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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. 54 -

    Robinson in Space

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 41 -

    London

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 100 -

    Dunkirk

    2017, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 42 -

    Ratcatcher

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 52 -

    Culloden

    1964 — a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 95 -

    Zulu

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 91 -

    The Go-Between

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  8. 66 -

    Topsy-Turvy

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 72 -

    Bad Timing

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 49 +1

    Hunger

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  11. 21 -

    Nil by Mouth

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 55 -

    This Sporting Life

    1963, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 89 -

    Night and the City

    1950, in 12 top lists Check
  14. 85 -

    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    1929 — a.k.a. Escape from Dartmoor, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 43 -

    Witchfinder General

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 47 +1

    The Fallen Idol

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 29 -

    My Way Home

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 28 -

    My Ain Folk

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 27 -

    My Childhood

    1972, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 62 -

    The Long Good Friday

    1980, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 11 -

    Naked

    1993, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 53 -

    Local Hero

    1983, in 10 top lists Check
  23. 96 -

    24 Hour Party People

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 74 -

    The Long Day Closes

    1992, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 73 -

    Edvard Munch

    1974, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 75 -

    The Man in the White Suit

    1951, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 60 -

    Gregory's Girl

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 80 -

    Billy Liar

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 18 -

    The Innocents

    1961, in 12 top lists Check
  30. 84 -

    Orlando

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 17 -

    A Canterbury Tale

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 3 -

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
  33. 70 -

    Dead of Night

    1945, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 71 -

    Oliver!

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  35. 38 -

    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 35 -

    Secrets & Lies

    1996, in 17 top lists Check
  37. 86 -

    Fish Tank

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  38. 33 -

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 9 -

    If....

    1968, in 18 top lists Check
  40. 64 -

    Deep End

    1970, in 7 top lists Check
  41. 1 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  42. 37 -

    The Servant

    1963, in 16 top lists Check
  43. 92 -

    Blue

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 22 -

    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    1960, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 15 -

    Withnail & I

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
  46. 4 -

    Kes

    1969, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 32 -

    The Ladykillers

    1955, in 8 top lists Check
  48. 31 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  49. 44 +1

    Fires Were Started

    1943, in 8 top lists Check
  50. 30 -

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
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