List of British films of 2020


This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2020 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. It also does not include films screened in previous years that had official release dates in 2020.

Film premieres

January – March

April – June

July – September

October – December

Other premiere

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 three of the following criteria:
TitleCountry of originAdaptationStory SettingFilm LocationsBritish Cast and Crew
Artemis Fowl United StatesUKEngland and Northern Ireland, United KingdomKenneth Branagh, Nonso Anozie, Judi Dench, Patrick Doyle, Martin Walsh
Dolittle United StatesDoctor Dolittle by Hugh LoftingEnglandAnglesey, Berkshire, Cumbria, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, North Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, and Somerset in United KingdomMichael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Ralph Ineson, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Holland, Craig Robinson, Emma Thompson, Nick Moore

British winners

Listed here are the British 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 2020, celebrating the best films of 2019. The British nominations were led by 1917 along with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which was co-produced by the United States. 1917 led in the technical categories with multiple wins in cinematography, sound, special effects, and production design. Notably, a number of British technicians were nominated for non-British films such as Le Mans '66, , and Ad Astra. Marriage Story and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, both British-American co-productions, unanimously won the Best Supporting Actress and Actor awards respectively. British films did, however, notably lose out to Parasite from South Korea.

[Academy Awards]

The 92nd Academy Awards honoring the best films of 2019 were held on February 9, 2020.
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The 73rd British Academy Film Awards was presented on 2 February 2020.
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The 25th Critics' Choice Awards was presented on January 12, 2020.
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The 77th Golden Globe Awards was presented on January 5, 2020.
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The 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards was presented on January 19, 2019.
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