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This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2024 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 film festivals in previous years that have theatrical premieres in 2024.
The highest-grossing UK-qualifying and U.K. independent British films according to the British Film Institute released in 2023, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows: [1] [2]
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1 | Wicked Little Letters | StudioCanal | £9,297,017 |
2 | Back to Black | StudioCanal | £2,772,698 |
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J A N U A R Y | 1 | Arthur's Whisky | Director: Stephen Cookson Cast: Diane Keaton, Patricia Hodge, Lulu | Sky Cinema | |
19 | The Kitchen | Director: Kibwe Tavares, Daniel Kaluuya Cast: Kane Robinson, Jedaiah Bannerman, Hope Ikpoku Jr | Netflix | [4] | |
F E B R U A R Y | 2 | Argylle | Director: Matthew Vaughn Cast: Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose, Rob Delaney | Apple TV+ | [5] |
M A R C H | 29 | The Beautiful Game | Director: Thea Sharrock Cast: Micheal Ward, Bill Nighy, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Kit Young, Callum Scott Howells, Valeria Golino, Susan Wokoma, Cristina Rodlo, Sian Reese-Williams | Netflix | [6] |
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A P R I L | 5 | Seize Them! | Director: Curtis Vowell Cast: Aimee Lou Wood, Lolly Adefope, Nicola Coughlan, Jessica Hynes, Nick Frost | Entertainment Film Distributors | [7] |
Scoop | Director: Philip Martin Cast: Gillian Anderson, Billie Piper, Rufus Sewell, Romola Garai, Keeley Hawes | Netflix | [8] | ||
12 | Back to Black | Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson Cast: Marisa Abela, Jack O'Connell, Eddie Marsan, Juliet Cowan, Lesley Manville | Based on the life of Amy Winehouse StudioCanal | ||
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N O V E M B E R | 8 | Paddington in Peru | Director: Dougal Wilson Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas | StudioCanal | [9] |
22 | Gladiator 2 | Director: Ridley Scott Cast: Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, May Calamawy, Derek Jacobi, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Pedro Pascal | Paramount Pictures | ||
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2 0 2 4 | Lead Heads | Director: Giles Borg Cast: Olatunji Ayofe, Rupert Everett, Tom Felton, Derek Jacobi, Luke Newberry, Mark Williams | [10] | ||
Midas Man | Director: Sara Sugarman, Jonas Åkerlund Cast: Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Emily Watson, Eddie Marsan, Omari Douglas, Rosie Day, Lukas Gage, Charley Palmer Rothwell, Bill Milner, Jay Leno, Jonah Lees, Blake Richardson, Leo Harvey Elledge, Campbell Wallace, Adam Lawrence | Signature Entertainment | [11] | ||
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare | Director: Guy Ritchie Cast: Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Alex Pettyfer | Lionsgate | |||
Havoc | Director: Gareth Evans Cast: Tom Hardy | Netflix | [12] | ||
Wallace and Gromit 2 | Director: Nick Park Cast: | BBC Films | [13] |
Title | Director | Release date | Ref. |
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A Game of Two Halves | Khayam Khan | 23 February 2024 | |
Alien Interloper the Movie | Calvin Cassidy | 15 June 2024 | |
An Hour | Stephen Cartwright | 29 January 2024 | |
Another World | Sean Sadler | 14 February 2024 | |
Cookster: The Darkest Days | Stephen Roach | May 2024 | |
Who Is James Payton? | Oliver Guy-Watkins | 4 January 2024 | |
The following list comprises films not produced by a British or UK film studio but is strongly associated with British culture. The films in this list should fulfil at least three of the following criteria:
Title | Country of origin | Adaptation | Story setting | Film locations | British cast and crew |
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Civil War fulfills two of these criteria as it was produced in the UK and has a significant amount of British cast and crew members including Sonoya Mizuno, Rob Hardy, Jake Roberts and Alex Garland. Speak No Evil also fulfills two criteria by having British cast and crew members, and being produced in the UK.
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