Bfi Movies

I'm British but... uncovers a defiant popular culture, part Asian, part British, against a backdrop of fading English nationalism. The rhythms of Bhan...

Ruth (Aimee-Ffion Edwards) wakes inside a featureless spaceship; she's no memory and is kept alive by a plastic tube connected to her lower back. Ruth...

The Russian entry in the BFI’s Century of Cinema series of documentaries

Rhythm and romanticism rules over realism in this recreation of the origins of the rhumba dance

Activities leading up to the launch of a large ship built at the Swan Hunter's Wallsend shipyard.

In the revolting and decaying Byzantium Hotel, young heroin addict Alex, played by Dexter Fletcher, relives an idyllic - and possibly apocryphal - pas...

The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.

A new film compiled from the BFI National Archive's unparalleled holdings of early films of China, features films from 1900-48 filmed across China. Th...

Celia, an Argentinian expatriate, arrives in Newcastle to marry her fiancé, George. Instead of meeting her at the airport, George sends his chauffeur,...

Filmed at the time Hockney was painting Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy, Portrait of David Hockney is made up of a limited number of shots, observing the p...

An unidentified creature washes up on the shores of a small coastal town, and a group of high school students decide to drag it to safety and nurse it...

The moving true story of wartime heroine Nurse Edith Cavell, recreated in the aftermath of her execution.

In 1972 a family are on their way for a holiday in Essex. The parents argue and the son swears, making obscene gestures. So the father throws him out,...

During the 1947 partition of Bengal, a man and a woman cross a river to begin life anew. Their journey manifests many roles against the backdrop of so...

Life in Notting Hill Gate, concentrating on key problems like housing, welfare and drugs, and featuring interviews with local personalities.

The audience are invited to solve crimes. The two cases depicted are The Case of the Stolen Boy and The Hairless Boarder.

A feminist view of how small businesses in London's Soho exploit working women.

Maeve returns home to Belfast after a long absence. Her arrival in the city stimulates a series of memories of childhood and adolescence both in herse...

This ultra-kitsch documentary goes behind the scenes at Murray's Cabaret Club, where Christine Keeler was later a showgirl.

A group of strangers explore their fantasies over a period of five days.