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:
Film premieres
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Other premieres
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.
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:
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 â Emma)
- Andrew Jackson (Best Special Visual Effects â Tenet)
- Andrew Lockley (Best Special Visual Effects â Tenet)
- Atticus Ross (Best Original Score â Mank)
- Carey Mulligan (Best Actress â Promising Young Woman)
- Celeste (Best Original Song â The Trial of the Chicago 7)
- Dan Mazer (Best Adapted Screenplay â Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
- Dan Swimer (Best Adapted Screenplay â Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
- Daniel Pemberton (Best Original Song â The Trial of the Chicago 7)
- Emerald Fennell (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Outstanding British Film â Promising Young Woman)
- Gary Oldman (Best Actor â Mank)
- Nathan Crowley (Best Production Design â Tenet)
- Oliver Tarney (Best Sound â News of the World)
- Olivia Colman (Best Supporting Actress â The Father)
- Peter Baynham (Best Adapted Screenplay â Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
- Riz Ahmed (Best Actor â Sound of Metal)
- Sacha Baron Cohen (Best Supporting Actor â The Trial of the Chicago 7, Best Adapted Screenplay â Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
- Vanessa Kirby (Best Actress â Pieces of a Woman)
British Academy Film Awards
The 74th British Academy Film Awards were held on 10 and 11 April 2021.
British winners:
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 â Emma)
- Alice Babidge (Best Costume Design â The Dig)
- Andrew Jackson (Best Special Visual Effects â Tenet)
- Andrew Lockley (Best Special Visual Effects â Tenet)
- Atticus Ross (Best Original Music â Mank)
- Bukky Bakray (Best Actress, Outstanding British Film â Rocks)
- Cathy Featherstone (Best Production Design â The Father)
- Chris Lawrence (Best Special Visual Effects â The Midnight Sky)
- Claire Wilson (Best Original Screenplay, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer â Rocks)
- Conrad Khan (Rising Star Award)
- Jenny Shircore (Best Makeup and Hair â The Dig)
- Katie Spencer (Best Production Design â Rebecca)
- Kingsley Ben-Adir (Rising Star Award)
- Kosar Ali (Best Supporting Actress â Rocks)
- Lucy Pardee (Best Casting â Rocks)
- Mark Coulier (Best Makeup and Hair â Pinocchio)
- Michael O'Connor (Best Costume Design â Ammonite)
- Moira Buffini (Best Adapted Screenplay â The Dig)
- Morfydd Clark (Rising Star Award)
- Peter Francis (Best Production Design â The Father)
- Riz Ahmed (Best Actor â Sound of Metal)
- Sarah Greenwood (Best Production Design â Rebecca)
- Sarah Gavron (Best Director â Rocks)
- Sean Bobbitt (Best Cinematography â Judas and the Black Messiah)
- Sope Dirisu (Rising Star Award)
- Tatiana Macdonald (Best Production Design â The Dig)
- Theresa Ikoko (Best Original Screenplay, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer â Rocks)
- Vanessa Kirby (Best Actress â Pieces of a Woman)
- Wunmi Mosaku (Best Actress â 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:
British nominees:
Golden Globe Awards
The 78th Golden Globe Awards were held on 28 February 2021.
British winners:
British nominees:
Screen Actors Guild Awards
The 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on 4 April 2021.
British winners:
British nominees:
See also
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