The British film industry produced over four hundred feature films in 2011. This article fully lists all non-pornographic films, including short films, that had a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by the United Kingdom. It does not include films first released in previous years that had release dates in 2011. Also included is an overview of the major events in British film, including film festivals and awards ceremonies, as well as lists of those films that have been particularly well received, both critically and financially. The year was particularly notable for the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, the final instalment in the Harry Potter film franchise.
Major releases
January – March
Opening Title Cast and Crew Details Genre(s)J A N U A R Y 14The Mirror Boy Director: Obi Emelonye Cast: Genevieve Nnaji, Osita Iheme, Edward Kagutuzi, Fatima Jabbe Fantasy Drama Adventure 21Tyrannosaur Director: Paddy Considine Cast: Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan, Paul Popplewell, Sally Carman StudioCanal UK DramaNo Strings Attached Director: Ivan Reitman Cast: Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Cary Elwes, Kevin Kline Paramount Pictures Romantic comedy 23 Gnomeo & Juliet Director: Kelly Asbury Cast: James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Richard Wilson, Julie Walters, Jason Statham, Ashley Jensen, Hulk Hogan Entertainment One Films Based on Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Animation Fantasy Romance Comedy 24 Perfect Sense Director: David Mackenzie Cast: Eva Green, Ewan McGregor Senator Film Verleih Romance DramaF E B R U A R Y 8Late Bloomers Director: Julie Gavras Cast: William Hurt, Isabella Rossellini Gaumont Drama 11The Eagle Director: Kevin Macdonald Cast: Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, Mark Strong Universal Pictures Based on The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff Historical Epic Drama 12The Flying Machine Directors: Martin Clapp, Geoff Lindsey, Dorota Kobiela Cast: Heather Graham, Lang Lang Animation Family 14Coriolanus Director: Ralph Fiennes Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler The Weinstein Company Based on Coriolanus by William Shakespeare DramaPaul Director: Greg Mottola Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Jane Lynch, Sigourney Weaver Universal Pictures Science Fiction comedy 16Unknown Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Cast: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Frank Langella Warner Bros. Pictures Based on Out of My Head by Didier Van Cauwelaert Thriller 17Chalet Girl Director: Phil Traill Cast: Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, Tamsin Egerton, Ken Duken, Sophia Bush, Bill Bailey, Brooke Shields, Bill Nighy IFC Films Romance ComedyLipstikka Director: Jonathan Sagall Cast: Clara Khoury, Drama 25Little Deaths Directors: Sean Hogan, Andrew Parkinson, Simon Rumley Cast: Luke de Lacey, Holly Lucas, Siubhan Harrison, James Oliver Wheatley, Marc Bennett Imagination Worldwide HorrorM A R C H 4Ironclad Director: Jonathan English Cast: Paul Giamatti, Jason Flemyng Warner Bros. Based on the Siege of Rochester Castle (1215) Historical Action Adventure 9 Jane Eyre Director: Cary Fukunaga Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins, Simon McBurney, Imogen Poots Universal Pictures Based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Romance Drama Historical 11Weekend Director: Andrew Haigh Cast: Tom Cullen, Chris New Peccadillo Pictures Romance Drama 12Attack the Block Director: Joe Cornish Cast: John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Nick Frost, Luke Treadaway Optimum Releasing Science Fiction Horror Comedy Kill List Director: Ben Wheatley Cast: Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, Emma Fryer Optimum Releasing Horror 18Anuvahood Director: Adam Deacon Cast: Paul Kaye, Adam Deacon, Femi Oyeniran, Ollie Barbieri, Ashley Walters Revolver Entertainment Parody of Kidulthood (2006) Comedy 21Jack Falls Director: Paul Tanter, Alexander Williams Cast: Tamer Hassan, Simon Phillips, Olivia Hallinan, Dexter Fletcher, Dominic Burns, Doug Bradley, Adam Deacon, Alan Ford, Jason Flemying, Martin Kemp, Neil Maskell, Jing Lusi Lionsgate Crime 25Wake Wood Director: Cast: Timothy Spall, Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle, Dan Gordon Hammer Film Productions Horror 29The Resident Director: Antti Jokinen Cast: Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lee Pace, Aunjanue Ellis, Christopher Lee Paramount Pictures Thriller
April – June
Opening Title Cast and Crew Details Genre(s)APRIL 1Blooded Director: Edward Boase Cast: Nick Ashdon, Oliver Boot, Sharon Duncan Brewster, Tracy Ifeachor, Joseph Kloska, Jay Taylor, Cicely Tennant Revolver Entertainment Horror ThrillerKilling Bono Director: Nick Hamm Cast: Ben Barnes, Robert Sheehan, Martin McCann Paramount Pictures Based on Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelgänger by Neil McCormick Comedy 7Hanna Director: Joe Wright Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett Focus Features Action Thriller 10A Lonely Place to Die Director: Julian Gilbey Cast: Melissa George, Kate Magowan, Edward Speleers, Karel Roden, Sean Harris, Stephen McCole, Alec Newman, Eamonn Walker Kaleidoscope Entertainment Thriller 15The Caller Director: Matthew Parkhill Cast: Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer Bankside Films Thriller 24United Director: James Strong Cast: David Tennant, Jack O'Connell, Sam Claflin, Dougray Scott BBC Two Based on the Munich air disaster (1958) Drama Sport Historical 29The Veteran Director: Matthew Hope Cast: Toby Kebbell, Brian Cox DMK Productions Action ThrillerMAY 6Everywhere and Nowhere Director: Menhaj Huda Cast: James Floyd, Adam Deacon Drama 7Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Director: Rob Marshall Cast: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush Walt Disney Pictures Based on On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers Fantasy Swashbuckler 11Attack of the Herbals Director: David Keith Cast: Calum Booth, Claire McCulloch, Steve Worsley, Richard Currie, Liam Matheson Horror Comedy 12Bringing Up Bobby Director: Famke Janssen Cast: Milla Jovovich, Bill Pullman, Rory Cochrane, Marcia Cross, Spencer List Monterey Media DramaWe Need to Talk About Kevin Director: Lynne Ramsay Cast: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller BBC Films Based on We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Drama Thriller 14The Decoy Bride Director: Sheree Folkson Cast: David Tennant, Alice Eve, Kelly Macdonald, Sally Phillips CinemaNX Romance ComedyThe Italian Key Director: Rosa Karo Cast: Gwendolyn Anslow, Joana Cartocci Nordisk Film Comedy Romance Drama 19Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai Director: Takashi Miike Cast: Ichikawa Ebizō XI, Eita, Kōji Yakusho Shochiku Remake of Harakiri (1962) Drama 20Age of Heroes Director: Adrian Vitoria Cast: Sean Bean, Danny Dyer Metrodome Distribution Based on the life of Ian Fleming WarBlitz Director: Elliott Lester Cast: Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen, David Morrissey, Zawe Ashton Lionsgate UK Based on Blitz by Ken Bruen Crime Thriller 22Beloved Director: Catherine Deneuve, Miloš Forman, Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Chiara Mastroianni, Michel Delpech, Paul Schneider Le Pacte Drama Musical Romance 25X-Men: First Class Director: Matthew Vaughn Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, January Jones, Nicholas Hoult, Oliver Platt, Jason Flemyng, Lucas Till, Edi Gathegi, Kevin Bacon 20th Century Fox Based on X-Men by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee Superhero Action Science Fiction HistoricalJ U N E 7Love's Kitchen Director: James Hacking Cast: Dougray Scott, Claire Forlani, Gordon Ramsay Screen Media Films Romance Comedy 17Swinging with the Finkels Director: Jonathan Newman Cast: Mandy Moore, Martin Freeman Moving Pictures Film and Television Comedy 20Grave Tales Director: Don Fearney Cast: Brian Murphy, Damien Thomas, Edward de Souza, Marysia Kay, Frank Scantori, Mark Sloan, Aubrey Wakeling, Celia Carron, Heather Darcy Horror 21Albatross Director: Niall MacCormick Cast: Jessica Brown Findlay, Felicity Jones, Julia Ormond CinemaNX Drama 23Weekender Director: Karl Golden Cast: Jack O'Connell, Henry Lloyd-Hughes Momentum Pictures Historical Drama 24World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries Directors: Michael Bartlett, Kevin Gates Cast: Vicky Araico, Hiram Bleetman, Tobias Bowman Dimension Films Sequel to The Zombie Diaries (2006) Horror
July – September