en List of British films of 2025

This article lists British feature-length films and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2025 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 film festivals in previous years that have theatrical premieres in 2025.

Film premieres

January–March


Opening		Title	Cast and crew	Details
J A N U A R Y	24	Brides	Director: Nadia Fall Cast: Ebada Hassan, Safiyya Ingar, Yusra Warsama, Cemre Ebuzziya, Aziz Capkurt	Bankside Films
	24	Rabbit Trap	Director: Bryn Chainey Cast: Dev Patel, Rosy McEwen, Jade Croot
	25	The Ballad of Wallis Island	Director: James Griffiths Cast: Carey Mulligan, Tom Basden, Tim Key	Universal Pictures International
	25	The Thing with Feathers	Director: Dylan Southern Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Boxall, Henry Boxall, Eric Lampaert	Based on Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
	26	Cactus Pears	Director: Rohan Parashuram Kanawade Cast: Bhushaan Manoj, Suraaj Suman
	27	Khartoum	Director: Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Philip Cox
F E B R U A R Y	7	Becoming Led Zeppelin	Director: Bernard MacMahon Cast: Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, Robert Plant	Sony Pictures Classics About the early years of Led Zeppelin
	13	Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy	Director: Michael Morris Cast: Renée Zellweger, Emma Thompson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth	Universal Pictures Sequel to Bridget Jones’s Baby
	21	Cleaner	Director: Martin Campbell Cast: Daisy Ridley, Taz Skylar, Clive Owen	Quiver Distribution
	28	Last Breath	Director: Alex Parkinson Cast: Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Finn Cole, Djimon Hounsou	Entertainment Film Distributors Based on Last Breath by Alex Parkinson and Richard da Costa
M A R C H

April–June


Opening		Title	Cast and crew	Details
A P R I L
M A Y
J U N E	20	28 Years Later	Director: Danny Boyle Cast: Cillian Murphy, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell	Sony Pictures Releasing Sequel to 28 Weeks Later

July–September


Opening		Title	Cast and crew	Details
J U L Y	24	Grand Prix of Europe	Director: Waldemar Fast Cast: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Gemma Arterton, Hayley Atwell, Lenny Henry	Warner Bros.
A U G U S T
S E P T E M B E R	12	Downton Abbey 3	Director: Simon Curtis Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Phyllis Logan, Robert James-Collier, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Imelda Staunton, Penelope Wilton, Paul Giamatti	Focus Features Sequel to Downton Abbey: A New Era

October–December


Opening		Title	Cast and crew	Details	Ref.
O C T O B E R
N O V E M B E R
D E C E M B E R

TBA


Title	Cast and crew	Details	Ref.
500 Miles	Director: Morgan Matthews Cast: Bill Nighy, Roman Griffin Davis, Dexter Sol Ansell, Maisie Williams	Based on Charlie and Me by Mark Lowery
Above the Below	Director: Idris Elba, Martin Owen Cast: Idris Elba, Caitlin FitzGerald, Hero Fiennes Tiffin	Lionsgate
Bring Her Back	Director: Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou Cast: Sally Hawkins, Billy Barratt, Jonah Wren Phillips
The Choral	Director: Nicholas Hytner Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Jim Broadbent, Simon Russell Beale	Sony Pictures Classics
Fackham Hall	Director: Jim O'Hanlon Cast: Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Thomasin McKenzie, Katherine Waterston, Emma Laird
Fuze	Director: David Mackenzie Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James, Sam Worthington, Gugu Mbatha-Raw	Sky Cinema
Grow	Director: John McPhail Cast: Golda Rosheuvel, Priya-Rose Brookwell, Nick Frost, Joe Wilkinson, Tim McInnerny, Jane Horrocks
H Is for Hawk	Director: Philippa Lowthorpe Cast: Claire Foy, Brendan Gleeson	Lionsgate Based on H Is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald
Hallow Road	Director: Babak Anvari Cast: Rosamund Pike, Matthew Rhys, Paul Tylak
Hamlet	Director: Aneil Karia Cast: Riz Ahmed, Morfydd Clark, Joe Alwyn	Universal Pictures Based on Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Havoc	Director: Gareth Evans Cast: Tom Hardy, Forest Whitaker, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Cornwell, Luis Guzmán	Netflix	^[1]
Honey Don't!	Director: Ethan Coen Cast: Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Evans, Charlie Day, Billy Eichner	Focus Features
Hot Milk	Director: Rebecca Lenkiewicz Cast: Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, Vicky Krieps, Vincent Perez, Patsy Ferran	Mubi Based on Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
Huntington	Director: John Patton Ford Cast: Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, Ed Harris	StudioCanal Loosely based on Kind Hearts and Coronets by Robert Hamer and John Dighton
In the Grey	Director: Guy Ritchie Cast: Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal, Eiza González, Rosamund Pike	Lionsgate
Jay Kelly	Director: Noah Baumbach Cast: George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Grace Edwards, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Jim Broadbent, Isla Fisher, Stacy Keach, Greta Gerwig	Netflix
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde	Director: Kenneth Branagh Cast: Jodie Comer, Patricia Arquette, Michael Sheen, Tom Bateman, Vicky McClure
Lead Heads	Director: Giles Borg Cast: Olatunji Ayofe, Rupert Everett, Tom Felton, Derek Jacobi, Luke Newberry, Mark Williams		^[2]
The Magic Faraway Tree	Director: Ben Gregor Cast: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan, Nonso Anozie, Jessica Gunning	Based on The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
Mission	Director: Paul Wright Cast: George Mackay, Rosy McEwen
Mr Burton	Director: Marc Evans Cast: Harry Lawtey, Toby Jones, Lesley Manville, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Aneurin Barnard	Based on the early life of Richard Burton
Picture This	Director: Prarthana Mohan Cast: Simone Ashley	Prime Video
Return to Silent Hill	Director: Christophe Gans Cast: Jeremy Irvine, Hannah Emily Anderson	Sequel to Silent Hill and based on Silent Hill 2 by Konami
Rogue Trooper	Director: Duncan Jones Cast: Aneurin Barnard, Hayley Atwell, Sean Bean, Matt Berry, Asa Butterfield, Jemaine Clement, Jack Lowden, Alice Lowe	Based on Rogue Trooper by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons
The Roses	Director: Jay Roach Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Kate McKinnon, Andy Samberg	Searchlight Pictures Inspired by The War of the Roses by Warren Adler
Sacrifice	Director: Romain Gavras Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Evans, Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Ambika Mod, Sam Richardson, John Malkovich, Charli XCX
Savage House	Director: Peter Glanz Cast: Claire Foy, Richard E Grant, Bel Powley
Steve	Director: Tim Mielants Cast: Cillian Murphy, Jay Lycurgo	Netflix Based on Shy by Max Porter
Sweet Dreams	Director: Carl Tibbetts Cast: Gemma Arterton, Niamh Algar, Nick Frost
The Thursday Murder Club	Director: Chris Columbus Cast: Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, David Tennant, Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Richard E. Grant	Based on The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman	Netflix
Turn Up the Sun!	Director: Jamie Adams Cast: James McAvoy, Lucas Bravo, Aisling Franciosi, Almudena Amor
Winter of the Crow	Director: Kasia Adamik Cast: Lesley Manville, Tom Burke, Zofia Wichłacz	Based on Professor Andrews Goes to Warsaw by Olga Tokarczuk
The Woman in Cabin 10	Director: Simon Stone Cast: Keira Knightley, Guy Pearce, Hannah Waddingham, Kaya Scodelario, Gugu Mbatha-Raw	Netflix Based on The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

Other premieres


Title	Director	Release date
Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger	Chris Foggin	5 January 2025
Christy	Brendan Canty	February 2025 (Berlin International Film Festival)
Dreamers	Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor	15 February 2025 (Berlin International Film Festival)

Culturally British films

The 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
Black Bag	United States		England	London, UK	Regé-Jean Page, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke, David Holmes
Frankenstein	United States	Frankenstein by Mary Shelley	England	Edinburgh, UK	Mia Goth, David Bradley, Charles Dance
The King of Kings	United States	The Life of Our Lord by Charles Dickens	Victorian England		Kenneth Branagh, Roman Griffin Davis, Ben Kingsley
The Twits	United States	The Twits by Roald Dahl	England		Emilia Clarke, Johnny Vegas, John Cleese

Hedda and Wicked: For Good fulfill two of the criteria.

References

^ Forgrave, Andrew (10 July 2021). "New Netflix thriller to create Havoc in Wales and leave 'lasting legacy' for filmmakers". North Wales Live. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^ Barraclough, Leo (8 December 2020). "Rupert Everett, Derek Jacobi, Tom Felton Join Giles Borg's 'Lead Heads'". Variety. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

External links

British films of 2025 at IMDb

[1] Forgrave, Andrew (10 July 2021). "New Netflix thriller to create Havoc in Wales and leave 'lasting legacy' for filmmakers". North Wales Live. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

[2] Barraclough, Leo (8 December 2020). "Rupert Everett, Derek Jacobi, Tom Felton Join Giles Borg's 'Lead Heads'". Variety. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

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List of British films of 2025