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The British Film Institutes Top 100
British Films of the 20th Century

Here's the BFI's top 100 British Films of the 20th Century. It may surprise you to learn that the British have even made 100 films this century. Well, contrary to the opinion of many, British film making, Technicians, Directors and Actors are among the best in the world. So, delight in this selection and you might like to count up how many you have seen, and whether your list would be any different.

Why not pick your personal Top 10 British Films, email the Curious webmaster, with them, and we'll put them on our personal choice page.

Position	Title	Year	Director
1.	The Third Man	1949	Carol Reed

2.	Brief Encounter	1945	David Lean
3.	Lawrence Of Arabia	1962	David Lean
4.	The 39 Steps	1935	Alfred Hitchcock
5.	Great Expectations	1946	David Lean
6.	Kind Hearts And Coronets	1949	Robert Hamer
7.	Kes	1969	Ken Loach
8.	Don't Look Now	1973	Nicholas Roeg
9.	The Red Shoes	1948	Michael Powel & Emeric Pressburger
10.	Trainspotting	1996	Danny Boyle
11.	The Bridge On The River Kwai	1957	David Lean
12.	If....	1968	Linsay Anderson
13.	The Ladykillers	1955	Alexander Mackendrick
14.	Saturday Night And Sunday Morning	1960	Karel Reisz
15.	Brighton Rock	1947	John Boulting
16.	Get Carter	1971	Mike Hodges
17.	The Lavender Hill Mob	1951	Charles Crichton

18.	Henry V	1944	Lawrence Olivier
19.	Chariots Of Fire	1981	Hugh Hudson
20.	A Matter Of Life And Death	1946	Powell & Pressburger
21.	The Long Good Friday	1980	John Mackenzie
22.	The Servant	1963	Joseph Losey
23.	Four Weddings & A Funeral	1994	Mike Newell
24.	Whisky Galore	1949	Alexander Mackendrick
25.	The Full Monty	1997	Peter Cattaneo
26.	The Crying Game	1992	Neil Jordan
27.	Dr. Zhivago	1965	David Lean
28.	Monty Python's Life Of Brian	1979	Terry Jones
29.	Withnail & I	1987	Bruce Robinson
30.	Gregory's Girl	1980	Bill Forsyth
31.	Zulu	1964	Cy Endfield
32.	Room At The Top	1958	Jack Clayton
33.	Alfie	1966	Lewis Gilbert
34.	Gandhi	1982	Richard Attenborough
35.	The Lady Vanishes	1938	Alfred Hitchcock

36.	The Italian Job	1969	Peter Collinson
37.	Local Hero	1983	Bill Forsyth
38.	The Committments	1991	Alan Parker
39.	A Fish Called Wanda	1988	Charles Crichton
40.	Secrets & Lies	1995	Mike Leigh
41.	Dr. No	1962	Terence Young
42.	The Madness Of King George	1994	Nicholas Hytner
43.	A Man For All Seasons	1966	Fred Zinnemann
44.	Black Narcissus	1947	Powell & Pressburger

45.	The Life & Death Of Colonel Blimp	1943	Powell & Pressburger
46.	Oliver Twist	1948	David Lean
47.	I'm All Right Jack	1959	John Boulton
48.	Performance	1970	Nicholas Roeg & Donald Cammell
49.	Shakespeare In Love	1998	John Madden
50.	My Beautiful Laundrette	1985	Stephen Frears
51.	Tom Jones	1963	Tony Richardson
52.	This Sporting Life	1967	Lindsay Anderson
53.	My Left Foot	1989	Jim Sheridan
54.	Brazil	1985	Terry Gilliam
55.	The English Patient	1996	Anthony Minghella
56.	A Taste Of Honey	1961	Tony Richardson
57.	The Go-Between	1970	Joseph Losey
58.	The Man In The White Suit	1951	Alexander Mackendrick
59.	The Ipcress File	1965	Sidney J. Furie
60.	Blow Up	1966	Michaelangelo Antinioni
61.	The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner	1962	Tony Richardson
62.	Sense & Sensibility	1995	Ang Lee
63.	Passport To Pimlico	1949	Henry Cornelius

64.	The Remains Of The Day	1993	James Ivory
65.	Sunday, Bloody Sunday	1971	John Schlesinger
66.	The Railway Children	1970	Lionel Jefferies
67.	Mona Lisa	1986	Neil Jordan
68.	The Dam Busters	1955	Michael Anderson
69.	Hamlet	1948	Laurence Olivier
70.	Goldfinger	1964	Guy Hamilton
71.	Elizabeth	1998	Shekhar Kapur
72.	Goodbye Mr. Chips	1939	Sam Wood
73.	A Room With A View	1985	James Ivory
74.	The Day Of The Jackal	1973	Fred Zinnemann
75.	The Cruel Sea	1952	Charles Frend

76.	Billy Liar	1963	John Schlesinger
77.	Oliver!	1968	Carol Reed
78.	Peeping Tom	1960	Michael Powell
79.	Far From The Madding Crowd	1967	John Schlesinger

80.	The Draughtsman's Contract	1982	Peter Greenaway
81.	A Clockwork Orange	1971	Stanley Kubrick
82.	Distant Voices, Still Lives	1988	Terence Davies
83.	Darling	1965	John Schlesinger
84.	Educating Rita	1983	Lewis Gilbert
85.	Brassed Off	1996	Mark Herman

86.	Genevieve	1953	Henry Cornelius
87.	Women In Love	1969	Ken Russell
88.	A Hard Day's Night	1964	Richard Lester
89.	Fires Were Started (documentary)	1943	Humphrey Jennings
90.	Hope & Glory	1987	John Boorman
91.	My Name Is Joe	1998	Ken Loach
92.	In Which We Serve	1942	Noel Coward & David Lean
93.	Caravaggio	1986	Derek Jarman
94.	The Belles Of St. Trinians	1954	Frank Launder
95.	Life Is Sweet	1990	Mike Leigh
96.	The Wicker Man	1973	Robin Hardy
97.	Nil By Mouth	1997	Gary Oldman
98.	Small Faces	1995	Gillies Mackinnon
99.	Carry On Up The Khyber	1968	Gerald Thomas
100.	The Killing Fields	1984	Roland Joffe