Top 150 British Movies
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101. The Damned United(2009) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Sport|Biography | Release Date:27 Mar 2009 |
| Country: UK | Language:English | Rating:R |
Description:The story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.
Director:
Tom Hooper
Stars:
Colm Meaney
, Henry Goodman
, David Roper
, Jimmy Reddington
Tags:
Nonlinear Timeline Based On Novel Family Relationships Friendship
103. Two for the Road(1967) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance|Comedy | Release Date:27 Apr 1967 |
| Country: UK | Languages:French | English | Rating:AP |
Description:A couple in the south of France non-sequentially spin down the highways of infidelity in their troubled ten-year marriage.
Director:
Stanley Donen
Stars:
Audrey Hepburn
, Albert Finney
, Eleanor Bron
, William Daniels
Tags:
Nonlinear Timeline Falling In Love Road Trip
105. 28 Days Later...(2002) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Horror|Sci-Fi|Thriller | Release Date:31 Oct 2002 |
| Country: UK | Languages:English | Spanish | Rating:R |
Description:Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
Director:
Danny Boyle
Stars:
Alex Palmer
, Bindu De Stoppani
, Jukka Hiltunen
, David Schneider
Tags:
Survival Violence Post Apocalypse Cult Film Betrayal Insanity Zombie Apocalypse
106. Hunger(2008) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Biography|History | Release Date:15 May 2008 |
| Countries: UK| Ireland | Languages:English | Irish | Rating:NR |
Description:The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike in which Republican prisoners tried to win political status. It dramatises events in the Maze prison in the six weeks prior to Sands’ death.
Director:
Steve McQueen
Stars:
Stuart Graham
, Laine Megaw
, Brian Milligan
, Liam McMahon
Tags:
Violence Police Brutality Family Relationships
107. Philomena(2013) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Biography | Release Date:01 Nov 2013 |
| Countries: UK| USA| France | Language:English | Rating:PG-13 |
Description:A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Director:
Stephen Frears
Stars:
Judi Dench
, Steve Coogan
, Sophie Kennedy Clark
, Mare Winningham
Tags:
Based On Book Based On True Story Friendship
108. Get Real(1998) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance|Comedy | Release Date:16 Aug 1998 |
| Country: UK | Language:English | Rating:R |
Description:A tenderly romantic coming-of-age story as two boys in a British school fall in love.
Director:
Simon Shore
Stars:
Ben Silverstone
, Brad Gorton
, Charlotte Brittain
, Stacy Hart
Tags:
Coming Of Age Family Relationships Based On Play Falling In Love Reference To William Shakespeare Friendship Bullying
109. The Guns of Navarone(1961) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Action|Drama|Adventure|War | Release Date:27 Apr 1961 |
| Countries: UK| USA | Languages:English | Greek | German | Rating:NA |
Description:A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Director:
J. Lee Thompson
Stars:
Gregory Peck
, David Niven
, Anthony Quinn
, Stanley Baker
Tags:
World War Two Betrayal Mixed Martial Arts
110. A Fish Called Wanda(1988) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Comedy|Crime | Release Date:15 Jul 1988 |
| Countries: USA| UK | Languages:English | Italian | Russian | French | Rating:R |
Description:A diamond advocate is attempting to steal a collection of diamonds, yet troubles arise when he realizes that he is not the only one after the diamonds.
Directors:
Charles Crichton
, John Cleese
Stars:
John Cleese
, Jamie Lee Curtis
, Kevin Kline
, Michael Palin
Tags:
Black Comedy Courtroom Heist Cult Film Hitman Blockbuster
111. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead(1990) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Comedy | Release Date:12 Sep 1990 |
| Countries: UK| USA | Language:English | Rating:PG |
Description:Two minor characters from the play, "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
Director:
Tom Stoppard
Stars:
Gary Oldman
, Tim Roth
, Richard Dreyfuss
, Livio Badurina
Tags:
Cult Film Dialogue Driven Based On Play Reference To William Shakespeare
112. Midnight Express(1978) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Biography|Crime | Release Date:06 Oct 1978 |
| Countries: UK| USA | Languages:English | Maltese | French | Turkish | Rating:R |
Description:The true story of Billy Hayes, an American college student who is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.
Director:
Alan Parker
Stars:
Brad Davis
, Irene Miracle
, Bo Hopkins
, Paolo Bonacelli
Tags:
Based On Book Violence Courtroom Cult Film Based On True Story Family Relationships Racism Prison Escape Escape Plan Revenge Friendship
113. An American Werewolf in London(1981) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Fantasy|Horror|Comedy | Release Date:21 Aug 1981 |
| Country: UK | Language:English | Rating:R |
Description:Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
Director:
John Landis
Stars:
Joe Belcher
, David Naughton
, Griffin Dunne
, David Schofield
Tags:
Black Comedy Violence Cult Film Monster Satire Creature Feature Tragedy Revenge Friendship
114. The Wicker Man(1973) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Mystery|Horror|Thriller | Release Date:01 Dec 1973 |
| Country: UK | Language:English | Rating:R |
Description:Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.
Director:
Robin Hardy
Stars:
Edward Woodward
, Christopher Lee
, Diane Cilento
, Britt Ekland
Tags:
Plot Twist Cult Film Investigation Based On Novel Family Relationships Missing Person
115. Weekend(2011) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance | Release Date:22 Sep 2011 |
| Country: UK | Language:English | Rating:NR |
Description:After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.
Director:
Andrew Haigh
Stars:
Tom Cullen
, Chris New
, Jonathan Race
, Laura Freeman
Tags:
Friendship Between Men Dialogue Driven Friendship
116. Tyrannosaur(2011) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance | Release Date:07 Oct 2011 |
| Country: UK | Language:English | Rating:NR |
Description:Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction, earns a chance of redemption that appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker.
Director:
Paddy Considine
Stars:
Peter Mullan
, Archie Lal
, Jag Sanghera
, Mike Fearnley
Tags:
Violence Belief In God
117. The Man Who Wasn't There(2001) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Crime | Release Date:13 May 2001 |
| Countries: USA| UK | Languages:English | Italian | French | Rating:R |
Description:A tale of passion, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity presents him with a chance to change it.
Directors:
Joel Coen
, Ethan Coen
Stars:
Billy Bob Thornton
, Frances McDormand
, Michael Badalucco
, James Gandolfini
Tags:
Cult Film Neo Noir Detective Tragedy Betrayal Voice Over Narration
118. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover(1989) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance|Crime | Release Date:10 Sep 1989 |
| Countries: UK| France | Language:English | Rating:NC-17 |
Description:The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husbands restaurant.
Director:
Peter Greenaway
Stars:
Richard Bohringer
, Michael Gambon
, Helen Mirren
, Alan Howard
Tags:
Black Comedy Experimental Film Violence Cult Film Gangster Neo Noir Breaking The Fourth Wall Satire Revenge
120. If....(1968) |
| Runtime: | Genre:Drama | Release Date:19 Dec 1968 |
| Country: UK | Languages:English | Latin | Rating:X |
Description:In this allegorical story, a revolution lead by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England.
Director:
Lindsay Anderson
Stars:
Malcolm McDowell
, David Wood
, Richard Warwick
, Christine Noonan
Tags:
Black Comedy Coming Of Age Violence Cult Film Vietnam War Family Relationships Teen Movie Betrayal Friendship
121. And Now for Something Completely Different(1971)Original Title: Monty Python's And Now for Something Completely Different |
| Runtime: | Genres:Comedy|Animation | Release Date:28 Sep 1971 |
| Country: UK | Language:English | Rating:PG |
Description:And Now for Something Completely Different is a film spin-off from the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring favourite sketches from the first two seasons.
Director:
Ian MacNaughton
Stars:
Graham Chapman
, John Cleese
, Terry Gilliam
, Eric Idle
Tags:
Cult Film Satire
122. From Russia with Love(1963)Original Title: From Russia With Love |
| Runtime: | Genres:Action|Adventure|Thriller | Release Date:11 Oct 1963 |
| Countries: UK| USA | Languages:English | Russian | Turkish | Romany | Rating:AP |
Description:James Bond willingly falls into an assassination ploy involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by SPECTRE.
Director:
Terence Young
Stars:
Sean Connery
, Daniela Bianchi
, Pedro Armendáriz
, Lotte Lenya
Tags:
Action Hero Cult Film Based On Novel Martial Arts Blockbuster
123. The Wind That Shakes the Barley(2006) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|War|History | Release Date:18 May 2006 |
| Countries: Ireland| UK| Germany| Italy| Spain| France| Belgium| Switzerland | Languages:English | Irish | Latin | Rating:NR |
Description:A wartime drama about the 1920’s Irish revolution against the British. The Irish medical student Damian is about to start his new job in London as he is witness to the mercenary atrocities of the British and decides to join his brother in the resistance group I.R.A to fight for Irish independence.
Director:
Ken Loach
Stars:
Cillian Murphy
, Padraic Delaney
, Liam Cunningham
, Orla Fitzgerald
Tags:
Violence Courtroom Escape From Prison Civil War Family Relationships Politics
124. In the Loop(2009) |
| Runtime: | Genre:Comedy | Release Date:22 Jan 2009 |
| Country: UK | Language:English | Rating:NR |
Description:A political satire about a group of skeptical American and British operatives attempting to prevent a war between two countries.
Director:
Armando Iannucci
Stars:
Peter Capaldi
, Harry Hadden-Paton
, Samantha Harrington
, Gina McKee
Tags:
Satire Politics
125. Cry Freedom(1987) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Biography|History | Release Date:05 Nov 1987 |
| Country: UK | Language:English | Rating:PG |
Description:South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend the black activist Steve Biko.
Director:
Richard Attenborough
Stars:
Josette Simon
, Wabei Siyolwe
, John Matshikiza
, Juanita Waterman
Tags:
Based On Book Police Brutality Racism Social Injustice Friendship Compassion
126. The Duellists(1977) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|War | Release Date:31 Aug 1977 |
| Country: UK | Languages:English | Russian | Rating:PG |
Description:A duel between two feuding Napoleonic officers eventually evolves into a decades-long series of duels, after each bout - for various reasons - ends unresolved.
Director:
Ridley Scott
Stars:
Keith Carradine
, Harvey Keitel
, Albert Finney
, Edward Fox
Tags:
1800S Violence
128. Oliver!(1968) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Music|Musical|Family | Release Date:26 Sep 1968 |
| Country: UK | Language:English | Rating:G |
Description:Musical adaptation about an orphan who runs away from an orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.
Director:
Carol Reed
Stars:
Ron Moody
, Shani Wallis
, Oliver Reed
, Harry Secombe
Tags:
Courtroom Based On Novel Family Relationships Betrayal Friendship Compassion Blockbuster
129. Cross of Iron(1977) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Action|War|History | Release Date:29 Jan 1977 |
| Countries: UK| West Germany | Languages:English | Russian | French | German | Rating:R |
Description:In 1943, in the Russian front, the decorated leader Rolf Steiner is promoted to Sergeant after another successful mission. Meanwhile the upper-class and arrogant Prussian Captain Hauptmann ...
Director:
Sam Peckinpah
Stars:
James Coburn
, Maximilian Schell
, James Mason
, David Warner
Tags:
Violence World War Two Cult Film Investigation Based On Novel
130. Get Carter(1971) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Thriller|Crime | Release Date:03 Mar 1971 |
| Country: UK | Language:English | Rating:R |
Description:When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate.
Director:
Mike Hodges
Stars:
Michael Caine
, Ian Hendry
, Britt Ekland
, John Osborne
Tags:
Violence Tough Guy Cult Film Gangster Neo Noir Based On Novel Revenge Hitman
131. Amazing Grace(2006) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Biography|History | Release Date:16 Sep 2006 |
| Countries: UK| USA | Language:English | Rating:PG |
Description:The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.
Director:
Michael Apted
Stars:
Ioan Gruffudd
, Romola Garai
, Benedict Cumberbatch
, Albert Finney
Tags:
1800S Based On True Story Slavery Friendship
132. Brooklyn(2015) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance | Release Date:13 Sep 2015 |
| Countries: UK| Canada| Ireland | Language:English | Rating:PG-13 |
Description:In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Ellis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
Director:
John Crowley
Stars:
Saoirse Ronan
, Hugh Gormley
, Brid Brennan
, Maeve McGrath
Tags:
Female Protagonist Based On Novel Falling In Love Heartbreak Christmas Friendship
133. Elizabeth(1998) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Biography|History | Release Date:13 Sep 1998 |
| Country: UK | Languages:English | French | Rating:R |
Description:This film details the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, as played by Cate Blanchett. The main focus is the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Director:
Shekhar Kapur
Stars:
Cate Blanchett
, Geoffrey Rush
, Christopher Eccleston
, Joseph Fiennes
Tags:
Female Protagonist Rise To Power Family Relationships Betrayal Politics
135. Local Hero(1983) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Comedy | Release Date:17 Feb 1983 |
| Country: UK | Languages:English | Russian | Japanese | Rating:PG |
Description:An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Director:
Bill Forsyth
Stars:
Burt Lancaster
, Peter Riegert
, Fulton Mackay
, Denis Lawson
Tags:
Surprise Ending Cult Film Friendship
136. Belle(2013) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance | Release Date:08 Sep 2013 |
| Country: UK | Language:English | Rating:PG |
Description:The mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral is raised by her aristocratic great-uncle in 18th century England.
Director:
Amma Asante
Stars:
Matthew Goode
, Lauren Julien-Box
, Natasha Williams
, Alan McKenna
Tags:
Coming Of Age Based On True Story Family Relationships Slavery Racism
137. A Room with a View(1985) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance | Release Date:13 Dec 1985 |
| Country: UK | Languages:English | Italian | Rating:UR |
Description:When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting...
Director:
James Ivory
Stars:
Maggie Smith
, Helena Bonham Carter
, Denholm Elliott
, Julian Sands
Tags:
Based On Book Self Discovery Female Protagonist Based On Novel
139. The Italian Job(1969) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Action|Comedy|Thriller|Crime | Release Date:02 Jun 1969 |
| Country: UK | Languages:English | Italian | Rating:G |
Description:Comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam.
Director:
Peter Collinson
Stars:
Michael Caine
, Noël Coward
, Benny Hill
, Raf Vallone
Tags:
Black Comedy Plot Twist Heist Cult Film Gangster Mafia Organized Crime
140. A Bridge Too Far(1977) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|War|History | Release Date:15 Jun 1977 |
| Countries: USA| UK | Languages:English | German | Dutch | Polish | Latin | Rating:PG |
Description:Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines. However, mismanagement and poor planning result in its failure.
Director:
Richard Attenborough
Stars:
Siem Vroom
, Marlies van Alcmaer
, Erik van 't Wout
, Wolfgang Preiss
Tags:
War Crime Violence Tough Guy World War Two Cult Film Based On Novel British Military U.S. Army Martial Arts Mixed Martial Arts
141. A Street Cat Named Bob(2016) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Comedy|Biography|Family | Release Date:04 Nov 2016 |
| Country: UK | Language:English | Rating:UR |
Description:Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.
Director:
Roger Spottiswoode
Stars:
Luke Treadaway
, Bob the Cat
, Ruta Gedmintas
, Joanne Froggatt
Tags:
Based On Book Based On True Story Human Animal Relationship
142. Much Ado About Nothing(1993) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance|Comedy | Release Date:07 May 1993 |
| Countries: UK| USA | Language:English | Rating:PG-13 |
Description:Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.
Director:
Kenneth Branagh
Stars:
Richard Briers
, Kate Beckinsale
, Imelda Staunton
, Jimmy Yuill
Tags:
Breaking The Fourth Wall Based On Play Revenge Reference To William Shakespeare Friendship
145. Notes on a Scandal(2006) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance|Crime | Release Date:25 Dec 2006 |
| Country: UK | Languages:French | English | Rating:R |
Description:A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.
Director:
Richard Eyre
Stars:
Judi Dench
, Cate Blanchett
, Tom Georgeson
, Michael Maloney
Tags:
Female Protagonist Based On Novel High School Family Relationships Christmas Betrayal Friendship Voice Over Narration
146. Starred Up(2013) |
| Runtime: | Genre:Drama | Release Date:30 Aug 2013 |
| Countries: UK| Ireland | Language:English | Rating:NR |
Description:Eric Love (O'Connell) is a 19 year old teenager who is so violent he has been 'Starred Up' (Moved to Adult prison) where he finds his father Neville (Mendelsohn) who Eric hasn't seen since ...
Director:
David Mackenzie
Stars:
Jack O'Connell
, Gilly Gilchrist
, Frederick Schmidt
, Edna Caskey
147. Layer Cake(2004) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Thriller|Crime | Release Date:30 Sep 2004 |
| Country: UK | Languages:English | Romanian | Rating:R |
Description:When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
Director:
Matthew Vaughn
Stars:
Daniel Craig
, Tom Hardy
, Jamie Foreman
, Sally Hawkins
Tags:
Black Comedy Violence Heist Gangster Neo Noir Based On Novel Breaking The Fourth Wall Organized Crime Drug Addiction Revenge Hitman Betrayal Voice Over Narration Missing Person
148. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them(2016) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Fantasy|Adventure|Family | Release Date:16 Nov 2016 |
| Countries: UK| USA | Language:English | Rating:PG-13 |
Description:The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.
Director:
David Yates
Stars:
Eddie Redmayne
, Ezra Miller
, Colin Farrell
, Zoë Kravitz
Tags:
Criminal Mastermind Based On Book Steampunk Gangster Prison Escape Christmas Revenge Betrayal Good Versus Evil Friendship Blockbuster
149. 24 Hour Party People(2002) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Comedy|Biography | Release Date:13 Feb 2002 |
| Country: UK | Language:English | Rating:R |
Description:In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.
Director:
Michael Winterbottom
Stars:
Steve Coogan
, John Thomson
, Paul Popplewell
, Lennie James
Tags:
Violence Based On True Story Breaking The Fourth Wall Drug Addiction
150. Darkest Hour(2017) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|War|Biography|History | Release Date:01 Sep 2017 |
| Country: UK | Language:English | Rating:PG-13 |
Description:During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.
Director:
Joe Wright
Stars:
Lily James
, Gary Oldman
, Ben Mendelsohn
, Kristin Scott Thomas
Tags:
World War Two Based On True Story Politics Based On Real Person Period Piece
