The British New Wave

The British new wave is the name given to a trend in films which happened in the late 50's to the early 60's.

British films in the new wave - Late 50s early 60s.
social realism - Cathy come home. - 1966
Room at the Top (1959) - Jack Clayton
Look Back in Anger (1959) -  Tony Richardson
Saturday Night Sunday Morning (1960) - Karel Reisz
Taste of Honey (1961)- Tony Richardson
The L Shaped Room (1962)-  Bryan Forbes
A Kind of Loving (1962)- John Schlesinger
Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)- Tony Richardson
This Sporting Life (1963)- Lindsay Anderson
Billy Liar (1963)- John Schlesinger

Book: Looking back at the British New Wave. 

http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/michaelwalford/entry/the_british_new/

http://www.empireonline.com/features/film-studies-101-movie-movements/p9

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038p3zt

http://www.british60scinema.net/british-new-wave/

http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/culture/media-studies/british-new-wave-cinema

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/oct/03/artsfeatures.features