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. 81 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  2. 49 -

    Shakespeare in Love

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 55 -

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 10 -

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 18 top lists Check
  5. 54 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  6. 23 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  7. 28 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  8. 3 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  9. 19 -

    Chariots of Fire

    1981, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 96 -

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 60 -

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  12. 39 -

    A Fish Called Wanda

    1988, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 8 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  14. 34 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  15. 51 -

    Tom Jones

    1963, in 13 top lists Check
  16. 27 -

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  17. 25 -

    The Full Monty

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 1 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  19. 70 -

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 26 -

    The Crying Game

    1992, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 29 -

    Withnail & I

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
  22. 11 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  23. 88 -

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 48 -

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  25. 62 -

    Sense and Sensibility

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  26. 41 -

    Dr. No

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 9 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  28. 77 -

    Oliver!

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 2 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  30. 73 -

    A Room with a View

    1985, in 11 top lists Check
  31. 44 -

    Black Narcissus

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  32. 16 -

    Get Carter

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  33. 5 -

    Great Expectations

    1946, in 18 top lists Check
  34. 78 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  35. 36 -

    The Italian Job

    1969, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 43 -

    A Man for All Seasons

    1966, in 14 top lists Check
  37. 71 -

    Elizabeth

    1998, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 4 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  39. 12 -

    If....

    1968, in 18 top lists Check
  40. 69 -

    Hamlet

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 18 -

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  42. 35 -

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  43. 20 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  44. 53 -

    My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

    1989 — a.k.a. My Left Foot, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 93 -

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 13 -

    The Ladykillers

    1955, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 31 -

    Zulu

    1964, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 100 -

    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
  49. 45 -

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  50. 37 -

    Local Hero

    1983, in 10 top lists Check
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