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Out of the choices there I feel that this would be the film to show where we were in terms of filmmaking and where this country came from. Cinema has reached a point where pure honesty can be put onto the screen. This is England showed that Britain is still the places to find film in its most raw form. Also that our young talent is the best in the world. The film itself is so dramatic and it is moving. An unbiased perception of a strange time in history.

Easily the best film

There have been very few non-European or non-American films included at all here. I wonder if that's because they are more difficult for the average person to see OR if the average person is just not interested in World Cinema. Outside of the odd rep cinema in the cities, there is very little chance of seeing Asian films, for example. They have to be sought out on DVD, but even that isn't always easy. I've even had to buy DVDs directly from Japan, because some films aren't even released here.

for capturing the mood of the book and the twisted evil of youth BRIGHTON ROCK must be included

What excites me about the future of film?Not much.I've tried plenty of them,and thank you very much,but I'll stick with my old classics,my silent film collections and Harold Lloyd,Greta Garbo,John Gilbert,
Rudolph Valentino,Lillian Gish,Gloria Swanson,Buster Keaton,James Stewart,Bette Davis,Barbara Stanwyck,Bogart,Mickey,Rooney,Laurel&Hardy,
W.C.Fields,Cary Grant,Sidney Poitier,Richard Widmark,Gary Cooper,Spencer Tracy,Charles Chaplin,Rosalind Russell,Katherine Hepburn,The Barrymore's,etc.I could mention the directors now,but you get the picture.Don't even get me started about television!What with all the reality shows and other equally bad programing,I don't even bother to turn it on anymore.When my tv gives out,I won't be buying a new one.
Nowadays,everything movie related is special effects,garbage,smut and excessive violence.Too many movies are made just for their shock value and to rake in some quick bucks.Who has any real talent as an actor/director these days?Who will we remember 50 years from now?Not too many,I think.

It seems that the top 10 films are drawn from a very commercial and sentimental arena - ok 'Withnail and I' - is a fantastic film about disfunctional characters but to ignore the filmaking of people such as Akira Kurosawa, Sahjit Rey,Godard to name a few is criminal!

A cinematic masterpiece, a visual feast made by a film-maker for film-makers.

No contest - it ticks all the boxes and cannot be beaten on the big screen

This movie is visually stunning and extremely profound; quite different from any other film I have seen.

I think what excites me about cinema is watching a film with an appreciative audience. When I saw the Wallace and Gromit film: "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" at my local multiplex the audience howled with laughter at the scene involving Gromit, the were-rabbit and a space hopper. To often you feel the audience dosen't react or is apathetic to what they see so when you see a response like that then it's a delightful surprise. I have also seen families with children, couples and pensioners attend screenings of films such as "Monsieur Hulot's Holiday," the original Japanese version of "Godzilla" and the recent BFI release of selected GPO films: "Love Letters and Live Wires", proving that it's not film buffs such as myself who are interested in films like these. When we had the old City Screen in York we had regular showings of silent films. I remember the audience chuckling at Rotwang's appearance in "Metropolis" and gasps over Harold Lloyd's high-rise antics in a Harold Lloyd evening. What I'll never forget is a showing of the 1913 film "Barney Oldfield's Race for Life". When the heroine was plucked at the very last minute from the on-coming train the audience collectivly gasped and then burst into applause. It's interesting that it's classic films such as these or, as in "Were-Rabbit" which involve the audience and treats them with respect rather than throwing a lot of digital effects at them hoping they will be impressed. Compare those films with say "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones". I went to see it the night of it's release and the audience just sat overwhelmed by the CGI and didn't react!

I feel this is Humphrey Jennings' masterpiece. This is a view of the world through the eyes of a new-born baby with the war as a constant prescence. His vunerability and innocence is contrasted with the war-weariness and questions over the future, with the hope that the mistakes of the inter-war years will not be repeated. It is both haunting and poiginant with the added highsight of the last sixty-plus years. You are left wondering, esspecially after the greed and arrogance of the last twenty years and the financial meltdown of September 2008, have we let Timothy and his generation down?

This extraordinary film examines resistance against injustice by a small group of people, and the organization of brutal repression. It is unforgettable

awesome

a classic

I absolutely think this film will last forever. It's a great example of what true strength is, as it breaks so many stereotypes. Male eating disorders and self-image problems among men is always on the rise as they are as surrounded by idealized portrayals as women here.

Plus this is the first film I ever cried in. With the exception of Beauty and the Beast, but that was because I scared rather than touched. ;D

One of the finest examples of the Rashomon effect ever made.

Brian, they only add the films to the main voting list that have received the most nominations by the public. Hence the additions of "Casablanca", "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Brazil", "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Pans Labyrinth".
I'm guessing not many people voted for A clockwork Orange, and to be fair i've definitely seen better Kubrick films!

My choice is between Metropolis and Buster Keaton's "The General".
However, for sheer forward thinking, Metropolis gets my vote.
Shame that you cannot vote for a documentary, as I would have chosen Geoffrey Jones' "Locomotion" for telling a magnificent visual story.

I am trying to vote for Clockwork Orange, but it seems that is not possible. What is the point of asking people to nominate films, if they are not then added to the active voting list. Stupid and a waste of everyone's time.

Nobody writes dialogue like Robert Bolt, and nowhere did his incisive wit find a better subject than in the inspiring, heartbreaking story of Sir Thomas More's insoluble clash with Henry VIII. The case, of More's refusal to approve Henry's divorce, raises ever-relevant matters of law, conscience, faith, duty to our loved ones and loyalty to self. It stands as a lasting tale of supreme (and lonely) self-sacrifice, affirming the moral realm over which earthly powers ultimately remain powerless. The film won 6 Oscars in 1966. Intelligent, handsome, vividly designed and beautifully acted, 'A Man for All Seasons' gets my vote as a film for all generations.