The 100 best British films: contributors

The phenomenally talented star of ‘Shifty’, ‘Nightcrawler’ and ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’.

Dead Man’s Shoes (Shane Meadows, 2004)

Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008)

In This World (Michael Winterbottom, 2002)

Nil by Mouth (Gary Oldman, 1997)

Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)

‘I think they all were powerful countercultural films and alternative stories, which I think is what we do best. They’re ballsy films that punched above their weight because of that. We usually make smaller scale films in the UK than they do in the States or some of the more artistically subsidised European countries. But that can give us a freedom and we should use that to go to unexpected places and push the buttons which get people’s attention. These films did that.’

The American director of ‘Rushmore’, ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ and ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’.

1. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1943)

2. Oliver Twist (David Lean, 1948)

3. Sabotage (Alfred Alfred Hitchcock, 1936)

4. The Fallen Idol (Carol Reed, 1948)

5. The Hit (Stephen Frears, 1984)

6. The Queen of Spades (Thorold Dickinson, 1949)

7. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)

8. Walkabout (Nicolas Roeg, 1971)

9. They Made Me a Fugitive (Alberto Cavalcanti, 1947)

10. Melody (Waris Hussein, 1971)

Comedian, writer, raconteur and director of ‘Submarine’ and ‘The Double’.

1. Kes (Ken Loach, 1969)

2. Performance (Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, 1970)

3. If… (Lindsay Anderson, 1968)

4. Accident (Joseph Losey, 1967) / The Servant (Joseph Losey, 1963)

5. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1943) / Black Narcissus (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1947) / The Red Shoes (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948)

6. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (Tony Richardson, 1962) / Billy Liar (John Schlesinger, 1963)

7. Summertime (David Lean, 1955)

8. Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, 1975) / A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)

9. Monty Python’s Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)

10. Odd Man Out (Carol Reed, 1948) / The Fallen Idol (Carol Reed, 1947)

The British director of ‘The Arbor’ and ‘The Selfish Giant’.

1. Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008)

2. Performance (Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, 1970)

3. Under the Skin (Carine Adler, 1999)

4. House of Mirth (Terence Davies, 2000)

5. Better Things (Duane Hopkins, 2008)

6. Naked (Mike Leigh, 1993)

7. My Ain Folk (Bill Douglas, 1973)

8. The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961)

9. If… (Lindsay Anderson, 1968)

10. Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)

The Mexican director of ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’, ‘Children of Men’ and ‘Gravity’.

In chronological order:

The Big Swallow (James Williamson, 1901)

The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock, 1935)

Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, 1960)

If… (Lindsay Anderson, 1968)

Kes (Ken Loach, 1969)

Don’t Look Now (Nicolas Roeg, 1973)

Tommy (Ken Russell, 1975)

Monty Python’s Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)

Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)

The Liverpool-born director of ‘Distant Voices, Still Lives’ and ‘Sunset Song’.

Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, 1949)

A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1946)

Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945)

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1943)

The Red Shoes (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948)

The Ladykillers (Alexander Mackendrick, 1955)

It Always Rains on Sunday (Robert Hamer, 1947)

The Happiest Days of Your Life (Frank Launder, 1950)

Tunes of Glory (Ronald Neame, 1960)

The French director of ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ and ‘Be Kind Rewind’.

1. Kes (Ken Loach, 1969)

2. Career Girls (Mike Leigh, 1997)

3. Billy Liar (John Schlesinger, 1963)

4. Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, 1949)

5. A Room with a View (James Ivory, 1985)

6. The Ladykillers (Alexander Mackendrick, 1955)

7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, 1975)

8. The Kids Are Alright (Jeff Stein, 1978)

9. Quadrophenia (Franc Roddam, 1979)

10. The Man in the White Suit (Alexander Mackendrick, 1951)

The British star of ‘Happy Go Lucky’, ‘Godzilla’ and ‘Blue Jasmine’.

1. If… (Lindsay Anderson, 1968)

2. Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945) or Ryan’s Daughter (David Lean, 1970)

3. Bleak Moments (Mike Leigh, 1971)

4. Kes (Ken Loach, 1969)

5. Bugsy Malone (Alan Parker, 1976)

6. Time Bandits (Terry Gilliam, 1981)

7. Henry V (Kenneth Branagh, 1989)

8. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, 1975) / Monty Python’s Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)

9. The Red Shoes (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948) / A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1946)

10. Don't look Now (Nicolas Roeg, 1973)

The British director of ‘Senna’ and ‘Amy’.

1. Don’t Look Now (Nicolas Roeg, 1973)

2. Straw Dogs (Sam Peckinpah, 1971)

3. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)

4. Kes (Ken Loach, 1969)

5. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)

6. In This World (Michael Winterbottom, 2002)

7. Bloody Sunday (Paul Greengrass, 2002)

8. Richard the Third (Richard Loncraine, 1995)

9. Nineteen Eighty-Four (Michael Radford, 1984)

10. Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)

The iconic writer and comedian responsible for ‘Jerry Springer: The Musical’.

1. Gallivant (Andrew Kötting, 1997)

2. London (Patrick Keiller, 1994)

3. Robinson In Space (Patrick Keiller, 1997)

4. Dead Man’s Shoes (Shane Meadows, 2004)

5. The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)

6. Monty Python’s Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)

7. Local Hero (Bill Forsyth, 1983)

8. Where Eagles Dare (Brian G Hutton, 1968)

9. Culloden (Peter Watkins, 1964)

10. Whistle and I'll Come to You (Jonathan Miller, 1968)