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. 3 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  2. 27 -

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  3. 34 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  4. 79 -

    Far from the Madding Crowd

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 45 -

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  6. 55 -

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  7. 11 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  8. 69 -

    Hamlet

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 77 -

    Oliver!

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 74 -

    The Day of the Jackal

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 100 -

    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 31 -

    Zulu

    1964, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 18 -

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  14. 81 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  15. 40 -

    Secrets & Lies

    1996, in 16 top lists Check
  16. 62 -

    Sense and Sensibility

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  17. 9 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  18. 64 -

    The Remains of the Day

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 52 -

    This Sporting Life

    1963, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 54 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  21. 87 -

    Women in Love

    1969, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 51 -

    Tom Jones

    1963, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 83 -

    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 97 -

    Nil by Mouth

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 75 -

    The Cruel Sea

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 19 -

    Chariots of Fire

    1981, in 14 top lists Check
  27. 71 -

    Elizabeth

    1998, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 49 -

    Shakespeare in Love

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 43 -

    A Man for All Seasons

    1966, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 38 -

    The Commitments

    1991, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 5 -

    Great Expectations

    1946, in 18 top lists Check
  32. 23 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  33. 73 -

    A Room with a View

    1985, in 11 top lists Check
  34. 57 -

    The Go-Between

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 46 -

    Oliver Twist

    1948, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 22 -

    The Servant

    1963, in 16 top lists Check
  37. 92 -

    In Which We Serve

    1942, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 32 -

    Room at the Top

    1958, in 10 top lists Check
  39. 33 -

    Alfie

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 72 -

    Goodbye, Mr. Chips

    1939, in 6 top lists Check
  41. 21 -

    The Long Good Friday

    1980, in 12 top lists Check
  42. 90 -

    Hope and Glory

    1987, in 7 top lists Check
  43. 26 -

    The Crying Game

    1992, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 16 -

    Get Carter

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  45. 60 -

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  46. 12 -

    If....

    1968, in 18 top lists Check
  47. 7 -

    Kes

    1969, in 11 top lists Check
  48. 37 -

    Local Hero

    1983, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 8 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  50. 41 -

    Dr. No

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
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