The best British films of the 1990s
The top 3 according to 157 votes from people: The Long Day Closes (1992) · The Crying Game (1992) · Orlando (1992). (Updated Jan 27, 2022.)
From The Crying Game and The Remains of the Day to Trainspotting, Nil by Mouth and East Is East: the BFI's ten great British films of the 1990s, plus Mike Leigh's Naked.
Top 11
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1
The Long Day Closes (1992)
Terence Davies. A Liverpool childhood in the 1950s, told through music and old film dialogue.
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2
The Crying Game (1992)
Neil Jordan. An IRA man, a hostage and the secret of the hostage's lover.
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3
Orlando (1992)
Sally Potter. Tilda Swinton lives four centuries and changes sex, after Virginia Woolf.
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4
Bhaji on the Beach (1993)
Gurinder Chadha. A group of Asian women from Birmingham on a day trip to Blackpool.
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5
Brassed Off (1996)
Mark Herman. A colliery brass band in a Yorkshire town as the pit closes.
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6
The Remains of the Day (1993)
James Ivory. Anthony Hopkins as a butler who never speaks of love, from Kazuo Ishiguro's novel.
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7
Trainspotting (1996)
Danny Boyle. Renton and his friends in Edinburgh's heroin scene, from Irvine Welsh's novel.
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8
Naked (1993)
Mike Leigh. David Thewlis as Johnny, adrift in night-time London. Best director at Cannes.
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9
Nil by Mouth (1997)
Gary Oldman. A south London family and its violence, with Ray Winstone and Kathy Burke.
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10
Ratcatcher (1999)
Lynne Ramsay. A boy in Glasgow during the 1970s bin strike.
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11
East Is East (1999)
Damien O'Donnell. A Pakistani father and his British children in 1970s Salford. BAFTA for best British film.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (1)
Ratcatcher is so underrated. Glad to see it next to Trainspotting, I'd have put Lock, Stock somewhere in here too but fair enough.