GREAT BRITISH FILMS

By: Lewis

A list of acclaimed British works of cinema with help from an old BFI list.

• 01
  The Third Man
  Carol Reed
• 02
  Brief Encounter
  David Lean
• 03
  Lawrence of Arabia
  David Lean
• 04
  The 39 Steps
  Ralph Thomas
• 05
  Great Expectations
  David Lean
• 06
  Kind Hearts and Coronets
  Robert Hamer
• 07
  Kes
  Ken Loach
• 08
  Don't Look Now
  Nicolas Roeg
• 09
  The Red Shoes
  Michael Powell
• 10
  The Bridge on the River Kwai
  David Lean
• 11
  If....
  Lindsay Anderson
• 12
  The Ladykillers
  Alexander Mackendrick
• 13
  Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
  Karel Reisz
• 14
  Brighton Rock
  John Boulting
• 15
  Get Carter
  Mike Hodges
• 16
  The Lavender Hill Mob
  Charles Crichton
• 17
  Henry V
  Laurence Olivier
• 18
  Chariots of Fire
  Hugh Hudson
• 19
  A Matter of Life and Death
  Michael Powell
• 20
  The Long Good Friday
  John Mackenzie
• 21
  The Servant
  Joseph Losey
• 22
  Four Weddings and a Funeral
  Mike Newell
• 23
  The Full Monty
  Peter Cattaneo
• 24
  The Crying Game
  Neil Jordan
• 25
  Doctor Zhivago
  David Lean
• 26
  Trainspotting
  Danny Boyle
• 27
  Tight Little Island
  Alexander Mackendrick
• 28
  Monty Python's Life of Brian
  Terry Jones
• 29
  Withnail and I
  Bruce Robinson
• 30
  Gregory's Girl
  Bill Forsyth
• 31
  Hot Fuzz
  Edgar Wright
• 32
  Room at the Top
  Jack Clayton
• 33
  Alfie
  Lewis Gilbert
• 34
  Gandhi
  Richard Attenborough
• 35
  The Lady Vanishes
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 36
  Local Hero
  Bill Forsyth
• 37
  The Commitments
  Alan Parker
• 38
  A Fish Called Wanda
  Charles Crichton
• 39
  Secrets & Lies
  Mike Leigh
• 40
  The Madness of King George
  Nicholas Hytner
• 41
  A Man for All Seasons
  Fred Zinnemann
• 42
  Black Narcissus
  Michael Powell
• 43
  The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
  Michael Powell
• 44
  Oliver Twist
  David Lean
• 45
  I'm All Right Jack
  Roy Boulting
• 46
  Performance
  Donald Cammell
• 47
  Shakespeare in Love
  John Madden
• 48
  My Beautiful Laundrette
  Stephen Frears
• 49
  Tom Jones
  Tony Richardson
• 50
  Dead Man's Shoes
  Shane Meadows