BAFTA - Best Film
The British Academy Film & Television Awards (BAFTA) are the major film awards held in Great Britain. The academy was formed on 16th April 1947 in a hotel room at the Hyde Park Hotel by a group of the most eminent men in British film, under the chairmanship of David Lean.
Below are the past winners of the "Best Picture" catagory.
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1993)
7.1/10
Director: Mike Newell
Starring: Andie MacDowell, Charlotte Coleman, Corin Redgrave, Hugh Grant, John Hannah, Kri...
Funny, agreeably sweet and exceptionally well-acted and directed, this box office smash follows the fortunes of Hugh Grant and his mates as they meet... Read more
Schindler's List (1993)
8.9/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagalle, Em...
Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) is a Nazi Party member out to profit from the war. The local Jewish population provide a ready source of cheap labour fo... Read more
Howards End ( Blu-ray ) (1992)
7.5/10
Director: James Ivory
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Anthony Hopkins, Jemma Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Prunell...
The pinnacle of the decades-long collaboration between producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory, 'Howards End' is a luminous vision of E. M.... Read more
Howards End (1992)
7.5/10
Director: James Ivory
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter, James Wilby, Prunella Scal...
The pinnacle of the decades-long collaboration between producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory, 'Howards End' is a luminous vision of E. M.... Read more
The Commitments (1991)
7.6/10
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball
A grand, feel good musical/comedy about the life and times of a pop group formed by a Dublin hustler (Robert Arkins) to put Irish music on the map. Pl... Read more
GoodFellas (1990)
8.7/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Paul Sorvino, Lorraine Bracco, Joe Pesci
Martin Scorsese's electrifying gangster saga chronicles three decades in the Mafia with Irish-Sicilian mobster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) and his "wisegu... Read more
Dead Poets Society (1989)
8.1/10
Director: Peter Weir
Starring: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke
A remarkable drama about a teacher who inspires seven students to explore new horizons of self expression and discover a world outside the school's st... Read more
The Last Emperor ( Blu-ray ) (1987)
7.8/10
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring: Joan Chen, John Lone, Peter O'Toole, Victor Wong
A stunning milestone in the history of cinema; John Lone stars as Pu Yi, emperor of China, who comes from a long history of a tradition that is irreve... Read more
The Last Emperor (1987)
7.8/10
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Victor Wong
A stunning milestone in the history of cinema; John Lone stars as Pu Yi, emperor of China, who comes from a long history of a tradition that is irreve... Read more
Jean de Florette ( Blu-ray ) (1986)
8.1/10
Director: Claude Berri
Starring: Yves Montand, Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil
A marvelous tale of greed and intolerance from the novel by Marcel Pagnol about a city hunchback who inherits a valuable piece of property in rural Fr... Read more