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List of British films of 2018

List of British films of 2018

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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.

2018 saw the death of Nicolas Roeg, the director of Performance, Don't Look Now and The Witches (1990).

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.[1] 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.[2][3]

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.[4][5]

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

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April – June

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July – September

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October – December

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Other premieres

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Culturally British Films

The following list comprises films not produced by Great Britain or the United Kingdom but is strongly associated with British culture. The films in this list should fulfill at least 3 of the following criteria:

  • The film is adapted from a British source material.
  • The story is at least partially set in the United Kingdom.
  • The film was at least partially shot in the United Kingdom.
  • Many of the film's cast and crew members are British.
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British winners

Martin McDonagh received multiple awards and nominations for his direction and writing of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Gary Oldman, received the Best Actor award in all the four awards ceremonies for his performance in Darkest Hour.
Sally Hawkins, received multiple Best Actress nominations for her performance in The Shape of Water.
Daniel Day Lewis received multiple Best Actor nominations for Phantom Thread.
Daniel Kaluuya received multiple Best Actor nominations for Get Out. He also received the EE Rising Star Award.
Dame Judi Dench received multiple nominations for her leading role in Victoria & Abdul.
Leslie Manville received critical acclaim and multiple nominations for her supporting role in Phantom Thread.
Christopher Nolan received multiple nominations for directing Dunkirk.
Roger Deakins received multiple Best Cinematography awards for his work in Blade Runner 2049.
Hugh Welchman(right)'s film Loving Vincent garnered multiple nominations for Best Animated Film.
Simon Farnaby (left-most) earned Best Adapted Screenplay nominations for Paddington 2.
Jonny Greenwood received multiple nominations for Best Original Score in Phantom Thread.
Dafne Keen earned the Best Young Actor/Actress nomination in the Critics' Choice Awards for her breakout role in Logan.

Listed here are the British winners and nominees at the four most prestigious film award ceremonies in the English-speaking world: the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards, that were held during 2018, celebrating the best films of 2017. The British nominations were led by Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Dunkirk, and Darkest Hour, with Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri winning awards in the major categories and Dunkirk going on to win large numbers of technical awards, whilst Gary Oldman won multiple best leading actor awards for his portrayal of Sir Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. British films did, however, notably lose out to The Shape of Water from USA.

Academy Awards

The 90th Academy Awards honoring the best films of 2017 were held on March 4, 2018.[233]

British winners:

British nominees:

British Academy Film Awards

The 71st British Academy Film Awards honoring the best films of 2017 were held on 18 February 2018.[234]

British winners:

British nominees:

Critics' Choice Awards

The 23rd Critics' Choice Awards was presented on January 11, 2018.[235]

British winners:

British nominees:

Golden Globe Awards

The 75th Golden Globe Awards was presented on January 7, 2018.[236]

British winners:

British nominees:

Screen Actors Guild Awards

The 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards was presented on January 21, 2018.[237]

British winners:

  • Gary Oldman (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role)
  • Darkest Hour (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role)
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture)

British nominees:

See also


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