The 50 British films that inspired a young Martin Scorsese
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.
Shooting StarsAnthony Asquith (1927)
UndergroundAnthony Asquith (1928)
Brief EcstasyEdmond T Gréville (1937)
Went the Day Well?Alberto Cavalcanti (1942)
The Man in GreyLeslie Arliss (1943) The Halfway HouseBasil Dearden (1944)
This Happy BreedDavid Lean (1944) The Seventh VeilCompton Bennett (1945)
Dead of NightAlberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer (1945)
Madonna of the Seven MoonsArthur Crabtree (1945)
Pink String and Sealing WaxRobert Hamer (1945)
Green for DangerSidney Gilliat (1946)
It Always Rains on SundayRobert Hamer (1947)
Uncle SilasCharles Frank (1947)
Hue and CryCharles Crichton (1947) To the Public DangerTerence Fisher (1948)
The Queen of SpadesThorold Dickinson (1949)
The Blue LampBasil Dearden (1950) So Long at the FairTerence Fisher, Antony Darnborough (1950)
The Sound BarrierDavid Lean (1952) Stolen FaceTerence Fisher (1952) MandyAlexander Mackendrick (1952)
SpacewaysTerence Fisher (1953) Four Sided TriangleTerence Fisher (1953)
The Good Die YoungLewis Gilbert (1954)
Yield to the NightJ Lee Thompson (1956)
Nowhere to GoSeth Holt (1958)
The SnorkelGuy Green (1958) SapphireBasil Dearden (1959)
The Flesh and the FiendsJohn Gilling (1960)
Taste of FearSeth Holt (1961)
The InnocentsJack Clayton (1961) Station Six SaharaSeth Holt (1962) Night of the EagleSidney Hayers (1962)
The DamnedJoseph Losey (1963) The MindbendersBasil Dearden (1963)
The Pumpkin EaterJack Clayton (1964)
Guns at BatasiJohn Guillermin (1964)
The NannySeth Holt (1965)
A High Wind in JamaicaAlexander Mackendrick (1965)
Plague of the ZombiesJohn Gilling (1966)
Quatermass and the PitRoy Ward
Baker (1967)
Whistle and I’ll Come To YouJonathan Miller (1968)
The Devil Rides OutTerence Fisher (1968)
Dr Jekyll and Sister HydeRoy Ward Baker (1971)
The AsphyxPeter Newbrook (1972) The Legend of Hell HouseJohn Hough (1973)
VampyresJosé Ramón Larraz (1974) The Long Good FridayJohn Mackenzie (1980)
The Lonely Passion of Judith HearneJack Clayton (1987)