Contemporary British Cinema

There are three kinds of British movie: 1. the plucky disenfranchised group working together to achieve a momentary success (The Full Monty, Made in Dagenham, Calendar Girls), a film which promotes the 'having a go' side of British life, as people force themselves to do something badly for the greater good and to cheer themselves up; 2. the aspirational (London) movie, where a group of affluent metrosexuals impress the Americans (Love Actually, Four Weddings and a Funeral, etc.); 3. the gritty, dark, bleak portrait of the futility of working-class life (Fishtank, Red Road, Made in England). Only the third is any good. What does this say about Britain and its sense of itself?