30 Great British Films You Need To See Before You Die

4. Brief Encounter

Trainspotting film
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Beautifully atmospheric in ways most British films are not, David Lean's adaptation of Noel Coward's play articulates a number of feelings on the themes of love, infidelity and social class.

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