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    1990s British Movies

    The 40 most popular 1990s british movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    Eyes Wide Shut
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    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999 · 2h 39m · UK

    After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

    Sense and Sensibility
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    Sense and Sensibility

    1995 · 2h 16m · US

    The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.

    Trainspotting
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    Trainspotting

    1996 · 1h 34m · UK

    Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.

    The World Is Not Enough
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    The World Is Not Enough

    1999 · 2h 8m · UK

    Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.

    GoldenEye
    TMDB3.5

    GoldenEye

    1995 · 2h 10m · UK

    When a powerful secret defense system is stolen, James Bond is assigned to stop a Russian crime syndicate from using it.

    Notting Hill
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    Notting Hill

    1999 · 2h 4m · UK

    London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.

    Event Horizon
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    Event Horizon

    1997 · 1h 36m · UK

    In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.

    Tomorrow Never Dies
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    Tomorrow Never Dies

    1997 · 1h 59m · UK

    A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.

    Entrapment
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    Entrapment

    1999 · 1h 52m · UK

    Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.

    The Witches
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    The Witches

    1990 · 1h 31m · UK

    While staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice via a magical formula. When they discover the eavesdropper, the witches test the formula on him. Now, with the help of Helga and hotel manager Mr Stringer, Luke the mouse must fight back against the witches.

    The English Patient
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    The English Patient

    1996 · 2h 42m · UK

    In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.

    Four Weddings and a Funeral
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    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994 · 1h 57m · UK

    Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.

    eXistenZ
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    eXistenZ

    1999 · 1h 37m · CA

    A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.

    Bean
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    Bean

    1997 · 1h 29m · UK

    Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him fired is blocked by the chairman, who has taken a liking to Bean, they send him to Los Angeles to act as their ambassador for the unveiling of a historic painting to humiliate him. Fooled, Mr. Bean must now successfully unveil the painting or risk his and a hapless Los Angeles curator's termination.

    Bitter Moon
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    Bitter Moon

    1992 · 2h 19m · FR

    A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.

    Wuthering Heights
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    Wuthering Heights

    1992 · 1h 45m · US

    Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.

    Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
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    Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

    1998 · 1h 45m · UK

    A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.

    Chaplin
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    Chaplin

    1992 · 2h 25m · FR

    An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins with the FBI.

    Dark Waters
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    Dark Waters

    1993 · 1h 34m · IT

    After the death of her father, a young woman travels to a remote convent on an island in the Black Sea to find out why her father funded it for years.

    The Remains of the Day
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    The Remains of the Day

    1993 · 2h 14m · UK

    In interwar Britain, a rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a new housekeeper. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.

    Damage
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    Damage

    1992 · 1h 51m · FR

    The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.

    The Relic
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    The Relic

    1997 · 1h 50m · DE

    A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.

    Dead Right
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    Dead Right

    1993 · 39m · UK

    This home movie features a cop named Barry Stern who has to hunt down a serial killer. In the style of Dirty Harry meets Airplane.

    Help!
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    Help!

    1992 · 3m · UK

    A young man being followed by a stalker discovers there is more to his tormentor than meets the eye.

    An American Werewolf in Paris
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    An American Werewolf in Paris

    1997 · 1h 38m · FR

    An American man unwittingly gets involved with werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.

    Shining Through
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    Shining Through

    1992 · 2h 12m · UK

    Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight against Hitler, and Linda volunteers to work for Ed spying undercover behind Nazi lines. Assigned to uncover information about a German bomb, Linda also has personal motives to fulfill: discovering the fate of her Jewish family members in Berlin.

    Anna Karenina
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    Anna Karenina

    1997 · 1h 48m · RU

    In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.

    1492: Conquest of Paradise
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    1492: Conquest of Paradise

    1992 · 2h 34m · FR

    1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.

    Elizabeth
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    Elizabeth

    1998 · 2h 3m · UK

    The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.

    Dead Man Walking
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    Dead Man Walking

    1995 · 2h 2m · US

    A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.

    Super Mario Bros.
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    Super Mario Bros.

    1993 · 1h 45m · UK

    Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa.

    Much Ado About Nothing
    TMDB3.5

    Much Ado About Nothing

    1993 · 1h 51m · UK

    In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a tough task indeed, considering their corresponding distaste for love and each other. Meanwhile, meddling Don John plots to ruin the wedding.

    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
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    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

    1994 · 2h 3m · US

    Victor Frankenstein is a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His experiments lead to the creation of a monster, which Frankenstein has put together with the remains of corpses. It's not long before Frankenstein regrets his actions.

    Wilde
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    Wilde

    1997 · 1h 58m · DE

    Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. After much toil, Wilde debuts 'The Importance of Being Earnest' in London, and a chat at the theatre with Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas leads to a full-fledged romance. However, this affair leads to a legal dispute with Lord Alfred's oppressive father, the Marquess of Queensberry, and, given the local anti-gay laws, Wilde is jailed. Wilde's vast intellect helps him survive until he regains his freedom.

    Titus
    TMDB3.2

    Titus

    1999 · 2h 42m · UK

    Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare's goriest and earliest tragedy.

    The Full Monty
    TMDB3.5

    The Full Monty

    1997 · 1h 31m · UK

    Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.

    Stealing Beauty
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    Stealing Beauty

    1996 · 1h 56m · IT

    Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.

    Sliding Doors
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    Sliding Doors

    1998 · 1h 39m · UK

    Helen, a London ad executive, is fired from her job and rushes out to catch a train, but, as she runs down, her life suddenly splits off. In one version she catches the train; in the second, she misses it. Her whole life changes in that one second, and the rest of the film depicts what happens in each scenario.

    Shallow Grave
    TMDB3.5

    Shallow Grave

    1994 · 1h 33m · UK

    When David, Juliet, and Alex find their new roommate dead with a large sum of money, they agree to hide the body and keep the cash. However, this newfound fortune gradually corrodes their friendship.

    Croupier
    TMDB3.4

    Croupier

    1998 · 1h 34m · UK

    Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino which takes its toll on his relationships and the novel he is writing.

    About 1990s British Movies

    The 1990s

    The 1990s were the independent film decade, when Sundance and Miramax pushed low-budget American filmmaking into the mainstream. It's also when Hong Kong action, Japanese animation, and Iranian art cinema found large Western audiences.

    British cinema

    British cinema spans Ealing comedies, kitchen-sink realism, Hammer horror, and the long-running national institution that is the Bond franchise. It's also functioned for decades as a production base and talent pipeline for Hollywood.

    In this list

    Best reviewed
    Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (8.1)
    Most common genres
    Drama, Romance, Thriller

    Common questions

    What are the best 1990s British movies?
    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are Eyes Wide Shut, Sense and Sensibility, and Trainspotting. The full ranked list of 40 sits above — open any movie for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
    1990s British movies are ordered by overall popularity, which blends how often a title is viewed, searched, and logged. It updates as viewing habits shift, so the list reflects what people are actually watching rather than a fixed critical canon.
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