Thick accent british movies

[jason statham]

I like british movies with thick accents and i`ve got all the ones i know in my DVD collection ( Wales-the twin towns, England: The full monty&LSA2SM, Scotland ( Best accent ever ) Trainspotting )
But thats all i know, so can anyone suggest some good list of movies in which the accent is thick.

[Mr-Blonde]

Definitely Shaun of the Dead qualifies.

[mshulman5]

Not a movie, but the British TV series Spaced starring, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost among others from Shaun of the Dead. This show is absolutely hilarious, not your typical dry British humor. It's readily availeable on region 2 DVD.

[Tayzlor]

A Hard Day's Night

[Mr-Blonde]

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[jason statham]

Originally posted by Mr-Blonde
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On my top 10 list:D

[B1rd_Po0p]

I absolutely LOVE British accents!!! Some of my favorites are Shaun Of The Dead (of course) Red Dwarf, 28 Days Later, and Eddie Izzard. I miss out on some of the slang sometimes because some of it is different from American slang - but that's when closed captioning is a God-send.

Lister from Red Dwarf is so hard to understand sometimes: I think it's mostly the slang. (I sure do love him and his curry!!)

[SAI]

as far as the scottish accent goes they don't come much thicker than those in Ratcatcher or Sweet Sixteen (which, and this is why I didn't watch it, was broadcast on ENGLISH tv with subtitles on the print)

[bigred760]

Does Snatch count? Always liked that one.

[FClegg]

Mona Lisa (1986)

Budd Hoskins, Michael Caine, Robby Coltrane

[SpacePuppet]

You should try Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels. I liked it.

[eurydice]

A Clockwork Orange-One of the best movies of all time. I've seen it lots of times, but tried it with closed captioning and got a lot more out of it. The mix of Cockney and Nadsat is great fun. And brilliant writing.
O Lucky Man-another great Malcolm McDowell movie
If you want something where you are going to really need closed captioning-Try Laurence Olivier's Hamlet. Or any Shakespeare for that matter. It's not usually the accent that's the problem in these though.
Nil By Mouth-virtually incomprehensible without closed captioning- to catch every word anyway.
Gangster No. 1
Sexy Beast
Naked
Just wanted to mention the TV series Fawlty Towers-to me, the funniest TV show of all time.

[Ted Pikul]

How about Gregory's Girl?

Even English people struggle to understand the thick Scottish brogues in that film.

You Yanks will probably need subtitles. ;)

[wyodebbie]

Sexy Beast hard to understand at times with the thick British accent

[eurydice]

Haha, I'll have to check out Gregory's Girl, and the other two mentioned above. I love a challenge. Sexy Beast-not too bad accent wise, but whenever Ray Winstone is in a movie,-especially one like Nil By Mouth- I find I may need to struggle a bit. I really like Ray, by the way. A lot of the time with Ray-if he's really upset (that's when he's at his best)- what I am able to make out clearly is: blah blah, then fucking, then blah blah, the naughty C word, then blah blah blah, then fucking naughty C word. Yes, it's the thick Scottish brogues that are really something. Like the nerdy guy in Trainspotting-what the heck's his name-he was in The Rundown with The Rock too. Anyway, he's hard to understand, but I like him too.

[BadCoverVersion]

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I gotta go with KES, and that lovely thick Yorkshire accent.

"Gi' i'er...tha knows nowt"

Others,

Ratcatcher/Sweet Sixteen (Glaswegian)
Naked/24 Hour Party People/East Is East (Manc'/Salfordian...that's MY accent that it!)
Scum/Nil By Mouth (Cockerny)
Dead Man's Shoes/Romeo Brass (Midlands...I believe)
Little Voice/Brassed Off/Full Monty (Industrial North...Barnsley, Sheffield, etc)
Get Carter (Geordie)

I can't think of any movies featuring Brummies right now...what a shame.

[Ted Pikul]

Clive Owen is from Coventry.

Is that close enough?

[Layer Change]

Originally posted by bigred760
Does Snatch count? Always liked that one.
I was gonna mention Snatch, too. Brad Pitt's character. I didn't understand a word he said, and laughed the whole time. :D

[otter]

Shallow Grave
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Snatch
Any of the Monty Pythons

[ShaggyLpool]

As an English man I find it funny when our friends across the pond cant understand our films.

What I hate is when they get the accents wrong.
ie any accent that connery tries, the scouse accents in the road accident that was 51st state and dont get me started on anthony la paglia in "Frasier". or Don Cheadle in Oceans 11. Also most of the accents in snatch and lsatsb were poor.

Try the original (and classic) Get Carter for some geordie, lets be honest most geordies dont understand each other (Joke!!)

Or how about "Twin Town" for a good dose of welsh.

Can anyone tell if its true that when "Trainspotting" was shown in America it was subtitled or was that just our tabloid press spouting the usual nonsense.

Kes for a bit of yorkshire but more importantly the legend that is Brian Glover.

If this post makes no sense its cuz ive had 8 pint cans of nelson, which for our american friends means nelson mandela whch is slang for stella the finest lager brewed in europe!!!!!!

[bluesbrother965]

In the Long Good Friday, Bob Hoskins' accent was so thick that the studios were going to have it dubbed over because they were afraid people wouldn't be able to understand it. Hoskins threatened a lawsuit, though, so they left it as is.

[Layer Change]

Originally posted by ShaggyLpool
As an English man I find it funny when our friends across the pond cant understand our films.

What I hate is when they get the accents wrong.
ie any accent that connery tries, the scouse accents in the road accident that was 51st state and dont get me started on anthony la paglia in "Frasier". or Don Cheadle in Oceans 11. Also most of the accents in snatch and lsatsb were poor.

Try the original (and classic) Get Carter for some geordie, lets be honest most geordies dont understand each other (Joke!!)

Or how about "Twin Town" for a good dose of welsh.

Can anyone tell if its true that when "Trainspotting" was shown in America it was subtitled or was that just our tabloid press spouting the usual nonsense.

Kes for a bit of yorkshire but more importantly the legend that is Brian Glover.

If this post makes no sense its cuz ive had 8 pint cans of nelson, which for our american friends means nelson mandela whch is slang for stella the finest lager brewed in europe!!!!!!
That's the first time I've read a post that had an accent. :D

[shawn-o]

SHAUN OF THE DEAD!!!

LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS!

28 DAYS LATER!

british movies are tight!