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Best British Film
Here's our list of the 50 greatest British movies ever. To keep things fair, we've restricted the list to only one film per director or 'stable'. So, there's only one Bond, one Ealing comedy and one Carry On. Don't like it? Tell us in the forums.

 
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25 - The Omen (1976)
Ambassador Gregory Peck's life becomes a hell on earth when he adopts Satan's son in this hugely popular, diabolical chiller.

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24 - The Railway Children (1970)
A timeless British children's classic that launched a generation of adolescent fantasies about Jenny Agutter.

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23 - The Ladykillers (1955)
A star-studded cast is led by sinister Alec Guinness in this vintage slice of Ealing Comedy. A gang of thieves get more trouble than they bargained for when they rent rooms in the Kings Cross home of little old lady.

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22 - Get Carter (1971)
British gangster classic starring Michael Caine as the eminently quotable, ultimately tough Jack Carter.

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21 - The Commitments (1991)
Adapted from the best-selling novel by Roddy Doyle, Alan Parker's BAFTA-winning musical comedy-drama follows the fluctuating fortunes of a Dublin rock 'n' roll band.

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