BFI Movie Trailers
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Make More Noise! Suffragettes in Silent Film Trailer (2015)
11 October 2015
A compilation of British newsreels and films taken from the BFI National Archive; dating from 1913 to 1917, the footage charts the development of the suffragette movement and the campaign to obtain votes for women in the UK.
The Forgiven Trailer (2022)
01 July 2022
Over a weekend in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, a random accident reverberates through the lives of both the local Muslims and Western visitors to a house party in a grand villa.
A Bunny Girl's Tale Trailer (1999)
16 November 1999
Intrigued by the desire to have been a Bunny Girl, the director takes a look at what it meant. Interviewing several of the original Bunnies she learns the rules and expectations on the girls as well as the more sinister side of a 1976 murder.
To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly Trailer (1909)
16 May 1909
Charming animated illustration of one of nature's wonders from Britain's most inventive pioneer of wildlife filmmaking.
Delhi Durbar and Coronation Trailer (1912)
15 January 1912
Jaw-dropping pomp and pageantry at the 1911 Delhi Durbar
Beast Trailer (2018)
18 April 2018
A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.
Panorama of Calcutta Trailer (1899)
01 January 1899
One of the earliest films to be shot in India apparently shows the Calcutta ghats - or does it?
My Father's Shadow Trailer (2025)
19 September 2025
Two young brothers explore Lagos with their estranged father during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, witnessing both the city's magnitude and their father's daily struggles as political unrest threatens their journey home.
Tuesday Trailer (2024)
07 June 2024
A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
Gone Too Far! Trailer (2014)
10 October 2014
When London teenager Yemi’s big brother comes to live with him from Nigeria, Ikudayisi’s terrible fashion sense, broad Yoruba accent and misplaced confidence with the opposite sex threaten to destroy Yemi’s already small amount of street cred.
Hoard Trailer (2024)
17 May 2024
The story follows Maria – a teenager whose mother used to be a hoarder. Now (set in the 90s) she lives in a foster home where a previous resident, Michael, inspires her to revisit the childhood memories and passions that she has repressed.
Journey's End Trailer (2017)
14 December 2017
Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.
The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle Trailer (1947)
02 January 1947
Henry demonstrates his two-wheel tomfoolery, but there's no happy ending for this bike.
A United Kingdom Trailer (2016)
25 November 2016
The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments.
Low Rider Trailer (2025)
17 August 2025
Londoner Quinn, a bold young woman of mixed heritage, is at a crossroads after her mother’s sudden death.
The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci Trailer (1953)
01 January 1953
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at an exhibition of Da Vinci's drawings at Burlington House in London, marking the quincentenary of his birth.
Viceroy's House Trailer (2017)
03 March 2017
In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants lived downstairs.
The Adventure of the Torture Cage Trailer (1928)
11 March 1928
Lieutenant Commander John Byrne of the Naval Secret Service and his partner Pvt. Bill Riggers chase criminal Dr.
Ginger & Rosa Trailer (2012)
18 October 2012
A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship.
The Last Days on Mars Trailer (2013)
11 August 2013
On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life.
Rye Lane Trailer (2023)
17 March 2023
Two twenty-somethings, both reeling from bad break-ups, connect over the course of an eventful day in South London – helping each other deal with their nightmare exes, and potentially restoring their faith in romance.
Feast of Eid-ul-Fitr Trailer (1924)
08 May 1924
The UK's first purpose-built mosque welcomes a huge crowd of worshippers!
The Double Trailer (2014)
03 April 2014
An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.
Departure Trailer (2016)
20 May 2016
An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France.
Where Hands Touch Trailer (2018)
14 September 2018
Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Youth whose father is a prominent Nazi soldier, and they form an unlikely connection in this quickly changing world.
Frank Trailer (2014)
09 May 2014
A young wannabe musician discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.
Belle Trailer (2013)
01 May 2013
Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in England.
Phoelix Trailer (1979)
01 August 1979
An aged art connoisseur (Beaumont) and his young female neighbour (Coles), who has a job posing naked in a club, meet and exist in fantasy and reality.
Ordinary Love Trailer (2019)
06 December 2019
An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.
Mr. Turner Trailer (2014)
31 October 2014
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
The Riot Club Trailer (2014)
19 September 2014
Two first-year students at Oxford University join a secret society and learn that their reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of one evening.
Death Was a Passenger Trailer (1958)
01 January 1958
Strangers conversing in a train compartment, revive wartime memories for one passenger.
Philomena Trailer (2013)
01 November 2013
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Pattern Recognition Trailer (2017)
01 December 2017
To celebrate the BFI's Thriller season, filmmaker Daniel Cockburn explores the power of sound to terrify and unsettle.
The Survivalist Trailer (2015)
15 April 2015
In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threatened.
A Private Enterprise Trailer (1975)
23 January 1975
An ambitious Indian university graduate has to struggle to live his entrepreneurial dreams against both the British social structure and his own family's stubborn traditional values.
National Milk Cocoa Trailer (1944)
04 March 1944
Drinking chocolate flashes before your eyes and makes an offer you can't refuse.
Childhood Memories Trailer (2018)
19 November 2018
This multi-layered animation explores autobiographical memory and the cultural elements of our earliest childhood memory.
Timestalker Trailer (2024)
11 October 2024
Hapless Agnes repeatedly falls for the wrong guy, dies a grim death, and is reincarnated a century later.
20,000 Days on Earth Trailer (2014)
05 July 2014
A semi-fictionalized documentary about a day in the life of Australian musician Nick Cave's persona.
Spaceship Trailer (2016)
12 March 2016
When his daughter goes missing in an apparent alien abduction, Gabriel's search takes him dangerously close to her strange group of so-called friends.
Edge of Summer Trailer (2024)
08 March 2024
A summer holiday and an old folk tale bring two 11-year-olds together as they set out to explore just what, or who, is calling to them, from deep within an abandoned tin mine.
45 Years Trailer (2015)
29 May 2015
There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well.
Caravaggio Trailer (1986)
29 August 1986
A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.
The Power Trailer (2021)
03 June 2021
London, 1974. As Britain prepares for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country, trainee nurse Val arrives for her first day at the crumbling East London Royal Infirmary.
A Zed & Two Noughts Trailer (1985)
04 October 1985
Identical twin zoologists lose their wives in a car crash caused by a white swan. They become obsessed with the death and decay of animals, and develop a strange and unusual relationship with the driver of the car, a woman who is now an amputee.
I, Daniel Blake Trailer (2016)
21 October 2016
A middle aged carpenter, who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.
Robot Overlords Trailer (2015)
29 January 2015
Earth has been conquered by robots from another galaxy and the human survivors must stay in their homes, or risk incineration.
Electricity Trailer (2014)
12 December 2014
A woman leaves her seaside hometown to search for her long-lost brother, experiencing hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy during her trip.
Scrapper Trailer (2023)
25 August 2023
A resourceful 12-year-old, who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working-class suburb of London, makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle.
Dear Phone Trailer (1976)
01 January 1976
A narrator relates a variety of peculiar stories involving characters with the initials HC and their dealings with telephones.
Mothering Sunday Trailer (2021)
12 November 2021
On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild finds herself alone on Mother's Day.
The End We Start From Trailer (2023)
08 December 2023
As London is submerged below floodwaters, a woman gives birth to her first child. Days later, she and her baby are forced to leave their home in search of safety.
Velorama Trailer (2014)
06 July 2014
Documentary looking at a century of cycling. Commissioned to mark the arrival of the 2014 Tour de France in Yorkshire, the film makes full use of stunning British Film Institute footage to transport the audience on a journey from the invention of the modern bike, through the rise of recreational cycling, to gruelling competitive races.
Mary Shelley Trailer (2017)
06 August 2017
The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
Yardie Trailer (2018)
31 August 2018
Jamaica, 1973. When a young boy witnesses his brother’s assassination, a powerful Don gives him a home.
Eternal Beauty Trailer (2020)
21 August 2020
When Jane is rejected by life, she spirals into a chaotic, schizophrenic world where love and normality collide with humorous consequences.
A Race for a Bride Trailer (1922)
01 November 1922
Dastardly deeds are afoot when rivals for the hand of a young woman vie against each other in a bicycle race.
Clash Trailer (2017)
01 September 2017
Commissioned by the BBC & BFI, CLASH is a short experimental documentary critiquing Britain's obsession with period dramas, and how they erase the diverse reality of Britain today.
Red Trailer (1996)
01 October 1996
In 1977, young Xiao Mei leaves China for the UK to enter into an arranged marriage. Speaking no English and feeling distant from her Elvis-obsessed new husband and his stern mother, Xiao Mei dreams of reuniting with her long-lost parents and brother.