This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2020 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. It also does not include films screened in previous years that had official release dates in 2020.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many British films were delayed from release and premiere including No Time to Die, Stardust, Blithe Spirit, A Boy Called Christmas and Everybody's Talking About Jamie.
Film premieres
January–March Opening Title Cast and crew Details Ref.JANUARY16 Waiting for Anya Director: Ben Cookson Cast: Noah Schnapp, Thomas Kretschmann, Frederick Schmidt, Jean Reno, Anjelica Huston Vue Cinemas Based on Waiting for Anya by Michael Morpurgo (Co-produced by Belgium) 24 Come Away Director: Brenda Chapman Cast: Angelina Jolie, David Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Caine, Derek Jacobi, Jenny Galloway GEM Entertainment Based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie (Co-produced by the United States) Dream Horse Director: Euros Lyn Cast: Toni Collette, Damian Lewis Warner Bros. Pictures (Co-produced by the United States) Herself Director: Phyllida Lloyd Cast: Clare Dunne, Harriet Walter, Conleth Hill Picturehouse Entertainment (Co-produced by Ireland) The Courier Director: Dominic Cooke Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jessie Buckley, Rachel Brosnahan, Angus Wright Lionsgate Based on the life of Greville Wynne (Co-produced by the United States) The Night House Director: David Bruckner Cast: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Evan Jonigkeit, Stacy Martin, Vondie Curtis-Hall Searchlight Pictures (co-produced by the United States) Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always Director: Eliza Hittman Cast: Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold, Sharon Van Etten Universal Pictures (Co-produced by the United States)25 Possessor Director: Brandon Cronenberg Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Rossif Sutherland, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean, Jennifer Jason Leigh Signature Entertainment (Co-produced by the Canada and the United States)26 Amulet Director: Romola Garai Cast: Carla Juri, Imelda Staunton, Alec Secareanu The Nest Director: Sean Durkin Cast: Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Charlie Shotwell, Oona Roche, Adeel Akhtar Picturehouse Entertainment (Co-produced by Canada and the United States) Surge Director: Aneil Karia Cast: Ben Whishaw, Ellie Haddington, Ian Gelder, Jasmine Jobson 27 The Father Director: Florian Zeller Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell, Olivia Williams Lionsgate Based on Le Père by Florian Zeller His House Director: Remi Weekes Cast: Wunmi Mosaku, Sope Dirisu, Matt Smith Netflix (Co-produced by United States) The Last Thing He Wanted Director: Dee Rees Cast: Anne Hathaway, Willem Dafoe, Ben Affleck, Toby Jones, Rosie Perez Netflix Based on The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion (Co-produced by United States) Luxor Director: Zeina Durra Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Janie Aziz, Shahira Fahmy (Co-produced by Egypt)31 Falling Director: Viggo Mortensen Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Sverrir Gudnason, Laura Linney, Hannah Gross, Terry Chen GEM Entertainment (Co-produced by Canada and the United States) The Rhythm Section Director: Reed Morano Cast: Blake Lively, Jude Law, Sterling K. Brown Paramount Pictures Based on The Rhythm Section by Mark Burnell (Co-produced by the United States)FEBRUARY14 Emma. Director: Autumn de Wilde Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Josh O'Connor, Callum Turner, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, Bill Nighy Focus Features Based on Emma by Jane Austen (Co-produced by the United States)21 Mogul Mowgli Director: Bassam Tariq Cast: Riz Ahmed, Alyy Khan, Sudha Bhuchar, Nabhaan Rizwan, Anjana Vasan Focus Features (Co-produced by the United States) The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) Anders Edström, C.W. Winter Silver Salt Films 26 DAU. Natasha Directors: Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Jekaterina Oertel Cast: Natalia Berezhnaya, Olga Shkabarnya, Vladimir Azhippo, Alexei Blinov (Co-produced by Germany, Russia and Ukraine) The Roads Not Taken Director: Sally Potter Cast: Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning, Salma Hayek Focus Features (Co-produced by Sweden and the United States)MARCH1 Escape from Pretoria Director: Francis Annan Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Ian Hart, Mark Leonard Winter, Nathan Page Based on Inside Out: Escape from Pretoria Central Prison by Tim Jenkin (Co-produced by Australia)8 Resistance Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Ed Harris, Clémence Poésy, Matthias Schweighöfer, Félix Moati, Karl Markovics, Vica Kerekes, Bella Ramsey, Édgar Ramírez Based on Marcel Marceau (Co-produced by Germany and United States)13 Misbehaviour Director: Philippa Lowthorpe Cast: Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Emma Corrin, Suki Waterhouse, Jessie Buckley, Lesley Manville, Greg Kinnear, Keeley Hawes, Rhys Ifans, Phyllis Logan Based on the 1970 Miss World competition Pathé
April–June Opening Title Cast and crew Details Ref.APRIL3 Four Kids and It Director: Andy De Emmony Cast: Paula Patton, Matthew Goode, Billy Jenkins, Ashley Aufderheide, Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen, Ellie-Mae Siame, Russell Brand, Michael Caine Altitude Based on Four Children and It by Jacqueline Wilson10 Love Wedding Repeat Director: Dean Craig Cast: Olivia Munn, Sam Claflin, Freida Pinto, Eleanor Tomlinson Netflix Remake of Plan de table (Co-produced by the United States)MAY22 The Trip to Greece Director: Michael Winterbottom Cast: Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan Based on The Trip and sequel to The Trip to Spain JUNE
July–September Opening Title Cast and crew Details Ref.JULY 8 23 Walks Director: Paul Morrison Cast: Alison Steadman, Dave Johns, Graham Cole m 30 Host Director: Rob Savage Cast: Haley Bishop, Jemma Moore, Emma Louise Webb, Radina Drandova, Caroline Ward, Teddy Linard, Seylan Baxter Vertigo Releasing 31 Summerland Director: Jessica Swale Cast: Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Penelope Wilton, Tom Courtenay Lionsgate AUGUST7 The Secret Garden Director: Marc Munden Cast: Colin Firth, Julie Walters, Dixie Egerickx, Edan Hayhurst, Amir Wilson StudioCanal Based on "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett26 Tenet Director: Christopher Nolan Cast: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Martin Donovan, Fiona Dourif, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Himesh Patel, Clémence Poésy, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Michael Caine, Kenneth Branagh Warner Bros. Pictures (Co-produced by United Kingdom)SEPTEMBER 2 The Owners Director: Julius Berg Cast: Maisie Williams, Sylvester McCoy, Rita Tushingham, Jake Curran Signature Entertainment Une Nuit de Plene Lune by Hermann & Yves H. (Co-produced by France and United States) 4 The Duke Director: Roger Michell Cast: Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Anna Maxwell Martin, Matthew Goode Signature Entertainment Based on the theft of Portrait of the Duke of Wellington 11 Ammonite Director: Francis Lee Cast: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle, Alec Secăreanu, Fiona Shaw Lionsgate Monday Director: Argyris Papadimitropoulos Cast: Sebastian Stan, Denise Gough, Dominique Tipper, Vangelis Mourikis (Co-produced by Greece and United States)12 Wolfwalkers Directors: Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart Cast: Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Sean Bean, Simon McBurney, Tommy Tiernan, Jon Kenny Wildcard and Apple TV+ (Co-produced by Ireland, Luxembourg, United States, France) Bruised Director: Halle Berry Cast: Halle Berry, Shamier Anderson, Adan Canto, Sheila Atim, Valentina Shevchenko, Stephen McKinley Henderson Netflix (co-produced by the United States) Limbo Director: Ben Sharrock Cast: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Kenneth Collard, Amir El-Masry 16 Widlfire Directors: Cathy Brady Cast: Danika McGuigan, Nora-Jane Noone, Martin McCann, Kate Dickie Modern Films (Co-produced by Ireland) 23 Enola Holmes Director: Harry Bradbeer Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Adeel Akhtar, Fiona Shaw, Frances de la Tour, Louis Partridge, Susie Wokoma, Helena Bonham Carter Netflix Based on The Enola Holmes Mysteries by Nancy Springer (Co-produced by the United States) 25 Six Minutes to Midnight Director: Andy Goddard Cast: Judi Dench, Eddie Izzard, James D'Arcy, Jim Broadbent Lionsgate 28 David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet Narrator: David Attenborough Netflix
October–December Opening Title Cast and crew Details Ref.OCTOBER 8 Blithe Spirit Director: Edward Hall Cast: Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Judi Dench StudioCanal Based on Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward (Co-produced by the United States) 12 The Banishing Director: Christopher Smith Cast: Jessica Brown Findlay, John Heffernan, John Lynch, Sean Harris Vertigo Releasing The Show Director: Mitch Jenkins Cast: Tom Burke, Siobhan Hewlett, Alan Moore, Ellie Bamber, Darrell D'Silva, Christopher Fairbank Altitude Film Distribution 16 Rebecca Director: Ben Wheatley Cast: Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Keeley Hawes, Ann Dowd, Sam Riley Netflix Based on Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (Co-produced by United States) Stardust Director: Gabriel Range Cast: Johnny Flynn, Jena Malone, Marc Maron (Co-produced by Canada) 17 Sisters With Transistors Director: Lisa Rovner Metrograph Pictures Documentary about the pioneering women of electronic music 23 Pixie Director: Barnaby Thompson Cast: Olivia Cooke, Ben Hardy, Daryl McCormack, Colm Meaney, Alec Baldwin Paramount Pictures=NOVEMBER 20 A Christmas Carol Director: Jacqui Morris Cast: Simon Russell Beale, Carey Mulligan, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Andy Serkis, Leslie Caron Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 27 Black Beauty Director: Ashley Avis Cast: Mackenzie Foy, Claire Forlani, Iain Glen, Fern Deacon Disney+ Based on Black Beauty by Anna SewellDECEMBER 27 Death to 2020 Directors: Al Campbell, Alice Mathias Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Lisa Kudrow, Leslie Jones, Joe Keery, Kumail Nanjiani, Tracey Ullman, Cristin Milioti, Diane Morgan, Samson Kayo, Laurence Fishburne Netflix
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