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 |
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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 |