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Examples |
 The British Film Industry and its studios have created a number of memorable films, many
of which have won Academy Award Oscars. Many films have been jointly produced
by US and UK studios. Throughout all of film history, British films have played
an important role. A few Australian films are also included in the greatest
films indexes. Early in 1999, the British Film Institute asked 1,000 people
- embracing all strands of the film, cinema and television industries throughout
the UK - producers, directors, writers, actors, technicians, academics, exhibitors,
distributors, executives and critics - to consider (and vote for up to 100)
'culturally British' feature films, released in cinemas during the 20th century,
which they felt had made a strong and lasting impression. The BFI published
a tally of the votes, resulting in the 100 Favorite
British Films of the 20th Century, all of which are found in this list, with their ranking number. |
Selection of Greatest British Films:
100 Favorite
British Films of the 20th Century
(listed here with ranking number #)
UK-British
Films
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Greatest British Films:
The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) The 39 Steps (1935) (# 4) Things to Come (1936) Fire Over England (1937) The Lady Vanishes (1938) (# 35) Pygmalion (1938) The Four Feathers (1939) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) (# 72) The Thief of Bagdad (1940) Major Barbara (1941) In Which We Serve (1942) (# 92) Fires Were Started (1943) (# 89) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) (# 45) Henry V (1944) (# 18) Blithe Spirit (1945) Brief Encounter (1946) (# 2) Great Expectations (1946) (# 5) A Matter of Life and Death (1946) - (aka Stairway to Heaven) (# 20) Black Narcissus (1947) (# 44) Brighton Rock (1947) (# 15) Odd Man Out (1947) They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) The Fallen Idol (1948) Hamlet (1948) (# 69) Oliver Twist (1948) (# 46) The Red Shoes (1948) (# 9) Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) (# 6) Passport to Pimlico (1949) (# 63) The Third Man (1949) (# 1) Whiskey Galore! (1949) (# 24) The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) (# 17) The Man in the White Suit (1951) (# 58) The Cruel Sea (1952) (# 75) Genevieve (1953) (# 86) The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) (# 94) The Dam Busters (1955) (# 68) The Ladykillers (1955) (# 13) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) (# 11) Carry On Admiral (1957) Room at the Top (1958) (# 32) I'm All Right Jack (1959) (# 47) Peeping Tom (1960) (# 78) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) (# 14) A Taste of Honey (1961) (# 56) Dr. No (1962) (# 41) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (# 3) The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) (# 61) Billy Liar (1963) (# 76) The Servant (1963) (# 22) Tom Jones (1963) (# 51) Goldfinger (1964) (# 70) A Hard Day's Night (1964) (# 88) Zulu (1964) (# 31) Darling (1965) (# 83) Doctor Zhivago (1965) (# 27) The Ipcress File (1965) (# 59) Alfie (1966) (# 33) Blow-Up (1966) (# 60) Far From the Madding Crowd (1967) (# 79) A Man For All Seasons (1966) (# 43) This Sporting Life (1967) (# 52) Carry On Up the Khyber (1968) (# 99) If...(1968) (# 12) Oliver! (1968) (# 77) The Italian Job (1969) (# 36) Kes (1969) (# 7) Women in Love (1969) (# 87) The Go-Between (1970) (# 57) Performance (1970) (# 48) The Railway Children (1970) (# 66) A Clockwork Orange (1971) (# 81) Get Carter (1971) (# 16) Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971) (# 65) The Day of the Jackal (1973) (# 74) Don't Look Now (1973) (# 8) The Wicker Man (1973) (# 96) Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) (# 28) Gregory's Girl (1980) (# 30) The Long Good Friday (1980) (# 21) Chariots of Fire (1981) (# 19) The Draughtsman's Contract (1982) (# 80) Gandhi (1982) (# 34) Educating Rita (1983) (# 84) Local Hero (1983) (# 37) The Killing Fields (1984) (# 100) Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1985) Brazil (1985) (# 54) My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) (# 50) A Room With a View (1985) (# 73) Caravaggio (1986) (# 93) Mona Lisa (1986) (# 67) Hope and Glory (1987) (# 90) Withnail & I (1987) (# 29) Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) (# 82) A Fish Called Wanda (1988) (# 39) My Left Foot (1989) (# 53) Life is Sweet (1990) (# 95) The Commitments (1991) (# 38) The Crying Game (1992) (# 26) Howards End (1992) Blue (1993) The Remains of the Day (1993) (# 64) Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) (# 23) The Madness of King George (1994) (# 42) Sense and Sensibility (1995) (# 62) Small Faces (1995) (# 98) Brassed Off (1996) (# 85) Emma (1996) The English Patient (1996) (# 55) Hamlet (1996) Jude (1996) Secrets and Lies (1995) (# 40) Trainspotting (1996) (# 10) The Full Monty (1997) (# 25) Nil By Mouth (1997) (# 97) Elizabeth (1998) (# 71) Hilary and Jackie (1998) My Name is Joe (1998) (# 91) Shakespeare in Love (1998) (# 49) Topsy Turvy (1999) |
