Do Brits watch American movies?

I've heard American movies, TV shows, and songs are popular in England. Is that true?

Is the British movie industry, if there is one, pressured by heavy marketing on part of the Americans?Do Brits watch American movies?We have pretty much the same films as you do, there are British films as well but nowhere near as many you've probably seen them as well things like 28 weeks later, Atonement, St Trinians, Hot Fuzz and Elizabeth the golden age came out last year.



I think music films and TV move back and forward because we have the same language, you country has a larger population so we receive more of you stuff than you do of ours but its all good.



There is pressure on our film industry but there will always be a market for it particularly comedy because we have different senses of humour and its very rare to see an American comedy that compares with a British one.Do Brits watch American movies?
Yeah. And TONS of American tv shows too.Do Brits watch American movies?WE do. But we really don't have much of a choice. We (The English) don't have such a powerful movie industry such as Hollywood %26amp; Bollywood. So therefore, we either watch the American movies and tv shows. Or nothing at all.
Yes; the British movie industry is much less prominent than that in the US; so unlike television they have relatively little domestic movie material to watch. American and Indian movies make up the majority of what's available in the UK. (It still beats those crappy French 'art' films.)Do Brits watch American movies?Everyone watches American TV.Do Brits watch American movies?
Lots of people do as the USA makes so many more movies, but I can't stand watching movies/films at the cinema and prefer British TV, especially comedy. I'm not really keen on USA comedy shows and British TV comedy shows are more popular in Britain. The only USA comedy shows I really enjoy are ones that have British writers such as the Simpsons as the humour is similar to what I like. It's mostly kids who like the silly story lines of Hollywood movies, as they all seem to be about making as many as possible to sell to as many idiots as possible, but now and again Hollywood makes a real gem. Lots of people think the historical Hollywood movies are silly, as the story lines are nearly always changed to make the USA look better than really happened. My favourite movies are the old British movies as the story lines are nearly always good and last the test of time. My favourite film of all time is Lawrence of Arabia.



I'm not sure if Britain is pressured by Hollywood, as we're proud of our good quality acting tradition, so I think they would rather churn out less and keep them good quality and the cinema owners have a lot of Hollywood films to keep them going too.



Sometimes they have Indian films on the British TV and I always can't help watching until the end as the story lines are good.



edit: why did you miss out Charlie Chaplin, Clive? Audrey Hepburn was British too. Bob hope and Dirk Bogarde, Dirks name was really Derek.



I don't really think of Hollywood as American, as there are more people from other countries who make and star in the movies. If you think of the population of the USA, there are more % of people in Hollywood from other countries with smaller populations. I think of it as more as the capital of big budget film making. The same as the Nasa rockets to the moon were German as the rocket makers such as Werner Von Braun could no longer work in Europe and atom bombs were British.
Yes of course. We all speak english (sort of). We watch Australian and Canadian television and movies also for that reason. Americans also watch British TV and Movies (Doctor Who, 28 days later, Gordon Ramsay, The Weakest Link, anything with Simon Cowell, enigma, four weddings and a funeral, the italian job, lock stock and 2 smoking barrels, James Bond, Zulu, Evita, Shakespeare in Love, Ghandi, Sense and Sensibility, Billy Elliot, Benny Hill, Eddie Izzard, Little Britain, The Omen, How Clean is your House, Chariots of Fire, Love Actually, Trainspotting, Shaun of the Dead, the 39 steps etc.) So yes, there sort of is a movie industry....



Also don't forget that Cary Grant, one of the icons of American cinema was from Bristol, England. We mix and match our actors now depending on the roles so many Brits are working in American TV (Cat Deeley, Anna Friel in Pushing Daisies, Michelle Ryan in Bionic Woman, Hugh Laurie in House).Do Brits watch American movies?
Yes, everything you ask in your question is true. American culture is not just popular here in UK, it is very popular and has been for a very long time.



For a moment, let's go back to 1776. At that time, about half the population of UK supported the Revolutionary War - not just with words, but also with money.



Josiah Wedgewood Esq., artisan maker of fine porcelain, was busy making cameo broaches of the American Revolutionary leaders. Some of the profits from the sale of these broaches, which people wore openly on the streets of London, was used to help finance the Continental Army.



If you think of the history of the Hollywood Movie Industry, you will soon appreiciate how quickly and why it became so popular here in UK. Here's a couple of examples : . . . . .



Here's one very famous Englishman who made it BIG in Hollywood and who even today is still popular



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoKbDNY0Z鈥?/a>



Buster Keaton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsyRhRR5I鈥?/a>



That scene you have just seen is staggering in it's daring and even now is just awesome.



In my childhood here in UK in the 1950s, here are some of the famous US TV shows which we enjoyed : . . . .



I Love Lucy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1Yfz-u17鈥?/a>



Rawhide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SFnvLC83鈥?/a>



Champion the Wonder Horse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5i_pEYGe鈥?/a>



More modern US TV shows, sitcoms and soaps, include these : . . . .



Third Rock from the Sun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9f4TJ8XN鈥?/a>



Jon Stewart etc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpD鈥?/a>



Meanwhile at the Movies - we have always enjoyed such as these : . . . .



Ethel Merman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icr71H1nb鈥?/a>



Gene Kelly - Singing in the Rain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmCpOKtN8鈥?/a>



Fred Astaire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j02k9t4rP鈥?/a>



Note: Fred Astaire was famous in England from the 1920s where he performed live on stage around the country at many theaters.



There is if you like, a sort of mutual exchange going on between UK and USA when it comes to entertainment.

Even today, I still no not understand how this purely English comedy ever took hold in the States - but it did and the rest as we know is history : . . . . .



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODshB09FQ鈥?/a>



Spamalot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy7GYQkt-鈥?/a>



Peter Sellars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_JWywDqg鈥?/a>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLsVh6Qrp鈥?/a>



Bugs Bunny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHQZBXJxC鈥?/a>
Good question, this, and yes, American culture is popular here in England (though not American sports). There is a British movie industry, and British actors and studios are in constant use for American films.



Most British filmmakers, if they are after big box office, have an eye on the large American market, though how much that affects their creative decisions I couldn't say.



PS - I must correct one thing the previous contributor (above) says: Bugs Bunny is in no way, shape or form a British creation, coming from the inspired mind of Tex Avery - from Texas!
Yes American movies are watched in almost every country... songs, TV shows ...but the one thing the English do best of all are their TV dramas and comedy's.

Although the American comedy has come on so much over the years..like Frasier... I still think the English do Drama and Comedy the best...I'm not English.
Yeh there's loads, so much that it sounds wierd when an English character comes on the programme!! (e.g. in Friends etc) I'd say about 2/3 of what we watch is American (films and TV) the other 1/3 is British stuff and some Aussie soaps!
Far too many yank imports - am talking with an American drawl now
yes we do watch American films

they are popular over here

but we do make our own films

alot of them
All my favourite movies and sitcoms are American. They're extremely popular here especially with teenagers and children. The Disney channel is so popular I know a number of children (including myself when i was younger) who started saying 'math' instead of 'maths' and 'pants' instead of 'trousers' from watching too much shows like Hannah Montana haha. I also find whilst watching Friends or something when an English person comes on it does sound weird!
yeah we do watch your TV shows and movies their out all the time and there is a British movie and television industry

TV bigger though have you never heard of the BBC



but alot of American TV shows are remakes of British ones

they've been remade for the American market the link below is a list of all British TV shows which have been remade for the American market.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_Bri鈥?/a>