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TOP BRITISH FILMS (full results)

Rank Film Points L #1
#1 The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949) 49 12 8
#2 The Red Shoes (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948) 20 6 2
#3 Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, 1975) 17 4 2
A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971) 17 5 1
#5 Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962) 13 4 -
#6 Black Narcissus (Michael Powell, 1947) 10 2 2
Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945) 10 3 -
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1943) 10 2 2
2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) 10 2 2
#10 Performance (Nicolas Roeg & Doug Cammell, 1970) 9 3 -
Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996) 9 3 -
#12 That Hamilton Woman (Alexander Korda, 1941) 8 2 1
Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, 1949) 8 2 -
#14 The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971) 7 2 -
Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, 1960) 7 3 -
#16 A Hard Day's Night (Richard Lester, 1964) 6 2 -
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Karel Reisz, 1960) 6 3 -
#18 Great Expectations (David Lean, 1946) 5 1 1
Odd Man Out (Carol Reed, 1947) 5 2 -
The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock, 1935) 5 1 1
#21 Blow-Up (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966) 4 1 -
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (Peter Greenaway, 1989) 4 1 -
Distant Voices, Still Lives (Terrence Davies, 1988) 4 3 -
If... (Lindsay Anderson, 1968) 4 2 -
The Importance of Being Earnest (Anthony Asquith, 1952) 4 1 -
The Thief of Baghdad (Michael Powell, 1940) 4 1 -
Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh, 1999) 4 2 -
Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996) 4 1 -
#28 Blackmail (Alfred Hitchcock, 1929) 3 1 -
The Brides of Dracula (Terence Fisher, 1960) 3 1 -
Brighton Rock (John Boulting, 1947) 3 1 -
The Crying Game (Neil Jordan, 1992) 3 1 -
The Horror of Dracula (Terence Fisher, 1958) 3 1 -
I Know Where I'm Going (Powell & Pressburger, 1945) 3 1 -
The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961) 3 1 -
The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock, 1938) 3 1 -
Local Hero (Bill Forsyth, 1983) 3 1 -
Match Point (Woody Allen, 2005) 3 1 -
Oliver Twist (David Lean, 1948) 3 2 -
Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965) 3 1 -
The Servant (Joseph Losey, 1963) 3 1 -
Vera Drake (Mike Leigh, 2004) 3 1 -
Vertical Features Remake (Peter Greenaway, 1978) 3 1 -
The War Game (Peter Watkins, 1965) 3 1 -
The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973) 3 1 -
#45 Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985) 2 1 -
The Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean, 1957) 2 1 -
Caravaggio (Derek Jarman, 1986) 2 1 -
Carry On Abroad (Gerald Thomas, 1972) 2 1 -
Look Back In Anger (Tony Richardson, 1958) 2 1 -
Oh Lucky Man! (Lindsay Anderson, 1973) 2 1 -
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (Albert Lewin, 1951) 2 1 -
The Private Life of Henry VIII (Alexander Korda, 1933) 2 1 -
The Snapper (Stephen Frears, 1993) 2 1 -
#54 Dirty Pretty Things (Stephen Frears, 2002) 1 1 -
The Draughtsman's Contract (Peter Greenaway, 1982) 1 1 -
A Fish Called Wanda (Charles Crichton, 1988) 1 1 -
The Horse's Mouth (Ronald Neame, 1958) 1 1 -
I’m All Right Jack (John Boulting, 1959) 1 1 -
Isadora (Karel Reisz, 1968) 1 1 -
The Ladykillers (Alexander Mackendrick, 1955) 1 1 -
The Last of England (Derek Jarman, 1988) 1 1 -
Monty Python's Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979) 1 1 -
Remains of the Day (James Ivory, 1993) 1 1 -
Scoop (Woody Allen, 2006) 1 1 -
Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004) 1 1 -
L=How many lists each film appears on                   #1=How many number one votes each film recieves

*points are given as follows: for numbered lists, first place recieves 5 points, second place recieves 4, third place 3, fourth place 2 and fifth place gets 1 point; for unumbered lists, each film will recieve 3 points; total points are then tallied up and a comprehensive Top 5 list is created.

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