List of British films of 2019
This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2019 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 2019.
Also included is an overview of five awards ceremonies which are major events in British film: the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, Critics' Choice Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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 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 |
Casanova, Last Love | France | London, England | London, United Kingdom | Stacy Martin, Hayley Carmichael, Catherine Bailey, Nathan Willcocks | |
' | United States | London, England | London, Glasgow and North Yorkshire, United Kingdom | Jason Statham, Vanessa Kirby, Idris Elba, Eddie Marsan, Dominic Hyman, Lucy Bevan, Simon Rafferty | |
The Good Liar | United States | The Good Liar by Nicholas Searle | England | London, United Kingdom | Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Jim Carter, Mark Lewis Jones, Lucy Bevan, John Stevenson, Keith Madden |
Hellboy | United States | England | Somerset, United Kingdom | Ian McShane, Sophie Okonedo, Stephen Graham, Neil Marshall, Benjamin Wallfisch, Stephanie Collie, Paul Kirby | |
The King | Australia United States | Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, Henry V by William Shakespeare | England | Lincolnshire, United Kingdom | Robert Pattinson, Sean Harris, Tom Glynn-Carney, Dean-Charles Chapman, Des Hamilton, Matthew Hywel-Davies |
Liberté: A Call to Spy | United States | The lives of Vera Atkins and Noor Inayat Khan | England | Linus Roache, Samuel Roukin | |
' | United States | London, England | London, United Kingdom | Liam Neeson, Rafe Spall, Emma Thompson, Stuart Dryburgh, DNEG | |
' | United States | Perceforests England | Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom | Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Henry Braham | |
The Professor and the Madman | Ireland United States | The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester | Berkshire, England | Oxford, United Kingdom | Natalie Dormer, Eddie Marsan, Jennifer Ehle, Jeremy Irvine, Steve Coogan, John Boorman, Daniel Hubbard |
The Queen's Corgi | Belgium | Queen Elizabeth II's royal corgis | London, England | Julie Walters, Ray Winstone, Tom Courtenay, Johnny Smith | |
Robert the Bruce | United States | The life of Robert the Bruce | Scotland | Angus Macfadyen, Jared Harris | |
' | United States | London, England | Hertfordshire and London, United Kingdom | Tom Holland, Peter Bankole, Chris Munro, Grant Armstrong, Helena Holmes | |
Tolkien | United States | The life of J. R. R. Tolkien | London, England | Liverpool and Manchester, United Kingdom | Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Tom Glynn-Carney, Anthony Boyle, Craig Roberts, Derek Jacobi, Stephen Beresford, Grant Montgomery |
Judy and Punch fulfills two of the above criteria as it is based on the English tradition of puppetry and is set in 17th century England. However, it is was filmed entirely in Australia with Australian cast and crew.
British winners
Listed here are the British winners and 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 2019, celebrating the best films of 2018. The British nominations were led by Bohemian Rhapsody which, along with The Favourite, also lead in the technical categories. British films did, however, notably lose out to Roma from Mexico and Green Book from USA. British VFX artists, sound designers and sound mixers led the technical categories for American films like First Man, Ready Player One and .[Academy Awards]
The 91st Academy Awards honoring the best films of 2018 will be held on February 24, 2019.British winners:
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Favourite
- John Casali – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Mark Ronson – "Shallow"
- Nina Hartstone – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Olivia Colman – The Favourite
- Paul Massey – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Tim Cavagin – Bohemian Rhapsody
- At Eternity's Gate
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Cold War
- The Favourite
- Mary Queen of Scots
- The Wife
- Alexandra Byrne – Mary Queen of Scots
- Alice Felton – The Favourite
- Alison Snowden – Animal Behaviour
- Barry Alexander Brown – BlacKkKlansman
- Chris Lawrence – Christopher Robin
- Chris Corbould – Christopher Robin
- Christian Bale – Vice
- David Shirk – Ready Player One
- Deborah Davis – The Favourite
- Dominic Tuohy – '
- Graham King – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Jenny Shircore – Mary Queen of Scots
- Marc Pilcher – Mary Queen of Scots
- Matthew E. Butler – Ready Player One
- Michael Eames – Christopher Robin
- Nathan Crowley – First Man
- Neal Scanlan – '
- Paul Lambert – First Man
- Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
- Roger Guyett – Ready Player One
- Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Sandy Powell – The Favourite and Mary Poppins Returns
- Theo Jones – Christopher Robin
- Tristan Myles – First Man
[British Academy Film Awards]
British winners:
- Beast
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Favourite
- Roughhouse
- Alex Lockwood - 73 Cows
- Alice Felton – The Favourite
- Beverley Binda – The Favourite
- Deborah Davis – The Favourite
- Elizabeth Karlsen
- Jonathan Hodgson - Roughhouse
- Lauren Dark – Beast
- Letitia Wright
- Michael Pearce – Beast
- Olivia Colman – The Favourite
- Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
- Roger Pratt
- Sandy Powell – The Favourite
- Sue Bruce-Smith
- 73 Cows
- Apostasy
- Beast
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Cold War
- '
- The Favourite
- Mary Queen of Scots
- McQueen
- Ray & Liz
- Stan & Ollie
- Widows
- The Wife
- They Shall Not Grow Old
- Three Identical Strangers
- You Were Never Really Here
- Alexandra Byrne – Mary Queen of Scots
- The Brothers McLeod – Marfa
- Claire Foy – First Man
- Chris Kelly – A Cambodian Spring
- Christian Bale – Vice
- Cynthia Erivo
- Daniel Kokotajlo – Apostasy
- Jacqui Davies – Ray & Liz
- Jan Sewell – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Jenny Shircore – Mary Queen of Scots
- Julian Day – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Leanne Welham – Pili
- Nathan Crowley – First Man
- Richard Billingham – Ray & Liz
- Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Sandy Powell – Mary Poppins Returns
- Sophie Harman – Pili
- Stephen Woolley
- Steve Coogan – Stan & Ollie
- Stuart Craig – '
- Bachelor, 38
- The Blue Door
- The Field
- I’m OK
- Marfa
- Wale
[Critics' Choice Awards]
British winners:
- The Favourite
- The Wife
- Christian Bale – Vice
- Claire Foy - #SeeHer Award
- Mark Ronson – "Shallow"
- Olivia Colman – The Favourite
- Nicholas Hoult – The Favourite
- Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
- Annihilation
- At Eternity's Gate
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Cold War
- The Death of Stalin
- The Favourite
- Mary Queen of Scots
- Stan & Ollie
- Widows
- Adam Gough – Roma
- Al Shuckburgh – "All the Stars"
- Alexandra Byrne – Mary Queen of Scots
- Alice Felton – The Favourite
- Claire Foy – First Man
- Deborah Davis – The Favourite
- Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns
- Joe Walker – Widows
- Julian Day – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Nathan Crowley – First Man
- Olivia Colman – The Favourite
- Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
- Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Sandy Powell – The Favourite and Mary Poppins Returns
[Golden Globe Awards]
British winners:
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Favourite
- The Wife
- Christian Bale – Vice
- Mark Ronson – "Shallow"
- Olivia Colman – The Favourite
- At Eternity's Gate
- The Favourite
- Stan & Ollie
- Al Shuckburgh – "All the Stars"
- Annie Lennox – "Requiem for a Private War"
- Claire Foy – First Man
- Deborah Davis – The Favourite
- Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns
- Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
- Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Rosamund Pike – A Private War
[Screen Actors Guild Awards]
British winners:
- Andy Serkis – Black Panther
- Daniel Kaluuya – Black Panther
- Emily Blunt – A Quiet Place
- Letitia Wright – Black Panther
- Martin Freeman – Black Panther
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Wife
- Ben Hardy – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Christian Bale – Vice
- Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns
- Gemma Chan – Crazy Rich Asians
- Gwilym Lee – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Henry Golding – Crazy Rich Asians
- Lucy Boynton - – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Olivia Colman – The Favourite
- Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
- Rafi Gavron – A Star Is Born
- Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Tom Hollander - Bohemian Rhapsody
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Favourite
- Mary Queen of Scots