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Other than location and accent, what signatures mark British cinema? Honestly, it’s hard to peg, if only because the UK movies industry hardly seems limited in the stories it tells and the cinematic experiences it puts onscreen. Want a sweeping, heart-swelling epic? Explore the films of David Lean or Powell and Pressburger. Prefer a smaller scale, more intimate drama? Try Joanna Hogg or Shane Meadows. Thrillers? Romantic period pieces? Sci-fi? Drug movies? You can find them, all with a specific, if sometimes intangible, English slant.

To put together this list of the best British movies of all-time, we polled over 150 actors, directors, writers, producers, critics and industry heavyweights, from the likes of Wes Anderson, Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Sam Mendes and Terence Davies, David Morrissey, Sally Hawkins and Thandie Newton. The results are as diverse as the country itself. Here are the 100 greatest British films ever made.

Written by Dave Calhoun, Tom Huddleston, David Jenkins, Derek Adams, Geoff Andrew, Adam Lee Davies, Paul Fairclough, Wally Hammond, Alim Kheraj, Matthew Singer & Phil de Semlyen

Last Updated: April 14, 2022

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  1. 51 new

    The Souvenir

    2019, in 5 top lists
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  2. 87 -

    God's Own Country

    2017, in 2 top lists
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  3. 100 -

    Dunkirk

    2017, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 57 -

    Radio On

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 78 new

    Scum

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 50 +1

    Gallivant

    1996, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 85 -

    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    1929 — a.k.a. Escape from Dartmoor, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 54 -

    Robinson in Space

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 97 -

    London to Brighton

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  10. 68 -

    Wonderland

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 77 -

    A Room for Romeo Brass

    1999, in 1 top list Check
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    London

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 82 -

    Under the Skin

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Offence

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 65 -

    Play for Today: Nuts in May

    1976, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 101 -

    The Railway Children

    1970, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 52 -

    Culloden

    1964 — a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 40 -

    Went the Day Well?

    1942, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 98 -

    Theatre of Blood

    1973 — a.k.a. Theater of Blood, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 84 -

    Orlando

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 79 -

    Piccadilly

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 90 -

    This Is England

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 102 -

    In This World

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 73 -

    Edvard Munch

    1974, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 44 +1

    Fires Were Started

    1943, in 8 top lists Check
  26. 17 -

    A Canterbury Tale

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
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    Witchfinder General

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 39 -

    It Always Rains on Sunday

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 64 -

    Deep End

    1970, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 92 -

    Blue

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 29 -

    My Way Home

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 28 -

    My Ain Folk

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 27 -

    My Childhood

    1972, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 91 -

    The Go-Between

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 55 -

    This Sporting Life

    1963, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 47 +1

    The Fallen Idol

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
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    Nil by Mouth

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 66 -

    Topsy-Turvy

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 74 -

    The Long Day Closes

    1992, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 58 -

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 72 -

    Bad Timing

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 94 -

    Dead Man's Shoes

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
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    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    1960, in 9 top lists Check
  44. 80 -

    Billy Liar

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 75 -

    The Man in the White Suit

    1951, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 96 -

    24 Hour Party People

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
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    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
  48. 95 -

    Zulu

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
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    Oliver!

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
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    Naked

    1993, in 9 top lists Check
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