im bored of all the American crap that's about now and want to watch some decent British films. Around the same lines as Layer Cake and Snatch etc.

any recommendations?

Get Carter

Ice Cold in Alex.

Dead man's shoes
This is England
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise

the list is pretty long really

Sexy Beast

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
Trainspotting

In Bruges.

love, honour and obey

This is England,

IF,

Thatcher,my part in her downful and humiliation.

Labour,good for Britain,(not out til they win the election)

The long good Friday

Ditto Get Carter.

51st State.

Labour,good for Britain,(not out til they win the election)

Got any true stories?

Trainspotting

Telstar, The Boat That Rocked, Looking For Eric. All very good imo.

Face
Dead Mans Shoes

How about some b&w ones:

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

The Hill

Or more recently of note; Dog Soldiers, The Bank Job, Clubbed, Bronson,

Nearly british; Sherlock Holmes.

Watched Harry Brown, never seen anything so bloody depressing in all my life.

get carter , the original not the remake, obviously

is just my favourite gangster film, pi$$es all over italian job imho

I know layer cake and snatch are British but are they really that good?

I know layer cake and snatch are British but are they really that good?

Are you saying you havn't seen snatch?

The Offence

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

KES
I'm alright Jack
Scum
Nuts in May (more of a play than a film)
Twin Town
How Green is my Valley
The Railway Children
Local Hero
The Lavender Hill Mob

love honour and obey
local hero
the original st trinians

See if you can spot Gollum…

The Lady Killers

Get Carter is my FAVE film of all time. The best gangster film ever.

Rita, Sue and Bob too

Labour,good for Britain,(not out til they win the election)

Comedy right? This cannot for one second be a serious assertion.

Local Hero
Whisky Galore

the wicker man (the original, and not the directors cut either!)

A matter of life and death

Don't look now

Snatch, but you may have to watch it twice to get the full effect
In the Loop, but warm up with some "The Thick of it" which will be looked at in the same vein as Black Adder and Brass Eye in years to come!! Armando Ianucci is a genius, or is Peter Capaldi the genius as Malcolm Tucker!!!

Sexy beast is my fave of recent times and for an oldie Passport to Pimlico!

The Lavender Hill Mob
The League of Gentleman

carry on camping

el_boufador – Member

the wicker man (the original, and not the directors cut either!)

I'd say the directors cut myself….

Plus, some already mentioned:
Scum,
Trainspotting
Withnail and I
Nil by Mouth
Clockwork Orange

Tony london serial killer is very good and slightly disturbing.

another shout for Twin Town – so funny and yet So so Dark..

also Circus – gangster movie with a twist (got slated by the citics but I liked it) John Hannah and Famke Yansen oh and Eddie Izzard

An Ungentlemanly Act – about the Argies invasion of the Falklands – very very good film (i think a BBC for TV movie)

The Italian Job
A taste of Honey
A Man For All Seasons