List of British films of 2011


The British film industry produced over four hundred feature films in 2011. This article fully lists all non-pornographic films, including short films, that had a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by the United Kingdom. It does not include films first released in previous years that had release dates in 2011.
Also included is an overview of the major events in British film, including film festivals and awards ceremonies, as well as lists of those films that have been particularly well received, both critically and financially. The year was particularly notable for the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, the final instalment in the Harry Potter film franchise.

Major releases

January – March

April – June

July – September

October – December

Co-productions

Of the 128 major British releases of 2011, 58 were co-productions with at least one other country. As with other years, the largest number of co-productions were made with the United States, with 30 films. They are listed in full below.
RankCountryNumberFilms
1 30A Thousand Kisses Deep, Albert Nobbs, Anonymous, Arthur Christmas, Blitz, Bringing Up Bobby, Faces in the Crowd, Gnomeo & Juliet, Hanna, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, Intruders, Ironclad, Jane Eyre, Johnny English Reborn, My Week with Marilyn, One Day, Paul, ', Swinging with the Finkels, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Caller, The Deep Blue Sea, The Eagle, The Italian Key, The Resident, Unknown, War Horse, We Need to Talk About Kevin, ', You're Next
218360, Albert Nobbs, Attack the Block, Blackthorn, Blitz, Faces in the Crowd, Hysteria, Johnny English Reborn, Late Bloomers, Beloved, The Iron Lady, The Lady, The Parade, The Prodigies, The Three Musketeers, The Woman in the Fifth, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Unknown
311A Dangerous Method, Anonymous, Chalet Girl, Hanna, Hysteria, Inbred, Ironclad, Resistance, The Three Musketeers, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Unknown
45Albert Nobbs, Closure of Catharsis, Killing Bono, Perfect Sense, Wake Wood
5=3A Few Best Men, Burning Man, Killer Elite
5=3A Dangerous Method, Abandoned, Faces in the Crowd
5=3A Dangerous Method, Hysteria, Ironclad
8=2360, Chalet Girl
8=2Mausam, The Flying Machine
8=2The Flying Machine, The Woman in the Fifth
8=2Blackthorn, Intruders
12=1Late Bloomers
12=1Blackthorn
12=1360
12=1The Flying Machine
12=1The Parade
12=1Beloved
12=1Perfect Sense
12=1The Italian Key
12=1The Eagle
12=1Lipstikka
12=1The Italian Key
12=1
12=1Hysteria
12=1The Parade
12=1Bringing Up Bobby
12=1The Flying Machine
12=1The Parade
12=1The Parade
12=1Perfect Sense
12=1The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Critical reception

Listed here are the top ten best and worst British films of those released in 2011, and listed above as major releases, as per the review aggregator websites Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. Both the critical scores for Rotten Tomatoes are out of a maximum score of 100, as is the critical score for Metacritic. Films not listed on a particular website, or that do not yet have a certain score, do not appear in the corresponding list.

Rotten Tomatoes

RankFilmRatingNo. of reviews
1Wild Bill100%24
2Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II96%306
3Weekend95%78
4Coriolanus93%135
5Arthur Christmas92%157
6Wreckers91%11
7Attack the Block90%157
8'87%269
9Jane Eyre84%148
10Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy83%207

RankFilmRatingNo. of reviews
1Swinging with the Finkels0%19
2=How to Stop Being a Loser0%7
2='0%7
4Will0%5
5=A Thousand Kisses Deep8%12
5=Everywhere and Nowhere8%12
7Weekender9%11
810%21
9W.E.13%105
10=Demons Never Die13%8
10=Inbred13%8

Metacritic

RankFilmRatingNo. of reviews
1Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II8741
2Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy8542
3The Deep Blue Sea8230
4Weekend8118
5Coriolanus7932
6A Dangerous Method7641
7Jane Eyre7635
87619
9Attack the Block7527
10Shame7241

RankFilmRatingNo. of reviews
1Bringing Up Bobby348
2The Three Musketeers3515
3Weekender355
4W.E.3732
5Abandoned3811
6You Instead4115
7Ironclad4214
8Albatross4210
9The Decoy Bride427
10Chalet Girl425

British award winners

[Academy Awards]

The 83rd Academy Awards honoring the best films of 2010 were held on 27 February 2011.
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The 64th British Academy Film Awards were held on 13 February 2011.
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The 16th Critics' Choice Awards were held on 14 January 2011.
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The 68th Golden Globe Awards were held on 16 January 2011.
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The 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on 30 January 2011.
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