BFI Top 100 British films
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In 1999 the British Film Institute surveyed 1000 people from the world of UK film and television to produce the BFI 100 list of the greatest British films of the 20th century. [link] Voters were asked to chose up to 100 films that were 'culturally British'. A few of the selected films were wholly or partly produced by non-UK companies, but were perceived by voters as having significant British involvement.
The 1960s came out as the most popular decade, with 26 films, and 1963 and 1971 as the most popular years, with four films each. The earliest film chosen was from 1935 (The 39 Steps), with only two other 1930s films featuring in the list. After 1935, 1974–78 was the only period of more than a year from which no films were chosen.
Unlike the highly controversial AFI list, the BFI poll caused little outrage and is considered a fine list.
The films
- The Third Man, 1949
- Brief Encounter, 1945
- Lawrence of Arabia, 1962
- The 39 Steps, 1935
- Great Expectations, 1946
- Kind Hearts and Coronets, 1949
- Kes, 1969
- Don't Look Now, 1973
- The Red Shoes, 1948
- Trainspotting, 1996
- The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957
- If..., 1968
- The Ladykillers, 1955
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, 1960
- Brighton Rock, 1947
- Get Carter, 1971
- The Lavender Hill Mob, 1951
- Henry V, 1944
- Chariots of Fire, 1981
- A Matter of Life and Death, 1946
- The Long Good Friday, 1980
- The Servant, 1963
- Four Weddings and a Funeral, 1994
- Whisky Galore!, 1949
- The Full Monty, 1997
- The Crying Game, 1992
- Doctor Zhivago, 1965 (a US production)
- Monty Python's Life of Brian, 1979
- Withnail and I, 1987
- Gregory's Girl, 1980
- Zulu, 1964
- Room at the Top, 1958
- Alfie, 1966
- Gandhi, 1982
- The Lady Vanishes, 1938
- The Italian Job, 1969
- Local Hero, 1983
- The Commitments, 1991
- A Fish Called Wanda, 1988
- Secrets & Lies, 1995
- Dr. No, 1962
- The Madness of King George, 1994
- A Man For All Seasons, 1966
- Black Narcissus, 1947
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, 1943
- Oliver Twist, 1948
- I'm All Right Jack, 1959
- Performance, 1970
- Shakespeare in Love, 1998
- My Beautiful Laundrette, 1985
- Tom Jones, 1963
- This Sporting Life, 1963
- My Left Foot, 1989
- Brazil, 1985
- The English Patient, 1996 (a US production)
- A Taste of Honey, 1961
- The Go-Between, 1971
- The Man in the White Suit, 1951
- The Ipcress File, 1965
- Blowup, 1966
- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, 1962
- Sense and Sensibility, 1995
- Passport to Pimlico, 1949
- The Remains of the Day, 1993
- Sunday Bloody Sunday, 1971
- The Railway Children, 1970
- Mona Lisa, 1986
- The Dam Busters, 1955
- Hamlet, 1948
- Goldfinger, 1964 (a joint UK-US production)
- Elizabeth, 1998
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips, 1939
- A Room with a View, 1985
- The Day of the Jackal, 1973
- The Cruel Sea, 1952
- Billy Liar, 1963
- Oliver!, 1968
- Peeping Tom, 1960
- Far from the Madding Crowd, 1967
- The Draughtsman's Contract, 1982
- A Clockwork Orange, 1971
- Distant Voices, Still Lives, 1988
- Darling, 1965
- Educating Rita, 1983
- Brassed Off, 1996
- Genevieve, 1953
- Women in Love, 1969
- A Hard Day's Night, 1964
- Fires Were Started, 1943
- Hope and Glory, 1987
- My Name Is Joe, 1998
- In Which We Serve, 1942
- Caravaggio, 1986
- The Belles of St. Trinian's, 1954
- Life is Sweet, 1990
- The Wicker Man, 1973
- Nil by Mouth, 1997
- Small Faces, 1995
- Carry On up the Khyber, 1968
- The Killing Fields, 1984
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