best british movie of all time and have you seen any decent ones lately ?

[D'wards]

 

[Orang Utan]

Have not read thread yet, but if someone says Love, Honour & Obey, then sterilise yourself with a rusty scalpel

 

[Orang Utan]

Gandhi, the least convincing psycho ever

 

[Buckaroo]

But I do love Withnail and I...

Hate that film, Richard E Grant and his bloody Camberwell carrot aghhh....

How about Sexy Beast, Dead Man's Shoes and Land and Freedom (Ken Loach has to be on the list though not his best)

 

[jelavicroad]

Lol that's watchable mind rhys ifans is funny in that 51st state ? Guiltty pleasures maybe

 

[KristineStays]

Ohh I love British cinema. Probably my most favorite ever. Closely followed by Japan and France. And Italy.

Anything by Ealing studious. Kind Hearts and Coronets. Especially The Ladykiller, which I believe is on of the best comedies ever.

What if by Lindsay Anderson. Anything by David Lean. Hitchcock is British. Made a lot of great film before he went to USA. Anything made by most of the directors.

As I said one of the best cinema countries. I know why I´m here. Just start from the beginning. They did invented a detail. And parallel story plot.

So start from the beginning. However from the new ones. Ben Wheatly is quickly becoming my favorite. So Kill List and Sightseers. Not to mention he is pretty funny fella himself.

 

[belboid]

There are at least six Powell and Pressburger films that should be on any best British film list, though my favourites are Black Narcissus and I Know Where I'm Going

at least six. Tales of Hoffman is an absolute masterpice that is grossly under-rated. Being an opera probably doesn't help.

 

[belboid]

The documentary? I always forgot about docs when doing lists like these.

I saw one a few years ago which is incredibly sad, but a good watch. The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off.

Geordie guy with a horrible debilitating disease and how he copes with it.

of recent docs, both The Impostor and You've Been Trumped are crackers.

 

[T & P]

Green Street.

 

[pennimania]

Hate that film, Richard E Grant and his bloody Camberwell carrot aghhh....

How about Sexy Beast, Dead Man's Shoes and Land and Freedom (Ken Loach has to be on the list though not his best)

Oh I hate Dead Mans Shoes

Guess we have really different tastes

 

[jelavicroad]

My mate introduced me to a lot of foreign cinema mainly s american y tu mama tambien carandiru city of god and the mini series city of men and also lives of others would like to watch sum bollywood aswell sorry going off subject now oooh and the motorcycle diaries

 

[belboid]

Oh I hate Dead Mans Shoes

and you were doing so well until then

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Hard to narrow it down. The Ladykillers, Peeping Tom, A Man for All Seasons and Women in Love spring immediately to mind. All very different.

I think Trainspotting is a good shout for a very good British film from the last 20 years. But I'm struggling to think of great films that have been made recently. A few decent ones and an awful lot of rubbish. I guess it takes time for a film to become considered great.

 

[pennimania]

and you were doing so well until then

Yes indeedy.

And I hated Neds. Had to walk out when he started with the frying pan.

There - I've said it

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Oh I hate Dead Mans Shoes

I'm not keen on it either. I found the characters to be little more than cartoons, really.

 

[pennimania]

I'm not keen on it either. I found the characters to be little more than cartoons, really.

Not just me then

 

[belboid]

Yes indeedy.

And I hated Neds. Had to walk out when he started with the frying pan.

There - I've said it

I certainly didn't hate Neds, but it really did fall apart at the end.

 

[peterkro]

The Long Good Friday (i'm only including this as part of it was filmed in my house... i think peterkro might know more... i may be misremebering)

Yes you are misremembering,some of it was filmed in the street and the machete on the arse scene in my old house (double carpet) there was some stuff done in your house including an ep of the Bill,it's all a bit hazy mind.

 

[jelavicroad]

Fifty dead men walking anyone ? Ben kingsley

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Does Barry Lyndon count as British? If so, that's up there for me too.

 

[pennimania]

Thing is, I see a LOT of films because of mr mania's obsession - quite a few of them repulse me, especially if they are violent.

But he has made me appreciate loads that I wouldn't have gone to on my own.

And since he and a mate started the film club here there's been an opportunity to get films that would never be shown at the local.

 

[DexterTCN]

Ohh I love British cinema. Probably my most favorite ever. Closely followed by Japan and France. And Italy.

Anything by Ealing studious. Kind Hearts and Coronets. Especially The Ladykiller, which I believe is on of the best comedies ever.

What if by Lindsay Anderson. Anything by David Lean. Hitchcock is British. Made a lot of great film before he went to USA. Anything made by most of the directors.

As I said one of the best cinema countries. I know why I´m here. Just start from the beginning. They did invented a detail. And parallel story plot.

So start from the beginning. However from the new ones. Ben Wheatly is quickly becoming my favorite. So Kill List and Sightseers. Not to mention he is pretty funny fella himself.

Hi.

Welcome to Urban

Someone will be along with a biscuit and requesting money shortly.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Of more recent films, I think Nil by Mouth is very good.

 

[jelavicroad]

I cant believe human traffic eluded me I'm retracting lock stock and putting that forwarrd

 

[belboid]

Does Barry Lyndon count as British? If so, that's up there for me too.

Brit/Yank officially, so...I dunno!

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Oh Lucky Man! is a magnificent mess of a film. I like magnificent messes.

And thinking of Helen Mirren , I think The Cook the Thief, His Wife and her lover is a great film. Maybe it's not appreciated so much here because Greenaway isn't a very British filmmaker, if that makes sense.

 

[pennimania]

Oh Lucky Man! is a magnificent mess of a film. I like magnificent messes.

And thinking of Helen Mirren , I think The Cook the Thief, His Wife and her lover is a great film. Maybe it's not appreciated so much here because Greenaway isn't a very British filmmaker, if that makes sense.

I've always loved The Draughtsman's Contract - not least for the music.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Yeah, he creates moods and themes with music and lighting and colours.

It can go wrong for me. I didn't like Prospero's Books, for instance. But at least he was trying something.

 

[jelavicroad]

Comic book guy strikes again furrther up the thread lol

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Yes you are misremembering,some of it was filmed in the street and the machete on the arse scene in my old house (double carpet) there was some stuff done in your house including an ep of the Bill,it's all a bit hazy mind.

I knew it was one of the houses but wasn't sure witch. it was the front basment area right or is that also a hallucination?