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. 81 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 1 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  4. 11 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  5. 9 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 54 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  7. 2 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  8. 20 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  9. 60 -

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  10. 6 -

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 20 top lists Check
  11. 78 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  12. 55 -

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  13. 88 -

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  14. 12 -

    If....

    1968, in 18 top lists Check
  15. 28 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  16. 10 -

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 18 top lists Check
  17. 27 -

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  18. 8 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  19. 5 -

    Great Expectations

    1946, in 17 top lists Check
  20. 4 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  21. 45 -

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  22. 48 -

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  23. 40 -

    Secrets & Lies

    1996, in 16 top lists Check
  24. 22 -

    The Servant

    1963, in 16 top lists Check
  25. 44 -

    Black Narcissus

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 34 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  27. 70 -

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  28. 35 -

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  29. 19 -

    Chariots of Fire

    1981, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 43 -

    A Man for All Seasons

    1966, in 14 top lists Check
  31. 29 -

    Withnail & I

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 23 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  33. 51 -

    Tom Jones

    1963, in 13 top lists Check
  34. 96 -

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 18 -

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  36. 100 -

    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
  37. 21 -

    The Long Good Friday

    1980, in 12 top lists Check
  38. 49 -

    Shakespeare in Love

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  39. 26 -

    The Crying Game

    1992, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 82 -

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
  41. 16 -

    Get Carter

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  42. 7 -

    Kes

    1969, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 73 -

    A Room with a View

    1985, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 62 -

    Sense and Sensibility

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  45. 30 -

    Gregory's Girl

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 69 -

    Hamlet

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  47. 37 -

    Local Hero

    1983, in 10 top lists Check
  48. 32 -

    Room at the Top

    1958, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 17 -

    The Lavender Hill Mob

    1951, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 14 -

    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    1960, in 9 top lists Check
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