BFI Movie Trailers

An Engagement of Convenience Trailer (1914)

27 March 1914

A man fakes an engagement to a typist to please his rich aunt.

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee Trailer (2024)

09 August 2024

Aristocratic Italian roots, a close family connection to James Bond novelist Ian Fleming, wartime experiences in the British and Finnish military, post-war Nazi-hunting adventures and a side career as a heavy metal rock singer.

Herrings Trailer (1940)

04 September 1940

This informative herring aid from WWII makes no bones about the need to make the most of every fish.

Sister Midnight Trailer (2025)

14 March 2025

An arranged marriage in Mumbai, a cowardly, slacker husband and a slum of a house: the very ingredients that cause Uma to slowly transform into a feral and ruthless figure guided by her wildest impulses.

Silent Roar Trailer (2025)

16 January 2025

Dondo is a young surfer. His fisherman dad Willy disappeared a year ago. No sign of his boat, nor his body.

The Charlton Boys Trailer (1968)

05 July 1968

Terrific portrait of Bobby and Jackie Charlton, pillars of football history, at the height of their playing careers.

Knees Up, Mother Brown Trailer (1964)

01 July 1964

70 is definitely the new 20 in this heart-warming 1960s documentary portrait of the Darby and Joan Club for elderly Cockneys.

Pressure Trailer (1976)

19 November 1976

A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.

Burning an Illusion Trailer (1981)

13 November 1981

A young black woman in England becomes increasingly frustrated with her life with her lazy, demanding boyfriend, and with the help of friends seeks something better.

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.

Giacometti Trailer (1967)

01 January 1967

The Arts Council commissioned this film to coincide with their major retrospective of Giacometti's work at the Tate Gallery (now Tate Britain) in the summer of 1965.

The Body Beautiful Trailer (1991)

03 October 1991

This bold, stunning exploration of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her Black daughter who embarks on a modeling career reveals the profound effects of body image and the strain of racial and sexual identity on their charged, intensely loving bond.

A Walk Through H Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

An anonymous narrator outlines a bizarre journey taken through "H", aided by a series of extraordinary maps, and his previous dealings with the mysterious Tulse Luper and the keeper of the bird house at the Amsterdam Zoo.

Aristotle's Plot Trailer (1997)

01 June 1997

Tourneur, a self-proclaimed cinéaste, feuds with Cinema and his gang, who are obsessed with foreign action movies.

4 and 20 Fit Girls Trailer (1940)

01 January 1940

Flock to your local keep fit class - there's a war on and Britain needs its citizens in tip-top shape.

Distant Voices, Still Lives Trailer (1988)

16 November 1988

Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen's wedding. It is a joyous occasion, but through flashbacks, it becomes clear that the family was not always happy.

Life of a Queen Trailer (1960)

02 January 1960

This film is a compilation of footage shot by Associated British Pathe, which covered royal events for its newsreels, and the company would have been ideally placed to use their footage to make short films for the COI.

Double Exposure Trailer (1975)

05 January 1975

'.....invites us to experience a level of connection and intimacy between two people.' - Sam Dunn (H)

The Roads Not Taken Trailer (2020)

13 March 2020

The film follows 24 hours in the life of father and daughter Leo and Molly, as they weave their way around New York City, until their ordinary but stressful day takes on a hallucinatory and epic quality.

Loving Memory Trailer (1970)

21 September 1970

An isolated brother and sister live with their memories and a grisly secret.

The Toll Trailer (2021)

05 August 2021

Brendan works solo shifts in the quietest toll booth in Wales, hiding from a criminal past where nobody would ever look.

What Can I Do with a Male Nude? Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

A male model's poses are accompanied by a photographer's narration exploring censorship, self expression and sexual desire.

Enemy Trailer (1976)

01 January 1976

Frightening events unfold that may or may not be figments of Marigold’s imagination.

Religion and the People Trailer (1940)

01 December 1940

Documentary by Andrew Buchanan illustrating a time when faith lay at the heart of the British Experience.

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon Trailer (1998)

16 September 1998

In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, accepts.

100 Years of Japanese Cinema Trailer (1995)

01 September 1995

The story of the first century of Japanese cinema from the point of view of the controversial Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima.

Reconstruction of Hill Street Birmingham Trailer (1949)

01 February 1949

An engineering feat: Second city civil engineers complete a new bridge to carry traffic over New Street's tangled railway intersections.

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.

John Bull's Sketch Book Trailer (1915)

10 April 1915

A combination of Lightning Sketches along with stop-motion animation illustrate England's reactions and responses in World War One.

Wooden Athelete Trailer (1912)

22 July 1912

Stripped-back wooden dolls put on the greatest show on Earth via the marvel of stop motion.

A Journal of the Outdoors No. 11 Trailer (1953)

01 March 1953

Wildfowl and wallabies in the wild, exotic animals in the office.

My Way Home Trailer (1978)

01 November 1978

Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is befriended by Robert, whose undemanding companionship releases Jamie from self-pity.

Zappa Trailer (2020)

27 November 2020

With the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans, this is the long-awaited definitive documentary project of Alex Winter documenting the life and career of enigmatic groundbreaking rock star Frank Zappa.

Britain Welcomes the President of India Trailer (1963)

12 June 1963

An account of the state visit to Britain by the President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, in June 1963.

British Paramount News No.251 Trailer (1933)

02 April 1933

We Protest: 80,000 descend on Hyde Park to demonstrate against Hitler’s antisemitism.

Exhibition Trailer (2013)

09 August 2013

An intimate examination of a contemporary artist couple, whose living and working patterns are threatened by the imminent sale of their home.

Fords on Water Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

Influential, cult classic, UK buddy road movie about two friends, one white and one black, who bond over their desire to escape from boredom and unemployment in Thatcher's Britain.

100 Year Old Coach Trailer (1926)

01 January 1926

Crowds block the streets to catch a view of a handsome old carriage at a Jewish wedding.

Indian Durbar Trailer (1939)

01 January 1939

Technicolor scenes from an Indian Durbar, held for the Maharaja of Alwar in Rajasthan.

Street of Crocodiles Trailer (1986)

01 July 1986

A puppet, newly released from his strings, explores the sinister room in which he finds himself.

Bibi Trailer (2022)

28 May 2022

In suburban London, on New Years Eve in 1999, an Afghan housewife lives cut off from society by her controlling husband.

Nice Trailer (1984)

19 October 1984

A naïve and "nice" West Indian's descent into postcolonial cynicism is depicted in a twenty minute monologue from writer Farrukh Dhondy.

ear for eye Trailer (2021)

16 October 2021

From front rooms, Black families, friends, students and older generations navigate British and American society today.

Lahore - Badshahi Mosque Trailer (1933)

01 June 1933

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

From the Sea to the Land Beyond Trailer (2012)

12 June 2012

From the Sea to the Land Beyond is a film about the British coast made from 100 years of our film heritage stored in the British Film Institute collection, edited by Penny Woolcock with a soundtrack by British Sea Power.

Juvenile Liaison Trailer (1976)

01 January 1976

Juvenile Liaison is about the day-to-day assignments of the juvenile liaison section of the Blackburn, Lancashire police force.

Nineteen Nineteen Trailer (1985)

14 November 1985

Two former patients of Sigmund Freud meet again and discuss their psychiatric treatment 65 years earlier.

Now Is the Time Trailer (1951)

03 May 1951

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

Solarflares Burn for You Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

Arthur Johns' 10-minute experimental film is a personal essay on colour effects, set to a hypnotic soundtrack by Robert Wyatt.

Only a Fool Breaks the 2 Second Rule - Hospital Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

A shadowy man in black warns viewers of the perils of forgetting to follow the simple two second rule - that is, keeping a sufficient distance from the car ahead when driving.

Soho Trailer (1981)

01 January 1981

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

The Falls Trailer (1982)

06 August 1982

Told in the form of a mock documentary in 92 short parts, nineteen million people are left obsessed with birds and flight following a strange occurrence.

A Family Called Abrew Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

Director Maureen Blackwood harnesses the distinctive style of the Sankofa Film Collective to sketch the Abrew family tree.

The Simulation Trailer (2021)

29 May 2021

An insomniac young woman from another universe generates an AI to alleviate her guilt and finally get some rest.

Sierra Leone Greets the Queen Trailer (1962)

01 January 1962

Watching Sierra Leone Greets the Queen gives one a flavour of the hectic nature of royal tours; in just one week (from the 25th November to the 1st December 1961) the Queen and Prince Philip covered an exhausting array of sights, zooming around the country to take in the capital city Freetown, Bo, the Guma Dam, digging for diamonds (Sierra Leone’s biggest export), Hangha and observing the iron ore works at Marampa.

Under the Wave Off Little Dragon Trailer (2025)

15 October 2025

A Chinese girl growing up in a Welsh fishing village rejects her mother’s folklore, until she experiences one magical encounter.

Gallivant Trailer (1996)

01 October 1996

Part home movie, part road movie, Kötting's riveting and eccentric film stars his 85-year-old grandmother Gladys - opinionated, bursting with anecdotes and contradictory reminiscences – and Eden, his eight-year-old daughter with Joubert syndrome, as they take a zig-zagging 6,000 mile trip in their campervan around Britain's coastline.

The Feast Trailer (2021)

19 November 2021

A wealthy family hosts a sumptuous dinner, only for a mysterious young server to chillingly unravel their lives with terrifying consequences they could never see coming.

The Crane Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

An enigmatic fragment of a bigger story, showing events leading up to a pivotal moment in the life of a strange, troubled young man.

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.