British films you love?

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Dp's after something to watch & says it has to be British...no idea why ...any suggestions?

Forgot to add Eden Lake if he likes horror type films. What about Skyfall, not sure if that counts as entirely British though...

They're recent releases so not on DVD yet but The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything are both British and both brilliant.

There are tons of romcoms but maybe not his thing.

A Month in the Country -

But it's about two men returning to the UK from WWI, so maybe too "period" for your DH. It has Colin Firth so watch it anyway.

Full Monty.
Peter's Friends
Fever Pitch
The inbetweeners
Brassed off
billy elliot
Mie Leigh films although depressing
4 weeddings
Confetti
Withnail and I
Hot Fuzz

Wouldnt watch Paddington? LTB!

Withnail & I

Howards End

That Sinking Feeling

Sweet Sixteen

Run Fat Boy Run is funny. I second Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead (Ignore all of these if you're not a Simon Pegg fan!)

The Wicked Lady (Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, 1945, but a period film. Bloody brilluant anyway!).

Rebecca

Theatre of Blood (1973)

24hour Party People

The Wicker Man

Dracula (1958)

The Ipcress File

Four Lions

Naked

Brighton Rock

Rebecca feels like a British film but it's actually American.

I would watch anything with James Mason in it. Absolutely anything. Those cheekbones! His voice! Mmmmmm.

The Wicker Man - gosh, that's a dire film. So bad it's almost good, I suppose.

Hello, with the OP’s kind permission we’re sweeping this thread into our Films topic.

Kes! An oldie, but so, so good
Harry Brown with Michael Caine. Pretty depressing but excellent
Local Hero (one of my all time favourite British movies)

Here's a good list www.empireonline.com/100britishfilms/

A Matter of Life and Death - mentioning voices Mimsy - love Roger Livesey's voice, smooth as velvet

YY to the Wicked Lady

Landgirls
A Canterbury Tale (lesser known Powell & Pressburger)
Me Without You

Oh yes, Roger Livesey! I could listen to that voice all day.

Get Carter - very violent indeed, I suppose I should mention. Wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea. It's a great favourite of mine. Michael Caine in his prime. Catches Britain at a time of great change - old back to back terraces being pulled down and replaced with tower blocks. Very evocative.

The Full Monty

Educating Rita

Peter's Friends - such an under rated film and much better than Four Weddings IMO....and a great cast

Letter to Brezhnev - this film seems to have been forgotton about - it's NEVER on tv

The Hole. Really scared me as a teenager!

Oh and The inbetweeners

Oh and I enjoyed About Time as well.

Will stop spamming the thread now

Pride - don't know how old he is, but as well as being an excellent film it is 100% perfect 80s nostalgia if you were around then!

Oh gosh HOW could I have forgotten The InBetweeners?! It's just so British

This is England
Billy Elliot
Trainspotting
Control
Dead Mans Shoes