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mizoguchi's "200+ Essential British films"

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Year order. Quite wide definition of British, with some American funded films like The Great Escape, Doctor Zhivago, The English Patient, Shakespeare in Love, as well as films by Kubrick and other non-British directors. I missed a few by mistake- the Welsh film Hedd Wyn, Remains of the Day, Sense + Sensibility, Bloody Sunday, Looking for Langston- so they’re not in correct placings. This is pretty well an objective list, with some i’m not too keen on but important viewing for any students of the subject

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  2. 2.
    South - Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance Expedition
    by Frank Hurley

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    The Life Story of David Lloyd George (1918)
    by Maurice Elvey

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    The Lodger
    by Alfred Hitchcock

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    Hindle Wakes (Fanny Hawthorne)
    by Maurice Elvey

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    Blackmail (1929)
    by Alfred Hitchcock

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  7. 8.
    A Cottage on Dartmoor / Silent Britain
    by Anthony Asquith

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  8. 9.
    The Private Life of Henry VIII
    by Alexander Korda

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    Song of Ceylon
    by Basil Wright

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    A Colour Box (1935)
    by Len Lye

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    First a Girl
    by Victor Saville

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    Birth of the Robot (Len Lye)

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    Rembrandt
    by Alexander Korda

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  15. 16.
    Things to Come (1936)

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    Night Mail (short) (1936)
    by Harry Watt & Basil Wright

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  17. 18.
    Oh, Mr. Porter!
    by Marcel Varnel

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  18. 19.
    Pygmalion - Criterion Collection
    by Anthony Asquith

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  19. 21.
    The Four Feathers (1939)
    by Zoltan Korda

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  20. 22.
    Thief of Bagdad (1940)
    by Zoltan Korda

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    Gaslight

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  23. 25.
    LISTEN TO BRITAIN, 1942

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  24. 26.
    In Which We Serve
    by Noel Coward

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  25. 27.
    Went the Day Well?
    by Cavalcanti

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  26. 28.
    Fires Were Started
    by Humphrey Jennings

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    Millions Like Us (1943)
    by Frank Lauder, Sidney Gilliat

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  28. 30.
    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - Criterion Collection
    by Emeric Pressburger

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    Western Approaches (1944)
    by Pat Jackson

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  30. 32.
    A Canterbury Tale - Criterion Collection
    by Emeric Pressburger

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  31. 33.
    Henry V - Criterion Collection
    by Laurence Olivier

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  32. 34.
    Brief Encounter - Criterion Collection
    by David Lean

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  33. 35.
    The Wicked Lady
    by Leslie Arliss

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  34. 36.
    Dead of Night
    by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer

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  35. 37.
    I Know Where I'm Going! - Criterion Collection
    by Emeric Pressburger

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  36. 38.
    Great Expectations - Criterion Collection
    by David Lean

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  37. 39.
    Green for Danger - Criterion Collection
    by Sidney Gilliat

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    A Diary for Timothy
    by Humphrey Jennings

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  40. 42.
    Odd Man Out
    by Carol Reed

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  41. 43.
    Hue and Cry
    by Charles Crichton

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  42. 44.
    Brighton Rock [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import]
    by John Boulting

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  43. 45.
    They Made Me a Fugitive
    by Alberto Cavalcanti

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  44. 46.
    Black Narcissus - Criterion Collection
    by Michael Powell

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  45. 47.
    The Fallen Idol - Criterion Collection
    by Carol Reed

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  46. 48.
    Hamlet - Criterion Collection

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  47. 49.
    Oliver Twist - Criterion Collection
    by David Lean

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  48. 50.
    The Red Shoes - Criterion Collection
    by Emeric Pressburger

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  49. 51.
    Whisky Galore

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  50. 53.
    Kind Hearts and Coronets
    by Robert Hamer

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    The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
    by Frank Launder

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  52. 55.
    Gone to Earth
    by Michael Powell

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  53. 56.
    The Lavender Hill Mob
    by Charles Crichton

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  54. 57.
    The Man in the White Suit
    by Alexander Mackendrick

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  55. 58.
    The Importance of Being Earnest - Criterion Collection
    by Anthony Asquith

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  56. 59.
    Genevieve
    by Henry Cornelius

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  57. 60.
    The Dam Busters
    by Michael Anderson

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  58. 61.
    Hobson's Choice
    by David Lean

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  59. 62.
    The Ladykillers
    by Alexander Mackendrick

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  61. 64.
    The Bridge on the River Kwai
    by David Lean

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  62. 65.
    Curse of the Demon / Night of the Demon
    by Jacques Tourneur

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  63. 66.
    Horror of Dracula
    by Terence Fisher

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  64. 68.
    Room at the Top
    by Jack Clayton

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  65. 69.
    I'm All Right Jack
    by John Boulting

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  67. 71.
    Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
    by Karel Reisz

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  68. 72.
    The Innocents
    by Jack Clayton

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  69. 73.
    Victim (Ws B&W)
    by Basil Dearden

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  70. 75.
    Dr. No
    by Terence Young

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  71. 76.
    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
    by Tony Richardson

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  73. 78.
    Lolita
    by Stanley Kubrick

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  74. 79.
    This Sporting Life

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  75. 80.
    Tom Jones
    by Tony Richardson

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  76. 81.
    Billy Liar - Criterion Collection
    by John Schlesinger

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  77. 82.
    The Servant
    by Joseph Losey

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  78. 83.
    The Great Escape
    by John Sturges

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  79. 84.
    From Russia with Love

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  80. 85.
    Zulu
    by Cy Endfield

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  81. 87.
    A Hard Day's Night
    by Richard Lester

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  82. 88.
    The Pink Panther
    by Blake Edwards

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  83. 89.
    Goldfinger
    by Guy Hamilton

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  84. 91.
    The Ipcress File
    by Sidney J. Furie

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  85. 92.
    A Shot in the Dark
    by Blake Edwards

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  86. 93.
    Darling
    by John Schlesinger

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  87. 94.
    Carry On Cleo

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  88. 95.
    Repulsion
    by Roman Polanski

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  89. 96.
    Doctor Zhivago
    by David Lean

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  90. 97.
    The War Game (1965)
    by Peter Watkins

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  91. 98.
    Blow Up
    by Michelangelo Antonioni

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  92. 100.
    You Only Live Twice
    by Lewis Gilbert (II)

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    Far from the Madding Crowd
    by John Schlesinger

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    Accident (Losey)

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  95. 103.
    If... (Criterion Collection)
    by Lindsay Anderson

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  96. 104.
    Oliver!
    by Carol Reed

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  97. 105.
    2001 - A Space Odyssey
    by Stanley Kubrick

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  98. 106.
    Carry On Up The Khyber
    by Gerald Thomas

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  99. 107.
    Witchfinder General
    by Michael Reeves

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  100. 108.
    The Devil Rides Out
    by Terence Fisher

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  101. 109.
    Yellow Submarine
    by George Dunning (II)

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  102. 110.
    The Lion in Winter
    by Anthony Harvey (II)

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  103. 111.
    Kes
    by Ken Loach

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  104. 112.
    The Italian Job
    by Peter Collinson

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  105. 113.
    Women in Love
    by Ken Russell

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  106. 114.
    Performance
    by Nicolas Roeg

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  107. 115.
    The Railway Children
    by Lionel Jeffries

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  108. 117.
    Get Carter
    by Mike Hodges

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  109. 118.
    A Clockwork Orange
    by Stanley Kubrick

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  110. 119.
    Sunday Bloody Sunday
    by John Schlesinger

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  111. 120.
    The Devils (Special Uncut Restored Edition 1971)
    by Ken Russell

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  112. 121.
    Sleuth
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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  113. 123.
    Don't Look Now
    by Nicolas Roeg

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  114. 124.
    The Wicker Man

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  115. 125.
    O Lucky Man (2pc) (Ws Spec Sub)
    by Lindsay Anderson

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  116. 126.
    The Day of the Jackal
    by Fred Zinnemann

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  117. 127.
    The World at War (30th Anniversary Edition)
    by John Pett

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  118. 128.
    Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition)
    by Terry Jones

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  119. 129.
    Barry Lyndon
    by Stanley Kubrick

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  120. 130.
    The Man Who Fell to Earth - Criterion Collection
    by Nicolas Roeg

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  121. 131.
    Providence
    by Alain Resnais

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  122. 132.
    Midnight Express
    by Alan Parker

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  123. 133.
    Life of Brian

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  124. 134.
    Quadrophenia (Special Edition)
    by Franc Roddam

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  125. 135.
    Tess (Special Edition)
    by Roman Polanski

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  126. 136.
    Scum
    by Alan Clarke

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  127. 137.
    Gregory's Girl
    by Bill Forsyth

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    Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
    by Steve Roberts

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  129. 139.
    The Shining (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Stanley Kubrick

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  130. 140.
    Hopscotch - Criterion Collection

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  131. 141.
    The Long Good Friday - Criterion Collection
    by John Mackenzie

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  132. 142.
    Flash Gordon
    by Mike Hodges

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  133. 143.
    Excalibur
    by John Boorman

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  134. 144.
    Chariots of Fire (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Hugh Hudson

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  135. 145.
    The French Lieutenant's Woman
    by Karel Reisz

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  136. 146.
    Moonlighting

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  137. 147.
    Gandhi

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  138. 148.
    The Draughtsman's Contract
    by Peter Greenaway

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  139. 149.
    Local Hero
    by Bill Forsyth

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  140. 150.
    The Killing Fields
    by Roland Joffé

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  141. 151.
    Heat and Dust
    by James Ivory

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  142. 152.
    The Company of Wolves
    by Neil Jordan

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  143. 153.
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    Another Time, Another Place
    by Michael Radford

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  144. 154.
    Brazil

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  145. 155.
    My Beautiful Laundrette
    by Stephen Frears

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  146. 156.
    A Room with a View (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by James Ivory

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  147. 157.
    Street of Crocodiles (1986)
    by Stephen & Timothy Quay

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  149. 159.
    The Singing Detective
    by Jon Amiel

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  150. 160.
    Mona Lisa
    by Neil Jordan

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  151. 161.
    Hope and Glory
    by John Boorman

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  152. 162.
    Caravaggio (Special Edition)
    by Derek Jarman

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  153. 163.
    Full Metal Jacket
    by Stanley Kubrick

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  154. 164.
    Little Dorrit (1988)
    by Christine Edzard

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  155. 166.
    A Fish Called Wanda
    by John Cleese

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  156. 167.
    Henry V

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  157. 168.
    My Left Foot (Special Edition)
    by Jim Sheridan

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  158. 169.
    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
    by Peter Greenaway

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  159. 171.
    Prospero's Books
    by Peter Greenaway

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  160. 172.
    Edward II [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Spain ]
    by Derek Jarman

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  161. 173.
    Hidden Agenda
    by Ken Loach

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  162. 174.
    Howards End - The Merchant Ivory Collection
    by James Ivory

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  163. 175.
    The Crying Game
    by Neil Jordan

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  164. 176.
    Orlando
    by Sally Potter

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  165. 177.
    Long Day Closes
    by Terence Davies

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  166. 178.
    Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave
    by Nick Park

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  167. 179.
    Naked - 1993 - Mike Leigh

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  168. 180.
    Shadowlands
    by Richard Attenborough

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  169. 181.
    In the Name of the Father
    by Jim Sheridan

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  170. 182.
    Four Weddings and a Funeral
    by Mike Newell

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  171. 183.
    The Madness of King George
    by Nicholas Hytner

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  172. 184.
    Shallow Grave
    by Danny Boyle

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  173. 185.
    Pride and Prejudice (Special Edition)
    by Simon Langton

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  174. 186.
    Institute Benjamenta
    by Stephen Quay

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  175. 187.
    The English Patient
    by Anthony Minghella

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  176. 188.
    Trainspotting - Director's Cut (Collector's Edition)
    by Danny Boyle

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  177. 189.
    Secrets and Lies
    by Mike Leigh

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  178. 190.
    Mrs. Brown
    by John Madden

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  179. 191.
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    Flatworld (1997)

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  180. 193.
    Nil by Mouth
    by Gary Oldman

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  181. 194.
    The Wings of the Dove
    by Iain Softley

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  182. 195.
    The Full Monty
    by Peter Cattaneo

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  183. 196.
    Gods and Monsters
    by Bill Condon

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  184. 197.
    Shakespeare in Love
    by John Madden

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  185. 198.
    Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (Widescreen Edition)
    by Guy Ritchie

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  186. 199.
    Topsy-Turvy
    by Mike Leigh

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  187. 200.
    Ratcatcher - Criterion Collection
    by Lynne Ramsay

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  188. 201.
    Last Resort
    by Pawel Pawlikowski

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  189. 202.
    Billy Elliot

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  190. 203.
    The Claim
    by Michael Winterbottom

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  191. 204.
    In This World

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  192. 205.
    Sweet Sixteen
    by Ken Loach

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  193. 206.
    Touching the Void
    by Kevin Macdonald

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  194. 207.
    Vera Drake
    by Mike Leigh

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  195. 208.
    The Power of Nightmares
    by Adam Curtis

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  196. 209.
    Shaun of the Dead
    by Edgar Wright

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  197. 210.
    Young Adam
    by David Mackenzie

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  198. 212.
    The Descent (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
    by Neil Marshall

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  200. 214.
    The Queen
    by Stephen Frears

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  201. 215.
    Casino Royale (2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
    by Martin Campbell

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  202. 216.
    Red Road
    by Andrea Arnold

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  203. 217.
    Children of Men (Widescreen Edition)
    by Alfonso CuarĂ³n

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  205. 219.
    The Last King of Scotland (Widescreen Edition)
    by Kevin Macdonald

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  206. 220.
    Atonement (Widescreen Edition)

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  207. 221.
    This Is England

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  208. 222.
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    Hedd Wyn (by Paul Turner)

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  210. 224.
    Sense and Sensibility
    by Ang Lee

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  211. 225.
    Bloody Sunday
    by Paul Greengrass

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  212. 226.
    Looking for Langston (B&W)
    by Isaac Julien

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  213. 227.
    Hunger (2008)
    by Steve McQueen

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    Of Time and the City
    by Terence Davies

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  215. 229.
    Slumdog Millionaire

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  216. 230.
    Sleep furiously
    by Gideon Koppel

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    Outcast of the Islands (1951)
    by Carol Reed

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  218. 232.
    The Pumpkin Eater
    by Jack Clayton

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