Saw the thread in the main lounge about Lock Stock, so thought I'd see what great films Britain has pulled out over the years.

Dead Man's Shoes
Paddy Considine is ****in great in this, gripping storyline, about a bunch of druggies who befriend a disabled lad, they take the piss out of him and his ex army brother comes back to get revenge on em all.

This is England
Watched it the other night on Film Four, top quality, what I liked most about it was the fact, Thomas Turgoose who played the little lad Shaun, had been kicked out of school and was a bit of a tearaway had never acted in his life, and was superb in the film.

Thing is with all these British films that I seem to like, they're all realistic not over the top stuff, no special effects.

A few oldies. I'm a historian...and this film got me into History i guess...

Zulu with Michael Caine, Stanley Baldwin


Also like Get Carter, Trainspotting, The Boxer (with Daniel Day Lewis)....erm.. Full Monty.

Tons of great "Brit flicks"

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Didn't Ray Winstone win a junior ABA title?

Saw the thread in the main lounge about Lock Stock, so thought I'd see what great films Britain has pulled out over the years.

Dead Man's Shoes
Paddy Considine is ****in great in this, gripping storyline, about a bunch of druggies who befriend a disabled lad, they take the piss out of him and his ex army brother comes back to get revenge on em all.

This is England
Watched it the other night on Film Four, top quality, what I liked most about it was the fact, Thomas Turgoose who played the little lad Shaun, had been kicked out of school and was a bit of a tearaway had never acted in his life, and was superb in the film.

Thing is with all these British films that I seem to like, they're all realistic not over the top stuff, no special effects.

This is england is ****ing quality, probably the best film i saw last year, let alone british film.

My all time fave brit film would probably be scum, not because it's a great film, it's not britains best, but because it's got some of the most used lines ever in it from a brit film.

I also like shaun of the dead, quite good fun.

I like Scum. I remember being quite shocked by it at first. The Greenhouse scene is most definitely one of the most graphic scenes in British cinema, if not just cinema.

Imagine that scene in a time in which Bruce Lees "Enter the Dragon" is banned - where as today that film would probably be a 15, if not 12 rating.

Scum is brilliant. Fantastic acting, by some of Britains best "local" talent...

Didn't Ray Winstone win a junior ABA title?
Winstone was also a fan of boxing. Known to his friends as Winnie, at home he was called Little Sugs (his dad already being known as Sugar – after Sugar Ray Robinson). At age 12, Winstone joined the famous Repton Amateur Boxing Club and, over the next 10 years, won 80 out of 88 bouts. At welterweight, he was London Schoolboy Champion on three occasions, fighting twice for England. The experience gave him a perspective on his later career: "If you can get in a ring with 2000 people watching and be smacked around by another guy, then walking onstage isn't hard."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Winstone

I like the Wicker Man and Withnail and I. Predictable I know but still good.

i love withnail and I (i was thinking earlier how i fancied watching it but didnt' have a copy)

Winstone is a tough ****er and after being a spectator at teh junior ABA's a number of tiems.. i can tell you Repton is a formidable club. They win ALOT of titles, and have fantastic amatuers.

Brilliant club. Brillaint bloke.

Scum is a great film, watched it numerous times " wheres your tool" "what tool?" " this ****ing tool"

Not seen Scum, heard loads about it like, and obviously a lot of mentions on here, something I'll have to get watched soon then.

Fever Pitch...much better than it's ****ty US counterpart.

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underrated IMO

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underrated IMO

Top class film, one of my favourite brit films

SHADWELL ARMY SHADWELL ARMY :banana::banana::banana:

Kes
Trainspotting
Lock Stock
Snatch
The Krays
The Dam Busters

braveheart

I forgot Made In Britain, Human Traffic.

Anybody seen Long Good Friday? I haven't seen this as yet, any good?

My Name is Joe

Snatch

Football Factory

Green Street

Trainspotting

Acid House

ID

Every shane meadows film, sexy beast, a clockwork orange, withnail & I , sweet sixteen, my favourite british film of all time is NIL BY MOUTH - Ray winstone is absolutely brilliant in this film

braveheart

Braveheart aint a british film :lol1: but one of the best films ever, i always get a buzz at the end, makes me want to go and kill some english :banana:

Battle for Haditha

This one I saw a month or two ago, it was fantastic. Nick Broomfield film, and its a definate top 15 film of any country/time for me!

StrawDogs

banned for 18 years........nuff said.

I picked up I.D and Scum the other week.

£3 for the two :banana: Haven't watched them yet but might do tonight.

My favourite British films are:

28 Days Later
Clockwork Orange
Dead Mans Shoes
Human Traffic
Lock, Stock
The Krays
Get Carter

I picked up I.D and Scum the other week.

£3 for the two :banana: Haven't watched them yet but might do tonight.

My favourite British films are:

28 Days Later
Clockwork Orange
Dead Mans Shoes
Human Traffic
Lock, Stock
The Krays
Get Carter

Every single film you mentioned has a claim at being the best, very good list.

BTW, This Is England was on last night, that's a ****ing wonderful film.

Every single film you mentioned has a claim at being the best, very good list.

BTW, This Is England was on last night, that's a ****ing wonderful film.

Cheers mate.

Not seen it but heard good things. What channel was it on?

Every single film you mentioned has a claim at being the best, very good list.

BTW, This Is England was on last night, that's a ****ing wonderful film.

****, double post.

Cheers mate.

Not seen it but heard good things. What channel was it on?

It was on Film4 I think, not sure.

You should see it though, it's very dark and deals with some sensitive issues, but you are just compelled to watch.

If you can, get a hold of it, you won't be disappointed. :kiss:

Yea I watched it again the other night, can't believe that the young lad never acted before, it's almost like a documentary, some of the comments he makes are quite funny aswell.

Yea I watched it again the other night, can't believe that the young lad never acted before, it's almost like a documentary, some of the comments he makes are quite funny aswell.
Stephen Graham was brilliant in that, hard to believe the same bloke was in Lock ,Stock