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British Film Institute's top 100

Early in 1999, the British Film Institute produced a selection booklet and sent copies to 1,000 people embracing all strands of the film, cinema and television industries throughout the UK - producers, directors, writers, actors, technicians, academics, exhibitors, distributors, executives and critics. Participants were asked to consider (and vote for up to 100) 'culturally British' feature films, released in cinemas during the 20th century, which they felt had made a strong and lasting impression. Altogether, more than 25,700 votes were cast, covering 820 different films.

A Matter Of Life And Death (1946)

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from 10,530 members

Also known as Stairway to Heaven, A Matter of Life and Death is the remarkable British fantasy film that became the surprise hit of 1946. David Niven stars as Peter Carter, a World War II RAF pilot ... Read more

Starring: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Marius Goring, Roger Livesey

Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

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Format: DVD

Four Weddings And A Funeral (1993)

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from 55,357 members

Charles (Hugh Grant, in what would become career-defining performance) is a confirmed British bachelor with a colourful romantic background who meets the perfect woman, Carrie (Andie MacDowell), at a ... Read more

Starring: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Simon Callow

Director: Mike Newell

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Format: DVD

Available on: BLU-RAY

Doctor Zhivago (2 discs) (1965)

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from 7719 members

David Lean's DOCTOR ZHIVAGO is an exploration of the Russian Revolution as seen from the point of view of the intellectual, introspective title character (Omar Sharif). As the political landscape ... Read more

Starring: Geraldine Chaplin, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie

Director: David Lean

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Format: DVD

Available on: BLU-RAY

Gregory's Girl (1980)

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from 9023 members

The sophomore film of Scottish director Bill Forsyth was his first international hit, a typically quirky comedy set amongst colorful Scottish teenagers. Gregory (John Gordon Sinclair) is a normal, ... Read more

Starring: John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Clare Grogan

Director: Bill Forsyth

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Format: DVD

Shakespeare In Love (1998)

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from 31,370 members

A witty, fast-moving romantic comedy set in London in 1593, follows the trials and tribulations of Will Shakespeare, a struggling young playwright suffering from a dreadful bout of writer's block. No ... Read more

Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Rupert Everett

Director: John Madden

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Format: DVD

Available on: BLU-RAY

The English Patient (2 discs) (1996)

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from 20,780 members

Set during the Second World War, this epic romance tells the story of a mysterious Englishman found badly burned in the Sahara. His nurse transports him across war-torn Europe taking him to a ... Read more

Starring: Kevin Whately, Nino Castelnu, ,

Director: Anthony Minghella

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Format: DVD

Available on: BLU-RAY

Mona Lisa (1985)

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from 4735 members

In Neil Jordan's MONA LISA, ex-con George (Bob Hoskins), expecting to be repaid after taking a fall for his crime boss, is reduced to driving classy call girl Simone (Cathy Tyson) to her jobs at ... Read more

Starring: Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Caine

Director: Neil Jordan

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Format: DVD

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)

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from 3033 members

Based on the novel by James Hilton, GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS is the story of a shy schoolteacher who dedicates his life to his boys. In an Oscar-winning performance, Robert Donat plays Mr. Chipping, a ... Read more

Starring: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills

Director: Sam Wood

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Format: DVD

Billy Liar (1963)

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from 3784 members

BILLY LIAR was an immediate sensation as first a novel, then a hit play--both written by Keith Waterhouse, who also served as screenwriter on the film. Director John Schlesinger's screen version was ... Read more

Starring: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne

Director: John Schlesinger

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Format: DVD

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Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)

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from 2025 members

In rural Victorian England, circa 1865, a headstrong young woman inherits her dead uncle's farm in Wessex. Soon after her arrival, three very different men begin to pursue her: a failed sheep farmer; ... Read more

Starring: Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch

Director: John Schlesinger

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Format: DVD

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