Time Out's The 100 Best British Films

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Other than location and accent, what signatures mark British cinema? Honestly, it’s hard to peg, if only because the UK movies industry hardly seems limited in the stories it tells and the cinematic experiences it puts onscreen. Want a sweeping, heart-swelling epic? Explore the films of David Lean or Powell and Pressburger. Prefer a smaller scale, more intimate drama? Try Joanna Hogg or Shane Meadows. Thrillers? Romantic period pieces? Sci-fi? Drug movies? You can find them, all with a specific, if sometimes intangible, English slant.

To put together this list of the best British movies of all-time, we polled over 150 actors, directors, writers, producers, critics and industry heavyweights, from the likes of Wes Anderson, Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Sam Mendes and Terence Davies, David Morrissey, Sally Hawkins and Thandie Newton. The results are as diverse as the country itself. Here are the 100 greatest British films ever made.

Written by Dave Calhoun, Tom Huddleston, David Jenkins, Derek Adams, Geoff Andrew, Adam Lee Davies, Paul Fairclough, Wally Hammond, Alim Kheraj, Matthew Singer & Phil de Semlyen

Last Updated: April 14, 2022

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  1. 56 -

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  2. 20 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  3. 15 -

    Withnail & I

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 8 -

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 20 top lists Check
  5. 76 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 33 -

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  7. 13 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  8. 96 -

    24 Hour Party People

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 32 -

    The Ladykillers

    1955, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 53 -

    Local Hero

    1983, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 64 -

    Deep End

    1970, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 66 -

    Topsy-Turvy

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 60 -

    Gregory's Girl

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  14. 75 -

    The Man in the White Suit

    1951, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 80 -

    Billy Liar

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 98 -

    Theatre of Blood

    1973 — a.k.a. Theater of Blood, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 69 -

    Whisky Galore!

    1949 — a.k.a. Whisky Galore, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 77 -

    A Room for Romeo Brass

    1999, in 1 top list Check
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