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Title: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: mexico red on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 08:07:30 Britain has had some magnificent films produced from our fine shores, name your favs...
I will kick off..... Hope and Glory. I fucking love this film, beautiful cinematogrophy and fantastic performance from the kids. a beautiful snapshot of working class London in the second world war Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Don Rogers Shop on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 08:14:54 Don't laugh but i enjoyed the film The Servant.It's a oldy but still very good
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: jayohaitchenn on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 08:20:05 Trainspotting without a doubt.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Chubbs on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 08:21:40 dead mans shoes
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Rich Pullen on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 08:27:02 Mine is Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
I guess you have to question whether it qualifies as British. It's an adaptation of a British novel, Peter Sellers is it's star, it was filmed in England where Kubrick was also living. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Berniman on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 08:33:54 SNATCH! Without a doubt!
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Samdy Gray on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 08:39:14 Dog Soldiers.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Ardiles on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 08:43:25 Withnail and I.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 08:47:10 The Ealing comedies without a shadow of a doubt.
Passport to Pimlico Kind hearts and coronets Whiskey galore Titfield thunderbolt Lavender hill mob Ladykillers etc. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Rustle on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 08:50:24 Sense of Freedom
See No Evil-The Moors Murders Fool's Gold-The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery. Buster For comedy Death at a Funeral. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: suttonred on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 08:55:55 Hell drivers.
Great Expectations. Various early Carry ons. The Early Bird. Chariots of Fire. Get Carter. Most Ealing Comedies. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Nemo on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 08:56:39 Monty Python's Holy Grail
end of thread. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Ben Wah Balls on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 08:59:48 Trainspotting
Lock Stock Life of Brian 28 days later Lots more but those are the main ones I can think of. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Spy on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 09:07:42 Yes trainspotting is possibly the best. The Wicker Man definitely deserves a mention.
Also, being a horror fan, for me 28 Days Later is definitely up there. 28 Weeks Later is pretty much as good too. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: jayohaitchenn on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 09:17:50 Pretty much every film mentioned in this thread is a cracker to be fair.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Jamiesfuturewife on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 09:41:51 This is England - oh and I Lurved the Damned United
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: strooood on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 09:52:17 Ratcatcher
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: mexico red on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 09:55:47 ive never seen that strood what is it?
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Girlslikefootballtoo on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 09:57:52 My left foot
The Fulll Monty Kes Dr Zhivago - love it!! Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Fred Elliot on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 09:58:43 This is England
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Barry Scott on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 10:26:17 The Italian Job
The Killing Fields A Cloakwork Orange probably deserves a mention as well, but i actually found it shit, so can't recommend it. :) Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Arriba on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 10:27:51 on the buses the movie is an epic
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Rich Pullen on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 10:31:16 ive never seen that strood what is it? It's a late-90's Scottish independent film set in the 1970's - a coming-of-age sort of film, it's good. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: strooood on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 10:39:12 It's a late-90's Scottish independent film set in the 1970's - a coming-of-age sort of film, it's good. Yeah set in Glasgow during the 70s, about a kid who drowns his mate in the canal and stuff. Definitely worth a go.Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Dazzza on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 11:46:10 Has to be Trainspotting although it's a very tough call.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: land_of_bo on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 11:57:42 I loves Twin Town...
Buy your own fucking glue Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Dazzza on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 12:20:20 on the buses the movie is an epic Which one? Holiday on the Buses or Mutiny on the Buses. I prefer Holiday. I have to admit without taking the piss I love On the Busses and I could watch it for hours. I think it’s a combination of the nostalgic almost Carry On style of humour and the fact that the whole thing is like an old cheeky seaside postcard. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Arriba on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 12:22:51 the holiday one is the only one i've seen.obviously i was taking the piss,but i quite like genuinely it too.
my real fav would be trainspotting,but loads already mentioned it. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Sippo on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 12:40:30 Life of Brian
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Maidenhead Red on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 12:41:32 Human Traffic - Great film
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: ronnie21 on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 13:00:16 I remember Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines when it was first released, one of the funniest films I have ever watched. Bit dated now but still worth a look.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: mexico red on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 13:03:55 i have a super 8 fifteen minute version of that ronnie that i sometimes play on the wall of my club via my super 8 projector.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: larwood on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 15:18:30 Most mentioned on here are ace.Some that i like that i haven't seen are;
Far from the madding crowd The go-between Saturday night sunday morning Mona lisa The lady vanishes A matter of life and death Sure there are loads more :) Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: leefer on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 15:36:55 Laurence of Arabia.
Atonement. The 39 Steps. Zulu......and a very good underated film is Being Julia. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Reg Smeeton on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 15:48:30 There are a few films kicking about which on the surface seem British...actors, directors etc, but are in fact funded by Americans...think something like Gandhi might fall into that category.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Rich Pullen on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 15:50:56 But what makes a film British?
Funding? Style? Cast? Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Reg Smeeton on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 15:58:09 But what makes a film British? Funding? Style? Cast? Think funding. James Bond films for example are not British funded, so not considered British...despite being shot at Pinewood, having British actors etc. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Nemo on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 15:59:40 I believe the two most recent films weren't shot at Pinewood anyway, moved to Poland now I think.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Ralphy on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 16:02:20 I believe the two most recent films weren't shot at Pinewood anyway, moved to Poland now I think. Bloody Polish taking all our films! :D Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 16:04:40 Withnail and I.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Nemo on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 16:04:57 Ah, hold the phone. According to Wikipedia, most of Casino Royale was shot in studios in Prague, but QoS went back to Pinewood.
Panic over. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Arriba on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 16:06:50 mary poppins,quadrophenia
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Spy on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 16:10:10 This page helps...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_film Tbh if a film is american funded but has a British director and cast and is filmed in this country then it is in some meaningful way British. I love The Hole for a while it was my favourite film and it definitely still is one of my favourites. I fucking love it. Thora Birch is awesome in it. Its down as a British film on that wikipedia page although it definitely didn't jump to mind originally. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: suttonred on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 16:12:34 Most mentioned on here are ace.Some that i like that i haven't seen are; Far from the madding crowd The go-between Saturday night sunday morning Mona lisa The lady vanishes A matter of life and death Sure there are loads more :) Forgot about a matter of life and death, one of my faves. The Wicked lady is also high up for me. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: BANGKOK RED on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 16:22:10 You know what Mex. Just today I was thinking, for whatever reason, "what is the name of that WWII movie with the young girl that's a bit of a tart?"............... Hope and glory it is.
Here's another: "When the wind blows" Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: axs on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 16:31:34 Italian Job.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: BANGKOK RED on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 16:35:15 "You where only supposed to blow the bloody doors off" is a classic line.
We are the self preservation society. Moviieeeeeeeeeeeee. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: bigbobjoylove on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 16:44:40 Threads.
The most depressing thing ever made :) Worth a watch though. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: BANGKOK RED on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 16:52:29 Was gonna mention threads but i haven't watched it in years.
I.D. is a good movie. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Rich Pullen on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 16:58:13 Modern films wise, I enjoyed Sexy Beast the one and only time I watched it.
Also, I liked The Long Good Friday. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: ST_INC on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 17:00:16 A Grand Day Out
The Wrong Trousers A close Shave The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: alanmayes on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 17:01:02 Some very good suggestions already,so i'll mention some others;
David Lean Movies - Doctor Zhivago,Great Expectations,In Which We Serve. Alec Guinness Movies - Kind Hearts and Coronets,Lavender Hill Mob,The Lady Killers. Michael Caine Movies - Funeral In Berlin,Alfie,Ipcress File. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: BANGKOK RED on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 17:01:59 A Grand Day Out The Wrong Trousers A close Shave The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Good call that. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: chalkies_shorts on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 18:20:11 Also, I liked The Long Good Friday. Good shout - Charlie from Casualty cops it and Pierce Brosnan is a baddy at the end. Wicker Man is also a worthy mention. This is England is also very good. I must be alone in thinking that Trainspotting was a big steaming pile of horse shite. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: LucienSanchez on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 18:22:23 Was 'Shooting Fish' British-made? I liked that one
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Rich Pullen on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 18:28:05 Was 'Shooting Fish' British-made? I liked that one Very British - Kate Beckinsale with short hair. ....I'm somewhat ashamed to say I liked Fever Pitch. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: 4D on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 18:28:46 mary poppins,quadrophenia Two films you don't often see in the same list. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Bogus Dave on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 18:33:31 a room for romeo brass
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: adje on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 18:47:53 Went The Day Well and more recently Son of Rambow
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Simon Pieman on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 19:03:35 A more recent one I really enjoyed was In Bruge.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Arch Stanton on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 19:10:48 Nil By Mouth is really good, but perhaps not one to watch if you're up for a laugh....
Career best performances from Ray Winstone and Kathy Burke in my opinion. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: mexico red on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 19:14:10 good call on son of rambow, has the classic line "skills on toast"
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: wiggy on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 19:18:42 Gregorys Girl
The History Boys Local Hero Bend it like Beckham?? Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Rich Pullen on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 19:19:42 I was mega-disappointed with the History Boys film. Stage play was good though.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: 4D on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 19:26:56 east is east
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Simon Pieman on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 19:32:55 Has Borat been mentioned? It certainly should if films like East Is East are.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: 4D on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 19:55:33 :D
I'm just opting for the "name" and "film" bit. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Charlie Henry on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 20:13:29 O Lucky Man... more ups and downs than STFC
either that or "The Collector" with Terence Stamp Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: axs on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 20:17:29 Love Actually.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: trogladite on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 22:01:00 Hell Drivers. Dctr Strangelove and Zulu. have all been taken so 'm going for
THE SEX LIFE OF THE POTATOE MEN. It's a little highbrow and arty farty but stick with and it will open new horizons for you. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Anteater on Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 12:56:42 Put this on wrong thread so once again chipping in :
Straw Dogs (I think it qualifies ?) The Innocents, Village of the Damned (both originals) The Cruel Sea Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Peter Venkman on Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 13:13:32 Escape to Victory :D
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: ibelieveinmrreeves on Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 14:05:20 50 dead men walking and perhaps more popularly, Hunger, are both very good films. I think they're British anyway, set in the Troubles in N. I.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: herthab on Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 14:50:15 Passport To Pimlico.
Quadrophenia. Get Carter. The Italian Job. There's loads, far too many to put here. The problem with naming your 'favourite' anything is that there's just too many. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Spy on Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 16:11:51 Was gonna mention threads but i haven't watched it in years. I.D. is a good movie. ID is awesome :D Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Reg Smeeton on Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 16:13:22 Although not strictly British, being directed by an Irishman, In The Name Of The Father is a mega ace film....it's quasi-British, being not American or continental, but dealing with British/Irish issues.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Arch Stanton on Thursday, July 16, 2009, 08:33:22 ID is awesome :D Christ, I havent watched that film in years.... in fact I only overheard someone in Gloucester the other day say 'I bloody love you gumbo' I always preferred "Git yer faaacking tools owtt!" as my catchphrase of choice from that film... ace.... Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: donkey on Thursday, July 16, 2009, 08:46:38 Carry On Cleo
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Crozzer on Saturday, July 18, 2009, 02:26:12 Oh, Mr. Porter, starring Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt
Will Hay was a comic genius William Porter is working as a lowly wheel tapper on the English Railways until, through the influence of his downtrodden brother-in-law (who happens to be managing director of the railway company), he is offered the position of station master at the isolated station at Buggleskelly in Northern Ireland. Rather a poisoned chalice, as station masters as Buggleskelly have a reputation for going mad and not lasting all that long... Once in Buggleskelly, he hears the story of One-eyed-Joe (the phantom miller), meets his two station hands (the wily Harbottle and good-for-nothing Albert) and somehow has his train stolen by the Phantom Miller... Featuring some of the most inspired lines of pre-war cinema ("next trains gone","I'm their centre forward","If I can't be Gladstone, I'm not playing","You're wasting your time","Everything around here is either too old or won't work - and you're both!"...watch how Porter sniffs and bumbles through life! Jimmy Perry has stated that he came up with the triumvirate of Captain Mainwaring, Corporal Jones and Private Pike in Dad's Army after watching Oh, Mr Porter. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: BANGKOK RED on Saturday, July 18, 2009, 07:47:26 Brassed off was OK, hardly a classic though.
Has anybody mentioned The Full Monty yet? Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: genf_stfc on Saturday, July 18, 2009, 08:05:49 Sean of the Dead - one of the funniest films i've seen in the last few years, i thought
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: axs on Saturday, July 18, 2009, 11:00:07 oooh, Hot Fuzz.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: chalkies_shorts on Saturday, July 18, 2009, 13:53:26 Christ, I havent watched that film in years.... in fact I only overheard someone in Gloucester the other day say 'I bloody love you gumbo' I picked it up in Tesco last week for £2.I always preferred "Git yer faaacking tools owtt!" as my catchphrase of choice from that film... ace.... Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: pauld on Saturday, July 18, 2009, 14:01:23 oooh, Hot Fuzz. You named Love Actually earlier on so none of your contributions count from there on. And no you're not entitled to an opinion :)Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: axs on Saturday, July 18, 2009, 15:03:23 You named Love Actually earlier on so none of your contributions count from there on. And no you're not entitled to an opinion :) That's fair. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Tynitch on Sunday, July 19, 2009, 01:25:19 Where's your tool!!!!!
Scums up there in my opinion. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Spy on Sunday, July 19, 2009, 02:14:53 Where's your tool!!!!! Scums up there in my opinion. It amused me your first post was to quote that film. :D wicked film Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: BANGKOK RED on Sunday, July 19, 2009, 05:23:00 Where's your tool!!!!! Scums up there in my opinion. Who's the daddy now! Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Crozzer on Sunday, July 19, 2009, 12:59:55 east is east Laughed my socks off watching this gem, otherwise made me think about the serious "Real" movies such as: This Sporting Life The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Saturday Night and Sunday Morning The L-Shaped Room A Taste of Honey Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Spy on Sunday, July 19, 2009, 13:48:51 The loneliness of the long distance runner is wicked.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Saxondale on Monday, July 20, 2009, 10:42:34 On that sort of tack, very fond of Billy Liar.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: STFConTOUR on Monday, July 20, 2009, 13:49:53 Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Dazzza on Monday, July 20, 2009, 15:00:38 Timebandits is one I forgot an quite possibly one of my favourites of all time.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Foggy on Monday, July 20, 2009, 15:54:46 Dog Soldiers
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Spy on Monday, July 20, 2009, 15:56:15 I don't really understand why people think Dog Soldiers is so good...
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Arriba on Monday, July 20, 2009, 15:56:47 watership down is another ace film
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Foggy on Monday, July 20, 2009, 15:57:56 I don't really understand why people think Dog Soldiers is so good... Sorry, i didnt realise that i had to justify my choice Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Spy on Monday, July 20, 2009, 16:03:23 Calm down, you don't. You're at least the second person on here to say Dog Soldiers and I was just saying I can't see it myself.
If you don't want to share why you like it you don't have to. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Samdy Gray on Monday, July 20, 2009, 16:46:21 I was the other person to say Dog Soldiers. I don't have to give any reasoning, it's just fucking ace. Fogster clearly has great taste in films.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: ChalkyWhiteIsGod on Monday, July 20, 2009, 23:50:25 obvious choices
trainspotting, quadrophenia, scum less obvious choice, not sure if its been mentioned, love, honour and obey.....never mentioned but has a shit load of stars and i thought was really good. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: sonicyouth on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 00:27:06 dead man's shoes (cos i watched it again last night)
Went The Day Well i love that. not met anyone who has seen it before aside from my old film teacher. Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: mexico red on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 07:44:41 went the day well is really good,not sure if anyone else has mentioned 24 hour party people.
Title: Re: name and recommend your fav british film Post by: Spy on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 07:53:13 Think one person might of. Yeah I really like that film.
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