Lists of Bests: mizoguchi's "200+ Essential British films" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/55527 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 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:29:53 GMT en-us 0 50 232 50 0 The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3589144 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3589144"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11yLo7sSCcL.jpg" /></a></div> South - Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance Expedition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1073768 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1073768"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305943052.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Hurley</div> The Life Story of David Lloyd George (1918) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2700497 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maurice Elvey</div> The Lodger http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/574839 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Hitchcock</div> Jerry the Troublesome Tyke (Bilby, Griffiths) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2566767 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Hindle Wakes (Fanny Hawthorne) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/595711 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/595711"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007LXP72.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maurice Elvey</div> Blackmail (1929) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2784883 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Hitchcock</div> A Cottage on Dartmoor / Silent Britain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3036743 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3036743"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11hx5hhmoNL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Asquith</div> The Private Life of Henry VIII http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/325471 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/325471"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000085EF9.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexander Korda</div> Song of Ceylon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/623252 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Basil Wright</div> The 39 Steps - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/212657 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/212657"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0780021967.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> A Colour Box (1935) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2722713 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Len Lye</div> First a Girl http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2546612 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Victor Saville</div> Birth of the Robot (Len Lye) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2566795 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Rembrandt http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/325472 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/325472"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005AUKF.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexander Korda</div> Things to Come (1936) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3016965 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3016965"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/017mK6WMqzL.jpg" /></a></div> Night Mail (short) (1936) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2769708 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harry Watt & Basil Wright</div> Oh, Mr. Porter! http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/555386 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marcel Varnel</div> Pygmalion - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340505 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340505"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0780023536.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Asquith</div> The Lady Vanishes - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2905952 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Four Feathers (1939) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2925180 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zoltan Korda</div> Thief of Bagdad (1940) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/157374 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/157374"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00006L931.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zoltan Korda</div> Swinging the Lambeth Walk (Len Lye) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3989070 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Gaslight http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2145665 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> LISTEN TO BRITAIN, 1942 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3501043 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3501043"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01QGUWc6MqL.jpg" /></a></div> In Which We Serve http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/182692 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/182692"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00023XHVE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Noel Coward</div> Went the Day Well? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3505825 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3505825"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11PmkT0kGBL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cavalcanti</div> Fires Were Started http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/607404 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Humphrey Jennings</div> Millions Like Us (1943) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2546787 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Lauder, Sidney Gilliat</div> The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63858 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63858"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JL0W.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Emeric Pressburger</div> Western Approaches (1944) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3989088 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pat Jackson</div> A Canterbury Tale - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160032 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160032"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FILVNM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Emeric Pressburger</div> Henry V - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63836 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63836"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0780021320.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurence Olivier</div> Brief Encounter - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63822 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63822"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0780023420.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Lean</div> The Wicked Lady http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2893074 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2893074"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/019BfuvnlRL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leslie Arliss</div> Dead of Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2199422 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer</div> I Know Where I'm Going! - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/69073 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/69073"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004XQMY.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Emeric Pressburger</div> Great Expectations - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63825 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63825"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000F17E.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Lean</div> Green for Danger - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2462443 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2462443"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000KRNGNG.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sidney Gilliat</div> A Diary for Timothy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/609424 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Humphrey Jennings</div> A Matter of Life and Death (Stairway to Heaven) [Region 2 Import] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2352557 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2352557"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000JLCMRY.01-A379XKY3M9K9HW._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Powell</div> Odd Man Out http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/112449 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/112449"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305186693.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol Reed</div> Hue and Cry http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/419949 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/419949"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002HSDCS.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Crichton</div> Brighton Rock [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2958346 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2958346"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/117MSSGcNFL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Boulting</div> They Made Me a Fugitive http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/312519 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/312519"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00009YXE5.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alberto Cavalcanti</div> Black Narcissus - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52647 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52647"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004XQN4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Powell</div> The Fallen Idol - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2188228 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2188228"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HT3QBE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol Reed</div> Hamlet - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63877 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63877"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0780021312.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Oliver Twist - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63859 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63859"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000F17A.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Lean</div> The Red Shoes - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55203 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55203"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DUA5PzqdL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Emeric Pressburger</div>