List of British films of 2020

This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2020 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 2020.

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2020 saw the death of Terry Jones.
The year also saw the death of Sir Ian Holm.

Film premieres

January – March
Opening Title Cast and crew Details Ref.
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Y		 24 Come Away Director: Brenda Chapman
Cast: Angelina Jolie, David Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Caine, Derek Jacobi, Jenny Galloway		 GEM Entertainment
Based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
(Co-produced by the United States)		 [1]
Dream Horse Director: Euros Lyn
Cast: Toni Collette, Damian Lewis		 Warner Bros. Pictures
(Co-produced by the United States)		 [2]
Herself Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Cast: Clare Dunne, Harriet Walter, Conleth Hill		 (Co-produced by Ireland) [3]
Ironbark Director: Dominic Cooke
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jessie Buckley, Rachel Brosnahan, Angus Wright		 GEM Entertainment
Based on the life of Greville Wynne		 [4]
Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always Director: Eliza Hittman
Cast: Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold, Sharon Van Etten		 Universal Pictures
(Co-produced by the United States)		 [5]
25 Possessor Director: Brandon Cronenberg
Cast: Christopher Abbott, Andrea Riseborough, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean		 (Co-produced by the Canada and the United States) [6]
26 Amulet Director: Romola Garai
Cast: Carla Juri, Imelda Staunton, Alec Secareanu		 [7]
The Nest Director: Sean Durkin
Cast: Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Anne Reid		 GEM Entertainment
(Co-produced by Canada)		 [8]
Surge Director: Aneil Karia
Cast: Ben Whishaw, Ellie Haddington, Ian Gelder, Jasmine Jobson		 [9]
27 The Father Director: Florian Zeller
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Olivia Williams, Rufus Sewell, Imogen Poots, Mark Gatiss		 Lionsgate UK
Based on Le Père by Florian Zeller		 [10]
His House Director: Remi Weekes
Cast: Wunmi Mosaku, Sope Dirisu, Matt Smith		 Netflix
(Co-produced by United States)		 [11]
The Last Thing He Wanted Director: Dee Rees
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Willem Dafoe, Ben Affleck, Toby Jones, Rosie Perez		 Netflix
Based on The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion
(Co-produced by United States)		 [12]
Luxor Director: Zeina Durra
Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Janie Aziz, Shahira Fahmy		 (Co-produced by Egypt and United Arab Emirates) [13]
31 Falling Director: Viggo Mortensen
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Sverrir Gudnason, Laura Linney, Hannah Gross, Terry Chen		 GEM Entertainment
(Co-produced by Canada and the United States)		 [14]
The Rhythm Section Director: Reed Morano
Cast: Blake Lively, Ashley Greene, Ray Stevenson, Michael Jai White		 Paramount Pictures
Based on The Rhythm Section by Mark Burnell
(Co-produced by the United States)		 [15]
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Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, Josh O'Connor, Callum Turner		 Focus Features
Based on Emma by Jane Austen
(Co-produced by the United States)		 [16]
21 Mogul Mowgli Director: Bassam Tariq
Cast: Riz Ahmed, Alyy Khan, Sudha Bhuchar,

Nabhaan Rizwan, Anjana Vasan

 Focus Features
(Co-produced by the United States)		 [17]
26 DAU. Natasha Director: Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Jekaterina Oertel
Cast: Natalia Berezhnaya, Olga Shkabarnya, Vladimir Azhippo, Alexei Blinov		 (Co-produced by Germany, Russia and Ukraine) [18]
The Roads Not Taken Director: Sally Potter
Cast: Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning, Salma Hayek		 Focus Features
(Co-produced by Sweden and the United States)		 [19]
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Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Ian Hart, Mark Leonard Winter, Nathan Page		 Based on Inside Out: Escape from Pretoria Central Prison by Tim Jenkin
(Co-produced by Australia)		 [20]
8 Resistance Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Ed Harris, Clémence Poésy, Matthias Schweighöfer, Félix Moati, Karl Markovics, Vica Kerekes, Bella Ramsey, Édgar Ramírez		 Based on Marcel Marceau
(Co-produced by Germany and United States)		 [21]
13 Misbehaviour Director: Philippa Lowthorpe
Cast: Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Suki Waterhouse, Jessie Buckley, Lesley Manville, Greg Kinnear, Keeley Hawes, Rhys Ifans, Phyllis Logan		 Based on the 1970 Miss World competition
Pathé		 [22]

April – June
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L		 10 Love Wedding Repeat Director: Dean Craig
Cast: Olivia Munn, Sam Claflin, Freida Pinto, Eleanor Tomlinson		 Netflix
Remake of Plan de table
(Co-produced by the United States)		 [23]
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Y		 22 The Trip to Greece Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan		 IFC Films
Based on The Trip and sequel to The Trip to Spain		 [24]
29 Six Minutes to Midnight Director: Andy Goddard
Cast: Judi Dench, Eddie Izzard, James D'Arcy, Jim Broadbent		 Lionsgate [25]
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July – September
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Y		 31 Summerland Director: Jessica Swale
Cast: Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Penelope Wilton, Tom Courtenay		 Lionsgate [26]
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T		 14 The Secret Garden Director: Marc Munden
Cast: Colin Firth, Julie Walters, Dixie Egerickx, Edan Hayhurst, Amir Wilson, Isis Davis		 StudioCanal UK
Based on The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
(Co-produced by France)		 [27]
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Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Harris Dickinson, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Daniel Brühl, Djimon Hounsou, Charles Dance, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Stanley Tucci		 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Prequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service
(Co-produced by the United States)		 [28]

October – December
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R		 9 Death On The Nile Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Letitia Wright, Tom Bateman		 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Based on Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
(Co-produced by United States)
23 Everybody's Talking About Jamie Director: Jonathan Butterell
Cast: Max Harwood, Richard E. Grant, Sharon Horgan, Sarah Lancashire, Shobna Gulati		 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Based on Everybody's Talking About Jamie by Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae
(Co-produced by United States)		 [29]
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Cast: Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Jeffrey Wright, Lashana Lynch		 Universal Pictures
Based on James Bond by Ian Fleming
(Co-produced by United States)		 [30]
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Cast: Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, Judi Dench, Leslie Mann, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Emilia Fox, Dave Johns, James Fleet		 StudioCanal
Based on Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward
(Co-produced by the United States)		 [31]

Other premiere
Title Director Release Date Ref.
The Art of Political Murder Paul Taylor [32]
Be Water Bao Nguyen 25 January 2020 (Sundance Film Festival)
Body of Water Lucy Brydon 27 February 2020 (Glasgow Film Festival) [33]
Boys from County Hell Chris Baugh [34]
Climbing Blind Alastair Lee 20 March 2020 [35]
Coded Bias Shalini Kantayya 30 January 2020 (Sundance Film Festival) [36]
DAU. Degeneration Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Jekaterina Oertel 28 February 2020 (Berlin International Film Festival) [37]
Edge of Extinction Andrew Gilbert 18 May 2020 [38]
Enemy Lines Anders Banke 23 April 2020 [39]
I Am Vengeance: Retaliation Ross Boyask 19 June 2020 [40]
Limbo Ben Sharrock September 2020 (2020 Toronto International Film Festival) [41]
Love Sarah Eliza Schroeder 29 February 2020 (Glasgow Film Festival) [42]
One Man and His Shoes Yemi Bamiro [43]
The Reason I Jump Jerry Rothwell 25 January 2020 (Sundance Film Festival) [44]
Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm Hannah Berryman 16 March 2020 (South by Southwest) [45]
The Show Mitch Jenkins [46]
Sisters with Transistors Lisa Rovner [47]
Sulphur and White Julian Jarrold 27 February 2020 (London Royal Gala) [48]
The Uncertain Kingdom Jason Bradbury, Stroma Cairns, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hope Dickson Leach, Ellen Evans, Paul Frankl, Alison Hargreaves, Guy Jenkin, Sophie King, Iggy Ldn, Rebecca Lloyd-Evans, Lanre Malaolu, Runyararo Mapfumo, Lab Ky Mo, Leon Oldstrong, Ray Panthaki, David Proud, Carol Salter, Jason Wingard 3 April 2020 (limited) [49]
United Nation Three Decades of Drum & Bass Terry Stone, Richard Turner 21 February 2020 [50]
Villain Philip Barantini 28 February 2020 [51]
The Whalebone Box Andrew Kötting 3 April 2020 [52]
The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) Anders Edström, C.W. Winter 27 February 2020 [53]

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 fulfill 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
Artemis Fowl United States UK England and Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Kenneth Branagh (director), Nonso Anozie, Judi Dench, Patrick Doyle (composer), Martin Walsh (editor)
Dolittle United States Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting England Anglesey, Berkshire, Cumbria, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, North Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, and Somerset in United Kingdom Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Ralph Ineson, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Holland, Craig Robinson, Emma Thompson, Nick Moore (editor)

British winners
Sam Mendes received multiple awards and nominations for his direction and writing of 1917.
David Heyman received multiple nominations for producing Marriage Story and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, both of which went on to win several awards in major award ceremonies.
Cynthia Erivo received multiple Best Actress nominations for her performance in Harriet. She was also nominated for Best Song for the song Stand Up from the same film.
Christian Bale received multiple Best Actor nominations for his performance in Le Mans '66.
Jonathan Pryce received multiple Best Actor nominations for his portrayal of Pope Francis in The Two Popes.
Taron Egerton received the Golden Globe award and multiple Best Actor nominations for his portrayal of Elton John in Rocketman.
Florence Pugh garnered critical acclaim and multiple nominations for her supporting performance in Little Women. She also gained critical acclaim for her lead performance in Midsommar the same year.
Anthony Hopkins received multiple nominations for his supporting turn in The Two Popes.
Roger Deakins received multiple Best Cinematography awards for his work in 1917.
Dexter Fletcher was nominated for the BAFTA award for Outstanding British Film for directing Rocketman.
Sandy Powell received multiple Best Costume nominations for The Irishman along with Christopher Peterson.
Elton John and Bernie Taupin received the Academy award and the Golden Globe for their song (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again for the film Rocketman.
Noah Jupe garnered acclaim and the Critic's Choice Best Young Actor nomination for his work in Honey Boy.

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 during 2020, celebrating the best films of 2019. The British nominations were led by 1917 along with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which was co-produced by the United States. 1917 led in the technical categories with multiple wins in cinematography, sound, special effects, and production design. Notably, a number of British technicians were nominated for non-British films such as Le Mans '66, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and Ad Astra. Marriage Story and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, both British-American co-productions, unanimously won the Best Supporting Actress and Actor awards respectively. British films did, however, notably lose out to Parasite from South Korea.

Academy Awards

The 92nd Academy Awards honoring the best films of 2019 were held on February 9, 2020.

British winners:

British nominees:

British Academy Film Awards

The 73rd British Academy Film Awards was presented on 2 February 2020.[54]

British winners:

  • 1917 (Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Make Up & Hair, Best Special Visual Effects)
  • Bait (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
  • For Sama (Best Documentary)
  • Judy (Best Leading Actress)
  • Marriage Story (Best Supporting Actress)
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Best Supporting Actor)
  • Andy Serkis (Outstanding British contribution to cinema)
  • Callum McDougall (Best Film, Outstanding British Film) - 1917
  • Jayne-Ann Tenggren (Best Film, Outstanding British Film) - 1917
  • Kate Byers (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) - Bait
  • Lee Sandales (Best Production Design) - 1917
  • Linn Waite (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) - Bait
  • Mark Jenkin (Outstanding British Film, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) - Bait
  • Mark Taylor (Best Sound) - 1917
  • Micheal Ward (EE Rising Star Award)
  • Naomi Donne (Best Make Up & Hair) - 1917
  • Oliver Tarney (Best Sound Editing) - 1917
  • Pippa Harris (Best Film, Outstanding British Film) - 1917
  • Rachael Tate (Best Sound) - 1917
  • Sam Mendes (Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Best Director) - 1917
  • Roger Deakins (Best Cinematography) - 1917
  • Stuart Wilson (Best Sound) - 1917
  • Granddad Was A Romantic. – Maryam Mohajer (Best British Short Animation)
  • Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) – Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva (Best British Short Film)

British nominees:

Critics' Choice Awards

The 25th Critics' Choice Awards was presented on January 12, 2020.

British winners:

British nominees:

Golden Globe Awards

The 77th Golden Globe Awards was presented on January 5, 2020.[55][56]

British winners:

  • 1917 (Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director)
  • Judy (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy - Actress)
  • Marriage Story (Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture - Actress)
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture - Actor, Best Screenplay)
  • Rocketman (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy - Actor, Best Original Song)
  • Bernie Taupin (Best Original Song) - "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (Rocketman)
  • Elton John (Best Original Song) - "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (Rocketman)
  • Sam Mendes (Best Director) - 1917
  • Taron Egerton (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy - Actor) - Rocketman

British nominees:

Screen Actors Guild Awards

The 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards was presented on January 19, 2019.[57][58]

British winners:

  • Judy (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture)
  • Marriage Story (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture)
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture)

British nominees:

See also

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