List of British films of 2017
This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have their premieres in 2017 and were at least partly made 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 does not include films screened in previous years that had official release dates in 2017.
Also included is an overview of the major events in British film, including awards ceremonies, as well as a list of notable British film artists who died in 2017.
Film premieres
January – March
April – June
July – September
October – December
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 fulfill at least 3 of the following criteria:- The film is adapted from a British source material.
- The story is set, at least partially, in the United Kingdom.
- The film was shot, at least partially, 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/UK Cast and Crew |
Atomic Blonde | United States Germany | The Coldest City by Antony Johnston | London, England | London, United Kingdom | James McAvoy, Eddie Marsan, Toby Jones, James Faulkner |
Lost in London | United States | London, England | London, United Kingdom | Eleanor Matsuura, Daniel Radcliffe, Martin McCann, David Avery, Nigel Willoughby | |
The Man Who Invented Christmas | Canada Ireland | A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens | London, England | London, United Kingdom | Bharat Nalluri, Dan Stevens, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Callow, Donald Sumpter, Miriam Margolyes, Morfydd Clark, Miles Jupp, Jamie Pearson |
The Mummy | United States China Japan | London, England | London, Oxfordshire and Surrey, United Kingdom | Annabelle Wallis, Kaiser Chiefs, Neil Maskell, Penny Rose, Andrew Ackland-Snow, Lucinda Syson | |
Phantom Thread | United States | London and Surrey, England | Cotswolds, Fitzroy Square, and North York Moors National Park in London, and Lythe, United Kingdom | Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Camilla Rutherford, Gina McKee, Julia Davis, Jonny Greenwood | |
United States China | London, Oxford, and Medieval England | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Wiltshire, Northern Ireland and Scotland, United Kingdom | Anthony Hopkins, Laura Haddock, Liam Garrigan, Peter Cullen, Gemma Chan, Mark Sanger, Terry Glass | ||
Wonder Woman | United States China | London, England | Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, Oxfordshire and Surrey, United Kingdom | David Thewlis, Lucy Davis, Ewen Bremner, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Martin Walsh, Lindy Hemming, Chris Munro |
British award winners
Listed here are the British winners and nominees at the three most prestigious film award ceremonies in the English-speaking world: the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards and Golden Globe Awards, that were held during 2017, celebrating the best films of 2016. The British nominations were led by Lion, with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Florence Foster Jenkins going on to win a number of technical awards. British films did, however, notably lose out to Moonlight and La La Land from the United States.Academy Awards
The 89th Academy Awards honoring the best films of 2016 were held on February 26, 2017.British winners:
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- The White Helmets
- Anne V. Coates
- Joanna Natasegara – The White Helmets
- Orlando von Einsiedel – The White Helmets
- Allied
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Florence Foster Jenkins
- Hail, Caesar!
- Lion
- The Lobster
- Loving
- Pear Cider and Cigarettes
- Silence
- '
- Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
- Anna Pinnock – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Cara Speller – Pear Cider and Cigarettes
- Dev Patel – Lion
- Guy Hendrix Dyas – Passengers
- Iain Canning – Lion
- Jake Roberts – Hell or High Water
- Joanna Johnston – Allied
- Joe Walker – Arrival
- Mika Levi – Jackie
- Naomie Harris – Moonlight
- Oliver Jones – Kubo and the Two Strings
- Neil Corbould – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Paul Corbould – Doctor Strange
- Richard Bluff – Doctor Strange
- Stephen Ellis – '
- Sting – "The Empty Chair" for
- Stuart Craig – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Stuart Wilson – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
British Academy Film Awards
British winners:
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Florence Foster Jenkins
- Home
- I, Daniel Blake
- Lion
- Under the Shadow
- Curzon Cinemas
- Anna Pinnock – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Dev Patel – Lion
- Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
- Ken Loach – I, Daniel Blake
- Paul Laverty – I, Daniel Blake
- Stuart Craig – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Tom Holland
- Allied
- American Honey
- Denial
- Hail, Caesar!
- I, Daniel Blake
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Florence Foster Jenkins
- Lion
- Notes on Blindness
- Amanda Knight – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Andrea Arnold – American Honey
- Anya Taylor-Joy
- David Hare – Denial
- David Heyman – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- David Yates – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Glenn Freemantle – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Ian Tapp – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- J. K. Rowling – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Joanna Johnston – Allied
- Joe Walker – Arrival
- Lionel Wigram – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Lisa Tomblin – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Mika Levi – Jackie
- Mike Prestwood Smith – Deepwater Horizon
- Neil Corbould – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Paul Corbould – Doctor Strange
- Richard Bluff – Doctor Strange
- Samir Mehanović – Mouth of Hell
- Simon Hayes – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Tim Burke – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Golden Globe Awards
British winner:
British nominees:
- Florence Foster Jenkins
- Lion
- The Lobster
- Loving
- Sing Street
- Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
- Benjamin Wallfisch – Hidden Figures
- Daniel Pemberton – "Gold" for Gold
- Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
- Lily Collins – Rules Don't Apply
- Naomie Harris – Moonlight
Notable deaths