Quality list. Rob, you must watch The Third Man, my favourite movie of all time. It's no. 43 on the IMDB top 250 which isn't bad for a small British film made in 1949.
The best film missing from the list - Monty Python's Life of Brian.
Also Robert Powell is a proper film star, he was also in the Italian Job after all. Although his 39 steps remake was made in 1978 - hardly recent. But he did do a TV series in the late 80's called Hannay which was also based on the Buchan novel
7:26 pm
Anonymous said...
You have to watch the Third Man and Brief Encounter! When I become supremee overlord it will be compulsory, so you might as well get cracking now.... ;-)
Billy.
11:09 pm
Anonymous said...
I may also become simply "supreme" overlord, though I may make the extra "e" compulsory also to cover my error..... ;-)
Billy.
11:11 pm
Anonymous said...
I'd say The Ladykillers (Alec Guinness etc) ought to be up there with the best of them - the old Ealing comedies may belong to a long bygone age, but some of them were real crackers, like Passport to Pimlico - anyone remember that one?
12:25 am
Anonymous said...
5 Films with twists
5. Beautiful mind 4. unbreakable 3. sixth sense 2. usual suspects 1 FIGHT CLUB
Bryan from Greece, yes, remember both (showing our age here a bit). Passport to Pimlico was where they declared independence from Britain, right? Novel concept :-).
8:44 am
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ph, yes, if I remember rightly, an old legal document turned up which showed that Pimlico was, in effect, an autonomous state, so they set up border customs checks, a government and everything, and so the rest of Britain decided to put a trade embargo on Pimlico and it went from being a paradise (no taxes on alcohol hehe)to being a nightmare place to live (no alcohol!)...
10:04 am
Anonymous said...
You missed SAW off your list Ed. Quality twist in that film my friend!
(OK, it's not as surprising nowadays, but if you've lived in a bucket for the last 25 years then it would be a surprise - but then again, the twist in Fight Club is also as well known nowadays)
11:53 am
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Close this window Jump to comment formQuality list. Rob, you must watch The Third Man, my favourite movie of all time. It's no. 43 on the IMDB top 250 which isn't bad for a small British film made in 1949.
The best film missing from the list - Monty Python's Life of Brian.
Also Robert Powell is a proper film star, he was also in the Italian Job after all. Although his 39 steps remake was made in 1978 - hardly recent. But he did do a TV series in the late 80's called Hannay which was also based on the Buchan novel
7:26 pm
You have to watch the Third Man and Brief Encounter! When I become supremee overlord it will be compulsory, so you might as well get cracking now.... ;-)
Billy.
11:09 pm
I may also become simply "supreme" overlord, though I may make the extra "e" compulsory also to cover my error..... ;-)
Billy.
11:11 pm
I'd say The Ladykillers (Alec Guinness etc) ought to be up there with the best of them - the old Ealing comedies may belong to a long bygone age, but some of them were real crackers, like Passport to Pimlico - anyone remember that one?
12:25 am
5 Films with twists
5. Beautiful mind
4. unbreakable
3. sixth sense
2. usual suspects
1 FIGHT CLUB
1:38 am
Bryan from Greece, yes, remember both (showing our age here a bit). Passport to Pimlico was where they declared independence from Britain, right? Novel concept :-).
8:44 am
ph, yes, if I remember rightly, an old legal document turned up which showed that Pimlico was, in effect, an autonomous state, so they set up border customs checks, a government and everything, and so the rest of Britain decided to put a trade embargo on Pimlico and it went from being a paradise (no taxes on alcohol hehe)to being a nightmare place to live (no alcohol!)...
10:04 am
You missed SAW off your list Ed. Quality twist in that film my friend!
11:49 am
Robert Powell - was he more Jesus than Jesus
8:02 pm
Out of those, I've only seen Trainspotting and Scum.
A good recent British film, I think it's British, is Creep starring Franka Potente (Run Lola Run).
The Others is a good film with a twist.
12:58 pm
Another film with a twist:
The Empire Strikes Back
(OK, it's not as surprising nowadays, but if you've lived in a bucket for the last 25 years then it would be a surprise - but then again, the twist in Fight Club is also as well known nowadays)
11:53 am