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MY PERSONAL 100 BRITISH FILMS

By: Fantast​ic Voyages

Inspired by Time Out’s fascinating industry-voted 100 Greatest British Films (of which I agreed with an impressive two-thirds) here’s my own personal list of 100 British films which mean the most to me.

I also appreciated Time Out’s decision to let the voters decide what they considered to be British (an area of much debate) and if enough people decided a film to be British, it made the list. Similarly, the inclusion of television films (from Mike Leigh, Peter Watkins, Alan Clarke) only made the list rounder and more impressive. I take the same wider approach to British films with this list.

Films not on MUBI which would otherwise have made the list are Oh Mr Porter! (1937), Two-Way Stretch (1960) and An Englishman Abroad (1983),

 

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Fantastic Voyages

9Feb11

Venom - how have I missed watching this treat? Must remedy that! From the director of Blood On Satan's Claw too ...! Death Line is mad and wonderful. Like two very different films (overground/underground) spliced together.

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Julesallen

9Feb11

Big yes to Frenzy, Lady Vanishes, Woman Alone, My Childhood, Culloden! Never seen Death Line so must do so! No "Venom"? Denied! Has my two favourite actors ever: Oliver Reed and Klaus Kinski. Both awful - but I love it. Seriously, we've had the conversation, but I couldn't include a Hollywood film in my list, so about 25 or so of these are disqualified for me. Elephant Man is one of my favourite films ever, but, like The Third Man, Sense & Sensibility, 2001, Oliver! etc is a Hollywood film so I would never feel comfortable with including it.