The 1980s began with the bleakest outlook yet seen for British film. 108 min | Gross: $2.88M, PG Nigel Hawthorne, A list of British TV and radio comedies and comedy films that debuted in 1990. | Though he has been working in the British film industry for quite some time by the 1990s, that was … Tom Wilkinson, Votes: Terence Davies TV Shows. 17,148 In either case it has become clear that the terms of discussion have changed considerably with new developments in production leading to a big increase in films being made. A woman dealing with inconsolable grief over the death of her partner gets another chance when he returns to earth as a ghost. | | Gross: $16.50M, R Antony Sher, Votes: Glora rekindles a romance with Andy (Ewan McGregor). Introducing the ‘angry young man’ rebelling against The Establishment, these films were defined as ‘kitchen sink dramas’, paving the way for more stories discussing taboo subjects including adultery, pre-marital sex, abortion and crime. 7,737 Never as recognised as its headline grabbing predecessor, Notting Hill offers up much of the same now familiar ‘rom-com’ formula Curtis is known for. Christopher Reeve, Votes: | Director: British gangster films are unrepetant braggadocio. Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends. 238,560 | Comedy, Drama, Romance. One day U.S film star Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) wanders into his shop, shortly afterwards he accidentally bumps into her in the street; spilling a drink on her, Will invites her to his nearby home to clean up. Tell us what you think about this feature. Mark Addy, | | | Director: 103 min Stars: | British smut (1959-1979) by ExperimentoFilm British smut (1959-1979) by ExperimentoFilm. | Juliette Binoche, | Gross: 131 min | Gross: Colourful and fun, if not historically accurate, this romantic comedy drama originally went into production in 1991 directed by Edward Zwick and set to start Julia Roberts as Viola. Richard McCabe, 23,056 Biography, Drama, Fantasy. | On the one hand, the exhibition and production of British films bounced back from the dark days of the early 1980s, in which cinema attendance and film making slumped to an Stars: Stars: Privacy Policy (http://www.tasteofcinema.com/privacy-notice-and-cookies/) Theme by, Taste of Cinema - Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists, Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists, 25 Great Gangster Movies You Might Have Missed. Philip King, Votes: Director: The 15 Best British Comedy Movies of All Time. Director: Tom Wilkinson, Votes: Biography, Crime, Drama. Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Comedy, Drama, Romance. Mike Leigh British Movie List 2000-2016. A postmodern masterpiece, Quentin Tarantino’s second film played with cultural signifiers and film tropes to lodge itself into the cultural consciousness of 1990s America. Director: Mike Leigh The United Kingdom has had a significant film industry for over a century. | Comedy, Drama. $1.77M, PG-13 99 min Sukie Smith, Votes: 156,289 | Released in June 1994, after Four Weddings, the film’s hairstyles, its clothes and its dark ‘social realism’ were passing from popular fashion. Nicola Reynolds, Votes: Director: John Haycraft, Director: 533,790 The mix of burgeoning homosexuality, religion and musical score also makes this film oddly reminiscent of Alan Clarke’s 1974 ‘play for today’ Penda’s Fen. As the new millennium dawned, British Cinema was still benefitting from the ‘cool Britannia’ mood perpetuated by the various Curtis-like romantic comedies popularised in the latter half of the previous decade. 105 min Charlie Creed-Miles, 37,436 The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity. From its start to the end, the movie is compelling and intriguing, ending with a literal cliff-hanger. $31.60M, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. Parallel tales of two sexually obsessed men, one hurting and annoying women physically and mentally, one wandering around the city talking to strangers and experiencing dimensions of life. | Crime, Drama, Romance. Forest Whitaker, | Kenneth Branagh, Votes: Stephen Tompkinson, Votes: | Comedy, Drama, History. $5.29M, R Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. 32,615 Hugh Grant, | Gross: | Gross: Claire Skinner, Director: In 1713 Scotland, Rob Roy MacGregor is wronged by a nobleman and his nephew, becomes an outlaw in search of revenge while fleeing the Redcoats, and faces charges of being a Jacobite. David Thewlis, | Jason Statham, Votes: | The Best '90s British Movie. Also co-written by Peter Cattaneo (director of the Full Monty) sees Eddy (Nick Moran) and his friends Bacon (Jason Statham), Tom (Jason Flemyng) and Soap (Dexter Fletcher) rack up a debt of £500,000 in a card game rigged by a local mobster. Iain Robertson, From ‘Monty Python’ to ‘Don't Look Now’, British movies are have made cinematic history. Taste of Cinema 2019. Director: Drama, Romance. | Gross: | Gross: Action, Adventure, Thriller. How much do you know about these films made during the 1990s? On the one hand, the exhibition and production of British films bounced back from the dark days of the early 1980s, in which cinema attendance and filmmaking slumped to an all-time low. Stars: The fictionalised plot follows William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) as he embarks on an affair with Viola de Lessepes (Gwyneth Paltrow) during his writing of the play that will become Romeo and Juliette. Drama. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S. Director: Kenneth Branagh 133 min Kerry Fox, A list of notable British pornographic film actors. 8. Danny Boyle Menu. Stars: Youth lawlessness such as joyriding in stolen cars and ram-raiding were making headlines as national buzz-words, so much so that the film’s depiction of these crimes attracted controversy which restricted its release. | Ken Stott, Votes: Keanu Reeves, Spending his time visiting the cinema, Bud escapes into a fantasy world, away from the reality of the outside world. Mike Leigh Joseph Fiennes, Tom Wilkinson, | In the late 50s the British Film Industry introduced The British New Wave and the class divide between the North and the South. The film itself has a convincingly dark post-industrial nether-world feel to it, even if the story lacks the slick finish it perhaps aspires to. Favourite British Films 1960s. Liam Neeson, $45.95M, R | Steven Duffy, Stars: Jim Broadbent, | $14.92M, R James Fleet, This list may not reflect recent changes . | Gary Lewis, The cast and the pace help to provide a youthful vigour which keeps the narrative rolling. $9.22M, R | | Director: | The film still has repercussions today, shedding light on various issues and individual preconceptions relating to shifting British class divisions for much of its audience. C.S. 92,929 Stars: Stars: Posted on December 28, 2015 August 4, 2017 by Melinda Gemesi. Rupert Graves, It would be easy, and careless, to dismiss Terence Davis’ (seemingly forgotten) film as another love letter to cinema – the opening featuring a sound bite from The Ladykillers. Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. $4.06M, PG-13 Drama. Gillies MacKinnon | | Kenneth Branagh 45,101 Debra Winger, Julian Fellowes, | | Gross: | bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. 10 great Japanese films of the 1990s | … Mike Leigh Miranda Richardson, Votes: Comedy, Drama, Music. 136 min 85 min Female. Helen Mirren, Despite how it may sound, the film is, arguably, not overtly political, it proved to be a surprise success as a comedy in the U.K and as more of a Rom-con in the U.S (something reflected quite strikingly in the film’s posters). Lorraine McIntosh, Votes: Judi Dench, Director: Stephen Rea, Shane Meadows first official feature film follows two high school best friends who are pulled apart by a dangerous outsider. | Gross: Michelle Stewart, Votes: | Tim Roth, Votes: Released in the U.S before the U.K, the infamous expletives at the film’s opening were actually the result of a script alteration tailored to suit the American market. In many ways, with its memorable criminal characters (ex-footballer Vinnie Jones features) and interwoven plot it can be viewed as a British answer to Pulp Fiction. | A cycle of will-it-won’t it work begins involving awkward meetings with Will’s ‘everyday’ friends (played by Hugh Bonneville, Gina McKee & Tim McInnerny) and his sister (Emma Chambers), along with Will having doubts and the return of Anna’s famous boyfriend. 50,933 Biography, Drama, History. Director: Here are the 100 best British films of all time. An naïve young lad navigates the dirty squalid streets of 1973 Glasgow, and the poor youth around him. Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. Number 48 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes: Billy Wilder: Robert Stephens, Christopher Lee: Detective drama: The Railway Children: Lionel Jeffries: Jenny Agutter, Gary Warren: Family drama: Number 66 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films: The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer: Kevin Billington Roddy Maude-Roxby, Votes: | Gross: Leigh McCormack, Shaun Parkes, Comedy, Drama, Romance. | Gross: Prominent British directors who worked mainly abroad in the 1980s included Alan … Stars: From Wikipedia. But if it remains so powerful twenty-five years after its Palme D’Or win, that is because it cannot be reduced to a cool gimmick. $6.20M, PG $3.90M, R His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair. A botched card game in London triggers four friends, thugs, weed-growers, hard gangsters, loan sharks and debt collectors to collide with each other in a series of unexpected events, all for the sake of weed, cash and two antique shotguns. Comedy, Drama. Rhys Ifans, Votes: Stars: Comedy, Music. 106 min The early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch. 213,533 Pete Postlethwaite, Director: Ang Lee | A British soldier kidnapped by IRA terrorists soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world. | Gross: Stars: | Gross: Stars: | Tara Fitzgerald, Celebs. 34,484 | Stars: Celebs. Kathy Burke, Robert Carlyle, | 17,090 John Hurt, Director: I'll have to sift through some 500 of them. $22.55M, Not Rated $13.42M, PG From Pulp Fiction to Clueless, we looked at all the incredible films from the 1990s and counted down the 50 best '90s films, like, ever Ewan McGregor, $62.55M, PG-13 British film productions released in 1980; Title Director Cast Genre Notes The Awakening: … | Damien O'Donnell 65,763 | John Madden Comedy, Drama, Romance. Rod Culbertson, Peter Cattaneo Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well. This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have their premieres in 2017 and were at least partly made by Great Britain or the United Kingdom.It does not feature short films, medium-length films, made-for-TV films, pornographic films, filmed theater, VR films and interactive films. | Gross: | Nicholas Hytner $0.10M, R $1.55M, R Director: This page was last edited on 11 March 2020, at 12:38 (UTC). | Movies. Stars: $2.56M, R Posted on October 22, 2014 September 28, 2016 by George Cromack. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). | Gross: In either case it has become clear that the terms of discussion have changed considerably with new developments in production leading to a big increase in films being made. 130 min Here is a list of some of the best British films over the oast 20-odd years.