Best British Films (1888,1895-)

1888

"Roundhay Garden Scene" (Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince)

1889

1890

"London's Trafalgar Square" (William Carr Crofts, Woodsworth Donisthorpe)

1891

"Traffic In King's Road Chelsea" (William Friese-Greene)

1892-1894

1895

"Arrest Of A Pickpocket" (Birt Acres)

1896

"Twins' Tea Party" (Robert W. Paul)

1897

"Robbery" (Robert W. Paul)

1898

"Santa Claus" (George Albert Smith)



1899

"The Kiss In The Tunnel" (George Albert Smith)



1900

"Attack On A China Mission" (James Williamson)

1901

"Fire" (James Williamson)

1902

"How To Stop A Motor Car" (Percy Stow)

1903

1. "Daring Daylight Burglary" (Frank S. Mottershaw)

2. "Desperate Poaching Affray" (William Haggar)

3. "Mary Jane's Mishap" (George Albert Smith)

1904

"An Interesting Story" (James Williamson)

1905

"Rescued By Rover" (Cecil M. Hepworth)


1906

"The ? Motorist" (Walter R. Booth)

1907

"That Fatal Sneeze" (Lewin Fitzhamon)

1908

"The Tempest" (Percy Stow)

1909

"The Airship Destroyer" (Walter R. Booth)

1910

"A Day In The Life Of A Coalminer" (Charles Urban)

1911

"The Pirates Of 1920" (David Aylott, A.E. Coleby)

1912

"Wooden Athletes" (Arthur Melbourne Cooper)

1913

"Milling The Militants" (Percy Stow)

1914

"Daisy Doodad's Dial" (Laurence Trimble)

1915

"Ever Been Had ?" (Cecil Birch)

1916

"Battle Of The Somme" (Geoffrey H. Malins)

1917

"Pimple's The Whip" (Fred Evans, Joe Evans)

1918

"The Life Story Of David Lloyd George" (Maurice Elvey)

1919

"Oh'phelia" (Anson Dyer)

1920

"Beautiful Girl At Waterfall" (Claude Friese-Greene)

1921

"The Man With The Twisted Lip" (Maurice Elvey)

1922

"Scrooge" (George Wynn)

1923

"The Sign Of Four" (Maurice Elvey)

1924

"Moon Of Israel" (Michael Curtiz)

1925

"She" (Leander de Cordova)

1926

"The Triumph Of The Rat" (Graham Cutts)

1927

"The Lodger" (Alfred Hitchcock)

1928

"Moulin Rouge" (E.A. Dupont)

1929

"Blackmail" (Alfred Hitchcock)

1930

"Murder" (Alfred Hitchcock)

1931

"Rich And Strange" (Alfred Hitchcock)

1932

"Number 17" (Alfred Hitchcock)

1933

"The Private Life Of Henry VIII" (Alexander Korda)

1934

"The Man Who Knew Too Much" (Alfred Hitchcock)

1935

"The Thirty-Nine Steps" (Alfred Hitchcock)

1936

"Sabotage" (Alfred Hitchcock)

1937

"Young And Innocent" (Alfred Hitchcock)

1938

"The Lady Vanishes" (Alfred Hitchcock)

1939

"The Spy In Black" (Michael Powell)

1940

"The Thief Of Bagdad" (Michael Powell, Tim Whelan)

1941

"Major Barbara" (Gabriel Pascal, David Lean)

1942

"Listen To Britain" (Humphrey Jennings, Stewart McAllister)

1943

"The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp" (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)

1944

1. "A Canterbury Tale" (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)

2. "Henry V" (Laurence Olivier)

3. "On Approval" (Clive Brook)

1945

1. "Blithe Spirit" (David Lean)

2. "Dead Of Night" (Charles Crichton, Alberto Cavalcanti et al.)

3. "Brief Encounter" (David Lean)

1946

1. "Great Expectations" (David Lean)

2. "A Matter Of Life And Death" (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)

3. "Green For Danger" (Sidney Gilliat)

1947

1. "Black Narcissus" (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)

2. "Odd Man Out" (Carol Reed)

3. "Nicholas Nickleby" (Alberto Cavalcanti)

1948

1. "Hamlet" (Laurence Olivier)

2. "Oliver Twist" (David Lean)

3. "The Red Shoes" (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)

1949

1. "The Third Man" (Carol Reed)

2. "Kind Hearts And Coronets" (Robert Hamer)

3. "Tight Little Island" (Alexander Mackendrick)

1950

"So Long At The Fair" (Antony Darnborough, Terence Fisher)

1951

"Lavender Hill Mob" (Charles Crichton)

1952

"The Importance Of Being Earnest" (Anthony Asquith)

1953

"Genevieve" (Henry Cornelius)

1954

"Hobson's Choice" (David Lean)

1955

"The Ladykillers" (Alexander Mackendrick)

1956

"The Battle Of The River Plate" (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)

1957


"The Bridge On The River Kwai" (David Lean)

1958

"A Night To Remember" (Roy Ward Baker)

1959

"Room At The Top" (Jack Clayton)

1960

1. "Peeping Tom" (Michael Powell)

2. "The Entertainer" (Tony Richardson)

3. "Village Of The Damned" (Wolf Rilla)

1961

"The Guns Of Navarone" (J. Lee Thompson)

1962

"The Day The Earth Caught Fire" (Val Guest)

1963

"Tom Jones" (Tony Richardson)

1964

"Seance On A Wet Afternoon" (Bryan Forbes)

1965

"Darling" (John Schlesinger)

1966

''Blow Up'' (Michalangelo Antonioni)

1967

"Bedazzled" (Stanley Donen)

1968

"Yellow  Submarine" (George Dunning)

1969

''The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie'' (Ronald Neame)

1970

"British Sounds" (Jean-Luc Godard)

1971

''A Clockwork Orange'' (Stanley Kubrick)

1972

''The Ruling Class'' (Peter Medak)

1973

''The Wicker Man'' (Robin Hardy)

1974

"Swallows And Amazons" (Claude Whatham)

1975

"Monty Python And The Holy Grail" (Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones)

1976

"The Man Who Fell To Earth" (Nicholas Roeg)

1977

"Equus" (Sidney Lumet)

1978

"Watership Down" (Martin Rosen, John Hubley)

1979

"Life Of Brian" (Terry Jones)

1980

"Gregory's Girl" (Bill Forsyth)

1981

"Excalibur" (John Boorman)

1982

"Pink Floyd: The Wall" (Alan Parker)

1983

"Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life" (Terry Jones)

1984

"A Passage To India" (David Lean)

1985

"Brazil" (Terry Gilliam)

1986

"A Room With a View" (James Ivory)

1987

"Sammy And Rosie Get Laid" (Stephen Frears)

1988

"A Fish Called Wanda" (Charles Crichton)

1989

1. "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover" (Peter Greenaway)

2. "Shirley Valentine" (Lewis Gilbert)

3. "Scandal" (Michael Caton-Jones)

1990

"Life Is Sweet" (Mike Leigh)

1991

"Riff-Raff" (Ken Loach)

1992

"Howards End" (James Ivory)

1993

"Much Ado About Nothing" (Kenneth Branagh)

1994

"Four Weddings And A Funeral" (Mike Newell)

1995

1. "Cold Comfort Farm" (John Schlesinger)

2. "Land And Freedom" (Ken Loach)

3. "The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill" (Christopher Monger)

1996

1. ''Trainspotting'' (Danny Boyle)

2. "Secrets And Lies" (Mike Leigh)

3. "Brassed Off" (Mark Herman)

1997

1. "Nil By Mouth" (Gary Oldman)

2. "The Full Monty" (Peter Cattaneo)

3. "Twin Town" (Kevin Allen)

1998

1. "My Name Is Joe" (Ken Loach)

2. "Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels" (Guy Ritchie)

3. "Little Voice" (Mark Herman)

1999

1. "Topsy-Turvy" (Mike Leigh)

2. "The War Zone'' (Tim Roth)

3. "East Is East" (Damien O'Donnell)

2000

"Snatch" (Guy Ritchie)

2001

"Iris" (Richard Eyre)

2002

1. "Bloody Sunday" (Paul Greengrass)

2. "Morvern Callar" (Lynne Ramsay)

3. "All Or Nothing" (Mike Leigh)

2003

"Love Actually" (Richard Curtis)

2004

"My Summer Of Love" (Pawel Pawlikowski)

2005

"The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit" (Nick Park, Steve Box)

2006

"The Queen" (Stephan Frears)

2007

"Eastern Promises" (David Cronenberg)

2008

"In Bruges" (Martin McDonagh)

2009

"An Education" (Lone Scherfig)

2010

"Tamara Drewe" (Stephen Frears)

2011

"Shame" (Steve McQueen)

2012

"The Pirates! Band Of Misfits" (Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt)

2013

"Not Another Happy Ending" (John McKay)

2014

"Mr Turner" (Mike Leigh)

2015

"Amy" (Asif Kapadia)

2016

"Lady Macbeth" (William Oldroyd)

2017

"Darkest Hour" (Joe Wright)

2018

"A Private War" (Matthew Heineman)

2019

"Downton Abbey" (Michael Engler)

2020

"Enola Holmes" (Harry Bradbeer)

2021

1. "Mothering Sunday" (Eva Husson)

2. "Belfast" (Kenneth Branagh)

3. "The Dig" (Simon Stone)

2022

"The Banshees Of Inisherin" (Martin McDonagh)

2023

"The Zone Of Interest" (Jonathan Glazer)