Movies By highest critic rating on BFIC

The Ladykillers (1955)

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Gone: RT: 100/87 IMDB: 7.7 chan: BFIC
Directors: Alexander Mackendrick Genres: Comedy, Crime
Stars: Alec Guinness, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers
A master criminal and his band of thieves use an oblivious old lady's lodging room as a hideaway in this acclaimed Ealing comedy.

Kind Hearts And Coronets (1949)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 100/94 IMDB: 8.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: Robert Hamer Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood
This classic Ealing comedy sees Dennis Price plot to inherit his family title by any means necessary...

Man in the White Suit (1951)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 100/81 IMDB: 7.3 chan: BFIC
Directors: Alexander Mackendrick Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker
A young scientist's new invention leads to fervent interest from industrialists and trade unionists alike, in this classic Ealing comedy.

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 100/86 IMDB: 7.6 chan: BFIC
Directors: Charles Crichton Genres: Comedy, Crime
Stars: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James
A mild-mannered bank worker plans to rob £1million from the Bank of England in this evergreen Ealing comedy, starring Alec Guinness.

The Fallen Idol (1948)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 100/88 IMDB: 7.7 chan: BFIC
Directors: Carol Reed Genres: Drama, Thriller
Stars: Ralph Richardson, Sonia Dresdel, Bobby Henrey
Carol Reed’s Graham Greene adaptation tells the dark but touching story of a young child’s relationship to his friendly, complicated butler.

Paperhouse (1989)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 100/71 IMDB: 6.7 Revenue: 0.2M chan: BFIC
Directors: Bernard Rose Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Stars: Charlotte Burke, Glenne Headly, Gemma Jones
Bernard Rose’s cult adult fantasy follows a young girl who discovers an increasingly dark and dangerous dream world.

Room at the Top (1959)

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Gone: RT: 100/81 IMDB: 7.5 chan: BFIC
Directors: Jack Clayton Genres: Drama, Romance
Stars: Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears
Jack Clayton directs this romantic, love-triangle drama featuring Simone Signoret in an Oscar-winning performance.

The Third Man (1949)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 99/93 IMDB: 8.1 Revenue: 1.2M chan: BFIC
Directors: Carol Reed Genres: Thriller, Mystery
Stars: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles
Carol Reed's timeless classic, one of the greatest British films, lavishly marries a perfect script, an unforgettable theme tune and the star power of Orson Welles.

Sweet Sixteen (2002)

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Gone: RT: 97/88 IMDB: 7.4 chan: BFIC
Directors: Ken Loach Genres: Crime, Drama
Stars: Martin Compston, Annmarie Fulton, William Ruane
In an effort to escape a life of hardship, a Greenock teenager turns to drug-dealing, in one of Ken Loach's most affecting films.

Peeping Tom (1962)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 96/85 IMDB: 7.7 Revenue: 0.1M Budget: 0.1M chan: BFIC
Directors: Michael Powell Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama
Stars: Karlheinz Böhm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey
A disturbed filmmaker literally kills with his camera in this ahead-of-its-time shocker. Released in 1960, the film's combination of voyeurism, eroticism, and horror outraged critics.

Whisky Galore (1948) (1949)

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Gone: RT: 96/83 IMDB: 7.2 chan: BFIC
Directors: Alexander Mackendrick Genres: Comedy, Crime
Stars: Finlay Currie, Basil Radford, Catherine Lacey
Ealing's thirstiest comedy: "the longest unsponsored advertisement ever to reach cinema screens"?

Brighton Rock (1948)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 95/85 IMDB: 7.3 chan: BFIC
Directors: John Boulting Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Stars: Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell
Richard Attenborough’s unforgettably sinister turn as ‘Pinkie’ pervades this classic adaptation of the Graham Greene novel.

BILLY LIAR (1963)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 94/84 IMDB: 7.3 Revenue: 0.0M chan: BFIC
Directors: John Schlesinger Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie
Tom Courtenay is the clerk whose overactive fantasies compensate for a dull provincial life, in this classic film from the British New Wave.

Passport To Pimlico (1949)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 94/84 IMDB: 7.2 chan: BFIC
Directors: Henry Cornelius Genres: Comedy
Stars: Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren, Barbara Murray
After discovering untold riches, the citizens of a London street declare independence in this appealingly eccentric Ealing comedy.

The Dead (1987)

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Gone: RT: 93/78 IMDB: 7.3 chan: BFIC
Directors: John Huston Genres: Drama
Stars: Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Helena Carroll
The final film of legendary director John Huston, based on the closing story of James Joyce's Dubliners.

Dead of Night (1945)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 93/86 IMDB: 7.6 chan: BFIC
Directors: Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer, Alberto Cavalcanti, Basil Dearden Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Stars: Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, Mary Merrall
An architect senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality. The guests at the country house encourage him to stay as they take turns telling supernatural tales.

Went the Day Well? (1942)

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Gone: RT: 93/92 IMDB: 7.5 chan: BFIC
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti Genres: Thriller, War
Stars: Leslie Banks, Elizabeth Allan, Frank Lawton
Alberto Cavalcanti's speculative propaganda film images a German invasion that's thwarted by plucky British villagers.

A Kind Of Loving (1962)

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Gone: RT: 93/87 IMDB: 7.4 Revenue: 0.6M Budget: 0.2M chan: BFIC
Directors: John Schlesinger Genres: Drama, Romance
Stars: Alan Bates, Thora Hird, June Ritchie
John Schlesinger makes his feature film debut with this adaptation of Stan Barstow’s novel about a factory worker (Alan Bates) and his complicated relationship to a typist (June Ritchie) who he doesn’t fully love.

Manxman (The) (1929)

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Gone: RT: 92/45 IMDB: 6.2 chan: BFIC
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock Genres: Romance, Drama
Stars: Carl Brisson, Anny Ondra
Alfred Hitchcock's early feature is a sly study of secrecy, suspicion and guilt.

Evil Under the Sun (1982)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 90/72 IMDB: 7.1 Revenue: 6.1M chan: BFIC
Directors: Guy Hamilton Genres: Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Drama
Stars: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely
Sir Peter Ustinov as the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in this classic Agatha Christie mystery tale. At the attempt to find out how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond, Poirot ends up on an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous where a murder is committed, but everyone has an alibi.

The Lion in Winter (1968)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 90/90 IMDB: 7.9 chan: BFIC
Directors: Anthony Harvey Genres: Drama, History
Stars: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins
The hateful family King Henry II is brought together to secure an heir. The destructive relationships in the family erupt as they scheme to determine who will be the future king.

Hobson's Choice (1954)

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Gone: RT: 90/91 IMDB: 7.7 chan: BFIC
Directors: David Lean Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie
Charles Laughton stars as Hobson, the owner of a Salford shoemaker, whose daughter looks to escape from under his thumb in David Lean's classic comedy.

The Servant (1964)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 89/89 IMDB: 7.9 chan: BFIC
Directors: Joseph Losey Genres: Drama
Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig
The homoerotic power games between master and servant take centre stage in this enthralling Harold Pinter adaptation.

My Name Is Joe (1998)

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Gone: RT: 89/86 IMDB: 7.5 chan: BFIC
Directors: Ken Loach Genres: Drama, Romance
Stars: Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, David McKay
Ken Loach's intense drama boasts a majestic performance from Peter Mullan as a recovering alcoholic in Glasgow, struggling with his feelings for a local health worker.

Murder! (1930)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 89/38 IMDB: 6.4 chan: BFIC
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Stars: Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam
An actress is accused of murder in Alfred Hitchcock's fascinating study of the role played by performance in public and private life.

The Wicker Man (1973)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 88/82 IMDB: 7.5 Budget: 0.8M chan: BFIC
Directors: Robin Hardy Genres: Horror
Stars: Edward Woodward, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland
A police sergeant travels to a remote Scottish island and its pagan community, in search of a missing girl.

It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)

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Gone: RT: 88/65 IMDB: 7.1 chan: BFIC
Directors: Robert Hamer Genres: Crime, Drama
Stars: Googie Withers, Jack Warner, John McCallum
Austerity noir: Ealing's downbeat but compelling East End thriller.

I'm All Right, Jack (1959)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 88/76 IMDB: 7.2 chan: BFIC
Directors: John Boulting Genres: Comedy
Stars: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers shines in one of his famous roles as pompous shop steward Fred Kite, in the Boulting Brothers' hilarious satire of industrial relations.

The Three Musketeers (1974)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 87/77 IMDB: 7.2 Revenue: 22.0M chan: BFIC
Directors: Richard Lester Genres: Adventure, Comedy, History
Stars: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain
A mixture of comedy and adventure based on the Alexander Dumas classic novel of three rollicking musketeers who are "all for one and one for all!"

Blackmail (1929)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 87/65 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock Genres: Drama, Thriller
Stars: Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton
Alfred Hitchcock's first sound film sees a young woman blackmailed for a murder she was forced to commit.

The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 86/70 IMDB: 7.2 chan: BFIC
Directors: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell Genres: Fantasy, Music, Romance
Stars: Robert Rounseville, Monica Sinclair, Fisher-Morgan
Powell and Pressburger direct this adaptation of Jacques Offenbach's spectacular opera, featuring sensationally sumptuous production design.

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 85/85 IMDB: 7.2 chan: BFIC
Directors: Val Guest Genres: Science Fiction, Romance
Stars: Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd
The BFI’s new HD remaster of the British sci-fi classic. A journalist discovers that the Earth has been knocked off its axis and is moving ever closer to the sun. Is the Earth doomed?

The Maggie (1954)

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Gone: RT: 83/65 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: Alexander Mackendrick Genres: Comedy
Stars: Paul Douglas, Alex Mackenzie, James Copeland
A wily old tugboat skipper outfoxes a wealthy American businessman in Alexander Mackendrick's underrated Ealing comedy

Final Prayer (2015)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 82/47 IMDB: 5.8 chan: BFIC
Directors: Elliot Goldner Genres: Horror
Stars: Gordon Kennedy, Aidan McArdle, Robin Hill
Vatican investigators travel to an isolated church after hearing reports of bizarre happenings taking place there.

The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 81/69 IMDB: 6.7 Budget: 1.5M chan: BFIC
Directors: Nicolas Roeg Genres: Drama, Science Fiction
Stars: David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark
Nicolas Roeg’s cult sci-fi stars David Bowie as an alien attempting to amass a fortune to save his home planet, but unable to escape his decadent earthly lifestyle.

The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2010)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 81/67 IMDB: 6.7 Revenue: 0.9M Budget: 0.8M chan: BFIC
Directors: J. Blakeson Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Stars: Gemma Arterton, Martin Compston, Eddie Marsan
Can a cheap apartment become a prison? Two men kidnap the daughter of a rich man, and hold her ransom for a sum of her father's money, in this unrelentingly intense thriller.

Clockwise (1986)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 80/66 IMDB: 6.6 Revenue: 1.5M chan: BFIC
Directors: Christopher Morahan Genres: Comedy
Stars: John Cleese, Penny Leatherbarrow, Howard Lloyd-Lewis
John Cleese stars in this delightful British comedy as Brian Stimpson, the headmaster of a British high school whose obsession with punctuality is a source of humor for his students and joy for himself.

Sparrows Can't Sing (1964)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 80/50 IMDB: 6.2 chan: BFIC
Directors: Joan Littlewood Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: James Booth, Barbara Windsor, Roy Kinnear
Barbara Windsor’s first starring role is a paean to East End life.

Robinson in Ruins (2010)

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Gone: RT: 80/56 IMDB: 7.5 chan: BFIC
Directors: Patrick Keiller Genres: Documentary
Stars: Vanessa Redgrave
The head of a research organisation arranges Robinson’s abandoned research on the English landscape to uncover the origins of capitalist catastrophe.

The Sound Barrier (1952)

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Gone: RT: 80/64 IMDB: 6.8 chan: BFIC
Directors: David Lean Genres: Drama, Romance, War
Stars: Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick
David Lean delivers a profoundly humanist story about the development of high speed aircraft.

Family Life (1971)

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Gone: RT: 80/87 IMDB: 7.6 chan: BFIC
Directors: Ken Loach Genres: Drama
Stars: Sandy Ratcliff, Grace Cave, Bill Dean
Ken Loach's hard-hitting drama about a schizophrenic woman struggling to cope with an oppressive family and unsympathetic medics.

The Angry Silence (1960)

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Gone: RT: 80/79 IMDB: 7.3 chan: BFIC
Directors: Guy Green Genres: Drama
Stars: Richard Attenborough, Anna Maria Pierangeli, Michael Craig
Richard Attenborough plays a factory worker who’s ostracised after refusing to support a strike, in this gritty industrial drama.

Get Santa (2015)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 79/53 IMDB: 6.3 chan: BFIC
Directors: Christopher Smith Genres: Comedy, Family
Stars: Jim Broadbent, Rafe Spall, Kit Connor
A hilarious and heartwarming Christmas adventure for the whole family!

The Four Musketeers (1974)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 76/74 IMDB: 7.0 chan: BFIC
Directors: Richard Lester Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Stars: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Christopher Lee
The Musketeers return! In a sequel to the 1973 smash swashbuckler, the trio are tasked with protecting the Queen of France and her dressmaker from the dastardly deeds of Cardinal Richelieu.

Accident (1967)

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Gone: RT: 76/72 IMDB: 6.9 Budget: 0.6M chan: BFIC
Directors: Joseph Losey Genres: Crime, Drama
Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Jacqueline Sassard
When a fatal car accident occurs, an Oxford don reconsiders the effect an Austrian girl has had on the people around her.

The Sense Of An Ending (2017)

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Gone: RT: 74/51 IMDB: 6.4 Revenue: 5.1M chan: BFIC
Directors: Ritesh Batra Genres: Mystery, Drama
Stars: Jim Broadbent, Emily Mortimer, Charlotte Rampling
An elderly divorcé is left money by an old flame's mother; confused, he attempts to find out why... Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) adapts Julian Barnes' acclaimed novel.

Rich and Strange (1931)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 73/30 IMDB: 5.8 chan: BFIC
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Stars: Henry Kendall, Joan Barry, Percy Marmont
A couple, fleeing their boresome suburban lives, board a luxury cruise, where new temptations lurk around every corner, in Alfred Hitchcock's oft-overlooked comedy.

Number 17 (1932)

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Gone: RT: 73/22 IMDB: 5.8 chan: BFIC
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Stars: Leon M. Lion, Anne Grey, John Stuart
A detective tracks a group of criminals to a deserted house, in Hitchcock's early, expressive talkie.

The Rainbow (1989)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 71/57 IMDB: 6.2 chan: BFIC
Directors: Ken Russell Genres: Action, Drama, Romance
Stars: Sammi Davis, Amanda Donohoe, David Hemmings
A young woman deals with the trials of adolescence and young adulthood in early 1900s England.

Pascali's Island (1988)

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Gone: RT: 69/60 IMDB: 6.8 chan: BFIC
Directors: James Dearden Genres: Drama
Stars: Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance, Kevork Malikyan
A secret agent in Turkey is persuaded by his superiors to assist a couple of English cons in the theft of a priceless Greek statue.