A list of British films released in 2010.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Release date | Notes | |
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| 4.3.2.1 | Drama | 2 June | ||||
| Africa United | Deborah Gardner-Paterson | Emmanuel Jal, Eriya Ndayambaje, Roger Nsengiyumva, Sanyu Joanita Kintu, Sherrie Silver, Yves Dusenge | Drama | 22 October | ||
| Another Year | Drama | 5 November | Shown in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. | |||
| Basement | Horror | 17 August | ||||
| Brighton Rock | Rowan Joffé | Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough | Drama | 13 September | Remake of the 1947 film Brighton Rock | |
| Buried | Thriller | 24 September | Co-production with Spain, France and the United States | |||
| Burke and Hare | Comedy | 29 October | ||||
| Craig McCall | Documentary | 5 May | Shown at the Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Cemetery Junction | Comedy | 14 April | ||||
| Centurion | Drama | 23 April | ||||
| Chatroom | Thriller | 14 May | ||||
| Chico and Rita | Animation-Drama | 19 November | Co-production with Spain | |||
| Family/fantasy | 9 December | 20th Century Fox
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| Clash of the Titans | Action-adventure,/fantasy | 26 July | Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures; based on the 1981 film of the same name | |||
| Coriolanus | Drama | 14 February 2011 | ||||
| Crying with Laughter | Drama | 16 April | [1] | |||
| Devil's Playground | Horror | 11 October | ||||
| The Disappearance of Alice Creed | Drama | 30 April | ||||
| Edge of Darkness | Action drama | 29 Jan | Based on the television series of the same name by Troy Kennedy Martin | |||
| Erasing David | David Bond | Documentary | 26 September | |||
| Exit Through the Gift Shop | Documentary | 5 March | ||||
| Fathers of Girls | Ethem Cetintas, Karl Howman | Ray Winstone, Lois Winstone | Drama | 19 November | [2] | |
| Flutter | October 2011 | |||||
| Four Lions | Comedy/satire | 7 May | ||||
| Forget Me Not | Alexander Holt Lance Roehrig | Romantic drama | 6 August | |||
| The Ghost Writer | 16 April | French/German/British co-production, shot in Germany | ||||
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I | Fantasy | 19 November | ||||
| I Am Slave | 30 August (television premiere) | |||||
| Inception | 8 July (London premiere), 16 July | Co-production with the US; shot partially in the UK and US | ||||
| The Infidel | Comedy | 9 April | ||||
| It's a Wonderful Afterlife | Comedy | 21 April | ||||
| Jackboots on Whitehall | 8 October | |||||
| Kick-Ass | Action | 26 March | ||||
| The King's Speech | 26 November | Won four Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Director at the 83rd Academy Awards, beating off notable opposition especially in the director category. Won seven BAFTA Awards including Best Film and Best Actor and a Golden Globe Award for Firth's highly praised performance. | ||||
| The Last Seven | 27 August | |||||
| The Last Word | January 2011 | |||||
| London Boulevard | William Monahan | Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley | Crime | 26 November | ||
| Made in Dagenham | Drama | 1 October | ||||
| Mr. Nice | Comedy/drama | 8 October | ||||
| Monsters | Science fiction, drama | 3 December | ||||
| Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Fantasy | 26 March | ||||
| Neds | Connor McCarron, Martin Bell, Grant Wray | Drama | 9 October | |||
| Never Let Me Go | Drama | January 2011 | Opening night film at the London Film Festival | |||
| Oranges and Sunshine | Jim Loach | Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving | Drama | 8 October | ||
| Outcast | 12 March | |||||
| Pimp | Thriller | 12 May | ||||
| Reuniting the Rubins | Yoav Factor | Rhona Mitra, Timothy Spall | Comedy/drama | 1 July | ||
| Robin Hood | Drama | 12 May | ||||
| Route Irish | Drama | 20 May | Premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Salvage | Comedy | TBA | [3] | |||
| Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | Romantic comedy | August 25 | Based on the comic books | |||
| Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll | Biography | 8 January | ||||
| Shame | Steve McQueen | Michael Fassbender | Drama | 2 December | ||
| Shank | Thriller | 26 March | ||||
| Sherlock Holmes | 26 January | Direct to DVD | ||||
| The Special Relationship | Drama | September | Shown on HBO in the US and the BBC in the UK | |||
| Submarine | Comedy | 12 September | ||||
| Sus | Drama | 7 May | ||||
| Tamara Drewe | Comedy | September | Shown at the Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Third Star | Hattie Dalton | Hugh Bonneville, Benedict Cumberbatch | Comedy/drama | 27 June | ||
| Greg Tiernan | Michael Angelis, Ben Small, Keith Wickham | 11 October | Direct to DVD. Based on the TV series, Thomas & Friends. | |||
| Tracker | 12 September | |||||
| The Vampires of Bloody Island | Comedy/horror | 10 February | ||||
| West Is West | Comedy drama | February 2011 | ||||
| Who Killed Nancy? | Documentary | 30 July | ||||
| Wide Blue Yonder | Robert Young | Brian Cox, Lauren Bacall | Comedy/drama | 19 August | Co-production with Norway | |
| Wild Target | Jonathan Lynn | Comedy | 18 June | |||