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This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2019 and were at least partly produced by Great Britain or the United Kingdom. It does not feature short films, medium-length films, made-for-TV films, pornographic films, filmed theater, VR films and interactive films. It also does not include films screened in previous years that had official release dates in 2019.
Also included is an overview of five awards ceremonies which are major events in British film: the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, Critics' Choice Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Opening | Title | Cast and crew | Details | Ref. | |
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J A N U A R Y | 16 | The Kid Who Would Be King | Director: Joe Cornish Cast: Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Dean Chaumoo, Tom Taylor, Rhianna Doris, Angus Imrie, Rebecca Ferguson, Patrick Stewart | 20th Century Fox | [1] |
18 | Close | Director: Vicky Jewson Cast: Noomi Rapace, Sophie Nélisse, Eoin Macken, Indira Varma, Mimi Keene | Netflix (Co-produced by the United States) | [2] | |
23 | Dirty God | Director: Sacha Polak Cast: Katherine Kelly, Luke White, Kerry Norton | (Co-produced by Belgium, Ireland and Netherlands) | [3] | |
24 | Beats | Director: Brian Welsh Cast: Laura Fraser, Lorn Macdonald, Cristian Ortega | Based on Beats by Kieran Hurley Altitude Film Distribution | [4] | |
The Last Tree | Director: Shola Amoo Cast: Nicholas Pinnock, Denise Black | Picturehouse Entertainment | [5] | ||
25 | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | Director: Chiwetel Ejiofor Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Aïssa Maïga, Joseph Marcell | Netflix Based on The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba | [6] | |
The Hole in the Ground | Director: Lee Cronin Cast: Seána Kerslake, James Cosmo, Kati Outinen, Simone Kirby, Steve Wall, James Quinn Markey | Vertigo Releasing (Co-produced by Ireland) | [7] | ||
The Lodge | Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz Cast: Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Richard Armitage, Alicia Silverstone | GEM Entertainment (Co-produced by the United States) | [8] | ||
26 | The Wolf Hour | Director: Alistar Banks Griffin Cast: Naomi Watts, Emory Cohen, Jennifer Ehle | GEM Entertainment (Co-produced by the United States) | [9] | |
Wounds | Director: Babak Anvari Cast: Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson, Zazie Beetz, Karl Glusman and Brad William Henke | Annapurna Pictures Based on The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud | [10] | ||
27 | Blinded by the Light | Director: Gurinder Chadha Cast: Viveik Kalra, Hayley Atwell, Nell Williams, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Ganatra, Aaron Phagura, Dean-Charles Chapman, Jonno Davies | Entertainment One Based on Greetings From Bury Park by Sarfraz Manzoor | [11] | |
Little Monsters | Director: Abe Forsythe Cast: Lupita Nyong'o, Alexander England, Josh Gad | Altitude Film Distribution (Co-produced by Australia and the United States) | [12] | ||
Midnight Traveler | Director: Hassan Fazili | [13] | |||
The Souvenir | Director: Joanna Hogg Cast: Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, Tilda Swinton, Ariane Labed, Richard Ayoade, Jaygann Ayeh, Jack McMullen | A24 (Co-produced by the United States) | [14] | ||
28 | Animals | Director: Sophie Hyde Cast: Holliday Grainger, Alia Shawkat, Fra Fee, Dermot Murphy | Based on Animals by Emma Jane Unsworth (Co-produced by Australia and Ireland) | [15] | |
Fighting with My Family | Director: Stephen Merchant Cast: Florence Pugh, Lena Headey, Nick Frost, Jack Lowden, Dwayne Johnson, Vince Vaughn | Annapurna Pictures Based on the life of Paige, and The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family by Max Fisher (Co-produced by the United States) | [16] | ||
Official Secrets | Director: Gavin Hood Cast: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode, Indira Varma, Conleth Hill, Adam Bakri, Tamsin Greig, Rhys Ifans, Hattie Morahan, Ray Panthaki, Angus Wright | Entertainment One Based on The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War by Marcia & Thomas Mitchel (Co-produced by the United States) | [17] | ||
F E B R U A R Y | 7 | The Kindness of Strangers | Director: Lone Scherfig Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Zoe Kazan, Tahar Rahim, Bill Nighy, Caleb Landry Jones, Jay Baruchel | Entertainment One (Co-produced by Canada, France, Germany, Sweden and the United States) | [18] |
9 | Bait | Director: Mark Jenkin Cast: Edward Rowe, Mary Woodvine, Simon Shepherd, Giles King | BFI | [19] | |
10 | Mr. Jones | Director: Agnieszka Holland Cast: James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard, Kenneth Cranham, Joseph Mawle | WestEnd Films Based on the life of Gareth Jones (Co-produced by Poland and Ukraine) | [20] | |
26 | The Aftermath | Director: James Kent Cast: Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård, Jason Clarke, Roman Reigns | Fox Searchlight Pictures Based on The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook | [21] | |
27 | Lancaster Skies | Director: Callum Burn Cast: Jeffrey Mundell, David Dobson, Kris Saddler, Joanne Gale, Vin Hawke | Kaleidoscope Film Distribution | [22] | |
28 | Last Breath | Director: Richard da Costa, Alex Parkinson Cast: Jeffrey Mundell, David Dobson, Kris Saddler, Joanne Gale, Vin Hawke | Dogwoof (Co-produced by Belgium and Sweden) | [23] | |
M A R C H | 9 | Pink Wall | Director: Tom Cullen Cast: Tatiana Maslany, Jay Duplass, Sule Rimi, Ruth Ollman, Sarah Ovens, T.J. Richardson, Kyle Lima | Pinpoint Films | [24] |
10 | The Warrior Queen of Jhansi | Director: Swati Bhise Cast: Devika Bhise, Rupert Everett, Jodhi May, Nathaniel Parker, Derek Jacobi | Based on the life of Rani Lakshmibai | [25] | |
11 | The Day Shall Come | Director: Chris Morris Cast: Marchánt Davis, Anna Kendrick, Danielle Brooks, Denis O'Hare, Jim Gaffigan, Miles Robbins | (Co-produced by the United States) | [26] | |
For Sama | Directors: Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts | Republic Film Distribution (Co-produced by Syria and the United States) | [27] | ||
15 | Fisherman's Friends | Director: Chris Foggin Cast: Daniel Mays, James Purefoy, David Hayman, Dave Johns, Sam Swainsbury, Tuppence Middleton, Noel Clarke | Entertainment Film Distributors | [28] | |
29 | Dumbo | Director: Tim Burton Cast: Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, Alan Arkin | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Co-produced by Canada, Australia and the United States) | ||
Title | Director | Release Date | Ref. |
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90 Minutes | Simon Baker | 19 March 2019 | [101] |
Abatement | Gary Rogers | 1 August 2019 (DVD and Blu-ray premiere) | [102] |
Amaryllis | Thomas Lawes | 20 September 2019 (Crossing the Screen Film Festival) | [103] |
The Amber Light | Adam Park | 22 June 2019 (Edinburgh International Film Festival) | [104] |
An Accidental Studio | Bill Jones, Kim Leggatt | 29 April 2019 (BCN Film Fest) | [105] |
Are You Proud? | Ashley Joiner | 28 February 2019 (Glasgow Film Festival) | [106] |
Around The Sun | Oliver Krimpas | 4 April 2019 (Cleveland International Film Festival) | [107] |
Baghdad in My Shadows | Samir | 10 August 2019 (Locarno Film Festival) | [108] |
Best Before Death | Paul Duane | 26 June 2019 (Edinburgh International Film Festival) | [109] |
Beyond the Beach – The Hell and the Hope | Graeme Alistair Scott, Buddy Squires | 3 September 2019 (Venice Film Festival) | |
The Big Meeting | Daniel Draper | 6 September 2019 | [110] |
The Birdcatcher | Ross Clarke | 29 March 2019 (Garden State Film Festival) | [111] |
The Black Forest | Ruth Platt | 21 June 2019 (Edinburgh International Film Festival) | [112] |
Boyz in the Wood | Ninian Doff | 8 March 2019 | [113] |
Burning Men | Jeremy Wooding | 1 March 2019 | [114] |
Busby | Joe Pearlman | 8 November 2019 | [115] |
The Capote Tapes | Ebs Burnough | 7 September 2019 (Toronto International Film Festival) | [116] |
The Changin' Times of Ike White | Daniel Vernon | 13 September 2019 (Camden International Film Festival) | [117] |
Chasing Perfect | Helena Coan | 20 May 2019 | [118] |
Connect | Marilyn Edmond | 23 February 2019 (Glasgow Film Festival) | [119] |
Cordelia | Adrian Shergold | 25 September 2019 (Dinard Film Festival) | [120] |
County Lines | Henry Blake | 8 October 2019 (London Film Festival) | [121] |
Cosmos | Elliot Weaver, Zander Weaver | 14 July 2019 (UK premiere) | [122] |
Cosmos Within Us | Tupac Martir | 25 August 2019 (Venice Film Festival) | [123] |
Crucible of the Vampire | Iain Ross-McNamee | 1 February 2019 | [124] |
The Cure: Anniversary 1978–2018 Live in Hyde Park | Tim Pope | 11 July 2019 | [125] |
Dark Encounter | Carl Strathie | 23 August 2019 (FrightFest) | [126] |
Darkness Visible | Neil Biswas | 8 February 2019 (Los Angeles, California) | [127] |
Dead Good | Rehana Rose | May 2019 | [128] |
Demon Eye | Ryan Simons | 26 February 2019 (Fantasporto – 39.º Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto) | [129] |
Denmark | Adrian Shergold | 26 September 2019 (Calgary Film Festival) | [130] |
The Dirty War on the National Health Service | John Pilger | 29 November 2019 | [131] |
A Dog Called Money | Seamus Murphy | 10 February 2019 (Berlin International Film Festival) | [132] |
The Drifters | Ben Bond | 19 October 2019 (São Paulo International Film Festival) | [133] |
The Easy Bit | Tom Webb | 28 September 2019 (Raindance Film Festival) | [134] |
The Edge | Barney Douglas | 22 July 2019 | [135] |
Eve | Rory Kindersley | 19 October 2019 (San Diego International Film Festival) | [136] |
Everything – The Real Thing Story | Simon Sheridan | 24 October 2019 | [137] |
Excursion | Martin Grof | 20 April 2019 (internet) | [138] |
The Fear of Looking Up | Konstantinos Koutsoliotas | 2 June 2019 (Fantaspoa International Film Festival) | [139] |
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes | Robbie Fraser | 10 May 2019 | [140] |
For Love or Money | Mark Murphy | 15 March 2019 (internet) | [141] |
Force of Nature Natalia | Gerald Fox | 6 June 2019 | [142] |
The Gasoline Thieves | Edgar Nito | 25 April 2019 (Tribeca Film Festival) | [143] |
Gorillaz: Reject False Icons | Denholm Hewlett | 16 December 2019 | [144] |
A Guide To Second Date Sex | Rachel Hirons | 31 October 2019 (British Film Festival) | [145] |
Harry Birrell Presents Films of Love and War | Matt Pinder | 24 February 2019 (Glasgow Film Festival) | [146] |
Here For Life | Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Adrian Jackson | 10 June 2019 | [147] |
Home | Jen Randall | 18 October 2019 | [148] |
Home | Scott Altman | 27 October 2019 | [149] |
Horizon | Paul Dudbridge, Simon Pearce | 17 February 2019 (UK premiere) | [150] |
How to Fake a War | Rudolph Herzog | 22 June 2019 (Edinburgh International Film Festival) | [151] |
Hurt By Paradise | Greta Bellamacina | 20 June 2019 (Edinburgh International Film Festival) | [152] |
I Am (Not) a Monster | Nelly Ben Hayoun | 10 October 2019 (London Film Festival) | [153] |
Ibiza: The Silent Movie | Julien Temple | 5 July 2019 | [154] |
In the Line of Duty | Steven C. Miller | 15 November 2019 | [155] |
Invasion Planet Earth | Simon Cox | 5 December 2019 | [156] |
Kat and the Band | E.E. Hegarty | 13 July 2020 | [157] |
Krabi, 2562 | Ben Rivers, Anocha Suwichakornpong | 8 August 2019 (Locarno Film Festival) | [158] |
Leonardo: The Works | Phil Grabsky | 29 October 2019 | [159] |
Liam: As It Was | Gavin Fitzgerald, Charlie Lightening | 6 June 2019 | [160] |
Lie Low | Jamie Noel | 3 May 2019 | [161] |
Lost Lives | Michael Hewitt, Dermot Lavery | 11 October 2019 (London Film Festival) | [162] |
Louisa: An Amazing Adventure | Ken Blakey | 11 January 2019 | [163] |
Love Type D | Sasha Collington | 21 June 2019 (Edinburgh International Film Festival) | [164] |
Lynn + Lucy | Fyzal Boulifa | 22 September 2019 (San Sebastián Film Festival) | [165] |
Making Noise Quietly | Dominic Dromgoole | 19 July 2019 | [166] |
Masters of Love | Matt Roberts | 28 June 2019 (Edinburgh International Film Festival) | [167] |
A Moon for My Father | Mania Akbari, Douglas White | 25 March 2019 (CPH:DOX) | [168] |
Nocturnal | Nathalie Biancheri | 8 October 2019 (London Film Festival) | [169] |
Nuclear | Catherine Linstrum | 11 October 2019 (Warsaw Film Festival) | [170] |
On the President's Orders | James Jones, Olivier Sarbil | 25 March 2019 (CPH:DOX) | [171] |
Our Ladies | Michael Caton-Jones | 4 October 2019 (London Film Festival) | [172] |
Princess Emmy | Piet De Rycker | 24 January 2019 | [173] |
Prophecy | Charlie Paul | 27 April 2019 (Hot Docs) | [174] |
Red Devil | Savvas D. Michael | 18 November 2019 | [175] |
Return to Podor | Kevin Macdonald | 2 September 2018 (Telluride Film Festival) | [176] |
Rialto | Peter Mackie Burns | 2 September 2019 (Venice Film Festival) | [177] |
Rise of the Footsoldier: Marbella (a.k.a. Rise of the Footsoldier: The Spanish Heist) | Andrew Loveday | 8 November 2019 | [178] |
Romantic Comedy | Elizabeth Sankey | 25 January 2019 (International Film Festival Rotterdam) | [179] |
Rose Plays Julie | Joe Lawlor, Christine Molloy | 3 October 2019 (London Film Festival) | [180] |
Run | Scott Graham | 26 April 2019 (Tribeca Film Festival) | [181] |
Rupert, Rupert & Rupert | Tom Sands | 26 April 2019 | [182] |
Scheme Birds | Ellen Fiske, Ellinor Hallin | 26 April 2019 (Tribeca Film Festival) | [183] |
Schemers | Dave McLean | 29 June 2019 (Edinburgh International Film Festival) | [184] |
Seahorse | Jeanie Finlay | 26 April 2019 | [185] |
Show Me The Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall | Alfred George Bailey | 15 March 2019 (South by Southwest Film Festival) | [186] |
Solidarity | Lucy Parker | 7 September 2019 (Open City Documentary Festival) | [187] |
Somebody Up There Likes Me | Mike Figgis | 12 October 2019 (London Film Festival) | [188] |
Soul Journey | Marco Della Fonte | 1 May 2019 | [189] |
The Spy Who Fell to Earth | Tom Meadmore | 1 April 2019 | [190] |
StarDog and TurboCat | Ben Smith | 6 December 2019 | [191] |
The Street | Zed Nelson | 11 October 2019 (London Film Festival) | [192] |
Strike | Trevor Hardy | 11 May 2019 | [193] |
Superpower Dogs | Daniel Ferguson | 15 March 2019 | [194] |
Tales From the Lodge | Abigail Blackmore | 9 March 2019 (South by Southwest Film Festival) | [195] |
Trick or Treat | Edward Boase | 25 October 2019 | [196] |
Van Gogh & Japan | David Bickerstaff | 4 June 2019 | [197] |
Walking with Shadows | Aoife O'Kelly | 9 October 2019 (London Film Festival) | [198] |
White Riot | Rubika Shah | 5 October 2019 (London Film Festival) | [199] |
Young Picasso | Phil Grabsky | 5 February 2019 | [200] |
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 fulfill at least 3 of the following criteria:
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The 91st Academy Awards honoring the best films of 2018 will be held on February 24, 2019.
British winners:
British nominees:
The 72nd British Academy Film Awards honoring the best films of 2018 were held on 10 February 2019.
British winners:
British nominees:
The 24th Critics' Choice Awards was presented on January 13, 2019. [201]
British winners:
British nominees:
The 76th Golden Globe Awards was presented on January 6, 2019. [204]
British winners:
British nominees:
The 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards was presented on January 27, 2019. [208]
British winners:
British nominees:
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