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Best British films?
« on: February 27, 2009, 01:23:45 PM »
Just trying to think of a few more British films to add to our Lovefilm list, yet I never seem to think of any. There always seem to be so many American films to choose from.  :P  Anyone have any suggestions?
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Re: Best British films?
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2009, 01:41:44 PM »
A list of 100 British films begins here:

http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=19565.msg564402#msg564402

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(although looks like there are some repeats there!)
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Re: Best British films?
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2009, 01:45:03 PM »
Quote from: Jewlz on February 27, 2009, 01:23:45 PM
Just trying to think of a few more British films to add to our Lovefilm list, yet I never seem to think of any. There always seem to be so many American films to choose from.  :P  Anyone have any suggestions?

Hey Mrs. Munch,

Does this help?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/455170.stm

http://www.channel4.com/film/newsfeatures/microsites/G/greatest-brits/results/nominees/film/index_results.html

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Re: Best British films?
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2009, 02:01:33 PM »
Here are some of my personal favourite British Films.  They are all older, from at least 15 years ago, but I think they are glorious movies:

Hope and Glory

Room with a View

Withnail and I

Shallow Grave

The Commitments

A Summer Story

A Handful of Dust

Where Angels Fear to Tread

Pascali's Island
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Re: Best British films?
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2009, 03:01:30 PM »
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

A Kind of Loving

A Taste of Honey

The L-Shaped Room

Cathy Come Home



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Re: Best British films?
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2009, 04:27:05 PM »
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Re: Best British films?
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2009, 04:53:09 PM »
This Is England

Shaun of the Dead

Hot Fuzz

The Full Monty
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Re: Best British films?
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2009, 05:08:53 PM »
Some more faves:

Cold Comfort Farm

Much Ado About Nothing (the one with Kenneth Brannagh and Emma Thompson.)
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Re: Best British films?
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2009, 02:00:12 AM »
Layer Cake

Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrells

Human Traffic

Snatch

Crank

Notting Hill

Love Actually

About a Boy

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Re: Best British films?
« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2009, 07:25:59 AM »
Quote from: Karrit on February 27, 2009, 02:01:33 PM
Here are some of my personal favourite British Films.  They are all older, from at least 15 years ago, but I think they are glorious movies:

The Commitments

Not to be picky, and The Commitments is one of my all time faves, but it's *Irish* (not British!) through and through!
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Re: Best British films?
« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2009, 08:58:14 AM »
Quote from: Andee on February 28, 2009, 07:25:59 AM
Not to be picky, and The Commitments is one of my all time faves, but it's *Irish* (not British!) through and through!

I guess I was getting pedantic about it being British because Alan Parker made it.   :)
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« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2009, 09:14:04 AM »
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Re: Best British films?
« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2009, 10:36:25 PM »
KES!

"Fly Kes, fly!" - classic

Also how about "Brassed Off"

Both these resonate with me as they are set in this area, the latter is very poignant to me having lived through the miners strike of the early '80's.

A recent one i had from Lovefilm was "Like Minds", a thriller about a boy at a Private (public) school who is suspected of murder, very good psychological thriller.
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« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2009, 10:38:27 PM »
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Both these resonate with me as they are set in this area, the latter is very poignant to me having lived through the miners strike of the early '80's.

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Re: Best British films?
« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2009, 08:01:02 PM »
Waking Ned Devine is one of my favorites! It gets dusted off and watched at least once a month at my house. :)
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