Top 10 British Films
Top 10 British films according to the British Film Institute. Films that are "culturally British".
Quiz
- Who directed Trainspotting?
- Name the author of the 1993 novel Trainspotting?
- Trainspotting follows a group of heroin addicts in which Scottish city?
- Can you name the director of the 1949 film The Third Man?
- Who wrote the book and then the screenplay for The Third Man?
- What was the name of the character played by Orson Welles in The Third Man?
- Which film is based on the 1936 play Still Life by Noel Coward?
- Can you name the two main stars of the 1945 film Brief Encounter?
- Which 1962 film epic was influenced by the 1926 book 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom'?
- Which fictional character created by John Buchan was further made popular by a 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film?
- Scottish actor Wylie Watson played "Mr Memory" in which classic British film?
- Which actor played Pip in the 1946 film Great Expectations?
- Who starred as the adult Estella in the 1946 adaptation of Great Expectations and Edith D'Ascoyne in Kind Hearts and Coronets?
- Who played eight members of the D'Ascoyne family in the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets?
- Kind Hearts and Coronets was filmed in which television facilities?
- Who directed the 1969 British coming-of-age drama film Kes?
- Which English actress and television personality played Mrs. Casper in the 1969 film Kes?
- Who won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Mr. Farthing in Kes?
- Which 1973 psychological horror film starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie follows John and Laura Baxter, a married couple grappling with the accidental drowning of their young daughter, Christine?
- In which 1948 film does ballerina Victoria Page (played by Moira Shearer) join the world-renowned Ballet Lermontov?
Answers
- Danny Boyle (director)
- Irvine Welsh (author)
- Edinburgh
- Carol Reed (director)
- Graham Greene (author)
- Harry Lime
- Brief Encounter (directed by David Lean)
- Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Richard Hannay
- The 39 Steps (1935)
- John Mills
- Valerie Hobson
- Alec Guinness
- Ealing Studios (1949)
- Ken Loach
- Lynne Perrie
- Colin Welland
- Don't Look Now
- The Red Shoes