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A great Christmas film for every year, from 1925 to now
A century of Christmas films, from winter warmers to bracing blasts of seasonal drama.
A great Christmas film for every year, from 1925 to now
Features and reviews
Discover the latest from the BFI, the UK’s lead organisation for film, television and the moving image.
Lists
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10 great Sherlock Holmes films and TV adaptations
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Lists
The best British TV of 2025
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10 great Hungarian films
By Michael Brooke
Lists
Frederick Wiseman: 10 essential films
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10 great films set in Taipei
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10 great erotic horror films
By Georgina Guthrie
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10 great Hollywood melodramas of the 1940s
By Pamela Hutchinson
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10 great Technicolor melodramas
By Rory Doherty
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10 great French horror films
By Anton Bitel
Lists
Eight under-the-radar LFF films
By Thomas Flew, Beatrice Loayza and others
Festivals
20 great films playing at BFI London Film Festival 2025
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10 great White House films
By Emily Maskell
One per year
A great Hammer horror for every year (1957 to 1974)
By Kevin Lyons
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By Rory Doherty
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10 great German horror films
By Anton Bitel
Lists
Robert Redford (1936 to 2025): 10 essential films
By Christina Newland
Discoveries
6 discoveries from Venice Film Festival 2025
By John Bleasdale, Rory Doherty and others
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By Miriam Balanescu
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10 great Soviet films of the 1920s
By David Parkinson
Festivals
Faith in horror: 6 features testing credulity at FrightFest 2025
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10 great films by one-time directors
By Chloe Walker
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10 great British pastoral films
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