This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2023 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 previous years that have official release dates in 2023.
British films box office The highest-grossing UK-qualifying and U.K. independent British films according to the British Film Institute released in 2023, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:
In-Year releases +Highest-grossing U.K. independent films of 2023 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross (£m) 1 The Great Escaper Warner Bros. £5,310,000 2 What's Love Got to Do with It? StudioCanal UK £4,810,000 3 Empire of Light Disney £3,870,000 4 Allelujah Pathé UK/Warner Bros. £3,690,0005 The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry EONE FILMS £3,380,000 6 Sumotherhood Paramount £2,450,0007 The Miracle Club Lionsgate £1,920,000 8 Greatest Days Elysian Film Group £1,550,000 9 Rye Lane Walt Disney £1,230,00010 The Old Oak Studiocanal UK £1,100,000
+Highest-grossing U.K. qualifying films of 2023 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross (£m) 1 Barbie Warner Bros £95,600,000 2 Wonka Warner Bros £58,400,000 3 The Little Mermaid Walt Disney £27,400,000 4 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Paramount £26,600,000 5 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Walt Disney £20,400,000 6 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Walt Disney £19,300,000 7 Fast X Universal £15,300,000 8 Napoleon Sony £14,400,000 9 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves eOne Films £13,700,000 10 Meg 2: The Trench Warner Bros £13,100,000
Film premieres
January–March Opening Title Cast and crew Distributor Ref.JANUARY16 Bank of Dave Director: Chris Foggin Cast: Joel Fry, Phoebe Dynevor, Rory Kinnear, Hugh Bonneville, Paul Kaye, Jo Hartley Netflix16 Earth Mama Director: Savanah Leaf Cast: Tia Nomore, Erika Alexander, Doechii, Keta Price, Olivia Luccardi A24 Based on The Heart Still Hums by Leaf and Taylor Russell19 The Pod Generation Director: Sophie Barthes Cast: Emilia Clarke, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rosalie Craig, Vinette Robinson, Jean-Marc Barr 21 Polite Society Director: Nida Manzoor Cast: Ritu Arya, Priya Kansara Focus Features22 Drift Director: Anthony Chen Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Alia Shawkat, Ibrahima Ba, Honor Swinton Byrne The Deepest Breath Director: Laura McGann Netflix Girl Director: Adura Onashile Cast: Déborah Lukumuena, Le'Shantey Bonsu, Danny Sapani, Liana Turner New Europe Film Sales 23 Rye Lane Director: Raine Allen-Miller Cast: Vivian Oparah, David Jonsson, Alice Hewkin, Munya Chawawa, Simon Manyonda Searchlight Pictures Scrapper Director: Charlotte Regan Cast: Harris Dickinson, Lola Campbell, Alin Uzun, Cary Crankson 26 Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey Director: Rhys Frake-Waterfield Cast: Craig David Dowsett, Chris Cordell, Amber Doig-Thorne, Nikolai Leon, Maria Taylor Altitude Film Distribution Based on Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard 27 Unwelcome Director: Jon Wright Cast: Hannah John-Kamen, Douglas Booth Charades FEBRUARY7 One Year Off Director: Philippe Martinez Cast: Jeff Fahey, Nathalie Cox, Chad Michael Collins, Ray Fearon Grindstone Entertainment Group18 A Greyhound of a Girl Director: Enzo D'Alò Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Sharon Horgan, Mia O'Connor, Charlene McKenna, Rosaleen Linehan Dazzler Media19 Femme Directors: Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping Cast: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, George Mackay Signature Entertainment Silver Haze Director: Sacha Polak Cast: Vicky Knight, Esmé Creed-Miles, Charlotte Knight, Archie Brigden, Angela Bruce BFI22 The Strays Director: Nathaniel Martello-White Cast: Ashley Madekwe, Bukky Bakray, Jorden Myrie Netflix24 Luther: The Fallen Sun Director: Jamie Payne Cast: Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis NetflixMARCH1 Bolan's Shoes Director: Ian Puleston-Davies Cast: Timothy Spall, Leanne Best, Mark Lewis Jones, Mathew Horne Munro Films11 Little Bone Lodge Director: Matthias Hoene Cast: Joely Richardson, Sadie Soverall, Neil Linpow, Harry Cadby Signature Entertainment12 Raging Grace Director: Paris Zarcilla Cast: Max Eigenmann, Leanne Best, David Hayman, Jaeden Paige Boadilla Brainstorm15 Tetris Director: Jon S. Baird Cast: Taron Egerton, Nikita Efremov, Roger Allam, Anthony Boyle, Togo Igawa, Toby Jones, Ken Yamamura, Ben Miles, Matthew Marsh Apple TV+ Wait For Me Director: Keith Farrell Cast: Karen Hassan, Aaron Cobham, Sean McGinley, Elva Trill, Neil Bell, Rebecca Atkinson Munro Films 18 Polarized Director: Shamim Sarif Cast: Holly Deveaux, Maxine Denis Blue Denim Films, Echo Lake Entertainment, Enlightenment Productions, Julijette(Canada-UK coproduction) Melanie Goodfellow, "Palestinian-Canadian LGBT Drama ‘Polarized’ Heads To EFM As APL Film Boards Sales". Deadline Hollywood, February 8, 2023.19 Phantom Parrot Director: Kate Stonehill
April–June Opening Title Cast and crew Distributor Ref.APRIL14 The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die Director: Edward Bazalgette Cast: Alexander Dreymon, Harry Gilby, Mark Rowley, Arnas Fedaravicius Netflix19Coldplay – Music of the Spheres: Live at River PlateDirector: Paul Dugdale Cast: Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Golshifteh Farahani, H.E.R., Jin, Chris MartinTrafalgar Releasing28 The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Director: Hettie Macdonald Cast: Jim Broadbent, Penelope Wilton, Linda Bassett, Joseph Mydell Entertainment OneMAY17 Occupied City Director: Steve McQueen 20th Century Studios Based on Atlas of an Occupied City, Amsterdam 1940-1945 by Bianca Stigter19 How to Have Sex Director: Molly Manning Walker Cast: Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake, Shaun Thomas, Samuel Bottomley Mubi The Zone of Interest Director: Jonathan Glazer Cast: Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel, Medusa Knopf, Daniel Holzberg, Sascha Maaz, Max Beck A24 Loosely based on the novel of the same name by Martin Amis 21 Firebrand Director: Karim Aïnouz Cast: Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Sam Riley, Eddie Marsan, Simon Russell Beale, Erin Doherty STX International Based on Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle22 Club Zero Director: Jessica Hausner Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Mathieu Demy, Elsa Zylberstein, Amir El-Masry, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Camilla Rutherford The Settlers Director: Felipe Gálvez Haberle Cast: Camilo Arancibia, Mark Stanley, Benjamin Westfall, Alfredo Castro, Marcelo Alonso, Sam Spruell Mubi26 The Old Oak Director: Ken Loach Cast: Dave Turner, Ebla Mari, Debbie Honeywood, Reuben Bainbridge, Rob Kirtley StudioCanalJUNE9 The Miracle Club Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan Cast: Laura Linney, Kathy Bates, Maggie Smith, Stephen Rea Lionsgate 11 The Lesson Director: Alice Troughton Cast: Richard E. Grant, Julie Delpy, Daryl McCormack Focus Features12 Kensuke's Kingdom Director: Neil Boyle, Kirk Hendry Cast: Sally Hawkins, Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe, Raffey Cassidy British Film Institute'Kensuke's Kingdom' begins production with new finance, animation partners (exclusive)16 Greatest Days Director: Coky Giedroyc Cast: Aisling Bea, Alice Lowe, Amaka Okafor, Jayde Adams Based on the musical of the same name Bron Releasing 27 Wham! Director: Chris Smith Cast: George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley Netflix, Altitude30 My Extinction Director: Josh Appignanesi Cast: A. L. Kennedy, George Monbiot, Susie Orbach, Mark Rylance, Simon Schama, Ali Smith, Zadie Smith Netflix, Dartmouth Films
July–September