What do you think was the best British movie ever made?

Question

Was there a favorite scene? Favorite actor?

Answer 1

TRAINSPOTTING....IT HAS TO BE.MY FAVE BIT IS WHEN HE SAYS'BUY UR OWN FUCKIN GLUE'

Answer 2

Trainspotting. First time I saw it I was just blown away. It injected (see what I did there!) a new life blood into movie making during that time and was just the coolest thing you could hope to see. Music driven celebration of being young and working class, Trainspotting didn't feel sorry for itself. My favourite scene is the Begbie's Story scene where he tells the story about the game of pool and the fight. And while Begbie is my favourite character I don't think any of those actors have done anything as good since but Ewan McGregor really stood out as the heart and soul of the film.

Answer 3

You realize that asking for the best of British is like asking what's the best single book in the library, don't you?

Oh, gosh. Nearly anything by the Archers: I Know Where I'm Going, A Canterbury Tale, A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes...
Either of David Lean's Dickens adaptations: Oliver Twist or Great Expectations; nearly anything else by Lean;

In Which We Serve, The Dam Busters, The Entertainer, Henry V (either version),;

and I could go on and on, couldn't I?

A favorite image/scene from a British film is at the end of Alec Guiness' film, The Horse's Mouth. Guiness, playing rogue genius artist Gulley Jimson, has set his houseboat adrift on the Thames.
As the houseboat travels downriver, Gulley, his imagination afire, gazes rapturously at the sides of bridges and freighters, imagining newer and larger canvases for his works...

Answer 4

Withnail & I. Without a doubt the very best British movie ever made! Paul McGann, Richard E Grant and Richard Griffiths were all excellent in it. Every scene is a favourite.

Answer 5

Has to be Saving Grace with the best scene being in the village shop after the ladies have drunk some tea made with Grace's home grown 'tea leaves' (Would you like some cornflakes!!!!). All the actors were great in that movie.

Answer 6

Monty Python's THe Holy Grail.
Best. Movie. Ever.
My favorite scene is when the king arrives at the castle and the two guards start discussing swallows.
Favorite actor, John Cleese.

Answer 7

Quadraphenia
not sure if spelled correctly but its was directed by THE WHO and there music was in it
http://youtube.com/watch?v=foYqplfNBqI&mode=user&search=


I forgot SNATCH
brilliant film, fav scene was when the theifs tries to escape after attempting to rob a bookies, which had no money, then they kicked the front door that they used to get in and they coulnt open it, as they layed on the floor failing to escape a man walks iin. the theif were pushing the door when they should of pulled it.
ahahhaahahah

Answer 8

Lawrence of Arabia, with peter o'toole. Best scene: Omar sharif appearing on the desert horizon on a galloping horse

Answer 9

In my humble opinion the best British films ever made are 'Gregory's Girl' and 'The Full Monty'. Both absolutely flawless.

Answer 10

Personal Services with Julie Walters and the scene at her sister's wedding was a classic, so was the raid at the sex party at the end.

Answer 11

Zulu! a very good cast, well directed i think by Stanley Baker. Fantastic film showing the heroism of two opposing sides and the honourable way the Zulu appreciated the valour of the British troops. Yes it's my favourite British movie.