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I've been binging on British cinema these last couple of weeks, re-watching old favourites and catching up on a couple that I'd always meant to get to but never quite managed to.
What's everybody's favourites? I'll throw mine in later on, but for now I don't want to lead the witness, y'r honour.
I'll be bookmarking this thread and adding to it occasionally.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
If none of you think that The Full Month shouldn't be there because it's "too mainstream", "too commercial" or " not cult enough" to be up there have forgotten just how funny it was / is. Go and Watch it again; it is a wonderful, wonderful piece of Cinema.
Well I watched it for 28 days, but I couldn't last the distance.
Some fantastic films already mentioned, but haven't we had this discussion before? I remember nominating Lindsay Anderson's 'if..' in a similar list. Would also add Saturday Night Sunday Morning, Room at the Top, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and The Third Man.
Rather intrigued by the Rettendon Murders, there's been lots of films made about it most of them dogshit. However I did rather enjoy Rise of the Footsoldier. The sequel and prequel that followed were again both dogshit but the original worked wonders.
I.D. This is England
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Best British Films on 08:27 - Sep 9 with 2310 views
If none of you think that The Full Month shouldn't be there because it's "too mainstream", "too commercial" or " not cult enough" to be up there have forgotten just how funny it was / is. Go and Watch it again; it is a wonderful, wonderful piece of Cinema.
I couldn't find "The Full Month" on IMDb.
Did you mean "The Full Monthly", the searing British documentary film about menstruation and it's impact on Anarcho-Collectivist Fem-Politik in Muslim West London? Right On, Sister!
If none of you think that The Full Month shouldn't be there because it's "too mainstream", "too commercial" or " not cult enough" to be up there have forgotten just how funny it was / is. Go and Watch it again; it is a wonderful, wonderful piece of Cinema.
Best British Films on 23:16 - Sep 8 by ted_hendrix
No particular order but just a few that spring to mind.
'Nuts In May' 'Life of Brian' and 'Monty Python and The Holy Grail' 'Lawrence of Arabia' (what an opening scene) 'Trainspotting' 'Zulu' Thought 'Kes' was a good film. Try watching a film called 'The Hill' with Sean Connery in it if you get a spare 2 hours or so. I think 'My Left Foot' may not be British I know it was set in Dublin but who knows?
'My Left Foot' is definitely Irish, but part-funded in Britain.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
Best British Films on 23:16 - Sep 8 by ted_hendrix
No particular order but just a few that spring to mind.
'Nuts In May' 'Life of Brian' and 'Monty Python and The Holy Grail' 'Lawrence of Arabia' (what an opening scene) 'Trainspotting' 'Zulu' Thought 'Kes' was a good film. Try watching a film called 'The Hill' with Sean Connery in it if you get a spare 2 hours or so. I think 'My Left Foot' may not be British I know it was set in Dublin but who knows?
Nuts in May is cringeingly funny. "He's totally ignoring you Keith".
The Hill is horrible.
I am still Steve but no longer in Dagenham.
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Best British Films on 09:44 - Sep 9 with 2252 views
I forgot Hell Drivers.....great British film with one hell of a cast incuding Stanley Baker who appeared in so many terrific films. Another of his is Prize Of Arms which is about a group of soldiers robbing the army payroll.
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Best British Films on 09:59 - Sep 9 with 2241 views
Rita, Sue and Bob Too Car Trouble This Years Love A Fish Called Wanda My Beautiful Laundrette The Railway Children... could a film be any more British? :-) Women In Love any St. Trinians film any Carry On film, even the bad ones. 10 Rillington Place The Mouse That Roared Don't Look Now Walkabout Castway (1986)
The grass is always greener.
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Best British Films on 10:37 - Sep 9 with 2216 views
Truffaut once said that there was no such thing as British cinema. I don't think that's true but I know what he meant. Up until the 1970s, before the growth of television, the British film industry was a force to be reckoned with, making movies for a mass audience. Now it focuses on niche movies like 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'. I don't list any films that have already been mentioned except for 'Room at the Top'.
Great Expectations (1946). One of Dickens' greatest masterpieces brought to the screen by one of Britain's greatest film-makers, David Lean.
Room at the Top (1959). Jack Clayton's melodrama about class and the price of success, based on John Braine's novel. It shouldn't have worked as on paper the leading actors (Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret) were miscast, but both are excellent.
Melody (1971). A vivid portrait of childhood, set in London. Written by Alan Parker before he decamped to Hollywood. Directed by Waris Hussein.
Persuasion (1995). A small masterpiece, made for BBC2 by Roger Michell. One of the best Jane Austen adaptations.
Air hostess clique
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Best British Films on 11:18 - Sep 9 with 2175 views
Whimsical comedy from Bill Forsyth with great soundtrack from Mark Knopfler
The Long Good Friday -
Absolutely love the scene in the Savoy where he slates off the Americans, which is followed by my favourite ever film ending. Hoskins is outstanding in it.
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Best British Films on 11:45 - Sep 9 with 2154 views
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer A Canterbury Tale Olivier's Henry V Great Expectations Get Carter The Life of Brian Atonement Zulu Brassed Off Bedazzled ...just too many not forgetting the epic "Four Year Plan"
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Best British Films on 12:10 - Sep 9 with 2135 views
Truffaut once said that there was no such thing as British cinema. I don't think that's true but I know what he meant. Up until the 1970s, before the growth of television, the British film industry was a force to be reckoned with, making movies for a mass audience. Now it focuses on niche movies like 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'. I don't list any films that have already been mentioned except for 'Room at the Top'.
Great Expectations (1946). One of Dickens' greatest masterpieces brought to the screen by one of Britain's greatest film-makers, David Lean.
Room at the Top (1959). Jack Clayton's melodrama about class and the price of success, based on John Braine's novel. It shouldn't have worked as on paper the leading actors (Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret) were miscast, but both are excellent.
Melody (1971). A vivid portrait of childhood, set in London. Written by Alan Parker before he decamped to Hollywood. Directed by Waris Hussein.
Persuasion (1995). A small masterpiece, made for BBC2 by Roger Michell. One of the best Jane Austen adaptations.
Truffaut once said that there was no such thing as British cinema. I don't think that's true but I know what he meant. Up until the 1970s, before the growth of television, the British film industry was a force to be reckoned with, making movies for a mass audience. Now it focuses on niche movies like 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'. I don't list any films that have already been mentioned except for 'Room at the Top'.
Great Expectations (1946). One of Dickens' greatest masterpieces brought to the screen by one of Britain's greatest film-makers, David Lean.
Room at the Top (1959). Jack Clayton's melodrama about class and the price of success, based on John Braine's novel. It shouldn't have worked as on paper the leading actors (Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret) were miscast, but both are excellent.
Melody (1971). A vivid portrait of childhood, set in London. Written by Alan Parker before he decamped to Hollywood. Directed by Waris Hussein.
Persuasion (1995). A small masterpiece, made for BBC2 by Roger Michell. One of the best Jane Austen adaptations.
Four Weddings And A Funeral was good but not as good as that one about the Kray twins - Four Funerals And A Wedding.
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Best British Films on 15:07 - Sep 9 with 2002 views
Well I watched it for 28 days, but I couldn't last the distance.
Some fantastic films already mentioned, but haven't we had this discussion before? I remember nominating Lindsay Anderson's 'if..' in a similar list. Would also add Saturday Night Sunday Morning, Room at the Top, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and The Third Man.
Have another bash old chap, start date February 1st.
Best British Films on 23:16 - Sep 8 by ted_hendrix
No particular order but just a few that spring to mind.
'Nuts In May' 'Life of Brian' and 'Monty Python and The Holy Grail' 'Lawrence of Arabia' (what an opening scene) 'Trainspotting' 'Zulu' Thought 'Kes' was a good film. Try watching a film called 'The Hill' with Sean Connery in it if you get a spare 2 hours or so. I think 'My Left Foot' may not be British I know it was set in Dublin but who knows?
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