“Guardian Picks the Top 25 British Films of the Last 25 Years”

This week, The Guardian picked the Top 25 British Films of the Last 25 Years. They are in order:

1. Trainspotting (1996)
2. Withnail & I (1987)
3. Secrets & Lies (1996)
4. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
5. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
6. Nil By Mouth (1997)
7. Sexy Beast (2000)
8. Ratcatcher (1999)
9. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
10. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
11. Touching the Void (2003)
12. Hope and Glory (1987)
13. Control (2007)
14. Naked (1993)
15. Under the Skin (1997)
16. Hunger (2008)
17. This Is England (2006)
18. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
19. Dead Man’s Shoes (2004)
20. Red Road (2006)
21. Riff-Raff (1981)
22. Man On Wire (2008)
23. My Summer of Love (2004)
24. 24 Hour Party People (2002)
25. The English Patient (1996)

That’s a nice list. But personally, I’d put Withnail and I at the top as it’s a gut-busting comedy:

http://www.youtube.com/v/Rydr6WYOPYw&hl=en&fs=1&

Go here to see the Top 10 selections of some of the 60 judges:

Peter Morgan, screenwriter

Sam Taylor-Wood, director artist

Sir Ben Kingsley, actor

Jonathan Coe, novelist

Joanna Hogg, director

Edgar Wright, director

Anne Thompson, US film critic

Sandra Hebron, London Film Festival Artistic Director

Natalie Press, actor

Kevin MacDonald, director

Philip French, Observer film critic

What are your favorite British films of the last 25 years?

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