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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 8
3 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 Stanley Kubrick 14
4 The Third Man 1949 Carol Reed 26
5 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Stanley Kubrick 43
6 The Bridge on the River Kwai1 1957 David Lean 52
7 Alien1 1979 Ridley Scott 54
8 The African Queen1 1951 John Huston 71
9 Aliens1 1986 James Cameron 88
10 Brazil 1985 Terry Gilliam 97
11 Close Encounters of the Third Kind1 1977 Steven Spielberg 103
12 The Terminator1 1984 James Cameron 110
13 Platoon1 1986 Oliver Stone 111
14 Trainspotting 1996 Danny Boyle 128
15 The Shining1 1980 Stanley Kubrick 129
16 Gladiator1 2000 Ridley Scott 138
17 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones 149
18 Brief Encounter 1945 David Lean 159
19 A Hard Day's Night 1964 Richard Lester 164
20 Life of Brian 1979 Terry Jones 180
21 Don't Look Now2 1973 Nicolas Roeg 185
22 The Red Shoes 1948 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 212
23 Goldfinger 1964 Guy Hamilton 213
24 Gandhi3 1982 Richard Attenborough 221
25 The 39 Steps 1935 Alfred Hitchcock 223
26 Withnail & I 1987 Bruce Robinson 227
27 Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 Robert Hamer 228
28 Shakespeare in Love1 1998 John Madden 229
29 Great Expectations 1946 David Lean 234
30 Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994 Mike Newell 241
31 Stairway to Heaven 1946 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 242
32 Blow-Up1 2 1966 Michelangelo Antonioni 253
33 Three Colors: Blue4 5 6 1993 Krzysztof Kieslowski 277
34 The Big Lebowski1 1998 Joel Coen 283
35 Henry V 1944 Laurence Olivier 286
36 Peeping Tom 1960 Michael Powell 287
37 Chariots of Fire 1981 Hugh Hudson 297
38 Full Metal Jacket1 1987 Stanley Kubrick 302
39 Superman1 1978 Richard Donner 314
40 The Wicker Man 1973 Robin Hardy 317
41 Black Narcissus 1947 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 318
42 The Rocky Horror Picture Show1 1975 Jim Sharman 333
43 Repulsion 1965 Roman Polanski 348
44 Sense and Sensibility1 1995 Ang Lee 357
45 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 368
46 A Fish Called Wanda1 1988 Charles Crichton 378
47 The Full Monty 1997 Peter Cattaneo 391
48 Tom Jones 1963 Tony Richardson 399
49 The Lady Vanishes 1938 Alfred Hitchcock 400
50 Zulu 1964 Cy Endfield 407
51 Performance 1970 Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg 414
52 Barry Lyndon 1975 Stanley Kubrick 423
53 A Man for All Seasons 1966 Fred Zinnemann 428
54 Secrets & Lies4 1996 Mike Leigh 436
55 Local Hero 1983 Bill Forsyth 439
56 The Ladykillers 1955 Alexander Mackendrick 441
57 A Room with a View 1985 James Ivory 443
58 The Elephant Man1 1980 David Lynch 457
59 Get Carter 1971 Mike Hodges 468
60 Batman1 1989 Tim Burton 493
61 The Italian Job 1969 Peter Collinson 494
62 The Crying Game7 1992 Neil Jordan 503
63 The Last Emperor2 4 8 1987 Bernardo Bertolucci 504
64 The Man Who Would be King1 1975 John Huston 509
65 Kes 1969 Ken Loach 510
66 The Fly1 9 1986 David Cronenberg 524
67 Goodbye Mr. Chips 1939 Sam Wood 527
68 If.… 1968 Lindsay Anderson 533
69 The Killing Fields 1984 Roland Joffé 544
70 Oliver! 1968 Carol Reed 559
71 Dangerous Liaisons1 1988 Stephen Frears 573
72 An American Werewolf in London 1981 John Landis 585
73 The Pianist4 5 10 2002 Roman Polanski 586
74 The Remains of the Day1 1993 James Ivory 591
75 Leaving Las Vegas1 4 1995 Mike Figgis 601
76 Jason and the Argonauts1 1963 Don Chaffey 609
77 Dr. No 1962 Terence Young 624
78 Bridget Jones's Diary4 2001 Sharon Maguire 626
79 The Thief of Bagdad 1940 Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, and Tim Whelan 627
80 The Dirty Dozen1 1967 Robert Aldrich 632
81 My Beautiful Laundrette 1985 Stephen Frears 637
82 Dead of Night 1945 Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, and Robert Hamer 638
83 Gregory's Girl 1981 Bill Forsyth 642
84 Shaun of the Dead4 2004 Edgar Wright 643
85 The Lavender Hill Mob 1951 Charles Crichton 653
86 Naked 1993 Mike Leigh 658
87 The Long Good Friday 1980 John Mackenzie 663
88 Heavenly Creatures10 11 1994 Peter Jackson 691
89 Lolita 1962 Stanley Kubrick 695
90 Chicken Run 2000 Peter Lord and Nick Park 707
91 Hamlet 1948 Laurence Olivier 708
92 The Lion in Winter 1968 Anthony Harvey 720
93 From Russia with Love 1963 Terence Young 728
94 Walkabout 1971 Nicolas Roeg 729
95 High Fidelity1 2000 Stephen Frears 730
96 My Left Foot12 1989 Jim Sheridan 739
97 The Straight Story1 4 1999 David Lynch 740
98 Odd Man Out 1947 Carol Reed 741
99 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 1960 Karel Reisz 743
100 Scrooge 1951 Brian Desmond Hurst 748

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

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