This article lists British feature-length films and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2026 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 film festivals in previous years that have theatrical premieres in 2026.
British films box office The highest-grossing independent British films released in 2026 according to the British Film Institute, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:
In-Year releases
+Highest-grossing U.K. independent films of 2026 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross (£m) 1 The Magic Faraway Tree Entertainment Film Distributors£15,100,000 2 Mother's Pride Entertainment Film Distributors£3,780,000 3 Shelter Black Bear£2,500,000 4 How to Make a Killing StudioCanal£2,040,000 5 H Is for Hawk Lionsgate£1,560,000 6 Return to Silent Hill Entertainment Film Distributors £1,050,000 UK qualifying films +Highest-grossing U.K. qualifying films of 2026 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross (£m) 1 Project Hail Mary Sony £34,700,000 2 Wuthering Heights Warner Bros. £25,300,000 3 Hamnet Universal £19,200,000 4 The Magic Faraway Tree Entertainment Film Distributors£15,100,000 5 The Sheep Detectives Sony £9,900,000
Film premieres January–March Opening Title Cast and crew Details Ref.JANUARY 9 Becoming Victoria Wood Director: Catherine Abbott Dartmouth Films 16 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Director: Nia DaCosta Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, Chi Lewis-Parry, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Cillian Murphy Columbia Pictures / DNA Films 20 Shelter Director: Ric Roman Waugh Cast: Jason Statham, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Harriet Walter, Bill Nighy Punch Palace Productions / Black Bear Pictures 22 Everybody to Kenmure Street Director: Felipe Bustos Sierra Barry Crerar / Screen Scotland / Al Jazeera English Hanging by a Wire Director: Mohammed Ali Naqvi The Incomer Director: Louis Paxton Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Gayle Rankin, Grant O'Rourke, Emun Elliott, Michelle Gomez, John Hannah Pilea Pictures / BFI / Screen Scotland / Head Gear / Inevitable Pictures Lady Director: Olive Nwosu Cast: Jessica Gabriel, Amanda Oruh, Tinuade Jemiseye, Bucci Franklin, Seun Kuti HanWay Films The Last First: Winter K2 Director: Amir Bar-Lev 23 Extra Geography Director: Molly Manners Cast: Marni Duggan, Galaxie Clear, Alice Englert Brock Media / Film 4 / BFI The Moment Director: Aidan Zamiri Cast: Charli XCX, Rosanna Arquette, Kate Berlant, Jamie Demetriou, Hailey Benton Gates, Isaac Powell, Alexander Skarsgård A24 / Universal Pictures / 2AM / Studio365 / Good World One in a Million Director: Itab Azzam, Jack MacInnes 24 Birds of War Director: Janay Boulos, Abd Alkader Habak Dogwoof Fing! Director: Jeffrey Walker Cast: Taika Waititi, David Walliams, Iona Bell, Mia Wasikowska, Penelope Wilton, Richard Roxburgh, Blake Harrison Based on FING! by David Walliams Sky Cinema / King Bert Productons / Story Bridge Films Wicker Director: Alex Huston Fischer, Eleanor Wilson Cast: Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki Based on The Wicker Husband by Ursula Wills-Jones BBC Storyville 25 Frank & Louis Director: Petra Volpe Cast: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Rob Morgan, Indira Varma, Rosalind Eleazar Zodiac Pictures / Caspian Films 27 Antiheroine Director: James Hall, Edward Lovelace Dorothy Street PicturesFEBRUARY 6 Cold StorageDirector: Jonny Campbell Cast: Georgina Campbell, Joe Keery, Sosie Bacon, Vanessa Redgrave, Lesley Manville, Liam NeesonSamuel Goldwyn Films / StudioCanal 13 Crime 101 Director: Bart Layton Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Halle Berry, Barry Keoghan, Monica Barbaro, Corey Hawkins, Tate Donovan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nick Nolte Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Raw / Working Title Films A Prayer for the Dying Director: Dara Van Dusen Cast: Johnny Flynn, John C. Reilly Based on A Prayer for the Dying by Stewart O'Nan Sunny Dancer Director: George Jaques Cast: Bella Ramsey, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Ruby Stokes, Earl Cave, Jasmine Elcock, Conrad Khan, Jessica Gunning, James Norton Night Train Media / 27 Ten Productions / Athenaeum Productions Wuthering Heights Director: Emerald Fennell Cast: Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, Hong Chau, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver, Martin Clunes, Ewan Mitchell Warner Bros. Pictures / MRC / LuckyChap Entertainment14 AnimolDirector: Ashley Walters Cast: Tut Nyuot, Vladyslav Baliuk, Sekou Diaby, Stephen Graham, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Ryan DeanSky Original / Joi Productions / Film4 / Rogue State / SLNDA NightbornDirector: Hanna Bergholm Cast: Seidi Haarla, Rupert Grint, Pamela Tola, Pirkko Saisio Rosebush Pruning Director: Karim Aïnouz Cast: Riley Keough, Callum Turner, Jamie Bell, Elle Fanning, Pamela Anderson 17 Queen at Sea Director: Lance Hammer Cast: Juliette Binoche, Tom Courtenay, Anna Calder-Marshall, Steven Cree, Florence Hunt 20 The Dreadful Director: Natasha Kermani Cast: Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurence O'Fuarain, Jonathan Howard True Brit Entertainment How to Make a Killing Director: John Patton Ford Cast: Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, Jessica Henwick, Zach Woods, Topher Grace, Bill Camp, Ed Harris StudioCanal / Blueprint Pictures 27 500 Miles Director: Morgan Matthews Cast: Bill Nighy, Roman Griffin Davis, Dexter Sol Ansell, Maisie Williams Based on Charlie and Me by Mark LoweryMARCH 3 Effi o Blaenau Director: Marc Evans Cast: Leisa Gwenllian, Tom Rhys Harries, Nel Rhys Lewis, Owen Alun, Carys Gwilym, Gavin Lee Lewis MetFilm Distribution / Creative Wales 6 Peaky Blinders: The Immortal ManDirector: Tom Harper Cast: Cillian Murphy, Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Roth, Sophie Rundle, Barry Keoghan, Stephen Graham Based on Peaky Blinders by Steven Knight Netflix 16 DreamQuil Director: Alex Prager Cast: John C. Reilly, Elizabeth Banks, Juliette Lewis, Kathryn Newton, Sofia BoutellaPatriot Pictures / Landay Entertainment / Brownstone Productions / Arts & Sciences / Big Valley Pictures 27 The Magic Faraway Tree Director: Ben Gregor Cast: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan, Nonso Anozie, Jessica Gunning Entertainment Film Distributors Showtimes - Odeon Cinemas}}
April–June Opening Title Cast and crew Details Ref.APRIL 4 Flavia Director: Bharat Nalluri Cast: Molly Belle Wright, Martin Freeman, Jonathan Pryce, Toby Jones Based on Flavia de Luce by Alan Bradley Sky Cinema 24 Apex Director: Baltasar Kormákur Cast: Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton Based on Flavia de Luce by Alan Bradley Sky CinemaMAY 8 The Sheep Detectives Director: Kyle Balda Cast: Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson, Nicholas Braun, Nicholas Galitzine, Molly Gordon, Hong Chau, Tosin Cole, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Bryan Cranston, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Chris O'Dowd, Regina Hall, Patrick Stewart Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Working Title Films / Lord Miller Productions 14 Fatherland Director: Paweł Pawlikowski Cast: Hanns Zischler, Sandra Hüller, August Diehl, Anna Madeley, Devid Striesow Based on the life of Thomas and Erika Mann 16 Double Freedom Director: Lisandro Alonso Cast: Misael Saavedra, Catalina Saavedra 20 I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning Director: Clio Barnard Cast: Anthony Boyle, Joe Cole, Jay Lycurgo, Daryl McCormack, Lola Petticrew Based on I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning by Keiran Goddard 21 The End of It Director: Maria Martínez Bayona Cast: Rebecca Hall, Noomi Rapace, Gael Garcia Bernal, Beanie Feldstein Victorian Psycho Director: Zachary Wigon Cast: Maika Monroe, Thomasin McKenzie, Jason Isaacs Based on Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito 22 Finding Emily Director: Alicia MacDonald Cast: Angourie Rice, Spike Fearn, Minnie Driver Universal Pictures / Working Title FilmsJUNE 3 Savage House Director: Peter Glanz Cast: Claire Foy, Richard E Grant, Bel Powley Paramount Pictures / Record Player Films / Deluge Pictures 6 Only What We Carry Director: Jamie Adams Cast: Simon Pegg, Sofia Boutella, Charlotte Gainsbourg 9 Let's Love Director: Jamie Adams Cast: Martin Freeman, Josh Hutcherson, Malin Akerman, Jess Weixler 22 Rogue Trooper Director: Duncan Jones Cast: Aneurin Barnard, Hayley Atwell, Sean Bean, Matt Berry, Asa Butterfield, Jemaine Clement, Jack Lowden, Alice Lowe Based on Rogue Trooper by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons
July–September