In 1999 the British Film Institute surveyed 1000 people from the world of UK film and television to produce the BFI 100 list of the greatest British films of the 20th century. [1] Voters were asked to chose up to 100 films that were 'culturally British'. A few of the selected films were wholly or partly produced by non-UK companies, but were perceived by voters as having significant British involvement. The British Film Institute (BFI) is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and... Michael Caine in Get Carter (1971) The United Kingdom has been influential in the technological, commercial, and artistic development of cinema. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...
The 1960s came out as the most popular decade, with 26 films, and 1963 and 1971 as the most popular years, with four films each. The earliest film chosen was from 1935 (The 39 Steps), with only two other 1930s films featuring in the list. After 1935, 1974–78 was the only period of more than a year from which no films were chosen. The 39 Steps is a 1935 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on the adventure novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. ...
Unlike the highly controversial AFI list, the BFI poll caused little outrage and is considered a fine list. In 1998, the American Film Institute polled more than 1,500 artists and leaders from the film industry to select the 100 greatest American films of all time. ...
The BFI takes a global view of cinema, programming films from all over the world at its venues: it runs the National Film Theatre and IMAX theatre, both located on the south bank of the River Thames in London.
It is also maintains the world's largest film archive, the National Film and Television Archive, containing in total about 500,000 works of television and film.
The BFI also devotes a large amount of its time to the preservation and study of British television programming and its history.
In 1999 the BritishFilm Institute surveyed 1000 people from the world of UK film and television to produce the BFI100 list of the greatest Britishfilms of the 20th century.
A few of the selected films were wholly or partly produced by non-UK companies, but were perceived by voters as having significant British involvement.
The earliest film chosen was from 1935 (The 39 Steps), with only two other 1930s films featuring in the list.
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