BFI's Top 100 British Films

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The best 100 British films were chosen by 1,000 people from the UK's film industry, including producers, directors, writers, actors, technicians, academics, exhibitors, distributors, executives and critics. The final selection spans seven decades and accommodates the work of 70 film directors. Unsurprisingly, literary adaptations feature strongly - ranging from Shakespeare and Dickens to Roddy Doyle and Irvine Welsh - and the highbrow mixes easily with the low.

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  1. 13 -

    The Ladykillers

    1955, in 8 top lists Check
  2. 78 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  3. 37 -

    Local Hero

    1983, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 20 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  5. 56 -

    A Taste of Honey

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 39 -

    A Fish Called Wanda

    1988, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 35 -

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  8. 54 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  9. 14 -

    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    1960, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 45 -

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  11. 28 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  12. 2 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  13. 9 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  14. 1 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  15. 44 -

    Black Narcissus

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  16. 4 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  17. 27 -

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  18. 55 -

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  19. 11 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  20. 3 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  21. 81 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  22. 31 -

    Zulu

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 33 -

    Alfie

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 94 -

    The Belles of St. Trinian's

    1954, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 76 -

    Billy Liar

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 60 -

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  27. 85 -

    Brassed Off

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  28. 15 -

    Brighton Rock

    1948, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 93 -

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 99 -

    Carry on Up the Khyber

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 19 -

    Chariots of Fire

    1981, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 18 -

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  33. 38 -

    The Commitments

    1991, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 75 -

    The Cruel Sea

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 26 -

    The Crying Game

    1992, in 11 top lists Check
  36. 68 -

    The Dam Busters

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 83 -

    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 74 -

    The Day of the Jackal

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 82 -

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 8 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  41. 41 -

    Dr. No

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 80 -

    The Draughtsman's Contract

    1982, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 84 -

    Educating Rita

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 71 -

    Elizabeth

    1998, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 79 -

    Far from the Madding Crowd

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 89 -

    Fires Were Started

    1943, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 23 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  48. 25 -

    The Full Monty

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  49. 34 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  50. 86 -

    Genevieve

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
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