100 Best British films

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The 100 best British films as chosen by a panel of 150 film industry experts, including directors Sam Mendes, Mike Leigh, Ken Loach and Wes Anderson, actors David Morrissey, Sally Hawkins and Thandie Newton, newspaper and magazine critics and the heads of the UK's major cultural organisations.

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  1. 1 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
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    The Third Man

    1949, in 32 top lists Check
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    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
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    Kes

    1969, in 12 top lists Check
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    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 24 top lists Check
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    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946 — a.k.a. Stairway to Heaven, in 21 top lists Check
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    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
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    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 19 top lists Check
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    If....

    1968, in 19 top lists Check
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    Trainspotting

    1996, in 16 top lists Check
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    Naked

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
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    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 20 top lists Check
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    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Colonel Blimp, in 17 top lists Check
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    Withnail & I

    1987, in 12 top lists Check
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    Black Narcissus

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
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    A Canterbury Tale

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Innocents

    1961, in 11 top lists Check
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    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 22 top lists Check
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    Life of Brian

    1979, in 18 top lists Check
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    Nil by Mouth

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
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    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    1960, in 8 top lists Check
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    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
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    Brazil

    1985, in 22 top lists Check
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    Great Expectations

    1946, in 18 top lists Check
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    'I Know Where I'm Going!'

    1945, in 12 top lists Check
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    My Childhood

    1972, in 5 top lists Check
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    My Ain Folk

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
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    My Way Home

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 12 top lists Check
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    Peeping Tom

    1960 — a.k.a. Face of Fear, in 20 top lists Check
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    The Ladykillers

    1955 — a.k.a. The Lady Killers, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 12 top lists Check
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    Get Carter

    1971, in 10 top lists Check
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    Secrets & Lies

    1996, in 13 top lists Check
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    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 33 top lists Check
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    The Servant

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    1962 — a.k.a. Rebel with a Cause, in 7 top lists Check
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    It Always Rains on Sunday

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
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    Went the Day Well?

    1942 — a.k.a. 48 Hours, in 5 top lists Check
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    London

    1994, in 3 top lists Check
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    Ratcatcher

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
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    Witchfinder General

    1968 — a.k.a. The Conqueror Worm, in 6 top lists Check
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    Listen to Britain

    1942, in 8 top lists Check
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    Fires Were Started

    1943 — a.k.a. I Was a Fireman, in 8 top lists Check
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    Sabotage

    1936 — a.k.a. The Woman Alone, in 3 top lists Check
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    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
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    The Fallen Idol

    1948 — a.k.a. The Lost Illusion, in 6 top lists Check
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    Blowup

    1966 — a.k.a. Blow-Up, in 17 top lists Check
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    Hunger

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
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