List of British films of 2017
Sir John Hurt died in 2017.
Sir Roger Moore also died in 2017.
This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have their premieres in 2017 and were at least partly made by Great Britain or the United Kingdom . It does not feature short films, medium-length films, made-for-TV films, pornographic films, filmed theater, VR films and interactive films. It does not include films screened in previous years that had official release dates in 2017.
Also included is an overview of the major events in British film, including awards ceremonies, as well as a list of notable British film artists who died in 2017.
Film premieres
January – March
Opening
Title
Cast and crew
Details
Genre(s)
Ref.
J A N U A R Y
1
Sleep Has Her House
Director: Scott Barley
Tao Films
Experimental
[ 1]
2
The Sense of an Ending
Director: Ritesh Batra Cast: Jim Broadbent , Charlotte Rampling , Billy Howle , Freya Mavor , Harriet Walter , Emily Mortimer , Michelle Dockery
StudioCanal Based on The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (co-produced by United States)
Mystery drama
[ 2]
14
The Hippopotamus
Director: John Jencks Cast: Roger Allam , Rod Glenn , Andrew Alexander , Russell Tovey , Paul Bown , Emily Berrington
Lightyear Entertainment Based on The Hippopotamus by Stephen Fry
Comedy
[ 3]
20
The Discovery
Director: Charlie McDowell Cast: Jason Segel , Rooney Mara , Jesse Plemons , Riley Keough , Robert Redford
Netflix (co-produced by United States)
Science-fiction romance
[ 4]
21
Wind River
Director: Taylor Sheridan Cast: Jeremy Renner , Elizabeth Olsen , Graham Greene , Kelsey Asbille , Gil Birmingham
STX International Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (co-produced by France and United States)
Neo-Western Murder mystery
[ 5]
22
T2 Trainspotting
Director: Danny Boyle Cast: Ewan McGregor , Ewen Bremner , Jonny Lee Miller , Robert Carlyle
TriStar Pictures Loosely based on Porno by Irvine Welsh Sequel to Trainspotting
Crime Comedy drama
[ 6]
23
God's Own Country
Director: Francis Lee Cast: Josh O'Connor , Alec Secareanu , Ian Hart , Gemma Jones
Picturehouse Entertainment
Drama
[ 7]
27
iBoy
Director: Adam Randall Cast: Bill Milner , Maisie Williams , Miranda Richardson , Rory Kinnear
Netflix Based on iBoy by Kevin Brooks
Science-fiction Teen thriller
[ 8]
29
Daphne
Director: Peter Mackie Burns Cast: Emily Beecham , Geraldine James , Nathaniel Martello-White , Osy Ikhile , Sinead Matthews , Stuart McQuarrie
Altitude Film Entertainment
Drama
[ 9]
Mansfield 66/67
Director: P. David Ebersole , Todd Hughes
Peccadillo Pictures (co-produced by United States)
Documentary
[ 10]
F E B R U A R Y
4
Night Kaleidoscope
Director: Grant McPhee Cast: Patrick O'Brien, Mariel McAllan, Kitty Colquhoun, Jason Harvey, Craig-James Moncur , Robert Williamson, Gareth Morrison , Ashley Sutherland
Tartan Features
Psychedelic Vampire Horror
[ 11]
11
Butterfly Kisses
Director: Rafael Kapelinski Cast: Theo Stevenson , Thomas Turgoose , Elliot Cowan , Rosie Day , Charlotte Beaumont , Honor Kneafsey
Flix Premiere (co-produced by Poland)
Drama
[ 12]
Erase and Forget
Director: Andrea Luka Zimmerman
LUX
Documentary
[ 13]
Final Portrait
Director: Stanley Tucci Cast: Geoffrey Rush , Armie Hammer , Clémence Poésy , Tony Shalhoub , James Faulkner , Sylvie Testud
Vertigo Releasing (co-produced by United States)
Drama
[ 14]
12
Viceroy's House
Director: Gurinder Chadha Cast: Hugh Bonneville , Gillian Anderson , Manish Dayal , Huma Qureshi , David Hayman , Michael Gambon
20th Century Fox Based on the life of Lord Louis Mountbatten , and the Partition of India (co-produced by India)
Historical drama
13
The Party
Director: Sally Potter Cast: Patricia Clarkson , Bruno Ganz , Emily Mortimer , Cillian Murphy , Kristin Scott Thomas , Timothy Spall
Picturehouse Entertainment
Black comedy
[ 15]
23
Bitter Harvest
Director: George Mendeluk Cast: Max Irons , Samantha Barks , Barry Pepper , Tamer Hassan , Terence Stamp
Arrow Films Based on the event of Holodomor (co-produced by Canada)
Drama War film Romance
[ 16]
24
Division 19
Director: S. A. Halewood Cast: Linus Roache , Lotte Verbeek , Clarke Peters , Jamie Draven, Alison Doody
Picturehouse Entertainment (co-produced by United States)
Political thriller
[ 17]
Waiting for You
Director: Charles Garrad Cast: Colin Morgan , Fanny Ardant , Audrey Basten, Abdelkrim Bahloul
Sky Cinema (TV) (co-produced by France)
Drama
[ 18]
26
Mad to Be Normal
Director: Robert Mullan Cast: David Tennant , Elisabeth Moss , Gabriel Byrne , Michael Gambon , David Bamber , Olivia Poulet , Trevor White
GSP Studios International Based on the life of R. D. Laing
Biographical drama
[ 19]
M A R C H
1
Don't Take Me Home
Director: Jonny Owen Cast: Gareth Bale , Chris Coleman , Aaron Ramsey , Gary Speed (archive footage), Ashley Williams
Spirit Entertainment National Amusements UK Ltd
Documentary
[ 20]
3
The Black Prince
Director: Kavi Raz Cast: Satinder Sartaj , Amanda Root , Jason Flemyng , Atul Sharma , Rup Magon
Eagle Films Based on the life of Duleep Singh (co-produced by India and United States)
Historical drama
[ 21]
8
The Zookeeper's Wife
Director: Niki Caro Cast: Jessica Chastain , Johan Heldenbergh , Daniel Brühl
Focus Features Based on the lives of Jan and Antonina Żabiński , and The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman (co-produced by United States)
War drama
[ 22]
10
The Time of Their Lives
Director: Roger Goldby Cast: Joan Collins , Pauline Collins , Franco Nero , Ronald Pickup
Vertigo Films
Road comedy
[ 23]
11
Baby Driver
Director: Edgar Wright Cast: Ansel Elgort , Kevin Spacey , Lily James , Eiza González , Jon Hamm , Jamie Foxx , Jon Bernthal
Sony Pictures Releasing (co-produced by United States)
Musical Action Crime
[ 24]
16
Another Mother's Son
Director: Christopher Menaul Cast: Jenny Seagrove , Julian Kostov , Ronan Keating , John Hannah , Amanda Abbington
Vertigo Films Based on the life of Louisa Gould
War drama
[ 25]
31
Finding Fatimah
Director: Oz Arshad Cast: Danny Ashok, Asmara Gabrielle, Nina Wadia , Wahab Sheikh, Mandeep Dhillon
Icon Film Distribution Penny Appeal
Romantic comedy
[ 26]
April – June
Opening
Title
Cast and crew
Details
Genre(s)
Ref.
A P R I L
22
The Trip to Spain
Director: Michael Winterbottom Cast: Steve Coogan , Rob Brydon , Claire Keelan , Marta Barrio, Kyle Soller
IFC Films Based on The Trip and sequel to The Trip to Italy
Comedy
[ 27]
25
Churchill
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky Cast: Brian Cox , Miranda Richardson , John Slattery , Julian Wadham , Richard Durden , Ella Purnell
Cohen Media Group Based on the life of Sir Winston Churchill
Historical war drama
[ 28]
M A Y
5
Unlocked
Directors: Michael Apted Cast: Noomi Rapace , Orlando Bloom , Toni Collette , John Malkovich , Michael Douglas
Lionsgate (co-produced by United States)
Thriller
8
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Directors: Guy Ritchie Cast: Charlie Hunnam , Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey , Djimon Hounsou , Aidan Gillen , Jude Law , Eric Bana
Warner Bros. Pictures Inspired by Arthurian legends (co-produced by Australia and United States)
Epic fantasy
[ 29]
11
Interlude in Prague
Directors: John Stephenson Cast: Aneurin Barnard , James Purefoy , Samantha Barks , Morfydd Clark
Carnaby Film Sales & Distribution Based on the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (co-produced by Czech Republic)
Biographical -drama
[ 30]
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Directors: Yorgos Lanthimos Cast: Colin Farrell , Nicole Kidman , Barry Keoghan , Raffey Cassidy , Sunny Suljic
Curzon Artificial Eye Based on Iphigenia at Aulis by Euripides (co-produced by Ireland)
Psychological horror
[ 31]
12
Jawbone
Directors: Thomas Q. Napper Cast: Johnny Harris , Ray Winstone , Ian McShane , Michael Smiley
Vertigo Films
Drama
[ 32]
19
A Prayer Before Dawn
Directors: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire Cast: Joe Cole , Vithaya Pansringar, Panya Yimmumphai
Altitude Film Distribution Based on A Prayer Before Dawn by Billy Moore, and on the life of Billy Moore (co-produced by China, France and United States)
Biographical action
[ 33]
21
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Directors: John Cameron Mitchell Cast: Elle Fanning , Alex Sharp , Nicole Kidman , Ruth Wilson , Matt Lucas
StudioCanal UK Based on How to Talk to Girls at Parties by Neil Gaiman (co-produced by United States)
Science-fiction Romantic comedy
[ 34]
25
I Am Not a Witch
Directors: Rungano Nyoni Cast: Maggie Mulubwa, Nellie Munamonga, Dyna Mufuni, Nancy Murilo
Curzon Artificial Eye (co-produced by France, Germany and Zambia)
Drama
[ 35]
27
You Were Never Really Here
Directors: Lynne Ramsay Cast: Joaquin Phoenix , Ekaterina Samsonov , Alex Manette, John Doman , Judith Roberts
StudioCanal Based on You Were Never Really Here by Jonathan Ames (co-produced by France and United States)
Thriller
[ 36]
J U N E
9
My Cousin Rachel
Director: Roger Michell Cast: Rachel Weisz , Sam Claflin , Iain Glen , Holliday Grainger
Fox Searchlight Pictures Based on My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier (co-produced by United States)
Romantic drama
[ 37]
My Name Is Lenny
Director: Ron Scalpello Cast: Josh Helman , Chanel Cresswell , Michael Bisping , John Hurt
Lionsgate Based on the life of Lenny McLean
Sports drama
[ 38]
11
Even When I Fall
Directors: Kate McLarnon, Sky Neal
Hakawati (co-produced by Nepal)
Documentary
[ 39]
12
47 Meters Down
Director: Johannes Roberts Cast: Claire Holt , Mandy Moore , Chris J. Johnson , Yani Gellman , Santiago Segura
eOne Films (co-produced by United States)
Survival horror
[ 40]
Loving Vincent
Directors: Dorota Kobiela , Hugh Welchman Cast: Robert Gulaczyk, Douglas Booth , Jerome Flynn , Saoirse Ronan , Helen McCrory , Chris O'Dowd
Altitude Film Distribution Based on the life of Vincent van Gogh (co-produced by Poland and United States)
Animated Biographical drama
[ 41]
19
The Rizen
Director: Matt Mitchell Cast: Laura Swift, Sally Phillips , Tom Goodman-Hill , Julian Rhind-Tutt , Adrian Edmondson , Bruce Payne
Uncork'd Entertainment
Horror
[ 42]
22
The Last Photograph
Director: Danny Huston Cast: Danny Houston , Sarita Choudhury , Stacy Martin
Based on The Last Photograph by Simon Astaire
Drama
[ 43]
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Director: Daniel Jerome Gill Cast: Josh Whitehouse, Freya Mavor , Tom Riley , Daisy Bevan , Ian Hart
Based on short film Modern Life Is Rubbish by Daniel Jerome Gill
Romantic comedy
[ 44]
That Good Night
Director: Eric Styles Cast: John Hurt , Charles Dance , Sofia Helin , Max Brown , Erin Richards , Noah Jupe
Trafalgar Releasing Based on That Good Night by N. J. Crisp
Drama
[ 45]
23
Hampstead
Director: Joel Hopkins Cast: Diane Keaton , Brendan Gleeson , Lesley Manville , Jason Watkins , James Norton , Phil Davis
Entertainment One Films
Drama
[ 46]
Edith Walks
Director: Andrew Kötting Cast: Andrew Kotting , David Aylward, Claurdia Barton
HOME Artist Film
Experimental documentary
[ 47]
24
My Pure Land
Director: Sarmad Masud Cast: Suhaee Abro ,Salman Ahmed Khan, Tanveer Hussain Syed, Razia Malik, Tayyab Ifzal, Eman Fatima
Bill Kenwright Films
Drama
[ 48]
25
The Marker
Director: Justin Edgar Cast: Frederick Schmidt, Ana Ularu , John Hannah
Kaleidoscope
Crime thriller
[ 49]
26
Edie
Director: Simon Hunter Cast: Sheila Hancock , Kevin Guthrie , Paul Brannigan , Amy Manson , Wendy Morgan
Arrow Films
Drama
[ 50]
Halal Daddy
Director: Conor McDermottroe Cast: Sarah Bolger , Colm Meaney , David Kross , Art Malik
Element Pictures Distribution (co-produced by Ireland and Germany)
Comedy
[ 51]
July – September
Opening
Title
Cast and crew
Details
Genre(s)
Ref.
J U L Y
1
The Crucifixion
Director: Xavier Gens Cast: Sophie Cookson , Brittany Ashworth, Corneliu Ulici
Lionsgate Based on the Tanacu exorcism (co-produced by Romania and United States)
Horror
[ 52]
2
England Is Mine
Director: Mark Gill Cast: Jack Lowden , Jessica Brown Findlay , Laurie Kynaston, Adam Lawrence
GEM Entertainment Based on the life of Morissey
Biographical drama
[ 53]
13
Dunkirk
Director: Christopher Nolan Cast: Fionn Whitehead , Harry Styles , Aneurin Barnard , James D'Arcy , Barry Keoghan , Kenneth Branagh , Cillian Murphy , Mark Rylance , Tom Hardy
Warner Bros. Pictures Based on the Dunkirk evacuation (co-produced by France, Netherlands and United States)
War Action thriller
[ 54]
15
Maze
Director: Stephen Burke Cast: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor , Barry Ward
Lionsgate Films (co-produced by Germany, Ireland and Sweden)
Crime drama
[ 55]
A U G U S T
4
6 Days
Director: Toa Fraser Cast: Jamie Bell , Abbie Cornish , Mark Strong , Tim Pigott-Smith
Icon Film Distribution Based on the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege in London (co-produced by New Zealand)
Biographical action
[ 56]
Williams
Director: Morgan Matthews Cast: Frank Williams
Curzon Artificial Eye
Documentary
[ 57]
7
Monster Family
Director: Holger Tappe Cast: Emily Watson , Nick Frost , Jessica Brown Findlay , Celia Imrie , Catherine Tate , Jason Isaacs
Altitude Film Distribution Based on Happy Family by David Safier (co-produced by Germany)
Horror comedy
[ 58]
13
Tulip Fever
Director: Justin Chadwick Cast: Alicia Vikander , Dane DeHaan , Zach Galifianakis , Jack O'Connell , Holliday Grainger , Judi Dench , Christoph Waltz , Cara Delevingne
Worldview Entertainment Based on Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach (co-produced by United States)
Historical drama
31
Pin Cushion
Director: Deborah Haywood Cast: Lily Newark, Joanna Scanlan , Isy Suttie
Munro Film Services
Drama
[ 59]
S E P T E M B E R
1
Darkest Hour
Director: Joe Wright Cast: Gary Oldman , Kristin Scott Thomas , Lily James , Stephen Dillane , Ronald Pickup , Ben Mendelsohn
Focus Features Based on the life of Winston Churchill (co-produced by United States)
Drama
[ 60]
Eat Locals
Director: Jason Flemyng Cast: Eve Myles , Charlie Cox , Mackenzie Crook , Dexter Fletcher , Tony Curran , Freema Agyeman
Evolution Pictures
Horror comedy
[ 61]
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Director: Paul McGuigan Cast: Annette Bening , Jamie Bell , Vanessa Redgrave , Julie Walters , Kenneth Cranham
Lionsgate Based on Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool by Peter Turner (co-produced by United States)
Biographical romantic drama
[ 62]
Lean on Pete
Director: Andrew Haigh Cast: Charlie Plummer , Chloë Sevigny , Travis Fimmel , Steve Buscemi
Curzon Artificial Eye Based on Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin
Drama
[ 63]
Stratton
Director: Simon West Cast: Dominic Cooper , Gemma Chan , Austin Stowell , Tyler Hoechlin , Tom Felton
Vertigo Releasing Based on the Stratton series by Duncan Falconer
Action thriller
[ 64]
2
Battle of the Sexes
Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris Cast: Emma Stone , Steve Carell , Andrea Riseborough , Sarah Silverman , Bill Pullman , Alan Cumming , Elisabeth Shue , Austin Stowell , Eric Christian Olsen
Universal Pictures Loosely based on the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs (co-produced by United States)
Biographical Comedy drama
[ 65]
3
Victoria & Abdul
Director: Stephen Frears Cast: Judi Dench , Ali Fazal , Eddie Izzard , Adeel Akhtar , Paul Higgins , Michael Gambon , Olivia Williams
Universal Pictures Based on the lives of Queen Victoria and Abdul Karim , and Victoria & Abdul by Shrabani Basu
Biographical comedy-drama
[ 66]
4
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Director: Martin McDonagh Cast: Frances McDormand , Woody Harrelson , Sam Rockwell , Caleb Landry Jones , John Hawkes , Peter Dinklage
Fox Searchlight Pictures (co-produced by United States)
Drama
[ 67]
5
My Generation
Director: David Batty Cast: Michael Caine , David Bailey , Roger Daltrey , Marianne Faithfull , Paul McCartney , Mary Quant , Twiggy
Lionsgate
Documentary
[ 68]
7
Dark River
Director: Clio Barnard Cast: Ruth Wilson , Mark Stanley , Sean Bean
Arrow Films
Drama
[ 69]
The Hungry
Director: Bornila Chatterjee Cast: Naseeruddin Shah , Tisca Chopra , Antonio Aakeel , Neeraj Kabi , Sayani Gupta , Arjun Gupta , Suraj Sharma , Jayant Kripalani
Based on Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare (co-produced by India)
Drama
[ 70]
On Chesil Beach
Director: Dominic Cooke Cast: Saoirse Ronan , Billy Howle , Emily Watson , Anne-Marie Duff , Samuel West , Adrian Scarborough
Lionsgate Based on On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Drama
[ 71]
8
Apostasy
Director: Daniel Kokotajlo Cast: Siobhan Finneran , Robert Emms , Sacha Parkinson , Steve Evets , Jessica Baglow
Drama
[ 72]
The Death of Stalin
Director: Armando Iannucci Cast: Steve Buscemi , Simon Russell Beale , Jason Isaacs , Michael Palin , Andrea Riseborough , Jeffrey Tambor , Rupert Friend
eOne Films Based on La mort de Staline by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin (co-produced by Belgium and France)
Political satire
[ 73]
The Escape
Director: Dominic Savage Cast: Gemma Arterton , Dominic Cooper , Frances Barber , Marthe Keller , Jalil Lespert
IFC Films
Drama
[ 74]
Gun Shy
Director: Simon West Cast: Antonio Banderas , Olga Kurylenko
Saban Films
Action comedy
[ 75]
Journey's End
Director: Saul Dibb Cast: Sam Claflin , Asa Butterfield , Paul Bettany , Tom Sturridge , Toby Jones
Lionsgate Based on Journey's End by R. C. Sherriff
War
[ 76]
My Days of Mercy
Director: Tali Shalom Ezer Cast: Kate Mara , Elliot Page ,[ a] Amy Seimetz , Brian Geraghty , Elias Koteas
Signature Entertainment
Romantic drama
[ 78]
The Ritual
Director: David Bruckner Cast: Rafe Spall , Arsher Ali , Robert James-Collier , Sam Troughton
eOne Films Based on The Ritual by Adam Nevill
Horror
[ 79]
9
Beast
Director: Michael Pearce Cast: Jessie Buckley , Johnny Flynn , Geraldine James
Altitude Film Entertainment
Psychological thriller
[ 80]
The Children Act
Director: Richard Eyre Cast: Emma Thompson , Stanley Tucci , Fionn Whitehead , Ben Chaplin , Eileen Walsh
FilmNation Based on The Children Act by Ian McEwan
Drama
[ 81]
I Kill Giants
Director: Anders Walter Cast: Madison Wolfe , Imogen Poots , Sydney Wade, Rory Jackson, Zoe Saldana
RLJE Films Based on I Kill Giants by Kelly and Ken Niimura (co-produced by Belgium, China and United States)
Fantasy thriller
[ 82]
Mary Shelley
Director: Haifaa al-Mansour Cast: Elle Fanning , Douglas Booth , Bel Powley , Ben Hardy , Tom Sturridge , Maisie Williams , Stephen Dillane , Joanne Froggatt
IFC Films Based on the life of Mary Shelley (co-produced by Australia, Ireland, Luxembourg and United States)
Romantic
[ 83]
10
Disobedience
Director: Sebastián Lelio Cast: Rachel Weisz , Rachel McAdams , Alessandro Nivola , Anton Lesser
Curzon Artificial Eye Based on Disobedience by Naomi Alderman (co-produced by Ireland and United States)
Drama
[ 84]
Woman Walks Ahead
Director: Susanna White Cast: Jessica Chastain , Michael Greyeyes , Sam Rockwell , Ciarán Hinds , Chaske Spencer , Bill Camp
Based on the life of Caroline Weldon (co-produced by United States)
Biographical drama
11
Breathe
Director: Andy Serkis Cast: Andrew Garfield , Claire Foy , Tom Hollander , Hugh Bonneville
STXinternational Based on the life of Robin Cavendish
Biographical drama
[ 85]
12
The Wife
Director: Björn Runge Cast: Glenn Close , Jonathan Pryce , Christian Slater , Annie Starke , Max Irons , Elizabeth McGovern , Harry Lloyd
GEM Entertainment Based on The Wife by Meg Wolitzer (co-produced by Sweden and United States)
Drama
[ 86]
15
Crowhurst
Director: Simon Rumley Cast: Justin Salinger, Amy Loughton, Edwin Flay, Glyn Dilley, Christopher Hale
StudioCanal Based on the life of Donald Crowhurst
Drama
[ 87]
18
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Director: Matthew Vaughn Cast: Colin Firth , Julianne Moore , Taron Egerton , Mark Strong , Halle Berry , Elton John , Channing Tatum , Jeff Bridges
20th Century Fox Based on characters by Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn, Kingsman by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons Sequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service (co-produced by United States)
Spy comedy
[ 88]
20
Goodbye Christopher Robin
Director: Simon Curtis Cast: Domhnall Gleeson , Margot Robbie , Kelly Macdonald , Will Tilston , Alex Lawther
20th Century Fox Based on the life of A. A. Milne
Biographical drama
[ 89]
22
Anna and the Apocalypse
Director: John McPhail Cast: Ella Hunt , Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux, Ben Wiggins, Marli Siu, Mark Benton
Vertigo Releasing
Christmas Horror -musical
[ 90]
23
Bees Make Honey
Director: Jack Eve Cast: Alice Eve , Hermione Corfield , Joshua McGuire , Joséphine de La Baume , Anatole Taubman , Trevor Eve
Content Media Corporation Intl Ltd.
Dark comedy Mystery Drama
[ 91]
24
The Foreigner
Director: Martin Campbell Cast: Jackie Chan , Pierce Brosnan , Michael McElhatton , Charlie Murphy , Orla Brady , Katie Leung , Ray Fearon , Dermot Crowley , Rory Fleck-Byrne
20th Century Fox Based on The Chinaman by Stephen Leather (co-produced by China)
Action thriller
[ 92]
October – December
Opening
Title
Cast and crew
Details
Genre(s)
Ref.
O C T O B E R
5
Ghost Stories
Directors: Andy Nyman , Jeremy Dyson Cast: Andy Nyman , Martin Freeman , Alex Lawther , Nicholas Burns , Jill Halfpenny
Lionsgate Films Based on Ghost Stories by Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson
Horror
[ 93]
6
A Moment in the Reeds
Director: Mikko Mäkelä Cast: Janne Puustinen, Boodi Kabbani, Mika Melender, Virpi Rautsiala
Peccadillo Pictures (co-produced by Finland)
Romantic drama
[ 94]
7
Kingdom of Us
Director: Lucy Cohen
Netflix
Documentary
[ 95]
The Snowman
Director: Tomas Alfredson Cast: Michael Fassbender , Rebecca Ferguson , Charlotte Gainsbourg , Val Kilmer , J. K. Simmons
Universal Pictures Based on The Snowman by Jo Nesbø
Crime thriller
[ 96]
9
Funny Cow
Director: Adrian Shergold Cast: Maxine Peake , Stephen Graham , Paddy Considine , Tony Pitts, Alun Armstrong , Lindsey Coulson
Entertainment One
Comedy drama
[ 97]
12
Journeyman
Director: Paddy Considine Cast: Paddy Considine , Jodie Whittaker , Anthony Welsh
StudioCanal UK
Drama
[ 98]
13
The Forgiven
Director: Roland Joffé Cast: Forest Whitaker , Eric Bana , Jeff Gum
GEM Entertainment Based on The Archbishop and the Antichrist by Michael Ashton (co-produced by South Africa)
Drama
[ 99]
14
Zoo
Director: Colin McIvor Cast: Art Parkinson , Penelope Wilton , Toby Jones , Ian O’Reilly, Ian McElhinney , Amy Huberman
Entertainment One Loosely based on Denise Weston Austin (co-produced by Ireland)
Historical drama War
[ 100]
21
The Bookshop
Director: Isabel Coixet Cast: Emily Mortimer , Patricia Clarkson , Bill Nighy , Honor Kneafsey , James Lance
Celsius Entertainment Based on The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald (co-produced by Germany and Spain)
Drama
[ 101]
31
Crooked House
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner Cast: Glenn Close , Terence Stamp , Max Irons , Stefanie Martini , Julian Sands , Honor Kneafsey , Christian McKay , Amanda Abbington , Gillian Anderson , Christina Hendricks
Sony Pictures Based on Crooked House by Agatha Christie
Mystery
[ 102]
N O V E M B E R
2
Murder on the Orient Express
Directors: Kenneth Branagh Cast: Kenneth Branagh , Daisy Ridley , Josh Gad , Derek Jacobi , Leslie Odom Jr. , Tom Bateman , Penélope Cruz , Willem Dafoe , Judi Dench , Michelle Pfeiffer , Olivia Colman , Lucy Boynton , Johnny Depp
20th Century Fox Based on Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (co-produced by Malt and United States)
Mystery drama
[ 103]
5
Paddington 2
Directors: Paul King Cast: Ben Whishaw , Hugh Bonneville , Sally Hawkins , Brendan Gleeson , Julie Walters , Jim Broadbent , Peter Capaldi , Hugh Grant
StudioCanal Based on the character Paddington Bear , and sequel to Paddington
Live-action animated comedy
[ 104]
19
Time Trial
Directors: Finlay Pretsell Cast: David Millar
Based on David Millar's professional cycling career
Documentary
[ 105]
24
Finding Your Feet
Directors: Richard Loncraine Cast: Imelda Staunton , Timothy Spall , Celia Imrie , Joanna Lumley , David Hayman , John Sessions , Josie Lawrence
Entertainment One (co-produced by Australia, Canada and United States)
Romantic Comedy drama
[ 106]
28
The Mercy
Director: James Marsh Cast: Colin Firth , Rachel Weisz , David Thewlis , Ken Stott
StudioCanal Based on the life of Donald Crowhurst
Drama
[ 107]
D E C E M B E R
15
You, Me and Him
Director: Daisy Aitkens Cast: David Tennant , Lucy Punch , Faye Marsay , David Warner , Sarah Parish , Christian Brassington, Gemma Jones , Nina Sosanya , Simon Bird , Sally Phillips , Peter Davison
Comedy
[ 108]
18
All the Money in the World
Director: Ridley Scott Cast: Michelle Williams , Christopher Plummer , Mark Wahlberg , Romain Duris , Charlie Plummer
TriStar Pictures Based on Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty by John Pearson (co-produced by United States)
Crime thriller
[ 109]
Other premieres
Title
Director
Release date
Ref.
Access All Areas
Bryn Higgins
30 June 2017 (Edinburgh International Film Festival )
[ 110]
Alan Hinkes: The First Briton To Climb The World's Highest Mountains
Terry Abraham
14 October 2017
[ 111]
Almost Heaven
Carol Salter
15 February 2017 (Berlin International Film Festival )
[ 112]
Amazon Adventure
Mike Slee
18 April 2017
[ 113]
Another News Story
Orban Wallace
4 July 2017 (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival )
[ 114]
Arcadia
Paul Wright
8 October 2017
[ 115]
Bad Day for the Cut
Chris Baugh
22 January 2017 (Sundance Film Festival )
[ 116]
The Book of Birdie
Elizabeth E. Schuch
30 January 2017 (Göteborg Film Festival )
[ 117]
Borstal
Steven M. Smith
6 March 2017
[ 118]
Canaries
Peter Stray
26 August 2017 (Horror Channel FrightFest)
[ 119]
Caught
Jamie Patterson
February 2017 (Fantasporto International Film Festival)
[ 120]
A Change in the Weather
Jon Sanders
7 July 2017
[ 121]
Damascene
Freddy Syborn
15 October 2017 (New Orleans Film Festival )
[ 122]
Dangerous Game
Richard Colton
26 June 2017
[ 123]
Dark Beacon
Coz Greenop (as Corrie Greenop)
13 October 2017
[ 124]
Double Date
Benjamin Barfoot
30 June 2017 (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
[ 125]
Eat Locals
Jason Flemyng
6 April 2017
[ 126]
Eating Animals
Christopher Dillon Quinn
2 September 2017 (Telluride Film Festival )
[ 127]
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Lili Fini Zanuck
8 September 2017 (Toronto International Film Festival )
[ 128]
Fanged Up
Christian James
25 August 2017
[ 129]
Ferrari: Race To Immortality
Daryl Goodrich
29 October 2017 (Rome Film Festival )
[ 130]
Freehold (a.k.a. Two Pigeons )
Dominic Bridges
10 March 2017 (South by Southwest Film Festival )
[ 131]
Gatwick Gangsters
Sid Clack, David Manning
6 November 2017
[ 132]
Gholam
Mitra Tabrizian
25 May 2017 (Seattle International Film Festival )
[ 133]
Gloves Off
Steven Nesbit
8 October 2017 (Sitges International Festival of Fantastic and Horror Cinema)
[ 134]
Going for Golden Eye
Jim Miskell
25 August 2017 (Hebden Bridge)
[ 135]
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
Sophie Fiennes
7 September 2017 (Toronto International Film Festival)
[ 136]
Granny of the Dead
Tudley James
14 July 2017
[ 137]
Habit
Simeon Halligan
5 October 2017 (Grimmfest)
[ 138]
The Hatching
Michael Anderson
2 September 2017 (DVD premiere)
[ 139]
Here to Be Heard: The Story of the Slits
William E. Badgley
14 October 2017 (London Film Festival )
[ 140]
Hex
George Popov, Jonathan Russell
17 November 2017
[ 141]
Hi-Lo Joe
James Kermack
24 November 2017
[ 142]
The Howling
Steven M. Smith
9 October 2017
[ 143]
The Iconoclast
King Adz
16 November 2017 (DOC NYC )
[ 144]
In Extremis
Steve Stone
12 October 2017 (American Horror Film Festival)
[ 145]
Island
Steven Eastwood
7 October 2017 (London Film Festival)
[ 146]
Kenny
Stewart Sugg
20 November 2017
[ 147]
King Arthur: Excalibur Rising
Antony Smith
1 March 2017
[ 148]
Leaning in the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy
Thomas Riedelsheimer
8 April 2017 (San Francisco International Film Festival )
[ 149]
Lek and the Dogs
Andrew Kötting
14 October 2017 (London Film Festival)
[ 150]
Lies We Tell
Mitu Misra
21 September 2017 (Raindance Film Festival )
[ 151]
The Little Vampire 3D
Richard Claus, Karsten Kiilerich
1 October 2017
[ 152]
London Heist (a.k.a. Gunned Down)
Mark McQueen
17 July 2017
[ 153]
A Love That Never Dies
Jimmy Edmonds, Jane Harris
16 March 2017
[ 154]
Michelangelo: Love and Death
David Bickerstaff
13 June 2017
[ 155]
Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows
Richard Kovitch
4 March 2017
[ 156]
Pickups
Jamie Thraves
18 February 2017 (Dublin Film Festival)
[ 157]
Pili
Leanne Welham
1 October 2017 (Dinard Festival of British Cinema)
[ 158]
Pride
Ashley Joiner
25 March 2017 (BFI Flare London LGBTQ+ Film Festival)
[ 159]
Psycho Vertical
Jen Randall
3 November 2017 (Banff Mountain Film Festival )
[ 160]
Retreat
Tom Nicoll
26 August 2017 (Screenplay Festival)
[ 161]
Rise of the Footsoldier 3
Zackary Adler
3 November 2017
[ 162]
The Royal Exchange
Marc Dugain
27 December 2017
[ 163]
Seat 25
Nicholas Agnew
14 April 2017 (London Independent Film Festival)
[ 164]
The Small Woman in Grey
Christopher Downie
1 October 2017
[ 165]
SOLO!
Nic Cornwall
2017
[ 166]
Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
Stephen Cookson
April 2017 (Independent Horror Movie Awards)
[ 167]
The Stolen
Niall Johnson
23 November 2017
[ 168]
Tawai: A Voice from the Forest
Bruce Parry , Mark Ellam
10 January 2017 (Calcutta International Cult Film Festival)
[ 169]
Tides
Tupaq Felber
14 October 2017 (London Film Festival)
[ 170]
Transhuman
Nicholas Winter
15 April 2017 (London Independent Film Festival)
[ 171]
Undocument
Amin Bakhshian, Kyla Simone Bruce
13 October 2017 (Heartland Film Festival )
[ 172]
Us and Them
Joe Martin
10 March 2017 (South by Southwest Film Festival)
[ 173]
uk18
Andrew Tiernan
1 February 2017 (internet)
[ 174]
Viking Siege
Jack Burton
26 December 2017
[ 175]
We Are Tourists
O'ar Pali, Remy Bazerque
1 January 2017
[ 176]
We Still Steal the Old Way
Sacha Bennett
9 January 2017
[ 177]
Where the Skin Lies
Michael Boucherie
26 August 2017 (Horror Channel FrightFest)
[ 178]
The White Room
James Erskine
23 June 2017
[ 179]
Culturally British films
The following list comprises films not produced by Great Britain or the United Kingdom but is strongly associated with British culture. The films in this list should fulfill at least three of the following criteria:
The film is adapted from a British source material.
The story is set, at least partially, in the United Kingdom.
The film was shot, at least partially, in the United Kingdom.
Many of the film's cast and crew members are British.
Title
Country of origin
Adaptation
Story setting
Film locations
British/UK cast and crew
Atomic Blonde
United States Germany
The Coldest City by Antony Johnston
London , England
London , United Kingdom
James McAvoy , Eddie Marsan , Toby Jones , James Faulkner
Lost in London
United States
London , England
London , United Kingdom
Eleanor Matsuura , Daniel Radcliffe , Martin McCann , David Avery , Nigel Willoughby (cinematographer)
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Canada Ireland
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
London , England
London , United Kingdom
Bharat Nalluri (director), Dan Stevens , Jonathan Pryce , Simon Callow , Donald Sumpter , Miriam Margolyes , Morfydd Clark , Miles Jupp , Jamie Pearson (editor)
The Mummy
United States China Japan
London , England
London , Oxfordshire and Surrey , United Kingdom
Annabelle Wallis , Kaiser Chiefs (soundtrack), Neil Maskell , Penny Rose (costume designer), Andrew Ackland-Snow (art director), Lucinda Syson (casting director)
Phantom Thread
United States
London and Surrey , England
Cotswolds , Fitzroy Square , and North York Moors National Park in London, and Lythe , United Kingdom
Daniel Day-Lewis , Lesley Manville , Camilla Rutherford , Gina McKee , Julia Davis , Jonny Greenwood (composer)
Transformers: The Last Knight
United States China
London , Oxford , and Medieval England
Berkshire , Buckinghamshire , Hampshire , Northumberland , North Yorkshire , Oxfordshire , Surrey , Wiltshire , Northern Ireland and Scotland , United Kingdom
Anthony Hopkins , Laura Haddock , Liam Garrigan , Peter Cullen , Gemma Chan , Mark Sanger (editor), Terry Glass (special effects supervisor)
Wonder Woman
United States China
London , England
Buckinghamshire , Essex , Hertfordshire , Kent , London , Oxfordshire and Surrey , United Kingdom
David Thewlis , Lucy Davis , Ewen Bremner , Rupert Gregson-Williams (composer), Martin Walsh (editor), Lindy Hemming (costume designer), Chris Munro (sound designer)
British award winners
Dev Patel received the BAFTA award and multiple best supporting actor nominations for his performance in Lion .
Aaron Taylor-Johnson received the Golden Globe award for best supporting actor in Nocturnal Animals .
Andrew Garfield received multiple Best Actor nominations for his performance in Hacksaw Ridge .
Naomie Harris received multiple Best Supporting Actress nominations for her performance in Moonlight .
Hugh Grant received multiple Best Supporting Actor nominations for his performance in Florence Foster Jenkins .
Ken Loach received multiple nominations for his film I, Daniel Blake .
Mika Levi , acclaimed musician and composer, received multiple Best Original Score nominations for her work in Jackie .
Listed here are the British winners and nominees at the three most prestigious film award ceremonies in the English-speaking world: the Academy Awards , British Academy Film Awards and Golden Globe Awards , that were held during 2017, celebrating the best films of 2016. The British nominations were led by Lion , with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Florence Foster Jenkins going on to win a number of technical awards. British films did, however, notably lose out to Moonlight and La La Land from the United States.
Academy Awards
The 89th Academy Awards honoring the best films of 2016 were held on February 26, 2017.[ 180]
British winners :
British nominees :
British Academy Film Awards
The 70th British Academy Film Awards honoring the best films of 2016 were held on February 12, 2017.[ 181]
British winners :
British nominees :
Allied (Best Costume Design)
American Honey (Outstanding British Film)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week (Best Documentary)
Denial (Outstanding British Film)
Hail, Caesar! (Best Production Design)
I, Daniel Blake (Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Original Screenplay)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Outstanding British Film, Best Sound, Best Special Visual Effects, Best Costume Design)
Florence Foster Jenkins (Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Costume Design)
Lion (Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Original Music)
Notes on Blindness (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, Outstanding British Film, Best Documentary)
Amanda Knight (Best Makeup and Hair) – Rogue One : A Star Wars Story
Andrea Arnold (Outstanding British Film) – American Honey
Anya Taylor-Joy (EE Rising Star Award)
David Hare (Outstanding British Film) – Denial
David Heyman (Outstanding British Film) – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
David Yates (Outstanding British Film) – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Glenn Freemantle (Best Sound) – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Ian Tapp (Best Sound) – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
J. K. Rowling (Outstanding British Film) – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Joanna Johnston (Best Costume Design) – Allied
Joe Walker (Best Editing) – Arrival
Lionel Wigram (Outstanding British Film) – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Lisa Tomblin (Best Makeup and Hair) – Rogue One : A Star Wars Story
Mika Levi (Best Original Music) – Jackie
Mike Prestwood Smith (Best Sound) – Deepwater Horizon
Neil Corbould (Best Special Visual Effects) – Rogue One : A Star Wars Story
Paul Corbould (Best Special Visual Effects) – Doctor Strange
Richard Bluff (Best Special Visual Effects) – Doctor Strange
Samir Mehanović (Best Short Film) – Mouth of Hell
Simon Hayes (Best Sound) – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Tim Burke (Best Special Visual Effects) – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Golden Globe Awards
The 74th Golden Globe Awards honoring the best films of 2016 were held on January 8, 2017.[ 182]
British winner :
British nominees :
Notable deaths
[ 183] [ 184]
See also
Notes
^ Credited as Ellen Page; the film was released before Page came out as transgender .[ 77]
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