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Greatest British Movies Ever

by steve-care • Created 7 years ago • Modified 7 years ago
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  • The Long Good Friday (1980)

    1. The Long Good Friday

    19801h 54mR82Metascore
    7.5 (28K)
    An up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat.
    DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsBob HoskinsHelen MirrenPaul Freeman
  • Robert Arkins in The Commitments (1991)

    2. The Commitments

    19911h 58mR73Metascore
    7.6 (41K)
    Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.
    DirectorAlan ParkerStarsRobert ArkinsMichael AherneAngeline Ball
  • Bob Hoskins and Cathy Tyson in Mona Lisa (1986)

    3. Mona Lisa

    19861h 44mR85Metascore
    7.3 (20K)
    A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.
    DirectorNeil JordanStarsBob HoskinsCathy TysonMichael Caine
  • Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, and Kerry Fox in Shallow Grave (1994)

    4. Shallow Grave

    19941h 29mR69Metascore
    7.2 (69K)
    Three friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash.
    DirectorDanny BoyleStarsKerry FoxChristopher EcclestonEwan McGregor
  • Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, and Ade in Snatch (2000)

    5. Snatch

    20001h 42mR55Metascore
    8.2 (952K)
    Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
    DirectorGuy RitchieStarsJason StathamBrad PittStephen Graham
  • John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

    6. A Fish Called Wanda

    19881h 48mR80Metascore
    7.5 (161K)
    In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool the very proper barrister Archibald Leach.
    DirectorsCharles CrichtonJohn CleeseStarsJohn CleeseJamie Lee CurtisKevin Kline
  • Sebastian Rice-Edwards in Hope and Glory (1987)

    7. Hope and Glory

    19871h 53mPG-1386Metascore
    7.3 (15K)
    A young boy living on the outskirts of London comes of age during the uncertain days of World War II.
    DirectorJohn BoormanStarsSarah MilesDavid HaymanSebastian Rice-Edwards
  • Nick Frost and Simon Pegg in Hot Fuzz (2007)

    8. Hot Fuzz

    20072h 1mR81Metascore
    7.8 (555K)
    An overachieving London police sergeant is transferred to a village where the easygoing officers object to his fervor for regulations, all while a string of grisly murders strikes the town.
    DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostMartin Freeman
  • The Italian Job (1969)

    9. The Italian Job

    19691h 39mG70Metascore
    7.2 (53K)
    A comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam.
    DirectorPeter CollinsonStarsMichael CaineNoël CowardBenny Hill
  • Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later (2002)

    10. 28 Days Later

    20021h 53mR73Metascore
    7.5 (506K)
    Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the United Kingdom, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
    DirectorDanny BoyleStarsCillian MurphyNaomie HarrisChristopher Eccleston

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