O/T: Your Top Ten BRITISH movies...

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Murdoc

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Came across 'The Italian Job' on tv yesterday (the Orig) and tho I've seen it so many times, I sat down and watched it again.... You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off ! Awesome.

Just thinking. British cinema, what are it's highs? Where does 'the Italian Job' fit in?

What are your highs in British cinema? Your top ten Brit movies?

Mine are:

Life of Brian
The Long Good Friday
Get Carter
The Italian Job
Alfie
Snatch
Human Traffic
A Clockwork Orange
Layer Cake
Trainspotting
 
Kes
Life of Brian
Sexy Beast
Nil by Mouth
Get Carter
Quadrophenia
The Long Good Friday
This is England
Dead Man's Shoes
Layer Cake

There's probably better ones that I haven't thought of yet.
 
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Much funnier than LoB for me, but not as insightful.

For me, Mike Leigh's Secret and Lies is the best British film.

Can I also throw in a worst? The film version of Godber's Up and Under. Possibly the worst I have ever seen.
 
Bum_Chinned_Crab said:
Can I also throw in a worst? The film version of Godber's Up and Under. Possibly the worst I have ever seen.
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Not a British film, but I stuck the TV on when I got in last night and Volcano was on.

I'm a big Tommy Lee Jones fan, but that film is utterly appalling.

As for the worst remake of all time, it has to be Nicolas Cage in the remake of The Wicker Man.
 
Just looked through your list, I thought Sexy Beast was utter ****e. This is England is ace.

Shocked to see Quadrophenia.... ;)
 
I just don't know which film is my fave I've seen so many over the years. Fairly newish ones are The Green Mile, Tom Hanks and Sixth Sense with Bruce Willis. The biggest laughs was It's A Mad Mad Mad World with Spencer Tracey but for sheer impact, and my first taste of the big screen, The Dorchester, was The Ten Commandments Cecil B Demille's masterpiece with Charlton Heston and Yul Bryner. No fancy computer graphics as some of the props look rather lame compared to todays offering but still brilliant.
 
Zulu
Italian Job
Quadrophenia
Get Carter
Kes
Trainspotting
This Is England
28 Days Later
24 Hour Party People
Elephant Man

I wasn't sure if Wind That Shakes The Barley would count.

Shaun Of The Dead, Wicker Man, Dead Man's Shoes, A Clockwork Orange & Made In Britain are also good.
 
No order:

Monty Python & Holy Grail
Zulu
Italian Job
Trainspotting
Snatch
Quadrophenia
This Is England
Get Carter
Monty Python & Life Of Brian
Shaun Of The Dead or Hot Fuzz, can't choose
 
C'mon ref said:
I just don't know which film is my fave I've seen so many over the years. Fairly newish ones are The Green Mile, Tom Hanks and Sixth Sense with Bruce Willis. The biggest laughs was It's A Mad Mad Mad World with Spencer Tracey but for sheer impact, and my first taste of the big screen, The Dorchester, was The Ten Commandments Cecil B Demille's masterpiece with Charlton Heston and Yul Bryner. No fancy computer graphics as some of the props look rather lame compared to todays offering but still brilliant.
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Not all that British though?
 
This will sound massively gay but i'm throwing Shakespeare in Love into the mix....also putting slumdog millionaire out there too, Robin Hood prince of thieves and Hot Fuzz
 
Local Hero
Hey, Mr Porter
Gregory's Girl
The rest of the Will Hay films
Carry on At Your Convenience
Carry on Camping ("that'll be a Parnd")
(The Original) St Trinians Train Robbery
The Lavinder Hill Mob

I know that's more than 10, but hey ho
 
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