Barry Norman has named his 49 best BRITSH films ever made but is leaving to the public to choose the 50th, so come on LB, what should be on the list that isn’t already?
the list below in in in no particular order as Norman found it impossible to put them in order of merit, but what is missing?
Barry Lyndon 1975, The Lady Vanishes 1938, Black Narcissus 1947,The Ladykillers 1955, The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957, Lawrence of Arabia 1962, Brief Encounter 1945, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943, Chariots of Fire 1981, Local Hero 1983, A Clockwork Orange 1971, The Long Good Friday 1979, The Cruel Sea 1952, A Matter of Life and Death 1946, The Dam Busters 1954, Monty Python’s Life of Brian 1979, Dr No 1962, Naked 1993, Don’t Look Now 1973, The Railway Children 1970, Dracula 1958, The Red Shoes1948, Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994, The Remains of the Day1993, The Full Monty 1997, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning1960, Gandhi 1982, Secrets & Lies 1995, Get Carter 1971, Sense and Sensibility 1995, Gladiator 2000, The Servant 1963, Great Expectations 1946, Shakespeare in Love 1998, Gregory’s Girl 1980,Skyfall 2012, Henry V 1944, The Third Man 1949, I Know Where I’m Going! 1945, The 39 Steps 1935, if… 1968, This Sporting Life1963, The Ipcress File 1965, Trainspotting 1995, Kes 1969, Whisky Galore! 1949, Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949, Zulu 1963, The King’s Speech 2010
