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Top British Films (#1-100)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 2001: A Space Odyssey1 1968 Stanley Kubrick 4
2 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 David Lean 9
3 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 Stanley Kubrick 12
4 The Third Man 1949 Carol Reed 28
5 A Clockwork Orange1 1971 Stanley Kubrick 41
6 Alien1 1979 Ridley Scott 42
7 The Bridge on the River Kwai1 1957 David Lean 52
8 Aliens1 1986 James Cameron 66
9 The Deer Hunter1 1978 Michael Cimino 73
10 Brazil 1985 Terry Gilliam 86
11 The African Queen1 1951 John Huston 92
12 The Terminator1 1984 James Cameron 94
13 The Shining1 1980 Stanley Kubrick 108
14 Platoon1 1986 Oliver Stone 112
15 Gladiator1 2000 Ridley Scott 127
16 Trainspotting 1996 Danny Boyle 132
17 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones 135
18 A Hard Day's Night 1964 Richard Lester 159
19 Brief Encounter 1945 David Lean 165
20 Life of Brian 1979 Terry Jones 166
21 Don't Look Now2 1973 Nicolas Roeg 172
22 Dances with Wolves1 1990 Kevin Costner 183
23 Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 Robert Hamer 193
24 Goldfinger 1964 Guy Hamilton 195
25 Withnail & I 1987 Bruce Robinson 205
26 The Big Lebowski1 1998 Joel Coen 210
27 The English Patient1 1996 Anthony Minghella 219
28 The Red Shoes 1948 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 222
29 The 39 Steps 1935 Alfred Hitchcock 229
30 Gandhi3 1982 Richard Attenborough 240
31 Shakespeare in Love1 1998 John Madden 246
32 Great Expectations 1946 David Lean 249
33 Stairway to Heaven 1946 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 260
34 The Wicker Man 1973 Robin Hardy 268
35 Blow-Up1 2 1966 Michelangelo Antonioni 273
36 Peeping Tom 1960 Michael Powell 274
37 Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994 Mike Newell 278
38 Superman1 1978 Richard Donner 283
39 Full Metal Jacket1 1987 Stanley Kubrick 289
40 Chariots of Fire 1981 Hugh Hudson 319
41 The Rocky Horror Picture Show1 1975 Jim Sharman 323
42 Black Narcissus 1947 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 340
43 Performance 1970 Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg 341
44 A Fish Called Wanda1 1988 Charles Crichton 344
45 The Lady Vanishes 1938 Alfred Hitchcock 351
46 Repulsion 1965 Roman Polanski 352
47 Henry V 1944 Laurence Olivier 364
48 Barry Lyndon 1975 Stanley Kubrick 382
49 Secrets & Lies5 1996 Mike Leigh 388
50 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 390
51 The Ladykillers 1955 Alexander Mackendrick 401
52 Sense and Sensibility1 1995 Ang Lee 420
53 Get Carter 1971 Mike Hodges 422
54 Tom Jones 1963 Tony Richardson 423
55 A Man for All Seasons 1966 Fred Zinnemann 435
56 Paris, Texas5 6 1984 Wim Wenders 441
57 The Full Monty 1997 Peter Cattaneo 443
58 Local Hero 1983 Bill Forsyth 447
59 Shaun of the Dead5 2004 Edgar Wright 450
60 Batman1 1989 Tim Burton 459
61 Kes 1970 Ken Loach 475
62 A Room with a View 1985 James Ivory 479
63 The Haunting1 1963 Robert Wise 486
64 Zulu 1964 Cy Endfield 504
65 Oliver! 1968 Carol Reed 506
66 An American Werewolf in London1 1981 John Landis 513
67 The Last Emperor2 5 7 1987 Bernardo Bertolucci 524
68 The Pianist5 6 8 2002 Roman Polanski 530
69 The Dirty Dozen1 1967 Robert Aldrich 536
70 If.... 1968 Lindsay Anderson 546
71 Dr. No 1962 Terence Young 558
72 The Killing Fields 1984 Roland Joffé 572
73 The Crying Game9 1992 Neil Jordan 575
74 Batman Begins1 2005 Christopher Nolan 583
75 The Innocents1 1961 Jack Clayton 587
76 The Remains of the Day1 1993 James Ivory 594
77 The Long Good Friday 1980 John Mackenzie 595
78 The Italian Job 1969 Peter Collinson 600
79 The Man Who Would be King1 1975 John Huston 620
80 Dangerous Liaisons1 1988 Stephen Frears 627
81 Children of Men1 9 2006 Alfonso Cuarón 635
82 Naked 1993 Mike Leigh 645
83 The Thief of Bagdad 1940 Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, and Tim Whelan 649
84 The Lavender Hill Mob 1951 Charles Crichton 651
85 Gregory's Girl 1981 Bill Forsyth 662
86 On Golden Pond1 1981 Mark Rydell 666
87 Goodbye Mr. Chips 1939 Sam Wood 672
88 Dead of Night 1945 Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, and Robert Hamer 673
89 28 Days Later… 2002 Danny Boyle 674
90 Jason and the Argonauts1 1963 Don Chaffey 679
91 Leaving Las Vegas1 5 1995 Mike Figgis 683
92 My Beautiful Laundrette 1985 Stephen Frears 686
93 My Left Foot10 1989 Jim Sheridan 688
94 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone1 2001 Chris Columbus 692
95 The Dark Knight1 2008 Christopher Nolan 701
96 Hoosiers1 1986 David Anspaugh 708
97 Bridget Jones's Diary5 10 2001 Sharon Maguire 709
98 High Fidelity1 2000 Stephen Frears 713
99 Horror of Dracula 1958 Terence Fisher 714
100 Topsy-Turvy 1999 Mike Leigh 719

1 Joint production with the United States.
2 Joint production with Italy.
3 Joint production with India.
4 Joint production with Canada.
5 Joint production with France.
6 Joint production with (West) Germany.
7 Joint production with the People's Republic of China.
8 Joint production with Poland.
9 Joint production with Japan.
10 Joint production with Ireland.
11 Joint production with New Zealand.
12 Joint production with the Netherlands.
13 Joint production with Sweden.
14 Joint production with Denmark, Finland, and Norway.
15 Joint production with Iceland.
16 Joint production with Belgium.
17 Joint production with Spain.
18 Joint production with South Africa.
19 Joint production with Czechoslovakia or the Czech Republic.
20 Joint production with Australia.
21 Joint production with Switzerland.
22 Joint production with Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru.
23 Joint production with Greece.
24 Joint production with Yugoslavia.
25 Joint production with Cuba.
26 Joint production with Russia.
27 Joint production with Bosnia-Herzegovina and Slovenia.
28 Joint production with Macedonia.
29 Joint production with Luxembourg.
30 Joint production with Malta.

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