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British Film Institute Top 100 Films


Rating System | 1 - Abysmal | 2 - Bad | 3 - Poor | 4 - OK | 5 - Good | 6 - Excellent | 7 - Classic

Reviews | AL - Apocalypse Later | IP - The IMDb Project | CR - Capsule Reviews


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Title

Year

H

D

Director

IMDb

Review

1

The Third Man

1949

7

7

Carol Reed

IMDb

2

Brief Encounter

1946

7

David Lean

IMDb

CR

3

Lawrence of Arabia

1962

David Lean

IMDb

4

The 39 Steps

1935

7

6

Alfred Hitchcock

IMDb

5

Great Expectations

1946

David Lean

IMDb

6

Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949

7

7

Robert Hamer

IMDb

7

Kes

1969

7

Kenneth Loach

IMDb

AL

8

Don't Look Now

1973

6

5

Nicolas Roeg

IMDb

CR

9

The Red Shoes

1948

7

7

Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger

IMDb

CR

10

Trainspotting

1996

7

6

Danny Boyle

IMDb

11

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

7

7

David Lean

IMDb

12

If...

1968

Lindsay Anderson

IMDb

13

The Ladykillers

1955

7

7

Alexander Mackendrick

IMDb

14

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

1960

6

Karel Reisz

IMDb

AL

15

Brighton Rock

1947

John Boulting

IMDb

16

Get Carter

1971

7

Mike Hodges

IMDb

17

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951

7

7

Charles Crichton

IMDb

18

Henry V

1944

Laurence Olivier

IMDb

19

Chariots of Fire

1981

Hugh Hudson

IMDb

20

A Matter of Life and Death

1946

7

7

Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger

IMDb

21

The Long Good Friday

1980

6

6

John Mackenzie

IMDb

22

The Servant

1963

Joseph Losey

IMDb

23

Four Weddings and a Funeral

1994

7

6

Mike Newell

IMDb

AL

24

Whisky Galore!

1949

Alexander Mackendrick

IMDb

25

The Full Monty

1997

Peter Cattaneo

IMDb

26

The Crying Game

1992

6

6

Neil Jordan

IMDb

27

Doctor Zhivago

1965

David Lean

IMDb

28

Life of Brian

1979

Terry Jones

IMDb

29

Withnail & I

1987

5

5

Bruce Robinson

IMDb

AL

30

Gregory's Girl

1980

Bill Forsyth

IMDb

31

Zulu

1964

Cy Endfield

IMDb

32

Room at the Top

1958

Jack Clayton

IMDb

33

Alfie

1966

6

7

Lewis Gilbert

IMDb

34

Gandhi

1982

Richard Attenborough

IMDb

35

The Lady Vanishes

1938

7

Alfred Hitchcock

IMDb

36

The Italian Job

1969

7

7

Peter Collinson

IMDb

37

Local Hero

1983

Bill Forsyth

IMDb

38

The Commitments

1991

Alan Parker

IMDb

39

A Fish Called Wanda

1988

7

7

Charles Crichton

IMDb

40

Secrets and Lies

1995

Mike Leigh

IMDb

41

Dr No

1962

Terence Young

IMDb

42

The Madness of King George

1994

Nicholas Hytner

IMDb

43

A Man for All Seasons

1966

7

Fred Zinnemann

IMDb

44

Black Narcissus

1947

7

6

Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger

IMDb

45

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943

7

7

Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger

IMDb

AL

46

Oliver Twist

1948

6

David Lean

IMDb

AL

47

I'm All Right Jack

1959

7

5

John Boulting

IMDb

AL

48

Performance

1970

Nicolas Roeg & Donald Cammell

IMDb

49

Shakespeare in Love

1998

John Madden

IMDb

50

My Beautiful Laundrette

1985

Stephen Frears

IMDb

51

Tom Jones

1963

6

6

Tony Richardson

IMDb

52

This Sporting Life

1963

6

Lindsay Anderson

IMDb

AL

53

My Left Foot

1989

Jim Sheridan

IMDb

54

Brazil

1985

7

6

Terry Gilliam

IMDb

55

The English Patient

1996

Anthony Minghella

IMDb

56

A Taste of Honey

1961

Tony Richardson

IMDb

57

The Go-Between

1970

Joseph Losey

IMDb

58

The Man in the White Suit

1951

7

Alexander Mackendrick

IMDb

AL

59

The Ipcress File

1965

Sidney J Furie

IMDb

60

Blow-up

1966

6

5

Michelangelo Antonioni

IMDb

61

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

1962

Tony Richardson

IMDb

62

Sense and Sensibility

1995

Ang Lee

IMDb

63

Passport to Pimlico

1949

7

6

Henry Cornelius

IMDb

CR

64

The Remains of the Day

1993

James Ivory

IMDb

65

Sunday Bloody Sunday

1971

John Schlesinger

IMDb

66

The Railway Children

1970

Lionel Jeffries

IMDb

67

Mona Lisa

1986

Neil Jordan

IMDb

68

The Dam Busters

1955

Michael Anderson

IMDb

69

Hamlet

1948

Laurence Olivier

IMDb

70

Goldfinger

1964

5

5

Guy Hamilton

IMDb

71

Elizabeth

1998

Shekhar Kapur

IMDb

72

Goodbye, Mr Chips

1939

7

Sam Wood

IMDb

73

A Room with a View

1985

James Ivory

IMDb

74

The Day of the Jackal

1973

7

6

Fred Zinnemann

IMDb

AL

75

The Cruel Sea

1952

Charles Frend

IMDb

76

Billy Liar

1963

6

5

John Schlesinger

IMDb

77

Oliver!

1968

5

6

Carol Reed

IMDb

AL

78

Peeping Tom

1960

7

7

Michael Powell

IMDb

79

Far from the Madding Crowd

1967

John Schlesinger

IMDb

80

The Draughtsman's Contract

1982

Peter Greenaway

IMDb

81

A Clockwork Orange

1971

7

7

Stanley Kubrick

IMDb

82

Distant Voices, Still Lives

1988

Terence Davies

IMDb

83

Darling

1965

John Schlesinger

IMDb

84

Educating Rita

1983

7

7

Lewis Gilbert

IMDb

85

Brassed Off

1996

Mark Herman

IMDb

86

Genevieve

1953

7

7

Henry Cornelius

IMDb

87

Women in Love

1969

Ken Russell

IMDb

88

A Hard Day's Night

1964

5

5

Richard Lester

IMDb

AL

89

Fires Were Started

1943

Humphrey Jennings

IMDb

90

Hope and Glory

1987

7

7

John Boorman

IMDb

91

My Name is Joe

1998

Ken Loach

IMDb

92

In Which We Serve

1942

6

Noel Coward & David Lean

IMDb

CR

93

Caravaggio

1986

Derek Jarman

IMDb

94

The Belles of St Trinian's

1954

Frank Launder

IMDb

95

Life is Sweet

1990

Mike Leigh

IMDb

96

The Wicker Man

1973

7

6

Robin Hardy

IMDb

97

Nil By Mouth

1997

Gary Oldman

IMDb

98

Small Faces

1995

Gillies Mackinnon

IMDb

99

Carry On Up the Khyber

1968

Gerald Thomas

IMDb

100

The Killing Fields

1984

5

5

Roland Joffé

IMDb

AL


Totals

Hal - Seen (60), Rated (47), Average (6.54)
Dee - Seen (42), Rated (36), Average (6.20)

Last Updated: 28 Aug 2009


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