r/BritishFilms • • Sep 18 '26

Why Layer Cake is better than Snatch. Spoiler

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I thought Snatch was a fun watch but Layer Cake has more originality and unique twists than Snatch does, Snatch has campy Hollywood-like cockney gangsters stealing fucking diamonds, It's honestly repetitive how many British gangster films are about stealing diamonds and bank heists that it becomes a basic Hollywood cliche and not a original story, I get that Layer Cake is based on a book but fucking hell isn't Matthew Vaughn's style unique, that movie is perfect for studying, Daniel Craig's narration at the beginning of the film gives you a very creative idea of how his mind works before the story starts, it is a well crafted and stylish film, it manages to blend a modern stylish and comedic theme with a more intense, honest and ugly unglamorous depiction of the drug trade.

Snatch is only more popular I guess because it's rewatchable and quotable but fucking Layer Cake that is an abused, shat-on and ignored movie I guess for having a bland plot, I don't fucking get why it's style is very different to Guy Ritchie's movies and hardly any British filmmakers have done films about the drug trade I would say the film's plot is more akin to Scarface, Goodfellas or Breaking Bad than it is to Guy Ritchie's work and XXXX is the ultimate anti-Scarface deciding to be completely anonymous to a level of Edward Norton's character in Fight Club and abhoring violence, I definitely understand what he means when he says that loud gangsters in it for a name are those who easily get themselves killed and that it's safer not to have an alter-ego. 


r/BritishFilms • • Dec 22 '25

Unveiling the 160 Greatest British Movies Ever!

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r/BritishFilms • • Sep 04 '25

Help with Film Screening

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r/BritishFilms • • Jul 31 '21

All Guy Ritchie Films Ranked- Video by Sean Chandler

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r/BritishFilms • • Jun 11 '25

Anything similar to Scum 1979?

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I feel it inspired Shawshank Redemption a lot although theyre seperated by 15 years,, it genuinely also seemed like it anticipated bully by rockstar. I would love something similar to this ,, doesnt necessarily have to be in a Borstal. Ive watched The FIrm and Made in Britain by Alan Clarke and loved them too.


r/BritishFilms • • Jul 09 '19

British Council, BFI to fund three £10,500 short films focused on LGBTQ+ subjects

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r/BritishFilms • • Jan 20 '25

(Collage Student) Please fill this out, it would help alot, thanks

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Are There Really Any Opportunities For Working Class People In The British Film Industry?

https://forms.office.com/e/0V1rvy4DXW


r/BritishFilms • • Dec 22 '14

Ken Russell - Requiescat in pace et in amore - It speaks volumes about establishment attitudes towards artistic exploration that the film director Ken Russell, who died in 2011 aged 84, was for many years treated in the British press as little more than an eccentric joke

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r/BritishFilms • • Aug 06 '24

Paid market research for content creators

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Hello! My names Jess, I work for a market research company who are looking for people that create YouTube content in the UK and have over 500 followers, this is to complete a 7-minute survey that you would be paid £10 for. If you would like to take part or have any friends that may be interested, you can apply here https://www.researchopinions.co.uk/projects/content-creators/


r/BritishFilms • • Oct 24 '19

Delete Me - A 15 Second horror short film directed by me! (shot in Bristol, UK)

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r/BritishFilms • • Nov 16 '20

How does the British film industry compare with that of the US?

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r/BritishFilms • • Apr 21 '18

Atlantic drift: the great British filmmakers working in America

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r/BritishFilms • • Apr 11 '22

My Social Network Stalker (2011) - Ruth Jeffery was subjected to emotional and mental abuse at the hands of an unknown stalker who distributed naked pictures of her; when the stalker was finally caught, the man's identity proved as traumatic as what she had already endured. [00:52:57]

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r/BritishFilms • • Dec 27 '25

Do you consider the film, The Roses to be British?

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Before I saw it today. I did think it was, because of the two main leads.


r/BritishFilms • • Aug 23 '18

Oscars: U.K. Selects BAFTA Winner ‘I Am Not a Witch’ as Foreign-Language Entry

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r/BritishFilms • • Apr 12 '22

The cast and crew say happy 20th birthday to Bend It Like Beckham

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r/BritishFilms • • Jul 01 '21

Menelik Shabazz, pioneering black British film-maker, dies aged 67

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r/BritishFilms • • Nov 19 '22

Watch Movies Online For FREE

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Watch Bollywood and Hollywood movies online of your favorite stars anytime in your comfort. Enjoy the latest trailers, teasers, Movies, and songs & browse top-rated Hindi movies, a list of popular love stories, comedy movies, action Hindi movies of 2021, and more on GoMovies. Stay tuned to watch the upcoming Hindi and English movies of 2022 and the best Hindi movies of all time, anytime and from anywhere only on GoMovies.


r/BritishFilms • • Mar 08 '19

Andrea Riseborough Calls on U.K. Film Industry to Commit to Time's Up's 4 Percent Challenge

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r/BritishFilms • • Sep 14 '25

Want to speak/check about movies? Try checking this group on WhatsApp!

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Hi Folks,

This is a pure promotional thing - but our priority and preference is cinema and nothing else

2 fellow co-redditors opened a group last month; I like to talk/explore about films [hence, joined reddit an year ago] and I am getting my daily dose of my utter fondness from this one as well

- https://chat.whatsapp.com/BasfIHtFLvLBPRWHLv0k53?mode=ems_copy_c

Not only avid watchers and armchair critics like me, but we have some filmmakers, actors, and serious technicians in the space lately

Also, last few days I have seen people joining from at least 3-4 continents so that we can enrich ourselves by learning about more local and diverse films

We praise found footage films and rant about the nosedive our own industries are currently going through. We start speaking about Molina Devi in the morning and end it with celebrating the works of Alfred Molina during dinner

Thanks and Regards,

Another set of random cinephiles


r/BritishFilms • • 15d ago

What in your opinion is the best of Edgar Wright’s Cornetto trilogy?

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r/BritishFilms • • Jul 13 '25

Straight Through Crew

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r/BritishFilms • • Dec 18 '25

The Unforgettable Diana Dors: Britain's Blonde Bombshell

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r/BritishFilms • • Dec 12 '12

British Films of 2012 - Wikipedia

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