75 years. 75 people. 63 different films.

15/09/08 by gia

To mark the BFI's 75th birthday various people from the worlds of film and current affairs were asked to nominate one film to pass on to future generations. These are then put to the public vote and the top 5 films will be screened at the BFI from January.

Voting has been going on for a few weeks now and the current order of all 63 films is:

1. Blade Runner nominated by James Christopher
2. Quadrophenia nominated by Jaime Winstone
3. The Godfather nominated by Baz Bamigboye
4. Stalker nominated by Cate Blanchett
5. Pulp Fiction nominated by Noel Clarke
6. Lawrence of Arabia nominated by Thomas Hoegh and Sir Roger Moore
7. The Third Man nominated by Adrian Wootton and Stephen Frears
8. A Matter of Life and Death nominated by Shami Chakrabarti, Margaret Hodge MP, Liz Rosenthal and Tanya Seghatchian
9. Singin' in the Rain nominated by Philip French
10. Metropolis nominated by Ken Russell
11. The Wizard of Oz nominated by Nathalie Press
12. Billy Elliot nominated by Matt Lucas
13. Once upon a Time in America nominated by John Woodward
14. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb nominated by Chiwetel Ejiofor
15. Vertigo nominated by Lizzie Francke
16. Cabaret nominated by Greg Dyke
17. The Battle of Algiers nominated by Paul Greengrass and Rebecca O'Brien
18. Back to the Future nominated by Alison Owen
19. West Side Story nominated by David Arnold
20. Empire of the Sun nominated by Leslie Philips
21. Kes nominated by David Morrissey
22. Tokyo Story nominated by Gurinder Chadha and Joanna Hogg
23. Otto e mezzo nominated by Lisa Ray
24. Apocalypse Now nominated by Martha Fiennes
25. Mississippi Burning nominated by Bill Nighy
26. Kind Hearts and Coronets nominated by Terence Davies
27. Raging Bull nominated by Asif Kapadia
28. Night of the Hunter nominated by Trudie Styler
29. If.... nominated by Stewart Till
30. L'Atalante nominated by Julien Temple, Lynda Myles and David Mackenzie
31. Spartacus nominated by Tony Robinson
32. The Seventh Seal nominated by Lord Melvyn Bragg
33. Pather Panchali nominated by Nitin Sawhney
34. Raising Arizona nominated by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright
35. Great Expectations nominated by Stephen Woolley
36. The Sacrifice nominated by Juliette Binoche
37. This is England nominated by Jason Solomons
38. The Women nominated by Kathy Lette
39. The Red Shoes nominated by Patrick Marber
40. Closely Observed Trains nominated by Ken Loach
41. Local Hero nominated by Lord David Puttnam
42. Valerie and her Week of Wonders nominated by Sigur Ros
43. Ryan's Daughter nominated by Jane Wright
44. Do the Right Thing nominated by Marc Boothe
45. Silent Light nominated by Michael Nyman
46. The Leopard nominated by Caroline Michel
47. The Innocents nominated by Miranda Richardson
48. A Hard Day's Night nominated by Barnaby Thompson
49. Bonnie and Clyde nominated by Mike Figgis
50. A Diary for Timothy nominated by Amanda Nevill and Leslie Hardcastle
51. Grizzly Man nominated by Mark Herbert
52. Ratcatcher nominated by Harry Treadaway
53. The Band Wagon nominated by Nicholas Hytner
54. Adulthood nominated by Ashley Walters
55. Friday Night Lights nominated by Max Minghella
56. The Times of Harvey Milk nominated by Paul Burston
57. A Star is Born nominated by Sarah Waters
58. Ivan the Terrible nominated by Phyllida Law
59. Fog of War nominated by Jess Search
60. Never Take No for an Answer nominated by Sir Ben Kingsley
61. The Card nominated by Frank Skinner
62. She's Gotta Have It nominated by Diane Abbott
63. Night of the Masterpiece nominated by Pierre Bismuth

If your favourite film isn't on that list, you can write in your choice in the comments section of the voting page and one of the BFI team will add it to the 'People's Choice' list. The top ten people's choice films will be added to the main list for voting.

If you think Lawrence of Arabia, which is currently in sixth position, should be seen on the big screen at the BFI instead of Blade Runner, Quadrophenia, The Godfather, Stalker or Pulp Fiction, get voting. The poll will close on 30 September.