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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?


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 9:53 pm
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Get Carter


 
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Ice Cold in Alex.


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

the list is pretty long really


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 9:56 pm
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Sexy Beast


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 9:58 pm
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
Trainspotting


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 10:01 pm
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In Bruges.


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 10:01 pm
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love, honour and obey


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 10:05 pm
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This is England,

IF,

Thatcher,my part in her downful and humiliation.

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


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 10:06 pm
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The long good Friday


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 10:06 pm
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Ditto Get Carter.


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 10:10 pm
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51st State.


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 10:11 pm
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Labour,good for Britain,(not out til they win the election)

Got any true stories?


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 10:15 pm
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Trainspotting


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 10:23 pm
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Telstar, The Boat That Rocked, Looking For Eric. All very good imo.


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 10:26 pm
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Face
Dead Mans Shoes


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 10:35 pm
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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.


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 10:40 pm
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Watched Harry Brown, never seen anything so bloody depressing in all my life.


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 10:41 pm
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get carter , the original not the remake, obviously

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


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 10:44 pm
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I know layer cake and snatch are British but are they really that good?


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 10:46 pm
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I know layer cake and snatch are British but are they really that good?

Are you saying you havn't seen snatch?


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 10:48 pm
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Posted : 08/03/2010 10:50 pm
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The Offence

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


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 10:51 pm
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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


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 10:55 pm
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love honour and obey
local hero
the original st trinians


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 11:02 pm
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See if you can spot Gollum...


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 11:03 pm
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The Lady Killers

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


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 11:05 pm
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Rita, Sue and Bob too


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 11:24 pm
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Labour,good for Britain,(not out til they win the election)

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


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 11:37 pm
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Local Hero
Whisky Galore


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 11:44 pm
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the wicker man (the original, and not the directors cut either!)


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 11:52 pm
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A matter of life and death

Don't look now


 
Posted : 08/03/2010 11:55 pm
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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!!!


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 12:01 am
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Sexy beast is my fave of recent times and for an oldie Passport to Pimlico!


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 12:05 am
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[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lavender_Hill_Mob ]The Lavender Hill Mob[/url]
[url= http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052997/ ]The League of Gentleman[/url]


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 11:37 am
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carry on camping


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 11:38 am
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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


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 11:43 am
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Tony london serial killer is very good and slightly disturbing.


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 11:43 am
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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)


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 11:48 am
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The Italian Job
A taste of Honey
A Man For All Seasons


 
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Twin Town
Run Fat Boy Run
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
Whiskey Galore
Monty Python The life of Brian
Gregory's Girl
Ghandi
The Italian Job - can't believe this has been missed!
The Commitments
The Cruel Sea (1952)


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 11:56 am
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Anything by Shane Meadows is usually worth watching. This Is England ws the last one I saw. Pretty good.

Also Michael Winterbottom films, particularly 24 Hour Party People.


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 12:03 pm
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Any of the Sean Connery Bond films except Diamonds Are Forever.
The original St Trinians films (mmmmm black & white schoolie porn)
Brighton Rock
Another vote for Sexy Beast


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 1:32 pm
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movern caller

Get Carter (is brilliant)


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 2:41 pm