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Best British Films 19:47 - Sep 8 with 21932 viewsBrianMcCarthy

I've been binging on British cinema these last couple of weeks, re-watching old favourites and catching up on a couple that I'd always meant to get to but never quite managed to.

What's everybody's favourites? I'll throw mine in later on, but for now I don't want to lead the witness, y'r honour.

I'll be bookmarking this thread and adding to it occasionally.

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Best British Films on 19:50 - Sep 8 with 6535 viewsPunteR

Paddington was good

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Best British Films on 19:54 - Sep 8 with 6519 viewsBazzaInTheLoft

Anything by Ken Loach, Mike Leigh, or Shane Meadows.
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Best British Films on 19:55 - Sep 8 with 6504 viewsloftboy

The Italian job, Zulu, Porridge (the film), life of Brian, The dam busters, The sweeney feature length.

favourite cheese mature Cheddar. FFS there is no such thing as the EPL
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Best British Films on 20:10 - Sep 8 with 6491 viewscolinallcars

Relatively recently - A Field In England which was really weird. My favs though were the Britsh black and white films. League Of Gentlemen with Jack Hawkins, Ice Cold In Alex etc. So many good films. Plus the aforementioned Mike Leigh and Ken Loach stuff.
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Best British Films on 20:21 - Sep 8 with 6477 viewsNoDiddley

Get Carter by a mile
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Best British Films on 20:50 - Sep 8 with 6445 viewstheselector

The Ladykillers
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Best British Films on 20:52 - Sep 8 with 6438 viewsEsox_Lucius

A Zed & Two Noughts

*edit. The music is by Michael Nyman
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The grass is always greener.

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Best British Films on 20:53 - Sep 8 with 6438 viewscolinallcars

Best British Films on 20:21 - Sep 8 by NoDiddley

Get Carter by a mile


Most Michael Caine films were good, Not a lotta people know that.
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Best British Films on 21:03 - Sep 8 with 6417 viewsTripper

Nil by mouth.
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Best British Films on 21:42 - Sep 8 with 6357 viewsBoston

In no particular order......

Lawrence of Arabia
If
Dr Zhivago
The Ipcress File
Zulu
Get Carter
The Italian Job
The Killing of Sister George
The Long Good Friday
Withnail and I

There's plenty more of course, but it's remembering the bloody names!

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Best British Films on 21:53 - Sep 8 with 6344 viewsdanehoop

Agree with pretty much everything so far. Of recent releases I really enjoyed The Death Of Stalin. Well put together cast, good script and almost Ealing Comedy feel to Armando Ianucci's film.

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Best British Films on 22:10 - Sep 8 with 6323 viewsterryb

The Ladykillers & Kind Hearts & Coronets Those Ealing comedies were brilliant.

Then into the '60's with Alfie, To Sir with love, Dr. Zhivago, Up the Junction, Kes & many others.

However, the best of the lot IMO was on television rather than cinema - Cathy come home was an incredible production .

Much too difficult a viewing to call it a favourite, but it had a bigger impact than anything I've seen before or since!
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Best British Films on 22:35 - Sep 8 with 6282 viewshateley_legend

Not sure how many of these would be classed as solely British - but I'll throw in Twin Town, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead (didn't think much of the third one), and The Damned United;

28 Days Later (good film, great soundtrack); Children of Men;

And Atonement, which outDunkirked Dunkirk (which I also liked a lot).
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Best British Films on 23:00 - Sep 8 with 6238 viewsEsox_Lucius

Do Robin Asquith's "Confessions of.. " get considered?

The grass is always greener.

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Best British Films on 23:03 - Sep 8 with 6231 viewscolinallcars

Best British Films on 23:00 - Sep 8 by Esox_Lucius

Do Robin Asquith's "Confessions of.. " get considered?


No.
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Best British Films on 23:16 - Sep 8 with 6226 viewsted_hendrix

No particular order but just a few that spring to mind.

'Nuts In May'
'Life of Brian' and 'Monty Python and The Holy Grail'
'Lawrence of Arabia' (what an opening scene)
'Trainspotting'
'Zulu'
Thought 'Kes' was a good film.
Try watching a film called 'The Hill' with Sean Connery in it if you get a spare 2 hours or so.
I think 'My Left Foot' may not be British I know it was set in Dublin but who knows?

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Best British Films on 23:20 - Sep 8 with 6224 viewsbob566

Best British Films on 22:35 - Sep 8 by hateley_legend

Not sure how many of these would be classed as solely British - but I'll throw in Twin Town, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead (didn't think much of the third one), and The Damned United;

28 Days Later (good film, great soundtrack); Children of Men;

And Atonement, which outDunkirked Dunkirk (which I also liked a lot).


Good shout on twin town
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Best British Films on 23:53 - Sep 8 with 6186 viewsCliveWilsonSaid

Lots of Hitchcock films. Don't get me started! Frenzy in particular.

Life of Brian.

Does Irish count? The Commitments. Once.

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Best British Films on 23:59 - Sep 8 with 6179 viewsPeterHucker

if you are into horror / suspense then The Borderlands is really good.

somebody already mentioned A Field In England, by the same director Sightseers is brilliant.
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Best British Films on 00:06 - Sep 9 with 6166 viewsLythamR

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Best British Films on 00:28 - Sep 9 with 6133 viewsPunteR

Shaun of the Dead
American werewolf in London
Human Traffic
Shallow Grave
Snatch/Lock Stock

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Best British Films on 01:46 - Sep 9 with 6083 viewsisawqpratwcity

Any Powell and Pressburger film.

Malcolm McDowell's three enfant terrible films: If....; A Clockwork Orange; O Lucky Man!

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Best British Films on 01:46 - Sep 9 with 6082 viewsA40Bosh

From my teenage years

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Best British Films on 02:38 - Sep 9 with 6054 viewsitsbiga

A few faves not mentioned so far..........

Quadrophenia
Meantime
Nuts in May (already mentioned but its too good not to re-mention)
The Long Good Friday
Dog Soldiers
Peeping Tom
A Clockwork Orange
The Wicker Man
Brazil
Bartleby (the 1970 British one)
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Best British Films on 06:48 - Sep 9 with 5996 viewsdavman

If none of you think that The Full Month shouldn't be there because it's "too mainstream", "too commercial" or " not cult enough" to be up there have forgotten just how funny it was / is. Go and Watch it again; it is a wonderful, wonderful piece of Cinema.

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