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This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that had their premiere in 2022 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 2022.

British films box office

The highest-grossing independent British films released in 2022 according to the British Film Institute, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:[1]

* Denotes films still running in cinemas worldwide
Highest-grossing films of 2022
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross (£m)
1 Belfast Universal £15,561,083[2]
2 The Banshees of Inisherin Disney £9,300,000
3 Operation Mincemeat Warner Bros £5,297,395[3]
4 The Duke Pathé/Warner Bros. £5,247,749
5 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Universal £4,963,133
6 See How They Run Disney £4,858,629[4]
7 Living Lionsgate £3,800,000
8 Fisherman's Friends: One and All Entertainment Film Distributors £3,200,000
9 The Railway Children Return StudioCanal £3,000,000
10 The Phantom of the Open Eone Films £2,000,000
* Denotes films still running in cinemas worldwide

U.K. qualifying films of 2022

The highest-grossing U.K. qualifying British films released in 2022 according to the British Film Institute, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:[5]

Highest-grossing U.K. qualifying films of 2022
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross (£m)
1 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Walt Disney £42,200,000
2 The Batman Warner Bros £40,800,000
3 Jurassic World Dominion Universal Pictures £35,100,000
4 Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical Sony Pictures £28,007,737[6]
5 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Warner Bros £20,900,000
6 Belfast Universal £15,561,083[7]
7 Downton Abbey: A New Era £15,092,058[8]
8 The Banshees of Inisherin Disney £9,300,000
9 Death on the Nile £8,000,000

Film premieres

January–March

Opening Title Cast and crew Distributor Ref.
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Y 		6 Book of Love Director: Analeine Cal y Mayor
Cast: Sam Claflin, Verónica Echegui 		Vertigo Films
14 The House Director: Emma de Swaef, Marc James Roels, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Paloma Baeza
Cast: Mia Goth, Claudie Blakley, Matthew Goode, Mark Heap, Miranda Richardson, Stephanie Cole, Jarvis Cocker, Dizzee Rascal, Will Sharpe, Paul Kaye, Susan Wokoma, Helena Bonham Carter 		Netflix [9]
Save the Cinema Director: Sara Sugarman
Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Samantha Morton, Tom Felton, Adeel Akhtar, Susan Wokoma		 Sky Cinema [10]
19 The Princess Director: Ed Perkins
Cast: Princess Diana 		Altitude Film Distribution [11]
21 Living Director: Oliver Hermanus
Cast: Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp, Tom Burke 		Lionsgate UK [12]
Nothing Compares Director: Kathryn Ferguson
Cast: Sinéad O'Connor 		Showtime
22 Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Director: Sophie Hyde
Cast: Emma Thompson, Daryl McCormack		 Lionsgate
23 Brian and Charles Director: Jim Archer
Cast: David Earl, Chris Hayward, Louise Brealey		 Universal Pictures
24 My Old School Director: Jono McLeod
Cast: Alan Cumming, Clare Grogan, Lulu		 Dogwoof
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Y 		9 Death on the Nile Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, Letitia Wright		 20th Century Studios [13]
11 Flux Gourmet Director: Peter Strickland
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie, Ariane Labed, Fatma Mohamed, Makis Papadimitriou, Richard Bremmer		 IFC Films
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H 		14 It Is In Us All Director: Antonia Campbell-Hughes
Cast: Cosmo Jarvis, Rhys Mannion, Claes Bang, Antonia Campbell-Hughes 		Blue Finch Films Releasing
18 The Nan Movie Director: Josie Rourke
Cast: Catherine Tate, Mathew Horne, Niky Wardley, Katherine Parkinson 		Warner Bros. [14]
21 Assailant Director: Tom Paton
Cast: Poppy Delevingne, Casper Van Dien, Jeff Fahey, Chad Michael Collins 		Redbox Entertainment
30 Across the River and into the Trees Director: Peter Flannery
Cast: Liev Schreiber, Matilda De Angelis, Danny Huston, Josh Hutcherson, Laura Morante, Javier Cámara 		[15]

April–June

Opening Title Cast and crew Distributor Ref.
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L 		1 Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts Director: Roger Michell Signature Entertainment
15 Choose or Die Director: Toby Meakins
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Iola Evans, Eddie Marsan, Robert Englund		 Netflix [16]
25 Downton Abbey: A New Era Director: Simon Curtis
Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Penelope Wilton, Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye, Dominic West		 Universal Pictures/Focus Features [17]
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Y 		19 God's Creatures Director: Saela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer
Cast: Emily Watson, Paul Mescal, Aisling Franciosi, Declan Conlon, Toni O'Rourke
20 Enys Men Director: Mark Jenkin
Cast: John Woodvine, Mary Woodvine, Edward Rowe
Men Director: Alex Garland
Cast: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu		 Entertainment Film Distributors [18]
21 Aftersun Director: Charlotte Wells
Cast: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio		 Mubi
24 The Silent Twins Director: Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Cast: Letitia Wright, Tamara Lawrance, Nadine Marshall		 Universal Pictures
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E 		11 Aisha Director: Frank Berry
Cast: Letitia Wright, Josh O'Connor		 Sky Cinema [19]
22 The Other Fellow Director: Matthew Bauer
Cast: Gunnar James Bond Schäfer, James Alexander Bond, James Bond Jr., Gregory Itzin, Charley Palmer Rothwell		 Bulldog Film Distribution [20]

July–September

Opening Title Cast and crew Distributor Ref.
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Y 		1 Mr. Malcolm's List Director: Emma Holly Jones
Cast: Freida Pinto, Sope Dirisu, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ashley Park, Zawe Ashton, Theo James		 Vertigo Releasing
5 Joyride Director: Emer Reynolds
Cast: Olivia Colman, Charlie Reid, Lochlann Ó Mearáin		 Vertigo Releasing
11 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Director: Anthony Fabian
Cast: Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Jason Isaacs, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista, Lucas Bravo, Rose Williams		 Universal Pictures [21]
15 The Railway Children Return Director: Morgan Matthews
Cast: Jenny Agutter Tom Courtenay, Sheridan Smith		 StudioCanal
27 Rogue Agent Director: Adam Patterson, Declan Lawn
Cast: James Norton, Gemma Arterton, Shazad Latif, Marisa Abela, Edwina Findley, Julian Barratt		 Netflix [22]
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T 		5 LOLA Director: Andrew Legge
Cast: Emma Appleton, Stefanie Martini, Rory Fleck Byrne		 Bankside Films
19 Fisherman's Friends: One and All Directors: Meg Leonard, Nick Moorcroft
Cast: James Purefoy, Richard Harrington, Fiona Button		 Entertainment Film Distributors
31 White Noise Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle		 Netflix
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R 		2 Lady Chatterley's Lover Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre; Emma Corrin, Jack O'Connell, Matthew Duckett, Ella Hunt, Faye Marsay, Joely Richardson Searchlight Pictures
The Wonder Sebastián Lelio; Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Niamh Algar, Elaine Cassidy, Dermot Crowley Netflix
3 Argentina, 1985 Santiago Mitre (director/screenplay); Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani, Alejandra Flechner, Norman Briski Amazon Studios
Empire of Light Sam Mendes (director/screenplay); Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Toby Jones, Colin Firth Searchlight Pictures
5 The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh (director/screenplay); Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan Searchlight Pictures
6 The Eternal Daughter Joanna Hogg (director/screenplay); Tilda Swinton, Joseph Mydell, Carly-Sophia Davies A24
7 The Son Florian Zeller (director/screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Anthony Hopkins Lionsgate
9 Emily Director: Frances O'Connor
Cast:Emma Mackey, Fionn Whitehead,		 Warner Bros. Pictures
See How They Run Director: Tom George
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody, Ruth Wilson, Reece Shearsmith, Harris Dickinson, David Oyelowo		 Searchlight Pictures
10 A Gaza Weekend Director: Basil Khalil
Cast: Maria Zreik, Adam Bakri, Stephen Mangan, Mouna Hawa, Loai Noufi
The Lost King Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan, Harry Lloyd		 Pathé/Warner Bros.
What's Love Got to Do with It? Director: Shekhar Kapur
Cast: Lily James, Shazad Latif, Shabana Azmi, Emma Thompson		 StudioCanal
11 Allelujah Director: Richard Eyre
Cast: Jennifer Saunders. Bally Gill, Russell Tovey, David Bradley, Derek Jacobi, Judi Dench		 Warner Bros. Entertainment UK
My Policeman Director: Michael Grandage
Cast: Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, David Dawson, Linus Roache, Gina Mckee, Rupert Everett		 Amazon Studios [23][24]
While We Watched Director: Vinay Shukla
Cast: Ravish Kumar, Sushil Bahuguna, Deepak Chaubey, Sushil Mohapatra, Swarolipi Sengupta, Saurabh Shukla 		MetFilm Distribution
12 Catherine Called Birdy Director: Lena Dunham
Cast: Lena Dunham, Billie Piper, Andrew Scott, Bella Ramsey, Joe Alwyn Dean-Charles Chapman		 Amazon Studios [25]

October–December

Opening Title Cast and crew Distributor Ref.
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R 		1 Renegades Director: Daniel Zirilli
Cast: Nick Moran, Lee Majors, Ian Ogilvy, Louis Mandylor, Michael Paré, Danny Trejo, Patsy Kensit, Billy Murray 		Shogun Films [26][27][28]
5 Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical Director: Matthew Warchus
Cast: Alisha Weir, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Emma Thompson		 Sony Pictures Releasing International
14 Inland Director: Fridtjof Ryder
Cast: Mark Rylance, Rory Alexander, Kathryn Hunter		 Verve Pictures
She Is Love Director: Jamie Adams
Cast: Haley Bennett, Sam Riley, Marisa Abela		 Signature Entertainment
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R 		4 Enola Holmes 2 Director: Harry Bradbeer
Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Adeel Akhtar, Helena Bonham Carter 		Netflix [29]
13 The Amazing Maurice Director: Toby Genkel, Florian Westermann
Cast: Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke, David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton, Hugh Bonneville		 STX Entertainment [30]
18 Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Director: Stephen Donnelly
Cast: Luke Evans, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Jonathan Pryce, Johnny Flynn, James Cosmo 		Netflix
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R 		2 Your Christmas or Mine? Director: Jim O'Hanlon
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Cora Kirk, Daniel Mays, Angela Griffin, Harriet Walter, Alex Jennings		 Amazon Studios
16 The Honeymoon Director: Dean Craig
Cast: Maria Bakalova, Pico Alexander, Asim Chaudhry, Lucas Bravo		 Amazon Studios [31]

Other premieres

Title Director Release date Ref.
25 Years of UK Garage Terry Stone, Richard Turner 5 December 2022 [32]
Blue Jean Georgia Oakley 3 September 2022 (Venice Film Festival - Giornate degli Autori)
Cerebrum Sebastien Blanc 27 August 2022 (FrightFest)
The Felling - an Epic Tale of People Power Eve Wood, Jaqui Bellamy 20 March 2022 [33]
The Fence William Stone 2 September 2022 [34]
If These Walls Could Sing Mary McCartney 3 September 2022
Leaving to Remain Mira Erdevicki 19 October 2022
Lionesses: How Football Came Home Poppy de Villeneuve 12 October 2022
Much Ado Anna-Elizabeth Shakespeare, Hillary Shakespeare 1 April 2022
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock Mark Cousins 5 September 2022 (Telluride Film Festival)
Name Me Lawand Edward Lovelace 8 October 2022 (London Film Festival)
Never Forget Tibet Jean-Paul Mertinez 31 March 2022
Poison Arrows Simon Sprackling 28 July 2022 (Brno Film Festival)
Pretty Red Dress Dionne Edwards 9 October 2022 (BFI London Film Festival)
Quintessentially British Frank Mannion 12 August 2022
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) Anton Corbijn 4 September 2022
Three Day Millionaire Jack Spring 25 November 2022
Wait For Me Keith Farrell 2 June 2022
Winners Hassan Nazer 13 August 2022 (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
Year of the Dog Paul Sng 10 January 2022

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 fulfil at least three of the following criteria:

The Batman and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness fulfill two of the criteria.

Events

British Academy Film Awards

The 75th British Academy Film Awards was held on 13 March 2022.[35]

British winners

Kenneth Branagh received multiple awards and nominations for writing and directing Belfast.
Benedict Cumberbatch received multiple awards and nominations for his role in The Power of the Dog.
Olivia Colman received multiple nominations for her role in The Lost Daughter.
Andrew Garfield received multiple nominations for his role in Tick, Tick... Boom!.
Judi Dench received multiple nominations for her supporting role in Belfast.
Jonny Greenwood received multiple Best Original Score nominations for The Power of the Dog.

Listed here are the British winners and nominees at two of the most prestigious film award ceremonies in the English-speaking world: the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards, celebrating the best films of 2021 and early 2022.

Academy Awards

The 94th Academy Awards were held on March 27, 2022.

British winners:

British nominees:

Golden Globe Awards

The 79th Golden Globe Awards were held on 9 January 2022.

British winners:

British nominees:

See also

References

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