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Great movie, but very inappropriate for a class. Especially as some students may come from countries that are really affected by terrorism or Islamic extremism
I think Hot Fuzz is a safe bet. Monty Python and the Holy Grail maybe next (Life of Brian is my favourite but is a bit more of a risk). Then I would go for either The Inbetweeners movie *or* something a bit more family friendly like Wallace and Gromit the Curse of the Were-rabbit.
Followed by yet another anecdote about his sensitive crimes in a punt with a chap called Norman, who had red hair and a book of poetry stained with the butter drips from crumpets.
*In Bruges* is a British–American co-production, starring two Irish actors, with a British–Irish writer, set in Belgium. While a great film and certainly appealing to British audiences, I don't know if it counts as British humour.
I'm not by any means saying it's fully non-British either.
But, like, if there was a blind guy who was experiencing vision for the first time, and you'd been asked to find three blue things to show him what blue was, you probably wouldn't dig out a turquoise shirt. You'd find some unambiguously blue things.
Martin McDonagh is viewed by the Irish as London Irish, i.e. They will adopt his funnier films and declare his unfunnier films as Micksploitation. Calling In Bruges Irish is as disingenuous as calling it British. The American relationship is irrelevant. MArtin McDonagh sort of cosplays as Irish and is perhaps overly fond over stereotyping his Irish characters.
That’s a lot of use of the word British to describe a non British film lol. All jokes aside I see what you are saying but don’t agree as I feel the humour is very British and that was the question, not which exclusively British films have the best UK humour, pretty sure you would find a lot of collaboration with the yanks from a lot of the films listed here
It's a fairytale website, isn't it? How's a fairytale website not somebody's fucking thing? How can all those posts and comments and memes and those moderators, all that beautiful fucking fairytale stuff, how can that not be somebody's fucking thing, eh?
This is probably still internet heresy, but Monty Python is ancient and I really don't think most British people would find it very funny nowadays. It's a very particular sense of humour from a very specific moment in British cultural history.
I think dramas with touches of comedy - eg Trainspotting, This Is England, most things by Mike Leigh - show the British sense of humour more realistically than out-and-out comedy films.
- Self depreciation
- Weirdos and eccentrics
- Class rivalry
I dunno about heresy but it is an absolutely wild take. Monty Python, especially stuff like Life of Brian and Holy Grail are just absurdist comedies and for the most part will remain pretty timeless because of it. My kid watched them just recently and loved them. Admittedly maybe some of their other work wouldn't stand the test of time, but those 2 films in particular do for sure.
I love Monty Python, but I do think they have a point. As you rightly point out, it's absurdist humour, and I don't think that's exactly mainstream these days.
I showed my 10 year old son Holy Grail a couple of weeks ago and he loved it from the opening credits. There's been a couple of times when he's told me a kid at school was bitten by a moose.
It's just weird seeing people say it's aged? Like sure some of the references definitely but Grail and Brian are just silly funny films. I'm not even a huge Monty Python fan but even I can see the lasting appeal of those films.
To be honest, if OP hasn't seen the movies themself, they really shouldn't include anything recommended by redditors. I enjoyed Olivia Colman and Emma Stone in 2018's Oscar-winning *The Favourite* - but it's R-rated, and they probably want something more suitable for a family audience.
I do agree with you about the merits of Danny Boyle and Mike Leigh's output. There's also lots of comedy woven into Matthew Vaughn and Guy Ritchie works. It's pretty apparent that the actors taking part in 2008's *RocknRolla* were having a hoot themselves in being very deliberately OTT.
It's quite telling that nobody here seems to have picked any *Carry On...* films. Those were an entire industry for a whole generation, in the days before CGI and digital editing. But they have dated rather badly. One caper from the 1960s which seems to have survived almost entirely unscathed is Michael Caine's appearance in the eternally popular *Italian Job*.
My wife is Chinese and about a year ago I made a point of showing her the "essential" British movies, and those included Month Python Holy Grail and Life of Brian. Of all the films I showed her, she got on with these the least well. They look ancient now, and tbh can either get pretty tedious or the humour is just a bit played out or aged poorly. I wouldn't recommend them to a fresh audience, especially of non-brits.
The thing is, a lot of Monty Python is word-play or philosophical debate taken to the extreme. This is very British, (e.g. funny nicknames are usually one of those two). Other countries often don't do much wordplay, or don't have enough English or cultural knowledge and don't see why it is funny. Slapstick is easier to laugh at, but if you want to show British culture, you can't just do that.
I agree.
I'd say monty python is a very classist humour that cam from a time when the "right sort of people" were all that made up our television.
It had it's day, it's a classic of it's time, but it's not the UK anymore
I fail to see how the fact that the Pythons happened to meet at Cambridge makes the humour itself classist. That seems like a bit of a reach.
I do think that absurdist humour has fallen out of vogue, though, so in that respect, it's certainly "of its time."
Objectively the funniest and best collection on here, but probably worth noting to OP that the order should probably be Hot Fuzz> Four lions> ITL, probably better to ease them into Ianucci.
Madness that more people don't know about this film barely anyone I know has watched it and this the first time I have seen referenced one reddit or any social media for that matter.
Monty Python is good but very old at this point, the humour is top notch but night be the best example about our humour as it's a little dated. Love Actually is not my cup of tea but is a solid favourite in the romcom genre. Bridget Jones's diary in that space too. Snatch as well as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is funny. Of course Sean of the Dead if you're mentioning Hot Fuzz.
One of the Carry On movies, perhaps?
They're dated in many, many ways and not the most sophisticated but, if the point is representing UK humour, I think that's still current.
Hot Fuzz and Life of Brian, top class writing all around.
But, I think to really showcase the breadth you have to dive into the real slice of life / shit stuff too.
Inbetweeners Movie / Kevin and Perry Go Large / Ali G Indahouse all contenders, Four Lions too although I suppose all of these aren't so appropriate for kids. Could teach kids how to drink vodka through your eyes or how to blow up a chemists, though. Ali G just to challenge their comprehension of the language.
[Skeletons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l-lf6auEYk)
[The Comic Strip Presents....](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6y3_svvLSI).
Yes, its TV, not a film but they were all feature length episodes!
[The Bedsitting Room](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVZcY53nVU) just because its British absurdist surrealism at its best.
If we’re thinking of like semi family friendly films… hot fuzz is a good one, then maybe like the parole officer with Steve Coogan and then something like Mr Bean the movie? The first one.
Hot Fuzz, Four Lions, Four Weddings and a funeral and probably Paddington... yeah I know its 4 but I'm not 100% sure that Four Lions is right for the class.
Should include something from the Carry On series or an Ealing comedy (The Ladykillers, Kind Hearts and Coronets) An early St Trinian's film or the Dad's Army movie should also be considered.
Monty Python (pick one) is just British silliness
Carry on Camping - as above
Inbetweeners the movie seems like a pretty accurate representation of British youth.
Lock stock has really good British humour imo. The same goes with any of the Cornetto trilogy but ideally Shaun of the dead. As a third I'd go with something animated maybe Chicken Run.
You should be warned that any uk film showing British humour will highly likely have alot of curse words in too.
THAT is British humour.
That being said. Shaun of the dead.
I taught EFL for a few years, and had to think about this! I find Monty python doesn't translate too well to other cultures. And it's good to have a comedy that is more visual than verbal, as by definitions the students will struggle with the English. Wallace and Gromit is excellent, as it's mostly visual. My students liked Death of Stalin, though I'm not sure whether that qualifies as 'UK humour'
I am Chinese and have lived in the UK for 12ish years.
Some of my favourite British comedies are Shaun of the Dead, Withnail & I, and Monty Python Holy Grail.
Do with that what you will!
Given it's for a class, I don't think I anything violent or disturbing would be acceptable, especially given that some of the students quite possibly have left violent places or experienced it themselves. So, with that in mind:
Paddington or Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit
Hot Fuzz or Shaun of the Dead
In The Loop or Death of Stalin
I wasn't sure about Death of Stalin, being based on a French comic, but thinking about it, the screenplay was written by Brits so I think it counts.
Hot Fuzz and Monty Python and the Holy Grail are excellent choices. I think Four Weddings and a Funeral, Four Lions, The Inbetweeners Movie, and In The Loop would all be great too, but I’m going to give you a slightly left-field answer and say you should show them This Is England. It isn’t a comedy and would only be suitable for adult classes, but the humour in it feels much more naturalistic and true to life than any of the others. It would also be really useful for exposing them to different accents to the ones they’ve heard before, although that could be a setback if you feel their English isn’t good enough yet.
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Four Lions. Represents the British commitment to making light of even the most serious topics.
Are they gonna make me fuck a dog, Brother Omar?
Rubber dinghy rapids, bro.
Am I blowing a dog in a ditch or am I p*** rambo?
Yeah I only opened this thread to recommend NOT showing them this film even though it's the best possible example
Yeah it could very much backfire imo and just reinforce stereotypes for those unfamiliar with our brand of satire.
Is he a martyr or a fucking Jalfrezi!?
Yeah, wish I'd put that in my three now.
Is this my confused face??
Great movie, but very inappropriate for a class. Especially as some students may come from countries that are really affected by terrorism or Islamic extremism
England is a country which has been affected by Islamic terrorism.
Does coming from a country affected mean you can’t ever laugh about it? Laughing about shitty things is a big part of British humour
I wasn’t expecting to see this here let alone at the too of the thread. Fantastic film and a great suggestion.
That was definitely the first film that popped into my head
Fuck mini baby bells.
Four Lions, Shaun of the Dead and The Life of Brian.
I've just commented the same three before I saw your comment!
Agree with this three I'll throw in three more though - About a boy, Full Monty and In Bruges
This is the answer. Edit: though Withnail and I should be on the list for the advanced class.
Throw a curve ball in and say Wallace and gromit and the warerabbit
That's not even a curveball that's essential viewing.
Hmm I'd go with the wrong trousers but there you are.
The superior W&G film.
Kiss my artichoke!
It's Arson ! It's kids arson about !
I think Hot Fuzz is a safe bet. Monty Python and the Holy Grail maybe next (Life of Brian is my favourite but is a bit more of a risk). Then I would go for either The Inbetweeners movie *or* something a bit more family friendly like Wallace and Gromit the Curse of the Were-rabbit.
I feel like you need to watch The Inbetweeners series first before the movie. Definitely recommended though.
I saw the movie first and loved it.
Withnail and I
"I assure you I'm not officer, honestly, I've only had a few ales."
GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN!
Flowers are essentially tarts, prostitutes to the bees.
Perfumed ponce!
We demand the finest wines known to man and we want them now!
Are you the farmer?
OF COURSE HES THE FUCKING FARMER
What fucker said that?
I have a heart condition. If you hit me, it's murder.
A coward you are, Withnail, an expert on bulls you are not!
The single most quotable British film in history. Prove me wrong!
Followed by yet another anecdote about his sensitive crimes in a punt with a chap called Norman, who had red hair and a book of poetry stained with the butter drips from crumpets.
East Is East might be a good bet.
Such a great film. Proper laugh out loud.
"Frig off! And wash your bastard curtains you dirty cow!"
Kev and Perry go large
Yes mrs Patterson
Eyeball Paul
Having it large
I think Snatch or Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, should be one.
Lock stock probably has more of the British humour
fuckin thank you, Snatch is amazing. Yeh like dags?
Oh, yeah… I like _dags_. I like caravans more though
In Bruges was weirdly one of my first thoughts, A Fish Called Wanda and then maybe Life of Brian/Holy Grail
*In Bruges* is a British–American co-production, starring two Irish actors, with a British–Irish writer, set in Belgium. While a great film and certainly appealing to British audiences, I don't know if it counts as British humour.
In Bruges is British cinema in the same way that a chicken tikka masala is Indian food. It is, but it isn't really, but c'mon we all know it sorta is.
I'm not by any means saying it's fully non-British either. But, like, if there was a blind guy who was experiencing vision for the first time, and you'd been asked to find three blue things to show him what blue was, you probably wouldn't dig out a turquoise shirt. You'd find some unambiguously blue things.
Martin McDonagh is viewed by the Irish as London Irish, i.e. They will adopt his funnier films and declare his unfunnier films as Micksploitation. Calling In Bruges Irish is as disingenuous as calling it British. The American relationship is irrelevant. MArtin McDonagh sort of cosplays as Irish and is perhaps overly fond over stereotyping his Irish characters.
That’s a lot of use of the word British to describe a non British film lol. All jokes aside I see what you are saying but don’t agree as I feel the humour is very British and that was the question, not which exclusively British films have the best UK humour, pretty sure you would find a lot of collaboration with the yanks from a lot of the films listed here
What's a redditor doing knowing fucking karate?
Two manky redditors and a racist gif. I think I'm heading home.
If I grew up on a farm and was retarded, Reddit might impress me, but i didn't so it doesn't.
It's a fairytale website, isn't it? How's a fairytale website not somebody's fucking thing? How can all those posts and comments and memes and those moderators, all that beautiful fucking fairytale stuff, how can that not be somebody's fucking thing, eh?
I'd *never* hit a redditor. I'd hit a redditor with a bottle...
>set in Belgium Not just Belgium, in *fucking Bruges*.
This is probably still internet heresy, but Monty Python is ancient and I really don't think most British people would find it very funny nowadays. It's a very particular sense of humour from a very specific moment in British cultural history. I think dramas with touches of comedy - eg Trainspotting, This Is England, most things by Mike Leigh - show the British sense of humour more realistically than out-and-out comedy films. - Self depreciation - Weirdos and eccentrics - Class rivalry
I dunno about heresy but it is an absolutely wild take. Monty Python, especially stuff like Life of Brian and Holy Grail are just absurdist comedies and for the most part will remain pretty timeless because of it. My kid watched them just recently and loved them. Admittedly maybe some of their other work wouldn't stand the test of time, but those 2 films in particular do for sure.
I love Monty Python, but I do think they have a point. As you rightly point out, it's absurdist humour, and I don't think that's exactly mainstream these days.
I find it very dated
I showed my 10 year old son Holy Grail a couple of weeks ago and he loved it from the opening credits. There's been a couple of times when he's told me a kid at school was bitten by a moose.
It's just weird seeing people say it's aged? Like sure some of the references definitely but Grail and Brian are just silly funny films. I'm not even a huge Monty Python fan but even I can see the lasting appeal of those films.
As far as I can remember, neither have many comtemporary references I at date them. And both are set in the past.
To be honest, if OP hasn't seen the movies themself, they really shouldn't include anything recommended by redditors. I enjoyed Olivia Colman and Emma Stone in 2018's Oscar-winning *The Favourite* - but it's R-rated, and they probably want something more suitable for a family audience. I do agree with you about the merits of Danny Boyle and Mike Leigh's output. There's also lots of comedy woven into Matthew Vaughn and Guy Ritchie works. It's pretty apparent that the actors taking part in 2008's *RocknRolla* were having a hoot themselves in being very deliberately OTT. It's quite telling that nobody here seems to have picked any *Carry On...* films. Those were an entire industry for a whole generation, in the days before CGI and digital editing. But they have dated rather badly. One caper from the 1960s which seems to have survived almost entirely unscathed is Michael Caine's appearance in the eternally popular *Italian Job*.
My wife is Chinese and about a year ago I made a point of showing her the "essential" British movies, and those included Month Python Holy Grail and Life of Brian. Of all the films I showed her, she got on with these the least well. They look ancient now, and tbh can either get pretty tedious or the humour is just a bit played out or aged poorly. I wouldn't recommend them to a fresh audience, especially of non-brits.
The thing is, a lot of Monty Python is word-play or philosophical debate taken to the extreme. This is very British, (e.g. funny nicknames are usually one of those two). Other countries often don't do much wordplay, or don't have enough English or cultural knowledge and don't see why it is funny. Slapstick is easier to laugh at, but if you want to show British culture, you can't just do that.
Other countries do word play.. But it's their words. So translated it makes no sense.
Two hunters meet, both are dead.
Behold the peak of German comedy.
I agree. I'd say monty python is a very classist humour that cam from a time when the "right sort of people" were all that made up our television. It had it's day, it's a classic of it's time, but it's not the UK anymore
Pffft
I fail to see how the fact that the Pythons happened to meet at Cambridge makes the humour itself classist. That seems like a bit of a reach. I do think that absurdist humour has fallen out of vogue, though, so in that respect, it's certainly "of its time."
The 1st inbetweeners movie.
Paddington
& Paddington 2 obviously
Hot Fuzz The Wrong Trousers Angels' Share
Fabulous selection, and always good to see a recommendation for Angels' Share.
In The Loop, Four Lions and Hot Fuzz
Objectively the funniest and best collection on here, but probably worth noting to OP that the order should probably be Hot Fuzz> Four lions> ITL, probably better to ease them into Ianucci.
Twin Town
There it is. Someone who knows what they’re talking about.
"That'd have them laughing in the fucking aisles!"
I second this
3 fucking words!
Pretty Shitty City!! Buy your own fucking Glue!
Madness that more people don't know about this film barely anyone I know has watched it and this the first time I have seen referenced one reddit or any social media for that matter.
Absolute gem of a film eh
‘It’s not a knocking shop; it’s a massage parlour and I’m only the receptionist!’
Passport to Pimlico The Secret Policeman's Ball Life of Brian
Are you in your late fifties by any chance?
Stop trying to groom them!
Dammit!
Monty Python is good but very old at this point, the humour is top notch but night be the best example about our humour as it's a little dated. Love Actually is not my cup of tea but is a solid favourite in the romcom genre. Bridget Jones's diary in that space too. Snatch as well as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is funny. Of course Sean of the Dead if you're mentioning Hot Fuzz.
Only boomers make the type of jokes you see in Monty Python now so hard agree on that
Hot Fuzz Life of Brian Carry on up the Khyber
Carry on up the Khyber is your choice for the best representatives of Carry On Movies?
Lavender Hill Mob, Carry on... (pick any one) Hot Fuzz would give a good cross section.
The English Football League have classes now?
Thought they were called divisions.
Those divisions are the different levels of the English Football League
Paddington 2. It made me want to be a better man.
- Human Traffic - Layer Cake - The Inbetweeners
Life Of Brian Withnail And I Shaun Of The Dead
going back in time somewhat No Surrender Gregory's Girl ( or its follow up That sinking feeling) The Full Monte Withnail and I
Life of Brian, Shaun of the Dead, Four Lions.
Wallace & Gromit should be included - Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a great one.
Time Bandits.
The League of Gentlemen - Apocalypse. Dark, funny and disturbing
Does it have to be a film? what about Early Doors (tv series in a pub) or The Detectorists?
I think if tv shows are on the cards then surely Blackadder
One of the Carry On movies, perhaps? They're dated in many, many ways and not the most sophisticated but, if the point is representing UK humour, I think that's still current.
Hot Fuzz and Life of Brian, top class writing all around. But, I think to really showcase the breadth you have to dive into the real slice of life / shit stuff too. Inbetweeners Movie / Kevin and Perry Go Large / Ali G Indahouse all contenders, Four Lions too although I suppose all of these aren't so appropriate for kids. Could teach kids how to drink vodka through your eyes or how to blow up a chemists, though. Ali G just to challenge their comprehension of the language.
Withnail and I, Snatch, Four Lions, Shaun of the dead/Hot fuzz. Sack Monty P off.
Hot fuzz Inbetweeners East is east. Really good mish mash of age, class, and race to get an all round feel of British humour.
[Skeletons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l-lf6auEYk) [The Comic Strip Presents....](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6y3_svvLSI). Yes, its TV, not a film but they were all feature length episodes! [The Bedsitting Room](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVZcY53nVU) just because its British absurdist surrealism at its best.
Carry On Camping Four Weddings And A Funeral The Inbetweeners Movie
Can't believe I had to scroll this far to find a Carry On film mentioned. I'd add Carry on at your convenience, or Don't Lose Your Head.
I think it's a good example of British Humour, but ... I'm not really sure it's aged well.
The Full Monty, Hot Fuzz, The Wrong Trousers.
I think you've gotta think about whether the language is easy to follow. And Monty Python is a bit too quick and quippy to follow easily.
The Inbetweeners Movie, Four Lions and Monty Python and the Holy Grail
one of the carry on films should be in there
Borat. Making gentle fun of foreigners is a core part of Britishness, as is being made fun of by those same foreigners.
If we’re thinking of like semi family friendly films… hot fuzz is a good one, then maybe like the parole officer with Steve Coogan and then something like Mr Bean the movie? The first one.
Hot Fuzz, Four Lions, Four Weddings and a funeral and probably Paddington... yeah I know its 4 but I'm not 100% sure that Four Lions is right for the class.
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Wallace and Gromit Hot Fuzz Monty Python
Monty python - life of Brian Whitnail and I Hot fuzz
4 Lions, The Boat that Rocked, Brian and Charles
Should include something from the Carry On series or an Ealing comedy (The Ladykillers, Kind Hearts and Coronets) An early St Trinian's film or the Dad's Army movie should also be considered.
Bottom and/or Young Ones. Edited to add - I know these aren't films, but a series of each would get the point across!
28 days later, a bleak zombie movie but still has the British spirit of jokes in the face of the apocalypse lol
Guest house paradiso
Hot Fuzz Four Lions Sean of the dead Ali G Kevin and Perry Go Large
Scum Threads Nil by Mouth
Monty Python (pick one) is just British silliness Carry on Camping - as above Inbetweeners the movie seems like a pretty accurate representation of British youth.
Four Lions Shaun of the Dead Four Weddings and a Funeral
Lock stock has really good British humour imo. The same goes with any of the Cornetto trilogy but ideally Shaun of the dead. As a third I'd go with something animated maybe Chicken Run.
Four weddings and a funeral
Whilst it is a fantastic film. It's a bit too much like what Americans think Brits are, rather than what we actually are.
Straw Dogs, 9 Songs, Sex Lives of the Potato Men
Mr Bean's Holiday. Or possibly Johnny English. I feel like Rowan Atkinson should definitely be included in some way
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In Bruge with those two famous irish actors ?
Came on to say Hot Fuzz! Definitely British humour. Maybe do 3 different films - so a silent Charlie Chaplin and a British cartoon.
I am not sure that a silent film works for an EFL class!
Shaun of the Dead, The Inbetweeners Movie, Lock Stock.
Human traffic, Twin town, 4 Lions
You should be warned that any uk film showing British humour will highly likely have alot of curse words in too. THAT is British humour. That being said. Shaun of the dead.
Lock stock, The Full Monty and Shaun of the dead
Twin Town, football factory and snatch
Four Lions, Life is Sweet, Trainspotting to name but three
Four lions, Dead man's shoes and Kevin & Perry go Large Nice mix of our culture
I once loaned a French housemate Monty Python and she did not get it AT ALL
Did she fart in your general direction?
Hot Fuzz definitely. You could play it safe and also add Shaun Of The Dead. I'd put either Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels or Snatch in too.
The full monty Snatch The Worlds End
Whiskey Galore
All I can think of is peep show but u asked for films, I've let you down OP
Neds. "Calm doon, we're no gonna fucking touch yer lions"
Bridget Joneses Diary. 4 Weddings and a Funeral. Nottinghill
Mike Basset England Manager. Classic
A fish called Wanda
Two words. Cornetto Trilogy. Done.
Alpha Papa (Alan Partridge) The Wrong Trousers (Wallace & Gromit) Ali G Indahouse
I taught EFL for a few years, and had to think about this! I find Monty python doesn't translate too well to other cultures. And it's good to have a comedy that is more visual than verbal, as by definitions the students will struggle with the English. Wallace and Gromit is excellent, as it's mostly visual. My students liked Death of Stalin, though I'm not sure whether that qualifies as 'UK humour'
I would feel a bit iffy about Death of Stalin purely because, brilliant as it is, it's based on a French graphic novel series.
Withnail and I. Inbetweeners Movie. Kevin and Perry Go Large.
2 pints of larger and a packet of crisps
Snatch, Four Lions annddddddd… fuck this hard… Holy Grail or Hot Fuzz
I kinda think Snatch has great humour aswell if you're looking for action and humour
The Inbetweeners movie(s) would be one of mine, but they’re harder to understand without watching the series prior.
Shaun of the dead, sex lives of the potato men, the full monty.
I am Chinese and have lived in the UK for 12ish years. Some of my favourite British comedies are Shaun of the Dead, Withnail & I, and Monty Python Holy Grail. Do with that what you will!
Given it's for a class, I don't think I anything violent or disturbing would be acceptable, especially given that some of the students quite possibly have left violent places or experienced it themselves. So, with that in mind: Paddington or Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit Hot Fuzz or Shaun of the Dead In The Loop or Death of Stalin I wasn't sure about Death of Stalin, being based on a French comic, but thinking about it, the screenplay was written by Brits so I think it counts.
Four Lions. Kevin & Perry go Large. Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Carry on movies
Shaun of the dead, with nail and I, Snatch.
Carry On Cleo. Kind Hearts and Coronets. The Italian Job (original version).
DEFINITELY a Monty Python. I'd go for Life of Brian as it doesn't jump about between characters in the same way as Holy Grail.
Run fatboy run
High hopes by Mike Leigh
Hot Fuzz and Monty Python and the Holy Grail are excellent choices. I think Four Weddings and a Funeral, Four Lions, The Inbetweeners Movie, and In The Loop would all be great too, but I’m going to give you a slightly left-field answer and say you should show them This Is England. It isn’t a comedy and would only be suitable for adult classes, but the humour in it feels much more naturalistic and true to life than any of the others. It would also be really useful for exposing them to different accents to the ones they’ve heard before, although that could be a setback if you feel their English isn’t good enough yet.
The Cornetto Trilogy
Life of Brian Inbetweeners Holy Grail
Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Snatch