British Films

[leobloom]

What British do you like? I haven't watch that much American films of late, and was wonderig which on the forumites like.My favourites are, as follows

Bob's weekend
Local Hero
Nuns on the run
The Pope must Die
The Tall Guy
Gregory's Girl
Rob Roy

some of these where mixed in hollywood, haven't seen much of the ealing classics and that.

[colonel]

My favourite three films of all time are British:

The Wicker Man
Don't Look Now
Get Carter

[leobloom]

two of that three have been remade in Hollywood, I wonder if they ever get round to re-doing the last one?

[Peter]

Get Carter?

Been done. Although the title and a few vague plotlines are all that is similar. Crap, don't bother.

There was also a 'blaxspoitation' version called "Hit Man" was on TCM the other night. Very Shaft like.

[one eyed jack]

Theres loads Leo

Check out

Lock Stock and two Smoking Barrels
Snatch
The Football Factory
Outlaw (got panned but I really liked it)
Scum
Made In Britain
Sexy Beast (Fackin grrrrrreat!)
Gangster No 1
The Long Good Friday (bit dated but still good stuff)
The Business
Rise Of The Foot Soldier (Dont bother with Essex Boys. Not a patch on this one)
The Firm
Hope and Glory (very under rated but great movie)
Mona Lisa (Dirty! Filthy! Nasty!...and I dont wanna hear anything about tea!!!!!

Thats just some i think of from the top of my head.

[leobloom]

Sex lifes of the potato men, funny film, panned by the critics

[Steve R]

Peter wrote:

> Get Carter?

No, Don't Look Now.

[Mike_CFC]

Monty Python's Life of Brian(probs the best British comedy ever)
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrel's
The Long Good Friday
Sexybeast
Quadrophenia
McVicar
A Clockwork Orange
The Italian Job(original version)

And more recentley
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz

Pretty impressive i'd say !wink!

[Sam Slater]

Dead Man's Shoes
Billy Elliot
Kes !wink!

[Ace]

Good call for Kes, one film I never tire of watching.
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