World Cup 2010: Englands 10 Best

This Is England (2006)

The Film: A blazing coming of age drama set in the thick atmosphere of Falklands-era England, with a boy who’s lost his father to the war falling in with a new set of friends.

Shaun Of The Dead (2004)

The Film: Expertly balanced mix of comedy, horror and properly touching drama from Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright and friends, about a regular nobody caught up in a zombie apocalypse.

If (1968)

The Film: Linsday Anderson’s explosive allegory of revolution and cultural war, as Malcolm MacDowell’s firebrand pupil leads a divisive uprising in a public school.

Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)

The Film: David Lean’s sun-drenched epic, with Peter O’Toole swept through history in the title role as a British Officer exploring the morality of war and his own humanity.

The Crying Game (1992)

The Film: Noirish crime thriller set in seedy London backstreets under the shadow of Northern Irish troubles, as a former IRA gunman becomes close with the girlfriend of a murdered soldier.

The 39 Steps (1935)

The Film: Alfred Hitchcock’s masterful man-on-the-run thriller, made before his departure to Hollywood and setting the template for many of his most celebrated films.

Withnail And I (1987)

The Film: Sharp, soaked comedy about two drifting twentysomething actors who take a trip away from London and into the country.

The Life Of Brian (1979)

The Film: Monty Python’s masterwork of savage satire and deep, deep silliness in which a Jewish man called Brian is mistaken for the messiah at several turns.

Get Carter (1971)

The Film: Concrete grey northern revenge thriller, starring a narrow-eyed Michael Caine as the lone gangster smashing through a pile of lies to revenge his brother’s death.

The Third Man (1949)

The Film: Carol Reed’s exquisitely photographed post-war classic, set among the cobbled streets and shadows of divided Vienna where a bewildered novelist searches for his black marketer friend, Harry Lime.