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The 50 British Films That Inspired a Young Martin Scorsese (The Guardian)

When the film-maker Edgar Wright told his hero Martin Scorsese he'd "always been curious as to what some of your favourite British films were growing up", the great director responded with this list of mid-20th century gems.
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Shooting Stars (1927)
Shooting Stars (1927)
1
Underground (1928)
Underground (1928)
2
Brief Ecstasy (1937)
Brief Ecstasy (1937)
3
Went the Day Well? (1942)
Went the Day Well? (1942)
4
93%7.5
The Man in Grey (1943)
The Man in Grey (1943)
5
6.6
The Halfway House (1944)
The Halfway House (1944)
6
6.8
This Happy Breed (1944)
This Happy Breed (1944)
7
100%7.3
The Seventh Veil (1945)
The Seventh Veil (1945)
8
6.7
Dead of Night (1945)
Dead of Night (1945)
9
93%7.6
Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945)
Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945)
10
6.3
Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
11
6.6
Green for Danger (1946)
Green for Danger (1946)
12
73%7.4
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
13
88%7.1
Uncle Silas (1947)
Uncle Silas (1947)
14
6.7
Hue and Cry (1947)
Hue and Cry (1947)
15
6.8
To the Public Danger (1948)
To the Public Danger (1948)
16
The Queen of Spades (1949)
The Queen of Spades (1949)
17
The Blue Lamp (1950)
The Blue Lamp (1950)
18
6.9
So Long at the Fair (1950)
So Long at the Fair (1950)
19
7.2
The Sound Barrier (1952)
The Sound Barrier (1952)
20
Stolen Face (1952)
Stolen Face (1952)
21
6.1
Mandy (1952)
Mandy (1952)
22
7.4
Spaceways (1953)
Spaceways (1953)
23
5.1
Four Sided Triangle (1953)
Four Sided Triangle (1953)
24
5.8
The Good Die Young (1954)
The Good Die Young (1954)
25
6.7
Yield to the Night (1956)
Yield to the Night (1956)
26
7.1
Nowhere to Go (1958)
Nowhere to Go (1958)
27
6.9
The Snorkel (1958)
The Snorkel (1958)
28
6.8
Sapphire (1959)
Sapphire (1959)
29
7.2
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
30
Taste of Fear (1961)
Taste of Fear (1961)
31
100%7.4
The Innocents (1961)
The Innocents (1961)
32
95%7.8
Station Six-Sahara (1963)
Station Six-Sahara (1963)
33
Night of the Eagle (1962)
Night of the Eagle (1962)
34
The Damned (1962)
The Damned (1962)
35
The Mind Benders (1963)
The Mind Benders (1963)
36
6.5
The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
37
67%7.2
Guns at Batasi (1964)
Guns at Batasi (1964)
38
7.1
The Nanny (1965)
The Nanny (1965)
39
85%7.1
A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
40
6.5
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