BFI Top 100 British films




In 1999, the British Film Institute surveyed 1,000 people from the world of British film and television to produce the BFI 100 list of the greatest British films of the 20th century. Voters were asked to choose up to 100 films that were 'culturally British'.[1] The list also includes two non-British films, namely My Left Foot and The Commitments.




Contents






  • 1 List breakdown


  • 2 Full list


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References





List breakdown



  • The 1960s led the pack with 26 films of merit for the decade. Four films made the list from each of the years 1949, 1963, and 1971. The earliest film selected was The 39 Steps (1935). Only two other 1930s films made the list, and after 1935, the only years not represented are 1936–1937, 1940–1941, 1950, 1956, 1958, 1972 and 1974–78.


  • David Lean, with seven films, is the most-represented director in the list, followed by Michael Powell (five films, of which four were collaborations with Emeric Pressburger). Powell and Pressburger ("The Archers") and John Schlesinger had four films each, while Alexander Mackendrick and Tony Richardson each had three. Seven of the films were produced by Ealing Studios during the years 1949–55.

  • The most-represented actor is Alec Guinness with nine films of merit, although three appearances were in supporting roles. Michael Caine is the most represented living actor, starring in seven films.


  • Julie Christie is the most represented actress, with six films on the list.

  • All of the directors in the list are male.



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Rank Title Year Director
1 The Third Man 1949
Carol Reed
2 Brief Encounter 1945
David Lean
3 Lawrence of Arabia 1962
David Lean
4 The 39 Steps 1935
Alfred Hitchcock
5 Great Expectations 1946
David Lean
6 Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949
Robert Hamer
7 Kes 1969
Ken Loach
8 Don't Look Now 1973
Nicolas Roeg
9 The Red Shoes 1948
Powell and Pressburger
10 Trainspotting 1996
Danny Boyle
11 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
David Lean
12 if.... 1968
Lindsay Anderson
13 The Ladykillers 1955
Alexander Mackendrick
14 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 1960
Karel Reisz
15 Brighton Rock 1947
John Boulting
16 Get Carter 1971
Mike Hodges
17 The Lavender Hill Mob 1951
Charles Crichton
18 Henry V 1944
Laurence Olivier
19 Chariots of Fire 1981
Hugh Hudson
20 A Matter of Life and Death 1946
Powell and Pressburger
21 The Long Good Friday 1980
John Mackenzie
22 The Servant 1963
Joseph Losey
23 Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994
Mike Newell
24 Whisky Galore! 1949
Alexander Mackendrick
25 The Full Monty 1997
Peter Cattaneo
26 The Crying Game 1992
Neil Jordan
27 Doctor Zhivago 1965
David Lean
28 Monty Python's Life of Brian 1979
Terry Jones
29 Withnail and I 1987
Bruce Robinson
30 Gregory's Girl 1980
Bill Forsyth
31 Zulu 1964
Cy Endfield
32 Room at the Top 1959
Jack Clayton
33 Alfie 1966
Lewis Gilbert
34 Gandhi 1982
Richard Attenborough
35 The Lady Vanishes 1938
Alfred Hitchcock
36 The Italian Job 1969
Peter Collinson
37 Local Hero 1983
Bill Forsyth
38 The Commitments 1991
Alan Parker
39 A Fish Called Wanda 1988
Charles Crichton
40 Secrets & Lies 1996
Mike Leigh
41 Dr. No 1962
Terence Young
42 The Madness of King George 1994
Nicholas Hytner
43 A Man for All Seasons 1966
Fred Zinnemann
44 Black Narcissus 1947
Powell and Pressburger
45 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943
Powell and Pressburger
46 Oliver Twist 1948
David Lean
47 I'm All Right Jack 1959
John Boulting
48 Performance 1970
Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell
49 Shakespeare in Love 1998
John Madden
50 My Beautiful Laundrette 1985
Stephen Frears
51 Tom Jones 1963
Tony Richardson
52 This Sporting Life 1963
Lindsay Anderson
53 My Left Foot 1989
Jim Sheridan
54 Brazil 1985
Terry Gilliam
55 The English Patient 1996
Anthony Minghella
56 A Taste of Honey 1961
Tony Richardson
57 The Go-Between 1970
Joseph Losey
58 The Man in the White Suit 1951
Alexander Mackendrick
59 The Ipcress File 1965
Sidney J. Furie
60 Blow Up 1966
Michelangelo Antonioni
61 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1962
Tony Richardson
62 Sense and Sensibility 1995
Ang Lee
63 Passport to Pimlico 1949
Henry Cornelius
64 The Remains of the Day 1993
James Ivory
65 Sunday, Bloody Sunday 1971
John Schlesinger
66 The Railway Children 1970
Lionel Jeffries
67 Mona Lisa 1986
Neil Jordan
68 The Dam Busters 1955
Michael Anderson
69 Hamlet 1948
Laurence Olivier
70 Goldfinger 1964
Guy Hamilton
71 Elizabeth 1998
Shekhar Kapur
72 Goodbye, Mr Chips 1939
Sam Wood
73 A Room with a View 1985
James Ivory
74 The Day of the Jackal 1973
Fred Zinnemann
75 The Cruel Sea 1953
Charles Frend
76 Billy Liar 1963
John Schlesinger
77 Oliver! 1968
Carol Reed
78 Peeping Tom 1960
Michael Powell
79 Far from the Madding Crowd 1967
John Schlesinger
80 The Draughtsman's Contract 1982
Peter Greenaway
81 A Clockwork Orange 1971
Stanley Kubrick
82 Distant Voices, Still Lives 1988
Terence Davies
83 Darling 1965
John Schlesinger
84 Educating Rita 1983
Lewis Gilbert
85 Brassed Off 1996
Mark Herman
86 Genevieve 1953
Henry Cornelius
87 Women in Love 1969
Ken Russell
88 A Hard Day's Night 1964
Richard Lester
89 Fires Were Started 1943
Humphrey Jennings
90 Hope and Glory 1987
John Boorman
91 My Name Is Joe 1998
Ken Loach
92 In Which We Serve 1942
Noël Coward and David Lean
93 Caravaggio 1986
Derek Jarman
94 The Belles of St Trinian's 1954
Frank Launder
95 Life Is Sweet 1990
Mike Leigh
96 The Wicker Man 1973
Robin Hardy
97 Nil By Mouth 1997
Gary Oldman
98 Small Faces 1995
Gillies Mackinnon
99 Carry On... Up the Khyber 1968
Gerald Thomas
100 The Killing Fields 1984
Roland Joffé


See also



  • Time Out 100 best British films

  • Films considered the greatest ever


  • BFI TV 100 – a list of the best British television programmes

  • BFI list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14

  • 100 Italian films to be saved

  • In 2004 the BFI compiled a list of the 100 biggest UK cinematic hits of all time based on audience viewing, the list was released as a book. The top 10 are available in this BBC News Online story.



References




  1. ^ BBC. 23 September 1999. Entertainment: Best 100 British films - full list. Accessed 30 January 2014.








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