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. 102 -

    In This World

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 101 -

    The Railway Children

    1970, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 99 -

    28 Days Later...

    2002, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 98 -

    Theatre of Blood

    1973 — a.k.a. Theater of Blood, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 97 -

    London to Brighton

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  6. 96 -

    24 Hour Party People

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 95 -

    Zulu

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  8. 94 -

    Dead Man's Shoes

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 93 -

    Land and Freedom

    1995, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 92 -

    Blue

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 91 -

    The Go-Between

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 90 -

    This Is England

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 89 -

    Night and the City

    1950, in 12 top lists Check
  14. 88 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  15. 86 -

    Fish Tank

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 85 -

    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    1929 — a.k.a. Escape from Dartmoor, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 84 -

    Orlando

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 83 -

    Dr. No

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 81 -

    The Offence

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 80 -

    Billy Liar

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 79 -

    Piccadilly

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 78 new

    Scum

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 77 -

    A Room for Romeo Brass

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  24. 76 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 75 -

    The Man in the White Suit

    1951, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 74 -

    The Long Day Closes

    1992, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 73 -

    Edvard Munch

    1974, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 72 -

    Bad Timing

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 71 -

    Oliver!

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 70 -

    Dead of Night

    1945, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 69 -

    Whisky Galore!

    1949 — a.k.a. Whisky Galore, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 68 -

    Wonderland

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 67 -

    Dracula

    1958 — a.k.a. Horror of Dracula, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 66 -

    Topsy-Turvy

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 65 -

    Play for Today: Nuts in May

    1976, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 64 -

    Deep End

    1970, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 63 -

    Walkabout

    1971, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 62 -

    The Long Good Friday

    1980, in 12 top lists Check
  39. 61 -

    Blackmail

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  40. 60 -

    Gregory's Girl

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 59 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  42. 58 -

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 57 -

    Radio On

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 56 -

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  45. 55 -

    This Sporting Life

    1963, in 9 top lists Check
  46. 54 -

    Robinson in Space

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 53 -

    Local Hero

    1983, in 10 top lists Check
  48. 52 -

    Culloden

    1964 — a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 49 +1

    Hunger

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  50. 48 +1

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
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