Bloody good British films.

holnrew

Oh and Pride

EricTheWeary

holnrew said:

Logan's Run, The Theory of Everything, Exit Through the Gift Shop, the first Harry Potter, The Damned United

Is Logan's Run British? Set and shot in the USA for an American company, although featuring some British actors.

sticker said:

what is a "British film" any more ?

I mean a large portion of Rogue One was shot 3 miles from my house by a british director , british leading actor and good number of supporting cast , other scenes shot in Pinewood studios yet I wouldn't call it a "British Film" ....hmmmmm

It's unclear - filmed in the UK, British funding, etc? 

TTBZ

Looking For Eric. It's been ages since I watched it but remember really liking it.

ThePrettyDamned

menamestom said:

Moon.

Forgot about this one. Brilliant film, in my top ten. 

GuitarZero

axisus said:

Come on, lets name a few. Forget your poncy, polished American movies, there's something 'earthy' and real about British films. 

A couple of days ago I saw Dead man's Shoes - what a damn fine film. A rather brutal revenge story but a riveting watch.

A couple more favourites are:

Shallow Grave
Brassed off
The long good friday


Any favourites?

Funnily enough, when I saw the title of this thread I was wondering if anyone had mentioned Dead Man's Shoes, and there it is in the opening post.  It's an excellent film.

Another very good one is Tyrannosaur.  It's also written by Paddy Considine who wrote Dead Man's Shoes.

scrumhalf

Hobson's Choice.

Longtallronnie

Glad Moon got a mention, excellent film. 
I'd add Children of Men to the list. 
Also, Alien and 2001: A Space Odyssey are technically British films. 

randella

Longtallronnie said:
I'd add Children of Men to the list.

Good shout @Longtallronnie - very good film.  Jesus but was it depressing though!  Three of us went to the cinema to see it, and met up with more friends in the pub afterwards - when we got there, they were a few pints in and merry, apparently we walked in the boozer looking like we'd just come from a funeral

Corvus

Cheers @equalsql, I'm a man of wealth 'n taste y'know.

Life of Brian, have we had that yet?

Heartfeltdawn

Jalapeno said:

Might be heresy, but I found Clockwork Orange over-long and one or two good scenes aside a rather crappy film.

No, it's entirely accurate. It's one of the worst things Kubrick did. 

vale

i did film studies A level at college & brit cinema was a module. was a joy to do. really opened my eyes up to so much. french new wave, italian realism, german expressionism, brit kitchen sink, dystopic, horror, auteur theory, mechanics of cinema (mis-en-scene, editing, etc) so much good stuff. i would recommend doing one to anyone who likes films really. don't even think of it as an academic chore. go & do it as an evening class at your local college & your appreciation for cinema will rocket.

anyway, brit cinema in partic, we should be far more proud & supportive of our cinema industry than we are (don't just talk it up but fund it from the roots up, same goes for our music industry) .brit music is celebrated worldwide, but cinema often overlooked.

frequently shoe string budgets often dictate the form & funciton of our films. eg, we have always had the brilliant actors & locations, far less so the rich producers of the americans or govt support of the europeans. so brit stuff has almost always been more about character & often period (places like oxford & bath are a walk in fim set, always a crew on the streets somewhere).

anyway. i got a B so i don't need to make this 5,000 words.

some of my forever faves in reverse order.

atonement.
never let me go.
remains of the day.
withnail & i.
handful of dust.
meantime.
italian job.
the prime of miss jean brodie.
georgy girl.
brief encounter.

total gems & some of them almost totally forgotton mainstream.

for example, there's more about girls/womens' lives in this 2min trailer for 'georgy girl' than i see in two hours of most mainstream american films around now.
i love georgy girl & no one ever talks about it. but a hilarious & heartbreaking genius brit film.

MagicPigDetective

Grand Slam

Agree that I.D. is classic. Need to see it again.

TheBlueWolf

Heartfeltdawn said:

Jalapeno said:

Might be heresy, but I found Clockwork Orange over-long and one or two good scenes aside a rather crappy film.

No, it's entirely accurate. It's one of the worst things Kubrick did. 

Agreed, the film wasn't all that. The book is worth a read though

Jalapeno

Heartfeltdawn said:

Jalapeno said:

Might be heresy, but I found Clockwork Orange over-long and one or two good scenes aside a rather crappy film.

No, it's entirely accurate. It's one of the worst things Kubrick did. 

Actually most of Kubrick's films were too long IMHO, though most were a lot better.

lasermonkey

I thoroughly enjoyed A Field In England.

Grunfeld

"1 2 3 4"
Very British. 
This isn't a Hollywood film.  No explosions.  No car chases.
It's gently amusing, and it has a truly British take on beauty... and what it's like trying to start a band.
Someone on here recommended it last Christmas and I'm just passing it on cos I loved it too.

Philly_Q

Jalapeno said:

Heartfeltdawn said:

Jalapeno said:

Might be heresy, but I found Clockwork Orange over-long and one or two good scenes aside a rather crappy film.

No, it's entirely accurate. It's one of the worst things Kubrick did. 

Actually most of Kubrick's films were too long IMHO, though most were a lot better.

I don't want to bog the thread down with a discussion about one film, but I have to stick up for A Clockwork Orange.  I like and admire all Kubrick's films but it's probably my favourite.

CHRISB50

I don't think I've seen Face mentioned. 

Great film with a decent cast. 

TTony

Get Carter

Budgie

I was going to mention a few of Dirk Bogarde films but a quick check makes a lot of them Italian. Some absolutely ace films nonetheless. What's the one with Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland in Venice? British? If so, add it to the list.