best british film ever made ?

[VR4Kaos]

poll for best british film :- my favourate britsh film is a toss up between
lock stock and two smoking barrals
snatch

[AlanDITD]

Both two of my fav movies aswell mate...there is literally thousands of them though.

[VR4Kaos]

thought your fav would be line ya spokes up kid

[AlanDITD]

Bridget Jones was definately one of my favourites!

[Ryan]

Must say that I thoroughly enjoyed Snatch - I saw it in Hong Kong about 10 years ago when I was travelling...

Don't know that much about British film making to form an opinion on which is the best British though... I'm sure there are others I'd choose over that though (if I knew that they were British).

edit: Bridget Jones' diary was quite good too... for some reason Renee just looked so tappable in that movie.

[Wodjno]

poll for best british film :- my favourate britsh film is a toss up between
lock stock and two smoking barrals
snatch

Nah theres many more older films out there better than the both of them /yes

There's all the Carry On Films for starters /Hyper

[mike74]

The original Italian job, awesome flick! :)

[Humpty's Revenge]

Ok this is what I`ve found so far but I still go with Lock stock and snatch.

1 The Third Man (1949, Carol Reed)
2 Brief Encounter (1945, David Lean)
3 Lawrence of Arabia (1962, David Lean)
4 The 39 Steps (1935, Alfred Hitchcock)
5 Great Expectations (1946, David Lean)
6 Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949, Robert Hamer)
7 Kes (1969 Ken Loach)
8 Don't Look Now (1973, Nicolas Roeg)
9 The Red Shoes (1948, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)
10 Trainspotting (1996, Danny Boyle)
11 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, David Lean)
12 If... (1968, Lindsay Anderson)
13 The Ladykillers (1955, Alexander Mackendrick)
14 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960, Karel Reisz)
15 Brighton Rock (1947, John Boulting)
16 Get Carter (1971, Mike Hodges)
17 The Lavender Hill Mob (1951, Charles Crichton)
18 Henry V (1944, Laurence Olivier)
19 Chariots of Fire (1981, Hugh Hudson)
20 A Matter of Life and Death (1946, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)
21 The Long Good Friday (1980, John Mackenzie)
22 The Servant (1963, Joseph Losey)
23 Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994, Mike Newell)
24 Whisky Galore! (1949, Alexander Mackendrick)
25 The Full Monty (1997, Peter Cattaneo)
26 The Crying Game (1992, Neil Jordan)
27 Dr Zhivago (1965, David Lean)
28 Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979, Terry Jones)
29 Withnail and I (1987, Bruce Robinson)
30 Gregory's Girl (1980, Bill Forsyth)
31 Zulu (1964, Cy Endfield)
32 Room at the Top (1958, Jack Clayton)
33 Alfie (1966, Lewis Gilbert)
34 Gandhi (1982, Richard Attenborough)
35 The Lady Vanishes (1938, Alfred Hitchcock)
36 The Italian Job (1969, Peter Collinson)
37 Local Hero (1983, Bill Forsyth)
38 The Commitments (1991, Alan Parker)
39 A Fish Called Wanda (1988, Charles Crichton)
40 Secrets & Lies (1995, Mike Leigh)
41 Dr No (1962, Terence Young)
42 The Madness of King George (1994, Nicholas Hytner)
43 A Man for All Seasons (1966, Fred Zimmermann)
44 Black Narcissus (1947, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)
45 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943, Michael Powell, Emeric
Pressburger)
46 Oliver Twist (1948, David Lean)
47 I'm All Right Jack (1959, John Boulting)
48 Performance (1970, Nicolas Roeg, Donald Cammell)
49 Shakespeare in Love (1998, John Madden)
50 My Beautiful Launderette (1985, Stephen Frears)
51 Tom Jones (1963, Tony Richardson)
52 This Sporting Life (1967, Lindsay Anderson)
53 My Left Foot (1989, Jim Sheridan)
54 Brazil (1985, Terry Gilliam)
55 The English Patient (1996, Anthony Minghella)
56 A Taste of Honey (1961, Tony Richardson)
57 The Go-Between (1970, Joseph Losey)
58 The Man in the White Suit (1951, Alexander Mackendrick)
59 The Ipcress File (1965, Sidney J Furie)
60 Blow Up (1966, Michelangelo Antonioni)
61 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962, Tony Richardson)
62 Sense and Sensibility (1995, Ang Lee)
63 Passport to Pimlico (1949, Henry Cornelius)
64 The Remains of the Day (1993, James Ivory)
65 Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971, John Schlesinger)
66 The Railway Children (1970, Lionel Jeffries)
67 Mona Lisa (1986, Neil Jordan)
68 The Dam Busters (1955, Michael Anderson)
69 Hamlet (1948, Laurence Olivier)
70 Goldfinger (1964, Guy Hamilton)
71 Elizabeth (1998, Shekhar Kapur)
72 Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939, Sam Wood)
73 A Room with a View (1985, James Ivory)
74 The Day of the Jackal (1973, Fred Zinnemann)
75 The Cruel Sea (1952, Charles Frend)
76 Billy Liar (1963, John Schlesinger)
77 Oliver (1968, Carol Reed)
78 Peeping Tom (1960, Michael Powell)
79 Far From the Madding Crowd (1967, John Schlesinger)
80 The Draughtsman's Contract (1982, Peter Greenaway)
81 A Clockwork Orange (1971, Stanley Kubrick)
82 Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988, Terence Davies)
83 Darling (1965, John Schlesinger)
84 Educating Rita (1983, Lewis Gilbert)
85 Brassed Off (1996, Mark Herman)
86 Genevieve (1953, Henry Cornelius)
87 Women in Love (1969, Ken Russell)
88 A Hard Day's Night (1964, Richard Lester)
89 Fires Were Started (documentary, 1943, Humphrey Jennings)
90 Hope and Glory (1981, John Boorman)
91 My Name is Joe (1998, Ken Loach)
92 In Which We Serve (1942 Noel Coward, David Lean)
93 Caravaggio (1986, Derek Jarman)
94 The Belles of St Trinian's (1954, Frank Launder)
95 Life Is Sweet (1990, Mike Leigh)
96 The Wicker Man (1973, Robin Hardy)
97 Nil By Mouth (1997, Gary Oldman)
98 Small Faces (1995, Gillies Mackinnon)
99 Carry On Up the Khyber (1968, Gerald Thomas)
100 The Killing Fields (1984, Roland Joffe)

These are only the top 100 best British films (Website claim not mine)./wall

[Wodjno]

The original Italian job, awesome flick! :)
/yes

The Commitments, A long good Friday, 39 Steps /yes Oh and The Dam Busters /yes

[VR4Kaos]

ffs Steve how many choices you want i you say i need to get out more pmsl oj

[Humpty's Revenge]

ffs Steve how many choices you want i you say i need to get out more pmsl oj

Looks good mate! But read the very top dude and it is only a list I have found just to let members know what other British films are out there. Not saying I agree with them all.

Some of them I have never heard of. Plus there are just so many great films out there in different catagories like funny, horror, gangster Etc.

I do agree with you bud that Lock stock & Snatch are just brilliant just because of the way they are put together with many stories within one film all coming together at the end as one.

[Wodjno]

So how many of the 100 Steve posted have members seen ? /Hmmm

Start counting :D

58 for me.. And 11 that sound familiar but not sure about..

[elnevio]

19 or 20 (not *exactly* sure).

But number 54 - Brazil. Brilliant film! :pimp2:

[Humpty's Revenge]

So how many of the 100 Steve posted have members seen ? /Hmmm

Start counting :D

58 for me.. And 11 that sound familiar but not sure about..


Around 40 for me with around 8 or 9 that sound as if I could of watched.

[Wodjno]

19 or 20 (not *exactly* sure).

But number 54 - Brazil. Brilliant film! :pimp2:
That's 1 i haven't seen :( I don't think anyway. It don't ring no Bells ?

[VR4Kaos]

I do agree with you bud that Lock stock & Snatch are just brilliant just because of the way they are put together with many stories within one film all coming together at the end as one.

i think its this and the one liners in both films that make them at least in the top ten
check this vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8XaVWAsT9A

[Humpty's Revenge]

That's 1 i haven't seen :( I don't think anyway. It don't ring no Bells ?

:iagree:

[elnevio]

Terry Gilliam film - very Big Brother-esqe (and not in the C4 pretend celeb series sense either). Some cracking performances from Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Michael Palin and Bob Hoskins, amongst others. Bit of a cult film, and not very Hollywood.

[Ghost_2008]

I think Lock Stock somes up modern British culture very well, Snatch is also a good film....... I am supprised that no-one has mentioned Harry Brown..... I personally thought that was an excellent film, again very reflective of todays society........... what about Casino Royale? Human Traffic?

Italian job is a classic and can not be denied, Get Carter has echoed through other films and TV series.........

Can anyone really choose one film? There are too many to choose from!!!!!

[Ghost_2008]

Quadrophenia......

[VR4Kaos]

jimmy grimble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhyMBoQ93IY
is another top film lewis mackenzie ( jimmy ) is a very good friend of mine unfortatly he quit acting now got sick of rejection as he puts it he played the main part and did a good job at it imo hes sh1t at football in real life tho hahaha

[damien]

Withnail and I

[swinks]

"Lock stock and two smoking barrels" (although I've found more entertaining telly serries of 4 episodes)
"Snatch"

Yes both are my cuppa tea. Like them very much.
But there also other good movies:
- "Bank Job" by Robert Donaldson 2008
- "The Business" by Nick Love 2005
- "Hot Fuzz" by Egdar Wright 2007
- "Layer Cake" by Matthew Vaughn 2004
- "Life of Brian" by Monty Python
- "Human Traffic" 1999
- "Mean Machine" 2001
- "Trainspotting" by Danny Boyle 1996
- "Shallow Grave" as above 1994
- "Millions" as above 2004
That's from last years...

BTW, d'you know that "Snatch" and "Mean Machine" were so high ranked in Hollywood that they did their sequels which were obviously total crap /lol IMHO, Hollywood should pay massive compensation to UK for this.

[Nick Mann]

Nobody has mentioned Shooting Fish yet.

[Vicky Mann]

Shooting Fish and Sliding Doors

[SGHOM]

Shirley valentine

British comedy at it's peak

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQZZAPp1HhU&feature=youtube_gdata


:bananadan

[dublee]

Since when is "The Commitments" a British film?

"Brassed Off" was decent.

No mention of "In the name of the father" in that big list or "Bronson"

[miller]

ha ha The Commitments....if you liked that then watch Roddy Doyles 'The Van'....waaaaay better and funnier!

[dublee]

The Snapper is the by far best of the series

[oldgit9]

i managed 32 from that list. anyone notice a theme in the years that they were made??? only a few of them were made in the last 20 years. ok...there are some good old films in there like damn busters and the cruel sea. but be honest lads, who has ever seen or even heard of the no1. The Third Man and the no2. Brief Encounter??? im old and i do like the odd old film from time to time, but i've never heard of these films. so who in the right mind has made them the top two?

there are so many films that could be listed.
1. all of the james bond 007 films
2. most of the carry on films
3. the harry potter films

also. they have forgotten about the big hollywood titles that were made in this country. for example :- The Hunt For Red October, Braveheart, Batman, Gladiator, Mission Impossible, Saving Private Ryan, Tomb Raider 2, Notting Hill, Patriot Games, Superman, First Knight, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves to name a few.

[VR4Kaos]

has willow been mentioned yet ?

[VR4Kaos]

my mrs has just piped up with Buster (phil collins) lol
and
the conffesions of a windercleaner

[Spirit]

Got to agree with Lock Stock, Snatch, Harry Brown and the Italian Job :2thumbsup

[Geraint]

snatch or Zulu. both 2 of the best films ever made

[Evil Enda]

How about most of the Hammer horror films, especially any with Peter Cushing or Christopher Lee in them.

[VR457]

There's quite a few Ealing Studios films in that list; Lavender Hill Mob, Passport to Pimlico etc. I like The Man in the White Suit.

Been a while - would like to watch Saturday Night, Sunday Morning again.

[Barney]

Layer Cake
Dead Ringers
Four Weddings & a Funeral

As alternative suggestions

[1timeVR4]

Lock Stock
Snatch
SW9
Human Traffic
Layer Cake

(Not British but Full Metal Jacket is brilliant....)

[666damned]

bought Kes on dvd a while ago and played it to the kids.and they just looked at me in wilderment as to what i was making them watch..................:laugh: :laugh: .....brian glover as 'Manchetsder United'.....epic....