List of British films of 2022

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This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2022 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 have official release dates in 2022.

Box office collection[]

The highest-grossing British films released in 2022, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:[1]

* Denotes films still running in cinemas worldwide
Highest-grossing films of 2022
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1 Belfast * 20th Century Studios £14,838,065[2]
2 Death on the Nile * 20th Century Studios £7,565,193
3 Boiling Point Vertigo Releasing £514,114[3]
4 Save the Cinema Sky Cinema £30,775

Film premieres[]

January – March[]

Opening Title Cast and crew Distributor Ref.
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Y 		14 The House Director: Emma de Swaef, Marc James Roels, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Paloma Baeza
Cast: Mia Goth, Claudie Blakley, Matthew Goode, Mark Heap, Miranda Richardson, Stephanie Cole, Jarvis Cocker, Dizzee Rascal, Will Sharpe, Paul Kaye, Susan Wokoma, Helena Bonham Carter 		Netflix [4]
Save the Cinema Director: Sara Sugarman
Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Samantha Morton, Tom Felton, Adeel Akhtar, Susan Wokoma		 Sky Cinema [5]
21 Living Director: Oliver Hermanus
Cast: Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp, Tom Burke 		Lionsgate UK [6]
22 You Won't Be Alone Director: Goran Stolevski
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert		 Focus Features [7]
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Y 		2 The Tinder Swindler Director: Felicity Morris Netflix [8]
4 Last Looks Director: Tim Kirkby
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Mel Gibson, Morena Baccarin, Dominic Monaghan, Jacob Scipio, Clancy Brown		 RLJE Films [9]
7 Death on the Nile Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, Letitia Wright		 20th Century Studios [10]
25 The Duke Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Anna Maxwell Martin, Matthew Goode 		Warner Bros. [11]
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H 		18 The Nan Movie Director: Josie Rourke
Cast: Catherine Tate, Mathew Horne, Niky Wardley, Katherine Parkinson 		Warner Bros. Pictures [12]
The Phantom of the Open Director: Craig Roberts
Cast: Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans, Jake Davies, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees, Mark Lewis Jones, Johann Myers 		Entertainment One [13]
21 Approaching Shadows Director: Roque Cameselle, Andrew Turner
Cast: Serena Evans, Alan Benbow, Sean Jones		 Bohemia Media [citation needed]

April – June[]

Opening Title Cast and crew Distributor Ref.
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L 		8 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Director: David Yates
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Callum Turner, Jessica Williams, Katherine Waterston, Mads Mikkelsen		 Warner Bros. Pictures [14]
15 Choose or Die Director: Toby Meakins
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Iola Evans, Eddie Marsan, Robert Englund		 Netflix [15]
22 Operation Mincemeat Director: John Madden
Cast: Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Penelope Wilton, Johnny Flynn, Jason Isaacs		 Warner Bros. Pictures [16]
29 Downton Abbey: A New Era Director: Simon Curtis
Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Penelope Wilton, Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye, Dominic West		 Focus Features [17]
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Y 		20 Men Director: Alex Garland
Cast: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu		 A24 [18]
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July – September[]

Opening Title Cast and crew Distributor Ref.
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Y 		15 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Jason Isaacs, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista, Lucas Bravo, Rose Williams		 Universal Pictures [19]
22 Blazing Samurai Director: Rob Minkoff, Mark Koetsier
Cast: Michael Cera, Samuel L. Jackson, Ricky Gervais, George Takei, Gabriel Iglesias, Djimon Hounsou, Michelle Yeoh, Mel Brooks		 Paramount Pictures [20]
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October – December[]

Opening Title Cast and crew Distributor Ref.
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R 		21 The Banshees of Inisherin Director: Martin McDonagh
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, Kerry Condon		 Searchlight Pictures [21]
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R 		4 Untitled Bee Gees biopic Director: Kenneth Branagh Paramount Pictures [22]
18 Thirteen Lives Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, Sukollawat Kanarot, Thiraphat Sajakul, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Vithaya Pansringarm, Teeradon Supapunpinyo, Nophand Boonyai		 Universal Pictures [23]
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TBA[]

Opening Title Cast and crew Distributor Ref.
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A 		The Amazing Maurice Director: Toby Genkel, Florian Westermann
Cast: Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke, David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton, Hugh Bonneville		 STX Entertainment [24]
The Son Director: Florian Zeller
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Anthony Hopkins		 STX Entertainment [25]
Tuesday Director: Daina O. Pusic
Cast: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lola Petticrew, Arinzé Kene, Leah Harvey		 A24 [26]
Luther Director: Jamie Payne
Cast: Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis		 Netflix [27]
Aisha Director: Frank Berry
Cast: Letitia Wright, Josh O'Connor		 BBC Film [28]
Havoc Director: Gareth Evans
Cast: Tom Hardy, Forest Whitaker, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Cornwell, Jessie Mei Li, Luis Guzmán		 Netflix [29]
Next Goal Wins Director: Taika Waititi
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Elisabeth Moss, Kaimana, Beulah Koale, Rachel House, Uli Latukefu, Rhys Darby, Will Arnett		 Searchlight Pictures [30]
Catherine, Called Birdy Director: Lena Dunham
Cast: Lena Dunham, Billie Piper, Andrew Scott, Bella Ramsey, Joe Alwyn Dean-Charles Chapman		 Amazon Studios [31]
Freegard Director: Adam Patterson, Declan Lawn
Cast: James Norton, Gemma Arterton, Shazad Latif, Marisa Abela, Edwina Findley, Julian Barratt		 Night Train Media [32]
Tetris Director: Jon S. Baird
Cast: Taron Egerton, Nikita Efremov, Roger Allam, Anthony Boyle, Togo Igawa, Toby Jones, Ken Yamamura, Ben Miles, Matthew Marsh		 Apple TV+ [33]
The Queen Mary Director: Gary Shore
Cast: Alice Eve, Joel Fry		 Imagination Design Works [34]
One Year Off Director: Philippe Martinez
Cast: Jeff Fahey, Nathalie Cox, Chad Michael Collins, Ray Fearon, Evgeniya Ahkremenko, Niki Spiridakos		 MSR Media [35]
A Bird Flew In Director: Kirsty Bell
Cast: Derek Jacobi, Jeff Fahey, Sadie Frost, Julie Dray, Sophie Kennedy, Morgana Robinson		 [36]
Lead Heads Director: Giles Borg
Cast: Olatunji Ayofe, Rupert Everett, Tom Felton, Derek Jacobi, Luke Newberry, Mark Williams		 [37]
The Railway Children Return Director: Morgan Matthews
Cast: Jenny Agutter, Tom Courtenay, Sheridan Smith		 StudioCanal [38]
The Eternal Daughter Director: Joanna Hogg
Cast: Carly-Sophia Davies, Tilda Swinton, Joseph Mydell, Alfie Sankey-Green		 A24 [39]
What's Love Got to Do With It? Director: Shekhar Kapur
Cast: Lily James, Emma Thompson, Sajal Ali, Shazad Latif, Rob Brydon, Shabana Azmi, Asim Chaudhry		 StudioCanal [40]
Cottontail Director: Patrick Dickinson
Cast: Jessie Buckley, Lily Franky, Ciarán Hinds, Ryo Nishikido, Tae Kimura, Rin Takanashi		 WestEnd Films [41]
Kensuke's Kingdom Director: Neil Boyle, Kirk Hendry
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe, Raffey Cassidy		 British Film Institute [42]
Midas Man Director: Sara Sugarman, Jonas Åkerlund
Cast: Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Emily Watson, Eddie Marsan, Omari Douglas, Rosie Day, Lukas Gage, Charley Palmer Rothwell, Bill Milner, Jay Leno, Jonah Lees, Blake Richardson, Leo Harvey Elledge, Campbell Wallace, Adam Lawrence		 Signature Entertainment [43]
My Policeman Director: Michael Grandage
Cast: Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, David Dawson, Linus Roache, Gina Mckee, Rupert Everett		 Amazon Studios [44]
Klokkenluider Director: Neil Maskell
Cast: Jenna Coleman, Tom Burke, Sura Dohnke, Roger Evans, Amit Shah		 Erebus Pictures [45]
The Almond and the Seahorse Director: Celyn Jones, Tom Stern
Cast: Trine Dyrholm, Meera Syal, Rebel Wilson, Charlotte Gainsbourg		 REP Productions SF [46]
Argylle Director: Matthew Vaughn
Cast: Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose, Rob Delaney		 Apple TV+ [47]
Poor Things Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast: Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Mark Ruffalo, Jerrod Carmichael, Margaret Qualley, Christopher Abbott		 Searchlight Pictures [48]
Empire of Light Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth, Toby Jones, Crystal Clarke, Tanya Moodie		 Searchlight Pictures [49]

Events[]

British Academy Film Awards[]

The 75th British Academy Film Awards will be held on 13 March 2022.[50]

British winners[]

Listed here are the British nominees at the one of the five most prestigious film award ceremonies in the English-speaking world: the Golden Globe Awards, celebrating the best films of 2021 and early 2022.

Golden Globe Awards[]

The 79th Golden Globe Awards were held on 9 January, 2022.

British winners:

  • Belfast (Best Screenplay)
  • The Power of the Dog (Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director)
  • No Time to Die (Best Original Song)
  • Kenneth Branagh (Best Screenplay for Belfast)

British nominees:

  • Belfast (Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Original Song)
  • Cyrano (Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy - Actor)
  • Flee (Best Animated Feature)
  • Passing (Best Supporting Actress)
  • The Power of the Dog (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama - Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Original Score)
  • Spencer (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama - Actress)
  • Andrew Garfield (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama - Actor for Tick, Tick... Boom!)
  • Benedict Cumberbatch (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama - Actor for The Power of the Dog)
  • Jamie Hartman (Best Original Song for Respect)
  • Jonny Greenwood (Best Original Score for The Power of the Dog)
  • Kenneth Branagh (Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director for Belfast)
  • Olivia Colman (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama - Actress for The Lost Daughter)

See also[]

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