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The greatest British films of all time?

What would your list consist of?

by Anonymousreply 200October 5, 2024 7:48 PM

Lawrence of Arabia

by Anonymousreply 1September 14, 2024 3:50 PM

"Love, Actually", of course.

by Anonymousreply 2September 14, 2024 3:53 PM

The Servant 1963

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by Anonymousreply 3September 14, 2024 3:55 PM

Howards End and A Room with a View

by Anonymousreply 4September 14, 2024 3:56 PM

Brief Encounter

by Anonymousreply 5September 14, 2024 4:03 PM

Don't Look Now

by Anonymousreply 6September 14, 2024 4:07 PM

Murder on the Orient Express

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by Anonymousreply 7September 14, 2024 4:44 PM

Brief Encounter

by Anonymousreply 8September 14, 2024 4:46 PM

I Know Where I'm Going

by Anonymousreply 9September 14, 2024 4:47 PM

Jack Clayton's The Innocents (1961) Beautiful adaptation of Henry James The Turn of the Screw

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by Anonymousreply 10September 14, 2024 5:01 PM

‘Victim’ from 1961 with Dirk Bogarde

by Anonymousreply 11September 14, 2024 5:04 PM

Gandhi

by Anonymousreply 12September 14, 2024 5:12 PM

Jim Sheridan's powerful In the Name of the Father with Daniel Day Lewis' best performance

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by Anonymousreply 13September 14, 2024 5:31 PM

I agree with a lot listed here. Would add THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, BLACK NARCISSUS, and THE RED SHOES by Powell and Pressburger.

Also DARLING by John Schlesinger and THE BOYFRIEND and WOMEN IN LOVE by Ken Russell. These three distill so much of their particular time period while also commenting on their time that they transcend quibbles about their subject matter not being weighty enough to be considered “important.”

by Anonymousreply 14September 14, 2024 5:55 PM

R10, the acting is superb. The Others is good but it doesn't hold a candle to the ambiguity in The Innocents.

by Anonymousreply 15September 14, 2024 6:02 PM

The Red Shoes. I like more everytime I rewatch it. It looks incredible in 4k, you can see how suprrised audiences must have been when they watched it for the first time. Those ballet sequences are incredible. I'm someone who hates musicals and I loved this movie (which is sort of a musical, but not completely).

by Anonymousreply 16September 14, 2024 6:03 PM

I love 'Love, actually', actually.

by Anonymousreply 17September 14, 2024 6:27 PM

I love musicals which is why I say like in Chorus Line 'Fuck The Red Shoes!' Or whatever the line is. It has one of the most embarrassing endings ever. Shearer however is very beautiful.

by Anonymousreply 18September 14, 2024 6:35 PM

No Ealing comedies, no credibility.

by Anonymousreply 19September 14, 2024 6:35 PM

Is Lawrence a British film? It was produced by Columbia and Sam Spiegel.

by Anonymousreply 20September 14, 2024 6:39 PM

The list is too long.

by Anonymousreply 21September 14, 2024 6:41 PM

Are Stanley Kubrick films American or British?

by Anonymousreply 22September 14, 2024 6:43 PM

I don't know about "great," but Get Real is one I really enjoyed.

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by Anonymousreply 23September 14, 2024 6:52 PM

Huh?

by Anonymousreply 24September 14, 2024 6:53 PM

“Kes”

It still breaks my heart all these years later.

by Anonymousreply 25September 14, 2024 7:11 PM

R13, In the Name of the Father is a wonderful movie. It's also an IRISH one.

by Anonymousreply 26September 14, 2024 7:14 PM

Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles.

by Anonymousreply 27September 14, 2024 7:28 PM

I know someone is going to mention Withnail and I. I guess it's a British thing - so fucking boring and not funny. And I love most British comedies.

I have no idea why they love this film so much.

by Anonymousreply 28September 14, 2024 7:44 PM

UK here, and I never thought “Withnail and I” was remotely funny. Dull people quote from it endlessly.

by Anonymousreply 29September 14, 2024 7:58 PM

Burglar

by Anonymousreply 30September 14, 2024 8:01 PM

Sunday Bloody Sunday - this movie has ages very well. A love triangle between an office worker (Glenda Jackson), a wealthy doctor (Peter Finch) and the object of their affection, an artist (Murray head)

Darling - Schlesinger really had his finger on the pulse in the 60s and 70s

The servant

The Go Between - a beautiful, gripping drama about a love affair between a grounds keeper and a wealthy young woman and a kid who gets caught between the two lovers.

Mona Lisa - I love this one, London at its seediest

Hope & Glory

This Happy Breed

As somebody else said: the Red Shoes, Black Narcissus

Also,

Maurice, Room at the Top, Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange…

Too many to choose from.

by Anonymousreply 31September 14, 2024 8:03 PM

Brief Encounter

by Anonymousreply 32September 14, 2024 8:05 PM

Performance

by Anonymousreply 33September 14, 2024 8:06 PM

A Taste of Honey. Grim, gritty plus a sympathetic gay character and Rita and Dora. One of my favorites.

by Anonymousreply 34September 14, 2024 8:10 PM

I always thought The End of The Affair with julianne moore and Ralph fiennes was pretty underrated. I have a thing for melodramas.

Also The Crying Game

The Wings of the Dove also somewhat rarely spoken about these days, but it’s a beautiful movie.

by Anonymousreply 35September 14, 2024 8:11 PM

Full Monty, Far From the Madding Crowd (Terence stamp one), Zulu, Straw Dogs (the real one), Georgy Girl, Help!, Hard Days Night, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, A Taste of Honey, anything with Alan Bates in it, The Shout, etc etc

by Anonymousreply 36September 14, 2024 8:33 PM

No Mike Leigh love?

Secrets And Lies, Topsy Turvy, Vera Lake (divisive, I know.) and many others.

by Anonymousreply 37September 14, 2024 8:36 PM

Deep End (1970)

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by Anonymousreply 38September 14, 2024 8:37 PM

Straw Dogs is nuts. The movie just gets crazier and crazier until the very end.

by Anonymousreply 39September 14, 2024 8:43 PM

Eyes Wide Shut!

by Anonymousreply 40September 14, 2024 8:59 PM

The Long Good Friday

by Anonymousreply 41September 14, 2024 9:01 PM

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp has to be the most British movie ever made, and it also happens to be one of the most brilliant. P&P were in fine form the acting is top notch across the board. So many of their films are gems, but Colonel Blimp sits at the top of the heap.

by Anonymousreply 42September 14, 2024 9:31 PM

I enjoyed this one about a trio of buddies who escape the nursing home and end up on a remote isle.

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by Anonymousreply 43September 14, 2024 9:35 PM

The Ladykillers with Alec Guinness.

by Anonymousreply 44September 14, 2024 9:40 PM

NOTES ON A SCANDAL. Perhaps not the best but definitely the most quotable.

by Anonymousreply 45September 14, 2024 9:57 PM

Nonsense. The most quotable is Cold Comfort Farm.

by Anonymousreply 46September 14, 2024 9:58 PM

Bob Hoskins has two: Mona Lisa, The Long Good Friday.

by Anonymousreply 47September 14, 2024 10:01 PM

Withnail and I is eminently quotable.

by Anonymousreply 48September 14, 2024 10:01 PM

Is Gosford Park British? It was made in England, but the director is a Yank.

by Anonymousreply 49September 14, 2024 10:04 PM

Greatest: The Third Man

Other favorites: Quiet Wedding; The Rocking-Horse Winner; The Man in the White Suit; The Meaning of Life; Letter to Brezhnev;.

by Anonymousreply 50September 14, 2024 10:05 PM

I’ll add A Hard Day’s Night

by Anonymousreply 51September 14, 2024 10:17 PM

This Sporting Life

by Anonymousreply 52September 14, 2024 10:18 PM

Carry On Campung

by Anonymousreply 53September 14, 2024 10:19 PM

Kind Hearts and Coronets, the iciest of ice-cold comedies ('I was sorry about the girl', in Dennis Price's inimitable drawl). And Life of Brian, of course.

by Anonymousreply 54September 14, 2024 10:19 PM

Matron!

by Anonymousreply 55September 14, 2024 10:19 PM

Distant Voices, Still Lives

by Anonymousreply 56September 14, 2024 10:20 PM

r49 Is Claudette Colbert British or just affected?

by Anonymousreply 57September 14, 2024 10:24 PM

A perfect movie that time has seem to have forgotten:

If....

by Anonymousreply 58September 14, 2024 10:29 PM

Why has no one mentioned my personal favorite, Lawrence of My Labia?

(I am so witty!)

by Anonymousreply 59September 14, 2024 10:29 PM

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

by Anonymousreply 60September 14, 2024 10:33 PM

The Informer

This Sporting Life

If...

by Anonymousreply 61September 14, 2024 10:37 PM

They ARE the greatest British films of all time!

by Anonymousreply 62September 14, 2024 10:57 PM

Great choices so far.

by Anonymousreply 63September 14, 2024 11:07 PM

The Remains of the Day

by Anonymousreply 64September 14, 2024 11:10 PM

Four Weddings and a Funeral is not the greatest, but it is high on the list!

by Anonymousreply 65September 14, 2024 11:16 PM

I'm surprised no one said Conspirator

by Anonymousreply 66September 15, 2024 12:16 AM

David Lean's Great Expectations

by Anonymousreply 67September 15, 2024 12:17 AM

Thanks R43. I'd never heard of "Alive & Kicking," but really enjoyed it this aft. It's like a good Ealing movie: charming and very funny, without too much corniness. According to Wikipedia: "In 1964, the film was released in the US, with the film trailer establishing a tie-in to Stanley Holloway's success in My Fair Lady." Holloway is wonderful in "Alive & Kicking," and does squeeze in a song.

by Anonymousreply 68September 15, 2024 12:28 AM

Another vote for Wings of the Dove. HBC has never been better.

by Anonymousreply 69September 15, 2024 12:31 AM

The Fallen Idol

Hand in Hand

by Anonymousreply 70September 15, 2024 12:35 AM

Yield To The Night aka Blonde Sinner

by Anonymousreply 71September 15, 2024 12:48 AM

The Red Shoes 👠.

The Black Narcissus.

No Sex, Please, We’re British.

O Calcutta!

by Anonymousreply 72September 15, 2024 12:58 AM

Maurice.

by Anonymousreply 73September 15, 2024 1:03 AM

The “Carry On” films 🎥.

by Anonymousreply 74September 15, 2024 1:03 AM

Make Mine Mink

by Anonymousreply 75September 15, 2024 1:05 AM

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

by Anonymousreply 76September 15, 2024 1:09 AM

may be of interest .......

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by Anonymousreply 77September 15, 2024 1:22 AM

Women In Love

A Day In The Death of Joe Egg

Darling

by Anonymousreply 78September 15, 2024 1:33 AM

The Homecoming (1973)

Designed to be analyzed, debated, and interpreted-thanks to its singular treatment of class family and gender-The Homecoming is both fabulously ambiguous and terrifically specific it has the force of a nuclear bomb and the precision of a sniper's bullet-Every 70s Movie

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by Anonymousreply 79September 15, 2024 1:48 AM

Séance on a Wet Afternoon .

by Anonymousreply 80September 15, 2024 2:25 AM

Is The Witches from 1990 a British film?

by Anonymousreply 81September 15, 2024 2:25 AM

I watched If… again recently and found that I’d somehow confused it a bit with Another Country. For the life of me, I was certain that two students were found in bed together and it led one to commit suicide. In actual face one prefect was in bed with a younger pupil but nothing ever came of that.

The two films are pretty similar in terms of theme though and how English society can ultimately cause one to rebel.

by Anonymousreply 82September 15, 2024 2:47 AM

It’s so unfortunate that this film, that was going to be directed by Michael Powell was never completed.

Looks like it could have been another good one from Powell.

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by Anonymousreply 83September 15, 2024 3:14 AM

David Lean's Oliver Twist. The first few minutes of Oliver's mother in the storm is amazing.

by Anonymousreply 84September 15, 2024 3:24 AM

Scofield was cute back then.

by Anonymousreply 85September 15, 2024 3:29 AM

Another vote for The Long Good Friday. Organized crime is such an American genre but the Brits put their own stamp on it.

Great casting too, Pierce Brosnan's film debut playing gay bait!

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by Anonymousreply 86September 15, 2024 3:40 AM

The Prince And The Showgirl

by Anonymousreply 87September 15, 2024 4:08 AM

I was always a fan of Scum.

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by Anonymousreply 88September 15, 2024 4:46 AM

This movie has some issues, but I love it. It tears me up at the end.

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by Anonymousreply 89September 15, 2024 4:47 AM

Blowup (1966)

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by Anonymousreply 90September 15, 2024 4:55 AM

Oliver Twist is on at 11:30 am Eastern today on TCM if you want to catch it and all its black and white glory (I love b&w).

by Anonymousreply 91September 15, 2024 1:49 PM

If Antonioni counts then Kubrick counts too.

by Anonymousreply 92September 15, 2024 2:13 PM

Beau Brummel

by Anonymousreply 93September 15, 2024 2:53 PM

Fire Over England

by Anonymousreply 94September 15, 2024 5:30 PM

Years from now, when you talk about this, and you will, be kind.

by Anonymousreply 95September 15, 2024 5:30 PM

A Hard Days Night. A moment in time captured perfectly.

by Anonymousreply 96September 15, 2024 5:45 PM

Enchanted April is one of my favorites. Also, Shirley Valentine and all those house points.

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by Anonymousreply 97September 15, 2024 5:50 PM

I don't know how people don't find A Hard Day's Night unfunny. I think it's very funny but I"m biased because I love The Beatles.

by Anonymousreply 98September 15, 2024 5:52 PM

Who admits to NOT liking The Beatles?

by Anonymousreply 99September 15, 2024 6:03 PM

The Secret Garden

by Anonymousreply 100September 15, 2024 7:49 PM

R99, many people. I know people who think the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin are superior. Those people are dumb!

by Anonymousreply 101September 15, 2024 8:21 PM

Don't forget early Hitchcock! The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, The Man Who Knew Too Much...

by Anonymousreply 102September 15, 2024 8:28 PM

r101 I don't like any of those British Invasion bands. They were like the K-Pop of their time.

by Anonymousreply 103September 15, 2024 8:54 PM

Spice World

by Anonymousreply 104September 16, 2024 12:45 AM

Withnail & I

by Anonymousreply 105September 16, 2024 12:46 AM

The Red Shoes wins

by Anonymousreply 106September 16, 2024 1:53 AM

Lawrence of my Labia

by Anonymousreply 107September 16, 2024 2:03 AM

Casino Royale.

by Anonymousreply 108September 16, 2024 2:10 AM

Shallow Grave was good.

by Anonymousreply 109September 16, 2024 11:18 AM

The original “Great Expectations “

by Anonymousreply 110September 16, 2024 11:19 AM

Don't know if it's part of the greatest, but I recently enjoyed The L-Shaped Room with darling Leslie Caron and handsome moody writer Tom Bell.

by Anonymousreply 111September 16, 2024 11:32 AM

That Hamilton Woman

by Anonymousreply 112September 16, 2024 3:42 PM

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

by Anonymousreply 113September 16, 2024 4:00 PM

[quote] The original “Great Expectations “

A great movie! The ending is much better than the novel.

by Anonymousreply 114September 16, 2024 4:08 PM

R77, I will definitely have to check that out

by Anonymousreply 115September 16, 2024 6:21 PM

A Passage To India (1984)

by Anonymousreply 116September 16, 2024 6:44 PM

Mary Poppins

by Anonymousreply 117September 16, 2024 6:49 PM

Colonel Blimp was on TCM today. I'll have to watch the whole thing.

by Anonymousreply 118September 16, 2024 7:38 PM

Hope and Glory

Local Hero

by Anonymousreply 119September 16, 2024 9:39 PM

[quote] No Mike Leigh love? Secrets And Lies, Topsy Turvy, Vera Lake (divisive, I know.) and many others.

Much Leigh love but those aren't even his best.

Naked--a fucking masterpiece

Life is Sweet

by Anonymousreply 120September 16, 2024 9:44 PM

Dawson’s Fifty Loads at the Weekend

by Anonymousreply 121September 16, 2024 9:48 PM

The 39 Steps

by Anonymousreply 122September 16, 2024 9:51 PM

Rhythm Nation 1812

by Anonymousreply 123September 16, 2024 10:50 PM

10 Rillington Place

by Anonymousreply 124September 16, 2024 11:21 PM

Georgy Girl

by Anonymousreply 125September 16, 2024 11:28 PM

Alfie

The Full Monty

by Anonymousreply 126September 16, 2024 11:30 PM

Brief Encounter

My Beautiful Launderette

To Sir, With Love

A Room with A View, Maurice

Remains of the Day

The Crying Game

And one that I cannot recall the title...It's set in the late 19th/early 20th c...a boy, boarding school incident, and a trial: " The ...Boy"??

by Anonymousreply 127September 16, 2024 11:37 PM

OMG, Merchant-Ivory owns this thread! Remains of the Day, Howard's End, Wings of the Dove, A Room With a View.

Priest with Linus Roach and Robert Carlyle. Maurice; Wilde.

by Anonymousreply 128September 16, 2024 11:37 PM

R127, The Winslow Boy starring Rebecca Pidgeon and Jeremy Northam. Loved that one.

by Anonymousreply 129September 16, 2024 11:38 PM

Michael Caine's Alfie.

by Anonymousreply 130September 16, 2024 11:50 PM

[quote] Colonel Blimp was on TCM today

Will Chrissy Metz star in the remake?

by Anonymousreply 131September 17, 2024 12:37 AM

Mary Poppins is not a British film.

by Anonymousreply 132September 17, 2024 1:00 AM

Is Elizabeth, with Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush a British Film? Because I enjoyed it. I also enjoyed Mary Queen of Scots with Margot Robbie a few years ago.

by Anonymousreply 133September 17, 2024 2:13 AM

R129 I prefer the 1948 version.

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by Anonymousreply 134September 17, 2024 3:09 AM

Certainly the great "Hitchcock Six" from his British period; all are terrific and interesting: THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (I'm always moved by the ending) THE 39 STEPS (masterpiece) SABOTAGE (fascinating) SECRET AGENT (interesting, with a young Gielgud) YOUNG AND INNOCENT (weakest of the six by far) THE LADY VANISHES (masterpiece)

by Anonymousreply 135September 17, 2024 3:14 AM

Why are so many classic British films not available in the USA on home video/DVD/etc?

by Anonymousreply 136September 17, 2024 3:14 AM

R22 3 Kubrick films are on the list:2001, A Clockwork Orange and Barry Lyndon

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by Anonymousreply 137September 17, 2024 4:22 AM

Peter Watkin's The War Game 1966

It was intended as an hour-long program to air on BBC but it was deemed too intense and violent to broadcast. It went to theatrical distribution as a feature film instead. Low-budget and shot on location, it strives for and achieves convincing and unflinching realism

by Anonymousreply 138September 17, 2024 4:32 AM

I wonder what the number 1 choice would be if everyone was polled...

by Anonymousreply 139September 17, 2024 7:19 AM

Barry Lyndon

by Anonymousreply 140September 17, 2024 11:55 AM

Billy Elliot!!!!! Cannot overlook one of my favorites.

by Anonymousreply 141September 17, 2024 1:23 PM

Pride, the movie that came out in 2014 to celebrate the Gays hooking up with the miners who were on strike and marching in solidarity. I loved that movie.

by Anonymousreply 142September 17, 2024 1:24 PM

The King's Speech

by Anonymousreply 143September 17, 2024 1:25 PM

Barry Lyndon is fantastic. I think it has the best lighting of any movie ever made. And it really does feel like you've been transported back in time.

by Anonymousreply 144September 17, 2024 1:43 PM

Shakespeare In Love

by Anonymousreply 145September 17, 2024 2:06 PM

R134 Yes! Yesterday I tried to watch the later one and cringed when I saw the screenplay and directing was David Mamet, not a fan. But I love Jeremy Northam so I gave it a shot. Gave up after 20 minutes and switched to 1948 version, screenplay by Terence Rattigan. New we're talking. Robert Donet more than made up for no Jeremy.

by Anonymousreply 146September 17, 2024 2:36 PM

Red, White and Royal Blue.

by Anonymousreply 147September 17, 2024 3:17 PM

The Third Man.

That ending on the Zentralfriedhof is haunting.

by Anonymousreply 148September 17, 2024 3:46 PM

Some directors that really rarely hit a bad note were David Lean, Michael Powell & e. Pressburger and Kubrick, I will watch almost anything by any of them. Then we had the foreign interpretations of Britain from directors like Antonioni …

by Anonymousreply 149September 17, 2024 6:30 PM

Is Peeping Tom a great movie? I've heard good things.

by Anonymousreply 150September 17, 2024 6:42 PM

R149 I forgot to add Joseph losey to that distinguished list.

by Anonymousreply 151September 17, 2024 6:53 PM

No ken Loach or Andrea Arnold

by Anonymousreply 152September 17, 2024 6:57 PM

R152 I see Kes was mentioned

by Anonymousreply 153September 17, 2024 6:59 PM

J. Lee Thompson was the best director ever.

by Anonymousreply 154September 17, 2024 7:35 PM

R154 I love

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by Anonymousreply 155September 17, 2024 7:37 PM

Also The Queen of Spades by Thorold Dickinson deserves a mention.

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by Anonymousreply 156September 17, 2024 7:41 PM

Repulsion

by Anonymousreply 157September 17, 2024 7:43 PM

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

by Anonymousreply 158September 17, 2024 8:09 PM

R155, what do you think of Yield To The Night aka Blonde Sinner?

by Anonymousreply 159September 17, 2024 8:24 PM

R156 I saw it a while back I really liked it. Also Dance with a Stranger which covered the same territory

by Anonymousreply 160September 17, 2024 8:27 PM

R84 I agree with you that "Oliver Twist" is a great, great film. I love how it unfolds-each scene takes it time. And although Fagin's nose is a bit absurd, Guinness' performance is a master class. As is the child actor playing Oliver. The Brits have a way of making their child actors into small wonders. And finally, it's all about Lean. David Lean can tell a story like no one else-the way he lights a place, how he creates smallness, and how he make each actor fill out his character so that we know a little more about mankind with each one. That's what keeps it Dickens.

by Anonymousreply 161September 17, 2024 8:41 PM

Sean Penn looks like Fagin.

by Anonymousreply 162September 18, 2024 12:23 AM

Atonement

by Anonymousreply 163September 18, 2024 12:34 AM

Brief Encounter

by Anonymousreply 164September 18, 2024 1:16 AM

Anyone like British actor Michael Craig?

by Anonymousreply 165September 18, 2024 1:58 AM

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

by Anonymousreply 166September 18, 2024 12:22 PM

R166, good choice

by Anonymousreply 167September 19, 2024 10:16 PM

Trainspotting the first one. The Wicker Man a pagan starter kit.

by Anonymousreply 168September 19, 2024 11:40 PM

The Moon Spinners.

by Anonymousreply 169September 20, 2024 10:48 PM

I'm glad someone mentioned The Fallen Idol. A wonderful film. Before covid started Film Forum was going to have the man who played the child at a screening. I was definitely going. Don't know if they did it after. I gave up my membership it had gotten so expensive and very rarely double features of classic films. A lot of money for one classic film. I was used to so many years of reasonable prices for double features. At one of their last of pre code films of '33 I saw a triple feature. I was going to leave after the second but I'm glad I stayed. I think it was Female. It was jaw dropping. I think the audience was slightly in shock.

by Anonymousreply 170September 21, 2024 11:17 AM

I love Female, I still remember the anmazing art deco sets so well.

by Anonymousreply 171September 21, 2024 11:50 AM

SNATCH

by Anonymousreply 172September 21, 2024 1:31 PM

Another vote for The Fallen Idol from the prolific director Carol Reed: Oliver, The Third Man, Outcast of the Islands., Odd Man Out, Trapeze

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by Anonymousreply 173September 21, 2024 3:31 PM

Anything by Triga Films.

by Anonymousreply 174September 21, 2024 3:32 PM

A Kid For Two Farthings

by Anonymousreply 175September 22, 2024 3:10 PM

Three Farthings For a Lump of Shit

by Anonymousreply 176September 22, 2024 8:00 PM

Steaming

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by Anonymousreply 177September 24, 2024 11:54 PM

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER...still the definitive story of the sinking of the world's most famous ship.

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by Anonymousreply 178September 25, 2024 12:12 AM

And DARLING of course. Made me fall in love with Julie Christie. Does DOCTOR ZHIVAGO count as a British film?

by Anonymousreply 179September 25, 2024 3:17 PM

[Quote] Does DOCTOR ZHIVAGO count as a British film?

It's not Russian that's for sure!

by Anonymousreply 180September 25, 2024 3:48 PM

[quote]The greatest British films of all time?

Still waiting for one.

by Anonymousreply 181September 25, 2024 3:54 PM

Mary Poppins. No contest

by Anonymousreply 182September 25, 2024 4:26 PM

Bryan Forbes Whistle Down the Wind

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by Anonymousreply 183September 27, 2024 6:01 AM

Comedy about a progressive lord who thinks his servants are his equals and then ends up being stranded on an island with them where class tensions arise.

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by Anonymousreply 184September 27, 2024 7:24 AM

I think Dr. Zhivago is Spanish. It was tough getting all that snow into the Spanish countryside and then to keep it frozen.

by Anonymousreply 185September 28, 2024 1:37 PM

Yeah Red Shoes-wonderful over and over. Robert Helpmann sycophant here -anything chitty bang,55 days anything.

by Anonymousreply 186September 28, 2024 1:53 PM

Chitty Bang is the best thing Helpmann ever did on screen and the only good thing about that terrible movie.

by Anonymousreply 187September 29, 2024 1:56 PM

Kind Hearts and Coronets.

by Anonymousreply 188September 29, 2024 2:49 PM

I am surprised there is so little admiration for the British New Wave/Angry Young Men films...

Room at the Top

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Look Back in Anger

This Sporting Life

Billy Liar

among others...

by Anonymousreply 189September 29, 2024 3:06 PM

Naked by Mike Leigh. But I never want to watch that one ever again.

by Anonymousreply 190September 29, 2024 4:59 PM

R189 I love love love Room at the Top also the sequel is pretty good too Life at the Top.

Mona Lisa

The Crying Game

The Go Between

Sunday, Bloody Sunday - so ahead of it’s time

by Anonymousreply 191September 29, 2024 7:49 PM

Thank you r184! I just watched The Admirable Crichton on your recommendation . What a charming film and one that warms the heart of this DL maiden aunt.

by Anonymousreply 192September 29, 2024 10:01 PM

Gregory’s Girl

Whisky Galore!

Local Hero

The Remains of The Day

Chicken Run

The Wicker Man

Went The Day Well? - one of the greatest propaganda films ever made.

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by Anonymousreply 193September 29, 2024 10:44 PM

Which classic British films had gay elements to them?

by Anonymousreply 194September 30, 2024 7:03 PM

194 The Servant

by Anonymousreply 195September 30, 2024 7:17 PM

R194 Well, British films, ya? So all of them.

by Anonymousreply 196September 30, 2024 8:03 PM

[Quote] Which classic British films had gay elements to them?

if . . .

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by Anonymousreply 197September 30, 2024 10:38 PM

The Red Shoes wins

by Anonymousreply 198October 3, 2024 12:43 AM

Passport to Pimlico

by Anonymousreply 199October 3, 2024 12:48 AM

The Red Shoes is so overrated and the ending so ridiculous that there are other Powell Presburger films that are better. I don't hate it. I have the 4k. But I know Where I'm Going is the most beautiful of their films. Wendy Hiller gives one of my favorite performances.

by Anonymousreply 200October 5, 2024 7:48 PM
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