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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. 70 -

    Dead of Night

    1945, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 30 -

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 14 -

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  4. 69 -

    Whisky Galore!

    1949 — a.k.a. Whisky Galore, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 39 -

    It Always Rains on Sunday

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 47 +1

    The Fallen Idol

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 74 -

    The Long Day Closes

    1992, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 41 -

    London

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 73 -

    Edvard Munch

    1974, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 96 -

    24 Hour Party People

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 90 -

    This Is England

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 86 -

    Fish Tank

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 49 +1

    Hunger

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 98 -

    Theatre of Blood

    1973 — a.k.a. Theater of Blood, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 85 -

    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    1929 — a.k.a. Escape from Dartmoor, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 84 -

    Orlando

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 58 -

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 25 -

    Great Expectations

    1946, in 17 top lists Check
  19. 24 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  20. 48 +1

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  21. 71 -

    Oliver!

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 75 -

    The Man in the White Suit

    1951, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 34 -

    Get Carter

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 37 -

    The Servant

    1963, in 16 top lists Check
  25. 7 -

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  26. 36 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  27. 62 -

    The Long Good Friday

    1980, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 88 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  29. 59 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  30. 23 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  31. 16 -

    Black Narcissus

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  32. 8 -

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 21 -

    Nil by Mouth

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 22 -

    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    1960, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 67 -

    Dracula

    1958 — a.k.a. Horror of Dracula, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 43 -

    Witchfinder General

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  37. 76 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 61 -

    Blackmail

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 45 +1

    Sabotage

    1936, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 32 -

    The Ladykillers

    1955, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 1 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  42. 31 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  43. 46 +1

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  44. 18 -

    The Innocents

    1961, in 12 top lists Check
  45. 89 -

    Night and the City

    1950, in 12 top lists Check
  46. 6 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  47. 12 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  48. 5 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  49. 13 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  50. 33 -

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
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