Celebrating the most iconic films from the history of British cinema

The director and screenwriter known for Monster House and City of Ember picks The Elephant Man.

The journalist, film critic and fiction writer picks Quatermass and The Pit, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Dead Of Night, Kind Hearts And Coronets

The British actor known for Walkabout and The Railway Children picks The Railway Children, The Belles of St Trinians and Don’t Look Now.

The producer and screenwriter known for Philomena, Stan and Ollie and The Fattest Man in Britain picks The Family Way.

The writer and director behind Gallivant, This Filthy Earth and By Our Selves picks The Elephant Man.

Author and screenwriter known for his thriller novels picks The Wicker Man, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Elephant Man, Sid and Nancy, The Ladykillers, I’m

The film historian, writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet picks Went the Day Well? and Evil Under the Sun 

The film critic for BBC Radio London picks The Fallen Idol, It Always Rains on Sunday, Sparrows Can’t Sing, Pool of London, The Small World

The cinematographer of Blade Runner 2049, 1917 and Fargo picks The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Lion in Winter, Villain, Poor Cow, The Cruel

The writer and editor of Little White Lies picks Don’t Look Now, Sparrows Can’t Sing, Woman In A Dressing Gown, Pink String and Sealing Wax,

The director, writer and actor known for Baby Driver, Shaun of the Dead and The World’s End picks 10 favourites including Pink String and Sealing

The chief film critic for The Guardian picks The Queen of Spades.