BFI 100 : Film Illiterate

100 favourite British films selected by the British Film Institute

This list is ranked and is shown in descending order.

Rank	Title	Year
1	Third Man, The	1949
2	Brief Encounter	1945
3	Lawrence of Arabia	1962
4	39 Steps, The	1935
5	Great Expectations	1946
6	Kind Hearts and Coronets	1949
7	Kes	1969
8	Don't Look Now	1973
9	Red Shoes, The	1948
10	Trainspotting	1996
11	Bridge on the River Kwai, The	1957
12	If....	1968
13	Ladykillers, The	1955
14	Saturday Night and Sunday Morning	1960
15	Brighton Rock	1947
16	Get Carter	1971
17	Lavender Hill Mob, The	1951
18	Henry V aka The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France	1944
19	Chariots of Fire	1981
20	A Matter of Life and Death	1946
21	Long Good Friday, The	1980
22	Servant, The	1963
23	Four Weddings and a Funeral	1994
24	Whisky Galore! aka Tight Little Island	1949
25	Full Monty, The	1997
26	Crying Game, The	1992
27	Doctor Zhivago	1965
28	Life of Brian	1979
29	Withnail & I	1987
30	Gregory's Girl	1981
31	Zulu	1964
32	Room at the Top	1959
33	Alfie	1966
34	Gandhi	1982
35	Lady Vanishes, The	1938
36	Italian Job, The	1969
37	Local Hero	1983
38	Commitments, The	1991
39	A Fish Called Wanda	1988
40	Secrets & Lies	1996
41	Dr. No	1962
42	Madness of King George, The	1994
43	A Man for All Seasons	1966
44	Black Narcissus	1947
45	Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The	1943
46	Oliver Twist	1948
47	I'm All Right Jack	1959
48	Performance	1970
49	Shakespeare in Love	1998
50	My Beautiful Laundrette	1985
51	Tom Jones	1963
52	This Sporting Life	1963
53	My Left Foot	1989
54	Brazil	1985
55	English Patient, The	1996
56	A Taste of Honey	1961
57	Go-Between, The	1970
58	Man in the White Suit, The	1951
59	Ipcress File, The	1965
60	Blowup	1966
61	Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The	1962
62	Sense and Sensibility	1995
63	Passport to Pimlico	1949
64	Remains of the Day, The	1993
65	Sunday Bloody Sunday	1971
66	Railway Children, The	1970
67	Mona Lisa	1986
68	Dam Busters, The	1954
69	Hamlet	1948
70	Goldfinger	1964
71	Elizabeth	1998
72	Goodbye, Mr. Chips	1939
73	A Room with a View	1985
74	Day of the Jackal, The	1973
75	Cruel Sea, The	1953
76	Billy Liar	1963
77	Oliver!	1968
78	Peeping Tom	1960
79	Far from the Madding Crowd	1967
80	Draughtsman's Contract, The	1982
81	A Clockwork Orange	1971
82	Distant Voices, Still Lives	1988
83	Darling	1965
84	Educating Rita	1983
85	Brassed Off	1996
86	Genevieve	1953
87	Women in Love	1969
88	A Hard Day's Night	1964
89	Fires Were Started	1943
90	Hope and Glory	1987
91	My Name Is Joe	1998
92	In Which We Serve	1942
93	Caravaggio	1986
94	Belles of St. Trinian's, The	1954
95	Life Is Sweet	1990
96	Wicker Man, The	1973
97	Nil by Mouth	1997
98	Small Faces	1996
99	Carry On... Up the Khyber	1968
100	Killing Fields, The	1984