In February 2011 Time Out surveyed 150 film industry experts to produce its list of "The 100 best British films." Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now topped the list. [1] [2] An updated list was published in May 2021, retaining the same rankings but adding four films ( The Souvenir, Scum, God's Own Country, and Dunkirk) in place of Listen to Britain, Penda's Fen, I'm All Right Jack, and School for Scoundrels. [3]
Rank | Title | Year | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Don't Look Now | 1973 | Nicolas Roeg |
2 | The Third Man | 1949 | Carol Reed |
3 | Distant Voices, Still Lives | 1988 | Terence Davies |
4 | Kes | 1969 | Ken Loach |
5 | The Red Shoes | 1948 | Powell and Pressburger |
6 | A Matter of Life and Death | 1946 | Powell and Pressburger |
7 | Performance | 1970 |
Nicolas Roeg Donald Cammell |
8 | Kind Hearts and Coronets | 1949 | Robert Hamer |
9 | If.... | 1968 | Lindsay Anderson |
10 | Trainspotting | 1996 | Danny Boyle |
In February 2011 Time Out surveyed 150 film industry experts to produce its list of "The 100 best British films." Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now topped the list. [1] [2] An updated list was published in May 2021, retaining the same rankings but adding four films ( The Souvenir, Scum, God's Own Country, and Dunkirk) in place of Listen to Britain, Penda's Fen, I'm All Right Jack, and School for Scoundrels. [3]
Rank | Title | Year | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Don't Look Now | 1973 | Nicolas Roeg |
2 | The Third Man | 1949 | Carol Reed |
3 | Distant Voices, Still Lives | 1988 | Terence Davies |
4 | Kes | 1969 | Ken Loach |
5 | The Red Shoes | 1948 | Powell and Pressburger |
6 | A Matter of Life and Death | 1946 | Powell and Pressburger |
7 | Performance | 1970 |
Nicolas Roeg Donald Cammell |
8 | Kind Hearts and Coronets | 1949 | Robert Hamer |
9 | If.... | 1968 | Lindsay Anderson |
10 | Trainspotting | 1996 | Danny Boyle |