What is the best movie from the Observer Film Quarterly's Best British Films of the Last 25 Years" from 2009?

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)	10
Naked (1993)	7
Withnail & I (1987)	3
Sexy Beast (2000)	3
Trainspotting (1996)	2
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)	2
Nil by Mouth (1997)	2
Hunger (2008)	1
My Summer of Love (2004)	1
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)	1
Dead Man’s Shoes (2004)	1
Ratcatcher (1999)	1
Secrets & Lies (1996)	1
Man on Wire (2008)	0
Riff Raff (1990)	0
Red Road (2006)	0
24 Hour Party People (2002)	0
Shaun of the Dead (2004)	0
This Is England (2006)	0
Under the Skin (1997)	0
Control (2007)	0
Hope and Glory (1987)	0
Touching the Void (2003)	0
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)	0
The English Patient (1996)	0

― nostormo, Friday, 30 March 2012 23:48 (thirteen years ago)

Distant Voices, Still Lives may be my favourite film of all time, so that.

― jed_, Friday, 30 March 2012 23:56 (thirteen years ago)

Hunger vs Naked for me.

― Simon H., Friday, 30 March 2012 23:56 (thirteen years ago)

Ratcatcher, Under the Skin and Dead Man’s Shoes i also rate highly.

― jed_, Friday, 30 March 2012 23:58 (thirteen years ago)

sexy beast

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 31 March 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

red road a respectable second

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 31 March 2012 00:02 (thirteen years ago)

am actually inclined to vote Sexy Beast out of this shower

― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 31 March 2012 06:55 (thirteen years ago)

Poor list really: DVSL easily wins for me.

― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 31 March 2012 07:52 (thirteen years ago)

Naked, Hunger, Ratcatcher, DVSL.

― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 31 March 2012 08:27 (thirteen years ago)

DMS for me, best film ever really.

― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Saturday, 31 March 2012 08:33 (thirteen years ago)

morbs list matches mine; kmt over shaun of the dead, control, four weddings and a funeral, and the english patient being here but no topsy turvy.

― balls, Sunday, 1 April 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

Missing the War Zone which is a better "Ray Winstone would make a terrible husband" movie than NBM or SB IMO (also a rare movie that is so far and away better than the book it's almost remarkable that they share a title.) Also Boyle's never topped Shallow Grave in my book.

The big commercial successes (Trainspotting, Shaun, Four Weddings, English Patient) seem quite out of places amidst the rest of the gritty slice of life dramas. Haven't seen it in 20 years, but I have fond memories of Hope and Glory so I think I'll vote for that. All the usual suspects mentioned so far (Hunger, Naked, Ratcatcher, Red Road, Nil By Mouth) are quite good though and it's hard to separate them for me.

― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Sunday, 1 April 2012 14:51 (thirteen years ago)

between nil by mouth and this is england for me

― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 1 April 2012 16:04 (thirteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 5 April 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 6 April 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

can you guess which movie i voted for to troll britishes?

― some dude, Friday, 6 April 2012 01:23 (thirteen years ago)

morbs list matches mine

balls, how dis happen?

― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 April 2012 01:26 (thirteen years ago)

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