For more than a century, Britain and America have stared at one another across the Atlantic, trading accents, ideals, and stereotypes on the big screen. Sometimes it’s romance, sometimes rivalry, but always fascination. These films reveal how each side imagines the other, whether through sweeping royal dramas, cheeky comedies, or Hollywood blockbusters that remake British icons for global audiences.
#1: Notting Hill (1999)
Hugh Grant plays a modest London bookseller whose life is turned upside down by Julia Roberts, a glamorous American movie star. Notting Hill thrives on the contrast between British restraint and American boldness, using humor and romance to highlight the cultural differences that make transatlantic relationships so fascinating and endlessly entertaining.
