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The most represented years, with four films each, are 1949, 1963, and 1996. The earliest film selected was The 39 Steps (1935), and only two other 1930s films made the list. David Lean is the most represented director on the list, with seven films, three in the top five and The Bridge on the River Kwai in eleventh place.
In February 2011 Time Out surveyed 150 film industry experts to produce its list of "The 100 best British films." Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now topped the list. [1] [2] An updated list was published in May 2021, retaining the same rankings but adding four films (The Souvenir, Scum, God's Own Country, and Dunkirk) in place of Listen to Britain, Penda's Fen, I'm All Right Jack, and School for ...
The Third Man (1949) was voted the best British film ever by 1000 industry professionals, academics, and critics in a British Film Institute poll conducted in 1999. [199] Lawrence of Arabia (1962) was voted the "best British film of all time" in August 2004 by over 200 respondents in a Sunday Telegraph poll of Britain's leading filmmakers. [200]
Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss each compiled a list of 115–120 films that they judged worthy of inclusion and weighed each choice until they agreed on the top 100. [2] The process took about four months. An effort was made to make the list as diverse as possible in terms of directors, actors, countries, and genres represented. [2]
Ever since song and dance first hit the silver screen with the invention of sound technology in the early 20th century, musical movies have long been a part of cinematic history.
The British Film Institute has produced a poll ranking what it considers to be the 100 greatest British films of all time. [19] The annual BAFTA Awards hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts are considered to be the British equivalent of the Academy Awards. [20]
The term "one-hit wonder" is often perceived negatively—like the act was a flash in the pan or reaped the benefits of a popular fad or a film or television sync—but most musicians would give ...
This is a chronological list of films produced in the United Kingdom split by decade. There may be an overlap, particularly between British and American films which are sometimes co-produced; the list should attempt to document films which are either British produced or strongly associated with British culture .