Best United Kingdom movies of 1980s

Actors : Nicholas Farrell, Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers,
Directors : Hugh Hudson,

Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics.

Actors : Shelley Thompson, Toby Froud, Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie,
Directors : Jim Henson,

A 16-year-old girl is given 13 hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King.

Actors : Michael Caine, Jeffrey Jones, Ben Kingsley, Lysette Anthony,
Directors : Thom Eberhardt,

A drunken Sherlock Holmes is really just a cover for the real detective - Dr Watson.

Actors : Martin Kemp, Gary Kemp, Tom Bell, Billie Whitelaw,
Directors : Peter Medak,

This fact-based movie follows the life of the twin crime-lords in London's '60s underworld.

Actors : Howard Lloyd-Lewis, Jonathan Bowater, Penny Leatherbarrow, John Cleese,
Directors : Christopher Morahan,

An obsessively punctual comprehensive school headmaster sets out to give an important speech at the annual Headmasters' Conference.

Actors : Brad Davis, Jeanne Moreau, Franco Nero, Laurent Malet,
Directors : Rainer Werner Fassbinder,

French sailor Querelle arrives in Brest and starts frequenting a strange whorehouse. He discovers that his brother Robert is the lover of the lady owner, Lysiane. Here, you can play dice ...

Actors : Lilli Palmer, Victoria Tennant, Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

The son of a German General becomes part of a mysterious conspiracy to gain hidden Nazi funds.

Actors : Robert Powell, Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Susan George,
Directors : Terence Young,

An MI6 defector has his appearance altered by the KGB and is sent back to Britain to retrieve top-secret documents.

Actors : Vincent Price, Donald Pleasence, Stuart Whitman, John Carradine,
Directors : Roy Ward Baker,

A writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman. There, three gruesome stories are told to him; between each story some musicians play their songs.

Actors : Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Richard Griffiths,
Directors : Malcolm Mowbray,

In post-war Britain, food rationing continues, leading a married couple to become involved in the flourishing bacon black market.

Actors : Leonard Rossiter, John Moffatt, Malcolm McDowell, Brian Pettifer,
Directors : Lindsay Anderson,

Mick Travis is a reporter who is about to shoot a documentary on Britannia Hospital, an institution which mirrors the downsides of British Society. It's the day when Her Royal Highness is ...

Actors : Kevork Malikyan, George Murcell, Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance,
Directors : James Dearden,

1908: Pascali, a spy for the Sultan, sends reports to Istanbul that nobody reads. His suspicions are roused when a British archeologist appears, who may not be quite what he seems.

Actors : Nickolas Grace, Stratford Johns, Glenda Jackson, Douglas Hodge,
Directors : Ken Russell,

Set in France Oscar Wilde (so it appears) visits a local theatre and is surprised by their retelling of his own work ""Salome'" the story line then digresses in to a VERY twisted portrayal ...

Actors : Jim Carter, John Atkinsons, Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh,
Directors : Pat O'Connor,

Five centuries ago a mural was created in a country church in the north of England and then hidden under layers of white paint. Looking at it again will be a distraction, the Rev. Mr. Keach...

Actors : Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Joanne Pearce, Jimmy Nail,
Directors : Mike Hodges,

The story begins when three aliens get a bit hacked off at their 'friend' Bernard, who keeps making a prat of himself playing space ball. It is while he is playing space ball that the ...

Actors : Kenneth Colley, James Wilby, Imogen Stubbs, Susannah York,
Directors : Piers Haggard,

England, 1904. A young lawyer from London, Mr. Ashton (James Wilby) and his best friend are hiking across Dartmoor. As he twisted his ankle, Ashton is forced to seek help at a nearby ...

Actors : Liv Ullmann, Amanda Redman, Tim Pigott-Smith, Elizabeth Spriggs,
Directors : Anthony Harvey,

Following her husband's death, a wife discovers and confronts her husband's lover. Their mutual pain, love, envy and jealousy bring them together in an unexpected emotional and physical ...

Actors : Chrissie Cotterill, Elizabeth Edmonds, Amanda York, Kate Ingram,
Directors : Mai Zetterling,

Two girls escape from an open borstal for two very different reasons; Annetta to attempt to visit her baby daughter, who is being raised in a convent; and Carol, who hopes to be recaptured ...

Actors : Robin Hooper, Nick Stringer, Valerie Lilley, Phillip Mawdsley,
Directors : Terence Davies,

Davies' film is divided into three segments entitled "Children", "Madonna and Child", and "Death and Transfiguartion". The segments tell the life of Robert Tucker. The first segment looks ...

Actors : Garry McDonald, Paul Daniel, Tony, Mike,
Directors : Jonathan Dawson,

The escapades of Ginger Meggs, local larrikin. He's trying to win the heart of Minnie Peters, but the pressures of school, his rival Eddie Coogan and bully Tiger Kelly make life tough for him. Besides, there's fishing to be done.