The full monty is an absolute classic, there’s always something new you notice each time you watch it. Really poignant story too, the gnomes are hilarious too.
It’s not just hilarious, it’s one of these rare British tv Show that has an underlying sadness but also tenderness. Sometime British comedy series can be a bit too cynical.
Yes! Unlike many of the answers given here, it’s a very good film but isn’t desperately bleak in how things are portrayed, despite the relatively heavy subject matter - there are some intense scenes but generally there is so much warmth and levity that you don’t come away from it feeling totally miserable which is how I feel watching many of the others recommended here, despite them being very good movies.
Fun fact. In one of the scenes towards the end where he drinks lighter fluid, apparently they filled the bottle up with Vinegar and didn't tell Richard E Grant.
Human traffic was basically a documentary of the late 90s/early 00's.. still applies to a certain extent if you want an idea about what our views on intoxicating substances are
I still have the ticket from going to see that. I remember the girl I was with, the weather, everything. It captured an epoch beautifully and is still a good film, although starting to feel dated.
Learning what the UK is like from Billy Elliott, This Is England and Trainspotting is like learning what the USA is like from watching Requiem for a Dream and Bonnie & Clyde.
This is England followed by the TV series versions after the film (it gives a real gritty look of what life was like for a lot of young people growing up in poverty stricken thatchers Britain during the 80’s) shane meadows is an amazing director and it really shows in this film and series
Shane is currently filming The Gallows Pole and he's using my brothers house as King David Hartleys house. The film is based on the Cragg Coiners. My 5 x Great Grandad was David Hartleys right hand man so a nice echo of history to it.
I’d also say The Inbetweeners as a counterpoint to Skins - I feel like most British teens had an experience somewhere between the two, but likely way closer to the Inbetweeners
I came here to write this one. Why are like 90% of other suggestions stuff that's really depressing or gritty? Pretty sure most peoples' lives are more like Juliet's family from Bend it Like Beckham than anything in Trainspotting or Get Carter, they're probably just embarrassed to admit it lol.
Dead mans shoes, shows what most small towns are like right down to the local hard man who thinks he’s something special. A great movie to watch anyway.
My tiny “weird flex” is that the bakery that is shown in a scene for about 3 seconds in the Wicker Man belonged to my grandads cousin. Yes it’s some random family member I’ve never even met, but it’s a little bit cool to have a family connection to that film
I watched it with my daughter a few months ago - it actually holds up remarkably well. Even the casual sexism rang true for her. I think it still reflects reality for lots of bored Scottish teenagers from crap towns in the Central Belt. In a nice way, though.
Snatch, lock stock, dead man's shoes, a field in England, sightseers, a room for Romeo brass, twentyfourseven, kill list, Shawn of the dead, hot Fuzz, 28 days later, sexy beast, with nail and I, the imitation game, 1917, Bronson, clockwork orange, quadrophenia.
A reminder to posters and commenters of some of
As someone who grew up in the West Country I can confirm Hot Fuzz is funny because it's true.
Hot fuzz was a documentary, was it not?
What about Shaun of the Dead? That movie was hilarious
No luck catching them swans then?
Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz too.
I came here to make sure Hot Fuzz was mentioned!
Came here to recommend this.
One of the best
The full Monty is always worth a watch
Might as well watch Brassed Off again while you're at it.
Anti wrinkle cream there may be but anti fat bastard cream there is not.
Blackball!
The full monty is an absolute classic, there’s always something new you notice each time you watch it. Really poignant story too, the gnomes are hilarious too.
What I love about this movie is that everyone knows a bunch of knobheads who would do just that
Wasn't Bobby B in that movie?
East is east
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Make a bloody show of me?!
I'll have half a cup.
I fix you
You bloody bastard
Bloody benchod!
Bloody misses
Such a good film, I've not seen it in years.
Yay, love it
And on that note the movie Four Lions too
Such a good one!
Excellent shout.
Tickle tackle
You fucking off now and take your bastar children wid you
People Just Do Nothing. For an authentic slice of the West London garage scene.
Bang.! Lyrical blow to the jaw
Peanut dust! For when you’re in a rush….
He didn't even want the orange
You all watching "the curse" on channel 4? Same guys doing an 80's crime caper. On 4 on demand
You're too far gone Steves
Girls, Gucci, Girth
I still get anxiety attacks over Steve’s money
Watch a tv show called ‘This Country’
I grew up there. It’s spot on. Kerry’s mum’s house is actually my friend’s mum’s house.
Grew up in the Cotswolds. Found this to be an ncredibly moving and wholly accurate documentary series
It’s not just hilarious, it’s one of these rare British tv Show that has an underlying sadness but also tenderness. Sometime British comedy series can be a bit too cynical.
Watched on iPlayer out of boredem but turned out to be one of my absolute favourite shows!
I, Daniel Blake is a good choice if you want something a bit more serious.
As some one who grew up in the North East I, Daniel Blake really hit home. Made me so angry and sad.
Sightseers! Loved that but can’t see it on anywhere
Anything Ken Loach. Not just authentically British bit authentic to the region of the movie.
Rubber dinghy rapids brother...
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Yes! Unlike many of the answers given here, it’s a very good film but isn’t desperately bleak in how things are portrayed, despite the relatively heavy subject matter - there are some intense scenes but generally there is so much warmth and levity that you don’t come away from it feeling totally miserable which is how I feel watching many of the others recommended here, despite them being very good movies.
Came here to recommend it!
I second this!
Off to find it
If I ever try to imitate a Welsh accent 'Where are my lesbians?' is the go to phrase.
I think I would add to this Beautiful Thing, another LGBT film that also gives a real feel of 80s Britain.
Withnail and I
We've come on holiday by mistake!
Fun fact. In one of the scenes towards the end where he drinks lighter fluid, apparently they filled the bottle up with Vinegar and didn't tell Richard E Grant.
Authentic look at 60s UK.
Which fucker said that?
Are you the farmer?
“I fuck arses”?
We want the finest wines available to humanity! We want them here and we want them now!
downs antifreeze
My thumbs have gone weird
Make sure this is the one you watch if nothing else
Don't threaten me with a dead fish
Came here to say this
I demand some booze!
I demand booze
Hot Fuzz - Every village you visit after will feel like it's from Hot Fuzz.
Snatch? Lock stock?
It's funny how these are essentially the same film lol
I shouldn't have had to scroll this far to see these
Adding Layer Cake to this
...and Rock n Rolla and The Gentlemen (to add a couple more brilliant Guy Ritchie British gangster films)
Dead Man's Shoes, Kes, 24 hour party people, Made in Britain, Scum, In The Name of the Father..
Definitely Dead Man's Shoes
Christ I cannot cope with Kes. Dad made us watch it when we were younger and it broke me. Amazing film that I will never watch again.
Dead man’s shoes, came here to say this!!
Upvoted for Dead Man's Shoes. Such an underrated film. Paddy considine is brilliant
Human traffic was basically a documentary of the late 90s/early 00's.. still applies to a certain extent if you want an idea about what our views on intoxicating substances are
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Alllllriggghhhhtttt bbbrrrrruuuuvvvv!!! Nicccceoooonnnneee!
Fantastic film glad to see it here. I never understood why it wasn’t more highly regarded.. it’s really well produced etc
The Emperor... wants to conquer outer space. Yoda... wants to explore inner space.
I still have the ticket from going to see that. I remember the girl I was with, the weather, everything. It captured an epoch beautifully and is still a good film, although starting to feel dated.
Learning what the UK is like from Billy Elliott, This Is England and Trainspotting is like learning what the USA is like from watching Requiem for a Dream and Bonnie & Clyde.
Totally disagree. They might be fantastical to an extent, but they’re a really decent representation of how those parts of the UK lived at the time.
Well yeah, but it is a nice and colourful addition to drowning in Wikipedia articles, don't you think?
This is England followed by the TV series versions after the film (it gives a real gritty look of what life was like for a lot of young people growing up in poverty stricken thatchers Britain during the 80’s) shane meadows is an amazing director and it really shows in this film and series
Shane is currently filming The Gallows Pole and he's using my brothers house as King David Hartleys house. The film is based on the Cragg Coiners. My 5 x Great Grandad was David Hartleys right hand man so a nice echo of history to it.
Brassed off, say your prayers and four lions
Rubber dinghy rapids, bro
Brassed off is great.
Concerto de Orange Juice
Four lions. I’m from Sheffield and can confirm it is all true. Oh, and full monty. We are all stripping jihadis.
I’m from Sheffield too, can confirm four lions is one of the best things to come out of Sheff
Been scrolling through the comments to see if four lions was here. Can confirm, one of, if not the best ever British comedy
Misfits
Twin Town about Wales. It's a pisser.
Fatty's leg, it's fuckin' fucked. Took 'im off in the amblumance!
Thank you so much for reminding me this existed. It's on YouTube free. I just got to "buy your own fucking glue".
Hot dogs for tea boys!
Nice car, boys. Company car is it?
(Of the dog cantona). ‘Why do you talk to him in welsh, youse found him in fucking Bristol’
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Had to scroll way too long to see if anyone had said it yet!
Kidulthood is an amazing film!
I’d also say The Inbetweeners as a counterpoint to Skins - I feel like most British teens had an experience somewhere between the two, but likely way closer to the Inbetweeners
Skins is fantastic! While on the subject of tv series I’d say shameless has got to be on the list also
Bend it like beckham
I came here to write this one. Why are like 90% of other suggestions stuff that's really depressing or gritty? Pretty sure most peoples' lives are more like Juliet's family from Bend it Like Beckham than anything in Trainspotting or Get Carter, they're probably just embarrassed to admit it lol.
Any Ken Loach film.
I saw Sorry We Missed You in the cinema three years ago and I'm still angry because of it. Such a good film.
And Mike Leigh.
Yeah I agree.
Kinky boots
Watch Harry Brown
My old man never shuts up about this, with Micheal Caine in?
Alarmingly good shout
I've got a story about this film, and Harry saving us from getting robbed.
Dead mans shoes, shows what most small towns are like right down to the local hard man who thinks he’s something special. A great movie to watch anyway.
Sightseers
This is great. Don’t think it’s very well known but worth a watch.
Brilliant film
Anything Guy Ritchie's done.
Snatch!
Rita Sue and Bob too, and Life is Sweet. Black comedy at it’s finest.
We're having a gang bang, we're having a ball
Haven't watched Rita, Sue and Bob too in bloody years!
It’s like a frozen sausage!
The Wicker Man.
Ah yes, takes me back to wonderful memories of summer holidays on the Summer Isles, with the big bonfire at the end of the week.
My tiny “weird flex” is that the bakery that is shown in a scene for about 3 seconds in the Wicker Man belonged to my grandads cousin. Yes it’s some random family member I’ve never even met, but it’s a little bit cool to have a family connection to that film
Local Hero. A wonderful film… one of my all time favourites.
Probably the all time favourite of mine. And Mark Knopfler's soundtrack to boot.
The thick of it - not a film but a very accurate series.
There's a film; In the Loop
Google "Tuckerisms" if you want a reminder. Capaldi was brilliant in that.
Kinky Boots
I still can't get over they remade Get Carter with Stallone
Children of Men. Not exactly an exposure in UK culture. But an excellent morbid movie set in dystopian UK.
Might as well chuck 28 Days Later in too lol
A tv show called Green Wing. It comes the closest to how we think and behave when no-one is watching.
One of the finest comedies.
Hot fuzz and Run fat boy run
Threads!
Wtf is wrong with you.
I like you!
And "Apaches" for a look into the rural life of kids growing up
Gregory's Girl
I can't believe how far I had to come for Gregory's Girl!
I watched it with my daughter a few months ago - it actually holds up remarkably well. Even the casual sexism rang true for her. I think it still reflects reality for lots of bored Scottish teenagers from crap towns in the Central Belt. In a nice way, though.
V for vendetta.
East is East.
Brassed Off. Sort of like Billy Elliot and shows a part of the UK that isn't usually portrayed in film.
Dead Man's Shoes.
Snatch, lock stock, dead man's shoes, a field in England, sightseers, a room for Romeo brass, twentyfourseven, kill list, Shawn of the dead, hot Fuzz, 28 days later, sexy beast, with nail and I, the imitation game, 1917, Bronson, clockwork orange, quadrophenia.
Filth is great with James McAvoy and Jamie Bell
TV series so not quite what you're after but Man Like Mobeen is excellent
I'm going to add for a bit of lighter viewing, The Lady In The Van. Still quite emotional but bloody lovely.
Fish Tank, 2009 gritty but heartwarming Brit film.
A great movie is ‘Ali G indahouse’
Kes, maybe ?
The Long Good Friday
Sorry We Missed You is a good insight into the gig economy in modern Britain, can’t say it’s uplifting but that’s kind of the point.
About a Boy and the soundtrack is 👌
Restless Natives.
Is your username inspired at all by the track on Steeltown?
Snatch. The Full Monty. Calander Girls. Hot Fuzz
A lot of comments have already mentioned some picks I would suggest, such as Dead man's shoes.
Bend it like Beckham!
Human Traffic - the perfect snapshot of what the 90’s was like a good amount of British youth.
Brazil, Scum, Mona Lisa, Threads, When The Wind Blows, Naked, The War Zone, Sexy Beast, 28 Days Later, Fish Tank, Red Road
Shaun of the Dead.
Any Shane Meadows movie…
Nuts in May.
Going to offer up Nil by Mouth.
Starter for 10
'71 is a very good film
Blackball is a brilliant comedy, about lawn balls. It's a great concept, but hardly anyone seems to have watched it.
Love, honour, obey
Calendar girls was very good and very British!
American Werewolf in London is pretty good for showing off the UK.
Tyrannosaur. Bleak, but very realistic.
Alan partridge: scissored isle. Not a movie but hilarious
Layer cake is absolutely class.
Submarine
Nottiing Hill Brassed Off Abigail's Party
Riot Club is actually a pretty good movie. It was an old elitist club at Oxford University.
The Angel's Share
the ali g movie.
Paddington upvote
Scum. It’s free on YouTube.