List of British films of 2019
2019 saw the death of Albert Finney .
This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2019 and were at least partly produced 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 also does not include films screened in previous years that had official release dates in 2019.
Also included is an overview of five awards ceremonies which are major events in British film: the Academy Awards , British Academy Film Awards , Critics' Choice Awards , Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards .
Film premieres
January – March
Opening
Title
Cast and crew
Details
Ref.
J A N U A R Y
16
The Kid Who Would Be King
Director: Joe Cornish Cast: Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Dean Chaumoo, Tom Taylor , Rhianna Doris, Angus Imrie , Rebecca Ferguson , Patrick Stewart
20th Century Fox
[ 1]
18
Close
Director: Vicky Jewson Cast: Noomi Rapace , Sophie Nélisse , Eoin Macken , Indira Varma , Mimi Keene
Netflix (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 2]
23
Dirty God
Director: Sacha Polak Cast: Katherine Kelly, Luke White, Kerry Norton
(Co-produced by Belgium, Ireland and Netherlands)
[ 3]
24
Beats
Director: Brian Welsh Cast: Laura Fraser , Lorn Macdonald , Cristian Ortega
Based on Beats by Kieran Hurley Altitude Film Distribution
[ 4]
The Last Tree
Director: Shola Amoo Cast: Nicholas Pinnock , Denise Black
Picturehouse Entertainment
[ 5]
25
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Director: Chiwetel Ejiofor Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor , Aïssa Maïga , Joseph Marcell
Netflix Based on The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
[ 6]
The Hole in the Ground
Director: Lee Cronin Cast: Seána Kerslake , James Cosmo , Kati Outinen , Simone Kirby , Steve Wall, James Quinn Markey
Vertigo Releasing (Co-produced by Ireland)
[ 7]
The Lodge
Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz Cast: Riley Keough , Jaeden Martell , Richard Armitage , Alicia Silverstone
GEM Entertainment (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 8]
26
The Wolf Hour
Director: Alistar Banks Griffin Cast: Naomi Watts , Emory Cohen , Jennifer Ehle
GEM Entertainment (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 9]
Wounds
Director: Babak Anvari Cast: Armie Hammer , Dakota Johnson , Zazie Beetz , Karl Glusman and Brad William Henke
Annapurna Pictures Based on The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud
[ 10]
27
Blinded by the Light
Director: Gurinder Chadha Cast: Viveik Kalra , Hayley Atwell , Nell Williams , Kulvinder Ghir , Meera Ganatra, Aaron Phagura, Dean-Charles Chapman , Jonno Davies
Entertainment One Based on Greetings From Bury Park by Sarfraz Manzoor
[ 11]
Little Monsters
Director: Abe Forsythe Cast: Lupita Nyong'o , Alexander England , Josh Gad
Altitude Film Distribution (Co-produced by Australia and the United States)
[ 12]
Midnight Traveler
Director: Hassan Fazili
[ 13]
The Souvenir
Director: Joanna Hogg Cast: Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke , Tilda Swinton , Ariane Labed , Richard Ayoade , Jaygann Ayeh, Jack McMullen
A24 (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 14]
28
Animals
Director: Sophie Hyde Cast: Holliday Grainger , Alia Shawkat , Fra Fee , Dermot Murphy
Based on Animals by Emma Jane Unsworth (Co-produced by Australia and Ireland)
[ 15]
Fighting with My Family
Director: Stephen Merchant Cast: Florence Pugh , Lena Headey , Nick Frost , Jack Lowden , Dwayne Johnson , Vince Vaughn
Annapurna Pictures Based on the life of Paige , and The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family by Max Fisher (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 16]
Official Secrets
Director: Gavin Hood Cast: Keira Knightley , Matt Smith , Ralph Fiennes , Matthew Goode , Indira Varma , Conleth Hill , Adam Bakri , Tamsin Greig , Rhys Ifans , Hattie Morahan , Ray Panthaki , Angus Wright
Entertainment One Based on The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War by Marcia & Thomas Mitchel (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 17]
F E B R U A R Y
7
The Kindness of Strangers
Director: Lone Scherfig Cast: Andrea Riseborough , Zoe Kazan , Tahar Rahim , Bill Nighy , Caleb Landry Jones , Jay Baruchel
Entertainment One (Co-produced by Canada, France, Germany, Sweden and the United States)
[ 18]
9
Bait
Director: Mark Jenkin Cast: Edward Rowe, Mary Woodvine , Simon Shepherd , Giles King
BFI
[ 19]
10
Mr. Jones
Director: Agnieszka Holland Cast: James Norton , Vanessa Kirby , Peter Sarsgaard , Kenneth Cranham , Joseph Mawle
WestEnd Films Based on the life of Gareth Jones (Co-produced by Poland and Ukraine)
[ 20]
26
The Aftermath
Director: James Kent Cast: Keira Knightley , Alexander Skarsgård , Jason Clarke , Roman Reigns
Fox Searchlight Pictures Based on The Aftermath
by Rhidian Brook (Co-produced by Germany and the United States)
[ 21]
27
Lancaster Skies
Director: Callum Burn Cast: Jeffrey Mundell, David Dobson, Kris Saddler, Joanne Gale, Vin Hawke
Kaleidoscope Film Distribution
[ 22]
28
Last Breath
Director: Richard da Costa, Alex Parkinson Cast: Jeffrey Mundell, David Dobson, Kris Saddler, Joanne Gale, Vin Hawke
Dogwoof (Co-produced by Belgium and Sweden)
[ 23]
M A R C H
9
Pink Wall
Director: Tom Cullen Cast: Tatiana Maslany , Jay Duplass , Sule Rimi, Ruth Ollman, Sarah Ovens, T.J. Richardson, Kyle Lima
Pinpoint Films
[ 24]
10
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
Director: Swati Bhise Cast: Devika Bhise , Rupert Everett , Jodhi May , Nathaniel Parker , Derek Jacobi
Based on the life of Rani Lakshmibai
[ 25]
11
The Day Shall Come
Director: Chris Morris Cast: Marchánt Davis, Anna Kendrick , Danielle Brooks , Denis O'Hare , Jim Gaffigan , Miles Robbins
(Co-produced by the United States)
[ 26]
For Sama
Directors: Waad Al-Kateab , Edward Watts
Republic Film Distribution (Co-produced by Syria and the United States)
[ 27]
15
Fisherman's Friends
Director: Chris Foggin Cast: Daniel Mays , James Purefoy , David Hayman , Dave Johns , Sam Swainsbury , Tuppence Middleton , Noel Clarke
Entertainment Film Distributors
[ 28]
29
Dumbo
Director: Tim Burton Cast: Colin Farrell , Michael Keaton , Danny DeVito , Eva Green , Alan Arkin
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Co-produced by Canada, Australia and the United States)
April – June
Opening
Title
Cast and crew
Details
Ref.
A P R I L
11
A Bump Along the Way
Director: Shelly Love Cast: Bronagh Gallagher , Lola Petticrew, Mary Moulds, Dan Gordon , Zara Devlin
Element Pictures (Produced by Northern Ireland)
[ 29]
19
Once Upon a Time in London
Director: Simon Rumley Cast: Leo Gregory , Terry Stone , Holly Earl , Dominic Keating , Geoff Bell , Jamie Foreman
Signature Entertainment Based on the lives of Billy Hill and Jack Comer
[ 30]
25
Roads
Director: Sebastian Schipper Cast: Fionn Whitehead , Stéphane Bak, Moritz Bleibtreu , Ben Chaplin
StudioCanal (Co-produced by France and Germany)
[ 31]
28
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Director: Werner Herzog Cast: Fionn Whitehead , Stéphane Bak, Moritz Bleibtreu , Ben Chaplin
Based on the life of Bruce Chatwin BBC
[ 32]
M A Y
1
XY Chelsea
Director: Tim Travers Hawkins Cast: Chelsea Manning
Dogwoof Based on the life of Chelsea Manning
[ 33]
4
Yesterday
Director: Danny Boyle Cast: Himesh Patel , Lily James , Kate McKinnon , Ed Sheeran , Ana de Armas , Lamorne Morris , Sophia Di Martino
Universal Pictures
[ 34]
10
The Corrupted
Director: Ron Scalpello Cast: Sam Claflin , Charlie Murphy , Naomi Ackie
Entertainment Film Distributors
[ 35]
Poms
Director: Zara Hayes Cast: Diane Keaton , Pam Grier , Jacki Weaver , Celia Weston , Alisha Boe , Rhea Perlman
STX Entertainment (Co-produced by United States)
[ 36]
16
Rocketman
Director: Dexter Fletcher Cast: Taron Egerton , Jamie Bell , Richard Madden , Bryce Dallas Howard , Charlie Rowe , Gemma Jones
Paramount Pictures Based on the life of Elton John (Co-produced by United States)
[ 37]
Sorry We Missed You
Director: Ken Loach Cast: Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Katie Proctor, Rhys Stone
(Co-produced by Belgium and France)
[ 38]
17
First Love
Director: Takashi Miike Cast: Masataka Kubota , Nao Ōmori , Shota Sometani , Sakurako Konishi , Becky , Takahiro Miura
HanWay Films (Co-produced by Japan)
[ 39]
Little Joe
Director: Jessica Hausner Cast: Emily Beecham , Ben Whishaw , Leanne Best , Lindsay Duncan
(Co-produced by Austria and Germany)
[ 40]
19
Diego Maradona
Director: Asif Kapadia
Altitude Film Distribution Based on the life of Diego Maradona
[ 41]
21
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Director: Quentin Tarantino Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio , Brad Pitt , Margot Robbie , Mike Moh , Al Pacino , Dakota Fanning , Damian Lewis , Bruce Dern , Emile Hirsch , Scoot McNairy , Luke Perry , Samantha Robinson , Damon Herriman , Austin Butler , Lena Dunham , Maya Hawke
Columbia Pictures Corporation (Co-produced by United States)
[ 42]
24
Avengement
Director: Jesse V. Johnson Cast: Scott Adkins , Craig Fairbrass , Thomas Turgoose
Samuel Goldwyn Films
[ 43]
J U N E
7
Pavarotti
Director: Ron Howard
HanWay Films Based in the life of Luciano Pavarotti (Co-produced by United States)
[ 44]
21
The Flood
Director: Anthony Woodley Cast: Lena Headey , Ivanno Jeremiah , Mandip Gill , Jack Gordon , Peter Singh, Arsher Ali , Iain Glen
Curzon Artificial Eye
[ 45]
23
Balance, Not Symmetry
Director: Jamie Adams Cast: Laura Harrier , Bria Vinaite , Lily Newmark, Freya Mavor , Tamsin Egerton , Kate Dickie , Scott Miller
Pinpoint (Co-produced by United States)
[ 46]
24
Bittersweet Symphony
Director: Jamie Adams Cast: Suki Waterhouse , Jennifer Grey , Poppy Delevingne , Craig Roberts , Griffin Dunne
Pinpoint
[ 47]
28
Carmilla
Director: Emily Harris Cast: Jessica Raine , Hannah Rae , Devrim Lingnau, Tobias Menzies , Greg Wise
Altitude Film Based on Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
[ 48]
Killers Anonymous
Director: Martin Owen Cast: Gary Oldman , Jessica Alba , Tommy Flanagan , Elliot James Langridge, Rhyon Nicole Brown , Suki Waterhouse , Michael Socha
(Co-produced by United States)
[ 49]
29
Monsoon
Director: Hong Khaou Cast: Henry Golding , Parker Sawyers, David Tran, Molly Harris, Lâm Vissay, Edouard Leo
Peccadillo Pictures (Co-produced by Vietnam)
[ 50]
30
Mrs Lowry & Son
Director: Adrian Noble Cast: Vanessa Redgrave , Timothy Spall , Stephen Lord , Wendy Morgan
Vertigo Films Based on the life of L.S. Lowry
[ 51]
July – September
Opening
Title
Cast and crew
Details
Ref.
J U L Y
20
Shooting Clerks
Director: Christopher Downie Cast: Kevin Smith , Mark Frost, Brian O'Halloran , Matthew Postlethwaite , Chris Bain, Scott Schiaffo, Harry Mitchell, Jason Mewes
Based on Kevin Smith 's making of Clerks (Co-produced by Canada and the United States)
[ 52]
21
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find
Director: Abner Pastoll Cast: Sarah Bolger , Edward Hogg , Andrew Simpson , Jane Brennan
Signature Entertainment (Co-produced by Belgium)
[ 53]
26
Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans
Director: Dominic Brigstocke Cast:Sebastian Croft , Emilia Jones , Nick Frost , Craig Roberts , Kim Cattrall , Kate Nash , Rupert Graves
Altitude Film Distribution Horrible Histories by Terry Deary
[ 54]
28
Bombay Rose
Director: Gitanjali Rao Cast: Cyli Khare, Amit Deondi, Anurag Kashyap , Makrand Deshpande , Geetanjali Kulkarni, Shishir Sharma , Virendra Saxena , Amardeep Jha
(Co-produced by France, India and Qatar)
[ 55]
A U G U S T
14
Days of the Bagnold Summer
Director: Simon Bird Cast: Monica Dolan , Earl Cave, Tamsin Greig , Rob Brydon
Altitude Films Based on Days of the Bagnold Summer by Joff Winterhart
[ 56]
16
47 Meters Down: Uncaged
Director: Johannes Roberts Cast: John Corbett , Nia Long , Sophie Nelisse , Corinne Foxx , Sistine Stallone , Brianne Tju, Davi Santos , Khylin Rhambo
Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures Sequel to 47 Meters Down (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 57]
29
Marriage Story
Director: Noah Baumbach Cast: Scarlett Johansson , Adam Driver , Laura Dern , Alan Alda , Ray Liotta
Netflix (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 58]
30
The Aeronauts
Director: Tom Harper Cast: Eddie Redmayne , Felicity Jones , Phoebe Fox , Vincent Perez , Anne Reid
Entertainment One (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 59]
The Informer
Director: Andrea Di Stefano Cast: Joel Kinnaman , Rosamund Pike , Clive Owen , Common , Ana de Armas
Warner Bros. Pictures Based on Three Seconds by Roslund/Hellström (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 60]
Judy
Director: Rupert Goold Cast: Renée Zellweger , Rufus Sewell , Finn Wittrock , Jessie Buckley , Michael Gambon
Pathé Based on End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 61]
Seberg
Director: Benedict Andrews Cast: Kristen Stewart , Jack O'Connell , Anthony Mackie , Margaret Qualley , Colm Meaney , Zazie Beetz , Vince Vaughn
Amazon Studios Based on the life of Jean Seberg (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 62]
Tell Me Who I Am
Director: Ed Perkins Cast: Alex Lewis, Marcus Lewis
Netflix Based on the lives of Alex and Marcus Lewis
[ 63]
31
Citizen K
Director: Alex Gibney
About Mikhail Khodorkovsky
[ 64]
Coup 53
Director: Taghi Amirani Cast: Ralph Fiennes
Based on the 1953 Iranian coup d'état (Co-produced by Iran)
[ 65]
Rare Beasts
Director: Billie Piper Cast: Billie Piper , Leo Bill , Lily James , David Thewlis , Kerry Fox
[ 66]
The Two Popes
Director: Fernando Meirelles Cast: Jonathan Pryce , Anthony Hopkins , Sidney Cole, Lisandro Fiks
Netflix Based on The Pope by Anthony McCarten (Co-produced by Argentina, Italy and the United States)
[ 67]
S E P T E M B E R
4
Moffie
Director: Oliver Hermanus Cast: Kai Luke Brümmer , Ryan de Villiers , Matthew Vey, Stefan Vermaak, Hilton Pelser, Wynand Ferreira, Hendrick Nieuwoudt
Based on Moffie by André Carl van der Merwe (Co-produced by South Africa)
[ 68]
5
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Director: Armando Iannucci Cast: Dev Patel , Tilda Swinton , Hugh Laurie , Aneurin Barnard , Ben Whishaw , Morfydd Clark , Peter Capaldi , Gwendoline Christie , Benedict Wong , Paul Whitehouse
GEM Entertainment Based on David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 69]
Rocks
Director: Sarah Gavron Cast: Bukky Bukray, Kosar Ali, D'angelou Osei Kissiedu
Fable Pictures
[ 70]
Sea Fever
Director: Neasa Hardiman Cast: Hermione Corfield , Dougray Scott , Connie Nielsen
Signature Pictures
[ 71]
6
Hope Gap
Director: William Nicholson Cast: Annette Bening , Bill Nighy , Josh O'Connor , Aiysha Hart
Roadside Attractions Based on The Retreat from Moscow by William Nicholson
[ 72]
Military Wives
Director: Peter Cattaneo Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas , Sharon Horgan , Jason Flemyng
Loosely based on the Military Wives Choir Bleecker Street
[ 73]
Roger Waters: Us + Them
Directors: Sean Evans, Roger Waters Cast: Roger Waters , Dave Kilminster , Jon Carin , Jonathan Wilson , Joey Waronker , Gus Seyffert, Lucius (Holly Laessig, Jess Wolfe ), Bo Koster , Ian Ritchie
Us + Them Production Limited
[ 74]
7
Greed
Director: Michael Winterbottom Cast: Steve Coogan , Stephen Fry , Asa Butterfield , David Mitchell , Isla Fisher , Shirley Henderson , Sophie Cookson
Picturehouse Cinemas (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 75]
How to Build a Girl
Director: Coky Giedroyc Cast: Beanie Feldstein , Alfie Allen , Paddy Considine , Emma Thompson , Chris O'Dowd
Lionsgate Based on How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 76]
My Zoe
Director: Julie Delpy Cast: Julie Delpy , Gemma Arterton , Daniel Bruhl , Richard Armitage
Focus Features (Co-produced by France and Germany)
[ 77]
Sweetness in the Belly
Director: Zeresenay Berhane Mehari Cast: Dakota Fanning , Wunmi Mosaku , Kunal Nayyar , Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
GEM Entertainment Based on Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb (Co-produced by Canada and Ireland)
[ 78]
8
Calm With Horses
Director: Nick Rowland Cast: Cosmo Jarvis , Niamh Algar , Barry Keoghan , Ned Dennehy
Altitude Film Distribution (Co-produced by Ireland)
[ 79]
Saint Maud
Director: Rose Glass Cast: Jennifer Ehle , Morfydd Clark , Turlough Convery , Lily Knight, Lily Frazer
StudioCanal
[ 80]
The Song of Names
Director: François Girard Cast: Tim Roth , Clive Owen
GEM Entertainment Based on The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht
[ 81]
9
Downton Abbey
Director: Michael Engler Cast: Hugh Bonneville , Laura Carmichael , Michelle Dockery , Joanne Froggatt , Elizabeth McGovern , Maggie Smith , Penelope Wilton
Universal Pictures International Based on Downton Abbey by Julian Fellowes (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 82]
Ordinary Love
Directors: Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn Cast: Liam Neeson , Lesley Manville , David Wilmot , Amit Shah
Focus Features (Co-produced by Ireland)
[ 83]
11
Dirt Music
Director: Gregor Jordan Cast: Garrett Hedlund , Kelly Macdonald , David Wenham
Based on Dirt Music by Tim Winton (Co-produced by Australia)
[ 84]
True History of the Kelly Gang
Director: Justin Kurzel Cast: George MacKay , Russell Crowe , Nicholas Hoult , Essie Davis , Charlie Hunnam
Film & TV House Based on True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey (Co-produced by Australia)
[ 85]
14
Radioactive
Director: Marjane Satrapi Cast: Rosamund Pike , Sam Riley , Anya Taylor-Joy , Aneurin Barnard , Simon Russell Beale
Amazon Studios Based on Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout by Lauren Redniss
[ 86]
22
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Director: Richard Starzak Cast: Justin Fletcher , John Sparkes , Kate Harbour , Richard Webber, Simon Greenall , Emma Tate , Andy Nyman
StudioCanal Based on Shaun the Sheep by Nick Park Sequel to Shaun the Sheep Movie
[ 87]
October – December
Opening
Title
Cast and crew
Details
Ref.
O C T O B E R
4
Make Up
Director: Claire Oakley Cast: Molly Windsor , Joseph Quinn , Stefanie Martini , Lisa Palfrey , Theo Barklem-Biggs
Curzon Film Distributors
[ 88]
8
Eternal Beauty
Director: Craig Roberts Cast: Sally Hawkins , David Thewlis , Billie Piper , Penelope Wilton , Alice Lowe , Robert Aramayo
GEM Entertainment (Co-produced by United States)
[ 89]
10
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
Director: Thomas Clay Cast: Maxine Peake , Charles Dance , Freddie Fox , Tanya Reynolds , Peter McDonald
(Co-produced by Germany)
[ 90]
11
Muscle
Director: Gerard Johnson Cast: Craig Fairbrass , Cavan Clerkin , Sinead Matthews , Polly Maberly , Lorraine Burroughs
Stigma Films
[ 91]
N O V E M B E R
1
Arctic Dogs
Director: Aaron Woodley Cast: Jeremy Renner , Heidi Klum , James Franco , John Cleese , Omar Sy , Michael Madsen , Laurie Holden , Anjelica Huston , Alec Baldwin
Signature Entertainment (Co-produced by Canada and the United States)
[ 92]
8
Last Christmas
Director: Paul Feig Cast: Emilia Clarke , Henry Golding , Emma Thompson , Michelle Yeoh
Universal Pictures (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 93]
10
He Dreams of Giants
Director: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe Cast: Terry Gilliam , Johnny Depp , Jean Rochefort
Based on Terry Gilliam 's making of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
[ 94]
15
Klaus
Director: Sergio Pablos Cast: Jason Schwartzman , J. K. Simmons , Rashida Jones , Will Sasso , Neda Margrethe Labba, Sergio Pablos, Norm Macdonald , Joan Cusack
22
Blue Story
Director: Rapman Cast: Stephen Odubola, Michael Ward, Khali Best , Karla-Simone Spence , Eric Kofi-Abrefa
Paramount Pictures
[ 95]
The Courier
Director: Zackary Adler Cast: Olga Kurylenko , Gary Oldman , Dermot Mulroney , William Moseley , Amit Shah , Craig Conway, Alicia Agneson
Signature Entertainment (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 96]
D E C E M B E R
2
The Last Faust
Director: Philipp Humm Cast: Steven Berkoff , Martin Hancock , Glyn Dilley, Yvonne Mai , Scarlett Melish Wilson, Isabella Bliss
The Humm Collection Based on Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
[ 97]
3
The Gentlemen
Director: Guy Ritchie Cast: Matthew McConaughey , Charlie Hunnam , Henry Golding , Michelle Dockery , Jeremy Strong , Eddie Marsan , Colin Farrell , Hugh Grant
Entertainment Film Distributors (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 98]
4
1917
Director: Sam Mendes Cast: George MacKay , Dean-Charles Chapman , Colin Firth , Mark Strong , Benedict Cumberbatch , Richard Madden , Andrew Scott
Universal Pictures (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 99]
16
Cats
Director: Tom Hooper Cast: Francesca Hayward , Jennifer Hudson , James Corden , Jason Derulo , Taylor Swift , Idris Elba , Rebel Wilson , Ian McKellen , Judi Dench
Universal Pictures Based on Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot (Co-produced by the United States)
[ 100]
Other premieres
Title
Director
Release Date
Ref.
90 Minutes
Simon Baker
19 March 2019
[ 101]
Abatement
Gary Rogers
1 August 2019 (DVD and Blu-ray premiere)
[ 102]
Amaryllis
Thomas Lawes
20 September 2019 (Crossing the Screen Film Festival)
[ 103]
The Amber Light
Adam Park
22 June 2019 (Edinburgh International Film Festival )
[ 104]
An Accidental Studio
Bill Jones, Kim Leggatt
29 April 2019 (BCN Film Fest)
[ 105]
Are You Proud?
Ashley Joiner
28 February 2019 (Glasgow Film Festival )
[ 106]
Around The Sun
Oliver Krimpas
4 April 2019 (Cleveland International Film Festival )
[ 107]
Baghdad in My Shadows
Samir
10 August 2019 (Locarno Film Festival )
[ 108]
Best Before Death
Paul Duane
26 June 2019 (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
[ 109]
Beyond the Beach – The Hell and the Hope
Graeme Alistair Scott, Buddy Squires
3 September 2019 (Venice Film Festival )
The Big Meeting
Daniel Draper
6 September 2019
[ 110]
The Birdcatcher
Ross Clarke
29 March 2019 (Garden State Film Festival )
[ 111]
The Black Forest
Ruth Platt
21 June 2019 (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
[ 112]
Boyz in the Wood
Ninian Doff
8 March 2019
[ 113]
Burning Men
Jeremy Wooding
1 March 2019
[ 114]
Busby
Joe Pearlman
8 November 2019
[ 115]
The Capote Tapes
Ebs Burnough
7 September 2019 (Toronto International Film Festival)
[ 116]
The Changin' Times of Ike White
Daniel Vernon
13 September 2019 (Camden International Film Festival)
[ 117]
Chasing Perfect
Helena Coan
20 May 2019
[ 118]
Connect
Marilyn Edmond
23 February 2019 (Glasgow Film Festival)
[ 119]
Cordelia
Adrian Shergold
25 September 2019 (Dinard Film Festival)
[ 120]
County Lines
Henry Blake
8 October 2019 (London Film Festival )
[ 121]
Cosmos
Elliot Weaver, Zander Weaver
14 July 2019 (UK premiere)
[ 122]
Cosmos Within Us
Tupac Martir
25 August 2019 (Venice Film Festival )
[ 123]
Crucible of the Vampire
Iain Ross-McNamee
1 February 2019
[ 124]
The Cure: Anniversary 1978–2018 Live in Hyde Park
Tim Pope
11 July 2019
[ 125]
Dark Encounter
Carl Strathie
23 August 2019 (FrightFest)
[ 126]
Darkness Visible
Neil Biswas
8 February 2019 (Los Angeles, California)
[ 127]
Dead Good
Rehana Rose
May 2019
[ 128]
Demon Eye
Ryan Simons
26 February 2019 (Fantasporto – 39.º Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto)
[ 129]
Denmark
Adrian Shergold
26 September 2019 (Calgary Film Festival)
[ 130]
The Dirty War on the National Health Service
John Pilger
29 November 2019
[ 131]
A Dog Called Money
Seamus Murphy
10 February 2019 (Berlin International Film Festival )
[ 132]
The Drifters
Ben Bond
19 October 2019 (São Paulo International Film Festival)
[ 133]
The Easy Bit
Tom Webb
28 September 2019 (Raindance Film Festival )
[ 134]
The Edge
Barney Douglas
22 July 2019
[ 135]
Eve
Rory Kindersley
19 October 2019 (San Diego International Film Festival )
[ 136]
Everything – The Real Thing Story
Simon Sheridan
24 October 2019
[ 137]
Excursion
Martin Grof
20 April 2019 (internet)
[ 138]
The Fear of Looking Up
Konstantinos Koutsoliotas
2 June 2019 (Fantaspoa International Film Festival)
[ 139]
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes
Robbie Fraser
10 May 2019
[ 140]
For Love or Money
Mark Murphy
15 March 2019 (internet)
[ 141]
Force of Nature Natalia
Gerald Fox
6 June 2019
[ 142]
The Gasoline Thieves
Edgar Nito
25 April 2019 (Tribeca Film Festival )
[ 143]
Gorillaz: Reject False Icons
Denholm Hewlett
16 December 2019
[ 144]
A Guide To Second Date Sex
Rachel Hirons
31 October 2019 (British Film Festival)
[ 145]
Harry Birrell Presents Films of Love and War
Matt Pinder
24 February 2019 (Glasgow Film Festival)
[ 146]
Here For Life
Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Adrian Jackson
10 June 2019
[ 147]
Home
Jen Randall
18 October 2019
[ 148]
Home
Scott Altman
27 October 2019
[ 149]
Horizon
Paul Dudbridge, Simon Pearce
17 February 2019 (UK premiere)
[ 150]
How to Fake a War
Rudolph Herzog
22 June 2019 (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
[ 151]
Hurt By Paradise
Greta Bellamacina
20 June 2019 (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
[ 152]
I Am (Not) a Monster
Nelly Ben Hayoun
10 October 2019 (London Film Festival)
[ 153]
Ibiza: The Silent Movie
Julien Temple
5 July 2019
[ 154]
In the Line of Duty
Steven C. Miller
15 November 2019
[ 155]
Invasion Planet Earth
Simon Cox
5 December 2019
[ 156]
Kat and the Band
E.E. Hegarty
13 July 2020
[ 157]
Krabi, 2562
Ben Rivers , Anocha Suwichakornpong
8 August 2019 (Locarno Film Festival)
[ 158]
Leonardo: The Works
Phil Grabsky
29 October 2019
[ 159]
Liam: As It Was
Gavin Fitzgerald, Charlie Lightening
6 June 2019
[ 160]
Lie Low
Jamie Noel
3 May 2019
[ 161]
Lost Lives
Michael Hewitt, Dermot Lavery
11 October 2019 (London Film Festival)
[ 162]
Louisa: An Amazing Adventure
Ken Blakey
11 January 2019
[ 163]
Love Type D
Sasha Collington
21 June 2019 (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
[ 164]
Lynn + Lucy
Fyzal Boulifa
22 September 2019 (San Sebastián Film Festival )
[ 165]
Making Noise Quietly
Dominic Dromgoole
19 July 2019
[ 166]
Masters of Love
Matt Roberts
28 June 2019 (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
[ 167]
A Moon for My Father
Mania Akbari , Douglas White
25 March 2019 (CPH:DOX)
[ 168]
Nocturnal
Nathalie Biancheri
8 October 2019 (London Film Festival)
[ 169]
Nuclear
Catherine Linstrum
11 October 2019 (Warsaw Film Festival)
[ 170]
On the President's Orders
James Jones, Olivier Sarbil
25 March 2019 (CPH:DOX )
[ 171]
Our Ladies
Michael Caton-Jones
4 October 2019 (London Film Festival)
[ 172]
Princess Emmy
Piet De Rycker [fr ]
24 January 2019
[ 173]
Prophecy
Charlie Paul
27 April 2019 (Hot Docs)
[ 174]
Red Devil
Savvas D. Michael
18 November 2019
[ 175]
Return to Podor
Kevin Macdonald
2 September 2018 (Telluride Film Festival )
[ 176]
Rialto
Peter Mackie Burns
2 September 2019 (Venice Film Festival )
[ 177]
Rise of the Footsoldier: Marbella (a.k.a. Rise of the Footsoldier: The Spanish Heist)
Andrew Loveday
8 November 2019
[ 178]
Romantic Comedy
Elizabeth Sankey
25 January 2019 (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
[ 179]
Rose Plays Julie
Joe Lawlor, Christine Molloy
3 October 2019 (London Film Festival)
[ 180]
Run
Scott Graham
26 April 2019 (Tribeca Film Festival)
[ 181]
Rupert, Rupert & Rupert
Tom Sands
26 April 2019
[ 182]
Scheme Birds
Ellen Fiske, Ellinor Hallin
26 April 2019 (Tribeca Film Festival)
[ 183]
Schemers
Dave McLean
29 June 2019 (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
[ 184]
Seahorse
Jeanie Finlay
26 April 2019
[ 185]
Show Me The Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall
Alfred George Bailey
15 March 2019 (South by Southwest Film Festival )
[ 186]
Solidarity
Lucy Parker
7 September 2019 (Open City Documentary Festival)
[ 187]
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Mike Figgis
12 October 2019 (London Film Festival)
[ 188]
Soul Journey
Marco Della Fonte
1 May 2019
[ 189]
The Spy Who Fell to Earth
Tom Meadmore
1 April 2019
[ 190]
StarDog and TurboCat
Ben Smith
6 December 2019
[ 191]
The Street
Zed Nelson
11 October 2019 (London Film Festival)
[ 192]
Strike
Trevor Hardy
11 May 2019
[ 193]
Superpower Dogs
Daniel Ferguson
15 March 2019
[ 194]
Tales From the Lodge
Abigail Blackmore
9 March 2019 (South by Southwest Film Festival)
[ 195]
Trick or Treat
Edward Boase
25 October 2019
[ 196]
Van Gogh & Japan
David Bickerstaff
4 June 2019
[ 197]
Walking with Shadows
Aoife O'Kelly
9 October 2019 (London Film Festival)
[ 198]
White Riot
Rubika Shah
5 October 2019 (London Film Festival)
[ 199]
Young Picasso
Phil Grabsky
5 February 2019
[ 200]
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 3 of the following criteria:
The film is adapted from a British source material.
The story is at least partially set in the United Kingdom.
The film was at least partially shot 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 Cast and Crew
Casanova, Last Love
France
London , England
London , United Kingdom
Stacy Martin , Hayley Carmichael , Catherine Bailey, Nathan Willcocks
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
United States
London , England
London , Glasgow and North Yorkshire , United Kingdom
Jason Statham , Vanessa Kirby , Idris Elba , Eddie Marsan , Dominic Hyman (supervising art director), Lucy Bevan (casting director), Simon Rafferty (special effects)
The Good Liar
United States
The Good Liar by Nicholas Searle
England
London , United Kingdom
Ian McKellen , Helen Mirren , Jim Carter , Mark Lewis Jones , Lucy Bevan (casting director), John Stevenson (production designer), Keith Madden (costume designer)
Hellboy
United States
England
Somerset , United Kingdom
Ian McShane , Sophie Okonedo , Stephen Graham , Neil Marshall (director), Benjamin Wallfisch (composer), Stephanie Collie (costume designer), Paul Kirby (production design)
The King
Australia United States
Henry IV, Part 1 , Henry IV, Part 2 , Henry V by William Shakespeare
England
Lincolnshire , United Kingdom
Robert Pattinson , Sean Harris , Tom Glynn-Carney , Dean-Charles Chapman , Des Hamilton (casting director), Matthew Hywel-Davies (supervising art director)
Liberté: A Call to Spy
United States
The lives of Vera Atkins and Noor Inayat Khan
England
Linus Roache , Samuel Roukin
Men in Black: International
United States
London , England
London , United Kingdom
Liam Neeson , Rafe Spall , Emma Thompson , Stuart Dryburgh (cinematography), DNEG (visual effects)
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
United States
Perceforest' s England
Buckinghamshire , United Kingdom
Sam Riley , Imelda Staunton , Juno Temple , Lesley Manville , Chiwetel Ejiofor , Henry Braham (cinematographer)
The Professor and the Madman
Ireland United States
The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester
Berkshire , England
Oxford , United Kingdom
Natalie Dormer , Eddie Marsan , Jennifer Ehle , Jeremy Irvine , Steve Coogan , John Boorman (writer), Daniel Hubbard (casting)
The Queen's Corgi
Belgium
Queen Elizabeth II 's royal corgis
London , England
Julie Walters , Ray Winstone , Tom Courtenay , Johnny Smith (writer)
Robert the Bruce
United States
The life of Robert the Bruce
Scotland
Angus Macfadyen , Jared Harris
Spider-Man: Far From Home
United States
London , England
Hertfordshire and London , United Kingdom
Tom Holland , Peter Bankole , Chris Munro (sound engineer), Grant Armstrong (supervising art director), Helena Holmes (art director)
Tolkien
United States
The life of J. R. R. Tolkien
London , England
Liverpool and Manchester , United Kingdom
Nicholas Hoult , Lily Collins , Tom Glynn-Carney , Anthony Boyle , Craig Roberts , Derek Jacobi , Stephen Beresford (writer), Grant Montgomery (production designer)
Judy and Punch fulfills two of the above criteria as it is based on the English tradition of puppetry and is set in 17th century England. However, it was filmed entirely in Australia with Australian cast and crew.
British winners
Olivia Colman received critical acclaim and three out of the five major Best Actress awards for her role in The Favourite .
Christian Bale received critical acclaim and multiple awards for his lead role in Vice .
Emily Blunt received critical acclaim for her performances in Mary Poppins Returns and A Quiet Place .
Steve Coogan garnered acclaim and multiple nominations for his role in Stan & Ollie .
Rachel Weisz garnered multiple nominations for her supporting role in The Favourite .
Richard E. Grant garnered acclaim and multiple nominations for his supporting role in Can You Ever Forgive Me? .
Claire Foy garnered acclaim and multiple nominations for her supporting role in First Man
UK-based film director Paweł Pawlikowski , garnered multiple nominations for Cold War .
Mark Ronson received multiple Best Song awards for "Shallow ", in collaboration with Lady Gaga , Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt .
Sandy Powell received multiple Best Costume nominations for The Favourite and Mary Poppins Returns .
Letitia Wright received the BAFTA Rising Star.
Listed here are the British winners and nominees at the five most prestigious film award ceremonies in the English-speaking world: the Academy Awards , British Academy Film Awards , Critics' Choice Awards , Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards , that were held during 2019, celebrating the best films of 2018. The British nominations were led by Bohemian Rhapsody which, along with The Favourite , also lead in the technical categories. British films did, however, notably lose out to Roma from Mexico and Green Book from USA. British VFX artists, sound designers and sound mixers led the technical categories for American films like First Man , Ready Player One and Solo: A Star Wars Story .
The 91st Academy Awards honoring the best films of 2018 will be held on February 24, 2019.
British winners:
British nominees:
At Eternity's Gate (Best Actor)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Best Picture)
Cold War (Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Cinematography)
The Favourite (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing)
Mary Queen of Scots (Best Makeup & Hairstyling, Best Costume Design)
The Wife (Best Actress)
Alexandra Byrne (Best Costume Design) – Mary Queen of Scots
Alice Felton (Best Production Design) – The Favourite
Alison Snowden (Best Animated Short Film) – Animal Behaviour
Barry Alexander Brown (Best Original Score) – BlacKkKlansman
Chris Lawrence (Best Visual Effects) – Christopher Robin
Chris Corbould (Best Visual Effects) – Christopher Robin
Christian Bale (Best Actor) – Vice
David Shirk (Best Visual Effects) – Ready Player One
Deborah Davis (Best Original Screenplay) – The Favourite
Dominic Tuohy (Best Visual Effects) – Solo: A Star Wars Story
Graham King (Best Picture) – Bohemian Rhapsody
Jenny Shircore (Best Makeup & Hairstyling) – Mary Queen of Scots
Marc Pilcher (Best Makeup & Hairstyling) – Mary Queen of Scots
Matthew E. Butler (Best Visual Effects) – Ready Player One
Michael Eames (Best Visual Effects) – Christopher Robin
Nathan Crowley (Best Production Design) – First Man
Neal Scanlan (Best Visual Effects) – Solo: A Star Wars Story
Paul Lambert (Best Visual Effects) – First Man
Rachel Weisz (Best Supporting Actress) – The Favourite
Roger Guyett (Best Visual Effects) – Ready Player One
Richard E. Grant (Best Supporting Actor) – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sandy Powell (Best Costume Design) – The Favourite and Mary Poppins Returns
Theo Jones (Best Visual Effects) – Christopher Robin
Tristan Myles (Best Visual Effects) – First Man
The 72nd British Academy Film Awards honoring the best films of 2018 were held on 10 February 2019.
British winners:
Beast (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Best Actor, Best Sound)
The Favourite (Outstanding British Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup & Hair)
Roughhouse (Best British Short Animation)
Alex Lockwood (Best British Short Documentary) – 73 Cows
Alice Felton (Best Production Design) – The Favourite
Beverley Binda (Best Makeup & Hair) – The Favourite
Deborah Davis (Best Original Screenplay) – The Favourite
Elizabeth Karlsen (Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema)
Jonathan Hodgson (Best British Short Animation) – Roughhouse
Lauren Dark (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) – Beast
Letitia Wright (BAFTA Rising Star)
Michael Pearce (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) – Beast
Olivia Colman (Best Actress) – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz (Best Supporting Actress) – The Favourite
Roger Pratt (Outstanding Contribution to Cinematography)
Sandy Powell (Best Costume Design) – The Favourite
Sue Bruce-Smith (Outstanding Contribution to Cinema)
73 Cows (Best British Short Film)
British nominees:
Apostasy (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
Beast (Outstanding British Film)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Outstanding British Film, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup & Hair)
Cold War (Best Film Not in the English language, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography)
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Best Production Design, Best Special Visual Effects)
The Favourite (Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Editing)
Mary Queen of Scots (Best Supporting Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup & Hair)
McQueen (Outstanding British Film, Best Documentary)
Ray & Liz (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
Stan & Ollie (Outstanding British Film, Best Actor, Best Makeup & Hair)
Widows (Best Actress)
The Wife (Best Actress)
They Shall Not Grow Old (Best Documentary)
Three Identical Strangers (Best Documentary)
You Were Never Really Here (Outstanding British Film)
Alexandra Byrne (Best Costume Design) – Mary Queen of Scots
The Brothers McLeod (Best British Short Animation) – Marfa
Claire Foy (Best Supporting Actress) – First Man
Chris Kelly (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) – A Cambodian Spring
Christian Bale (Best Actor) – Vice
Cynthia Erivo (BAFTA Rising Star)
Daniel Kokotajlo (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) – Apostasy
Jacqui Davies (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) – Ray & Liz
Jan Sewell (Best Makeup & Hair) – Bohemian Rhapsody
Jenny Shircore (Best Makeup & Hair) – Mary Queen of Scots
Julian Day (Best Costume Design) – Bohemian Rhapsody
Leanne Welham (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) – Pili
Nathan Crowley (Best Production Design) – First Man
Richard Billingham (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) – Ray & Liz
Richard E. Grant (Best Supporting Actor) – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sandy Powell (Best Costume Design) – Mary Poppins Returns
Sophie Harman (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) – Pili
Stephen Woolley (Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema)
Steve Coogan (Best Actor) – Stan & Ollie
Stuart Craig (Best Production Design) – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Bachelor, 38 (Best British Short Film)
The Blue Door (Best British Short Film)
The Field (Best British Short Film)
I'm OK (Best British Short Animation)
Marfa (Best British Short Animation)
Wale (Best British Short Film)
The 24th Critics' Choice Awards was presented on January 13, 2019.[ 201]
British winners :
British nominees :
Annihilation (Best Sci-fi or Horror Movie)
At Eternity's Gate (Best Actor)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Best Actor, Best Costume Design, Best Hair & Makeup)
Cold War (Best Foreign Language Film)
The Death of Stalin (Best Comedy)
The Favourite (Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Hair & Makeup, Best Comedy)
Mary Queen of Scots (Best Costume Design, Best Hair & Makeup)
Stan & Ollie (Best Actor in a Comedy)
Widows (Best Acting Ensemble, Best Editing, Best Action Movie)
Adam Gough (Best Editing) – Roma
Al Shuckburgh (Best Original Song) – "All the Stars " (Black Panther )[ 203]
Alexandra Byrne (Best Costume Design) – Mary Queen of Scots
Alice Felton (Best Production Design) – The Favourite
Claire Foy (Best Supporting Actress) – First Man
Deborah Davis (Best Original Screenplay) – The Favourite
Emily Blunt (Best Actress, Best Actress in a Comedy) – Mary Poppins Returns
Joe Walker (Best Editing) – Widows
Julian Day (Best Costume Design) – Bohemian Rhapsody
Nathan Crowley (Best Production Design) – First Man
Olivia Colman (Best Actress) – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz (Best Supporting Actress) – The Favourite
Richard E. Grant (Best Supporting Actor) – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sandy Powell (Best Costume Design) – The Favourite and Mary Poppins Returns
The 76th Golden Globe Awards was presented on January 6, 2019.[ 204]
British winners :
British nominees :
The 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards was presented on January 27, 2019.[ 208]
British winners :
British nominees :
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