Favourite British Film (Modern)

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1. Twin Town
2. Trainspotting
3. Born Romantic
4. This Year's Love
5. Human Traffic

I'll stick to five! And one of the worst:

It's All Gone Pete Tong
 
When you say modern, do you mean after 1990?

Off the top of my head I'd say...

'Trainspotting'.
'28 Days'.

I haven't seen 'Shawn of the Dead' yet though.

Nothing else I can think of that really stanRAB out. DepenRAB on how modern you mean by modern though.

:)
 
Ooh, this is a tricky one. But here goes:

Shooting Fish
Dog Soldiers
The Descent (I think it's British-ish!)
This Year's Love
28 Days Later
Shaun of the Dead
Trainspotting (I forget how good it is until I watch it again...and don't you think Davey Moyes, of Everton fame, wouldn't look out of place in this!?)
 
The Descent - certainly is British
Shaun of the Dead
Dead Man's Shoes
Dog Soldiers
Sexy Beast
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Snatch

Note nothing with Hugh f@cking Grant in it!
 
28 days later, a really cracking film.
Going back a little further the long good friday is also a great film in my opinion.
 
1. The Long Good Friday
2. Layer Cake
3. Saving Grace
4. Shaun of the Dead
5. A Fish Called Wanda
6. The Krays
7. Quadrophenia
8. Little Voice

(Note: NO Hugh Grant here either)
 
Dead Man's Shoes
Lock Stock....
Shaun of the Dead
Trainspotting
Billy Elliot
A Room for Romeo Brass
28 Days Later
My Summer of Love

That's all I can think of right now. :)

xx
 
Its so not a stupid question and one that was debated and debated in my film class.

"Harry Potter" as an example. Its set in Britain, has a British author, British characters and mannerisms, but in my opinion isnt really a British film. All the funding, advertising and distrubution comes from the U.S. All the control is coming from the U.S., and that to me doesnt make it a British film, but an American film.

Something like "Love Actually" is not entirely American, but its not a British film. Although a great proportion of the funding comes from the U.S., the control is had by Working Title, a British company. They also have the inclusion of an American Star, and also many schmaltzy and optimistic themes usually found in sappy U.S. comedy

To me a film like "Dead Man's Shoes" is what is best described as British. British director, British star, British setting, British funding, British values. It was made inclusively and indepentantly within the country, with only help from the U.S with distribution later on.

I dont know whether being inclusively British is good or not. Some of it is brilliant, some of it is boll***s

My favourite British films:

"Bullet Boy"
"Dead Man's Shoes"
"Once Upon a Time in The MidlanRAB"
"A Way Of Life" - Seriously everyone has to see this film. SERIOUSLY. Its so good, and nobody has seen it. Cant recommend it enough
 
Love Actually is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me. And My Summer of Love was good. And Layer Cake weren't bad. I forgot about Shaun of the Dead,very funny.

A Cock and Bull story, i thought that was quite funny.

Can i include Wallace and Gromit as british or is that seen as american? If so then i'll add that to my list.
 
Thanks for your great reply! :) This question has been endlessly debated in my film class at college too but we never all came to the same conclusion. Agree with what you say about Dead Man's Shoes..for me Shane Meadows' films are 100% British and in my opinion, they're great.
 
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