British Films you must see before you die Compiling any film related list is never an exact science and no doubt to some weve left out some real stonkersBut as always its all about opinions and wed love to hear yours. If you want to tell us your best British drama films email us at contactsbritflicks. Below is an incomplete list of fictional feature films or miniseries released since 1990 which feature events of World War II in the narrative. Out of the 6. 9 British drama films the top director with four entries is David Lean and if we had been able to include Dr Zhivago as a British film production he would have had five entries. Runners up with 3 entries a piece are Ken Loach and the legendry Stanley Kubrick, followed by Steve Mc. Queen, Shane Meadows, Neil Jordan, Mike Leigh, Michael Powell, Lynne Ramsay, Danny Boyle, Carol Reed, Anthony Minghella, John Boorman and Andrea Arnold all with two entries respectively. All 6. 9 British drama films add up to a total of 8. Hours and 4. 7 minutes of footage, giving an average film length of 1. The longest being Lawrence of Arabia at a whopping 2. David Leans 8. 6 minute romance a real Brief Encounter. Red Road 2. 00. 6 dr. Andrea Arnold 1. 13mins Cert 1. Jackie Katie Dickie works as a CCTV operator in Glasgow. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day a man appears on her monitor, whom she thought she would never see again, whom she never wanted to see again. Now that she has no choice, she is compelled to confront him. A deeply heartfelt British film that deservedly garnered Arnold the Prix du Jury prize at Cannes, Red Road is a raw but beautifully observed account of tragedy, grief and atonement. The Flying Scotsman 2. Douglas Mackinnon 9. Cert PGBased on a remarkable true story, THE FLYING SCOTSMAN is an out and out inspirational, against all odds, crowd pleasing British film, which follows the turbulent life of cyclist Graeme Obree, who broke the World One Hour record on a bike of his own revolutionary design, constructed out of scrap metal. Sweet Sixteen 2. Ken Loach 1. Cert 1. Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home. Ratcatcher 1. 99. Lynne Ramsay 9. 4mins Cert 1. Set in Glasgow during the mid 7. Ratcatcher is seen through the eyes of twelve year old James Gillespie William Eadie, a young boy haunted by a secret. Feeling increasingly distant from his family, his only escape comes with the discovery of a new housing development on the outskirts of town where he has the freedom to lose himself in his own world. Tryannosaur 2. 01. Paddy Considine 9. Cert 1. 8It follows the story of two lonely, damaged people brought together by circumstance. Joseph Peter Mullan, WAR HORSE, NEDS is an unemployed widower, drinker, and a man crippled by his own volatile temperament and furious anger. Hannah Olivia Colman, HOT FUZZ, PEEP SHOW is a Christian worker at a charity shop, a respectable woman who appears wholesome and happy. When the pair are brought together, Hannah appears as Josephs potential saviour, someone who can temper his fury and offer him warmth, kindness and acceptance. As their story develops Hannahs own secrets are revealed her relationship with husband James Eddie Marsan, HAPPY GO LUCKY, SHERLOCK HOLMES is violent and abusive and as events spiral out of control, Joseph becomes her source of succour and comfort. Fish Tank 2. 00. Andrea Arnold 1. Cert 1. A powerful and contemporary coming of age British film, from the director of Red Road. Fish Tank is the story of Mia Katie Jarvis, a volatile 1. One hot summers day her mother Keirston Wareing brings home a mysterious stranger called Connor Michael Fassbender who promises to change everything and bring love into all their lives. Touching on the themes of her Academy Award winning short Wasp, Fish Tank is an original and unsettling tale for our age. Excalibur 1. 98. John Boorman 1. Cert 1. The legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table receives its most impressive screen treatment in Excalibur, from visionary movie maker John Boorman. All the elements of Sir Thomas Malorys classic Le Morte DArthur are here Arthur removing the sword Excalibur from the stone the Round Tables noble birth and tragic decline the heroic attempts to recover the Holy Grail and the shifting balance of power between wily wizard Merlin and evil sorceress Morgana. With Patrick Stewart, Gabriel Byrne and Liam Neeson in notable early screen roles, Excalibur serves up, as The New Yorkers Pauline Kael wrote, one lush, enraptured scene after another. Hope and Glory 1. John Boorman 1. 13mins Cert 1. Beginning just before the start of the Second World War, the film tells the story of the Rowan family Bill, his sisters Sue and Dawn, and his parents Grace and Clive, living in a suburb of London. After the war starts, Clive joins the army, leaving Grace alone to watch over the children. Seen through the eyes of 1. Bill, the fireworks provided by the Blitz every night are as exciting as they are terrifying. His family do not see things in quite the same way as the bombs continue to drop, but their will to survive brings them closer together. The nightly raids do not provide the only drama, however, as his older sister, Dawn, falls for a Canadian soldier, becomes pregnant and finding her life turned upside down, soon discovers the value of her family. The family eventually moves to the Thames side home of Graces parents when their house burns down not in an air raid, but in an ordinary fire. This provides an opportunity for Bill to spend more time with his curmudgeonly grandfather. Nil by Mouth 1. 99. Gary Oldman 1. 28mins Cert 1. In a working class London district lives Raymond, his wife Valerie, her brother Billy, Valerie and Billys mother Janet, and their grandmother Kath. Billy is a drug addict whom Raymond kicks out. The family is dysfunctional due to Raymonds short temper and violent outbursts. This hard hitting British drama contains 4. Fuck. 6. 0 This is England 2. Shane Meadows 1. 18mins Cert 1. This is England tells the story of Shaun, an 1. England. Set during the summer holidays of 1. National Front. With a shell for a mother and no father to guide him, Shaun seems set for certain destruction. Shallow Grave 1. Danny Boyle 9. Cert. Gory British thriller set in Edinburgh and produced by the team responsible for Trainspotting. Three yuppie flatmates Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston and Ewan Mc. Gregor advertise for a fourth person to join them in their swanky apartment. They end up with a mysterious man Keith Allen who promptly dies in his bed of a drug overdose, leaving a million pounds cash in a suitcase under his bed. The greedy threesome then agrees to dispose of the body and keep the loot. However, this means cutting off the hands and feet of the body, smashing the teeth, and finally burying it in the woods. They also ignore the rightful owners of the money, remaining unaware that those owners are, along with the police, hot on their trail. Hunger 2. 00. 8 dr. Steve Mc. Queen 9. Cert 1. 5Hunger stars Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands, the Irish Republican activist who led the 1. Republican prisoners tried to win political status. My Name is Joe 1. Ken Loach 1. 05mins Cert 1. Another hard hitting British drama from Ken Loach. Recovering alcoholic Joe Kavanagh Peter Mullan is out of work, but spends his time coaching the local football team. When he goes to pick up team member Liam David Mc. Kay, he meets social worker Sarah Downie Louise Goodall. Although they clash at first, the pair are soon involved in a relationship. Joe learns from Sarah that Liam and his wife, Sabine Annemarie Kennedy, owe money to local gangster Mc. Gowan David Hayman. In an attempt to help Liam pay off his debt, Joe agrees to do three drugs runs for Mc. Film TV Productions Shot In The South Central Region, 1. Poole, Hampshire, Dorset. This 1. 0 part Saturday evening drama from the producer of Juliet Bravo and The Onedin Line, about. Customs Excise, was set in a fictional Dorset port called Wrelling and. Poole as a location. Locations include Poole Harbour, Yacht Club. Watch The Hole Movie Family Guy Presents: It`S A Trap more. Customs House, quayside, town centre, Upton House casino, The Mansion House restaurant, King. Charles Inn, Sandbanks esplanade, Compton Acres Gardens gardens of 2 upmarket homes, Lilliput. Hamworthy pier. There are also nearby Dorset locations Creech Grange as. French chateau Hurn Airport as West Holme airport Studland beach, Sturminster Newton. Boscombe ice cream factory.