"The 100 Best British Films" by James Dyer, Team Empire | Updated on 21 12 2023 (Empire online).
From the article: "The British are coming," trumpeted Chariots Of Fire screenwriter Colin Welland infamously at the 1982 Oscars. In truth "the British" were already there. They'd been making movies for over a century, with plenty of stick-on masterpieces in that number. Comedies, dramas, war films, horror... British filmmakers have proved they can tackle any genre, and the best British movies around can be anything, putting the best British movies up against anywhere else in the world.
Team Empire put our heads together, got into some spirited debates and ultimately came up with our choices.
From Hitchcock to Lean, Powell and Pressburger to Loach and Boyle, Empire's 100 Best British Films celebrates the very finest of them. Here's the list..."