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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. 36 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  2. 10 -

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 18 top lists Check
  3. 76 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  4. 23 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  5. 19 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  6. 48 +1

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 1 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  8. 46 +1

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  9. 15 -

    Withnail & I

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 88 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  11. 7 -

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  12. 11 -

    Naked

    1993, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 86 -

    Fish Tank

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 5 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  15. 49 +1

    Hunger

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 71 -

    Oliver!

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 12 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  18. 94 -

    Dead Man's Shoes

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 16 -

    Black Narcissus

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 25 -

    Great Expectations

    1946, in 17 top lists Check
  21. 31 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  22. 90 -

    This Is England

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 72 -

    Bad Timing

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 96 -

    24 Hour Party People

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 9 -

    If....

    1968, in 18 top lists Check
  26. 63 -

    Walkabout

    1971, in 13 top lists Check
  27. 6 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  28. 58 -

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 95 -

    Zulu

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 14 -

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  31. 53 -

    Local Hero

    1983, in 10 top lists Check
  32. 26 -

    I Know Where I'm Going!

    1945, in 13 top lists Check
  33. 4 -

    Kes

    1969, in 11 top lists Check
  34. 3 -

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 35 -

    Secrets & Lies

    1996, in 16 top lists Check
  36. 84 -

    Orlando

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 43 -

    Witchfinder General

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  38. 64 -

    Deep End

    1970, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 92 -

    Blue

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 74 -

    The Long Day Closes

    1992, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 55 -

    This Sporting Life

    1963, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 66 -

    Topsy-Turvy

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  43. 21 -

    Nil by Mouth

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 62 -

    The Long Good Friday

    1980, in 12 top lists Check
  45. 37 -

    The Servant

    1963, in 16 top lists Check
  46. 17 -

    A Canterbury Tale

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 80 -

    Billy Liar

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
  48. 47 +1

    The Fallen Idol

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 38 -

    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  50. 42 -

    Ratcatcher

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
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