Top 10 most rented films on BFI Player in 2018

One we thing we know: Cinema can be sharpest at its edge. This year’s chart has small stories told well and grand adventures that magnetise.

Rentals

God’s Own Country (2017)

Director Francis Lee

God’s Own Country (2017)

A troubled young sheep farmer falls for a hired hand in this stunning debut from Francis Lee.

The Death of Stalin (2017)

Director Armando Iannucci

The Death of Stalin (2017)

Chaos and comedy ignite in Armando Iannucci’s acerbic satire, as Soviet officials frantically react to the passing of their glorious leader.

Beast (2017)

Director Michael Pearce

Beast (2017)

The hunt for a Jersey serial killer sparks a dangerous awakening in a young woman in this astonishing psycho-sexual thriller, which sets all the senses aflame.

Apostasy (2017)

Director Dan Kokotajlo

Apostasy (2017)

A deeply religious family must decide whether to stick by their relation or abandon her, in this striking debut from Daniel Kokotajlo — a prizewinner at BFI London Film Festival 2017.

The Party (2017)

Director Sally Potter

The Party (2017)

Following some unexpected revelations, a celebration quickly takes a turn for the worse in Sally Potter’s razor-sharp comedy.

The Florida Project (2017)

Director Sean Baker

The Florida Project (2017)

Tangerine director Sean Baker presents another visionary take on the wild ups and dangerous downs of life in America’s underbelly, featuring an Oscar-nominated turn from Willem Dafoe.

The Happy Prince (2018)

Director Rupert Everett

The Happy Prince (2018)

Rupert Everett astounds as Oscar Wilde, depicting the fallen star in the final years of his life, in this heartfelt and captivating passion project.

Lucky (2017)

Director John Carroll Lynch

Lucky (2017)

Harry Dean Stanton gives the performance of a lifetime as an irascible nonagenarian maverick in a New Mexican town, grappling with his mortality.

You Were Never Really Here (2017)

Director Lynne Ramsay

You Were Never Really Here (2017)

Lynne Ramsay journeys with Joaquin Phoenix into the mind of an ex-soldier gun-for-hire whose own demons are as brutal as the actions of his adversaries.

I, Tonya (2017)

Director Craig Gillespie

I, Tonya (2017)

Athlete. Champion. Villain. Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) played them all…

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