Time Out's The 100 Best British Films

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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. 97 -

    London to Brighton

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  3. 68 -

    Wonderland

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 77 -

    A Room for Romeo Brass

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  5. 50 +1

    Gallivant

    1996, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 82 -

    Under the Skin

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 102 -

    In This World

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 41 -

    London

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 57 -

    Radio On

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 21 -

    Nil by Mouth

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 79 -

    Piccadilly

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 81 -

    The Offence

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 101 -

    The Railway Children

    1970, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 28 -

    My Ain Folk

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 65 -

    Play for Today: Nuts in May

    1976, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 29 -

    My Way Home

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 39 -

    It Always Rains on Sunday

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 51 new

    The Souvenir

    2019, in 5 top lists
    Check
  19. 93 -

    Land and Freedom

    1995, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 78 new

    Scum

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 52 -

    Culloden

    1964 — a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 87 -

    God's Own Country

    2017, in 2 top lists
    Check
  23. 40 -

    Went the Day Well?

    1942, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 85 -

    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    1929 — a.k.a. Escape from Dartmoor, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 44 +1

    Fires Were Started

    1943, in 8 top lists Check
  26. 27 -

    My Childhood

    1972, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 58 -

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 98 -

    Theatre of Blood

    1973 — a.k.a. Theater of Blood, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 92 -

    Blue

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 80 -

    Billy Liar

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 45 +1

    Sabotage

    1936, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 91 -

    The Go-Between

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 69 -

    Whisky Galore!

    1949 — a.k.a. Whisky Galore, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 96 -

    24 Hour Party People

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 72 -

    Bad Timing

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 94 -

    Dead Man's Shoes

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 43 -

    Witchfinder General

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  38. 95 -

    Zulu

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 75 -

    The Man in the White Suit

    1951, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 17 -

    A Canterbury Tale

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 74 -

    The Long Day Closes

    1992, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 60 -

    Gregory's Girl

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 55 -

    This Sporting Life

    1963, in 9 top lists Check
  44. 61 -

    Blackmail

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 42 -

    Ratcatcher

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 66 -

    Topsy-Turvy

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 64 -

    Deep End

    1970, in 7 top lists Check
  48. 90 -

    This Is England

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 47 +1

    The Fallen Idol

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  50. 38 -

    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
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