This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2023 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 2023.
British films box office
editThe highest-grossing UK-qualifying and U.K. independent British films according to the British Film Institute released in 2023, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:[1][2][3]
In-Year releases
edit| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross (£m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Great Escaper | Warner Bros. | £5,310,000 |
| 2 | What's Love Got to Do with It? | StudioCanal UK | £4,810,000 |
| 3 | Empire of Light | Disney | £3,870,000 |
| 4 | Allelujah | Pathé UK/Warner Bros. | £3,690,000 |
| 5 | The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry | EONE FILMS | £3,380,000 |
| 6 | Sumotherhood | Paramount | £2,450,000 |
| 7 | The Miracle Club | Lionsgate | £1,920,000 |
| 8 | Greatest Days | Elysian Film Group | £1,550,000 |
| 9 | Rye Lane | Walt Disney | £1,230,000 |
| 10 | The Old Oak | Studiocanal UK | £1,100,000 |
| * | Denotes films still running in cinemas worldwide |
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross (£m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbie | Warner Bros | £95,600,000 |
| 2 | Wonka | Warner Bros | £58,400,000 |
| 3 | The Little Mermaid | Walt Disney | £27,400,000 |
| 4 | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Paramount | £26,600,000 |
| 5 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Walt Disney | £20,400,000 |
| 6 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Walt Disney | £19,300,000 |
| 7 | Fast X | Universal | £15,300,000 |
| 8 | Napoleon | Sony | £14,400,000 |
| 9 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | eOne Films | £13,700,000 |
| 10 | Meg 2: The Trench | Warner Bros | £13,100,000 |
Film premieres
editJanuary–March
editApril–June
editJuly–September
editOctober–December
editOther premieres
edit| Title | Director | Release date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Dog | George Jaques | 14 October 2023 (BFI London Film Festival) | |
| Breaking Point | Max Giwa, Dania Pasquini | 7 July 2023 | |
| Cassius X: Becoming Ali | Muta'Ali Muhammad | 20 February 2023 | |
| Celluloid Underground | Ehsan Khoshbakht | 5 October 2023 (BFI London Film Festival) | |
| A Clever Woman | Jon Sanders | 21 April 2023 | |
| The Contestant | Clair Titley | 8 September 2023 (Toronto International Film Festival) | |
| The Devil Went Down to Islington | Daniel Wilson | 23 October 2023 | |
| Europa | Sudabeh Mortezai | 16 August 2023 (Sarajevo Film Festival) | |
| Forever Young | Henk Pretorius | 24 June 2023 (Dances with Film Festival) | |
| Gassed Up | George Amponsah | 10 October 2023 (BFI London Film Festival) | |
| The Goose's Excuse | Mahdy Abo Bahat, Abdo Zin Eldin | 5 October 2023 (BFI London Film Festival) | |
| Haar | Ben Hecking | 7 October 2023 (BFI London Film Festival) | |
| High & Low — John Galliano | Kevin Macdonald | 1 September 2023 (Telluride Film Festival) | |
| Hitmen | Savvas D. Michael | 5 June 2023 | |
| In Camera | Naqqash Khalid | 1 July 2023 (Karlovy Vary Film Festival) | |
| Kindling | Connor O'Hara | 25 March 2023 | |
| Lies We Tell | Lisa Mulcahy | 15 July 2023 (Galway Film Fleadh) | |
| Lord of Misrule | William Brent Bell | 19 October 2023 (Screamfest Horror Film Festival) | |
| Lore | James Bushe, Patrick Michael Ryder, Greig Johnson | 24 August 2023 (FrightFest London) | |
| Mad About the Boy: The Noel Coward Story | Barnaby Thompson | 2 June 2023 | |
| Makeup | Hugo Andre | 26 June 2023 | |
| Man In Black | Wang Bing | 22 May 2023 (Cannes Film Festival) | |
| Mercy Falls | Ryan Hendrick | 14 May 2023 | |
| The Moor | Chris Cronin | 26 August 2023 (FrightFest London) | |
| My Everest | Carl Woods | 28 April 2023 | |
| The Nettle Dress | Dylan Howitt | 3 March 2023 | |
| Notes from a Low Orbit | Mark Lyken | 16 June 2023 | |
| Red Herring | Kit Vincent | 2 March 2023 (True/False Film Festival) | |
| Rewilding | Ric Rawlins | 13 January 2023 | [35] |
| Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits | Ali Catterall, Jane Giles | 25 June 2023 (Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival) | |
| Shoshana | Michael Winterbottom | 8 September 2023 | |
| Speed Is Expensive: Philip Vincent and the Million Dollar Motorcycle | Lancaster David | 20 September 2023 | |
| Sumotherhood | Adam Deacon | 13 October 2023 | |
| The Taste of Mango | Chloe Abrahams | 3 March 2023 (True/False Film Festival) | |
| Tish | Paul Sng | 1 June 2023 | |
| Unmoored | Caroline Ingvarsson | 5 October 2023 (BFI London Film Festival) | |
| Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition | David Bickerstaff | 18 April 2023 | |
| Wilding | David Allen | 6 October 2023 (BFI London Film Festival) | |
| Wolf Garden | Wayne David | 28 February 2023 |
Culturally British films
editThe following list comprises films not produced by a British or UK film studio but is strongly associated with British culture. The films in this list should fulfil at least three 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 produced in the United Kingdom.
- Many of the film's cast and crew members are British.
| Title | Country of origin | Adaptation | Story setting | Film locations | British cast and crew |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Buckingham Murders |  India
|
Buckinghamshire, UK | Buckinghamshire, UK | Keith Allen, Chris Wilson | |
| The Little Mermaid |  United States
|
British Caribbeans | London and Iver, UK | Jonah Hauer-King, Noma Dumezweni, Art Malik, Jessica Alexander, Simone Ashley | |
| Peter Pan & Wendy | United States
|
Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie | Victorian England | Jude Law, Alexander Molony | |
| Red, White & Royal Blue | United States
|
United Kingdom | United Kingdom | Nicholas Galitzine, Stephen Fry, Ellie Bamber, Sharon D Clarke | |
| Surprised by Oxford | United States
|
United Kingdom | United Kingdom | Phyllis Logan, Simon Callow |
Mummies fulfills two of the criteria. The animated film is set in 21st century London and stars British actors including Joe Thomas, Eleanor Tomlinson, Celia Imrie, Hugh Bonneville, Sean Bean and Shakka.
See also
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