This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have had their premieres in 2018 and were at least partly produced by Great Britain or the United Kingdom. It does not feature short films, medium-length films, made-for-TV films, pornographic films, filmed theater, VR films and interactive films like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. It also does not include films screened in previous years that had official release dates in 2018.
British co-productions like Bohemian Rhapsody, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again garnered positive reviews and collectively grossed more than $1.5 billion in the Box Office worldwide. Small independent films like The Wife, Three Identical Strangers and At Eternity's Gate performed well in the Specialty Box Office, screening in a limited number of theaters.
2018 was expected to be the best year for British box office since 1971 with Avengers: Infinity War, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Incredibles 2, Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Peter Rabbit and The Greatest Showman breaking £40 million at the British box office.
Also included is an overview of five awards ceremonies which are major events in British film: the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, Critics' Choice Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Film premieres
January – March
Opening Title Cast and crew Details Ref.JANUARY 8The Commuter Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Cast: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks, Elizabeth McGovern, Sam Neill StudioCanal UK (Co-produced by France and the United States) 19American Animals Director: Bart Layton Cast: Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson, Udo Kier, Ann Dowd STXinternational (Co-produced by the United States) Three Identical Strangers Director: Tim Wardle Cast: Edward Galland, David Kellman, Robert Shafran Neon (Co-produced by the United States) 20Colette Director: Wash Westmoreland Cast: Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Aiysha Hart, Fiona Shaw, Denise Gough, Robert Pugh, Rebecca Root, Eleanor Tomlinson Bleecker Street Based on the life of Colette (Co-produced by Hungary and the United States) Early Man Director: Nick Park Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, Timothy Spall, Ben Whitehead StudioCanal An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn Director: Jim Hosking Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Emile Hirsch, Jemaine Clement, Matt Berry, Craig Robinson Universal Pictures (Co-produced by the United States) Yardie Director: Idris Elba Cast: Aml Ameen, Stephen Graham, Akin Gazi, Mark Rhino Smith, Fraser James, Naomi Ackie Based on Yardie by Victor Headley 21The Happy Prince Director: Rupert Everett Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Colin Morgan, Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Chancellor Lionsgate UK Based on the life of Oscar Wilde (Co-produced by Belgium, Germany and Italy) Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. Director: Stephen Loveridge Cast: M.I.A. Dogwoof Based on the life of M.I.A. (Co-produced by Sri Lanka and the United States) 22The Miseducation of Cameron Post Director: Desiree Akhavan Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane, John Gallagher, Jr., Forrest Goodluck, Jennifer Ehle, Quinn Shephard Vertigo Releasing Based on The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth (Co-produced by the United States) Ophelia Director: Claire McCarthy Cast: Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, Clive Owen, Tom Felton, George MacKay, Dominic Mafham GEM Entertainment Based on Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Ophelia by Lisa Klein (Co-produced by the United States) 23Lords of Chaos Director: Jonas Åkerlund Cast: Rory Culkin, Emory Cohen, Anthony De La Torre, Sky Ferreira, Jack Kilmer Arrow Films Based on Lords of Chaos by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind (Co-produced by Norway, Sweden and United States) 29My Friend the Polish Girl Directors: Ewa Banaszkiewicz, Mateusz Dymek Cast: Aneta Piotrowska, Emma Friedman-Cohen, Daniel Barry, Andy Abbott Republic Film Distribution (Co-produced by Poland) FEBRUARY 3Hellraiser: Judgment Director: Gary J. Tunnicliffe Cast: Damon Carney, Randy Wayne, Alexandra Harris, Heather Langenkamp, Paul T. Taylor Lionsgate Home Entertainment 8Accident Man Director: Jesse V. Johnson Cast: Scott Adkins, Ashley Greene, Ray Stevenson, Michael Jai White Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Based on Accident Man by Pat Mills and Tony Skinner 9Winter Ridge Director: Dom Lenoir Cast: Matt Hookings, Michael McKell, Olwen Catherine Kelly, Hannah Waddingham, Alan Ford Phoenix Worldwide Entertainment 17Profile Director: Timur Bekmambetov Cast: Valene Kane, Shazad Latif, Christine Adams, Morgan Watkins (Co-produced by Cyprus, Russia and the United States) 18The Real Estate Director: Axel Petersén and Måns Månsson Cast: Léonore Ekstrand, Christer Levin, Christian Saldert, Olof Rhodin Njutafilms (Co-produced by Sweden) 19Entebbe (a.k.a. 7 Days in Entebbe) Director: José Padilha Cast: Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl, Eddie Marsan, Ben Schnetzer, Lior Ashkenazi, Denis Ménochet Entertainment One Based on the Operation Entebbe (Co-produced by the United States) 23Annihilation Director: Alex Garland Cast: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Oscar Isaac, Benedict Wong, Sonoya Mizuno, David Gyasi Netflix Based on Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Co-produced by the United States) Mute Director: Duncan Jones Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Paul Rudd, Justin Theroux, Seyneb Saleh Netflix (Co-produced by Germany) 24The Party's Just Beginning Director: Karen Gillan Cast: Karen Gillan, Lee Pace, Matthew Beard, Paul Higgins Mt. Hollywood Films (Co-produced by the United States) 26Mary Magdalene Director: Garth Davis Cast: Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tahar Rahim Focus Features Based on the life of Mary Magdalene (Co-produced by Australia and the United States) MARCH 1A Wizard's Tale (a.k.a. Here Comes the Grump) Director: Andrés Couturier Cast: Toby Kebbell, Lily Collins, Ian McShane GFM Films Based on animated series Here Comes the Grump (Co-produced by Mexico and the United States) 2Tomb Raider Director: Roar Uthaug Cast: Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, Kristin Scott Thomas, Derek Jacobi Warner Bros. Based on Tomb Raider by Crystal Dynamics (Co-produced by the United States) 4Nae Pasaran Director: Felipe Bustos Sierra Debasers Filums Based on short film Nae Pasaran by Felipe Bustos Sierra (Co-produced by Chile) 9Scott and Sid Director: Scott Elliott, Sid Sadowskyj Cast: Tom Blyth, Richard Mason, Charlotte Milchard Dreamchasers Film Ltd Walk like a Panther Director: Dan Cadan Cast: Stephen Graham, Jason Flemyng, Julian Sands 20th Century Fox 15Sherlock Gnomes Director: John Stevenson Cast: James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mary J. Blige, Johnny Depp Paramount Pictures Sequel to Gnomeo & Juliet (Co-produced by the United States) 17Postcards from London Director: Steve McLean Cast: Harris Dickinson, Ben Cura, Jonah Hauser-King, Leonardo Salerni, Raphael Desprez, Leemore Marrett Jr. Peccadillo Pictures 24Boogie Man Director: Andy Morahan Cast: Kush Khanna, Amy Jackson, Aston Merrygold, Jerry-Jane Pears
April – June
Opening Title Cast and crew Details Ref.APRIL 5White Chamber Director: Paul Raschid Cast: Shauna Macdonald, Oded Fehr, Amrita Acharia, Sharon Maughan, Nicholas Farrell Netflix 7Destination: Dewsbury Director: Jack Spring Cast: David J. Keogh, Matt Sheahan, Dan Shelton, Tom Gilling Showcase Cinemas 9The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Director: Mike Newell Cast: Lily James, Michiel Huisman, Glen Powell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Katherine Parkinson, Matthew Goode, Tom Courtenay, Penelope Wilton StudioCanal Based on The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Co-produced by France) 1310x10 Director: Suzi Ewing Cast: Kelly Reilly, Luke Evans, Olivia Chenery Vertical Entertainment 14 Children of the Snow Land Directors: Zara Balfour, Marcus Stephenson Curzon Home Cinema 19Island of the Hungry Ghosts Director: Gabrielle Brady Cast:n Poh Lin Lee Autlook Filmsales 21The Dig Directors: Andy Tohill and Ryan Tohill Cast: Moe Dunford, Francis Magee, Emily Taaffe, Lorcan Cranitch XYZ Films (Co-produced by Ireland) 22McQueen Directors: Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui Lionsgate UK Based on the life and career of Alexander McQueen 28London Unplugged Directors: Layke Anderson, Natalia Casali, Nick Cohen, Mitchell Crawford, Andreas Heger-Bratterud, Ben Jacobson, Rosanna Lowe, Gaelle Mourre, Kaki Wong Cast: Juliet Stevenson, Poppy Miller, Imogen Stubbs, Ivanno Jeremiah, Ricky Nixon, Bruce Payne Munro FilmsMAY 2Nothing Like a Dame (a.k.a. Tea With the Dames) Director: Roger Michell Cast: Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith Picturehouse 4 Anon Director: Andrew Niccol Cast: Clive Owen, Amanda Seyfried, Colm Feore, Mark O'Brien, Sonya Walger, Joe Pingue, Iddo Goldberg Altitude Film Distribution The Con Is On Director: James Oakley Cast: Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Maggie Q, Alice Eve, Sofía Vergara, Parker Posey, Stephen Fry, Crispin Glover Lionsgate (Co-produced by Canada and the United States) 10 Cold War Director: Paweł Pawlikowski Cast: Tomasz Kot, Joanna Kulig, Agata Kulesza, Jeanne Balibar, Cédric Kahn, Adam Woronowicz Curzon Artificial Eye (Co-produced by France and Poland) 11 The Last Witness Directors: Piotr Szkopiak Cast: Alex Pettyfer, Robert Więckiewicz, Talulah Riley, Michael Gambon, Will Thorp, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Gwilym Lee Momentum Pictures (Co-produced by Poland) Terminal Directors: Vaughn Stein Cast: Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, Dexter Fletcher, Mike Myers, Max Irons Arrow Films (Co-produced by Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, and the United States) 16 Whitney Directors: Kevin Macdonald Altitude Film Distribution Based on the life of Whitney Houston (Co-produced by the United States) 19 The Man Who Killed Don Quixote Directors: Terry Gilliam Cast: Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, Olga Kurylenko, Joana Ribeiro Amazon Studios Loosely based on Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (Co-produced by Belgium, France, Portugal, and Spain) 25 Welcome to Curiosity Directors: Anthony Byrne Cast: Amrita Acharia, Jack Ashton, Richard Blackwood, Kacey Clarke, Brian Croucher, Gary Grant, Cristian Solimeno Salt Film Releasing 23 In Darkness Directors: Anthony Byrne Cast: Natalie Dormer, Emily Ratajkowski, Ed Skrein, Joely Richardson, Neil Maskell, James Cosmo Shear Entertainment (Co-produced by the United States) JUNE5Captain Morten and the Spider Queen Director: Kaspar Jancis 7Swimming with Men Director: Oliver Parker Cast: Rob Brydon, Jane Horrocks, Rupert Graves, Daniel Mays, Adeel Akhtar, Thomas Turgoose, Jim Carter, Charlotte Riley GEM Entertainment8Hotel Artemis Director: Drew Pearce Cast: Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Tyree Henry, Zachary, Dave Bautista, Charlie Day, Jenny Slate Lionsgate Films (Co-produced by the United States) 12Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires Director: Mike Mort Cast: Mike Mort, Jennifer Saunders, Paul Whitehouse, Dan Russel, Jonnie Fiori, Samantha Coughlan 21Eaten by Lions Director: Jason Wingard Cast: Antonio Aakeel, Jack Carroll, Asim Chaudhry, Johnny Vegas, Vicki Pepperdine, Kevin Eldon Wingarm Based on Going to Mecca by Jason Wingard22Calibre Director: Matt Palmer Cast: Jack Lowden, Martin McCann, Tony Curran Netflix23Postcards from the 48% Director: David Wilkinson Guerrilla Films25Possum Director: Matthew Holness Cast: Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong, Simon Bubb, Andy Blithe, Pamela Cook Dark Sky Films Based on Possum by Matthew Holness27Dead in a Week or Your Money Back Director: Tom Edmunds Cast: