10 great
10 great films of 1926
As we hurtle into 2026, take a 10-film trip back in time to celebrate these 100th anniversaries.
By Pamela Hutchinson
10 great films of 1926
Features and reviews
Discover the latest from the BFI, the UK’s lead organisation for film, television and the moving image.
Lists
Brigitte Bardot (1934 to 2025): 5 films to remember her by
By Ginette Vincendeau
Lists
24 films to watch on TV this Christmas
By David Parkinson
One per year
A great Christmas film for every year, from 1925 to now
A great Christmas film for every year, from 1925 to nowLists
Rob Reiner: 5 essential films
By Jasper Sharp
10 great
10 great Sherlock Holmes films and TV adaptations
By David Parkinson
Lists
The best British TV of 2025
By Chantelle Lavel Boyea, Josephine Botting and others
10 great
10 great Hungarian films
By Michael Brooke
Lists
Frederick Wiseman: 10 essential films
By Michael Ewins
10 great
10 great films set in Taipei
By John Berra
10 great
10 great erotic horror films
By Georgina Guthrie
10 great
10 great Hollywood melodramas of the 1940s
By Pamela Hutchinson
10 great
10 great Technicolor melodramas
By Rory Doherty
10 great
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
20 great films playing at BFI London Film Festival 202510 great
10 great White House films
By Emily Maskell
One per year
A great Hammer horror for every year (1957 to 1974)
By Kevin Lyons
10 great
10 great films set in 1970s America
By Rory Doherty
10 great
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
10 great
10 great mockumentary films
By Miriam Balanescu
10 great
10 great queer westerns and cowboy films
By Emily Maskell
10 great
10 great Soviet films of the 1920s
By David Parkinson
Festivals
Faith in horror: 6 features testing credulity at FrightFest 2025
By Anton Bitel
10 great
10 great documentaries about modern news media
By Carmen Gray
10 great
10 great Eastern European sci-fi films
By Michael Brooke
10 great
10 great Jane Austen adaptations
By Lillian Crawford
10 great
10 great films about hospitals
By Georgina Guthrie