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Worthwhiled U.K. Films set in conetmperary Britian
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This is EnglandThis is England
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Great film about the loss of innocence in one boy coinciding with the loss of innocence for a multi-cultural working class movement as it moves into the racist skinheadism of today.
Trainspotting - Director's Cut (Collector's Edition)Trainspotting - Director's Cut (Collector's Edition)
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Great film with interesting visual techniques and a hip edgy sensibility. When else has Scotland seemed both so scary and so damn cool.
Snatch (Special Edition)Snatch (Special Edition)
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Even a big American star cannot screw up this great small British film. This Guy Richei film is hillarious, stylish and impossible not to love.
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (Widescreen Edition)Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (Widescreen Edition)
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While Snatch had more of an international (epcially American) appeal, Lock Stock is a great British filmed aimed at U.K. audiences. No matter where you are from, it should be hard to miss the sizzling dialogue, irreverent dark humor and stylish presentation that make this film a winner.
The Football FactoryThe Football Factory
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Interesting film about the life of Foothball Hooligan in 21st Century London.
Bend It Like Beckham (Widescreen Edition)Bend It Like Beckham (Widescreen Edition)
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This is the little film that could attracting Ameerican audiences to a film about soccer. Despite being inspiring this film in no way feels sappy, fake or contrived.
Hot Fuzz (Widescreen Edition)Hot Fuzz (Widescreen Edition)
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This is just a funny film, not much more to say than that.
Secrets and LiesSecrets and Lies
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This is a stunning work where all dialogue was improved. This is the kind of innovative and interesting film that so many "small" British films excel in.
Sweet SixteenSweet Sixteen
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Great dark and sad independent movie from Scotland.
24 Hour Party People24 Hour Party People
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Excellent film with amazing music that shows an important and interesting era in the musical and pop-cultural history of the U.K.
Billy ElliotBilly Elliot
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Like Bent it like Beckham this a grat inspirational story that does not feel like B.S. Smary and sweet at the same time.
Brassed Off!Brassed Off!
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Quirky film showing the tradition of brass bands and the plight of the coal workers in post Thatcherite Britian.
Punks & Hooligans Two-Fer: The Firm/Elephant & Made in BritainPunks & Hooligans Two-Fer: The Firm/Elephant & Made in Britain
This set included two great films made in and set in the no future years of the early 80s. The firm is a great early pweorfrmance from Gary Oldman as a football hooligan and Made in Britian has a young Tim Roth in a tour de force perormance as a skinhead.
ScumScum
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Another disturbing film about the "no future years." This time depciting the violent and dispecabvle treatment at the borstals (reformataories) of that era.
Nil by MouthNil by Mouth
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Great dark film directed by Gary Oldman.