List of British films of 2025

This article lists British feature-length films and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2025 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 2025.

Film premieres

January–March

Opening		Title	Cast and crew	Details	Ref.
J A N U A R Y	13	Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare	Director: Scott Chambers Cast: Martin Portlock, Megan Placito, Kit Green, Peter DeSouza-Feighoney, Charity Kase, Teresa Banham	Altitude Film Distribution Based on Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
	24	Brides	Director: Nadia Fall Cast: Ebada Hassan, Safiyya Ingar, Yusra Warsama, Cemre Ebuzziya, Aziz Capkurt	Bankside Films
		Rabbit Trap	Director: Bryn Chainey Cast: Dev Patel, Rosy McEwen, Jade Croot
	25	The Ballad of Wallis Island	Director: James Griffiths Cast: Carey Mulligan, Tom Basden, Tim Key	Universal Pictures International
		The Thing with Feathers	Director: Dylan Southern Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Boxall, Henry Boxall, Eric Lampaert	Based on Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
	26	Cactus Pears	Director: Rohan Parashuram Kanawade Cast: Bhushaan Manoj, Suraaj Suman
	27	Khartoum	Director: Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Philip Cox
F E B R U A R Y	7	Becoming Led Zeppelin	Director: Bernard MacMahon Cast: Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, Robert Plant	Sony Pictures Classics About the early years of Led Zeppelin
	13	Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy	Director: Michael Morris Cast: Renée Zellweger, Emma Thompson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth	Universal Pictures Sequel to Bridget Jones’s Baby
		My Fault: London	Director: Dani Girdwood, Charlotte Fassler Cast: Asha Banks, Matthew Broome, Eve Macklin, Ray Fearon, Sam Buchanan	Amazon MGM Studios Based on Culpa mía by Mercedes Ron
	14	Hot Milk	Director: Rebecca Lenkiewicz Cast: Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, Vicky Krieps, Vincent Perez, Patsy Ferran	Mubi Based on Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
	21	Cleaner	Director: Martin Campbell Cast: Daisy Ridley, Taz Skylar, Clive Owen	Quiver Distribution
	26	Tornado	Director: John Maclean Cast: Kōki, Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira, Tim Roth	Lionsgate UK
	28	Fight or Flight	Director: James Madigan Cast: Josh Hartnett, Charithra Chandran, Julian Kostov, Katee Sackhoff, Marko Zaror	Sky Cinema
		Last Breath	Director: Alex Parkinson Cast: Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Finn Cole, Djimon Hounsou	Entertainment Film Distributors Based on Last Breath by Alex Parkinson and Richard da Costa
M A R C H	6	Picture This	Director: Prarthana Mohan Cast: Simone Ashley, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Luke Fetherston, Sindhu Vee	Prime Video Based on Five Blind Dates by Shawn Seet
	7	Hallow Road	Director: Babak Anvari Cast: Rosamund Pike, Matthew Rhys, Paul Tylak	XYZ Films
	10	The Rivals of Amziah King	Director: Andrew Patterson Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Kurt Russell, Cole Sprouse, Owen Teague, Scott Shepherd, Rob Morgan, Tony Revolori	Black Bear Pictures

April–June

Opening		Title	Cast and crew	Details	Ref.
A P R I L	4	Mr Burton	Director: Marc Evans Cast: Harry Lawtey, Toby Jones, Lesley Manville, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Aneurin Barnard	Based on the early life of Richard Burton
	25	Havoc	Director: Gareth Evans Cast: Tom Hardy, Forest Whitaker, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Cornwell, Luis Guzmán	Netflix	[1]
M A Y	2	Words of War	Director: James Strong Cast: Maxine Peake, Jason Isaacs, Ciarán Hinds, Ellie Bamber, Harry Lawtey, Naomi Battrick	Signature Entertainment Based on the life of Anna Politkovskaya
	15	Left-Handed Girl	Director: Shih-Ching Tsou Cast: Janel Tsai, Shih-Yuan Ma, Nina Ye, Brando Huang, Akio Chen	Netflix
	16	The Chronology of Water	Director: Kristen Stewart Cast: Imogen Poots, Thora Birch, Earl Cave, Kim Gordon, Jim Belushi	Based on The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch
	17	Urchin	Director: Harris Dickinson Cast: Frank Dillane, Megan Northam, Amr Waked
	18	My Father's Shadow	Director: Akinola Davies Jr. Cast: Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Godwin Chiemerie Egbo, Chibuike Marvellous Egbo	Mubi
	20	The Disappearance of Josef Mengele	Director: Kirill Serebrennikov Cast: August Diehl, Max Bretschneider, David Ruland, Dana Herfurth, Burghart Klaussner	Based on The Disappearance of Josef Mengele by Olivier Guez
	21	The History of Sound	Director: Oliver Hermanus Cast: Paul Mescal, Josh O'Connor	Universal Pictures Based on The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck
		A Pale View of Hills	Director: Kei Ishikawa Cast: Suzu Hirose, Fumi Nikaido, Yō Yoshida, Camilla Aiko	Based on A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
		Sentimental Value	Director: Joachim Trier Cast: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, Cory Michael Smith	Mubi
	23	The Mastermind	Director: Kelly Reichardt Cast: Josh O'Connor, Alana Haim	Mubi
J U N E	17	Chicken Town	Director: Richard Bracewell Cast: Laurence Rickard, Graham Fellows, Alistair Green
	20	28 Years Later	Director: Danny Boyle Cast: Alfie Williams, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes, Edvin Ryding, Chi Lewis-Parry, Jack O'Connell	Sony Pictures Releasing Sequel to 28 Weeks Later

July–September

Opening		Title	Cast and crew	Details	Ref.
J U L Y	24	Grand Prix of Europe	Director: Waldemar Fast Cast: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Gemma Arterton, Hayley Atwell, Lenny Henry	Warner Bros. Pictures
	25	Bambi: The Reckoning	Director: Dan Allen Cast: Roxanne McKee, Tom Mulheron, Nicola Wright, Samira Mighty	ITN Studio Based on Bambi, a Life in the Woods by Felix Salten
A U G U S T	28	Orphan	Director: László Nemes Cast: Bojtorján Barabas, Grégory Gadebois, Andrea Waskovics	Mubi
		The Thursday Murder Club	Director: Chris Columbus Cast: Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, David Tennant, Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Richard E. Grant	Netflix Based on The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman	[2]
	29	The Roses	Director: Jay Roach Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Kate McKinnon, Andy Samberg	Searchlight Pictures Inspired by The War of the Roses by Warren Adler
	30	Rose of Nevada	Director: Mark Jenkin Cast: George MacKay, Callum Turner
	31	The Wizard of the Kremlin	Director: Olivier Assayas Cast: Paul Dano, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander, Tom Sturridge, Jeffrey Wright	Based on The Wizard of the Kremlin by Giuliano da Empoli
S E P T E M B E R	1	Straight Circle	Director: Oscar Hudson Cast: Luke Tittensor, Elliot Tittensor, Neil Maskell		[3]
		The Testament of Ann Lee	Director: Mona Fastvold Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Stacy Martin, Tim Blake Nelson, Christopher Abbott, Matthew Beard
	4	Saipan	Director: Glenn Leyburn, Lisa Barros D’Sa Cast: Steve Coogan, Éanna Hardwicke	Based on the Saipan incident
	5	The Choral	Director: Nicholas Hytner Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Jim Broadbent, Simon Russell Beale	Sony Pictures Classics
		Christy	Director: Brendan Canty Cast: Danny Power, Diarmuid Noyes, Emma Willis, Alison Oliver, Chris Walley, Helen Behan	Altitude	[4] [5]
		Fuze	Director: David Mackenzie Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James, Sam Worthington, Gugu Mbatha-Raw	Sky Cinema
		Good Boy	Director: Jan Komasa Cast: Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Anson Boon
		Hamlet	Director: Aneil Karia Cast: Riz Ahmed, Morfydd Clark, Joe Alwyn	Focus Features Based on Hamlet by William Shakespeare
		The Man in My Basement	Director: Nadia Latif Cast: Corey Hawkins, Willem Dafoe, Anna Diop, Tamara Lawrance	Hulu Based on The Man In My Basement by Walter Mosley
		Palestine 36	Director: Annemarie Jacir Cast: Hiam Abbass, Kamel El Basha, Yasmine Al Massri, Jalal Altawil, Robert Aramayo, Saleh Bakri	Curzon Film
		Steve	Director: Tim Mielants Cast: Cillian Murphy, Jay Lycurgo	Netflix Based on Shy by Max Porter
	6	California Schemin'	Director: James McAvoy Cast: Samuel Bottomley, Séamus McLean Ross	StudioCanal Based on Straight Outta Scotland by Gavin Bain
		Sacrifice	Director: Romain Gavras Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Evans, Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Ambika Mod, Sam Richardson, John Malkovich, Charli XCX
		Wasteman	Director: Cal McMau Cast: Tom Blyth, David Jonsson	Lionsgate UK
		Winter of the Crow	Director: Kasia Adamik Cast: Lesley Manville, Tom Burke, Zofia Wichłacz	Based on Professor Andrews Goes to Warsaw by Olga Tokarczuk
	7	& Sons	Director: Pablo Trapero Cast: Bill Nighy, George MacKay, Noah Jupe, Imelda Staunton, Johnny Flynn, Dominic West	Based on & Sons by David Gilbert
		Bad Apples	Director: Jonatan Etzler Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Eddie Waller, Jacob Anderson, Rakie Ayola, Robert Emms, Sean Gilder, Kerry Howard	Republic Pictures
		Hamnet	Director: Chloé Zhao Cast: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Joe Alwyn, Emily Watson	Universal Pictures Based on Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
	8	Eternal Return	Director: Yaniv Raz Cast: Naomi Scott, Kit Harington, Simon Callow, Sonoya Mizuno, Jay Lycurgo
	9	Ballad of a Small Player	Director: Edward Berger Cast: Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Deanie Ip, Alex Jennings, Tilda Swinton	Based on The Ballad of a Small Player by Lawrence Osborne
		Mare's Nest	Director: Ben Rivers Cast: The Word for Snow by Don DeLillo	Based on The Ballad of a Small Player by Lawrence Osborne
	11	Glenrothan	Director: Brian Cox Cast: Alan Cumming, Brian Cox, Shirley Henderson, Alexandra Shipp	Lionsgate UK
	12	Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale	Director: Simon Curtis Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Phyllis Logan, Robert James-Collier, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Imelda Staunton, Penelope Wilton, Paul Giamatti	Focus Features Sequel to Downton Abbey: A New Era
	26	Mother's Pride	Director: Nick Moorcroft Cast: Jonno Davies, Martin Clunes, James Buckley	Entertainment Film Distributors
		Retreat	Director: Ted Evans Cast: Anne Zander, James Boyle, Sophie Leigh Stone, Ace Mahbaz

October–December

Opening		Title	Cast and crew	Details	Ref.
O C T O B E R	10	The Woman in Cabin 10	Director: Simon Stone Cast: Keira Knightley, Guy Pearce, Hannah Waddingham, Kaya Scodelario, Gugu Mbatha-Raw	Netflix Based on The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
N O V E M B E R	7	The Running Man	Director: Edgar Wright Cast: Glen Powell, Katy O'Brian, Daniel Ezra, Karl Glusman, Josh Brolin, Lee Pace, Jayme Lawson, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones	Based on The Running Man by Stephen King
	14	Jay Kelly	Director: Noah Baumbach Cast: George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Grace Edwards, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Jim Broadbent, Isla Fisher, Stacy Keach, Greta Gerwig	Netflix	[6]
	28	Christmas Karma	Director: Gurinder Chadha Cast: Charithra Chandran, Kunal Nayyar, Hugh Bonneville, Eva Longoria	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
		Pillion	Director: Harry Lighton Cast: Harry Melling, Alexander Skarsgård, Douglas Hodge, Lesley Sharp, Jake Shears,Anthony Welsh	Warner Bros. Pictures Based on Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones
D E C E M B E R

TBA

Title	Cast and crew	Details	Ref.
500 Miles	Director: Morgan Matthews Cast: Bill Nighy, Roman Griffin Davis, Dexter Sol Ansell, Maisie Williams	Based on Charlie and Me by Mark Lowery
Above the Below	Director: Idris Elba, Martin Owen Cast: Idris Elba, Caitlin FitzGerald, Hero Fiennes Tiffin	Lionsgate
Fackham Hall	Director: Jim O'Hanlon Cast: Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Thomasin McKenzie, Katherine Waterston, Emma Laird
Grow	Director: John McPhail Cast: Golda Rosheuvel, Priya-Rose Brookwell, Nick Frost, Joe Wilkinson, Tim McInnerny, Jane Horrocks
H Is for Hawk	Director: Philippa Lowthorpe Cast: Claire Foy, Brendan Gleeson	Lionsgate Based on H Is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald
Huntington	Director: John Patton Ford Cast: Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, Ed Harris	StudioCanal Loosely based on Kind Hearts and Coronets by Robert Hamer and John Dighton
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde	Director: Kenneth Branagh Cast: Jodie Comer, Patricia Arquette, Michael Sheen, Tom Bateman, Vicky McClure
Lead Heads	Director: Giles Borg Cast: Olatunji Ayofe, Rupert Everett, Tom Felton, Derek Jacobi, Luke Newberry, Mark Williams		[7]
The Magic Faraway Tree	Director: Ben Gregor Cast: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan, Nonso Anozie, Jessica Gunning	Based on The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
Mission	Director: Paul Wright Cast: George Mackay, Rosy McEwen
Rogue Trooper	Director: Duncan Jones Cast: Aneurin Barnard, Hayley Atwell, Sean Bean, Matt Berry, Asa Butterfield, Jemaine Clement, Jack Lowden, Alice Lowe	Based on Rogue Trooper by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons
Savage House	Director: Peter Glanz Cast: Claire Foy, Richard E Grant, Bel Powley
Sweet Dreams	Director: Carl Tibbetts Cast: Gemma Arterton, Niamh Algar, Nick Frost
Turn Up the Sun!	Director: Jamie Adams Cast: James McAvoy, Lucas Bravo, Aisling Franciosi, Almudena Amor

Other premieres

Title	Director	Release date	Ref.
Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger	Chris Foggin	5 January 2025
Dreamers	Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor	15 February 2025 (Berlin International Film Festival)
Marching Powder	Nick Love	7 March 2025

Culturally British films

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:

• 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 produced 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
Black Bag	United States		England	London, UK	Regé-Jean Page, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke, David Holmes
Frankenstein	United States	Frankenstein by Mary Shelley	England	Edinburgh, UK	Mia Goth, David Bradley, Charles Dance
The King of Kings	United States	The Life of Our Lord by Charles Dickens	Victorian England		Kenneth Branagh, Roman Griffin Davis, Ben Kingsley
My Oxford Year	United States		Oxford, England	University of Oxford and Windsor, UK	Corey Mylchreest, Iain Morris, Dougray Scott, Catherine McCormack, Harry Trevaldwyn, Hugh Coles, Poppy Gilbert
The Twits	United States	The Twits by Roald Dahl	England		Emilia Clarke, Johnny Vegas, John Cleese

Hedda , Mickey 17 , and Wicked: For Good fulfill two of the criteria.

See also

• Lists of British films
• 2025 in film
• 2025 in British music
• 2025 in British radio
• 2025 in British television
• 2025 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 2024

References

1. Forgrave, Andrew (10 July 2021). "New Netflix thriller to create Havoc in Wales and leave 'lasting legacy' for filmmakers". North Wales Live . Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
2. Grobar, Matt (24 April 2025). "Netflix Unveils Premiere Date, First-Look Photos For 'The Thursday Murder Club' Starring Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley & Celia Imrie". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
3. "Straight Circle". Venice International Film Festival . Retrieved 23 August 2025.
4. Lodge, Guy (12 July 2025). "'Christy' Review: Brothers Estranged by the Care System Rebuild Their Bond in a Moving Irish Crowdpleaser". Variety .
5. "Christy". bbc.co.uk . Retrieved 1 November 2025.
6. Grobar, Matt (6 May 2025). "Netflix Dates Noah Baumbach's 'Jay Kelly' Starring George Clooney & Adam Sandler". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
7. Barraclough, Leo (8 December 2020). "Rupert Everett, Derek Jacobi, Tom Felton Join Giles Borg's 'Lead Heads'". Variety . Retrieved 28 January 2022.

External links

• British films of 2025 at IMDb