BFI's Top 100 British Films

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The best 100 British films were chosen by 1,000 people from the UK's film industry, including producers, directors, writers, actors, technicians, academics, exhibitors, distributors, executives and critics. The final selection spans seven decades and accommodates the work of 70 film directors. Unsurprisingly, literary adaptations feature strongly - ranging from Shakespeare and Dickens to Roddy Doyle and Irvine Welsh - and the highbrow mixes easily with the low.

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  1. 72 -

    Goodbye, Mr. Chips

    1939, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 92 -

    In Which We Serve

    1942, in 6 top lists Check
  3. 89 -

    Fires Were Started

    1943, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 45 -

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  5. 18 -

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  6. 2 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  7. 5 -

    Great Expectations

    1946, in 17 top lists Check
  8. 20 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  9. 44 -

    Black Narcissus

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 15 -

    Brighton Rock

    1948, in 8 top lists Check
  11. 69 -

    Hamlet

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  12. 46 -

    Oliver Twist

    1948, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 9 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  14. 58 -

    The Man in the White Suit

    1951, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 75 -

    The Cruel Sea

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 68 -

    The Dam Busters

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 11 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  18. 32 -

    Room at the Top

    1958, in 10 top lists Check
  19. 78 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  20. 14 -

    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    1960, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 56 -

    A Taste of Honey

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 3 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  23. 61 -

    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 76 -

    Billy Liar

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 22 -

    The Servant

    1963, in 16 top lists Check
  26. 52 -

    This Sporting Life

    1963, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 31 -

    Zulu

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 83 -

    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 27 -

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 33 -

    Alfie

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 60 -

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  32. 43 -

    A Man for All Seasons

    1966, in 14 top lists Check
  33. 79 -

    Far from the Madding Crowd

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 12 -

    If....

    1968, in 18 top lists Check
  35. 77 -

    Oliver!

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 7 -

    Kes

    1969, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 87 -

    Women in Love

    1969, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 48 -

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  39. 66 -

    The Railway Children

    1970, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 81 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  41. 57 -

    The Go-Between

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 65 -

    Sunday Bloody Sunday

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  43. 74 -

    The Day of the Jackal

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 8 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  45. 30 -

    Gregory's Girl

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 21 -

    The Long Good Friday

    1980, in 12 top lists Check
  47. 19 -

    Chariots of Fire

    1981, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 80 -

    The Draughtsman's Contract

    1982, in 8 top lists Check
  49. 34 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  50. 84 -

    Educating Rita

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
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