List of British films of 2026

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This article lists British feature-length films and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2026 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 film festivals in previous years that have theatrical premieres in 2026.

British films box office

The highest-grossing independent British films released in 2026 according to the British Film Institute, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:[1][2]

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  * Denotes films still running in cinemas worldwide
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Highest-grossing U.K. independent films of 2026[3]
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1 Wuthering Heights Warner Bros. £24,272,528
2 Hamnet Universal £18,755,279
3 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Sony £7,759,568
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Film premieres

January–March

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Y		 9 Becoming Victoria Wood Director: Catherine Abbott Dartmouth Films
16 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Director: Nia DaCosta
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, Chi Lewis-Parry, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Cillian Murphy		Columbia Pictures / DNA Films [4]
20 Shelter Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: Jason Statham, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Harriet Walter, Bill Nighy		Punch Palace Productions / Black Bear Pictures
22 Everybody to Kenmure Street Director: Felipe Bustos SierraBarry Crerar / Screen Scotland / Al Jazeera English
The Incomer Director: Louis Paxton
Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Gayle Rankin, Grant O'Rourke, Emun Elliott, Michelle Gomez, John Hannah		Pilea Pictures / BFI / Screen Scotland / Head Gear / Inevitable Pictures
Lady Director: Olive Nwosu
Cast: Jessica Gabriel, Amanda Oruh, Tinuade Jemiseye, Bucci Franklin, Seun Kuti		HanWay Films
The Last First: Winter K2 Director: Amir Bar-Lev
23 Extra Geography Director: Molly Manners
Cast: Marni Duggan, Galaxie Clear, Alice Englert		Brock Media / Film 4 / BFI
The Moment Director: Aidan Zamiri
Cast: Charli XCX, Rosanna Arquette, Kate Berlant, Jamie Demetriou, Hailey Benton Gates, Isaac Powell, Alexander Skarsgård		A24 / Universal Pictures / 2AM / Studio365 / Good World
One in a Million Director: Itab Azzam, Jack MacInnes
24 Birds of War Director: Janay Boulos, Abd Alkader HabakDogwoof
Fing! Director: Jeffrey Walker
Cast: Taika Waititi, David Walliams, Iona Bell, Mia Wasikowska, Penelope Wilton, Richard Roxburgh, Blake Harrison		Based on FING! by David Walliams
Sky Cinema / King Bert Productons / Story Bridge Films
Wicker Director: Alex Huston Fischer, Eleanor Wilson
Cast: Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki		Based on The Wicker Husband by Ursula Wills-Jones
BBC Storyville
25 Frank & Louis Director: Petra Volpe
Cast: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Rob Morgan, Indira Varma, Rosalind Eleazar		Zodiac Pictures / Caspian Films
27 Antiheroine Director: James Hall, Edward Lovelace

Dorothy Street Pictures
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Y		 6 Cold Storage Director: Jonny Campbell
Cast: Georgina Campbell, Joe Keery, Sosie Bacon, Vanessa Redgrave, Lesley Manville, Liam Neeson		 Samuel Goldwyn Films / StudioCanal [5]
13 Crime 101 Director: Bart Layton
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Halle Berry, Barry Keoghan, Monica Barbaro, Corey Hawkins, Tate Donovan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nick Nolte		Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Raw / Working Title Films [6]
A Prayer for the Dying Director: Dara Van Dusen
Cast: Johnny Flynn, John C. Reilly		Based on A Prayer for the Dying by Stewart O'Nan
Sunny Dancer Director: George Jaques
Cast: Bella Ramsey, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Ruby Stokes, Earl Cave, Jasmine Elcock, Conrad Khan, Jessica Gunning, James Norton		 Night Train Media / 27 Ten Productions / Athenaeum Productions [7]
Wuthering Heights Director: Emerald Fennell
Cast: Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, Hong Chau, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver, Martin Clunes, Ewan Mitchell		Warner Bros. Pictures / MRC / LuckyChap Entertainment [8]
14 Animol Director: Ashley Walters
Cast: Tut Nyuot, Vladyslav Baliuk, Sekou Diaby, Stephen Graham, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Ryan Dean		 Sky Original / Joi Productions / Film4 / Rogue State / SLNDA [9]
Rosebush Pruning Director: Karim Aïnouz
Cast: Riley Keough, Callum Turner, Jamie Bell, Elle Fanning, Pamela Anderson
17 Queen at Sea Director: Lance Hammer
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Tom Courtenay, Anna Calder-Marshall, Steven Cree, Florence Hunt
20 The Dreadful Director: Natasha Kermani
Cast: Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurence O'Fuarain, Jonathan Howard		 True Brit Entertainment
How to Make a Killing Director: John Patton Ford
Cast: Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, Jessica Henwick, Zach Woods, Topher Grace, Bill Camp, Ed Harris		 StudioCanal / Blueprint Pictures [10]
27 500 Miles Director: Morgan Matthews
Cast: Bill Nighy, Roman Griffin Davis, Dexter Sol Ansell, Maisie Williams		 Based on Charlie and Me by Mark Lowery
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Cast: Leisa Gwenllian, Tom Rhys Harries, Nel Rhys Lewis, Owen Alun, Carys Gwilym, Gavin Lee Lewis		MetFilm Distribution / Creative Wales [11]
6 Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man Director: Tom Harper
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Roth, Sophie Rundle, Barry Keoghan, Stephen Graham		 Based on Peaky Blinders by Steven Knight
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16 DreamQuil Director: Alex Prager
Cast: John C. Reilly, Elizabeth Banks, Juliette Lewis, Kathryn Newton, Sofia Boutella		 Patriot Pictures / Landay Entertainment / Brownstone Productions / Arts & Sciences / Big Valley Pictures [12]
27 The Magic Faraway Tree Director: Ben Gregor
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan, Nonso Anozie, Jessica Gunning		Entertainment Film Distributors [13]
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April–June

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L		 4 Flavia Director: Bharat Nalluri
Cast: Molly Belle Wright, Martin Freeman, Jonathan Pryce, Toby Jones		Based on Flavia de Luce by Alan Bradley Sky Cinema
24 Apex Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Cast: Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton		Based on Flavia de Luce by Alan Bradley Sky Cinema
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Cast: Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson, Nicholas Braun, Nicholas Galitzine, Molly Gordon, Hong Chau, Tosin Cole, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Bryan Cranston, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Chris O'Dowd, Regina Hall, Patrick Stewart		Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Working Title Films / Lord Miller Productions [14]
14 Fatherland Director: Paweł Pawlikowski
Cast: Hanns Zischler, Sandra Hüller, August Diehl, Anna Madeley, Devid Striesow		 Based on the life of Thomas and Erika Mann
20 I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning Director: Clio Barnard
Cast: Anthony Boyle, Joe Cole, Jay Lycurgo, Daryl McCormack, Lola Petticrew		 Based on I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning by Keiran Goddard
21 The End of It Director: Maria Martínez Bayona
Cast: Rebecca Hall, Noomi Rapace, Gael Garcia Bernal, Beanie Feldstein
Victorian Psycho Director: Zachary Wigon
Cast: Maika Monroe, Thomasin McKenzie, Jason Isaacs		 Based on Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
22 Finding Emily Director: Alicia MacDonald
Cast: Angourie Rice, Spike Fearn, Minnie Driver		Universal Pictures / Working Title Films [15]
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E		 3 Savage House Director: Peter Glanz
Cast: Claire Foy, Richard E Grant, Bel Powley		Paramount Pictures / Record Player Films / Deluge Pictures
6 Only What We Carry Director: Jamie Adams
Cast: Simon Pegg, Sofia Boutella, Charlotte Gainsbourg
9 Let's Love Director: Jamie Adams
Cast: Martin Freeman, Josh Hutcherson, Malin Akerman, Jess Weixler
22 Rogue Trooper Director: Duncan Jones
Cast: Aneurin Barnard, Hayley Atwell, Sean Bean, Matt Berry, Asa Butterfield, Jemaine Clement, Jack Lowden, Alice Lowe		Based on Rogue Trooper by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons
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July–September

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Y		 1 Enola Holmes 3 Director: Philip Barantini
Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Louis Partridge, Himesh Patel, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter		Netflix
Based on The Enola Holmes Mysteries by Nancy Springer
6 The Odyssey Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong'o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Jon Bernthal, Benny Safdie, John Leguizamo, Elliot Page, Himesh Patel, Mia Goth, Corey Hawkins		Universal Pictures / Syncopy Inc. [16]
17 Heartstopper Forever Director: Wash Westmoreland
Cast: Kit Connor, Joe Locke, Yasmin Finney, William Gao		Netflix
Based on Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
28 Wham! 10 Days in China Director: Mike Christie
Cast: George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley		BBC, Sony Music Vision / Supercollider (a Zinc Media Company) [17]
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T		 21 Mutiny Director: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Jason Statham, Annabelle Wallis, Roland Møller, Jason Wong, Arnas Fedaravicius, Adrian Lester		 Lionsgate / Sky Cinema [18]
28 The Dog Stars Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin, Guy Pearce, Benedict Wong		20th Century Studios / Scott Free Productions [19]
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Cast: Andrew Garfield, Jamie Bell, Stephen Dillane, Tom Hollander, Cosmo Jarvis, Jonny Lee Miller, Thomasin McKenzie, Woody Norman, Stanley Townsend, Katherine Waterston		 Entertainment Film Distributors / Blumhouse Productions / Electric Shadow Company / Supernix / Thank You Pictures / FilmNation Entertainment
25 Sense and Sensibility Director: Georgia Oakley
Cast: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles, George MacKay, Caitríona Balfe, Fiona Shaw, Frank Dillane		 Focus Features / Working Title Films [20]
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October–December

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R		 2 Digger Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Cast: Tom Cruise, Sandra Hüller, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons, Sophie Wilde, Riz Ahmed, Emma D'Arcy, Robert John Burke, Burn Gorman, Pip Torrens		 Legendary Pictures / TC Productions / M Productions [21]
23 Wife & Dog Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rosamund Pike, Cosmo Jarvis, James Norton		 Black Bear Pictures
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Cast: John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Mariana di Girolamo, Ailín Salas, Tom Waits, Parker Posey		 Searchlight Pictures / Blueprint Pictures / Film4 Productions [22]
26 Narnia: The Magician's Nephew Director: Greta Gerwig
Cast: Emma Mackey, Carey Mulligan, Denise Gough, Daniel Craig		 Netflix / eOne Films / Pascal Pictures [23]
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Cast: Idris Elba, Caitlin FitzGerald, Hero Fiennes Tiffin		 Lionsgate / Future Artists Entertainment
23 The Angry Birds Movie 3 Director: John Rice
Cast: Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Rachel Bloom, Danny McBride, Anthony Padilla, Ian Hecox		Sega Sammy Group / Prime Focus Studios / One Cool Films / Dentsu [24]
25 Werwulf Director: Robert Eggers
Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe, Lily-Rose Depp		 Focus Features / Working Title Films [25]
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Other premieres

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Cantona David Tryhorn and Ben Nicholas May 2026 (Cannes Film Festival)
The Disciple Joanna Natasegara 22 January 2026 (Sundance Film Festival)
Double Freedom Lisandro Alonso May 2026 (Cannes Film Festival)
Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon Finlay Pretsell 17 February 2026 (Berlin International Film Festival)
The Education of Jane Cumming Sophie Heldman 15 February 2026 (Berlin International Film Festival)
Filipiñana Rafael Manuel 23 January 2026 (Sundance Film Festival)
A Gangster's Life Zak Fenning 9 January 2026
Hanging By a Wire Mohammed Ali Naqvi 22 January 2026 (Sundance Film Festival)
My Sister's Bones Heidi Greensmith 30 January 2026
Troublemaker: The Story Behind the Mandela Tapes Antoine Fuqua 27 January 2026 (Sundance Film Festival)
TUTU Sam Pollard 16 February 2026 (Berlin International Film Festival)
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Billion Dollar Spy Director: Amma Asante
Cast: Russell Crowe, Harry Lawtey, Vera Farmiga, Tony Goldwyn, Willa Fitzgerald, Rufus Sewell, Justin Theroux		 HanWay Films
Based on The Billion Dollar Spy by David E. Hoffman
Blood on Snow Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Eva Green, Emma Laird, Ben Mendelsohn		 Sky Cinema
Based on Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbø
A Colt Is My Passport Director: Gareth Evans
Cast: Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Tim Roth, Jack Reynor, Lucy Boynton, Burn Gorman		 Amazon MGM Studios
Based on Tobosha by Shinji Fujiwara
The Custom of the Country Director: Josie Rourke
Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Leo Woodall		 StudioCanal
Based on The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton
Elden Ring Director: Alex Garland
Cast: Kit Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Ben Whishaw, Nick Offerman, Tom Burke, Havana Rose Liu, Sonoya Mizuno, Emma Laird		 A24
Based on Elden Ring by FromSoftware
Elsinore Director: Simon Stone
Cast: Andrew Scott, Olivia Colman		 StudioCanal
Empire City Director: Michael Matthews
Cast: Gerard Butler, Hayley Atwell, Omari Hardwick, Mel Jarnson
Everybody Wants to Fuck Me Director: Jonathan Schey
Cast: Taron Egerton, Jessica Henwick, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Charly Clive, Herbert Nordrum		 StudioCanal
The Face of Horror Director: Anna Biller
Cast: Jonah Hauer-King, Kristine Froseth, Ellie Bamber, Leo Suter, Bella Heathcote, Ben Radcliffe		 Based on Yotsuya Kaidan by Anonymous
Fortitude Director: Simon West
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Matthew Goode, Ed Skrein, Alice Eve, Michael Sheen, Ben Kingsley
George Michael: The Faith Tour Director: Andy Morahan, David Austin
Cast: George Michael		Mercury Studios
The Housekeeper Director: Richard Eyre
Cast: Caitríona Balfe, Emma Laird, Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter		The Housekeeper by Rose Tremain
The Idiots Director: Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert
Cast: Aimee Lou Wood, Johnny Flynn, Vicky Krieps, Christian Friedel		Based on The Gambler Wife: A True Story of Love, Risk and the Woman Who Saved Dostoyevsky by Andrew D. Kaufman
Ink Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Guy Pearce, Jack O'Connell, Claire Foy		StudioCanal
Based on Ink by James Graham
Just Play Dead Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Green, María Pedraza
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Jodie Comer, Patricia Arquette, Michael Sheen, Tom Bateman, Vicky McClure
Lead Heads Director: Giles Borg
Cast: Olatunji Ayofe, Rupert Everett, Tom Felton, Derek Jacobi, Luke Newberry, Mark Williams		 [26]
A Long Winter Director: Andrew Haigh
Cast: Fred Hechinger, Kit Connor, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Caitríona Balfe		Based on the novel of the same name by Colm Tóibín
Maserati: The Brothers Director: Robert Moresco
Cast: Michele Morrone, Salvatore Esposito, Lorenzo De Moor, Anthony Hopkins		Based on the life of the Maserati brothers
Mission Director: Paul Wright
Cast: George Mackay, Rosy McEwen
Mistletoe & Wine Director: Jamie Adams
Cast: Charlotte Kirk, Ben McGregor, Jason Isaacs, Stefanie Martini, Tanya Burr
Real Love (Yes, It's Real Love!) Director: Jamie Adams
Cast: George Mackay, Rosy McEwen
The Scurry Director: Craig Roberts
Cast: Ella Purnell, Rhys Ifans, Paapa Essiedu, Antonia Thomas
Stuffed Director: Theo Rhys
Cast: Jodie Comer, Harry Melling
Sweet Dreams Director: Carl Tibbetts
Cast: Gemma Arterton, Niamh Algar, Nick Frost
A Talent for Murder Director: Anton Corbijn
Cast: Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich, Olivia Cooke, Juliet Stevenson		 Based on Switzerland by Joanna Murray-Smith
Young Stalin Director: Géla Babluani
Cosmo Jarvis		 Based on Young Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Culturally British films

The following list comprises films not produced by a British or UK film studio but is strongly associated with British culture. The films in this list should fulfil at least three 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 produced in the United Kingdom.
  • Many of the film's cast and crew members are British.
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Accused India London, England UK Christopher W Jones, Barbara Blum, Matylda McQuaid
The Drama United States England United Kingdom Robert Pattinson
Prima Facie United States, Australia Prima Facie by Suzie Miller England London, UK Cynthia Erivo, Susanna White (director)
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