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This is a chronological list of films produced in the United Kingdom split by decade. There may be an overlap, particularly between British and American films which are sometimes co-produced; the list should attempt to document films which are either British produced or strongly associated with British culture.
There were three from the 1930s; 16 from the 1940s; 10 from the 1950s; 26 from the 1960s; 10 from the 1970s; 18 from the 1980s; and 17 from the 1990s. David Lean directed seven of the 100 films (one of his films was co-directed with Noel Coward: In Which We Serve (1942) at # 92).
Although it had been funding British experimental films as early as 1952, the British Film Institute's foundation of a production board in 1964—and a substantial increase in public funding from 1971 onwards—enabled it to become a dominant force in developing British art cinema in the 1970s and 80s: from the first of Bill Douglas's Trilogy ...
Shadowed by the golden age of British cinema, many 1950s films failed to impress at the box office. While war films remained popular, comedies and horrors also seemed to do well in this period. Many of Britain’s greatest directors had migrated to Hollywood, with the UK faltering behind their American counterparts.
A list of 50 films compiled on Letterboxd, including The Third Man (1949), Evil Under the Sun (1982), The Halfway House (1944), It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) and The Wicker Man (1973). About this list: Classic movies hand-picked by the British Film Institute.
From ‘Monty Python’ to ‘Don't Look Now’, British movies are have made cinematic history, here are the 100 best.
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Aug 29, 2015 · Ealing Studios' The Man in the White Suit (1951) was nominated for an Oscar. By Vincent Dowd. Arts reporter, BBC News. It is 60 years since the end of the most celebrated era of production at...
