Bfi Movies

Time-travel to a 1940s classroom with this exemplary educational film.

Time lapse photography shows the swarm of commuters at London Waterloo station racing about at top speed.

This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which inspired...

This documentary reveals the surprising and overlooked history of Pride: its origins, its struggles and its triumphs. Made in creative and editorial...

Whistlestop tour of Dartmouth in Devon, taking in the 17th century Butterwalk arcade and medieval castle.

A compilation of scenes from Shakespeare adaptations made in the earliest days of cinema, including versions of King Lear, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Rich...

Tourist promo film extolling the delights of Birmingham and the Midlands, with a sprinkling of arch one-liners.

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

The President had been due to visit twice before, but on both occasions the trip had to be cancelled. The first time was in 1963, the same year as the...

Queen Victoria and family experience the new 'cinematograph process'.

The effortlessly comic abandons the stress of his city job to work on a farm.

Told with authenticity and perception, David looks back on the life of a school caretaker in a Welsh mining town, from the marriage and birth of his s...

Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad.

A haunting fire prevention film about keeping matches out of the hands of children.

In the summer of 1924 Claude Friese-Greene, a pioneer of colour cinematography, set out from Cornwall with the aim of recording life on the road betwe...

Gerrard Winstanley is the leader of a 17th Century religious group that believes the land should be owned communally. His convictions bring him into c...

A man listening to Rachmoninoff's 'Prelude' dreams he is the victim of premature burial.

A holiday of sorts for Stockport army reserves, fitting high-jinks between drills over two weeks of summer training in South Wales.

A provocative and poetic exploration of how the British people have seen their own land through more than a century of cinema. A hallucinated journey...

The screen legend conducts a personal tour of the great city that shaped him.