Key British Films: 1930-1995


1927 The Ghost Train (Geza Bolvary)
1929 Blackmail (Alfred Hitchcock)
1931 Industrial Britain (John Grierson)
1935 Coalface Alberto Cavalcanti
1935 Housing Problems Edgar Anstey
1935 The 39 Steps Alfred Hitchcock
1936 Enough to Eat Frank Sainsbury
1936 Nightmail Basil Wright, Harry Watt
1936 Things to Come Willam Cameron Menzies
1938 The Citadel King Vidor
1938 Q Planes Tim Whelan
1939 French Without Tears Anthony Asquith
1939 Goodbye Mr Chips Sam Wood
1940 Gaslight Thorold Dickinson
1940 London Can Take it Harry Watt/Humphrey Jennings
1941 Forty-Ninth Parallel Michael Powell
1941 Listen to Britain Humphrey Jennings
1941 Love on the Dole John Baxter
1941 Words For Battle Humphrey Jennings
1942 In Which We Serve Noel Coward
1942 Went the Day Well Alberto Cavalcanti
1943 Fires Were Started Humphrey Jennings
1943 Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Powell and Pressburger
1943 Millions Like Us Sidney Gilliat/Frank Launder
1944 Canterbury Tales Powell and Pressburger
1944 Henry V Laurence Olivier
1944 This Happy Breed David Lean
1945 Brief Encounter David Lean
1945 Dead of Night Alberto Cavalcanti
1945 Diary for Timothy Humphrey Jennings
1945 The Way to the Stars Anthony Asquith
1946 A Matter of Life and Death Powell and Pressburger
1948 Black Narcissus Powell and Pressburger
1948 Oliver Twist David Lean
1948 Scott of the Antarctic Charles Frend
1948 Whisky Galore Alexander Mackendrick
1948 The Winslow Boy Anthony Asquith
1949 The Blue Lagoon Frank Launder
1949 Brighton Rock Boulting Brothers
1949 The Chiltern Hundreds John Paddy
1949 Great Expectations David Lean
1949 Hamlet Laurence Olivier
1949 The History of Mr Polly Anthony Pelissier
1949 Kind Hearts and Coronets Robert Hamer
1949 Passport to Pimlico Henry Cornelius
1949 The Small Back Room Powell & Pressburger
1949 The Third Man Carol Reed
1950 The Blue Lamp Basil Dearden
1950 Happiest Days of Your Life Frank Launder
1950 The Wooden Horse Jack Lee
1951 The Browning Version Anthony Asquith
1951 The Lavender Hill Mob Charles Critchon
1951 The Magic Box John Boulting
1951 Man in the White Suit Alexander Mackendrick
1952 The Card Donald Neame
1952 The Cruel Sea Charles Frend
1952 Cry the Beloved Country Zoltan Korda
1952 Importance of Being Earnest Anthony Asquith
1952 The African Queen John Huston
1953 Genevieve Henry Cornelius
1953 Hobson's Choice David Lean
1953 The Titfield Thunderbolt Charles Critchon
1954 Animal Farm Joy Batchelor
1954 The Belles of St Trinians Frank Launder
1954 Doctor in the House Ralph Thomas
1954 The Maggie Alexander Mackendrick
1955 The Dam Busters Michael Anderson
1955 The Lady Killers Alexander Mackendrick
1955 The Quatermass Experiment Val Guest
1955 The Ship that Died of Shame Basil Dearden
1956 The Green Man Robert Day
1956 Private's Progress John Boulting
1956 Reach for the Sky Lewis Gilbert
1957 Blue Murder at St Trinians Frank Launder
1957 Bridge on the River Kwai David Lean
1957 Curse of Frankenstein Terence Fisher
1957 Hell Drivers Cy Endfield
1957 Lucky Jim John Boulting
1957 Night of the Demon Jacques Tourneur
1958 Carry on Sergeant Gerald Thomas
1958 The Horse's Mouth Ronald Neame
1958 Ice Cold in Alex J Lee-Thompson
1958 A Night to Remember Roy Baker
1958 Rockets Galore Michael Relph
1958 Room at the Top Jack Clayton
1959 Carry on Nurse Gerald Thomas
1959 Dracula (The House of Dracula) Terence Fisher
1959 I'm Alright Jack John Boulting
1959 Left Right and Centre Sidney Gilliatt
1959 Look Back in Anger Tony Richardson
1959 The Mummy Terence Fisher
1959 North-West Frontier J. Lee-Thompson
1959 Sapphire Basil Dearden
1960 The Angry Silence Guy Green
1960 The Entertainer Tony Richardson
1960 The Hellfire Club Robert Baker
1960 Saturday Night, Sunday Morning Karel Reisz
1960 School for Soundrels Robert Hamer
1960 Sons and Lovers Jack Cardiff
1960 Suspect Roy and John Boulting
1960 Village of the Damned Wolf Rilla
1961 Curse of the Werewolf Terence Fisher
1961 Day the Earth Caught Fire Val Guest
1961 Guns of Navarone J Lee-Thompson
1961 The Innocents Jack Clayton
1961 The Rebel Robert Day
1961 Victim Basil Dearden
1961 Whistle Down the Wind Bryan Forbes
1961 A Taste of Honey Tony Richardson
1962 Billy Budd Peter Ustinov
1962 The Damned Joseph Losey
1962 Day of the Triffids Steve Sekely
1962 Doctor No Terence Young
1962 Kiss of the Vampire Don Sharp
1962 Lawrence of Arabia David Lean
1962 Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Tony Richardson
1962 The L-Shaped Room Bryan Forbes
1962 Tom Jones Tony Richardson
1962 A Kind of Loving John Schlesinger
1963 Billy Liar John Schlessinger
1963 From Russia With Love Terence Young
1963 Jason and the Argonauts Don Chaffey
1963 Lord of the Flies Peter Brook
1963 The Servant Joseph Losey
1963 This Sporting Life Lindsay Anderson
1963 The V.I.P.s Anthony Asquith
1963 Zulu Cy Endfield
1964 The Beauty Jungle Val Guest
1964 Children of the Damned Anton & Leader
1964 Curse of the Mummy's Tomb Michael Carreras
1964 Evil of Frankenstein Freddie Francis
1964 Goldfinger Guy Hamilton
1964 The Yellow Rolls-Royce Anthony Asquith
1964 A Hard Day's Night Richard Lester
1965 Doctor Zhivago David Lean
1965 Life at the Top Ted Kotcheff
1965 Repulsion Roman Polanski
1965 Thunderball Terence Young
1965 She Leander de Cordova
1966 Alfie Lewis Gilbert
1966 Blow-Up Michaelangelo Antonioni
1966 Fahrenheit 451 Francois Truffaut
1966 Great St Trinians Train Robbery Frank Launder
1966 Man For All Seasons Fred Zinnerman
1966 Cathy Come Home Ken Loach
1966 To Sir With Love James Clavell
1967 Billion Dollar Brain Ken Russell
1967 Poor Cow Ken Loach
1967 Up the Junction Peter Collinson
1967 The War Game Peter Watkins
1967 Accident Joseph Losey
1967 Far from the Madding Crowd John Schlesinger
1968 If Lindsay Anderson
1968 The Yellow Submarine George Dunning
1968 The Charge of the Light Brigade Tony Richardson
1969 The Battle of Britain Guy Hamilton
1969 Carry on Camping Gerald Thomas
1969 Oh! What A Lovely War Richard Attenborough
1969 Women in Love Ken Russell
1970 Cromwell Ken Hughes
1970 The Go-Between Joseph Losey
1970 Jane Eyre Delbert Mann
1970 The Virgin and the Gypsy Christopher Miles
1971 A Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick
1971 The Devils Ken Russell
1971 Straw Dogs Sam Peckinpah
1972 Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter Brian Clemens
1972 Frenzy Alfred Hitchcock
1974 Murder on the Orient Express Sidney Lumet
1976 Days of Hope Ken Loach
1979 The Europeans James Ivory
1980 Gregory's Girl Bill Forsyth
1980 The Imitation Game Richard Eyre
1981 Chariots of Fire Hugh Hudson
1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman Karel Reisz
1982 Boys From the Blackstuff Philip Saville
1982 Gandhi Richard Attenborough
1983 Educating Rita Lewis Gilbert
1983 Local Hero Bill Forsyth
1983 The Ploughman's Lunch Richard Eyre
1984 Cal Pat O'Connor
1984 The Company of Wolves Neil Jordan
1984 The Killing Fields Roland Joffe
1984 A Passage to India David Lean
1985 Room With a View James Merchant









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