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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 27
5 A Clockwork Orange1 1971 Stanley Kubrick 36
6 Alien1 1979 Ridley Scott 38
7 Fargo1 1996 Joel Coen 49
8 The Bridge on the River Kwai1 1957 David Lean 57
9 Aliens1 1986 James Cameron 65
10 Brazil 1985 Terry Gilliam 77
11 The Deer Hunter1 1978 Michael Cimino 85
12 The Shining1 1980 Stanley Kubrick 87
13 The Terminator1 1984 James Cameron 95
14 Gladiator1 2000 Ridley Scott 113
15 Trainspotting 1996 Danny Boyle 117
16 The African Queen 1951 John Huston 120
17 Platoon1 1986 Oliver Stone 122
18 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones 133
19 Life of Brian 1979 Terry Jones 147
20 Brief Encounter 1945 David Lean 148
21 A Hard Day's Night 1964 Richard Lester 157
22 Don't Look Now2 1973 Nicolas Roeg 162
23 Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 Robert Hamer 170
24 The Big Lebowski1 1998 Joel Coen 173
25 Withnail & I 1987 Bruce Robinson 183
26 Goldfinger 1964 Guy Hamilton 186
27 The Red Shoes 1948 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 204
28 The 39 Steps 1935 Alfred Hitchcock 206
29 Dances with Wolves1 1990 Kevin Costner 213
30 The Wicker Man 1973 Robin Hardy 218
31 The English Patient1 1996 Anthony Minghella 231
32 Shakespeare in Love1 1998 John Madden 244
33 Gandhi3 1982 Richard Attenborough 251
34 Great Expectations 1946 David Lean 257
35 Peeping Tom 1960 Michael Powell 258
36 Stairway to Heaven 1946 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 265
37 Blow-Up1 2 1966 Michelangelo Antonioni 266
38 Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994 Mike Newell 267
39 Superman1 1978 Richard Donner 272
40 Full Metal Jacket1 1987 Stanley Kubrick 275
41 The Rocky Horror Picture Show1 1975 Jim Sharman 301
42 Performance 1970 Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg 317
43 Chariots of Fire 1981 Hugh Hudson 320
44 The Ladykillers 1955 Alexander Mackendrick 333
45 A Fish Called Wanda1 1988 Charles Crichton 334
46 Black Narcissus 1947 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 335
47 Get Carter 1971 Mike Hodges 339
48 Repulsion 1965 Roman Polanski 350
49 Barry Lyndon1 1975 Stanley Kubrick 355
50 The Full Monty 1997 Peter Cattaneo 366
51 Henry V 1944 Laurence Olivier 375
52 The Lady Vanishes 1938 Alfred Hitchcock 376
53 Secrets & Lies4 1996 Mike Leigh 389
54 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 390
55 Shaun of the Dead1 4 2004 Edgar Wright 394
56 Sense and Sensibility1 1995 Ang Lee 405
57 The Haunting1 1963 Robert Wise 418
58 Tom Jones 1963 Tony Richardson 435
59 Kes 1969 Ken Loach 436
60 An American Werewolf in London1 1981 John Landis 438
61 Batman1 1989 Tim Burton 451
62 Local Hero 1983 Bill Forsyth 462
63 The Pianist4 5 6 2002 Roman Polanski 470
64 Oliver! 1968 Carol Reed 471
65 Paris, Texas1 4 5 1984 Wim Wenders 473
66 A Man for All Seasons 1966 Fred Zinnemann 482
67 Zulu 1964 Cy Endfield 491
68 The Long Good Friday 1980 John Mackenzie 499
69 The Dirty Dozen1 1967 Robert Aldrich 518
70 Dr. No 1962 Terence Young 524
71 A Room with a View 1985 James Ivory 526
72 The Last Emperor2 4 7 1987 Bernardo Bertolucci 546
73 The Crying Game8 1992 Neil Jordan 547
74 If.... 1968 Lindsay Anderson 559
75 The Dark Knight1 2008 Christopher Nolan 581
76 The Innocents1 1961 Jack Clayton 583
77 The Italian Job 1969 Peter Collinson 586
78 Batman Begins1 2005 Christopher Nolan 592
79 The Remains of the Day1 1993 James Ivory 594
80 Children of Men1 2006 Alfonso Cuarón 609
81 My Beautiful Laundrette 1985 Stephen Frears 610
82 Dangerous Liaisons1 1988 Stephen Frears 618
83 The Killing Fields 1984 Roland Joffé 620
84 Gregory's Girl 1981 Bill Forsyth 626
85 Naked 1993 Mike Leigh 632
86 Dead of Night 1945 Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, and Robert Hamer 640
87 28 Days Later… 2002 Danny Boyle 648
88 Hoosiers1 1986 David Anspaugh 651
89 Crash9 1996 David Cronenberg 655
90 The Ipcress File 1965 Sidney J. Furie 656
91 The Man Who Would be King1 1975 John Huston 665
92 The Lavender Hill Mob 1951 Charles Crichton 677
93 My Left Foot10 1989 Jim Sheridan 683
94 Goodbye Mr. Chips 1939 Sam Wood 685
95 High Fidelity1 2000 Stephen Frears 687
96 The Servant 1963 Joseph Losey 688
97 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone1 2001 Chris Columbus 692
98 The Thief of Bagdad 1940 Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, and Tim Whelan 709
99 Bridget Jones's Diary4 10 2001 Sharon Maguire 714
100 Jason and the Argonauts1 1963 Don Chaffey 715

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

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