IFG Poll 5: Favourite BFI Top 15 British Films

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So Vertigo has become the first multiple winner in our polls.  Alas, it will not be able to win poll number 5.  The BFI has provided a list of top British films.  The full list has been kindly provided on Wikipedia:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BFI_Top_100_British_films

Vote for your top THREE films from the list.

 

12 thoughts on “IFG Poll 5: Favourite BFI Top 15 British Films”

  1. There is just one film that I have not seen recently enough to be able to give a good verdict on, but it is a nice selection. Probably it is very “British” so perhaps some of the films have not been widely seen in other countries.

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    • I just realised I am mistaken – I have seen them all relatively recently! I was confusing Saturday Night and Sunday Morning with another film. The Red Shoes is the one I like least out of that lot.

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  2. Since I haven’t seen many movies that came before 1970 it should come as no surprise that I’ve seen only 2 of these 15 (Lawrence of Arabia and Trainspotting), so I can’t comment much on this list. 😛
    My only vote will got to Lawrence of Arabia as I liked it a lot, a great classic!

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    • I think all of these are noteworthy and many of them are very good. I’d recommend Kind Hearts and Coronets and Ladykillers for a taste of 40/50s comedy (Ladykillers was remade by the USA several years ago with Tom Hanks in it) as they both hold up well and are good fun. Kes and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning are both good examples of social realism films from the 60s. I do like Kes, but even native English speakers need the subtitles on 🙂 as the accents are very strong! The 39 Steps is a very good example of early Hitchcock. Although only Don’t Look Now is in my Top Ten I did have trouble deciding on three as so many of them I like a similar amount. In fact I cannot remember what I voted for! Definitely Don’t Look Now and Kind Hearts and Coronets and then either Kes or Lawrence of Arabia.

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  3. Probably the most diverse list so far: In addition to the expected classics there’s also some edgier stuff incl. a horror film in Don’t look now and some comedy recognized at last. Apart from David Lean – correct me if I’m wrong – seems to go for 1 film per dorector; of course I may just be saying that because I feel Michael powell is getting a raw deal here..
    FWIW it’s worth I never understood the appeal of Trainspotting; I guess it hit at one of those times where there was a yearning for a film on edgy rebellious youth subcultures. Voted for Lawrence, Third man, Great expectations, which was one of the great surprises in how captivating and incredibly cinematographed (you know what I’m trying to say) it waswhen I saw it.

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    • David Lean will be putting in an appearance in my Top 50, but, so far, not those three films…. Although I really do like Great Expectations and Brief Encounter. Poor Michael did get a raw deal – which of his films would you have replaced Red Shoes with? I would have put Peeping Tom there in its place (another one which I am sure will be in my top 50).

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      • Agree it seemed to go too much for a shock/edgy effect and as a result didn’t seem natural but rather forced. Was it supposed to be a comedy? Social commentary? Absurdist? I’ve no idea. Still as you said it gave us D Boyle so that’s good / what’s ur favourite film by him?

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      • Slumdog Millionaire is my favourite. I’ve seen it only once though and It’s been around 10 years since then. I’ll watch it again soon as it’s in contention for my all time top 50. I also liked Sunshine, The Beach, 127 Hours. Trance, 28 Days Later and Steve Jobs were ok too.

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  4. Owing to the lack of votes, I am guessing this was not a particularly well known selection of films – I will try to avoid country specific polls in the future. Poll 6 is destined to be a controversial one…

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