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Top 100 British Films — British Film Institute

In 1999, the British Film Institute surveyed 1,000 people from the world of British film and television to produce a list of the greatest British films of the 20th century. Voters were asked to choose up to 100 British films of the 20th Century that were "culturally British".

Most popular decade 1960s (26)

Most popular years 1949 • 1963 • 1996 (4)

Most popular directors:
(6) David Lean
(5) Michael Powell
(4) Emeric Pressburger • John Schlesinger
(3) Alexander Mackendrick • Tony Richardson

Other top lists by international associations:

Top 250 International Films // Letterboxd

Cannes Palme d'Or Winners // Festival de Cannes

Top 100 Serbian Films // Yugoslav Film Archive

Top 200 Japanese Films

  • The Third Man

    1

  • Brief Encounter

    2

  • Lawrence of Arabia

    3

  • The 39 Steps

    4

  • Great Expectations

    5

  • Kind Hearts and Coronets

    6

  • Kes

    7

  • Don't Look Now

    8

  • The Red Shoes

    9

  • Trainspotting

    10

  • The Bridge on the River Kwai

    11

  • if....

    12

  • The Ladykillers

    13

  • Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    14

  • Brighton Rock

    15

  • Get Carter

    16

  • The Lavender Hill Mob

    17

  • Henry V

    18

  • Chariots of Fire

    19

  • A Matter of Life and Death

    20

  • The Long Good Friday

    21

  • The Servant

    22

  • Four Weddings and a Funeral

    23

  • Whisky Galore!

    24

  • The Full Monty

    25

  • The Crying Game

    26

  • Doctor Zhivago

    27

  • Life of Brian

    28

  • Withnail & I

    29

  • Gregory's Girl

    30

  • Zulu

    31

  • Room at the Top

    32

  • Alfie

    33

  • Gandhi

    34

  • The Lady Vanishes

    35

  • The Italian Job

    36

  • Local Hero

    37

  • The Commitments

    38

  • A Fish Called Wanda

    39

  • Secrets & Lies

    40

  • Dr. No

    41

  • The Madness of King George

    42

  • A Man for All Seasons

    43

  • Black Narcissus

    44

  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    45

  • Oliver Twist

    46

  • I'm All Right Jack

    47

  • Performance

    48

  • Shakespeare in Love

    49

  • My Beautiful Laundrette

    50

  • Tom Jones

    51

  • This Sporting Life

    52

  • My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

    53

  • Brazil

    54

  • The English Patient

    55

  • A Taste of Honey

    56

  • The Go-Between

    57

  • The Man in the White Suit

    58

  • The Ipcress File

    59

  • Blow-Up

    60

  • The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    61

  • Sense and Sensibility

    62

  • Passport to Pimlico

    63

  • The Remains of the Day

    64

  • Sunday Bloody Sunday

    65

  • The Railway Children

    66

  • Mona Lisa

    67

  • The Dam Busters

    68

  • Hamlet

    69

  • Goldfinger

    70

  • Elizabeth

    71

  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips

    72

  • A Room with a View

    73

  • The Day of the Jackal

    74

  • The Cruel Sea

    75

  • Billy Liar

    76

  • Oliver!

    77

  • Peeping Tom

    78

  • Far from the Madding Crowd

    79

  • The Draughtsman's Contract

    80

  • A Clockwork Orange

    81

  • Distant Voices, Still Lives

    82

  • Educating Rita

    83

  • Darling

    84

  • Brassed Off

    85

  • Genevieve

    86

  • Women in Love

    87

  • A Hard Day's Night

    88

  • Fires Were Started

    89

  • Hope and Glory

    90

  • My Name Is Joe

    91

  • In Which We Serve

    92

  • Caravaggio

    93

  • The Belles of St Trinian's

    94

  • Life Is Sweet

    95

  • The Wicker Man

    96

  • Nil by Mouth

    97

  • Small Faces

    98

  • Carry On Up the Khyber

    99

  • The Killing Fields

    100