The British film industry produced over five hundred feature films in 2013. 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 2013.
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 were particularly well received, both critically and financially. The year was particularly notable for a number of low budget and independent horror films, such as In Fear, Devil's Pass, Dementamania and Stalled.
Major releases
January – March
Opening Title Cast and crew Details Genre(s) J A N U A R Y 5Fedz Director: Q Cast: Q, Joseph Marcell, Wil Johnson Top Dog Crime Thriller 18Austenland Director: Jerusha Hess Cast: Keri Russell, JJ Feild, Bret McKenzie, Jennifer Coolidge, James Callis, Jane Seymour Sony Pictures Classics Based on Austenland by Shannon Hale Romance ComedyThe Wee Man Director: Ray Burdis Cast: Patrick Bergin, Simon DeSilva, Martin Compston, John Hannah, Steve Daly, Alastair Thomson Mills, Jim Sweeney Carnaby International Based on the life of Paul Ferris Crime Drama 20In Fear Director: Jeremy Lovering Cast: Iain De Caestecker, Alice Englert, Allen Leech StudioCanal UK HorrorMetro Manila Director: Sean Ellis Cast: Jake Macapagal, Althea Vega, John Arcilla Independent Crime DramaStoker Director: Park Chan-wook Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver 20th Century Fox Thriller HorrorThe East Director: Zal Batmanglij Cast: Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Elliot Page, Patricia Clarkson Fox Searchlight Pictures ThrillerF E B R U A R Y 4Gangs of Tooting Broadway Director: Devanand Shanmugam Cast: Nav Sidhu, Kabelan Verlkumar, Oliver Cotton, Terence Anderson Tooting Broadway Films Crime Drama 8I Give It a Year Director: Dan Mazer Cast: Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall, Anna Faris, Simon Baker, Stephen Merchant, Minnie Driver StudioCanal Comedy RomanceThe Fall of the Essex Boys Director: Paul Tanter Cast: Simon Phillips, Nick Nevern, Kierston Wareing Metrodome Distribution Based on the Rettendon murders (1995) Thriller 13A Single Shot Director: David M. Rosenthal Cast: Sam Rockwell, Jeffrey Wright, Kelly Reilly, Jason Isaacs, Joe Anderson, Ophelia Lovibond, Ted Levine, William H. Macy Based on A Single Shot by Matthew F. Jones Crime Thriller 14Run for Your Wife Director: John Luton Cast: Danny Dyer, Denise van Outen, Sarah Harding Based on Run for Your Wife by Ray Cooney Comedy 18Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming Director: James Plumb Cast: Adrienne King, Alan Humphreys, Mel Stevens, Sabrina Dickens, Philip Harvey North Bank Entertainment Horror 21Cal Director: Christian Martin Cast: Wayne Virgo, Tom Payne, Emily Corcoran, Lucy Russell TLA Releasing Sequel to Shank (2009) Drama 24Welcome to the Punch Director: Eran Creevy Cast: James McAvoy, Mark Strong, Andrea Riseborough, Elyes Gabel, David Morrissey Momentum Pictures Action ThrillerM A R C H 4Pulp Directors: Adam Hamdy, Shaun Magher Cast: Jay Sutherland, Gavin Molloy, Simon Burbage, Lucy Cudden, John Thomson Xbox Live First feature film to be distributed via a games console platform. Comedy 10Everyone's Going to Die Director: Jones Cast: Nora Tschirner, Rob Knighton Drama 15Vinyl Director: Sara Sugarman, Cast: Phil Daniels, Keith Allen, Jamie Blackley Based on the life of Mike Peters Comedy 19Trance Director: Danny Boyle Cast: James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson Fox Searchlight Pictures Thriller
April – June
Opening Title Cast and crew Details Genre(s) APRIL 5All Things to All Men Director: George Isaac Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Rufus Sewell, Toby Stephens, Elsa Pataky, Gil Darnell Universal Pictures Thriller 18The Numbers Station Director: Kasper Barfoed Cast: John Cusack, Malin Åkerman Image Entertainment Action Thriller 20The Machine Director: Caradog W. James Cast: Caity Lotz, Sam Hazeldine, Toby Stephens, Pooneh Hajimohammadi, Denis Lawson Content Media Science fiction Thriller 25The Best Years Director: Danny Patrick Cast: Martin Kemp, Matt Healy Comedy Crime Drama 26The Look of Love Director: Michael Winterbottom Cast: Steve Coogan, Imogen Poots, Anna Friel, Tamsin Egerton StudioCanal UK Based on Members Only: The Life and Times of Paul Raymond by Paul Willetts Biography 27Welcome to the Jungle Director: Rob Meltzer Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adam Brody, Megan Boone, Rob Huebel, Kristen Schaal, Dennis Haysbert, Kristopher Van Varenberg, Bianca Bree Universal Pictures ComedyMAY 3All Stars Director: Ben Gregor Cast: Theo Stevenson, Akai Osei-Mansfield, Ashley Jensen, Fleur Houdijk, Dominic Herman-Day, Amelia Clarkson Comedy 16The Bling Ring Director: Sofia Coppola Cast: Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Taissa Farmiga, Claire Julien, Emma Watson, Leslie Mann A24 Films Based on The Suspects Wore Louboutins by Nancy Jo Sales Comedy Drama CrimeThe Selfish Giant Director: Clio Barnard Cast: Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas, Sean Gilder, Lorraine Ashbourne, Ian Burfield, Steve Evets IFC Films Drama 19Inside Llewyn Davis Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Cast: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, F. Murray Abraham, Justin Timberlake CBS Films Based on the life of Dave Van Ronk Comedy Drama 20The Last Days on Mars Director: Ruairí Robinson Cast: Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Romola Garai, Goran Kostić, Johnny Harris, Tom Cullen, Yusra Warsama, Olivia Williams Magnolia Pictures Based on The Animators by Sydney J. Bounds Science fiction Horror 24Monsoon Shootout Director: Amit Kumar Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tannishtha Chatterjee Sikhya Entertainment, DAR Motion Pictures Thriller 25Only Lovers Left Alive Director: Jim Jarmusch Cast: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, Anton Yelchin, Jeffrey Wright, Slimane Dazi, John Hurt Soda Pictures Drama Horror RomanceJ U N E 3The Amityville Asylum Director: Andrew Jones Cast: Sophia Del Pizzo, Sarah Louise Madison, Eileen Daly 4Digital Media, Hannover House Part of the Amityville film series Horror 4Having You Director: Sam Hoare Cast: Anna Friel, Romola Garai, Andrew Buchan, Phil Davis, Harry Hadden-Paton Wigwam Films Drama 10Man of Steel Director: Zack Snyder Cast: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni, Russell Crowe Warner Bros. Pictures Based on the Superman comic books by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster Superhero Science fiction Action 14Summer in February Director: Christopher Menaul Cast: Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning, Dan Stevens, Hattie Morahan Metrodome Distribution Based on Summer in February by Jonathan Smith Romance Drama 21Svengali Director: John Hardwick Cast: Martin Freeman, Vicky McClure, Matt Berry, Michael Socha, Michael Smiley, Natasha O'Keeffe, Jonny Owen Comedy Musical 22We Are the Freaks Director: Justin Edgar Cast: Michael Smiley, Amber Anderson, Jamie Blackley, Rosamund Hanson, Hera Hilmar, Mike Bailey, Sean Teale Metrodome Comedy 25Uwantme2killhim? Director: Andrew Douglas Cast: Jamie Blackley, Toby Regbo, Joanne Froggatt, Jaime Winstone, Amy Wren Jumping Jack Films Drama Thriller 27About Time Director: Richard Curtis Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lydia Wilson, Lindsay Duncan, Tom Hollander, Vanessa Kirby, Margot Robbie Universal Pictures Romance Science fiction Drama ComedyOutpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz Director: Kieran Parker Cast: Bryan Larkin, Iván Kamarás, Michael McKell Science fiction Horror 28Hummingbird Director: Steven Knight Cast: Jason Statham, Agata Buzek, Christian Brassington, Vicky McClure, Benedict Wong, Ger Ryan Lionsgate Action DramaThe Act of Killing Director: Joshua Oppenheimer Det Danske Filminstitut Documentary 30Not Another Happy Ending Director: John McKay Cast: Karen Gillan, Stanley Weber, Iain De Caestecker, Freya Mavor, Amy Manson, Gary Lewis, Kate Dickie, Henry Ian Cusick Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment Romance Comedy
July – September