What I've Seen Of... BFI's Top 100 British Films of the 20th Century

Submitted by jim on Tue, 11/08/2005 - 10:42
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  1. The Third Man (1949)
  2. Brief Encounter (1945)
  3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  4. The 39 Steps (1935)
  5. Great Expectations (1946)
  6. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
  7. Kes (1969)
  8. Don't Look Now (1973)
  9. The Red Shoes (1948)
  10. Trainspotting (1996)
  11. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  12. If... (1968)
  13. The Ladykillers (1955)
  14. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
  15. Brighton Rock (1947)
  16. Get Carter (1971)
  17. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
  18. Henry V (1944)
  19. Chariots of Fire (1981)
  20. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
  21. The Long Good Friday (1980)
  22. The Servant (1963)
  23. Four Weddings And A Funeral (1994)
  24. Whisky Galore! (1949)
  25. The Full Monty (1997)
  26. The Crying Game (1992)
  27. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
  28. Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
  29. Withnail and I (1987)
  30. Gregory's Girl (1980)
  31. Zulu (1964)
  32. Room at the Top (1958)
  33. Alfie (1966)
  34. Gandhi (1982)
  35. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
  36. The Italian Job (1969)
  37. Local Hero (1983)
  38. The Commitments (1991)
  39. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
  40. Secrets & Lies (1995)
  41. Dr. No (1962)
  42. The Madness of King George (1994)
  43. A Man For All Seasons (1966)
  44. Black Narcissus (1947)
  45. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
  46. Oliver Twist (1948)
  47. I'm All Right Jack (1959)
  48. Performance (1970)
  49. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
  50. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
  51. Tom Jones (1963)
  52. This Sporting Life (1963)
  53. My Left Foot (1989)
  54. Brazil (1985)
  55. The English Patient (1996)
  56. A Taste of Honey (1961)
  57. The Go-Between (1970)
  58. The Man in the White Suit (1951)
  59. The Ipcress File (1965)
  60. Blow Up (1966)
  61. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
  62. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
  63. Passport to Pimlico (1949)
  64. The Remains of the Day (1993)
  65. Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971)
  66. The Railway Children (1970)
  67. Mona Lisa (1986)
  68. The Dam Busters (1955)
  69. Hamlet (1948)
  70. Goldfinger (1964)
  71. Elizabeth (1998)
  72. Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)
  73. A Room With A View (1985)
  74. The Day of the Jackal (1973)
  75. The Cruel Sea (1952)
  76. Billy Liar (1963)
  77. Oliver! (1968)
  78. Peeping Tom (1960)
  79. Far From the Madding Crowd (1967)
  80. The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
  81. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  82. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
  83. Darling (1965)
  84. Educating Rita (1983)
  85. Brassed Off (1996)
  86. Genevieve (1953)
  87. Women in Love (1969)
  88. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
  89. Fires Were Started (1943)
  90. Hope and Glory (1987)
  91. My Name is Joe (1998)
  92. In Which We Serve (1942)
  93. Caravaggio (1986)
  94. The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)
  95. Life is Sweet (1990)
  96. The Wicker Man (1973)
  97. Nil By Mouth (1997)
  98. Small Faces (1995)
  99. Carry On Up The Khyber (1968)
  100. The Killing Fields (1984)
Author Comments: 

I've seen the numbered ones.

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Films: To See: British Film Institute's Top 100 British Films of the 20th Century
192211/08/2005

Impressive score for David Lean with 3 films among the top 5.
Don't Look Now is a brilliant movie I highly recommend, even though I know that not everybody here around will agree with me on that. But if you get a chance to see it, be sure to watch it.

Also, which film among the ones you have seen is your favourite?

jim11/08/2005

Wow, it's damn near impossible to pick! I guess my top six would look something like this:

1. A Fish Called Wanda
2. The Bridge on the River Kwai
3. The Third Man
4. Gandhi
5. Shakespeare in Love
6. Kind Hearts and Coronets

I suspect Lawrence of Arabia would sneak on there upon a rewatch, but it has been too long for me to rank at the moment.

And I could probably make another top six composed of completely different movies and be almost equally happy with it!