abpc

I thought I'd hold my very own one man British film festival this summer. I got started today with a screening of Smashing Time (1967) Tushingham, Redgrave. Below is a list of films I've managed to lay my hands on around the house, but I was hoping that you might be able to suggest some additions to my list. It's always great to discover a hitherto unseen classic.

The sixties and seventies are my main area of interest. The list below does include some titles I probably won't be watching, as it's mainly a list of what I have to hand. (For example, Carry on Emmannuelle!) Any suggstions would be most welcome. Even if it's a list of what you'd include in your own festival.
Any input would be gratefully received.

"'Bulldog Breed'"
"10 Rillington Place"
"Above Us the Waves"
"Accident"
"Alfie"
"All Coppers Are..."
"All the Way Up"
"And Now for Something Completely Different (REGION 1) (NTSC)"
"Angry Silence, The"
"Bargee, The"
"Be My Guest"
"Bedazzled"
"Best Pair of Legs in the Business, The"
"Big Job, The"
"Billy Elliot"
"Billy Liar"
"Bless This House"
"Blue Juice"
"Brassed Off"
"Brief Encounter"
"Carry on Abroad"
"Carry on Again Doctor"
"Carry on at Your Convenience"
"Carry on Behind"
"Carry on Camping"
"Carry on Dick"
"Carry on Doctor"
"Carry on Emmannuelle"
"Carry on England"
"Carry On Follow That Camel"
"Carry on Girls"
"Carry on Henry"
"Carry on Loving"
"Carry on Matron"
"Carry on Up the Jungle"
"Carry On... Up the Khyber"
"Colditz Story, The"
"Cracksman, The"
"Cruel Sea, The"
"Dam Busters, The"
"Darling"
"Day the Earth Caught Fire, The"
"Don't Lose Your Head"
"The Early Bird"
"East Is East"
"Educating Rita"
"Entertainer, The"
"Entertaining Mr. Sloane"
"Family Way, The"
"Father Dear Father"
"Fever Pitch"
"Flight of the Doves"
"Follow a Star"
"For the Love of Ada"
"Frenzy"
"Georgy Girl"
"Get Carter"
"Go For A Take"
"Go to Blazes"
"Gregory's Girl"
"Hell Drivers"
"Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush"
"Hoffman"
"Home of Your Own, A"
"How I Won The War"
"Ice Cold in Alex"
"If...."
"In Which We Serve"
"The Ipcress File"
"I've Gotta Horse"
"Jacqueline"
"Just for Fun"
"Just My Luck"
"Kes"
"A Kind of Loving"
"Ladies Who Do"
"Ladykillers, The"
"Lavender Hill Mob, The"
"The League of Gentlemen"
"Leather Boys, The"
"Likely Lads, The"
"Little Voice"
"Live Now - Pay Later"
"Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"
"Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The"
"Look Back in Anger"
"Loot"
"Love Thy Neighbour"
"Lovers, The"
"L-Shaped Room, The"
"Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins, The"
"Make Mine a Million"
"Man About The House"
"Man of the Moment"
"The Meaning of Life"
"Melody"
"Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment"
"Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"
"Mutiny on the Buses"
"Nearest And Dearest"
"No Blade of Grass"
"Not So Dusty"
"Oh! What a Lovely War"
"Oliver!"
"On the Beat"
"One Good Turn"
"Ooh, You Are Awful"
"Orders Are Orders"
"Our Mother's House"
"Petticoat Pirates"
"Please Sir!"
"Poor Cow"
"Press for Time"
"Prick Up Your Ears"
"Psychomania"
"Punch and Judy Man, The"
"Quadrophenia"
"Quatermass and the Pit"
"Quest For Love"
"Rebel, The"
"Reckoning, The"
"Revenge"
"Rotten to the Core"
"Sandwich Man, The"
"Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"
"Seance on a Wet Afternoon"
"Serious Charge"
"Servant, The"
"Smallest Show on Earth, The"
"Smashing Time"
"Sorcerers, The"
"Spare the Rod"
"Sparrows Can't Sing"
"The Square Peg"
"Stardust"
"A Stitch in Time"
"Taste Of Honey, A"
"That'll Be the Day"
"That's Carry On"
"This Happy Breed"
"This Sporting Life"
"Three Hats for Lisa"
"Til Death Us Do Part"
"To Sir, with Love"
"Trouble in Store"
"Two Left Feet"
"Two Way Stretch"
"Up in the World"
"Up the Junction"
"Very Important Person"
"The Way to the Stars"
"We Dive at Dawn"
"What's Good for the Goose"
"Whistle Down The Wind [1961]"
"Wicker Man, The"
"Withnail And I"
"Wrong Arm Of The Law, The"
"Young Ones, The"

lupinpooter

What a lovely idea: how long will it take you to work through that lot though?!

I'd add some Shane Meadows to the list: Dead Man's Shoes, This is England and A Room for Romeo Brass.

MB

How about

'Kind hearts and Coronets', 'Trainspotting' and 'This years love'?

batman

A few suggestions ...

Romance: The Young Lovers
Drama: The Small Back Room
War: Zulu
Thriller: Hell Is A City
Sci-Fi: Quatermass 2

"Do you know why fattries are called fattries .... it's because they are big and people make things in them."

dremble wedge

Excalibur

abpc

Much longer than I've got

Thank you for all the suggestions so far. I'll be looking them all up. It's great to get suggestions from others, as I think we're all prone to getting stuck in a groove every now and then.

A case in point is Kind Hearts and Coronets. I've had this on a freebie disc for a while now and never got round to looking at it. It was only MB's suggestion followed by a look-up of the synopsis on IMDB that made me put it on this afternoon. What a gem! Thanks again.

dremble wedge

That's one of the greats for sure.

Bettered only by The Lady Vanishes in my book.

James Fox

"A Matter of Life and Death" is pretty amazing imo.

Like your list a lot though.

Marky B

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Keechelus

I hope I may come back with a few more ideas as they strike me.

APBC, your original list is exhaustive (and pleasantly exhausting). If EDUCATING RITA is in, then SHIRLEY VALENTINE must be included, surely.

NO LOVE FOR JOHNNIE is a strong contender, and THE HORSE'S MOUTH. Hmm, plus some overlooked Ealings, like PASSPORT TO PIMLICO and WHISKY GALORE.

Of course, the Powell/Pressburger canon is essential to a UK festival: from THE SPY IN BLACK, through ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING, 49th PARALLEL, LIFE AND DEATH OF COL BLIMP, A CANTERBURY TALE, I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING, already-mentioned A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, and on to BLACK NARCISSUS, THE RED SHOES and TALES OF HOFFMANN, and their truly exciting naval/diplomatic epic BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE.

A late note: Richard Attenborough in two wildly different roles, BRIGHTON ROCK and GUNS AT BATASI.

Mike Powell's last and best, PEEPING TOM was a ground-breaking Brit movie that eerily predicted the realism of 10 RILLINGTON PLACE.

Keechelus

I can't refrain from a few more suggestions, favourite movies here:

LAST ORDERS (2001) is an ensemble tear-jerker with great Brits sharing the screen. Caine, Mirren, Hemmings, Hoskins and Winstone are in top form for this low-key weeper. Though directed by Australian Fred Schepisi, its mood is exactly-right South London culture.

And never overlook Bob Hoskins' movies. His early best may have been THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY with Helen Mirren, but MONA LISA is close.

-- and a small Midlands story in the spirit of Billy Elliott and Brassed Off: THERE'S ONLY ONE JIMMY GRIMBLE (2000) is a dandy film in the best tradition of no-star/all-good-acting.

Last note: One the older Brit films I like? THE PROUD VALLEY (1940) directed by Pen Tennyson just before he went to war in the RAF and was killed. Michael Balcon had great hopes for Tennyson.

hankoler

The amazing Mr Blunden
green for Danger
Yield to the night

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You wouldn't believe the lengthy response I have just written to all the wonderful input received so far on this thread. But the damned forum timed me out and I've lost the lot.

I haven't got the patience right now to type it all up again, but thank you to all for the input so far. Keechelus, you've provided enough to keep me going for years! Please don't apologise, the more the merrier.

I've started a sort of blog thing here in which I'm going to try to detail what I've already watched and what I thought of it if anybody wants to drop by. It's very informal and will either continue or dry up. You know what these things are like.

After Kind Hearts and Coronets I managed to get through Up The Junction and Live Now Pay Later. I'll write up about these on the blog later.

I'm loving the One Man British Film Festival so far, so please feel free to offer up more titles or join me in your own festival programme.

Thanks again.