The 10 greatest Hugh Grant films, from Notting Hill to Paddington

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Music and Lyrics Grant and Drew Barrymore didn’t get on like a house of fire on the set of this film – “Drew, I think, did hate me a bit,” said Grant – but their unexpected onscreen chemistry belies that. Sense and Sensibility “I saw the part of a hesitant, in-love Englishman, and said, ‘I don’t think I should do that again’,” Grant recently recalled of his role as Edward Ferrars in the Ang Lee film, adroitly adapted from Jane Austen’s novel by Emma Thompson. True, the film has been thoroughly torn apart over the years for its problematic gender dynamics, and true, Emma Thompson’s performance eclipses everyone’s, Grant’s included – but it has moments of sheer brilliance, and for Grant’s Downing Street dancing scene alone, he deserves praise. “He’d written it in his own image,” Grant told GQ, “and he didn’t think it should be someone who might get the girl.” Curtis had his arm twisted – and thank goodness he did.