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. 4 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  2. 33 -

    Alfie

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 94 -

    The Belles of St. Trinian's

    1954, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 76 -

    Billy Liar

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 44 -

    Black Narcissus

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  6. 60 -

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 85 -

    Brassed Off

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  8. 54 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  9. 11 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  10. 2 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  11. 15 -

    Brighton Rock

    1948, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 93 -

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 99 -

    Carry on Up the Khyber

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 19 -

    Chariots of Fire

    1981, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 18 -

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  16. 81 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  17. 38 -

    The Commitments

    1991, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 75 -

    The Cruel Sea

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 26 -

    The Crying Game

    1992, in 11 top lists Check
  20. 68 -

    The Dam Busters

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 83 -

    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 74 -

    The Day of the Jackal

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 82 -

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 27 -

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  25. 8 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  26. 41 -

    Dr. No

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 80 -

    The Draughtsman's Contract

    1982, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 84 -

    Educating Rita

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 71 -

    Elizabeth

    1998, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 55 -

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  31. 79 -

    Far from the Madding Crowd

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 89 -

    Fires Were Started

    1943, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 39 -

    A Fish Called Wanda

    1988, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 23 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 25 -

    The Full Monty

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 34 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  37. 86 -

    Genevieve

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 16 -

    Get Carter

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  39. 57 -

    The Go-Between

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  40. 70 -

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  41. 72 -

    Goodbye, Mr. Chips

    1939, in 6 top lists Check
  42. 5 -

    Great Expectations

    1946, in 17 top lists Check
  43. 30 -

    Gregory's Girl

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  44. 69 -

    Hamlet

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 88 -

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  46. 90 -

    Hope and Glory

    1987, in 7 top lists Check
  47. 12 -

    If....

    1968, in 18 top lists Check
  48. 47 -

    I'm All Right Jack

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 92 -

    In Which We Serve

    1942, in 6 top lists Check
  50. 59 -

    The Ipcress File

    1965, in 6 top lists Check
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