The 1950s was a decade that saw the release of countless perfect movies, with films like Seven Samurai, Vertigo, and 12 Angry Men being the best.

From Look Back in Anger to Girl With Green Eyes, these are the best British New Wave movies from the 1950s and ‘60s.

In 2011 Simon Heffer wrote and presented a series of Essays for BBC Radio 3 which celebrated some of the great British films made about the Second World War while it was still going on - films in ...