The British film industry produced over four hundred feature films in 2011. This article fully lists all non-pornographic films, including short films, that had a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by the United Kingdom. It does not include films first released in previous years that had release dates in 2011.
Also included is an overview of the major events in British film, including film festivals and awards ceremonies, as well as lists of those films that have been particularly well received, both critically and financially. The year was particularly notable for the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, the final instalment in the Harry Potter film franchise.
| Opening | Title | Cast and Crew | Details | Genre(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A P R I L | 1 | Blooded | Director: Edward Boase Cast: Nick Ashdon, Oliver Boot, Sharon Duncan Brewster, Tracy Ifeachor, Joseph Kloska, Jay Taylor, Cicely Tennant | Revolver Entertainment | Horror Thriller |
| Killing Bono | Director: Nick Hamm Cast: Ben Barnes, Robert Sheehan, Martin McCann | Paramount Pictures Based on Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelgänger by Neil McCormick | Comedy | ||
| 7 | Hanna | Director: Joe Wright Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett | Focus Features | Action Thriller | |
| 10 | A Lonely Place to Die | Director: Julian Gilbey Cast: Melissa George, Kate Magowan, Edward Speleers, Karel Roden, Sean Harris, Stephen McCole, Alec Newman, Eamonn Walker | Kaleidoscope Entertainment | Thriller | |
| 15 | The Caller | Director: Matthew Parkhill Cast: Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer | Bankside Films | Thriller | |
| 24 | United | Director: James Strong Cast: David Tennant, Jack O'Connell, Sam Claflin, Dougray Scott | BBC Two Based on the Munich air disaster (1958) | Drama Sport Historical | |
| 29 | The Veteran | Director: Matthew Hope Cast: Toby Kebbell, Brian Cox | DMK Productions | Action Thriller | |
| M A Y | 6 | Everywhere and Nowhere | Director: Menhaj Huda Cast: James Floyd, Adam Deacon | Drama | |
| 7 | Director: Rob Marshall Cast: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush | Walt Disney Pictures Based on On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers | Fantasy Swashbuckler | ||
| 11 | Attack of the Herbals | Director: David Keith Cast: Calum Booth, Claire McCulloch, Steve Worsley, Richard Currie, Liam Matheson | Horror Comedy | ||
| 12 | Bringing Up Bobby | Director: Famke Janssen Cast: Milla Jovovich, Bill Pullman, Rory Cochrane, Marcia Cross, Spencer List | Monterey Media | Drama | |
| We Need to Talk About Kevin | Director: Lynne Ramsay Cast: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller | BBC Films Based on We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver | Drama Thriller | ||
| 14 | The Decoy Bride | Director: Sheree Folkson Cast: David Tennant, Alice Eve, Kelly Macdonald, Sally Phillips | CinemaNX | Romance Comedy | |
| The Italian Key | Director: Rosa Karo Cast: Gwendolyn Anslow, Joana Cartocci | Nordisk Film | Comedy Romance Drama | ||
| 19 | Director: Takashi Miike Cast: Ichikawa Ebizō XI, Eita, Kōji Yakusho | Shochiku Remake of Harakiri (1962) | Drama | ||
| 20 | Age of Heroes | Director: Adrian Vitoria Cast: Sean Bean, Danny Dyer | Metrodome Distribution Based on the life of Ian Fleming | War | |
| Blitz | Director: Elliott Lester Cast: Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen, David Morrissey, Zawe Ashton | Lionsgate UK Based on Blitz by Ken Bruen | Crime Thriller | ||
| 22 | Beloved | Director: Catherine Deneuve, Miloš Forman, Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Chiara Mastroianni, Michel Delpech, Paul Schneider | Le Pacte | Drama Musical Romance | |
| 25 | Director: Matthew Vaughn Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, January Jones, Nicholas Hoult, Oliver Platt, Jason Flemyng, Lucas Till, Edi Gathegi, Kevin Bacon | 20th Century Fox Based on X-Men by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee | Superhero Action Science Fiction Historical | ||
| J U N E | 7 | Love's Kitchen | Director: James Hacking Cast: Dougray Scott, Claire Forlani, Gordon Ramsay | Screen Media Films | Romance Comedy |
| 17 | Swinging with the Finkels | Director: Jonathan Newman Cast: Mandy Moore, Martin Freeman | Moving Pictures Film and Television | Comedy | |
| 20 | Grave Tales | Director: Don Fearney Cast: Brian Murphy, Damien Thomas, Edward de Souza, Marysia Kay, Frank Scantori, Mark Sloan, Aubrey Wakeling, Celia Carron, Heather Darcy | Horror | ||
| 21 | Albatross | Director: Niall MacCormick Cast: Jessica Brown Findlay, Felicity Jones, Julia Ormond | CinemaNX | Drama | |
| 23 | Weekender | Director: Karl Golden Cast: Jack O'Connell, Henry Lloyd-Hughes | Momentum Pictures | Historical Drama | |
| 24 | Directors: Michael Bartlett, Kevin Gates Cast: Vicky Araico, Hiram Bleetman, Tobias Bowman | Dimension Films Sequel to The Zombie Diaries (2006) | Horror | ||
Of the 128 major British releases of 2011, 58 were co-productions with at least one other country. As with other years, the largest number of co-productions were made with the United States, with 30 films. They are listed in full below.
Listed here are the top ten best and worst British films of those released in 2011, and listed above as major releases, as per the review aggregator websites Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. Both the critical scores for Rotten Tomatoes are out of a maximum score of 100, as is the critical score for Metacritic. Films not listed on a particular website, or that do not yet have a certain score, do not appear in the corresponding list.
| Film | width=5% | Rating | width=5% | No. of reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wild Bill | 100% | 24 | |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | 96% | 306 | |
| 3 | Weekend | 95% | 78 | |
| 4 | Coriolanus | 93% | 135 | |
| 5 | Arthur Christmas | 92% | 157 | |
| 6 | Wreckers | 91% | 11 | |
| 7 | Attack the Block | 90% | 157 | |
| 8 | 87% | 269 | ||
| 9 | Jane Eyre | 84% | 148 | |
| 10 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | 83% | 207 | |
| Film | width=5% | Rating | width=5% | No. of reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swinging with the Finkels | 0% | 19 | |
| 2= | How to Stop Being a Loser | 0% | 7 | |
| 2= | 0% | 7 | ||
| 4 | Will | 0% | 5 | |
| 5= | A Thousand Kisses Deep | 8% | 12 | |
| 5= | Everywhere and Nowhere | 8% | 12 | |
| 7 | Weekender | 9% | 11 | |
| 8 | 10% | 21 | ||
| 9 | W.E. | 13% | 105 | |
| 10= | Demons Never Die | 13% | 8 | |
| 10= | Inbred | 13% | 8 | |
| Film | width=5% | Rating | width=5% | No. of reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | 87 | 41 | |
| 2 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | 85 | 42 | |
| 3 | The Deep Blue Sea | 82 | 30 | |
| 4 | Weekend | 81 | 18 | |
| 5 | Coriolanus | 79 | 32 | |
| 6 | A Dangerous Method | 76 | 41 | |
| 7 | Jane Eyre | 76 | 35 | |
| 8 | 76 | 19 | ||
| 9 | Attack the Block | 75 | 27 | |
| 10 | Shame | 72 | 41 | |
| Film | width=5% | Rating | width=5% | No. of reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bringing Up Bobby | 34 | 8 | |
| 2 | The Three Musketeers | 35 | 15 | |
| 3 | Weekender | 35 | 5 | |
| 4 | W.E. | 37 | 32 | |
| 5 | Abandoned | 38 | 11 | |
| 6 | You Instead | 41 | 15 | |
| 7 | Ironclad | 42 | 14 | |
| 8 | Albatross | 42 | 10 | |
| 9 | The Decoy Bride | 42 | 7 | |
| 10 | Chalet Girl | 42 | 5 | |
The 83rd Academy Awards honoring the best films of 2010 were held on 27 February 2011.
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The 64th British Academy Film Awards were held on 13 February 2011.
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The 16th Critics' Choice Awards were held on 14 January 2011.
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The 68th Golden Globe Awards were held on 16 January 2011.
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The 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on 30 January 2011.
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