THE TELEGRAPH: THE 75 BRITISH FILMS EVER MADE

ORDER FILMS BY YEAR

GREAT BRITAIN 2000 -2010: TOP 3 FILMS by YEAR

2000

• 01) - 3,8270 - CHICKEN RUN (NICK PARK)
• 02) - 3,6324 - THE FILTH AND THE FURY (JULIEN TEMPLE)
• 03) - 3,5605 - THE HOUSE OF THE MIRTH (TERENCE DAVIES)

2001

• 01) - 3,7851 - GOSFORD PARK (ROBERT ALTMAN)
• 02) - 3,0735 - THE NAVIGATORS (KEN LOACH)
• 03) - 3,0627 - LAST ORDERS (FRED SCHEPISI)

2002

• 01) - 3,7339 - BLOODY SUNDAY (PAUL GREENGRASS)
• 02) - 3,6628 - SWEET SIXTEEN (KEN LOACH)
• 03) - 3,6326 - ALL OR NOTHING (MIKE LEIGH)

2003

• 01) - 3,6803 - TOUCHING THE VOID (KEVIN MACDONALD)
• 02) - 3,1639 - DEEP BLUE (ALASTAIR FOTHERGILL - ANDY BYATT)
• 03) - 3,1273 - LOVE ACTUALLY (RICHARD CURTIS)

2004

• 01) - 3,8797 - VERA DRAKE (MIKE LEIGH)
• 02) - 3,6346 - SHAUN OF THE DEAD (EDGAR WRIGHT)
• 03) - 3,6097 - HOTEL RWANDA (TERRY GEORGE)

2005

• 01) - 3,7998 - 49 UP (MICHAEL APTED)
• 02) - 3,7635 - WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (NICK PARK)
• 03) - 3,6636 - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (JOE WRIGHT)

2006

• 01) - 3,9335 - CHILDREN OF MEN (ALFONSO CUARON)
• 02) - 3,7002 - THIS IS ENGLAND (SHANE MEADOWS)
• 03) - 3,6200 - CASINO ROYALE (MARTIN CAMPBELL)

2007

• 01) - 3,6506 - HOT FUZZ (EDGAR WRIGHT)
• 02) - 3,5814 - ATONEMENT (JOE WRIGHT)
• 03) - 3,5471 - CONTROL (ANTON CORBIJN)

2008

• 01) - 3,9082 - MAN ON WIRE (JAMES MARSH)
• 02) - 3,8696 - HUNGER (STEVE McQUEEN)
• 03) - 3,5781 - IN BRUGES (MARTIN McDONAGH)

2009

• 01) - 3,6818 - IN THE LOOP (ARMANDO IANNUCCI)
• 02) - 3,6772 - RED RIDING: 1980 (JAMES MARSH)
• 03) - 3,6026 - FISH TANK (ANDREA ARNOLD)

2010

• 01) - 3,9871 - ANOTHER YEAR (MIKE LEIGH)
• 02) - 3,9390 - EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (BANKSY)
• 03) - 3,8219 - THE KING'S SPEECH (TOM HOOPER)

THE 100 BEST BRITISH FILMS

1. - 4,6133 - LAWRENCE DE ARABIA (DAVID LEAN, 1962)
2. - 4,6079 - THE THIRD MAN (CAROL REED, 1949)
3. - 4,4178 - THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (DAVID LEAN, 1957)
4. - 4,3686 - BARRY LYNDON (STANLEY KUBRICK, 1975)
5. - 4,3649 - A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (STANLEY KUBRICK, 1971)
6. - 4,3526 - BRIEF ENCOUNTER (DAVID LEAN, 1945)
7. - 4,3283 - A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (MICHAEL POWELL, 1946)
8. - 4,3195 - THE RED SHOES (MICHAEL POWELL, 1948)
9. - 4,3066 - GREAT EXPECTATIONS (DAVID LEAN, 1946)
10. - 4,2948 - BLACK NARCISSUS (MICHAEL POWELL, 1947)
11. - 4,2929 - PEEPING TOM (MICHAEL POWELL, 1960)
12. - 4,2911 - LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (MICHAEL POWELL, 1943)
13. - 4,2599 - THE SERVANT (JOSEPH LOSEY, 1963)
14. - 4,2550 - SLEUTH (JOSEPH L. MANKIEWCIZ, 1972)
15. - 4,2537 - SECRETS AND LIES (MIKE LEIGH, 1996)
16. - 4,2351 - REPULSION (ROMAN POLANSKI, 1965)
17. - 4,2285 - KES (KEN LOACH, 1969)
18. - 4,2264 - KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (ROBERT HAMER, 1949)
19. - 4,2250 - THE LADY VANISHES (ALFRED HITCHCOCK, 1938)
20. - 4,2157 - THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY (JOHN McKENZIE, 1980)
21. - 4,2041 - 39 STEPS (ALFRED HITCHCOCK, 1935)
22. - 4,1902 - THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (VARIOUS, 1940)
23. - 4,1837 - THE INNOCENTS (JACK CLAYTON, 1961)
24. - 4,1826 - THE LADYKILLERS (ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK, 1955)
25. - 4,1779 - DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES (TERENCE DAVIES, 1988)
26. - 4,1776 - ZULU (CY ENDFIELD, 1964)
27. - 4,1688 - ODD MAN OUT (CAROL REED, 1947)
28. - 4,1631 - THE REMAINS OF THE DAY (JAMES IVORY, 1993)
29. - 4,1494 - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (SIMON LANGTON, 1995)
30. - 4,1472 - EYES WIDE SHUT (STANLEY KUBRICK, 1999)
31. - 4,1426 - FULL METAL JACKET (STANLEY KUBRICK, 1987)
32. - 4,1411 - BLOW UP (MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI, 1966)
33. - 4,1383 - THE WRONG TROUSERS (NICK PARK, 1993)
34. - 4,1347 - BRAZIL (TERRY GILLIAM, 1985)
35. - 4,1340 - THE WICKER MAN (ROBIN HARDY, 1973)
36. - 4,1294 - OLIVER TWIST (DAVID LEAN, 1948)
37. - 4,1171 - PYGMALION (ANTHONY ASQUITH, 1938)
38. - 4,0953 - THE WAR GAME (PETER WATKINS, 1965)
39. - 4,0857 - DON'T LOOK NOW (NICOLAS ROEG, 1973)
40. - 4,0742 - I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING (MICHAEL POWELL, 1945)
41. - 4,0731 - SUNDAY, BLOODY SUNDAY (JOHN SCHLESINGER, 1971)
42. - 4,0633 - CURSE OF THE DEMON (JACQUES TOURNEUR, 1957)
43. - 4,0627 - A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (RICHARD LESTER, 1964)
44. - 4,0607 - HENRY V (LAURENCE OLIVIER, 1944)
45. - 4,0597 - THE BROWNING VERSION (ANTHONY ASQUITH, 1951)
46. - 4,0590 - THE CRYING GAME (NEIL JORDAN, 1992)
47. - 4,0586 -THE LIFE OF BRIAN (TERRY JONES, 1979)
48. - 4,0542 - ROOM AT THE TOP (JACK CLAYTON, 1959)
49. - 4,0528 - HORROF OF DRACULA (TERENCE FISHER, 1958)
50. - 4,0483 - MAN OF ARAN (ROBERT FLAHERTY, 1934)
51. - 4,0387 - DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (DAVID LEAN, 1965)
52. - 4,0354 - HOWARD'S END (JAMES IVORY, 1992)
53. - 4,0254 - THE FALLEN IDOL (CAROL REED, 1948)
54. - 4,0232 - WALKABOUT (NICOLAS ROEG, 1971)
55. - 4,0143 - SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING (KAREL REISZ, 1960)
56. - 4,0105 - DEAD OF NIGHT (VARIOUS, 1945)
57. - 4,0075 - IF (LINDSAY ANDERSON, 1968)
58. - 4,0007 - THE LAVENDER HILL MOB (CHARLES CRICHTON, 1951)
59. - 3,9983 - HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA (ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK, 1965)
60. - 3,9841 - GOODBYE MR. CHIPS (SAM WOOD, 1939)
61. - 3,9834 - THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII (ALEXANDER KORDA, 1933)
62. - 3,9774 - LOCAL HERO (BILL FORSYTH, 1983)
63. - 3,9748 - MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRIAL (TERRY GILLIAM - TERRY JONES, 1975)
64. - 3,9736 - MOONLIGHTING (JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI, 1982)
65. - 3,9715 - STRAW DOGS (SAM PECKINPAH, 1971)
66. - 3,9714 - GOLDFINGER (GUY HAMILTON, 1964)
67. - 3,9679 - THE SMALL BACK ROOM (MICHAEL POWELL, 1949)
68. - 3,9607 - HAMLET (LAURENCE OLIVIER, 1948)
69. - 3,9519 - TOM JONES (TONY RICHARDSON, 1963)
70. - 3,9517 - 28 UP (MICHAEL APTED, 1985)
71. - 3,9440 - THE HAUNTING (ROBERT WISE, 1963)
72. - 3,9400 - UNKNOWN CHAPLIN (KEVIN BROWNLOW, 1983)
73. - 3,9335 - TOPSY-TURVY (MIKE LEIGH, 1999)
74. - 3,9325 - YELLOW SUBMARINE (GEORGE DUNNING, 1968)
75. - 3,9274 - NAKED (MIKE LEIGH, 1993)
76. - 3,9232 - CHILDREN OF MEN (ALFONSO CUARON, 2006)
77. - 3,9191 - ANOTHER YEAR (MIKE LEIGH, 2010)
78. - 3,9182 - THE LION IN WINTER (ANTHONY HARVEY, 1968)
79. - 3,9180 - A FISH CALLED WANDA (CHARLES CRICHTON, 1988)
80. - 3,9139 - 49TH PARALLEL (MICHAEL POWELL, 1941)
81. - 3,9129 - A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (FRED ZINNEMANN, 1966)
82. - 3,9060 - HAMLET (KENNETH BRANAGH, 1996)
83. - 3,9049 - A CLOSE SHAVE (NICK PARK, 1995)
84. - 3,9026 - WITHNAIL AND I (BRUCE ROBINSON, 1987)
85. - 3,8995 - VERA DRAKE (MIKE LEIGH, 2004)
86. - 3,8946 - MAN ON WIRE (JAMES MARSH, 2008)
87. - 3,8917 - GET CARTER (MIKE HODGES, 1971)
88. - 3,8884 - TRAINSPOTTING (DANNY BOYLE, 1996)
89. - 3,8884 - THE FOUR FEATHERS (ZOLTAN KORDA, 1939)
90. - 3,8778 - GANDHI (RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH, 1982)
91. - 3,8742 - A PASSAGE TO INDIA (DAVID LEAN, 1984)
92. - 3,8738 - NIGHT AND THE CITY (JULES DASSIN, 1950)
93. - 3,8685 - A ROOM WITH A VIEW (JAMES IVORY, 1985)
94. - 3,8613 - BILLY BUDD (PETER USTINOV, 1962)
95. - 3,8578 - HUNGER (STEVE McQUEEN, 2008)
96. - 3,8532 - VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (WOLF RILLA, 1960)
97. - 3,8523 - SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (ANG LEE, 1995)
98. - 3,8509 - THE GO-BETWEEN (JOSEPH LOSEY, 1970)
99. - 3,8490 - A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (ROY WARD BAKER, 1958)
100. - 3,8458 - THE KING'S SPEECH (TOM HOOPER, 2010)

TIME OUT: 100 BEST BRITISH FILMS