# List of British films of 1973

This is a list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1973 (see 1973 in film):

## 1973

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1973 |||||||
| The 14 | David Hemmings | Jack Wild, June Brown | Drama | Won the Silver Bear at Berlin |
| And Now the Screaming Starts! | Roy Ward Baker | Peter Cushing, Herbert Lom | Horror | |
| The Asphyx | Peter Newbrook | Robert Stephens, Robert Powell, Jane Lapotaire | Horror | |
| Assassin | Peter Crane | Ian Hendry, Edward Judd | Drama | |
| Baxter! | Lionel Jeffries | Patricia Neal, Britt Ekland | Drama | |
| Bequest to the Nation | James Cellan Jones | Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch | Historical | |
| Big Zapper | Lindsay Shonteff | Linda Marlowe | Erotic thriller | |
| The Blockhouse | Clive Rees | Peter Sellers, Charles Aznavour | World War II | Entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival |
| Carry On Girls | Gerald Thomas | Sid James, Barbara Windsor | Comedy | |
| Charley One-Eye | Don Chaffey | Richard Roundtree, Nigel Davenport | Western | Co-production with US |
| Commuter Husbands | Derek Ford | Gabrielle Drake, Robin Bailey | Sex comedy | |
| The Creeping Flesh | Freddie Francis | Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing | Horror | |
| Dark Places | Don Sharp | Christopher Lee, Joan Collins | Thriller | |
| The Day of the Jackal | Fred Zinneman | Edward Fox | Thriller | Number 74 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films |
| Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World | Joseph McGrath | Jim Dale, Spike Milligan | Family | |
| A Doll's House | Patrick Garland | Claire Bloom, Anthony Hopkins | Drama | |
| A Doll's House | Joseph Losey | Jane Fonda, Edward Fox | Drama | |
| Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! | Bob Kellett | Brian Rix, Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims | Comedy | |
| Don't Look Now | Nicolas Roeg | Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland | Horror thriller | Number 8 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films |
| England Made Me | Peter Duffell | Peter Finch, Michael York | Drama | Co-production with Yugoslavia |
| Father, Dear Father | William G. Stewart | Patrick Cargill, Natasha Pyne, Donald Sinden | Comedy | Adapted from the TV series |
| The Final Programme | Robert Fuest | Jon Finch, Jenny Runacre | Sci-fi thriller | |
| Gawain and the Green Knight | Stephen Weeks | Murray Head, Ciaran Madden, Nigel Green | Adventure | |
| Ghost in the Noonday Sun | Peter Medak | Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan | Comedy | |
| The Hireling | Alan Bridges | Robert Shaw, Sarah Miles | Drama | Won the Grand Prix at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival |
| Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Ennio De Concini | Alec Guinness, Simon Ward | Historical | |
| Holiday on the Buses | Bryan Izzard | Reg Varney, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis | Comedy | TV sitcom spin-off sequel |
| The Homecoming | Peter Hall | Cyril Cusack, Ian Holm | Drama | Adaptation of Pinter play |
| Horror Hospital | Antony Balch | Michael Gough, Robin Askwith | Horror spoof | |
| The House in Nightmare Park | Peter Sykes | Frankie Howerd, Ray Milland | Comedy/horror | |
| Keep It Up, Jack | Derek Ford | Mark Jones, Sue Longhurst | Sex comedy | |
| Lady Caroline Lamb | Robert Bolt | Sarah Miles, Richard Chamberlain | Historical biopic | |
| The Legend of Hell House | John Hough | Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall | Supernatural horror | |
| Live and Let Die | Guy Hamilton | Roger Moore, Jane Seymour, Yaphet Kotto | Spy/action | First performance of Roger Moore as James Bond |
| The Love Ban | Ralph Thomas | Hywel Bennett, Nanette Newman | Comedy | |
| Luther | Guy Green | Stacy Keach, Maurice Denham | Biopic | |
| The Mackintosh Man | John Huston | Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda | Spy/thriller | |
| Man at the Top | Mike Vardy | Kenneth Haigh, Nanette Newman | Drama | TV series spin-off |
| Medusa | Gordon Hessler | George Hamilton, Luciana Paluzzi | Crime | Co-production with Greece |
| The National Health | Jack Gold | Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Eleanor Bron | Black comedy | |
| Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width | Ronnie Baxter | John Bluthal, Joe Lynch, Yootha Joyce | Comedy | TV sitcom spin-off |
| Night Watch | Brian G. Hutton | Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey | Mystery/horror | |
| No Sex Please, We're British | Cliff Owen | Ronnie Corbett, Arthur Lowe | Comedy | |
| Not Now, Darling | Ray Cooney, David Croft | Geraldine Gardner, Leslie Phillips | Comedy | |
| Nothing But The Night | Peter Sasdy | Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing | Horror | |
| O Lucky Man! | Lindsay Anderson | Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Helen Mirren | Comedy/drama | |
| Penny Gold | Jack Cardiff | James Booth, Francesca Annis | Thriller | |
| Scream... and Die! | José Ramón Larraz | Andrea Allan, Karl Lanchbury | Horror | |
| Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman | Wolf Rilla | Brendan Price, Karen Boyes | Sex comedy | |
| Steptoe and Son Ride Again | Peter Sykes | Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett | Comedy | TV sitcom spin-off sequel |
| Take Me High | David Askey | Cliff Richard, Deborah Watling, Hugh Griffith | Musical | |
| Tales That Witness Madness | Freddie Francis | Jack Hawkins, Donald Pleasence | Comedy/horror | |
| That'll Be The Day | Claude Whatham | David Essex, Ringo Starr | Drama | |
| Theatre of Blood | Douglas Hickox | Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry | Comedy/horror | |
| The Three Musketeers | Richard Lester | Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay, Michael York | Adventure | |
| Tiffany Jones | Pete Walker | Anouska Hempel, Ray Brooks | Sex comedy | |
| A Touch of Class | Melvin Frank | George Segal, Glenda Jackson | Comedy | |
| Voices | Kevin Billington | David Hemmings, Gayle Hunnicutt | Thriller/horror | |
| White Cargo | Ray Selfe | David Jason, Hugh Lloyd | Comedy | |
| Who? | Jack Gold | Elliott Gould, Trevor Howard | Thriller | |
| The Wicker Man | Robin Hardy | Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento | Horror | Number 96 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films; remade in 2006 |

## Top films at the British box office in 1973

Source:
* Live and Let Die
* The Godfather
* A Clockwork Orange
* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
* The Poseidon Adventure
* Last Tango in Paris
* Cabaret
* The Day of the Jackal
* Lady Caroline Lamb
* That'll Be the Day
* Lady Sings the Blues
* Lost Horizon
* High Plains Drifter
* Fear is the Key
* Love Thy Neighbour
* Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
* Super Fly
* King Boxer
* Fuzz
* The Great Waltz