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 independent British films released in 2021 according to the British Film Institute, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:
+ Highest-grossing U.K. independent films of 2021 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1 The French Dispatch Disney £4,100,000 2 The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard* Lionsgate £3,800,000 3 Spencer STX Entertainment £2,800,000 4 People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan Universal £2,346,614 5 Last Night in Soho* Universal £2,337,418 6 The Father Lionsgate £2,101,732 7 The Courier Lionsgate £2,000,000 8 A Boy Called Christmas Sky Cinema £800,000 9 Supernova StudioCanal £800,000 10 The Last Letter from Your Lover StudioCanal £800,000
Film premieres
January–March Opening Title Cast and crew Details Ref.JANUARY14 Locked Down Director: Doug Liman Cast: Anne Hathaway, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Stephen Merchant, Mindy Kaling, Lucy Boynton, Mark Gatiss, Claes Bang, Ben Stiller, Ben Kingsley Warner Bros. Pictures (co-produced by the United States) 15 The Dig Director: Simon Stone Cast: Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Lily James, Johnny Flynn, Ben Chaplin, Ken Stott, Archie Barnes, Monica Dolan Netflix Based on The Dig by John Preston (co-produced by the United States)28 Censor Director: Prano Bailey-Bond Cast: Niamh Algar, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin, Sophia La Porta, Adrian Schiller, Michael Smiley Flee Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen Cast:Amin Nawabi, Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh Curzon Artificial Eye (co-produced by France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the United States) 29 In the Earth Director: Ben Wheatley Cast: Joel Fry, Reece Shearsmith, Hayley Squires, Ellora Torchia, John Hollingworth, Mark Monero Universal Pictures (co-produced by the United States) Twist Director: Martin Owen Cast: Rafferty Law, Michael Caine, Lena Headey, Rita Ora, Sophie Simnett, Noel Clarke, David Walliams, Franz Drameh, Jason Maza Sky Cinema Loosely based on Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens30 Passing Director: Rebecca Hall Cast: Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, Alexander Skarsgård, Bill Camp Netflix Based on Passing by Nella Larsen (co-produced by the United States) The Sparks Brothers Director: Edgar Wright Cast: Ron Mael, Russell Mael, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Beck, Flea, Jonathan Ross, Patton Oswalt, Scott Aukerman, Jason Schwartzman, Tony Visconti, Mike Myers Universal Pictures Documentary about the band Sparks (co-produced by the United States)31 Misha and the Wolves Director: Sam Hobkinson Netflix About Misha Defonseca's fraudulent Holocaust memoir (co-produced by Belgium)FEBRUARY12 The Mauritanian Director: Kevin Macdonald Cast: Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley, Benedict Cumberbatch Based on Guantanamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Salahi STXfilms (co-produced by the United States)19 To Olivia Director: John Hay Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Keeley Hawes, Sam Heughan Based on An Unquiet Life by Stephen Michael Shearer Sky Cinema24 Creation Stories Director: Nick Moran Cast: Ewen Bremner, Suki Waterhouse, Jason Flemyng, Thomas Turgoose, Jason Isaacs About Alan McGee and Creation Records Sky Cinema (co-produced by the United States)27 Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché Director: Nick Moran Cast: Ruth Negga, Jonathan Ross, Kathleen Hanna, Neneh Cherry, Thurston Moore, Vivienne Westwood Modern FilmsAbout Poly Styrene MARCH1 The Beta Test Directors: Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe Cast: Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe, Virginia Newcomb, Jessie Barr (co-produced with the United States) 6 Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In Director: Jason Ferguson Cast: Alex Ferguson About Sir Alex Ferguson17 The Feast Director: Lee Haven Jones Cast: Annes Elwy, Nia Roberts, Julian Lewis Jones Picturehouse Entertainment Here Before Director: Stacey Gregg Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Jonjo O'Neill, Martin McCann, Eileen O'Higgins 20 Granada Nights Director: Abid Khan Cast: Antonio Aakeel, Quintessa Swindell, Óscar Casas, Julius Fleischanderl, Laura Frederico, Isabel Guardiola, Leticia Marín, Virgile Bramly
April–June Opening Title Cast and crew Details Ref.APRIL 22 Wrath of Man Director: Guy Ritchie Cast: Jason Statham, Holt McCallany, Jeffrey Donovan, Josh Hartnett, Laz Alonso Lionsgate Loosely based on Cash Truck by Nicolas Boukhrief (co-produced by the United States) 28 Voyagers Director: Neil Burger Cast: Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp, Fionn Whitehead, Colin Farrell, Chanté Adams, Isaac Hempstead Wright Lionsgate (co-produced by Czech Republic, Romania and the United States) MAY 21 Seance Director: Simon Barrett Cast: Suki Waterhouse, Madisen Beaty, Ella-Rae Smith, Inanna Sarkis RLJE Films 28 Riverdance: The Animated Adventure Director: Dave Rosenbaum, Eamonn Butler Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Aisling Bea, Brendan Gleeson, Pauline McLynn, John Kavanagh, Lilly Singh Sky CinemaJUNE 4 Edge of the World Director: Michael Haussman Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Dominic Monaghan, Ralph Ineson, Samo Rafael, Hannah New, Josie Ho, Bront Palarae Based on the adventures of James Brooke (co-produced by the United States, Malaysia and China) 12 Everybody's Talking About Jamie Director: Jonathan Butterell Cast: Max Harwood, Sarah Lancashire, Lauren Patel, Shobna Gulati, Ralph Ineson, Adeel Akhtar, Samuel Bottomley, Sharon Horgan, Richard E. Grant Amazon Studios Based on: Everybody's Talking About Jamie by Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae (co-produced by the United States) 18 The Last Bus Director: Gillies MacKinnon Cast: Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan Parkland Entertainment Settlers Director: Wyatt Rockefeller Cast: Sofia Boutella, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Brooklynn Prince, Nell Tiger Free, Jonny Lee Miller Vertigo Releasing
July–September Opening Title Cast and crew Details Ref.JULY5 Boiling Point Director: Philip Barantini Cast: Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson, Alice Feetham, Hannah Walters Vertigo Films8 The Souvenir Part II Director: Joanna Hogg Cast: Honor Swinton Byrne, Tilda Swinton, Richard Ayoade, Jaygann Ayeh, Ariane Labed, James Spencer Ashworth, Harris Dickinson, Charlie Heaton, Joe Alwyn Picturehouse Entertainment (co-produced in Ireland and the United States) Cow Director: Andrea Arnold Mubi Documentary about two cows9 Mothering Sunday Director: Eva Husson Cast: Odessa Young, Josh O'Connor, Olivia Colman, Colin Firth Lionsgate UK Based on Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift (co-produced in Ireland and the United States)11 Ali & Ava Director: Clio Barnard Cast: Adeel Akhtar, Claire Rushbrook Altitude Film Distribution15 Memoria Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul Cast: Tilda Swinton, Elkin Díaz, Jeanne Balibar, Juan Pablo Urrego, Daniel Giménez Cacho Sovereign Films23 The Last Letter from Your Lover Director: Augustine Frizzell Cast: Felicity Jones, Callum Turner, Joe Alwyn, Nabhaan Rizwan, Shailene Woodley Based on The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes StudioCanal Off the Rails Director: Jules Williamson Cast: Kelly Preston, Jenny Seagrove, Sally Phillips, Franco Nero Screen Media Films AUGUST6 Bull Director: Paul Andrew Williams Cast: Neil Maskell, David Hayman, Tamzin Outhwaite, Lois Brabin-Platt Signature Entertainment18 People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan Director: Jack Clough Cast: Allan Mustafa, Asim Chaudhry, Steve Stamp, Dan Sylvester, Hugo Chegwin BBC Film27 The Pebble and the Boy Director: Chris Green Cast: Patsy Kensit, Ricci Harnett, Jesse Birdsall, Brian Croucher SEPTEMBER 2 The Electrical Life of Louis Wain Director: Will SharpeCast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones StudioCanal Based on the life of Louis Wain (co-produced in United States) The Rescue Director: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Greenwich Entertainment About Tham Luang cave rescue (co-produced in United States) The Power of the Dog Director: Jane Campion Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, Genevieve Lemon, Keith Carradine, Frances Conroy Netflix Based on: The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage (co-produced in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States) Belfast Director: Kenneth Branagh Cast: Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds, Colin Morgan, Jude Hill Universal Pictures (co-produced in Ireland) Cyrano Director: Joe Wright Cast: Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Bashir Salahuddin, Ben Mendelsohn Universal Pictures Based on: Cyrano (2018 stage musical) by Erica Schmidt and Cyrano de Bergerac (1897 play) by Edmond Rostand (co-produced in Canada and the United States) 3 Spencer Director: Pablo Larraín Cast: Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Jack Farthing, Sean Harris, Sally Hawkins STXfilms (co-produced in the United States, Germany and Chile) Cinderella Director: Kay Cannon Cast: Camila Cabello, Idina Menzel, Minnie Driver, Nicholas Galitzine, Billy Porter, Pierce Brosnan Amazon Studios Based on Cinderella by Charles Perrault (co-produced in the United States) Encounter Director: Michael Pearce Cast: Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Janina Gavankar, Rory Cochrane, Lucain-River Chauhan Amazon Studios (co-produced in the United States) 4 Last Night in Soho Director: Edgar Wright Cast: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Michael Ajao, Terence Stamp, Diana Rigg Universal Pictures True Things Director: Harry Wootliff Cast: Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, Hayley Squires, Elizabeth Rider Picturehouse Cinemas Based on True Things About Me by Deborah Kay Davies 10 Earwig Director: Lucile Hadžihalilović Cast: Paul Hilton, Romane Hemelaers, Romola Garai, Alex Lawther Anti-Worlds Based on Earwig by Brian Catling The Last Duel Director: Ridley Scott Cast: Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Ben Affleck, Harriet Walter, Alex Lawther, Marton Csokas 20th Century Studios Based on The Last Duel: A True Story of Trial by Combat in Medieval France by Eric Jager (co-produced in the United States) 12 Benediction Director: Terence Davies Cast: Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeremy Irvine, Kate Phillips, Gemma Jones, Ben Daniels Vertigo Films Based on the life of Siegfried Sassoon (co-produced in the United States) Nobody Has to Know Director: Bouli Lanners Cast: Michelle Fairley, Bouli Lanners, Cal MacAninch Parkland Entertainment (co-produced by France and Belgium) 13 Dashcam Director: Rob Savage Cast: Annie Hardy (co-produced in the United States) 16 Silent Night Director: Camille Griffin Cast: Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Sope Dirisu, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Lucy Punch, Rufus Jones Altitude Film Distribution(co-produced in the United States) 28 No Time to Die Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga Cast: Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes Universal Pictures Based on James Bond by Ian Fleming (co-produced in the United States)
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