{"id":10783,"date":"2011-02-08T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=10783"},"modified":"2011-02-08T12:00:28","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T12:00:28","slug":"time-outs-list-of-the-100-best-british-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/02\/08\/time-outs-list-of-the-100-best-british-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Out’s List of The 100 Best British Films"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UK listings magazine Time Out<\/a><\/strong> have selected a list of The 100 Best British Films<\/a><\/strong>, topped by Don’t Look Now<\/a><\/strong> (1973).<\/p>\n

Voted for by 150 film experts including critics<\/a>, filmmakers<\/a>, actors and ‘industry players<\/a>‘, it\u00a0is a very solid selection overall, with the top ten featuring a healthy mix of established greats alongside some interesting choices.<\/p>\n

However, if we are talking about British films (that is films produced by British companies) the team that put this together have made a major blunder by including Stanley Kubrick<\/a> films which were American films that just happened to be shot in the UK.<\/p>\n

2001: A Space Odyssey<\/a> (1968) was produced by MGM, whilst A Clockwork Orange<\/a> (1971) and Barry Lyndon<\/a> (1975) were funded by Warner Bros – both large US studios.<\/p>\n

Brazil<\/a> (1985) was also US financed (by Embassy International Pictures<\/a>, whilst Universal released it) and Nil By Mouth<\/a> (1997) – whilst seemingly very British – was actually co-financed with French money.<\/p>\n

This might seem like nitpicking but it is worth highlighting where the money comes from, especially in the current era where it prospects look fairly bleak for homegrown UK production.<\/p>\n

However, there are plenty of films here to feast on and a few personal favourites I’d highly recommend are:\u00a0If…<\/a><\/strong> (1968), Performance<\/a><\/strong> (1970), The Offence<\/a><\/strong> (1971), Witchfinder General<\/a><\/strong> (1968), Local Hero<\/a><\/strong> (1983) and Hunger<\/a><\/strong> (2008).<\/p>\n

You can also check out the individual lists of each Time Out contributor here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

THE TIME OUT LIST OF THE 100 BEST BRITISH FILMS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Don’t Look Now (1973)<\/li>\n
  2. The Third Man (1949)<\/li>\n
  3. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)<\/li>\n
  4. Kes (1969)<\/li>\n
  5. The Red Shoes (1948)<\/li>\n
  6. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)<\/li>\n
  7. Performance (1970)<\/li>\n
  8. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)<\/li>\n
  9. If\u2026 (1968)<\/li>\n
  10. Trainspotting (1996)<\/li>\n
  11. Naked (1993)<\/li>\n
  12. Brief Encounter (1945)<\/li>\n
  13. The 39 Steps (1935)<\/li>\n
  14. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)<\/li>\n
  15. Withnail & I (1987)<\/li>\n
  16. Black Narcissus (1947)<\/li>\n
  17. A Canterbury Tale (1944)<\/li>\n
  18. The Innocents (1961)<\/li>\n
  19. Barry Lyndon (1975) *<\/li>\n
  20. Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)<\/li>\n
  21. Nil by Mouth (1997) *<\/li>\n
  22. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)<\/li>\n
  23. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) *<\/li>\n
  24. Brazil (1985) *<\/li>\n
  25. Great Expectations (1946)<\/li>\n
  26. I Know Where I’m Going! (1945)<\/li>\n
  27. The Bill Douglas Trilogy (1972, 1973, 1978)<\/li>\n
  28. The Wicker Man (1973)<\/li>\n
  29. Peeping Tom (1960)<\/li>\n
  30. The Ladykillers (1955)<\/li>\n
  31. The Ladykillers (1955)<\/li>\n
  32. Get Carter (1971)<\/li>\n
  33. Secrets & Lies (1996) *<\/li>\n
  34. A Clockwork Orange (1971)<\/li>\n
  35. The Servant (1963)<\/li>\n
  36. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)<\/li>\n
  37. It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)<\/li>\n
  38. Went the Day Well? (1942)<\/li>\n
  39. London (1994)<\/li>\n
  40. Ratcatcher (1999)<\/li>\n
  41. Witchfinder General (1968)<\/li>\n
  42. Listen to Britain (1942)<\/li>\n
  43. Fires Were Started (1943)<\/li>\n
  44. Sabotage (1936)<\/li>\n
  45. Repulsion (1965)<\/li>\n
  46. The Fallen Idol (1948)<\/li>\n
  47. Blow-Up (1966)<\/li>\n
  48. Hunger (2008)<\/li>\n
  49. Gallivant (1996)<\/li>\n
  50. Culloden (1964)<\/li>\n
  51. Local Hero (1983)<\/li>\n
  52. Robinson in Space (1997)<\/li>\n
  53. This Sporting Life (1963)<\/li>\n
  54. Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1974)<\/li>\n
  55. Radio On (1980)<\/li>\n
  56. Caravaggio (1986)<\/li>\n
  57. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) *<\/li>\n
  58. Gregory’s Girl (1981)<\/li>\n
  59. Blackmail (1929)<\/li>\n
  60. The Long Good Friday (1980)<\/li>\n
  61. Walkabout (1971)<\/li>\n
  62. Deep End (1970)<\/li>\n
  63. Nuts In May (1976)<\/li>\n
  64. Topsy-Turvy (1999)<\/li>\n
  65. Dracula (1958)<\/li>\n
  66. Wonderland (1999)<\/li>\n
  67. Whisky Galore! (1949)<\/li>\n
  68. Dead of Night (1945)<\/li>\n
  69. Oliver! (1968)<\/li>\n
  70. Bad Timing (1980)<\/li>\n
  71. Edvard Munch (1974)<\/li>\n
  72. The Long Day Closes (1992)<\/li>\n
  73. The Man in the White Suit (1951)<\/li>\n
  74. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)<\/li>\n
  75. A Room for Romeo Brass (1999)<\/li>\n
  76. Penda\u2019s Fen (1974)<\/li>\n
  77. Piccadilly (1929)<\/li>\n
  78. Billy Liar (1963)<\/li>\n
  79. The Offence (1972)<\/li>\n
  80. Under the Skin (1997)<\/li>\n
  81. Dr No (1962)<\/li>\n
  82. Orlando (1993)<\/li>\n
  83. A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929)<\/li>\n
  84. Fish Tank (2009)<\/li>\n
  85. I’m All Right, Jack (1959)<\/li>\n
  86. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)<\/li>\n
  87. Night and the City (1950)<\/li>\n
  88. This Is England (2006)<\/li>\n
  89. The Go-Between (1970)<\/li>\n
  90. Blue (1993)<\/li>\n
  91. Land and Freedom (1995)<\/li>\n
  92. Dead Man’s Shoes (2004)<\/li>\n
  93. Zulu (1964)<\/li>\n
  94. 24 Hour Party People (2002)<\/li>\n
  95. London to Brighton (2006)<\/li>\n
  96. Theatre of Blood (1973)<\/li>\n
  97. 28 Days Later\u2026 (2002)<\/li>\n
  98. School for Scoundrels (1960)<\/li>\n
  99. The Railway Children (1970)<\/li>\n
  100. In This World (2002)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    > Time Out Film Section<\/a>
    \n>     Wikipedia lists of great films<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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