# The best British films according to the BFI

The Third Man, Brief Encounter, Lawrence of Arabia, The 39 Steps, Great Expectations, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Kes, Don't Look Now, The Red Shoes and Trainspotting: the top twenty of the BFI Top 100 British films, voted by 1,000 people from the film industry in 1999.

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- Jan 26, 2020 · N. Clark
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## Top 20

1. **Lawrence of Arabia (1962)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — David Lean.
2. **Kes (1969)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Ken Loach.
3. **if.... (1968)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Lindsay Anderson.
4. **Henry V (1944)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Laurence Olivier.
5. **Brief Encounter (1945)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — David Lean.
6. **Don't Look Now (1973)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Nicolas Roeg.
7. **Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Robert Hamer.
8. **The Third Man (1949)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Carol Reed.
9. **The 39 Steps (1935)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Alfred Hitchcock.
10. **Great Expectations (1946)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — David Lean.
11. **The Red Shoes (1948)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Powell & Pressburger.
12. **Trainspotting (1996)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Danny Boyle.
13. **Brighton Rock (1948)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — John Boulting.
14. **Get Carter (1971)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Mike Hodges.
15. **The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Charles Crichton.
16. **A Matter of Life and Death (1946)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Powell & Pressburger.
17. **The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — David Lean.
18. **The Ladykillers (1955)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Alexander Mackendrick.
19. **Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Karel Reisz.
20. **Chariots of Fire (1981)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hugh Hudson.

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