No NOT Trainspotting/ Slumdog Millionaire: Best British Film

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The Red Shoes [Blu-ray]
1.  The Red Shoes [Blu-ray] 
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  "Red Shoes - incredible special effects centrepiece in the 1940's in exquisite film"
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Criterion Collection: A Canterbury Tale [DVD] [1944] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
2.  Criterion Collection: A Canterbury Tale [DVD] [1944] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Eric Portman
The list author says:
  "Canterbury Tale - Like Twin Peaks, no interest in whodunnit '40's tale of wishes, dreams and the countryside."
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A Matter of Life and Death [DVD]
3.  A Matter of Life and Death [DVD] DVD ~ David Niven
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  "Matter of Life and Death - marvellously 'out there' but grounded to fact fantasy of '40's full of tangents, making it overflowing with interest."
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Black Narcissus [Blu-ray]
4.  Black Narcissus [Blu-ray] 
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  "Black Narcissus - like walking on a hilltop feeling able to fly, the nuns cannot restrict there mental wanderings way up there with incredible art design."
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The Small Back Room [DVD] [1949]
5.  The Small Back Room [DVD] [1949] DVD ~ David Farrar
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  "Small Back Room - the most real or best written relationship film of its time including alcaholism not done for tabloid inches."
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Peeping Tom - Criterion Collection [DVD] [1960] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
6.  Peeping Tom - Criterion Collection [DVD] [1960] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Karlheinz Böhm
The list author says:
  "Peeping Tom - made the same year as Psycho but far more to it than that cartoon, all of us voyeurs it says."
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I Know Where I'm Going - Criterion Collection [DVD] [1945] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
7.  I Know Where I'm Going - Criterion Collection [DVD] [1945] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Wendy Hiller
The list author says:
  "I Know Where I'm Going! - imaginative with fierce emotion held down releasing the elements, releasing the emotion."
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Secrets & Lies [DVD] [1996]
8.  Secrets & Lies [DVD] [1996] DVD ~ Timothy Spall
The list author says:
  "Secrets and Lies - best Brit film of recent years, very well written, each new viewing showing a brilliant new side to it."
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Millions Like Us [1943] [DVD]
9.  Millions Like Us [1943] [DVD] DVD ~ Patricia Roc
The list author says:
  "Millions Like Us - the best of all working class featured movies, a couple of decades before that useless era of Brit film."
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The Wicker Man - Special Edition Director's Cut (2 disc set) [DVD] [1973]
10.  The Wicker Man - Special Edition Director's Cut (2 disc set) [DVD] [1973] DVD ~ Edward Woodward
The list author says:
  "Wicker Man - excellently realised pagan island contrasted by Christian policeman"
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Get Carter [1971] [DVD]
11.  Get Carter [1971] [DVD] DVD ~ Michael Caine
The list author says:
  "Get Carter! - Best ever British thriller, no competition with an iconic Caine and superb commentary."
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Chu Chin Chow [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
12.  Chu Chin Chow [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Fritz Kortner
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  "Chu Chin Chow - wild Arabian Nights with songs and strong violence from the 1930's!"
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The Maggie [VHS] [1954]
13.  The Maggie [VHS] [1954] VHS Paul Douglas
The list author says:
  "The Maggie - The best Ealing film as nothing is twee or forced but is instead full of real charm."
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Alfred Hitchcock: Blackmail [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
14.  Alfred Hitchcock: Blackmail [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Alfred Hitchcock
The list author says:
  "Blackmail - Hitchcock experimental with sound almost like no other, trying to make it as artistic as silent film."
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Thief of Bagdad [DVD] [1940] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
15.  Thief of Bagdad [DVD] [1940] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Conrad Veidt
The list author says:
  "Thief of Bagdad - lots of imagination and wild art design transporting us"
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing [DVD] (1942)
16.  One of Our Aircraft Is Missing [DVD] (1942) 
The list author says:
  "One of Our Aircraft Is Missing - unusual, special road movie in Holland in the war with real characters not just stiff upper lips."
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Man Who Could Work Miracles [VHS] [1937]
17.  Man Who Could Work Miracles [VHS] [1937] VHS Roland Young
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  "The Man Who Could Work Miracles - wildly imaginative fantasy played by unlikely lead with aplomb and great effects in the '30's"
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The Four Feathers [DVD] [1939]
18.  The Four Feathers [DVD] [1939] DVD ~ John Clements
The list author says:
  "The Four Feathers - the great British adventure film, exciting and stirring"
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Ill Met by Moonlight [DVD] [1957]
19.  Ill Met by Moonlight [DVD] [1957] DVD ~ Dirk Bogarde
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  "Ill Met By Moonlight - road movie but across Crete in the war, with charisma rather than stoicism."
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A Night To Remember / The Making Of A Night To Remember [DVD] [1958]
20.  A Night To Remember / The Making Of A Night To Remember [DVD] [1958] DVD ~ Kenneth More
The list author says:
  "A Night To Remember - The great Titanic film with realised characters rather than sappy love story."
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Juggernaut [VHS]
21.  Juggernaut [VHS] VHS Richard Lester|Richard Harris|Omar Sharif|David Hemmings
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  "Juggernaut - an old fashioned cruiser as an old fashioned Britain. Witty, with stars and bomb plot!"
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Gone To Earth [1950] [DVD]
22.  Gone To Earth [1950] [DVD] DVD ~ Jennifer Jones
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  "Gone To Earth - country lass as much a part of the countryside as a fox but in a world of men."
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Waterloo Road [1945] [DVD]
23.  Waterloo Road [1945] [DVD] DVD ~ John Mills
The list author says:
  "Waterloo Road - the other best film of working class England, well written story and no patronising working class chat round the table."
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Trainspotting: The Definitive Edition [DTS] [DVD] [1996]
24.  Trainspotting: The Definitive Edition [DTS] [DVD] [1996] DVD ~ Ewan McGregor
The list author says:
  "Trainspotting - superb first half in Scotland where the director ooses talent but loses it very badly in London, bringing the film down. Before London brimming with wit and bravura sequences."
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Great Expectations [DVD] [1946]
25.  Great Expectations [DVD] [1946] DVD ~ John Mills
The list author says:
  "Great Expectations - the great film by the overrated David Lean, characters with enough substance to give a film of his some substance."
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A Night To Remember / The Making Of A Night To Remember [DVD] [1958] forum
titanic film a night to remember 		0 17 Apr 2012
A Night To Remember / The Making Of A Night To Remember [DVD] [1958] forum
english subtitles 		1 26 Nov 2011
Get Carter [1971] [DVD] forum
Get Carter on Blu-ray? 		2 1 Oct 2011
Black Narcissus [Blu-ray] forum
Region Coded? 		2 26 Jun 2011
Millions Like Us [1943] [DVD] forum
Sub titles 		1 6 Feb 2011
The Wicker Man [DVD] forum
Subtitles 		1 9 Jan 2011
Secrets & Lies [DVD] [1996] forum
Subtitles, can anyone one help us ? 		0 30 Nov 2010
The Red Shoes - Restored [DVD] forum
subtitles 		0 16 Sep 2010
Get Carter [1971] [DVD] forum
Question about 2006 edition 		0 20 Aug 2010
The Red Shoes - Restored [DVD] forum
Speedup 		2 8 Oct 2009
The Red Shoes - Restored [DVD] forum
The Red Shoes (Blu-ray) Restoration Edition - Your thoughts? 		0 14 Jul 2009
Secrets & Lies [DVD] [1996] forum
Subtitles 		0 10 Mar 2009
 
   

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