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Our look at some of the best British films continues and today it is the nineties that under the spotlight.
It was another great decade for British film as the comedy ruled but we saw a return of the sweeping epic as well as a new name launched in the gangster genre.
Four Weddings And A Funeral (1994)
Four Weddings And A Funeral was one of the standout comedy movies of the nineties as Mike Newell was in the director's chair while Richard Curtis penned the script.
Hugh Grant, Andy MacDowell, James Flett, Simon Callow, John Hannah and Kristin Scott Thomas all came together to make one of the most memorable British comedy films of all time.
From start to finish this is a movie that is very very funny as well as being delightfully charming.
It was also a movie that had commercial appeal outside of the UK as it went on to have great success in America.
A string of awards came its way and it was also nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars - losing out to Forrest Gump.
Four Weddings And A Funeral is one of the those comedies that really has stood the test of time and it is as popular and funny today as it was when it was first released.
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Trainspotting (1996)
The nineties saw the emergence of a new director in the form of Danny Boyle. Trainspotting hit the big screen in 1996 and it was just the second directorial outing for Boyle.
The movie was a big screen adaptation of the Irvine Welsh novel of the same name and it was one of the most daring movies of the decade.
Trainspotting followed a group of heroin addicts in the eighties and the impact this addiction has on their lives.
This is a movie that was a very graphic look into heroine addiction and it is an incredibly powerful and dark movies.
Boyle should be applauded for his boldness as this really is a triumph of a movies.
Trainspotting will go down as one of the best anti-drug movies of all time and it was a film that well and truly put Boyle on the map.
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The English Patient (1996)
Michael Ondaatjie's novel The English Patient was widely regarded as a book that could never be brought to the big screen... but in 1996 Anthony Minghella proved them all wrong.
Minghella penned the screenplay as well as being in the director's chair and he brought together a fab cast that included Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristen Scott Thomas and Colin Firth.
The movie followed a doomed and tragic romance that was set against a backdrop of World War II.
Minghella adapted this sweeping novel into an epic movie that was that just screamed grandeur at every turn.
The English Patient is a movie that is romantic, exciting and heartbreaking as well as being visually beautiful.
The film went on to be nominated for twelve Oscars and won nine; including Best Picture and Best Director for Minghella.
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The Full Monty (1997)
Another stand out comedy of the decade came in 1997 in the form of The Full Monty.
Directed by Peter Cattaneo the screenplay was penned by Simon Beaufoy, who would go to win an Oscar for his adaptation of Slumdog Millionaire.
Set in Sheffield it followed a group of unemployed men who decide to become a strip act. Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Tom Wilkinson and Hugo Speer all starred in this laugh out loud and iconic British movie.
This is a fun and hilarious film from start to finish that boasted memorable performances as well as an unforgettable soundtrack.
But The Full Monty was not all about being funny it was a film that was a great social commentary as it showed the difficulties of the time with all the steel works closing.
The film was both a box office and commercial success and went on to win the Best Film Bafta - beating Titanic.
It was also recognised at the Oscars as it was nominated for four awards including Best Picture.
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Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Another director who made a name for himself in the nineties was Guy Ritchie as he made his debut with Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.
Ritchie penned the screenplay as well as helmed the project and it see the British gangster movie return to the big screen.
Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels was a fast paced movie that was packed with laughs as well as a lot of violence.
It was entertaining from start to finish and it showed that Ritchie did have a flair behind the camera.
It wasn't only Ritchie we were introduced to with this film as Jason Statham also made his big screen debut with this movie.
Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels won over critics and audiences and went on to pick up a string of award nominations.
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Other British films that stood out this decade include Howard's End, Sense & Sensibility, The Crying Game, Secrets & Lies and Shakespeare In Love.
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