Most heavily used collections
The most heavily used material in Special Collections includes:

- Joseph Losey
- David Puttnam
- Derek Jarman
- Michael Balcon
- Carol Reed
- Humphrey Jennings
- Ivor Montagu
- Gerald Thomas
- London Film Productions
- The unpublished script collection
- The pressbook collection (on microfiche)
- British Board of Film Censorship scenario reports for the 1930s/1940s
A full listing of the holdings of Special Collections is available via the bfi National Library and includes film-makers such as Clive Donner, Mike Hodges, Wendy Toye and Muriel Box.