Best films on BBC iPlayer
Futuristic action thriller starring Jennifer Lawrence. In annual retribution for a failed uprising in the totalitarian state of Panem, each of 12 districts is forced to select a young boy and girl to take part in a televised fight to the death. When her younger sister is chosen, the resourceful Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her place.
Period romantic drama, based on the novel by Jane Austen. Emma Thompson writes and stars with Kate Winslet in the story of the Dashwood sisters, who are disinherited following the death of their father and find that their reduced circumstances have an adverse effect on their romantic aspirations.
Black comedy horror starring Amandla Stenberg and Maria Bakalova. A group of spoilt 20-somethings congregate at a remote family mansion, ready to let their hair down at a "hurricane party". But events take a terrifying turn when they play a raucous game and discover that there is a killer in the house.
Classic period drama from director Ingmar Bergman, starring Max von Sydow. Knight Antonius Block and his squire return from the Crusades to find that a plague is sweeping their country. When Death tells Block that his time has come, the knight challenges him to a game of chess to gain a reprieve.
Director John Carpenter's ground-breaking horror, starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis. Fifteen years after murdering his sister, Michael Myers escapes from a mental institution and returns to the small town of Haddonfield. Dr Sam Loomis, a psychiatrist who has been treating Michael, races to track him down before he kills again.
Biographical drama starring Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi. In 1959 West Germany, 14-year-old American Priscilla Beaulieu meets rock 'n' roll superstar Elvis Presley, who is approaching the end of his military service. Despite her parents' concerns, the two eventually embark on a romantic relationship - but this is far from a fairy-tale ending for the naive schoolgirl.
Horror thriller starring Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage. FBI agent Lee Harker draws on her sense of psychic intuition when she is assigned to investigate the ritualistic murders of a serial killer who refers to himself as "Longlegs". As the occult overtones of these killings become evident, Harker realises something more: Longlegs could be connected to her own personal history.
Satirical horror starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley. After turning 50, former film star Elisabeth Sparkle suffers a sudden career downturn. She is discreetly offered a mysterious experimental drug designed to arrest the effects of ageing by creating a fresh, new Elisabeth. But using "The Substance" comes with strict rules that neither Elisabeth nor her new younger self, Sue, are entirely prepared to follow.
Period drama starring Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson. In early-60s Florida, a misunderstanding lands young Elwood Curtis in a reform school run by cruel white administrators. Elwood makes a friend in fellow inmate Turner, and the two try their best to navigate the dangers of an institution from which boys mysteriously "disappear" with an unsettling frequency.
Crime thriller starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro. With the war between Mexican drug cartels and the American authorities becoming increasingly vicious, highly regarded FBI agent Kate Macer is sent to join an operation to bring down one of the more ruthless gangs. But Kate soon learns that her by-the-book approach to the job might not work in a world where nothing is quite as it seems.
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