Greatest British film ever made?

[Anny Road]

Zulu

[VladimirIlyich]

The Long Good Friday is the best British crime film,The Life of Brian is the best comedy and there are various pearls of films which are not as well known but are excellent too. Various versions of Sherlock Holmes films are also best when it comes to recreating the great fictional detective. Get Carter,as mentioned by Stig in the OP is superb too.

[Mook]

Love Alice Lowe, Prevenge was quite funny.

 

I watched Prevenge at the weekend, it was mental, in a good way.

 

Quite distressing to see Angelos from Shooting Stars getting his throat cut though.

[Funkasy]

28 days later.

 

Them new improved super charged zombies made me piss my pants

[Mike D]

2 I dont think have been mentioned yet...

 

The Ipcress file

 

Hell drivers

[Moctezuma]

2 I dont think have been mentioned yet...

 

The Ipcress file

 

Hell drivers

 

Excellent film and I think the first half of the film is far closer to the truth of what spying was like in the 1960's, crumbling buildings in central London with a decided old boys club flavour to it.

[setreal]

Currently looking for British/UK classics to watch. Feel free to add any essential viewings you could think of.

[easytoslip]

Not sure why anybody would mention Lock Stock...

 

From the annoying title on, it's nowt but cack.

Is right

[easytoslip]

Currently looking for British/UK classics to watch. Feel free to add any essential viewings you could think of.

There's been some good old English films on Talking Pictures CH 81 Freeview, one yesterday Jigsaw was good I thought.

[Stickman]

Currently looking for British/UK classics to watch. Feel free to add any essential viewings you could think of.

 

 

There's been some good old English films on Talking Pictures CH 81 Freeview, one yesterday Jigsaw was good I thought.

 

 

One of the best British horrors is on Talking Pictures Aug 17th.

 

[setreal]

Actually saw that one quite recently. Very much a fan of Tourneur.

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

Dead Man's Shoes.

[easytoslip]

One of the best British horrors is on Talking Pictures Aug 17th.

 

Deffo ,great film.

[Stickman]

Actually saw that one quite recently. Very much a fan of Tourneur.

 

 

I saw a documentary about the film (originally called Curse of the Demon) in which Tourner never wanted the monster to be shown but the studio overruled him and insisted it was.

To be fair when you see it you can understand why he was against it. 

[setreal]

I love corny movie monsters made with practical effects. so I don't mind it tbh.

[setreal]

This Talking Pictures thing looks great I have to say. D.O.A. later tonight. 

[easytoslip]

I saw a documentary about the film (originally called Curse of the Demon) in which Tourner never wanted the monster to be shown but the studio overruled him and insisted it was.

To be fair when you see it you can understand why he was against it.

Yeah the monster thing at the end is a bit comical but there are some genuine eerie moments in it.

[Greycellgreen]

The Devils would be my pick, although I suppose Repulsion could be classed as British even though Polanski directed it. British crew and producers.

[setreal]

From the 2001 wiki page: 2001: A Space Odyssey was financed and distributed by American studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,^[8][9] but was filmed and edited almost entirely in England, where Kubrick lived, using the facilities of MGM-British Studios and Shepperton Studios. Production was subcontracted to Kubrick's production company, and care was taken that the film would be sufficiently "British" to qualify for the Eady Levy, a tax on box-office receipts in the UK.

[Stickman]

Yeah the monster thing at the end is a bit comical but there are some genuine eerie moments in it.

 

 

Agree it's a brilliant genuine creepy movie and the director was right it didn't need the monster to been seen.

 

 

The Medusa Touch which I think has been on the Horror channel recently is another great British horror.

[setreal]

Bunny Lake is Missing is also well creepy.

[Pidge]

 

Not enough Powell and Pressburger in this thread.

 

[Geoff Woade]

Another vote for Dead Man’s Shoes. Wonderful film. Similar sort of gritty, enjoyable film although admittedly not the best film ever is Twin Town with Rhys Ifans. A surprisingly enjoyable 2 hours

[aikido]

Not sure if it's already been posted.

 

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[easytoslip]

Peeping Tom was a bit strange, but there's loads of them like Seance on a wet afternoon or something, A Taste of Honey, Whistle Down The Wind ?Kes all enjoyable though my favourite is The Birthday Party with Colin Blakely and Harold Pinter , so there.