List of British films of 2015 explained

The British film industry produced over fifty major feature films in 2015. This article fully lists all films that have 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 2015.
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 a number of box office bombs, such as Jupiter Ascending, Pan, Fantastic Four and Mortdecai.

Major releases

January – March

Opening		Title	Cast and crew	Details	Genre(s)	Ref.
J A N U A R Y	21	Ex Machina	Director: Alex Garland Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac	Universal Studios	Science fiction Thriller	^[1]
	23	Mortdecai	Director: David Koepp Cast: Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Munn, Paul Bettany, Jeff Goldblum	Lionsgate Based on Don't Point that Thing at Me by Kyril Bonfiglioli	Action Comedy	^[2]
		The D Train	Directors: Jarrad Paul, Andrew Moge Cast: Jack Black, James Marsden, Kathryn Hahn, Russell Posner, Jeffrey Tambor, Mike White	IFC Films	Comedy Drama	^[3]
	24	Shaun the Sheep Movie	Directors: Richard Starzak, Mark Burton Cast: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Omid Djalili	StudioCanal Based on the Shaun the Sheep television series	Comedy	^[4]
		Slow West	Director: John Maclean Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Ben Mendelsohn, Caren Pistorius, Rory McCann, Brooke Williams	Lionsgate UK	Action Western	^[5]
	25	The Hallow	Director: Corin Hardy Cast: Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Michael McElhatton, Michael Smiley	Entertainment One	Horror	^[6]
	26	Brooklyn	Director: John Crowley Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Bronte Kavanagh	Lionsgate Based on Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín	Drama	^[7]
	27	Jupiter Ascending	Directors: The Wachowskis Cast: Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth	Warner Bros. Pictures	Science fiction	^[8]
F E B R U A R Y	6	45 Years	Director: Andrew Haigh Cast: Charlotte Rampling	Artificial Eye Based on In Another Country by David Constantine	Drama	^[9]
	8	Mr. Holmes	Director: Bill Condon Cast: Ian McKellen, Colin Starkey, Laura Linney, Hattie Morahan, Hiroyuki Sanada, Patrick Kennedy	Miramax Based on A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin	Mystery Crime Drama	^[10]
	9	Fifty Shades of Grey	Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson Cast: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Luke Grimes, Rita Ora, Eloise Mumford	Universal Pictures Based on Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James	Romance Drama	^[11]
		Life	Director: Anton Corbijn Cast: Robert Pattinson, Dane DeHaan, Ben Kingsley, Joel Edgerton	Cinedigm Based on the life of Dennis Stock	Drama Biography	^[12]
	10	Accidental Love	Director: David O. Russell Cast: Jessica Biel, Jake Gyllenhaal, Catherine Keener, James Marsden, Tracy Morgan, James Brolin	Millennium Entertainment Based on Sammy's Hill by Kristin Gore	Comedy	^[13]
	26	The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	Director: John Madden Cast: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Richard Gere	Fox Searchlight Pictures Sequel to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)	Comedy Drama	^[14]
	27	A Dark Reflection	Director: Tristan Loraine Cast: Georgina Sutcliffe, Rita Ramnani, Marina Sirtis, Stephen Tompkinson, Mark Dymond, Nicholas Day	Fact Not Fiction Films	Thriller	^[15]
M A R C H	13	Cinderella	Director: Kenneth Branagh Cast: Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden, Stellan Skarsgård, Holliday Grainger, Derek Jacobi, Ben Chaplin, Sophie McShera, Hayley Atwell, Helena Bonham Carter	Walt Disney Studios Based on Cendrillon by Charles Perrault	Fantasy Romance	^[16]
		Suite Française	Director: Saul Dibb Cast: Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas, Matthias Schoenaerts	Entertainment One Based on Suite française by Irène Némirovsky	Romance Drama	^[17]
	14	Nina Forever	Directors: Ben Blaine, Chris Blaine Cast: Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Abigail Hardingham, Cian Barry		Horror comedy	^[18]
	20	The Gunman	Director: Pierre Morel Cast: Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Idris Elba, Mark Rylance, Jasmine Trinca, Peter Franzén, Ray Winstone	Open Road Films Based on La position du tireur couché by Jean-Patrick Manchette	Action Thriller	^[19]

April – June

Opening		Title	Cast and crew	Details	Genre(s)	Ref.
A P R I L	1	Woman in Gold	Director: Simon Curtis Cast: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes, Tatiana Maslany, Max Irons, Charles Dance, Elizabeth McGovern, Jonathan Pryce	BBC Films Based on the life of Maria Altmann	Drama	^[20]
	8	Dark Places	Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner Cast: Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Chloë Grace Moretz, Tye Sheridan, Sterling Jerins, Corey Stoll	A24 Based on Dark Places by Gillian Flynn	Mystery	^[21]
	11	Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism	Director: Christopher N. Rowley Cast: Dominic Monaghan, Lesley Manville, Emily Watson, Joan Collins, Raffey Cassidy	ARC Entertainment Based on Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng	Adventure Family Fantasy	^[22]
	14	Tale of Tales	Director: Matteo Garrone Cast: Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, John C. Reilly	Artificial Eye Film Co. Based on the Pentamerone by Giambattista Basile	Dark fantasy	^[23]
	17	Child 44	Director: Daniel Espinosa Cast: Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman, Paddy Considine, Jason Clarke, Vincent Cassel	Lionsgate Based on Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith	Mystery Thriller	^[24]
		Far from the Madding Crowd	Director: Thomas Vinterberg Cast: Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, Juno Temple	Fox Searchlight Pictures Based on Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy	Drama Romance	^[25]
	18	Kidnapping Freddy Heineken	Director: Daniel Alfredson Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Sam Worthington, Jim Sturgess, Ryan Kwanten	Alchemy Based on Kidnapping Freddy Heineken by Peter R. de Vries	Drama Crime	^[26]
	19	Man Up	Director: Ben Palmer Cast: Simon Pegg, Lake Bell	StudioCanal	Romance Comedy	^[27]
	24	The Falling	Director: Carol Morley Cast: Maisie Williams, Florence Pugh	Metrodome UK	Mystery Drama	^[28]
M A Y	8		Director: Bharat Nalluri Cast: Peter Firth, Kit Harington, Jennifer Ehle, Elyes Gabel	20th Century Fox Based on the Spooks television series	Thriller	^[29]
	14	A Royal Night Out	Director: Julian Jarrold Cast: Sarah Gadon, Bel Powley, Jack Reynor, Rupert Everett, Emily Watson, Roger Allam	Lionsgate Based on the life of Elizabeth II	Comedy Drama	^[30]
	15	The Lobster	Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Cast: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz	Picturehouse Entertainment	Science fiction Comedy Drama	^[31]
	16	Amy	Director: Asif Kapadia Cast: Amy Winehouse, Mitchell Winehouse, Janis Winehouse, Blake Fielder-Civil, Raye Cosbert, Nick Schymansky, Tyler James, Juliette Ashby, Lauren Gilbert, Mark Ronson, Salaam Remi, Tony Bennett	Altitude Film Distribution Based on the life of Amy Winehouse	Documentary	^[32]
	17	Carol	Director: Todd Haynes Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler	StudioCanal Based on The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith	Romance Drama	^[33]
	23	Macbeth	Director: Justin Kurzel Cast: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Sean Harris, Elizabeth Debicki, Paddy Considine, David Thewlis	The Weinstein Company Based on Macbeth by William Shakespeare	Drama Historical	^[34]
	29	Survivor	Director: James McTeigue Cast: Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan, Dylan McDermott, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster	Millennium Films	Thriller	^[35]
J U N E	9	A Syrian Love Story	Director: Sean McAllister		Documentary	^[36]
	11	The Martian	Director: Ridley Scott Cast: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Chiwetel Ejiofor	20th Century Fox Based on The Martian by Andy Weir	Science fiction	^[37]
	12	London Road	Director: Rufus Norris Cast: Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman	Picturehouse Entertainment Based on London Road Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork	Musical Mystery Thriller	^[38]
	17	The Legend of Barney Thomson	Director: Robert Carlyle Cast: Robert Carlyle, Emma Thompson, Ashley Jensen, Ray Winstone	Based on The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson by Douglas Lindsay	Comedy Thriller	^[39]
	20	The Messenger	Director: David Blair Cast: Robert Sheehan, Lily Cole	Metrodome Distribution	Horror Mystery Thriller	^[40]
		Under Milk Wood	Director: Kevin Allen Cast: Rhys Ifans	Based on Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas	Drama	^[41]
	23	Everest	Director: Baltasar Kormákur Cast: Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Jake Gyllenhaal	Universal Pictures Based on the 1996 Mount Everest expedition	Thriller	^[42]

July – September

Opening		Title	Cast and crew	Details	Genre(s)	Ref.
J U L Y	17		Director: David Stoten Cast: Joseph May, John Hasler, Jamie Campbell Bower, John Hurt, Eddie Redmayne, Keith Wickham, Olivia Colman	HiT Entertainment Based on Thomas & Friends	CGI animated Children's epic Fantasy Adventure Action-Musical
	27		Director: Don Spencer Cast: Joseph May, John Hasler, Christopher Ragland, Teresa Gallagher, Tim Whitnall, Keith Wickham	HiT Entertainment Based on Thomas & Friends	CGI animated
A U G U S T	4	Fantastic Four	Director: Josh Trank Cast: Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey Tim Blake Nelson	20th Century Fox Based on the Fantastic Four by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby	Superhero	^[43]
	7	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Director: Guy Ritchie Cast: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Jared Harris, Hugh Grant	Warner Bros. Pictures Based on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. television series	action comedy	^[44]
	8	Soldiers of the Damned	Director: Mark Nuttall Cast: Gil Darnell Miriam Cooke Lucas Hansen	Safecracker Pictures	Horror	^[45]
	13		Director: Aleksander Bach Cast: Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, Ciarán Hinds	20th Century Fox		^[46]
	14	Absolutely Anything	Director: Terry Jones Cast: Simon Pegg, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Robin Williams	Lionsgate UK	Comedy Science fiction
	21	A Dozen Summers	Director: Kenton Hall Cast: Scarlet Hall, Hero Hall, Colin Baker, Ewen MacIntosh, Sarah Warren, Kenton Hall	Ballpark Film Distributors	Comedy	^[47]
		Sinister 2	Director: Ciaran Foy Cast: James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon	Gramercy Pictures Sequel to Sinister (2012)	Horror	^[48]
		The Bad Education Movie	Director: Elliot Hegarty Cast: Jack Whitehall, Mathew Horne, Sarah Solemani, Harry Enfield, Nikki Runeckles, Kae Alexander, Ethan Lawrence, Charlie Wernham, Jack Binstead, Layton Williams, Weruche Opia, Iain Glen	Entertainment Film Distributors Based on the Bad Education television series	Comedy	^[49]
We Are Your Friends		Director: Max Joseph Cast: Zac Efron, Emily Ratajkowski, Shiloh Fernandez, Alex Shaffer, Jonny Weston, Wes Bentley	Warner Bros. Pictures	Musical Drama	^[50]
S E P T E M B E R	4	Black Mass	Director: Scott Cooper Cast: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rory Cochrane, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, Corey Stoll, Peter Sarsgaard, Dakota Johnson	Warner Bros. Pictures Based on Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill	Crime Drama	^[51]
		Suffragette	Director: Sarah Gavron Cast: Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson, Romola Garai	Focus Features Based on the women's suffrage movement	Drama Historical	^[52]
	5	The Childhood of a Leader	Director: Brady Corbet Cast: Bérénice Bejo, Liam Cunningham, Stacy Martin, Robert Pattinson, Tom Sweet	IFC Films Based on The Childhood of a Leader by Jean-Paul Sartre and The Magus by John Fowles		^[53]
		The Danish Girl	Director: Tom Hooper Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Ben Whishaw, Sebastian Koch, Amber Heard, Matthias Schoenaerts	Focus Features Based on The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff	Biography Drama	^[54]
	9	Legend	Director: Brian Helgeland Cast: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Colin Morgan	Universal Pictures Based on The Profession of Violence by John Pearson	Biography Thriller Crime Comedy	^[55]
	11	Eye in the Sky	Director: Gavin Hood Cast: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi	Entertainment One	Thriller	^[56]
	12	Miss You Already	Director: Catherine Hardwicke Cast: Toni Collette, Drew Barrymore, Dominic Cooper, Paddy Considine, Tyson Ritter, Frances de la Tour, Jacqueline Bisset	Entertainment One	Comedy Drama	^[57]
		The Lady in the Van	Director: Nicholas Hytner Cast: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Frances de la Tour	Based on The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett	Drama Comedy	^[58]
	13	High-Rise	Director: Ben Wheatley Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans	StudioCanal Based on High Rise by J. G. Ballard	Dystopian drama	^[59]
		The Ones Below	Director: David Farr Cast: Clémence Poésy, David Morrissey, Stephen Campbell Moore, Laura Birn, Deborah Findlay	Icon Film Distribution	Thriller	^[60]
		Sunset Song	Director: Terence Davies Cast: Agyness Deyn, Peter Mullan, Kevin Guthrie	Based on Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon	Drama	^[61]
	14	The Program	Director: Stephen Frears Cast: Ben Foster, Chris O'Dowd, Guillaume Canet, Jesse Plemons, Lee Pace, Denis Ménochet, Dustin Hoffman	StudioCanal Based on Seven Deadly Sins by David Walsh	Biography Drama	^[62]
	17	The Man Who Knew Infinity	Director: Matthew Brown Cast: Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons	Warner Bros. Based on The Man Who Knew Infinity by Robert Kanigel	Biography Drama	^[63]
	18	Bill	Director: Richard Bracewell Cast: Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond	Vertigo Films Based on the Horrible Histories television series	Comedy	^[64]
	20	Pan	Director: Joe Wright Cast: Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Amanda Seyfried	Warner Bros. Pictures Based on Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie	Fantasy Adventure Family	^[65]

October – December

Opening		Title	Cast and crew	Details	Genre(s)	Ref.
O C T O B E R	1	Departure	Director: Andrew Steggall Cast: Juliet Stevenson, Alex Lawther	Peccadillo Pictures		^[66]
	10	Remainder	Director: Omer Fast Cast: Tom Sturridge, Cush Jumbo, Ed Speleers	Soda Pictures Based on Remainder by Tom McCarthy		^[67]
	11	Room	Director: Lenny Abrahamson Cast: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, Sean Bridgers, Tom McCamus, Amanda Brugel, Joe Pingue, Cas Anvar	Universal Pictures	Drama	^[68]
	15	Burn Burn Burn	Director: Chanya Button Cast: Laura Carmichael, Chloe Pirrie, Jack Farthing, Joe Dempsie	Vendetta Films	Black comedy	^[69]
	26	Howl	Director: Paul Hyett Cast: Ed Speleers, Sean Pertwee, Holly Weston, Shauna Macdonald, Elliot Cowan, Rosie Day, Calvin Dean, Duncan Preston, Ross Mullan	Starchild Pictures	Horror	^[70]
		Spectre	Director: Sam Mendes Cast: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Ralph Fiennes	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Part of the James Bond film series	Action	^[71]
N O V E M B E R	6	Kill Your Friends	Director: Owen Harris Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Craig Roberts, Tom Riley, Georgia King	Based on Kill Your Friends by John Niven	Comedy Crime Thriller	^[72]
	13	Steve Jobs	Director: Danny Boyle Cast: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels	Cloud Eight Films, The Mark Gordon Company, Legendary Pictures	Drama	^[73]
	20	Carol	Director: Todd Haynes Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, Kyle Chandler, John Magaro, Cory Michael Smith, Carrie Brownstein, Kevin Crowley, Nik Pajic	Film4, Studiocanal, The Weinstein Company Based on The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith	Romance Drama	^[74]
D E C E M B E R	1

Other releases

• 51 Degrees North
• A Patch of Fog
• Aaaaaaaah!
• Aashiqui (with India)
• Afua's Diary
• Age of Kill
• Amar Akbar & Tony
• Angels vs Bullies
• Arthur and Merlin
• Bone in the Throat (with the United States)
• Bone Tomahawk (with the United States)
• Born to Be Blue (with Canada and the United States)
• Brash Young Turks
• Cemetery of Splendour (with Thailand, Germany, France, Malaysia, South Korea, Mexico, the United States and Norway)
• Concussion (with Australia and the United States)
• Cream
• Creditors (with Spain)
• Curse of the Witching Tree
• Dark Summer (with the United States)
• Definition of Fear
• Demonic (with the United States)
• Youth (with Italy, France and Switzerland)

Highest-grossing films

Listed here are the highest-grossing British films of 2015 so far, with their total earnings listed in British pound sterling. It includes films released in previous years that made money in 2015, particularly those that had minor releases in 2014 but their main releases in 2015.

Highest-grossing British films of 2015^[75]

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross
1	Fifty Shades of Grey	Universal Pictures	£370,030,000
2	Cinderella	Walt Disney Studios	£352,300,000
3		20th Century Fox	£268,900,000
4	The Martian	20th Century Fox	£393,300,000
5	Paddington	StudioCanal	£168,550,000
6	Jupiter Ascending	Warner Bros. Pictures	£183,900,000
7	Everest	Universal Pictures	£113,020,000
8	Fantastic Four	20th Century Fox	£108,990,000
9	Seventh Son	Universal Pictures	£110,600,000
10	The Man From U.N.C.L.E.	Warner Bros. Pictures	£65,280,000

British award winners

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 2015, celebrating the best films of 2014. The British nominations were led by The Theory of Everything, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game and Selma, with The Grand Budapest Hotel going on to win large numbers of technical awards, whilst Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore won multiple best leading actor and leading actress awards for The Theory of Everything and Still Alice respectively. British films did, however, notably lose out to Boyhood and Birdman (both from the United States).

Academy Awards

The 87th Academy Awards honoring the best films of 2014 were held on 22 February 2015.^[76]

British winners:

• Ida (Best Foreign Language Film)
• Interstellar (Best Visual Effects)
• Room (Best Actress)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design)
• The Imitation Game (Best Adapted Screenplay)
• The Phone Call (Best Live Action Short Film)
• The Theory of Everything (Best Actor)
• Andrew Lockley (Best Visual Effects) - Interstellar
• Ben Wilkins (Best Sound Mixing) - Whiplash
• Eddie Redmayne (Best Actor) - The Theory of Everything
• Julianne Moore (Best Actress) - Still Alice
• Mark Coulier (Best Makeup and Hairstyling) - The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Mat Kirkby (Best Live Action Short Film) - The Phone Call
• Paul Franklin (Best Visual Effects) - Interstellar
• Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Foreign Language Film) - Ida

British nominations:

• Boogaloo and Graham (Best Live Action Short Film)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Visual Effects)
• Ida (Best Cinematography)
• Interstellar (Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Production Design)
• Into the Woods (Best Actress, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design)
• Maleficent (Best Costume Design)
• Mr. Turner (Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design)
• Room (Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture)
• Selma (Best Picture)
• The Bigger Picture (Best Animated Short Film)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing)
• The Imitation Game (Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Film Editing)
• The Theory of Everything (Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score)
• Virunga (Best Documentary – Feature)
• (Best Visual Effects)
• Barney Pilling (Best Film Editing) - The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Best Actor) - The Imitation Game
• Christian Colson (Best Picture) - Selma
• David White (Best Makeup and Hairstyling) - Guardians of the Galaxy
• Dick Pope (Best Cinematography) - Mr. Turner
• Eric Fellner (Best Picture) - The Theory of Everything
• Felicity Jones (Best Actress) - The Theory of Everything
• Gary Yershon (Best Original Score) - Mr. Turner
• Jacqueline Durran (Best Costume Design) - Mr. Turner
• Keira Knightley (Best Supporting Actress) - The Imitation Game
• Michael Lennox (Best Live Action Short Film) - Boogaloo and Graham
• Nathan Crowley (Best Production Design) - Interstellar
• Paul Corbould (Best Visual Effects) - Guardians of the Galaxy
• Roger Deakins (Best Cinematography) - Unbroken
• Rosamund Pike (Best Actress) - Gone Girl
• Tim Bevan (Best Picture) - The Theory of Everything
• Tomm Moore (Best Animated Feature Film) - Song of the Sea

British Academy Film Awards

The 68th British Academy Film Awards were held on 8 February 2015.^[77]

British winners:

• Boogaloo and Graham (Best Short Film)
• Citizenfour (Best Documentary)
• Ida (Best Film Not in the English Language)
• Interstellar (Best Special Visual Effects)
• Pride (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
• Room (Best Actress)
• The Bigger Picture (Best Short Animation)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Music, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hair)
• The Theory of Everything (Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Adapted Screenplay, Outstanding British Film)
• Andrew Lockley (Best Special Visual Effects) - Interstellar
• Ben Wilkins (Best Sound) - Whiplash
• David Livingstone (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) - Pride
• Eddie Redmayne (Best Actor in a Leading Role) - The Theory of Everything
• Eric Fellner (Outstanding British Film) - The Theory of Everything
• Jack O'Connell (EE Rising Star Award)
• James Marsh (Outstanding British Film) - The Theory of Everything
• Julianne Moore (Best Actress in a Leading Role) - Still Alice
• Mark Coulier (Best Makeup and Hair) - The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Michael Lennox (Best Short Film) - Boogaloo and Graham
• Mike Leigh (Academy Fellowship)
• Paul Franklin (Best Special Visual Effects) - Interstellar
• Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Film Not in the English Language) - Ida
• Stephen Beresford (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) - Pride
• Tim Bevan (Outstanding British Film) - The Theory of Everything
• BBC Films (Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema)

British nominations:

• 20,000 Days on Earth (Best Documentary)
• '71 (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, Outstanding British Film)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (Best Special Visual Effects, Best Makeup and Hair)
• Ida (Best Cinematography)
• Interstellar (Best Cinematography, Best Original Music, Best Production Design)
• Into the Woods (Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hair)
• Kajaki (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
• Lilting (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
• Mr. Turner (Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hair)
• Northern Soul (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
• Paddington (Best Adapted Screenplay, Outstanding British Film)
• Pride (Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Outstanding British Film)
• Room (Best Adapted Screenplay)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Editing)
• The Imitation Game (Best Film, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Adapted Screenplay, Outstanding British Film, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Editing)
• The Theory of Everything (Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Original Music, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hair, Best Editing)
• Trash (Best Film Not in the English Language)
• Under the Skin (Outstanding British Film, Best Original Music)
• Virunga (Best Documentary)
• (Best Special Visual Effects)
• Ainslie Henderson (Best Short Animation) - Monkey Love Experiments
• Andrew de Lotbiniere (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) - Kajaki
• Barney Pilling (Best Editing) - The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Best Actor in a Leading Role) - The Imitation Game
• David Heyman (Outstanding British Film) - Paddington
• David White (Best Makeup and Hair) - Guardians of the Galaxy
• Dick Pope (Best Cinematography) - Mr. Turner
• Elaine Constantine (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) - Northern Soul
• Eric Fellner (Best Film) - The Theory of Everything / (Best Film Not in the English Language) - Trash
• Felicity Jones (Best Actress in a Leading Role) - The Theory of Everything
• Gregory Burke (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, Outstanding British Film) - '71
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (EE Rising Star Award)
• Hong Khaou (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) - Lilting
• Iain Forsyth (Best Documentary) - 20,000 Days on Earth
• Imelda Staunton (Best Actress in a Supporting Role) - Pride
• James Marsh (Best Director) - The Theory of Everything
• John Midgley (Best Sound) - The Imitation Game
• Jane Pollard (Best Documentary) - 20,000 Days on Earth
• Jacqueline Durran (Best Costume Design) - Mr. Turner
• Jonathan Glazer (Outstanding British Film) - Under the Skin
• Keira Knightley (Best Actress in a Supporting Role) - The Imitation Game
• Matthew Warchus (Outstanding British Film) - Pride
• Mica Levi (Best Original Music) - Under the Skin
• Nathan Crowley (Best Production Design) - Interstellar
• Paul Katis (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) - Kajaki
• Paul King (Best Adapted Screenplay, Outstanding British Film) - Paddington
• Peter King (Best Makeup and Hair) - Into the Woods
• Ralph Fiennes (Best Actor in a Leading Role) - The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Rosamund Pike (Best Actress in a Leading Role) - Gone Girl
• Stephen Beresford (Outstanding British Film) - Pride
• Stephen Daldry (Best Film Not in the English Language) - Trash
• Tim Bevan (Best Film) - The Theory of Everything / (Best Film Not in the English Language) - Trash

Critics' Choice Awards

The 20th Critics' Choice Awards were held on 15 January 2015.

British winners:

• Guardians of the Galaxy (Best Action Movie, Best Hair & Makeup)
• Interstellar (Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie)
• Room (Best Actress, Best Young Performer)
• Selma (Best Song)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (Best Comedy, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design)
• Emily Blunt (Best Actress in an Action Movie) - Edge of Tomorrow
• Julianne Moore (Best Actress) - Still Alice

British nominations:

• Citizenfour (Best Documentary Feature)
• Fury (Best Action Movie, Best Actor in an Action Movie)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (Best Actor in an Action Movie, Best Actress in an Action Movie, Best Visual Effects)
• Ida (Best Foreign Language Film)
• Interstellar (Best Young Actor/Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Score)
• Into the Woods (Best Supporting Actress, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Hair & Makeup)
• Maleficent (Best Costume Design, Best Hair & Makeup)
• Mr. Turner (Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design)
• Room (Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay)
• Selma (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Acting Ensemble)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Young Actor/Actress, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor in a Comedy, Best Cinematography)
• The Imitation Game (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Score)
• The Theory of Everything (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Score)
• Under the Skin (Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie)
• Atticus Ross (Best Score) - Gone Girl
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Best Actor) - The Imitation Game
• David Oyelowo (Best Actor) - Selma
• Dick Pope (Best Cinematography) - Mr. Turner
• Eddie Redmayne (Best Actor) - The Theory of Everything
• Felicity Jones (Best Actress) - The Theory of Everything
• Jacqueline Durran (Best Costume Design) - Mr. Turner
• Keira Knightley (Best Supporting Actress) - The Imitation Game / (Best Song) - Begin Again
• Nick Hornby (Best Adapted Screenplay) - Wild
• Ralph Fiennes (Best Actor, Best Actor in a Comedy) - The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Roger Deakins (Best Cinematography) - Unbroken
• Rosamund Pike (Best Actress) - Gone Girl
• Tilda Swinton (Best Supporting Actress) - Snowpiercer
• William Nicholson (Best Adapted Screenplay) - Unbroken

Golden Globe Awards

The 72nd Golden Globe Awards were held on 11 January 2015.^[78]

British winners:

• Room (Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama)
• Selma (Best Original Song)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy)
• The Theory of Everything (Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, Best Original Score)
• Eddie Redmayne (Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama) - The Theory of Everything
• Julianne Moore (Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama) - Still Alice

British nominations:

• Ida (Best Foreign Language Film)
• Interstellar (Best Original Score)
• Into the Woods (Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Best Supporting Actress)
• Pride (Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy)
• Room (Best Screenplay, Best Motion Picture – Drama)
• Selma (Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Best Director, Best Screenplay)
• The Imitation Game (Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Original Score)
• The Theory of Everything (Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama)
• Atticus Ross (Best Original Score) - Gone Girl
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama) - The Imitation Game
• David Oyelowo (Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama) - Selma
• Emily Blunt (Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy) - Into the Woods
• Felicity Jones (Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama) - The Theory of Everything
• Helen Mirren (Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy) - The Hundred-Foot Journey
• Julianne Moore (Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy) - Maps to the Stars
• Keira Knightley (Best Supporting Actress) - The Imitation Game
• Ralph Fiennes (Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy) - The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Rosamund Pike (Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama) - Gone Girl

Screen Actors Guild Awards

The 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on 25 January 2015.^{[79] [80]}

British winners:

• Room (Outstanding Performance by a Female Role in a Leading Role)
• The Theory of Everything (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role)
• Andrea Riseborough (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - Birdman
• Eddie Redmayne (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role) - The Theory of Everything
• Julianne Moore (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role) - Still Alice
• Naomi Watts (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - Birdman

British nominations:

• Fury (Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture)
• Get on Up (Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture)
• Into the Woods (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role)
• Room (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture)
• The Imitation Game (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture)
• The Theory of Everything (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture)
• (Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture)
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - The Imitation Game
• Charles Dance (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - The Imitation Game
• Charlie Cox (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - The Theory of Everything
• David Thewlis (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - The Theory of Everything
• Eddie Redmayne (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - The Theory of Everything
• Emily Watson (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - The Theory of Everything
• Felicity Jones (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - The Theory of Everything
• Jude Law (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Keira Knightley (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - The Imitation Game
• Mark Strong (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - The Imitation Game
• Matthew Beard (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - The Imitation Game
• Matthew Goode (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - The Imitation Game
• Naomi Watts (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role) - St. Vincent
• Ralph Fiennes (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Rosamund Pike (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role) - Gone Girl
• Rory Kinnear (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - The Imitation Game
• Simon McBurney (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - The Theory of Everything
• Tilda Swinton (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Tom Wilkinson (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Nationality	Profession	Notable films
January	4		72	English	Producer, production manager
5		42	English	Actor
6		81	English	Actor, singer
10		83	English	Screenwriter, producer
11		84	English-New Zealand	Actor
14		42	English	Actor, stuntman, choreographer
21		85	English	Actress
23		82	English-American	Actor
24		84	English	Actress
30		82	English	Actress, singer
February	4		67	English	Actor, stuntman
13		75	English	Actor
14		95	English	Actress
14		77	English	Actor
15		92	English	Actress
25		75	English-Australian	Actor
March	10		90	English-Australian	Actor
13		87	British	Actor
	17		90	English	Actor
April	3		91	English	Actor
7		88	English	Actor
13		74	English	Actress
13		89	English	Actor
20		95	English	Actor
25		93	German-English	Screenwriter
30		69	English	Actor
May	9		79	English	Screenwriter
28		87	Scottish	Composer
30		69	Scottish	Actor
30		94	English	Costume designer
June	5		87	English	Actor
7		93	English	Actor, singer
11		91	English	Actor
13		64	Filipino-English	Actor
23		77	Scottish-English	Actress
25		93	English-American	Actor
30		98	English	Actor
July	10		71	Welsh-American	Actor
14		101	English	Actor
15		89	English	Actor
17		95	English	Actress
22		84	English	Actress
25		75	English-Canadian	Actor
29		95	English-Canadian	Actor
30		81	English	Actor
August	1		72	English	Actress, singer
5		90	English	Actor
8		68	English	Actress
9		85	English	Actor
12		88	English	Actor, screenwriter
September	3		76	English	Actress
19		77	English-American	Actress, screenwriter
22		77	English	Actor, stuntman
27		89	English-American	Director, producer
October	8		89	Welsh	Actor
9		79	Pakistani-English	Actor
	29		84	English	Actor

See also

• 2015 in film
• 2015 in British music
• 2015 in British radio
• 2015 in British television
• 2015 in the United Kingdom
• List of 2015 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 2014
• List of British films of 2016

External links

• 2015 in film
• List of 2015 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ex Machina. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
2. Web site: Mortdecai. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
3. Web site: The D Train. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
4. Web site: Shaun the Sheep Movie. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
5. Web site: Slow West. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
6. Web site: The Hallow. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
7. Web site: Brooklyn. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
8. Web site: Jupiter Ascending. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
9. Web site: 45 Years. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
10. Web site: Mr. Holmes. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
11. Web site: Fifty Shades of Grey. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
12. Web site: Life. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
13. Web site: Accidental Love. BBFC. 4 December 2015.
14. Web site: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
15. Web site: A Dark Reflection. BBFC. 4 December 2015.
16. Web site: Cinderella. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
17. Web site: Suite Française. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
18. Web site: Nina Forever. BBFC. 4 March 2018.
19. Web site: The Gunman. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
20. Web site: Woman in Gold. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
21. Web site: Dark Places. BBFC. 4 December 2015.
22. Web site: Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism. Amber Entertainment. 19 February 2018.
23. Web site: Tale of Tales. Le Pacte. 19 February 2018.
24. Web site: Child 44. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
25. Web site: Far from the Madding Crowd. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
26. Web site: Kidnapping Freddy Heineken. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
27. Web site: Man Up. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
28. Web site: The Falling. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
29. Web site: Spooks: The Greater Good. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
30. Web site: A Royal Night Out. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
31. Web site: The Lobster. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
32. Web site: Amy. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
33. Web site: Carol. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
34. Web site: Macbeth. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
35. Web site: Survivor. BBFC. 5 December 2015.
36. Web site: A Syrian Love Story. A Syrian Love Story. 19 February 2018.
37. Web site: The Martian. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
38. Web site: London Road. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
39. Web site: The Legend of Barney Thomson. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
40. Web site: The Messenger. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
41. Web site: Under Milk Wood. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
42. Web site: Everest. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
43. Web site: Fantastic Four. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
44. Web site: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
45. Web site: Soldiers of the Damned. 26 April 2022.
46. Web site: Absolutely Anything. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
47. Web site: A Dozen Summers. BBFC. 4 December 2015.
48. Web site: Sinister 2. BBFC. 4 December 2015.
49. Web site: The Bad Education Movie. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
50. Web site: We Are Your Friends. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
51. Web site: Black Mass. BBFC. 4 December 2015.
52. Web site: Suffragette. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
53. Web site: The Childhood of a Leader. BBFC. 4 March 2018.
54. Web site: Redmayne plays transgender pioneer in The Danish Girl. BBC. 28 November 2015.
55. Web site: Legend. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
56. Web site: Eye in the Sky. BBFC. 4 March 2018.
57. Web site: Miss You Already. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
58. Web site: The Lady in the Van. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
59. Web site: High-Rise. BBFC. 4 March 2018.
60. Web site: The Ones Below. Tigerlily Films. 17 April 2019.
61. Web site: Sunset Song. BBFC. 5 December 2015.
62. Web site: The Program. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
63. Web site: The Man Who Knew Infinity. Xeitgeist. 19 February 2018.
64. Web site: Bill. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
65. Web site: Pan. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
66. Web site: Departure. https://web.archive.org/web/20160530213238/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/55104f7c42527. dead. 30 May 2016. BFI. 19 February 2018.
67. Web site: Remainder . Tigerlily Films. 17 April 2019.
68. Web site: Room. https://web.archive.org/web/20171001224405/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/56427bb42a08b. dead. 1 October 2017. BBFC. 24 December 2017.
69. Web site: Burn Burn Burn. Rather Good Films. 19 February 2018.
70. Web site: Howl. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
71. Web site: Spectre. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
72. Web site: Kill Your Friends. BBFC. 28 November 2015.
73. Web site: Steve Jobs. https://web.archive.org/web/20160603061701/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/561899348fe24. dead. 3 June 2016. BFI. 6 January 2018.
74. Web site: Carol. https://web.archive.org/web/20160321070423/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/561898daef0c7. dead. 21 March 2016. BFI. 23 August 2016.
75. Web site: 2015 WORLDWIDE GROSSES . Box Office Mojo . 30 October 2015.
76. News: The 87th Academy Awards (2015) Nominees and Winners . 23 February 2015. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
77. Web site: Bafta Film Awards 2015: Winners . 8 February 2015 . BBC News.
78. Web site: Golden Globes 2015 - as it happened. 12 January 2015 . Guardian . 12 January 2015.
79. Web site: Submissions For 21st Annual SAG Awards® Nominations Are Now Open. SAG-AFTRA. 26 November 2014. 7 July 2014.
80. Web site: SAG Award Winners 2015: Full List. Variety. January 25, 2015. 2 June 2018.