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Paul P. Powell — 6 months ago(September 22, 2025 08:30 PM)
This is a great question.
Those Limeys are brilliant storytellers. Century after century –down through every age of their history –sublime wordsmiths & poets. When cinema arrived they added many hundreds furthermore, of legendary works to their credit.
My picks are as follows. I might shuffle a few around, but I'd be hard pressed to remove any of these from my
Top Ten
.
[#1] "
A Matter of Life and Death
" (The Archers)
(fave overall film from 1900s - 1940s)
[#2] "
The Bridge on the River Kwai
" (David Lean)
(fave film overall from 1950s - to present)
Then these:
[#3] "
Brief Encounter
" (David Lean)
(fave drama)
[#4]"
Perfect Strangers
" (Alexander Korda)
(fave romance)
[#5] "
I Know Where I'm Going!
" (The Archers)
fave romance-adventure
Others:
[#6] "
Billy Budd
" (Peter Ustinov)
[#7] "
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
" (The Archers)
[#8] "
Lawrence of Arabia
" (David Lean)
[#9] "
The Thief of Baghdad
" (Zoltan Korda)
(fave fantasy)
Final selection! Might be any of a dozen notable titles which please my taste.
For the moment, I'll choose:
[#10] "
The Four Feathers
" (Zoltan Korda)
(fave action-adventure)
Favorite British Screen Actor of All-Time
:
Ralph Richardson
So. There you have it. Eat your heart out.
p.s. No, I'm not overlooking Carol Reed's
"The Third Man"
either (it stars two YANKS in the lead roles); nor "Beau Geste" (it starred YANK Gary Cooper), or "Gunga Din" (dir by YANK William Wellman)
Paul P. Powell, Pool Player
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