List of British films of 2021

This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2021 and were at least partly produced by the United Kingdom. It does not feature short films, medium-length films, made-for-TV films, pornographic films, filmed theater, VR films or interactive films, nor does it include films screened in previous years that had official release dates in 2021.

British films box office

The highest-grossing British films released in 2021, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:^[1]^[2]

*	Denotes films still running in cinemas worldwide

Highest-grossing films of 2021
Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic gross
1	No Time to Die*	Universal Pictures	£96,691,697^[3]
2	The King's Man*	Disney	£7,990,039^[3]
3	Spencer	STX Entertainment	£2,825,527^[4]
4	People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan	Universal	£2,346,614^[5]
5	Last Night in Soho*	Universal	£2,337,418^[4]
6	The Father	Lionsgate	£2,101,732^[4]
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Film premieres

January–March


Opening		Title	Cast and crew	Details	Ref.
J A N U A R Y	14	Locked Down	Director: Doug Liman Cast: Anne Hathaway, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Stephen Merchant, Mindy Kaling, Lucy Boynton, Mark Gatiss, Claes Bang, Ben Stiller, Ben Kingsley	Warner Bros. Pictures (co-produced by the United States)	^[6]
	15	The Dig	Director: Simon Stone Cast: Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Lily James, Johnny Flynn, Ben Chaplin, Ken Stott, Archie Barnes, Monica Dolan	Netflix Based on The Dig by John Preston (co-produced by the United States)	^[7]
	28	Censor	Director: Prano Bailey-Bond Cast: Niamh Algar, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin, Sophia La Porta, Adrian Schiller, Michael Smiley		^[8]
	28	Flee	Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen Cast:Amin Nawabi, Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh	Curzon Artificial Eye (co-produced by France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the United States)	^[9]
	29	In the Earth	Director: Ben Wheatley Cast: Joel Fry, Reece Shearsmith, Hayley Squires, Ellora Torchia, John Hollingworth, Mark Monero	Universal Pictures (co-produced by the United States)	^[10]
	29	Twist	Director: Martin Owen Cast: Rafferty Law, Michael Caine, Lena Headey, Rita Ora, Sophie Simnett, Noel Clarke, David Walliams, Franz Drameh, Jason Maza	Sky Cinema Loosely based on Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens	^[11]
	30	Passing	Director: Rebecca Hall Cast: Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, Alexander Skarsgård, Bill Camp	Netflix Based on Passing by Nella Larsen (co-produced by the United States)	^[12]
	30	The Sparks Brothers	Director: Edgar Wright Cast: Ron Mael, Russell Mael, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Beck, Flea, Jonathan Ross, Patton Oswalt, Scott Aukerman, Jason Schwartzman, Tony Visconti, Mike Myers	Universal Pictures Documentary about the band Sparks (co-produced by the United States)	^[13]
	31	Misha and the Wolves	Director: Sam Hobkinson	Netflix About Misha Defonseca's fraudulent Holocaust memoir (co-produced by Belgium)	^[14]
F E B R U A R Y	12	The Mauritanian	Director: Kevin Macdonald Cast: Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley, Benedict Cumberbatch	Based on Guantanamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Salahi STXfilms (co-produced by the United States)	^[15]
	19	To Olivia	Director: John Hay Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Keeley Hawes, Sam Heughan	Based on An Unquiet Life by Stephen Michael Shearer Sky Cinema	^[16]
	24	Creation Stories	Director: Nick Moran Cast: Ewen Bremner, Suki Waterhouse, Jason Flemyng, Thomas Turgoose, Jason Isaacs	About Alan McGee and Creation Records Sky Cinema (co-produced by the United States)	^[17]
	27	Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché	Director: Nick Moran Cast: Ruth Negga, Jonathan Ross, Kathleen Hanna, Neneh Cherry, Thurston Moore, Vivienne Westwood	Modern Films About Poly Styrene	^[18]
M A R C H	1	The Beta Test	Directors: Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe Cast: Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe, Virginia Newcomb, Jessie Barr	(co-produced with the United States)	^[19]
	6	Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In	Director: Jason Ferguson Cast: Alex Ferguson	About Sir Alex Ferguson	^[20]
	17	The Feast	Director: Lee Haven Jones Cast: Annes Elwy, Nia Roberts, Julian Lewis Jones	Picturehouse Entertainment
	17	Here Before	Director: Stacey Gregg Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Jonjo O'Neill, Martin McCann, Eileen O'Higgins		^[21]
	20	Granada Nights	Directors: Abid Khan Cast: Antonio Aakeel, Quintessa Swindell, Óscar Casas, Julius Fleischanderl, Laura Frederico, Isabel Guardiola, Leticia Marín, Virgile Bramly		^[22]

April–June


Opening		Title	Cast and crew	Details	Ref.
A P R I L	22	Wrath of Man	Director: Guy Ritchie Cast: Jason Statham, Holt McCallany, Jeffrey Donovan, Josh Hartnett, Laz Alonso	Lionsgate Loosely based on Cash Truck by Nicolas Boukhrief (co-produced by the United States)	^[23]
A P R I L	28	Voyagers	Director: Neil Burger Cast: Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp, Fionn Whitehead, Colin Farrell, Chanté Adams, Isaac Hempstead Wright	Lionsgate (co-produced by Czech Republic, Romania and the United States)
M A Y
M A Y
J U N E	4	Edge of the World	Director: Michael Haussman Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Dominic Monaghan, Ralph Ineson, Samo Rafael, Hannah New, Josie Ho, Bront Palarae	Based on the adventures of James Brooke (co-produced by the United States, Malaysia and China)	^[24]
	12	Everybody's Talking About Jamie	Director: Jonathan Butterell Cast: Max Harwood, Sarah Lancashire, Lauren Patel, Shobna Gulati, Ralph Ineson, Adeel Akhtar, Samuel Bottomley, Sharon Horgan, Richard E. Grant	Amazon Studios Based on: Everybody's Talking About Jamie by Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae (co-produced by the United States)	^[25]
	18	The Last Bus	Director: Gillies MacKinnon Cast: Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan	Parkland Entertainment	^[26]

July–September


Opening		Title	Cast and crew	Details	Ref.
J U L Y	5	Boiling Point	Director: Philip Barantini Cast: Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson, Alice Feetham, Hannah Walters	Vertigo Films	^[27]
	8	The Souvenir Part II	Director: Joanna Hogg Cast: Honor Swinton Byrne, Tilda Swinton, Richard Ayoade, Jaygann Ayeh, Ariane Labed, James Spencer Ashworth, Harris Dickinson, Charlie Heaton, Joe Alwyn	Picturehouse Entertainment (co-produced in Ireland and the United States)
	8	Cow	Director: Andrea Arnold	Mubi Documentary about two cows	^[28]
	9	Mothering Sunday	Director: Eva Husson Cast: Odessa Young, Josh O'Connor, Olivia Colman, Colin Firth	Lionsgate UK Based on Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift (co-produced in Ireland and the United States)	^[29]
	11	Ali & Ava	Director: Clio Barnard Cast: Adeel Akhtar, Claire Rushbrook	Altitude Film Distribution	^[30]
	15	Memoria	Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul Cast: Tilda Swinton, Elkin Díaz, Jeanne Balibar, Juan Pablo Urrego, Daniel Giménez Cacho	Sovereign Films
	23	The Last Letter from Your Lover	Director: Augustine Frizzell Cast: Felicity Jones, Callum Turner, Joe Alwyn, Nabhaan Rizwan, Shailene Woodley	Based on The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes StudioCanal	^[31]
A U G U S T	6	Bull	Director: Paul Andrew Williams Cast: Neil Maskell, David Hayman, Tamzin Outhwaite, Lois Brabin-Platt	Signature Entertainment	^[32]
A U G U S T	18	People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan	Director: Jack Clough Cast: Allan Mustafa, Asim Chaudhry, Steve Stamp, Dan Sylvester, Hugo Chegwin	BBC Film	^[33]
S E P T E M B E R	2	The Electrical Life of Louis Wain	Director: Will Sharpe Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones	StudioCanal Based on the life of Louis Wain (co-produced in United States)	^[34]
		The Rescue	Director: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi	Greenwich Entertainment About Tham Luang cave rescue (co-produced in United States)	^[35]
		The Power of the Dog	Director: Jane Campion Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, Genevieve Lemon, Keith Carradine, Frances Conroy	Netflix Based on: The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage (co-produced in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States)	^[36]
		Belfast	Director: Kenneth Branagh Cast: Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds, Colin Morgan, Jude Hill	Universal Pictures (co-produced in Ireland)	^[37]
		Cyrano	Director: Joe Wright Cast: Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Bashir Salahuddin, Ben Mendelsohn	Universal Pictures Based on: Cyrano (2018 stage musical) by Erica Schmidt and Cyrano de Bergerac (1897 play) by Edmond Rostand (co-produced in Canada and the United States)	^[38]
	3	Spencer	Director: Pablo Larraín Cast: Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Jack Farthing, Sean Harris, Sally Hawkins	STXfilms (co-produced in the United States, Germany and Chile)	^[39]
		Cinderella	Director: Kay Cannon Cast: Camila Cabello, Idina Menzel, Minnie Driver, Nicholas Galitzine, Billy Porter, Pierce Brosnan	Amazon Studios Based on Cinderella by Charles Perrault (co-produced in the United States)	^[40]
		Encounter	Director: Michael Pearce Cast: Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Janina Gavankar, Rory Cochrane, Lucain-River Chauhan	Amazon Studios (co-produced in the United States)
	4	Last Night in Soho	Director: Edgar Wright Cast: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Michael Ajao, Terence Stamp, Diana Rigg	Universal Pictures	^[41]
	10	The Last Duel	Director: Ridley Scott Cast: Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Ben Affleck, Harriet Walter, Alex Lawther, Marton Csokas	20th Century Studios Based on The Last Duel: A True Story of Trial by Combat in Medieval France by Eric Jager (co-produced in the United States)	^[42]
	12	Benediction	Director: Terence Davies Cast: Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeremy Irvine, Kate Phillips, Gemma Jones, Ben Daniels	Vertigo Films Based on the life of Siegfried Sassoon (co-produced in the United States)	^[43]
	12	Nobody Has to Know	Director: Bouli Lanners Cast: Michelle Fairley, Bouli Lanners, Cal MacAninch	Parkland Entertainment (co-produced by France and Belgium)
	13	Dashcam	Director: Rob Savage Cast: Annie Hardy	(co-produced in the United States)	^[44]
	16	Silent Night	Director: Camille Griffin Cast: Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Sope Dirisu, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Lucy Punch, Rufus Jones	Altitude Film Distribution (co-produced in the United States)	^[45]
	28	No Time to Die	Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga Cast: Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes	Universal Pictures Based on James Bond by Ian Fleming (co-produced in the United States)	^[46]

October–December


Opening		Title	Cast and crew	Details	Ref.
O C T O B E R	9	Ron's Gone Wrong	Directors: Sarah Smith, Jean-Philippe Vine Cast: Zach Galifianakis, Jack Dylan Grazer, Ed Helms, Justice Smith, Rob Delaney, Kylie Cantrall, Ricardo Hurtado, Olivia Colman	20th Century Studios (co-produced by the United States)	^[47]
	11	All Is Vanity	Directors: Marcos Mereles Cast: Sid Phoenix, Yaseen Aroussi, Isabelle Bonfrer, Rosie Steel, Christopher Sherwood	Verve Pictures
	12	The Phantom of the Open	Directors: Craig Roberts Cast: Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans, Jake Davies, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees, Mark Lewis Jones	Entertainment One
	13	Munich – The Edge of War	Directors: Christian Schwochow Cast: Jeremy Irons, George MacKay, Jannis Niewöhner, Sandra Hüller, Liv Lisa Fries, August Diehl, Jessica Brown Findlay, Anjli Mohindra	Netflix Based on Munich by Robert Harris	^[48]
	14	Shepherd	Directors: Russell Owen Cast: Tom Hughes, Kate Dickie, Gaia Weiss, Greta Scacchi	Darkland Distribution	^[49]
	22	Falling for Figaro	Director: Ben Lewin Cast: Danielle Macdonald, Hugh Skinner, Joanna Lumley	Umbrella Entertainment (Co-produced by Australia)	^[50]
	31	A Bird Flew In	Director: Kirsty Bell Cast: Derek Jacobi, Jeff Fahey, Sadie Frost, Julie Dray, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Morgana Robinson		^[51]
N O V E M B E R	5	Operation Mincemeat	Directors: John Madden Cast: Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Penelope Wilton, Johnny Flynn, Jason Isaacs	Warner Bros. Pictures	^[52]
	7	Father Christmas Is Back	Directors: Philippe Martinez, Mick Davis Cast: Elizabeth Hurley, Nathalie Cox, Talulah Riley, Kris Marshall, Caroline Quentin, April Bowlby, Ray Fearon, Naomi Frederick, John Cleese, Kelsey Grammer	Netflix	^[53]
	12	The Colour Room	Directors: Claire McCarthy Cast: Phoebe Dynevor, Matthew Goode, Kerry Fox, David Morrissey, Darci Shaw, Luke Norris	Sky Cinema
	19	Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City	Directors: Johannes Roberts Cast: Kaya Scodelario, Hannah John-Kamen, Robbie Amell, Tom Hopper, Avan Jogia, Donal Logue, Neal McDonough	Sony Pictures Releasing Based on Resident Evil by Capcom (Co-produced by United States)	^[54]
	24	The Unforgivable	Directors: Nora Fingscheidt Cast: Sandra Bullock, Vincent D'Onofrio, Viola Davis, Emma Nelson, Rob Morgan, Tom Guiry, Will Pullen, Richard Thomas, Linda Emond, Aisling Franciosi, Jon Bernthal	Netflix Based on Unforgiven by Sally Wainwright (Co-produced by Germany and the United States)	^[55]
	26	A Boy Called Christmas	Director: Gil Kenan Cast: Henry Lawfull, Jim Broadbent, Kristen Wiig, Sally Hawkins, Toby Jones, Michiel Huisman, Maggie Smith, Zoe Colletti, Stephen Merchant	StudioCanal Based on A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig	^[56]
D E C E M B E R	3	Boxing Day	Director: Aml Ameen Cast: Aml Ameen, Aja Naomi King, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Marianne Jean-Baptiste	Warner Bros. Pictures	^[57]
D E C E M B E R	22	The King's Man	Director: Matthew Vaughn Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Harris Dickinson, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Daniel Brühl, Djimon Hounsou, Charles Dance, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Stanley Tucci	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Prequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service (co-produced by the United States)	^[58]

Other premieres


Title	Director	Release date	Ref.
The Afterlight	Charlie Shackleton	15 October 2021 (BFI London Film Festival)
Alone Together	Bradley & Pablo	20 March 2021 (South by Southwest Film Festival)	^[59]
Almost Liverpool 8	Daniel Draper, Allan Melia	6 June 2021 (Sheffield Doc/Fest)
Approaching Shadows	Roque Cameselle, Andrew Turner	3 December 2021 (BFI Busting the Bias Festival) 1 July 2022 (streaming) 22 April 2023 (Los Angeles)	^[60]
Arsène Wenger: Invincible	Gabriel Clarke, Christian Jeanpierre	11 November 2021	^[61]
Bank Job	Daniel Edelstyn, Hilary Powell	1 May 2021	^[62]
End of Term	Mat Menony	10 December 2021
Fixed	Jez Alsop	22 November 2021
The Football Monologues	Greg Cruttwell	October 2021	^[63]
Handsome	Luke White	28 February 2021 (virtual cinema) (Glasgow Film Festival)	^[64]
I Get Knocked Down	Dunstan Bruce, Sophie Robinson	6 June 2021 (Sheffield Doc/Fest)	^[65]
A Manchester Story	Anton Arenko	22 August 2021	^[66]
Our River...Our Sky	Maysoon Pachachi	19 August 2021 (Sarajevo Film Festival)
Pelé	David Tryhorn, Ben Nicholas	23 February 2021	^[67]
Quant	Sadie Frost	9 October 2021 (BFI London Film Festival)	^[68]
The Real Charlie Chaplin	Peter Middleton, James Spinney Cast: Charlie Chaplin	3 September 2021 (Telluride Film Festival)	^[69]
Sava	Matthew Somerville	5 August 2021
Sparkling: The Story of Champagne	Frank Mannion	25 June 2021	^[70]
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas	Mark Cousins	10 July 2021 (Cannes Film Festival)	^[71]
Sparkling: The Story of Champagne	Frank Mannion	25 June 2021	^[72]
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas	Mark Cousins	10 July 2021 (Cannes Film Festival)	^[73]
The Story of Film: A New Generation	Mark Cousins	6 July 6 2021 (Cannes Film Festival)
The Story of Looking	Mark Cousins	12 June 2021 (Sheffield DocFest)
Sweetheart	Marley Morrison	3 March 2021 (Glasgow Film Festival)	^[74]
The Toll	Ryan Andrew Hooper	25 February 2021 (Glasgow Film Festival)	^[75]
The United Way	Mat Hodgson	10 May 2021	^[76]
Zebra Girl	Stephanie Zari	28 May 2021	^[77]

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 fulfil at least three 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
83	India		London and Manchester, England	Kent, London, Buckingham and Glasgow, UK	Ray Burnet, Simon Balfour, Marek Hollands, Tony Richardson
Cruella	United States	The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith	England	England	Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Emily Beecham, Mark Strong, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Kelly Marcel (story)
Eternals	United States		England	Buckinghamshire, London and Oxford, UK	Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kit Harington, Ben Davis (cinematographer)
The Green Knight	United States Canada	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Anonymous	Medieval England		Dev Patel, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, Ralph Ineson, Erin Kellyman
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway	Australia United States	Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter	England	Richmond, United Kingdom^[78]	James Cordon, David Oyelowo, Dominic Lewis (composer)
Sardar Udham	India		London, England	London, UK	Shaun Scott, Andrew Havill, Nicholas Gecks, Sam Retford, Simon Weir
The Tragedy of Macbeth	United States	Macbeth by William Shakespeare	Medieval Scotland		Bertie Carvel, Alex Hassell, Harry Melling, Kathryn Hunter, Ralph Ineson

British winners

Anthony Hopkins received multiple awards and nominations for his performance in *The Father*.

Christopher Hampton received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for *The Father*.

Listed here are the British 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 in 2021, celebrating the best films of 2020 and early 2021.

Academy Awards

The 93rd Academy Awards, honouring the best films of 2020 and early 2021, were held on 25 April 2021.

British winners:

The Father (Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay)
Promising Young Woman (Best Original Screenplay)
Tenet (Best Visual Effects)
Andrew Jackson (Best Special Visual Effects – Tenet)
Andrew Lockley (Best Special Visual Effects – Tenet)
Anthony Hopkins (Best Actor – The Father)
Atticus Ross (Best Original Score – Soul)
Christopher Hampton (Best Adapted Screenplay – The Father)
Daniel Kaluuya (Best Supporting Actor – Judas and the Black Messiah)
Martin Desmond Roe (Best Live Action Short Film – Two Distant Strangers)

British nominees:

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay)
Emma (Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design)
The Father (Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Best Production Design, Best Film Editing)
Promising Young Woman (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Film Editing)
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Best Animated Feature Film)
Tenet (Best Production Design)
Wolfwalkers (Best Animated Feature Film)
Alexandra Byrne (Best Costume Design – Emma)
Andrew Jackson (Best Special Visual Effects – Tenet)
Andrew Lockley (Best Special Visual Effects – Tenet)
Atticus Ross (Best Original Score – Mank)
Carey Mulligan (Best Actress – Promising Young Woman)
Celeste (Best Original Song – The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Dan Mazer (Best Adapted Screenplay – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Dan Swimer (Best Adapted Screenplay – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Daniel Pemberton (Best Original Song – The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Emerald Fennell (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Outstanding British Film – Promising Young Woman)
Gary Oldman (Best Actor – Mank)
Nathan Crowley (Best Production Design – Tenet)
Oliver Tarney (Best Sound – News of the World)
Olivia Colman (Best Supporting Actress – The Father)
Peter Baynham (Best Adapted Screenplay – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Riz Ahmed (Best Actor – Sound of Metal)
Sacha Baron Cohen (Best Supporting Actor – The Trial of the Chicago 7, Best Adapted Screenplay – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Vanessa Kirby (Best Actress – Pieces of a Woman)

British Academy Film Awards

The 74th British Academy Film Awards were held on 10 and 11 April 2021.

British winners:

The Father (Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay)
His House (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
Promising Young Woman (Best Original Screenplay, Outstanding British Film)
Rocks (Best Casting)
Tenet (Best Special Visual Effects)
Andrew Jackson (Best Special Visual Effects – Tenet)
Andrew Lockley (Best Special Visual Effects – Tenet)
Anthony Hopkins (Best Actor – The Father)
Atticus Ross (Best Original Music – Soul)
Bukky Bakray (Rising New Star)
Christopher Hampton (Best Adapted Screenplay – The Father)
Daniel Kaluuya (Best Supporting Actor – Judas and the Black Messiah)
Emerald Fennell (Best Original Screenplay, Outstanding British Film – Promising Young Woman)
Farah Nabulsi (Best Short Film – The Present)
Noel Clarke (Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema)

British nominees:

Ammonite (Best Costume Design)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Best Supporting Actress)
Calm with Horses (Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Casting, Outstanding British Film)
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (Best Documentary)
The Dig (Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hair, Best Production Design, Outstanding British Film)
Emma (Best Costume Design)
The Father (Best Picture, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Outstanding British Film)
His House (Best Actress, Outstanding British Film)
Limbo (Outstanding British Film, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
The Mauritanian (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Outstanding British Film)
Moffie (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
Mogul Mowgli (Outstanding British Film)
Promising Young Woman (Best Film, Best Casting, Best Editing, Best Original Music)
Rebecca (Best Production Design)
Rocks (Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Outstanding British Film, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
Saint Maud (Outstanding British Film, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
Wolfwalkers (Best Animated Film)
Alexandra Byrne (Best Costume Design – Emma)
Alice Babidge (Best Costume Design – The Dig)
Andrew Jackson (Best Special Visual Effects – Tenet)
Andrew Lockley (Best Special Visual Effects – Tenet)
Atticus Ross (Best Original Music – Mank)
Bukky Bakray (Best Actress, Outstanding British Film – Rocks)
Cathy Featherstone (Best Production Design – The Father)
Chris Lawrence (Best Special Visual Effects – The Midnight Sky)
Claire Wilson (Best Original Screenplay, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer – Rocks)
Conrad Khan (Rising Star Award)
Jenny Shircore (Best Makeup and Hair – The Dig)
Katie Spencer (Best Production Design – Rebecca)
Kingsley Ben-Adir (Rising Star Award)
Kosar Ali (Best Supporting Actress – Rocks)
Lucy Pardee (Best Casting – Rocks)
Mark Coulier (Best Makeup and Hair – Pinocchio)
Michael O'Connor (Best Costume Design – Ammonite)
Moira Buffini (Best Adapted Screenplay – The Dig)
Morfydd Clark (Rising Star Award)
Peter Francis (Best Production Design – The Father)
Riz Ahmed (Best Actor – Sound of Metal)
Sarah Greenwood (Best Production Design – Rebecca)
Sarah Gavron (Best Director – Rocks)
Sean Bobbitt (Best Cinematography – Judas and the Black Messiah)
Sope Dirisu (Rising Star Award)
Tatiana Macdonald (Best Production Design – The Dig)
Theresa Ikoko (Best Original Screenplay, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer – Rocks)
Vanessa Kirby (Best Actress – Pieces of a Woman)
Wunmi Mosaku (Best Actress – His House)
Eyelash (Best Short Film)
Lizard (Best Short Film)
Lucky Break (Best Short Film)
Miss Curvy (Best Short Film)
The Present (Best Short Film)

Critics' Choice Awards

The 26th Critics' Choice Awards were held on 7 March 2021.

British winners:

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Best Supporting Actress)
Promising Young Woman (Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay)
Tenet (Best Visual Effects)
Atticus Ross (Best Score – Soul)
Carey Mulligan (Best Actress – Promising Young Woman)
Daniel Kaluuya (Best Supporting Actor – Judas and the Black Messiah)
Emerald Fennell (Best Original Screenplay – Promising Young Woman)

British nominees:

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Best Comedy)
Emma (Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, Best Hair and Makeup)
The Father (Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay)
The Personal History of David Copperfield (Best Costume Design, Best Production Design)
Promising Young Woman (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Costume Design, Best Hair and Makeup)
Tenet (Best Production Design, Best Score)
Alexandra Byrne (Best Costume Design – Emma)
Anthony Hopkins (Best Actor – The Father)
Atticus Ross (Best Score – Mank)
Christopher Hampton (Best Adapted Screenplay – The Father)
Dev Patel (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy – actor – The Personal History of David Copperfield)
Emerald Fennell (Best Director – Promising Young Woman)
Gary Oldman (Best Actor – Mank)
Kave Quinn (Best Production Design – Emma)
Nathan Crowley (Best Production Design – Tenet)
Olivia Colman (Best Supporting Actress – The Father)
Paul Greengrass – (Best Adapted Screenplay – News of the World)
Robert Worley (Best Costume Design – The Personal History of David Copperfield)
Riz Ahmed (Best Actor – Sound of Metal)
Sacha Baron Cohen (Best Supporting Actor – The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Vanessa Kirby (Best Actress – Pieces of a Woman)

Golden Globe Awards

The 78th Golden Globe Awards were held on 28 February 2021.

British winners:

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy – actor)
Atticus Ross (Best Original Score – Soul)
Daniel Kaluuya (Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – actor – Judas and the Black Messiah)
Rosamund Pike (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama – actress – I Care a Lot)
Sacha Baron Cohen (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy – actor – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)

British nominees:

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy – actress)
Emma (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy – actress)
The Father (Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama – actor, Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – actress, Best Screenplay)
The Mauritanian (Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – actress)
The Personal History of David Copperfield (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy – actor)
Promising Young Woman (Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama – actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay)
Tenet (Best Original Score)
Wolfwalkers (Best Animated Feature Film)
Anthony Hopkins (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama – actor – The Father)
Anya Taylor-Joy (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy – actress – Emma)
Atticus Ross (Best Original Score – Mank)
Carey Mulligan (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama – actress – Promising Young Woman)
Christopher Hampton (Best Screenplay – The Father)
Celeste (Best Original Song – The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Daniel Pemberton (Best Original Song – The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Dev Patel (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy – actor – The Personal History of David Copperfield)
Emerald Fennell (Best Director, Best Screenplay – Promising Young Woman)
Gary Oldman (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama – actor – Mank)
James Corden (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy – actor – The Prom)
Olivia Colman (Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – actress – The Father)
Riz Ahmed (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama – actor – Sound of Metal)
Sacha Baron Cohen (Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – actor – The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Vanessa Kirby (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama – actress – Pieces of a Woman)

Screen Actors Guild Awards

The 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on 4 April 2021.

British winners:

Alex Sharp (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture – The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Daniel Kaluuya (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role – Judas and the Black Messiah)
Eddie Redmayne (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture – The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Mark Rylance (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture – The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Sacha Baron Cohen (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture – The Trial of the Chicago 7)

British nominees:

Anthony Hopkins (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role – The Father)
Carey Mulligan (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role – Promising Young Woman)
Delroy Lindo (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture – Da 5 Bloods)
Gary Oldman (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role – Mank)
Jonny Coyne (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Kingsley Ben-Adir (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture – One Night in Miami...)
Olivia Colman (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role – The Father)
Riz Ahmed (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role – Sound of Metal)
Vanessa Kirby (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role – Pieces of a Woman)

References

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^ "Passing". British Council Film. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "The Sparks Brothers". MRC. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ "Misha and the Wolves". Bright Yellow Films. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ "The Mauritanian". Official Site. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
^ "To Olivia". Atticus Pictures. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
^ "Creation Stories". BBFC. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
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^ "The Beta Test". IFC Films. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ "Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In". Passion Pictures. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ "Here Before". Rooks Nest Entertainment. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
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^ "Wrath of Man". Official Site. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
^ "Edge of the World". BBFC. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "Everybody's Talking About Jamie". Film4 Productions. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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^ "Mothering Sunday". Number 9 Films. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ "Ali & Ava". BBC Film. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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^ "Bull". Signature Entertainment. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ "People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan". BBC Film. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ "The Electric Life of Louis Wain". Film4. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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^ "The Power of the Dog". See-Saw Films. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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^ "Cyrano". Working Title Films. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ "Spencer". FilmNation Entertainment. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ "Cinderella". Fulwell 73. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
^ "Last Night in Soho". Working Title Films. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ "The Last Duel". Working Title Films. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ "Benediction". BBC Film. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
^ "Dashcam". Shadowhouse Films. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
^ "Silent Night". Maven Screen Media. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ "No Time To Die". Official Site. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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^ "Falling For Figaro". Black Camel Pictures. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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^ "Operation Mincemeat". Warner Bros. Pictures. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
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^ "The Unforgivable". Construction Films. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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^ "Boxing Day". BBFC. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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^ "Handsome". Boxclever Media. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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^ "A Manchester Story". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
^ "Pelé". Pitch Productions. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ "Pelé". Goldfinch. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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^ "Sparkling: The Story of Champagne". BBFC. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
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^ "The Toll". Western Edge Pictures. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "The United Way". Embankment Films. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "Zebra Girl". 19th Street Productions. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ Truelove, Sam (29 March 2019). "Peter Rabbit 2 is to be filmed in Richmond next week". MyLondon.

External links

British films of 2021 at IMDb

[1] "British Box Office For 2021". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

[2] "Top 10 British films in U.K. and Ireland in 2021". Variety. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[BFI_weekend_figures-3] "Weekend box office figures". British Film Institute. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

[Weekend_box_office_figures-4] "Weekend box office figures". British Film Institute. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[5] "Weekend box office figures". British Film Institute. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[6] "Locked Down". BBFC. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[7] "The Dig". British Council Film. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[8] "Censor". Silver Salt Films. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[9] "Flee". Final Cut for Real. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

[10] "In the Earth". Protagonist Pictures. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[11] "Twist". MEP Capital. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[12] "Passing". British Council Film. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[13] "The Sparks Brothers". MRC. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

[14] "Misha and the Wolves". Bright Yellow Films. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

[15] "The Mauritanian". Official Site. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

[16] "To Olivia". Atticus Pictures. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

[17] "Creation Stories". BBFC. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

[18] "Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché". Official Site. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[19] "The Beta Test". IFC Films. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[20] "Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In". Passion Pictures. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[21] "Here Before". Rooks Nest Entertainment. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[22] "Grenada Nights". Official Site. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[23] "Wrath of Man". Official Site. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[24] "Edge of the World". BBFC. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[25] "Everybody's Talking About Jamie". Film4 Productions. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[26] "The Last Bus". Celsius Entertainment. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[27] "Boiling Point". Ascendant Film. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[28] "Cow". British Council Film. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[29] "Mothering Sunday". Number 9 Films. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[30] "Ali & Ava". BBC Film. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[31] "The Last Letter from Your Lover". Blueprint Pictures. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

[32] "Bull". Signature Entertainment. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[33] "People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan". BBC Film. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[34] "The Electric Life of Louis Wain". Film4. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[35] "The Rescue". Passion Pictures. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[36] "The Power of the Dog". See-Saw Films. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[37] "Belfast". BBFC. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[38] "Cyrano". Working Title Films. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[39] "Spencer". FilmNation Entertainment. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[40] "Cinderella". Fulwell 73. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

[41] "Last Night in Soho". Working Title Films. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[42] "The Last Duel". Working Title Films. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[43] "Benediction". BBC Film. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[44] "Dashcam". Shadowhouse Films. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[45] "Silent Night". Maven Screen Media. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[46] "No Time To Die". Official Site. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

[47] "Ron's Gone Wrong". Locksmith Animations. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

[48] "Munich – The Edge of War". Turbine Studios. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[49] "Shepherd". Golden Crab Film Productions. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

[50] "Falling For Figaro". Black Camel Pictures. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[51] Wiseman, Andreas (2 March 2021). "'A Bird Flew In': First Trailer For Lockdown Drama Starring Derek Jacobi, Jeff Fahey, Sadie Frost — EFM". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

[52] "Operation Mincemeat". Warner Bros. Pictures. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

[53] "Father Christmas Is Back". Highfield Grange Studios. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[54] "Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City". Official Site. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[55] "The Unforgivable". Construction Films. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

[56] Cannon, Nicholas. "'A Boy Called Christmas' – release date, cast, plot and everything we know about this new movie". What to Watch. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

[57] "Boxing Day". BBFC. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[58] "The King's Man". 20th Century Fox. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[59] "Alone Together". Snoot Entertainment. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

[60] "Approaching Shadows – IMDb". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

[61] "Arsène Wenger: Invincible". Official Site. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[62] "Bank Job". Official Site. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[63] "The Football Monologues". Park The Bus. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[64] "Handsome". Boxclever Media. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

[65] "I Get Knocked Down". So and So Pictures. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

[66] "A Manchester Story". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

[67] "Pelé". Pitch Productions. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

[68] "Pelé". Goldfinch. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

[69] "'The Real Charlie Chaplin' Review: Showtime Documentary". Indiewire. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[70] "Sparkling: The Story of Champagne". BBFC. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[71] "The Storms of Jeremy Thomas". Screen Scotland. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[72] "Sparkling: The Story of Champagne". BBFC. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[73] "The Storms of Jeremy Thomas". Screen Scotland. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[74] "Sweetheart". Hazey Jane Films. Retrieved 27 September 2021.

[75] "The Toll". Western Edge Pictures. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[76] "The United Way". Embankment Films. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[77] "Zebra Girl". 19th Street Productions. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[78] Truelove, Sam (29 March 2019). "Peter Rabbit 2 is to be filmed in Richmond next week". MyLondon.

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List of British films of 2021

Contents

British films box office

Film premieres

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Other premieres

Culturally British films

British winners

Academy Awards

British Academy Film Awards

Critics' Choice Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Screen Actors Guild Awards

See also

References

External links