Classic English movies?

Question

what are some classic English movies?

Answer 1

Classic British films huh?



Well you can start off by everything Stanley Kubrick and David Lean have ever done. Also Richard Attenborough's Gandhi.

Answer 2

Blowup

Pygmalion

Local Hero

Alfie (1966)

Time Bandits

Withnail and I

Gregory's Girl

Victor/Victoria

The Third Man

The Fallen Idol

Educating Rita

The Red Shoes

Black Narcissus

Shirley Valentine

Fire Over England

Blithe Spirit (1945)

Dead of Night (1945)

A Fish Called Wanda

Anna Karenina (1948)

The Divorce of Lady X

Kind Hearts & Coronets

Hobson's Choice (1953)

The Mouse That Roared

The Man in the White Suit

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain



This one should become a classic:

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont



There are so many fantastic movies that I could have made a list of exceedingly great length! Here's a link to Wikipedia's lists of British films; scan a few years, and you'll be amazed at the number of excellent, classic films.

Answer 3

People have mentioned some great films so far, but not many of them are "classics".



What about Brief Encounter? Or Separate Tables?



Or any of Hitchcock's English Films? - The Lady Vanishes or the first version of The Man Who Knew Too Much (The one made in the 30's).



BTW, someone mentioned one of my favorite films - Local Hero. The only problem is that it is way too recent to be a "classic" (I don't consider anything from the 80s old enough for that, and it's not well known enough to be a classic anyway.) But also, it ISN'T English, it was made in Scotland. And in Great Britain, there is a big difference between England and Scotland! But it IS a fantastic movie!!!!

Answer 4

The Lady Killers (original) Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers,

Two Way Stretch, Peter Sellers,

Ice Cold in Alex, John Mills, Anthony Quale,

Brighton Rock, Richard Attinborough,

10, Ridlington Place, Richard Attinborough

Seance on a Wet Afternoon, Richard Attinborough

All the Pink Panther films.

The League of Gentlmen (original, nothing to do with modern comady show) Cecil Parker, Richard Attinborough, Jack Hawkins.

Passport to Pimlico, (considered a classic but I think it's dreadful, ha ha)

Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, everyone is in it.

Odd Man Out, brilliant little film, James Mason, Robert Newton.

There are so many:)

Answer 5

It Always Rains On Sunday, I'm All Right, Jack, Seance On a Wet Afternoon, Disraeli, and None But the Lonely Heart.

Answer 6

All the Carry on films. All the Charles Dickens stories. Zulu, Waterloo, Henry V.

Answer 7

Clockwork Orange.!!!

Answer 8

Anything made by Merchant and Ivory

Answer 9

Four Weddings and a Funeral is one.

Answer 10

withnail and i....thats pure class

Answer 11

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