Commenting on this post, WPN asks: “What would a list of the Top 10 British films of the last 25 years look like? As an American, British films are not ‘foreign’ enough for me to think of them as a separate category in my own mental space. I’d be curious what Brits think.”
Good question! The obvious answer is, natch, “thin”. Nonetheless, my own list of Top British Flicks Since Local Hero would include (in no particular order):
- The Crying Game
- The Madness of King George
- My Name is Joe
- Secrets and Lies
- Henry V
- Withnail & I
- Richard III
- Mona Lisa
- 24 Hour Party People
- Naked
Other contenders could include: Small Faces, Land and Freedom, Layer Cake, Sense and Sensibility, Hamlet, A cock and Bull Story, Bright Young Things…
From which one might conclude that the best directors of recent times are Neil Jordan (yes, I know he’s Irish), Ken Loach and Mike Leigh.
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