List of Samizdat - The BFI's 100 Best British Films - FilmAffinity

Ireland

North America
- US
- Canada
- Mexico
Europe
- Spain
- UK
- Ireland
Oceania
- Australia

South America
- Argentina
- Chile
- Colombia
- Uruguay
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Ecuador
- Venezuela
- Costa Rica
- Honduras
- Guatemala
- Bolivia
- Dominican Rep.

More information

Click here to copy URL

Samizdat

Spain · Móstoles

List: The BFI's 100 Best British Films

List Movies 99

Movies sort by position

Movies sort by position

1

Add to lists
Play trailer Share movie card Share user rating

Movie added to list

Movie removed from list

An error occurred

The Third Man The Third Man

1949

8.2

46,178

Carol Reed

Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard ...

8
2

Brief Encounter Brief Encounter

1945

8.0

13,657

David Lean

Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey ...

7
3

Lawrence of Arabia Lawrence of Arabia

1962

8.0

48,735

David Lean

Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins ...

7
4

The 39 Steps The 39 Steps

1935

7.2

12,576

Alfred Hitchcock

Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle ...

7
5

Great Expectations Great Expectations

1946

7.3

2,991

David Lean

John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Martita Hunt, Alec Guinness ...

-
6

Kind Hearts and Coronets Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949

7.6

6,091

Robert Hamer

Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson ...

8
7

Kes Kes

1969

7.5

2,172

Ken Loach

David Bradley, Lynne Perrie, Freddie Fletcher, Colin Welland ...

-
8

Don't Look Now Don't Look Now

1973

6.4

5,835

Nicolas Roeg

Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie, Hilary Mason, Renato Scarpa ...

8
9

The Red Shoes The Red Shoes

1948

7.7

5,260

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Anton Walbrook, Moira Shearer, Marius Goring, Leonid Massine ...

8
10

Trainspotting Trainspotting

1996

8.0

138,602

Danny Boyle

Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner ...

4
11

The Bridge on the River Kwai The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

7.8

50,939

David Lean

William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, James Donald ...

-
12

If.... If....

1968

7.0

4,300

Lindsay Anderson

Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Robert Swann ...

-
13

The Ladykillers The Ladykillers

1955

7.5

8,145

Alexander Mackendrick

Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers ...

9
14

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

1960

7.1

1,869

Karel Reisz

Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Hylda Baker ...

-
15

Brighton Rock Brighton Rock

1947

6.5

525

John Boulting

Richard Attenborough, Carol Marsh, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell ...

-
16

Get Carter Get Carter

1971

6.6

3,421

Mike Hodges

Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne ...

6
17

The Lavender Hill Mob The Lavender Hill Mob

1951

7.2

2,982

Charles Crichton

Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James, Alfie Bass ...

-
18

The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (Henry V) The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (Henry V)

1944

6.8

951

Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer ...

-
19

Chariots of Fire Chariots of Fire

1981

7.0

32,331

Hugh Hudson

Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, Cheryl Campbell ...

-
20

A Matter of Life and Death A Matter of Life and Death

1946

6.9

2,726

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey ...

-
21

The Long Good Friday The Long Good Friday

1980

6.8

1,433

John Mackenzie

Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Eddie Constantine, Patti Love ...

5
22

The Servant The Servant

1963

7.6

6,229

Joseph Losey

Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig, James Fox ...

8
23

Four Weddings and a Funeral Four Weddings and a Funeral

1994

6.4

79,646

Mike Newell

Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow ...

5
24

Tight Little Island Tight Little Island

1949

6.7

1,198

Alexander Mackendrick

Basil Radford, Catherine Lacey, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood ...

-
25

The Full Monty The Full Monty

1997

6.9

48,921

Peter Cattaneo

Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Tom Wilkinson, Lesley Sharp ...

7
26

The Crying Game The Crying Game

1992

7.1

9,350

Neil Jordan

Stephen Rea, Forest Whitaker, Jaye Davidson, Miranda Richardson ...

6
27

Doctor Zhivago Doctor Zhivago

1965

7.9

37,360

David Lean

Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Alec Guinness ...

-
28

Monty Python's Life of Brian Monty Python's Life of Brian

1979

7.9

115,189

Terry Jones

John Cleese, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle ...

7
29

Withnail and I Withnail and I

1987

6.7

1,730

Bruce Robinson

Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown ...

-
30

Gregory's Girl Gregory's Girl

1981

6.3

128

Bill Forsyth

John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Jake D'Arcy, Clare Grogan ...

-
31

Zulu Zulu

1964

6.8

3,937

Cy Endfield

Stanley Baker, Michael Caine, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson ...

6
32

Room at the Top Room at the Top

1959

7.6

2,062

Jack Clayton

Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears, Hermione Baddeley ...

6
33

Alfie Alfie

1966

6.4

3,111

Lewis Gilbert

Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster ...

-
34

Gandhi Gandhi

1982

7.4

40,678

Richard Attenborough

Ben Kingsley, Roshan Seth, Martin Sheen, Ian Charleson ...

6
35

The Lady Vanishes The Lady Vanishes

1938

7.3

7,864

Alfred Hitchcock

Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty, Paul Lukas ...

-
36

The Italian Job The Italian Job

1969

6.4

5,285

Peter Collinson

Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Benny Hill, Raf Vallone ...

-
37

Local Hero Local Hero

1983

6.8

3,116

Bill Forsyth

Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi ...

-
38

The Commitments The Commitments

1991

7.2

7,605

Alan Parker

Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy ...

-
39

A Fish Called Wanda A Fish Called Wanda

1988

6.9

44,888

Charles Crichton

John Cleese, Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Palin ...

4
40

Secrets and Lies Secrets and Lies

1996

7.7

15,835

Mike Leigh

Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Marianne Jean-Baptiste ...

9
41

Dr. No Dr. No

1962

6.8

32,505

Terence Young

Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Jack Lord, Joseph Wiseman ...

-
42

The Madness of King George The Madness of King George

1994

6.4

2,609

Nicholas Hytner

Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, Rupert Everett ...

-
43

A Man for All Seasons A Man for All Seasons

1966

7.5

8,437

Fred Zinnemann

Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw ...

-
44

Black Narcissus Black Narcissus

1947

7.2

3,763

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, Flora Robson ...

6
45

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943

7.3

1,779

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Roger Livesey, Anton Walbrook, Deborah Kerr, John Laurie ...

-
46

Oliver Twist Oliver Twist

1948

7.4

3,365

David Lean

Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, Francis L. Sullivan, John Howard Davies ...

-
47

I'm All Right Jack I'm All Right Jack

1959

6.4

203

John Boulting

Ian Carmichael, Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas, Richard Attenborough ...

-
48

Performance Performance

1970

6.1

825

Nicolas Roeg, Donald Cammell

James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, Michèle Breton ...

-
49

Shakespeare in Love Shakespeare in Love

1998

6.5

85,368

John Madden

Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Judi Dench, Geoffrey Rush ...

5
50

My Beautiful Laundrette My Beautiful Laundrette

1985

6.2

4,435

Stephen Frears

Daniel Day-Lewis, Roshan Seth, Saeed Jaffrey, Gordon Warnecke ...

8

All list of Samizdat

More about Samizdat

Avg. rating Ratings Reviews Lists Movie recommendations

Cancel

Clear

Apply

Filters & Sorts

You can change filter options and sorts from here

Title Cast Search Tab name Theaters

Welcome to the new FA search engine: it allows you to search even with misspellings
do multiple searches (De Niro Pacino) and colloquial searches (Ex: Tom Holland's Spiderman)

Search Suggest

Not results found

Exact matches

Search Tab name

Exact matches

Exact matches