The Snapper
Calendar Girls
Little Voice
East is East
Alfie (the original, I haven’t seen the remake)
I actually came in to post TRuly Madly Deeply, but it has been done!
Also, does ‘A Life Less Ordinary’ count as an English film?
I recently saw the movie “Agnes Brown”, starring Angelica Huston. She’s a widow raising about 7 kids with no money, and her heart’s desire is to see Tom Jones in concert. She and her best friend run street stalls, and she’s routinely shaken down by a local thug.
It’s a very sweet, sad, funny film.
StG
Britmovie has an a-z list of UK Films.
A selection.
Adolf Hitler - My part in his downfall
Barry Lyndon
Brazil
The Browning Version
Cathy Come Home
Clockwise
The Cook the Thief His Wife and Her Lover
The Cruel Sea
Dance With a Stranger
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Don’t Look Now
Dr. Strangelove
East is East
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
Entertaining Mr Sloane
Equus
Four Weddings and a Funeral
The Full Monty
Funeral in Berlin
Gandhi
Genevieve
Goodbye Mr Chips
The Hill
I’m Alright Jack
An Inspector Calls
Jabberwocky
The Killing Fields
Let Him Have It
The Magic Christian
The Man in the White Suit
The Man Who Fell to Earth
My Beautiful Laundrette
Night to Remember
Nil by Mouth
Nighteen Eighty-Four
Oliver
A passage to India
Performance
The Railway Children
Reach for the Sky
The Ruling Class
Ryan’s Daughter
Saturday Night Sunday Morning
Shakespeare in Love
The 39 Steps
2001
Time Bandits
Whistle Down the Wind
The Winslow Boy
Wish You Were Here
Women in Love
The Wooden Horse
Zulu
The British Film Institute has a list of 100 favourite British films of the 20th Century.
Those not already mentioned :-
The Third Man
Kes
If…
Great Expectations
The Red Shoes
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Henry V
A Matter of Life and Death
The Servant
Dr Zhivago
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
The Lady Vanishes
A Fish Called Wanda
Dr No
The Madness of King George
A Man For All Seasons
Black Narcissus
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Oliver Twist
Tom Jones
My Left Foot
The Go-Between
The Ipcress File
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Dam Busters
Hamlet
Goldfinger
Elizabeth
The Day of the Jackal
Billy liar
Peeping Tom
Far From the Madding Crowd
The Draughtman’s Contract
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Hehe. Don’t worry. I’m a bit peeved that every film I could possibly recommend has already been mentioned.
Given that the two lists rayh has posted stretch the definition of British/Irish film to its limit, may I suggest Breaking the Waves ? A stellar performance by a Scot in a film set in Scotland, at the least.
Caveat: if you’re a Lars Von Trier fan. Or at least can stomach his films. If not stomach, then not reel from them as one reels from a man whose face has been shot off.
Although Emily Watson is incredible in it.
Darn. Most of my favorites have already been mentioned. Did anyone suggest Tunes of Glory yet?
Somebody mentioned The Mouse that Roared.
It also had a sequel, The Mouse on the Moon.
Someone mentioned The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover and The Draughtsman’s Contract. If you like Peter Greenaway’s movies, you should also try to find:
Drowning by Numbers,
Prospero’s Books,
and The Pillow Book.
Thank you for the recommendation, although I doubt I’ll be able to get my hands on The Treaty any time soon.
Michael Collins abused history less than many “Hollywood movies.” (Yes, that’s not saying much.) I’ve read a bit & know about some of the changes made. Of course, I’d be glad to hear more from your side of the ocean!
My main problem with the movie was the clueless Julia Roberts.
I like many of the films noted. How about The Full Monty or Love, Actually?
It depends on your criteria for good films, of course. For me, a good film is one I can watch again and again. I find this to be true more so of British films than American ones.
Did anyone mention Merchant/Ivory? Howard’s End was great. Can’t remember the others off hand…
Personally I hope to never see another Peter Greenaway movie again, though obviously ym does v.
There have been quite a few mentioned that I would have otherwise recommended, so I won’t repeat them. One that I hadn’t noticed being mentioned is Enchanted April, a lovely movie with Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent and Alfred Molina.
About a Boy is one of my favorite films of the last ten years.
Circle of Friends is entertaining, if you can get past Chris O’Donnell’s attempt at an Irish accent. Minnie Driver is very charming in it, Alan Cumming wonderfully plays a slimeball, and Saffron Burrows is, well, beautiful.
Back again with another!
Peter’s Friends
Anything directed by Powell and Pressburger, especially A Matter of Life and Death and A Canterbury Tale.
Funeral in Berlin
The Guns of Navarone
The Cruel Sea
Contact
Elephant ,the original ,incredibly chilling docu drama about terrorist murders in Ulster,NOT the
“tribute” of the same name about American school kids on a killing spree.