visually breathtaking cold war mystery-thriller.
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VivaViva
Sex comedy 2008 116 minsDirector: Anna Biller
Anna Biller's outrageous sexploitation satire follows bored housewife Barbi as she searches for adventure in predatory 1970s Los Angeles.
DaisiesDaisies
Comedy 1966 73 minsDirector: VΔra ChytilovΓ‘
Two self-confessed hedonists wreak wanton havoc in VΔra ChytilovΓ‘'s visually spectacular neo-dadaist farce.
La dolce vitaLa dolce vita
Drama 1960 175 minsDirector: Federico Fellini
Federico Felliniβs masterpiece depicting seven hedonistic days in the life of a tabloid journalist (Marcello Mastroianni) as he searches for the sweet life.
The Frightened WomanThe Frightened Woman
Drama 1969 86 minsDirector: Piero Schivazappa
A rich sadist kidnaps a woman to subject to his elaborate S&M games, but she soon turns the tables... Piero Schivazappa's erotic thriller explodes with eye-popping psychedelic production design.
Sixth HappinessSixth Happiness
Biopic 1997 94 minsDirector: Waris Hussein
Funny, acerbic and moving story of a young man's sexual awakening as family life crumbles around him.
Power in Our HandsPower in Our Hands
Documentary 2016 75 minsDirector: Angela Spielsinger
Ground-breaking documentary that uses archive film to tell the story of the British Deaf communityβs fight for civil rights.
She Dies TomorrowShe Dies Tomorrow
Drama 2020 84 minsDirector: Amy Seimetz
Amy knows she's going to die tomorrow and her fear is contagious.
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Leaving soon filmsThe White RibbonThe White Ribbon
Drama 2009 143 minsDirector: Michael Haneke
Michael Haneke's Cannes prizewinner, set in a pre-WW1 German village, explores the oppressively strict social conditions that gave rise to Nazism
Dread Beat and BloodDread Beat and Blood
Biopic 1979 44 minsDirector: Franco Rosso
Vibrant documentary portrait of dub poet and activist Linton Kwesi Johnson, fighting racism with the spoken word on the streets of 1970s Brixton.
Love & FriendshipLove & Friendship
Comedy 2016 93 minsDirector: Whit Stillman
Whit Stillman crosses the Atlantic for this irresistible Jane Austen adaptation, following the delicious and devious exploits of Lady Susan (Kate Beckinsale).
QuerelleQuerelle
Drama 1982 109 minsDirector: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Jeanne Moreau plays a jaded brothel madam caught up in the violent sexual awakening of Brad Davis' naΓ―ve young sailor in Fassbinder's fever dream of subversive eroticism.
JSA: Joint Security AreaJSA: Joint Security Area
Thriller 2001 109 minsDirector: Park Chan-wook
Gunfire breaks out in the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea in this gripping thriller from Park Chan-wook.
HiddenHidden
Drama 2004 113 minsDirector: Michael Haneke
A literary TV chat-show host (Daniel Auteuil) discovers the drawbacks to celebrity when he and his wife (Juliette Binoche) start receiving anonymous messages in the form of videos of their home and naively violent drawings.
God's CreaturesGod's Creatures
Drama 2022 100 minsDirector: Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer
Paul Mescal and Emily Watson star in this gripping Irish psychological drama that asks how far you might go to protect someone you love.
Pretty Red DressPretty Red Dress
Drama 2022 110 minsDirector: Dionne Edwards
One dress changes everything for a family in Dionne Edwardsβ brilliant debut. Defiant, uplifting and with music at its core.
The LovelessThe Loveless
Drama 1981 79 minsDirector: Kathryn Bigelow and Monty Montgomery
In the first (credited) feature from both star Willem Dafoe and director Kathryn Bigelow, a gang of rebellious bikers cause small-town mayhem.
Thundercrack!Thundercrack!
Comedy 1975 160 minsDirector: Curt Mcdowell
One dark and stormy night a group of strangers take refuge in a remote house, and then⦠Not for the easily offended.
Dreams That Money Can BuyDreams That Money Can Buy
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1948 79 minsDirector: Hans Richter
Dadaist Hans Richter attempts to bring the European avant-garde to the masses, with this story about a man who discovers he has the power to create dreams, and sets up a business selling them to others.
City of Lost SoulsCity of Lost Souls
Comedy 1983 90 minsDirector: Rosa von Praunheim
Jayne County, Angie Stardust and Tara O'Hara star in Rosa von Praunheim's trans-punk groteskes-musical.
Leap YearLeap Year
Drama 2010 92 minsDirector: Michael Rowe
Michael Roweβs outstanding, Cannes winning debut feature is a bold, minimalist study of a womanβs urban isolation and self-destructive acts.
Fist of FuryFist of Fury
Action and Adventure 1972 106 minsDirector: Lo Wei
Bruce Lee's second kung fu picture is a gloriously thrilling revenge saga brimming with spectacular fight scenes.
The Street FighterThe Street Fighter
Action and Adventure 1974 91 minsDirector: Shigehiro Ozawa
Legendary martial artist Sonny Chiba stars in this cult karate classic that's revered by Quentino Tarantino.
Way of the DragonWay of the Dragon
Drama 1972 99 minsDirector: Bruce Lee Siu-lung
Bruce Lee faces off against Chuck Norris in his only completed directorial work, and arguably his most personal film.
The Big BossThe Big Boss
Action and Adventure 1971 100 minsDirector: Lo Wei
Bruce Lee plays the factory worker who takes on a drug-smuggling gang, in the breakthrough film that catapulted him to cinematic superstardom.
The Foul KingThe Foul King
Comedy 2000 112 minsDirector: Kim Jee-woon
Kim Jee-woonβs hilarious comedy, starring Song Kang-ho (Parasite) as a wimpy bank clerk who turns his hand to competitive wrestling.
Beasts Clawing at StrawsBeasts Clawing at Straws
Crime 2022 109 minsDirector: Kim Yong-hoon
The lives of ten strangers collide when a cleaner finds a bag stuffed with money in this slick, jet-black comedy that unspools like a Korean Pulp Fiction. Starring Academy Award winner Yuh-Jung Youn (Minari).
The ChaserThe Chaser
Crime 2008 125 minsDirector: Na Hong-jin
A disgraced ex-cop has twelve hours to stop the release of a serial killer in this acclaimed, multi award-winning cult classic.