List of British films of 2015
The British film industry produced over fifty major feature films in 2015. This article fully lists all films that have a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by the United Kingdom. It does not include films first released in previous years that had release dates in 2015.
Also included is an overview of the major events in British film, including film festivals and awards ceremonies, as well as lists of those films that have been particularly well received, both critically and financially. The year was particularly notable for a number of box office bombs, such as Jupiter Ascending, Pan, Fantastic Four and Mortdecai.
Major releases
January – March
April – June
July – September
October – December
Other releases
- 51 Degrees North
- A Patch of Fog
- Aaaaaaaah!
- Aashiqui
- Afua's Diary
- Age of Kill
- Amar Akbar & Tony
- Angels vs Bullies
- Arthur and Merlin
- Bone in the Throat
- Bone Tomahawk
- Born to Be Blue
- Brash Young Turks
- Cemetery of Splendour
- Concussion
- Cream
- Creditors
- Curse of the Witching Tree
- Dark Summer
- Definition of Fear
- Demonic
- Youth
Co-productions
Highest-grossing films
Listed here are the highest-grossing British films of 2015 so far, with their total earnings listed in British pound sterling. It includes films released in previous years that made money in 2015, particularly those that had minor releases in 2014 but their main releases in 2015.Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide gross |
1 | Fifty Shades of Grey | Universal Pictures | £370,030,000 |
2 | Cinderella | Walt Disney Studios | £352,300,000 |
3 | 20th Century Fox | £268,900,000 | |
4 | The Martian | 20th Century Fox | £393,300,000 |
5 | Paddington | StudioCanal | £168,550,000 |
6 | Jupiter Ascending | Warner Bros. Pictures | £183,900,000 |
7 | Everest | Universal Pictures | £113,020,000 |
8 | Fantastic Four | 20th Century Fox | £108,990,000 |
9 | Seventh Son | Universal Pictures | £110,600,000 |
10 | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | Warner Bros. Pictures | £65,280,000 |
Critical reception
British award winners
Listed here are the British winners and nominees at the five most prestigious film award ceremonies in the English-speaking world: the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, Critics' Choice Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards, that were held during 2015, celebrating the best films of 2014. The British nominations were led by The Theory of Everything, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game and Selma, with The Grand Budapest Hotel going on to win large numbers of technical awards, whilst Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore won multiple best leading actor and leading actress awards for The Theory of Everything and Still Alice respectively. British films did, however, notably lose out to Boyhood and Birdman.[Academy Awards]
The 87th Academy Awards honoring the best films of 2014 were held on 22 February 2015.British winners:
- Ida
- Interstellar
- Room
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Imitation Game
- The Phone Call
- The Theory of Everything
- Andrew Lockley - Interstellar
- Ben Wilkins - Whiplash
- Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
- Julianne Moore - Still Alice
- Mark Coulier - The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Mat Kirkby - The Phone Call
- Paul Franklin - Interstellar
- Paweł Pawlikowski - Ida
- Boogaloo and Graham
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Ida
- Interstellar
- Into the Woods
- Maleficent
- Mr. Turner
- Room
- Selma
- The Bigger Picture
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Imitation Game
- The Theory of Everything
- Virunga
- Barney Pilling - The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
- Christian Colson - Selma
- David White - Guardians of the Galaxy
- Dick Pope - Mr. Turner
- Eric Fellner - The Theory of Everything
- Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
- Gary Yershon - Mr. Turner
- Jacqueline Durran - Mr. Turner
- Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
- Michael Lennox - Boogaloo and Graham
- Nathan Crowley - Interstellar
- Paul Corbould - Guardians of the Galaxy
- Roger Deakins - Unbroken
- Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
- Tim Bevan - The Theory of Everything
- Tomm Moore - Song of the Sea''
[British Academy Film Awards]
British winners:
- Boogaloo and Graham
- Citizenfour
- Ida
- Interstellar
- Pride
- Room
- The Bigger Picture
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Theory of Everything
- Andrew Lockley - Interstellar
- Ben Wilkins - Whiplash
- David Livingstone - Pride
- Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
- Eric Fellner - The Theory of Everything
- Jack O'Connell
- James Marsh - The Theory of Everything
- Julianne Moore - Still Alice
- Mark Coulier - The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Michael Lennox - Boogaloo and Graham
- Mike Leigh
- Paul Franklin - Interstellar
- Paweł Pawlikowski - Ida
- Stephen Beresford - Pride
- Tim Bevan - The Theory of Everything
- BBC Films
- 20,000 Days on Earth
- 71
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Ida
- Interstellar
- Into the Woods
- Kajaki
- Lilting
- Mr. Turner
- Northern Soul
- Paddington
- Pride
- Room
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Imitation Game
- The Theory of Everything
- Trash
- Under the Skin
- Virunga
- '
- Ainslie Henderson - Monkey Love Experiments
- Andrew de Lotbiniere - Kajaki
- Barney Pilling - The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
- David Heyman - Paddington
- David White - Guardians of the Galaxy
- Dick Pope - Mr. Turner
- Elaine Constantine - Northern Soul
- Eric Fellner - The Theory of Everything / - Trash
- Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
- Gregory Burke - '71
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw
- Hong Khaou - Lilting
- Iain Forsyth - 20,000 Days on Earth
- Imelda Staunton - Pride
- James Marsh - The Theory of Everything
- John Midgley - The Imitation Game
- Jane Pollard - 20,000 Days on Earth
- Jacqueline Durran - Mr. Turner
- Jonathan Glazer - Under the Skin
- Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
- Matthew Warchus - Pride
- Mica Levi - Under the Skin
- Nathan Crowley - Interstellar
- Paul Katis - Kajaki
- Paul King - Paddington
- Peter King - Into the Woods
- Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
- Stephen Beresford - Pride
- Stephen Daldry - Trash
- Tim Bevan - The Theory of Everything / - Trash
Critics' Choice Awards">Critics' Choice Movie Award">Critics' Choice Awards
British winners:
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Interstellar
- Room
- Selma
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Emily Blunt - Edge of Tomorrow
- Julianne Moore - Still Alice
- Citizenfour
- Fury
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Ida
- Interstellar
- Into the Woods
- Maleficent
- Mr. Turner
- Room
- Selma
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Imitation Game
- The Theory of Everything
- Under the Skin
- Atticus Ross - Gone Girl
- Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
- David Oyelowo - Selma
- Dick Pope - Mr. Turner
- Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
- Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
- Jacqueline Durran - Mr. Turner
- Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game / - Begin Again
- Nick Hornby - Wild
- Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Roger Deakins - Unbroken
- Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
- Tilda Swinton - Snowpiercer
- William Nicholson - Unbroken''
[Golden Globe Award]s
British winners:
- Room
- Selma
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Theory of Everything
- Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
- Julianne Moore - Still Alice
- Ida
- Interstellar
- Into the Woods
- Pride
- Room
- Selma
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Imitation Game
- The Theory of Everything
- Atticus Ross - Gone Girl
- Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
- David Oyelowo - Selma
- Emily Blunt - Into the Woods
- Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
- Helen Mirren - The Hundred-Foot Journey
- Julianne Moore - Maps to the Stars
- Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
- Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
[Screen Actors Guild Award]s
British winners:
- Room
- The Theory of Everything
- Andrea Riseborough - Birdman
- Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
- Julianne Moore - Still Alice
- Naomi Watts - Birdman
- Fury
- Get on Up
- Into the Woods
- Room
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Imitation Game
- The Theory of Everything
- Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
- Charles Dance - The Imitation Game
- Charlie Cox - The Theory of Everything
- David Thewlis - The Theory of Everything
- Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
- Emily Watson - The Theory of Everything
- Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
- Jude Law - The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
- Mark Strong - The Imitation Game
- Matthew Beard - The Imitation Game
- Matthew Goode - The Imitation Game
- Naomi Watts - St. Vincent
- Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
- Rory Kinnear - The Imitation Game
- Simon McBurney - The Theory of Everything
- Tilda Swinton - The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Tom Wilkinson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Notable deaths