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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. 89 -

    Night and the City

    1950, in 12 top lists Check
  2. 34 -

    Get Carter

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 37 -

    The Servant

    1963, in 16 top lists Check
  4. 26 -

    I Know Where I'm Going!

    1945, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 47 +1

    The Fallen Idol

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 14 -

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  7. 100 -

    Dunkirk

    2017, in 8 top lists Check
  8. 76 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  9. 32 -

    The Ladykillers

    1955, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 72 -

    Bad Timing

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 50 +1

    Gallivant

    1996, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 85 -

    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    1929 — a.k.a. Escape from Dartmoor, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 29 -

    My Way Home

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 28 -

    My Ain Folk

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 27 -

    My Childhood

    1972, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 97 -

    London to Brighton

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  17. 94 -

    Dead Man's Shoes

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 90 -

    This Is England

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 82 -

    Under the Skin

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 57 -

    Radio On

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 54 -

    Robinson in Space

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 41 -

    London

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 93 -

    Land and Freedom

    1995, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 38 -

    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 3 -

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
  26. 6 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 79 -

    Piccadilly

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 65 -

    Play for Today: Nuts in May

    1976, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 86 -

    Fish Tank

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 55 -

    This Sporting Life

    1963, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 42 -

    Ratcatcher

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  32. 62 -

    The Long Good Friday

    1980, in 12 top lists Check
  33. 30 -

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  34. 92 -

    Blue

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 84 -

    Orlando

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 73 -

    Edvard Munch

    1974, in 9 top lists Check
  37. 11 -

    Naked

    1993, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 58 -

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 4 -

    Kes

    1969, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 46 +1

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  41. 22 -

    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    1960, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 67 -

    Dracula

    1958 — a.k.a. Horror of Dracula, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 16 -

    Black Narcissus

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  44. 20 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  45. 64 -

    Deep End

    1970, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 49 +1

    Hunger

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 10 -

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 18 top lists Check
  48. 33 -

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  49. 13 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  50. 35 -

    Secrets & Lies

    1996, in 16 top lists Check
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