From rainy Sunday afternoons to late-night sofa sessions, British cinema has gifted us some truly iconic comfort watches. But which one do you reach for when you need a proper pick-me-up?
Put the items in your preferred order.
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Hugh Grant at his most charmingly awkward, a brilliant wedding hat collection, and enough cringe to make you feel better about your own social disasters. It basically invented the blueprint for the modern British romcom.
Billy Elliot
A young lad from a Durham mining town who just wants to dance β what could be more British and more heartwarming all at once? By the final scene, even the stoniest heart is doing a little pirouette.
Paddington 2
Widely regarded as one of the finest films ever made β no, really, it held a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score for years. Paddington 2 is essentially a warm marmalade sandwich for the soul.
The Full Monty
Six unemployed Sheffield steelworkers decide to strip for cash, and somehow it becomes one of the most uplifting British films ever made. It is funny, tender, and proof that dignity can coexist with a thong.
Notting Hill
Julia Roberts walks into a Notting Hill travel bookshop and everything gets wonderfully complicated. It is cheesy in all the right ways and makes West London look impossibly romantic, which is quite the achievement.
Drag the photo to reorder
Which British rock band's logo was designed by John Pasche in 1970 and features a stylised pair of lips and tongue?
π΅ Music Β· 27 votes
Should the UK scrap the 'two-child benefit cap' to lift kids out of poverty?
π° Money Β· 24 votes
Are West End musicals now just jukebox cash-grabs trading on nostalgia?
π¬ Entertainment Β· 24 votes
Rank these international pop icons by the year of their first UK number one single, earliest first
π³ 25 votes