BAFTA Best Film 1989 - 2011
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1. Dead Poets Society (1989)
PG | 128 min | Comedy, Drama
Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles
Votes: 545,491 | Gross: $95.86M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Original Film Score - Maurice Jarre
2. Goodfellas (1990)
R | 145 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco
Votes: 1,256,629 | Gross: $46.84M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Director - Martin Scorsese
Best Adapted Screenplay - Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
Best Editing - Thelma Schoonmaker
Best Costume Design - Richard Bruno
3. The Commitments (1991)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Votes: 38,766 | Gross: $14.92M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Director - Alan Parker
Best Adapted Screenplay - Dick Clement, Roddy Doyle, Ian Le Frenais
Best Editing - Gerry Hambling
4. Howards End (1992)
PG | 142 min | Drama, Romance
Set in the early 20th century, class distinctions and troubled relations affect the relationship between two families and the ownership of a cherished British estate known as Howards End.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter
Votes: 35,821 | Gross: $25.97M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Actress - Emma Thompson
5. Schindler's List (1993)
R | 195 min | Biography, Drama, History
In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall
Votes: 1,449,815 | Gross: $96.90M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Director - Steven Spielberg
Best Supporting Actor - Ralph Fiennes
Best Adapted Screenplay - Steven Zaillian
Best Cinematography - Janusz Kaminski
Best Editing - Michael Kahn
Best Music - John Williams
6. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, James Fleet, Simon Callow
Votes: 166,021 | Gross: $52.70M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Director - Mike Newell
Best Actor - Hugh Grant
Best Supporting Actress - Kristin Scott Thomas
7. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
PG | 136 min | Drama, Romance
Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the title opposites.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 125,652 | Gross: $43.18M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Actress - Emma Thompson
Best Supporting Actress - Kate Winslet
8. The English Patient (1996)
R | 162 min | Drama, Romance, War
At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 200,731 | Gross: $78.65M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Supporting Actress - Juliette Binoche
Best Adapted Screenplay - Anthony Minghella
Best Cinematography - John Seale
Best Editing - Walter Murch
Best Music - Gabriel Yared
9. The Full Monty (1997)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.
Director: Peter Cattaneo | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy, Wim Snape
Votes: 114,087 | Gross: $45.95M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Actor - Robert Carlyle
Best Supporting Actor - Tom Wilkinson
10. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 234,269 | Gross: $100.32M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Supporting Actress - Judi Dench
Best Editing - David Gamble
11. American Beauty (1999)
R | 122 min | Drama
A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley
Votes: 1,210,437 | Gross: $130.10M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Actor - Kevin Spacey
Best Actress - Annette Bening
Best Cinematography - Conrad L. Hall
Best Editing - Tariq Anwar, Christopher Greenbury
Best Music - Thomas Newman
12. Gladiator (2000)
R | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed
Votes: 1,619,097 | Gross: $187.71M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Cinematography - John Mathieson
Best Editing - Pietro Scalia
Best Production Design - Arthur Max
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
PG-13 | 178 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean
Votes: 2,006,012 | Gross: $315.54M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Director - Peter Jackson
Best Make-Up/Hair - Peter King, Peter Owen, Richard Taylor
Best Visual Effects
14. The Pianist (2002)
R | 150 min | Biography, Drama, Music
During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox
Votes: 911,599 | Gross: $32.57M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Director - Roman Polanski
15. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
PG-13 | 201 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom
Votes: 1,978,109 | Gross: $377.85M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Adapted Screenplay - Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh
Best Cinematography - Andrew Lesnie
Best Visual Effects
16. The Aviator (2004)
PG-13 | 170 min | Biography, Drama
A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly
Votes: 383,952 | Gross: $102.61M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Supporting Actress - Cate Blanchett
Best Production Design - Dante Ferretti
Best Make-Up/Hair - Kathryn Blondell, Sian Grigg, Morag Ross
17. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
R | 134 min | Drama, Romance
Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid
Votes: 382,036 | Gross: $83.04M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Director - Ang Lee
Best Supporting Actor - Jake Gyllenhaal
Best Adapted Screenplay - Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana
18. The Queen (2006)
PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Drama
After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Alex Jennings
Votes: 115,964 | Gross: $56.44M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Actress - Helen Mirren
19. Atonement (2007)
R | 123 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Brenda Blethyn, Saoirse Ronan
Votes: 299,690 | Gross: $50.93M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Production Design - Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
20. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati?' When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.
Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan | Stars: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Anil Kapoor
Votes: 877,531 | Gross: $141.32M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Director - Danny Boyle
Best Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy
Best Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle
Best Editing - Chris Dickens
Best Music - A.R. Rahman
21. The Hurt Locker (2008)
R | 131 min | Drama, Thriller, War
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce
Votes: 473,633 | Gross: $17.02M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Director - Kathryn Bigelow
Best Original Screenplay - Mark Boal
Best Cinematography - Barry Ackroyd
Best Editing - Chris Innis, Bob Murawski
22. The King's Speech (2010)
R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi
Votes: 707,748 | Gross: $138.80M
Awards Won:
Best Film
Best Actor - Colin Firth
Best Supporting Actor - Geoffrey Rush
Best Supporting Actress - Helena Bonham Carter
Best Original Screenplay - David Seidler
Best British Film
Best Music - Alexandre Desplat
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