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. 98 -

    Small Faces

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 99 -

    Carry on Up the Khyber

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 82 -

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 76 -

    Billy Liar

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 91 -

    My Name Is Joe

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 38 -

    The Commitments

    1991, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 21 -

    The Long Good Friday

    1980, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 85 -

    Brassed Off

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  9. 66 -

    The Railway Children

    1970, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 97 -

    Nil by Mouth

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 15 -

    Brighton Rock

    1948, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 56 -

    A Taste of Honey

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 86 -

    Genevieve

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 65 -

    Sunday Bloody Sunday

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 87 -

    Women in Love

    1969, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 93 -

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 95 -

    Life Is Sweet

    1990, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 50 -

    My Beautiful Laundrette

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 83 -

    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 4 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  21. 94 -

    The Belles of St. Trinian's

    1954, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 54 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  23. 11 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  24. 19 -

    Chariots of Fire

    1981, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 81 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  26. 74 -

    The Day of the Jackal

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 27 -

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  28. 41 -

    Dr. No

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 84 -

    Educating Rita

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 71 -

    Elizabeth

    1998, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 39 -

    A Fish Called Wanda

    1988, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 23 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  33. 25 -

    The Full Monty

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 34 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  35. 70 -

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  36. 72 -

    Goodbye, Mr. Chips

    1939, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 69 -

    Hamlet

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  38. 88 -

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  39. 92 -

    In Which We Serve

    1942, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 100 -

    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
  41. 3 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  42. 28 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  43. 43 -

    A Man for All Seasons

    1966, in 14 top lists Check
  44. 58 -

    The Man in the White Suit

    1951, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 49 -

    Shakespeare in Love

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  46. 1 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  47. 6 -

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 21 top lists Check
  48. 13 -

    The Ladykillers

    1955, in 8 top lists Check
  49. 17 -

    The Lavender Hill Mob

    1951, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 9 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
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