List of British films of 2021 explained

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	Spencer	STX Entertainment	£2,825,527^[4]
	4		Universal	£2,346,614^[5]
	5	Last Night in Soho	Universal	£2,337,418
	6	The Father	Lionsgate	£2,101,732
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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]
		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]
		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]
		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		Based on An Unquiet Life by Stephen Michael Shearer Sky Cinema	^[16]
	24	Creation Stories		About Alan McGee and Creation Records Sky Cinema (co-produced by the United States)	^[17]
	27		Director: Nick Moran Cast: Ruth Negga, Jonathan Ross, Kathleen Hanna, Neneh Cherry, Thurston Moore, Vivienne Westwood		^[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		Director: Jason Ferguson Cast: Alex Ferguson	About Sir Alex Ferguson	^[20]
	17	The Feast		Picturehouse Entertainment
		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]
	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		Seance	Director: Simon Barrett Cast: Suki Waterhouse, Madisen Beaty, Ella-Rae Smith, Inanna Sarkis	RLJE Films
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)
		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]
		Off the Rails	Director: Jules Williamson Cast: Kelly Preston, Jenny Seagrove, Sally Phillips, Franco Nero	Screen Media Films
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]
	18		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		^[41]
		True Things	Director: Harry Wootliff Cast: Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, Hayley Squires, Elizabeth Rider	Picturehouse Cinemas Based on True Things About Me by Deborah Kay Davies
	10	Earwig	Director: Lucile Hadžihalilović Cast: Paul Hilton, Romane Hemelaers, Romola Garai, Alex Lawther	Anti-Worlds Based on Earwig by Brian Catling
		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 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]
		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			^[51]
N O V E M B E R	5	Operation Mincemeat		Warner Bros. Pictures	^[52]
	7	Father Christmas Is Back		Netflix	^[53]
	12	The Colour Room		Sky Cinema
	19			Sony Pictures Releasing Based on Resident Evil by Capcom (Co-produced by United States)	^[54]
	21	The Score
	24	The Unforgivable		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]
	18	Last Train to Christmas	Director: Julian Kemp Cast: Michael Sheen, Thomas Law, Cary Elwes, Nathalie Emmanuel	Sky Cinema	^[58]
	22	The King's Man		Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Prequel to (co-produced by the United States)	^[59]

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)	^[60]
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)	^[61]
Arsène Wenger: Invincible	Gabriel Clarke, Christian Jeanpierre	11 November 2021	^[62]
Bank Job	Daniel Edelstyn, Hilary Powell	1 May 2021	^[63]
End of Term	Mat Menony	10 December 2021
Fixed	Jez Alsop	22 November 2021
The Football Monologues	Greg Cruttwell	October 2021	^[64]
Handsome	Luke White	28 February 2021 (virtual cinema) (Glasgow Film Festival)	^[65]
I Get Knocked Down	Dunstan Bruce, Sophie Robinson	6 June 2021 (Sheffield Doc/Fest)	^[66]
A Manchester Story	Anton Arenko	22 August 2021	^[67]
Our River...Our Sky	Maysoon Pachachi	19 August 2021 (Sarajevo Film Festival)
Pelé	David Tryhorn, Ben Nicholas	23 February 2021	^[68]
Quant	Sadie Frost	9 October 2021 (BFI London Film Festival)	^[69]
The Real Charlie Chaplin	Peter Middleton, James Spinney Cast: Charlie Chaplin	3 September 2021 (Telluride Film Festival)	^[70]
Sava	Matthew Somerville	5 August 2021
Sparkling: The Story of Champagne	Frank Mannion	25 June 2021	^[71]
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas	Mark Cousins	10 July 2021 (Cannes Film Festival)	^[72]
Sparkling: The Story of Champagne	Frank Mannion	25 June 2021	^[73]
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas	Mark Cousins	10 July 2021 (Cannes Film Festival)	^[74]
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)	^[75]
The Toll	Ryan Andrew Hooper	25 February 2021 (Glasgow Film Festival)	^[76]
The United Way	Mat Hodgson	10 May 2021	^[77]
A Violent Man	Ross McCall	5 May 2021 (Massive Underground)	^[78]
Zebra Girl	Stephanie Zari	28 May 2021	^[79]

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
	Australia United States	Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter	England	Richmond, United Kingdom^[80]	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

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)
• (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)
• (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)

See also

• Lists of British films
• 2021 in film
• 2021 in British music
• 2021 in British radio
• 2021 in British television
• 2021 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 2020
• List of British films of 2022

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Top 10 British films in U.K. and Ireland in 2021. Variety . 8 January 2022. 17 January 2022.
3. Web site: Weekend box office figures . . 4 March 2022. 15 March 2022.
4. Web site: Weekend box office figures . . 31 October 2021. 17 January 2022.
5. Web site: Weekend box office figures . . 17 October 2021. 17 January 2022.
6. Web site: Locked Down . BBFC. 18 November 2021.
7. Web site: The Dig . British Council Film. 1 February 2021.
8. Web site: Censor . Silver Salt Films. 17 February 2021.
9. Web site: Flee . Final Cut for Real. 6 January 2022.
10. Web site: In the Earth . Protagonist Pictures. 1 February 2021.
11. Web site: Twist . MEP Capital. 1 February 2021.
12. Web site: Passing . British Council Film. 1 February 2021.
13. Web site: The Sparks Brothers . . 1 March 2021.
14. Web site: Misha and the Wolves . Bright Yellow Films . 1 March 2021.
15. Web site: The Mauritanian . Official Site. 16 February 2021.
16. Web site: To Olivia . Atticus Pictures. 16 February 2021.
17. Web site: Creation Stories . BBFC. 23 March 2021.
18. Web site: Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché . Official Site . 10 December 2021.
19. Web site: The Beta Test. IFC Films. 18 November 2021.
20. Web site: Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In . Passion Pictures. 28 May 2021.
21. Web site: Here Before . Rooks Nest Entertainment. 17 February 2021.
22. Web site: Grenada Nights . Official Site . 29 May 2021.
23. Web site: Wrath of Man . Official Site . 10 December 2021.
24. Web site: Edge of the World . . 30 August 2021.
25. Web site: Everybody's Talking About Jamie . . 18 November 2021.
26. Web site: The Last Bus . Celsius Entertainment . 30 August 2021.
27. Web site: Boiling Point . Ascendant Film . 10 December 2021.
28. Web site: Cow . British Council Film . 12 July 2021.
29. Web site: Mothering Sunday . . 18 November 2021.
30. Web site: Ali & Ava . . 10 December 2021.
31. Web site: The Last Letter from Your Lover . . 13 December 2021.
32. Web site: Bull . Signature Entertainment. 18 November 2021.
33. Web site: People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan . BBC Film. 18 November 2021.
34. Web site: The Electric Life of Louis Wain . Film4. 10 December 2021.
35. Web site: The Rescue. Passion Pictures. 18 November 2021.
36. Web site: The Power of the Dog. See-Saw Films. 18 November 2021.
37. Web site: Belfast . BBFC. 18 November 2021.
38. Web site: Cyrano . Working Title Films. 18 November 2021.
39. Web site: Spencer . FilmNation Entertainment. 18 November 2021.
40. Web site: Cinderella . Fulwell 73. 24 August 2021.
41. Web site: Last Night in Soho. Working Title Films. 17 February 2021.
42. Web site: The Last Duel. Working Title Films. 17 February 2021.
43. Web site: Benediction . BBC Film. 10 December 2021.
44. Web site: Dashcam . Shadowhouse Films . 10 December 2021.
45. Web site: Silent Night . Maven Screen Media. 18 November 2021.
46. Web site: No Time To Die . Official Site. 1 March 2021.
47. Web site: Ron's Gone Wrong . Locksmith Animations . 27 August 2021.
48. Web site: Munich – The Edge of War . Turbine Studios . 15 January 2022.
49. Web site: Shepherd . Golden Crab Film Productions. 25 November 2021.
50. Web site: Falling For Figaro . Black Camel Pictures. 18 November 2021.
51. Web site: 'A Bird Flew In': First Trailer For Lockdown Drama Starring Derek Jacobi, Jeff Fahey, Sadie Frost — EFM. Andreas. Wiseman. Deadline Hollywood. 2 March 2021. 28 January 2022.
52. Web site: Operation Mincemeat . Warner Bros. Pictures . 11 January 2023.
53. Web site: Father Christmas Is Back . Highfield Grange Studios . 10 December 2021.
54. Web site: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City . Official Site. 10 December 2021.
55. Web site: The Unforgivable . Construction Films . 13 December 2021.
56. Web site: 'A Boy Called Christmas' – release date, cast, plot and everything we know about this new movie . Nicholas. Cannon. What to Watch. 10 October 2021.
57. Web site: Boxing Day . . 10 December 2021.
58. Web site: Last Train to Christmas . . 20 July 2024.
59. Web site: The King's Man . 20th Century Fox. 17 February 2021.
60. Web site: Alone Together . Snoot Entertainment . 24 August 2021.
61. Web site: Approaching Shadows – IMDb . . 23 November 2021.
62. Web site: Arsène Wenger: Invincible . Official Site. 18 November 2021.
63. Web site: Bank Job . Official Site . 29 May 2021.
64. Web site: The Football Monologues . Park The Bus. 18 November 2021.
65. Web site: Handsome . Boxclever Media . 24 August 2021.
66. Web site: I Get Knocked Down . So and So Pictures . 6 May 2023.
67. Web site: A Manchester Story . Daily Mirror. 20 August 2021.
68. Web site: Pelé . Pitch Productions. 22 February 2021.
69. Web site: Pelé . Goldfinch . 18 February 2021.
70. Web site: 'The Real Charlie Chaplin' Review: Showtime Documentary . Indiewire. 9 March 2022.
71. Web site: Sparkling: The Story of Champagne . BBFC. 30 August 2021.
72. Web site: The Storms of Jeremy Thomas . Screen Scotland . 10 December 2021.
73. Web site: Sparkling: The Story of Champagne . BBFC. 30 August 2021.
74. Web site: The Storms of Jeremy Thomas . Screen Scotland . 10 December 2021.
75. Web site: Sweetheart . Hazey Jane Films . 27 September 2021.
76. Web site: The Toll . Western Edge Pictures . 30 August 2021.
77. Web site: The United Way . . 29 May 2021.
78. Web site: A Violent Man . Ascendant Fox . 6 August 2024.
79. Web site: Zebra Girl . 19th Street Productions . 29 May 2021.
80. Web site: Peter Rabbit 2 is to be filmed in Richmond next week. Sam. MyLondon. Truelove. 29 March 2019.