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BFI's list of the 100 best movies of the 20th century. This is an ambitious list of the creme de la crop. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BFI_Top_100_British_films

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  1. 1
    The Third Man British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    The Third Man

    1949
    Carol Reed
    Drama, Black-and-white, Psychological thriller, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Film adaptation, Film noir More
    Ray Browne, Brookes Kyle, Hedwig Bleibtreu, Harold Ayer, Paul Hardtmuth, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Erich Ponto, Peter Fontaine, Paul Hörbiger, Ernst Deutsch, Leo Bieber, Robert Brown, Alexis Chesnakov, Paul Birch, Annie Rosar, Martin Boddey, Joseph Cotten, Carol Reed, Guy De Monceau, Noel Gallagher, Karel Štěpánek, Bernard Lee, Michael Godfrey, Eric Pohlmann, Charles Irwin, Jack Arrow, Trevor Howard, Nelly Arno, Harry Belcher, Walter Hertner, Geoffrey Keen, Lee Strasberg, Herbert Halbik, Lily Kann, Alida Valli, Gordon Tanner, Hannah Norbert, Siegfried Breuer, \tFrederick Schreicker, Paul Carpenter, Vernon Greeves, Jenny Werner, Hugo Schuster, Ernst Ulman, Orson Welles, Madge Brindley, Reed De Rouen, Jack Faint, Martin Miller , Helga Wahlrow More
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  2. 2
    Brief Encounter British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    Brief Encounter

    1945
    David Lean
    Drama, Black-and-white, Romance Film, Romantic drama
    Marjorie Mars, Everley Gregg, Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson, Cyril Raymond, Joyce Carey, Stanley Holloway More
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  3. 3
    Lawrence of Arabia British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962
    David Lean
    Drama, Costume drama, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, LGBT, Biographical film, Historical fiction, War, Epic, Roadshow theatrical release More
    Arthur Kennedy, Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, José Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Zia Mohyeddin, Henry Oscar, Donald Wolfit, I. S. Johar, Gamil Ratib, Michel Ray, John Dimech More
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  4. 4
    The 39 Steps British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    The 39 Steps

    1959
    Ralph Thomas
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Suspense, Film adaptation, Remake, Spy More
    Taina Elg, Reginald Beckwith, James Hayter, Joan Hickson, Michael Goodliffe, Leslie Dwyer, Jameson Clark, Betty Henderson, Brenda De Banzie, Sid James, Kenneth More, Faith Brook, Andrew Cruickshank, Barry Jones, Duncan Lamont More
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  5. 5
    Great Expectations British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    Great Expectations

    1946
    David Lean
    Drama, Costume drama, Period piece, Romance Film, Romantic drama, Film adaptation More
    Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan, John Mills, Anthony Wager, Jean Simmons, Valerie Hobson, Alec Guinness, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie, Ivor Barwick More
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  7. 6
    Kind Hearts and Coronets British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949
    Robert Hamer
    Comedy, Black-and-white, Crime Fiction, Black comedy, Ealing Comedies
    Valerie Hobson, John Penrose, Dennis Price, Clive Morton, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness, Miles Malleson, Hugh Griffith, Audrey Fildes More
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  8. 7
    Kes British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    Kes

    1970
    Ken Loach
    Drama, Film adaptation, British New Wave
    Joey Kaye, Harry Markham, Lynne Perrie, Bob Bowes, Bernard Atha, David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Brian Glover, David Glover, Colin Welland, Billy Dean Cochran, Laurence Bould More
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  9. 8
    Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

    1966
    Gérard Oury
    Comedy, War
    Louis de Funès, Bourvil, Claudio Brook, Terry-Thomas
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  10. 9
    The Red Shoes British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    The Red Shoes

    1948
    Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
    Drama, Musical, Music, Romance Film, Romantic drama, Dance film, Drama Film, Roadshow theatrical release More
    Leonid Myasin, Derek Elphinstone, Austin Trevor, Robert Helpmann, Esmond Knight, Albert Bassermann, Marius Goring, Ludmilla Tchérina, Gordon Littmann, Julia Lang, Eric Berry, Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Jean Short, Bill Shine, Irene Browne More
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  11. 10
    Trainspotting British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    Trainspotting

    1996
    Danny Boyle
    Drama, Comedy, Crime, Black comedy, Indie, Film adaptation, Cult, Buddy film More
    Ewan McGregor, Billy Riddoch, Annie Louise Ross, Fiona Bell, Robert Carlyle, Ewen Bremner, Finlay Welsh, Shirley Henderson, Irvine Welsh, Keith Allen, Vincent Friell, James Cosmo, Kevin Allen, Eddie Nestor, Jonny Lee Miller, Kelly Macdonald, Stuart McQuarrie, Victor Eadie, Kevin McKidd, Susan Vidler, Dale Winton, Eileen Nicholas, Peter Mullan, Pauline Lynch, Hugh Ross More
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  12. 11
    The Bridge on the River Kwai British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957
    David Lean
    Drama, Adventure, War
    Ann Sears, M. R. B. Chakrabandhu, William Holden, John Boxer, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Peter Williams, Harold Goodwin, André Morell, Geoffrey Horne, Percy Herbert, Keiichiro Katsumoto, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Heihachirô Ôkawa More
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  13. 12
    If... British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    If...

    1968
    Lindsay Anderson
    Drama, LGBT, Surrealism, Coming of age, Satire
    Michael Cadman, Geoffrey Chater, Malcolm McDowell, Mary McLeod Bethune, Arthur Lowe, Peter Jeffrey, Richard Warwick, David Wood, Hugh Thomas, Peter Sproule, Christine Noonan, Rupert Webster, Robert Swann, Anthony Nicholls, Simon Ward, Mona Washbourne More
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  14. 13
    The Ladykillers British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    The Ladykillers

    2004
    Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
    Comedy, Crime, Thriller
    Ryan Hurst, Tom Hanks, J. K. Simmons, Lyne Odums, Greg Grunberg, Tzi Ma, Diane Delano, Irma P. Hall, Stephen Root, Jeremy Suarez, George Wallace, Jason Weaver, Walter K. Jordan, Marlon Wayans, John McConnell, George Anthony Bell More
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  15. 14
    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    Karel Reisz
    Drama, Romance Film, Romantic drama, Film adaptation, Kitchen sink realism, British New Wave More
    Hylda Baker, Shirley Anne Field, Bryan Pringle, Albert Finney, Rachel Roberts, Norman Rossington, Robert Cawdron More
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  16. 15
    Brighton Rock British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    Brighton Rock

    John Boulting, Roy Boulting
    Black-and-white, Film noir
    Wylie Watson, Richard Attenborough, William Hartnell, Hermione Baddeley, Carol Marsh, Charles Goldner, Alan Wheatley, Nigel Stock More
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  18. 16
    Get Carter British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    Get Carter

    1971
    Mike Hodges
    Thriller, Crime Fiction, Crime Thriller, Gangster
    Dorothy White, Geraldine Moffat, Tony Beckley, John Bindon, Britt Ekland, Michael Caine, Alun Armstrong, Bryan Mosley, George Sewell, Glynn Edwards, Terence Rigby, Ian Hendry, John Osborne, Bernard Hepton, Rosemarie Dunham, Petra Markham More
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  19. 17
    The Lavender Hill Mob British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    The Lavender Hill Mob

    1951
    Charles Crichton
    Comedy, Black-and-white, Crime Fiction, Parody, Ealing Comedies
    Alec Guinness, Clive Morton, Audrey Hepburn, John Gregson, Stanley Holloway, Sid James, Alfie Bass, Ronald Adam, Gibb McLaughlin, Arthur Hambling, Edie Martin, Robert Shaw More
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  20. 18
    Henry V British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    Henry V

    1989
    Kenneth Branagh
    Drama, Costume drama, Period piece, War, Epic, Film adaptation
    Christian Bale, Robert Stephens, Robbie Coltrane, Geraldine McEwan, John Sessions, Richard Briers, Emma Thompson, Simon Shepherd, Derek Jacobi, Alec McCowen, Brian Blessed, Michael Maloney, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, James Larkin, Ian Holm, Paul Scofield, Edward Jewesbury, Charles Kay, Fabian Cartwright, Danny Webb More
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  21. 19
    Chariots of Fire British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    Chariots of Fire

    Hugh Hudson
    Drama, History, Sports
    Ian Holm, Nigel Davenport, Peter Cellier, Ben Cross, Stephen Fry, Cheryl Campbell, Alice Krige, Peter Egan, Nigel Havers, Kenneth Branagh, Patrick Magee, Dennis Christopher, Ian Charleson, Richard Griffiths, Nicholas Farrell, Daniel Gerroll, John Gielgud, Brad Davis, Lindsay Anderson More
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  22. 20
    A Matter of Life and Death British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946
    Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
    Drama, Fantasy, Romance Film, War, Drama Film
    Raymond Massey, Marius Goring, David Niven, Joan Maude, Abraham Sofaer, Bonar Colleano, Kim Hunter, Kathleen Byron, Betty Potter, Roger Livesey, Robert Atkins, Lois Maxwell, Richard Attenborough, Robert Coote, Edwin Max More
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  23. 21
    The Long Good Friday British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    The Long Good Friday

    John Mackenzie
    Drama, Thriller, LGBT, Crime Fiction, Crime Thriller, Gangster
    Pierce Brosnan, Leo Dolan, Bob Hoskins, Bryan Marshall, Helen Mirren, Dave King, Paul Freeman, Eddie Constantine, Stephen John Davies, P. H. Moriarty, Kevin McNally, Derek Thompson, Patti Love More
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  24. 22
    The Servant British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    The Servant

    1963
    Joseph Losey
    Drama, LGBT, Romance Film, Romantic drama, Film adaptation
    Sarah Miles, Catherine Lacey, Ann Firbank, Hazel Terry, James Fox, Dirk Bogarde, Douglas Slocombe, Harold Pinter, Wendy Craig, Richard Vernon, Alun Owen, Jill Melford More
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  25. 23
    Four Weddings and a Funeral British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994
    Mike Newell
    Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
    Charlotte Coleman, Nicola Walker, Corin Redgrave, Andie MacDowell, David Bower, Sara Crowe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ronald Herdman, Simon Callow, Elspet Gray, Philip Voss, Rupert Vansittart, John Hannah, Anna Chancellor, Rowan Atkinson, Sophie Thompson, James Fleet, Hugh Grant, David Haig, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Timothy Walker More
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  26. 24
    Whisky Galore! British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    Whisky Galore!

    1949
    Alexander Mackendrick
    Comedy, Black-and-white, Ealing Comedies
    Wylie Watson, Catherine Lacey, Basil Radford, Bruce Seton, Gordon Jackson, Joan Greenwood, Compton Mackenzie, Jean Cadell, James Robertson Justice, John Gregson, Morland Graham, Gabrielle Blunt More
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  27. 25
    The Full Monty British Film Institute: Top 100 Films of the 20th Century Film picture

    The Full Monty

    1997
    Peter Cattaneo
    Comedy, LGBT, Indie
    Tom Wilkinson, Vinny Dhillon, Lesley Sharp, Paul Barber, Deirdre Costello, Dave Hill, Steve Huison, Kate Layden, Emily Woof, Andrew Livingston, Paul Butterworth, Robert Carlyle, Joanna Swain, Mark Addy, William Snape, Hugo Speer, Bruce Jones More
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