Your fave british movies

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Kotsios

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Mine are : -

Letter to Breznev
A taste of honey
Brief encounter
This is England
Green street
I.D
East is east

to name but a few
 
I've only seen Letter to Brezhnev and Brief Encounter of those, but they're both wonderful, in different ways.

What makes a film "British"? The director? The cast? The funding? Where it was filmed?
 
In no particular order, here's 10....

The Third Man
Sleuth (original)
The 39 Steps (1935 version)
The Ipcress File
The Devil Rides Out
Murder On The Orient Express
The Italian Job
A Man For All Seasons
Zulu
Trainspotting
 
But surely there's more to it than that? If an American director and cast come to the UK to film (Robin Hood Price of Thieves) then that doesn't make it a British film does it? Or if a British director and cast film abroad (The Italian Job?) does that make it a foreign film?

I'm not arguing, I'm just curious, as it seems such a hazy definition once you start looking at it.
 
I think the most decisive factor in determining the 'nationality' of a film is where the bulk of the funding comes from.

I've tried to avoid joint 'nationality' films in my list.
 
Almost too many to count.

This country has given the world some of the greatest films ever made, and made hundreRAB of entertaining films in just about every genre for decades and decades...
 
In that case, Alien is a good one (British director as well).

Others, more traditionally regarded as British:

2001
Dr Strangelove
Many of the Will Hay ones - particularly Oh Mr Porter, Ask a Policeman, My Learned Friend and Where's That Fire?
Britannia Hospital
P'Tang Yang Kipperbang
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
The Ladykillers
The Third Man
A Shot in the Dark
Local Hero
Gregory's Girl
That Sinking Feeling
The Cook The Thief His Wife and Her Lover
A Zed and Two Noughts
The Draftsman's Contract
Drowning by Numbers
The Falls
The Bed Sitting Room
The Running, Jumping and Standing Still Film
A Room for Romeo Brass
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Alfie
Human Traffic
Get Carter
The Italian Job
The Long Good Friday
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Final Cut / Love Honour and Obey
Train Spotting
Heaven's Above
I'm Alright Jack
The Wrong Box
Jabberwocky
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Time Bandits
Yellow Submarine
The Magic Christian
Johnny English
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
Night of the Demon
Quatermas and the Pit
Peeping Tom
Dead of Night
Magic
The Wicker Man
Straw Dogs
The Elephant Man
Bedazzled
Carry On - Up the Khyber / Screaming / Abroad / Behind / At Your Convenience / Doctor / Again Doctor, etc, etc.
Casino Royale
Whistle Down the Wind



(OP - I picked up Letter to Breznev from a charity shop the other day but haven't watched it yet).
 
Great list some I have'nt seen, will defo check them out though, I assure you, you will love Letter to Breznev its great and its even better cos its filmed in my home town.
 
To one mentioned Hellraiser.

That was a British funded and filmed in London,even if they did try a little to make it out like it was America :D.
 
I never knew that!

Off the top of my head...

Shaun of The Dead
Run Fat Boy Run
Wilderness
Dog Soldiers
Lock, Stock...
ID
Made In Britain
This is England
Long Time Dead
Shallow Grave
Football Factory
East is East
 
Bridget Jones
East Is East
Pirates Of The Caribbean
Sweeney Todd
Notting Hill
Harry Potter
Love Actually
Creep
Shaun Of The Dead
Billy Elliot
About A Boy


Not my personal favourites but...... St Trinians, Hot Fuzz, Wallis and Grommit
 
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