# List of British films of 2016

This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have had their premieres in 2016 and were at least partly made 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 does not include films screened in previous years that had release dates in 2016.
Also included is an overview of the major events in British film, including film festivals and awards ceremonies, as well as a list of notable British film artists who died in 2016.

## Film premieres
### January – March

| Opening | Opening | Title | Cast and crew | Details | Genre(s) |
| J A N U A R Y | 1 | The Fall of the Krays | Director: Zackary Adler Cast: Simon Cotton, Kevin Leslie | Signature Entertainment Sequel to The Rise of the Krays Based on the lives of Ronnie and Reggie Kray | Crime |
| J A N U A R Y | 8 | Set the Thames on Fire | Director: Ben Charles Edwards Cast: Michael Winder, Max Bennett, Noel Fielding | Based on characters created by Ben Charles Edwards and Al Joshua | Science fiction Fantasy film Comedy drama |
| J A N U A R Y | 15 | Breakdown | Director: Jonnie Malachi Cast: Craig Fairbrass, James Cosmo, Emmett J. Scanlan, Mem Ferda | Soda Pictures | Thriller |
| J A N U A R Y | 21 | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | Director: Burr Steers Cast: Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston, Bella Heathcote, Douglas Booth, Matt Smith, Charles Dance, Lena Headey | Lionsgate Based on Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith (Co-produced by United States) | Period zombie horror |
| J A N U A R Y | 22 | The Lovers and the Despot | Directors: Robert Cannan, Ross Adam | Soda Pictures | Documentary |
| J A N U A R Y | 23 | Christine | Director: Antonio Campos Cast: Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, Maria Dizzia, J. Smith-Cameron, John Cullum | Curzon Artificial Eye Based on the life of Christine Chubbuck (Co-produced by United States) | Biographical drama |
| J A N U A R Y | 23 | Let's Be Evil | Director: Martin Owen Cast: Isabelle Allen, Jamie Bernadette, Kara Tointon, Elliot James Langridge, Elizabeth Morris | Vertigo Releasing, Signature Entertainment | Sci-fi horror |
| J A N U A R Y | 23 | Under the Shadow | Director: Babak Anvari Cast: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi | Vertigo Releasing (Co-produced by Jordan and Qatar) | Horror |
| J A N U A R Y | 24 | The Eagle Huntress | Director: Otto Bell Starring: Aisholpan Nurgaiv | Sony Pictures Classics Based on the life of Aisholpan Nurgaiv (Co-produced by Kazakhstan and United States) | Documentary |
| J A N U A R Y | 24 | Notes on Blindness | Directors: Peter Middleton, James Spinney | Artificial Eye Based on the life of John M. Hull | Documentary |
| J A N U A R Y | 24 | Sing Street | Director: John Carney Cast: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor | Lionsgate (Co-produced by Ireland and United States) | Musical coming-of-age comedy-drama |
| J A N U A R Y | 25 | Complete Unknown | Director: Joshua Marston Cast: Rachel Weisz, Michael Shannon | Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (Co-produced by United States) | Drama Mystery Thriller |
| J A N U A R Y | 26 | Eddie the Eagle | Director: Dexter Fletcher Cast: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken, Jim Broadbent | Lionsgate Based on the life of Eddie Edwards (Co-produced by Germany and United States) | Comedy biopic |
| J A N U A R Y | 26 | Uncle Howard | Director: Aaron Brookner Starring: Howard Brookner, Aaron Brookner, Jim Jarmusch, Sara Driver, Tom DiCillo, William S. Burroughs, James Grauerholz, Robert Wilson | Lionsgate Based on the life of Howard Brookner (Co-produced by United States) | Documentary |
| J A N U A R Y | 27 | Ali and Nino | Director: Asif Kapadia Cast: Adam Bakri, María Valverde | Based on Ali and Nino by Kurban Said | Romantic drama |
| F E B R U A R Y | 1 | Hail, Caesar! | Directors: Joel and Ethan Coen Cast: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Channing Tatum | Universal Pictures (Co-produced by United States) | Comedy |
| F E B R U A R Y | 5 | Dad's Army | Director: Oliver Parker Cast: Bill Nighy, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Toby Jones, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon | Universal Pictures Based on the Dad's Army television series | War comedy |
| F E B R U A R Y | 12 | War on Everyone | Director: John Michael McDonagh Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Peña, Tessa Thompson, Caleb Landry Jones, Theo James | Icon Film Distribution | Black comedy Buddy cop |
| F E B R U A R Y | 13 | Native | Director: Daniel Fitzsimmons Cast: Rupert Graves, Ellie Kendrick, Leanne Best, Joe McAuley, Pollyanna McIntosh Daniel Brocklebank, Ian Hart | Miracle Films | Science fiction |
| F E B R U A R Y | 13 | Who's Gonna Love Me Now? | Directors: Barak Heymann, Tomer Heymann | Peccadillo Pictures | Documentary |
| F E B R U A R Y | 14 | A Quiet Passion | Director: Terence Davies Cast: Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Keith Carradine | Soda Pictures Based on the life of Emily Dickinson | Drama Biopic |
| F E B R U A R Y | 15 | Alone in Berlin | Director: Vincent Pérez Cast: Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Brühl | Altitude Film Distribution Based on Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada and the lives of Otto and Elise Hampel (Co-produced by France and Germany) | War drama |
| F E B R U A R Y | 16 | Genius | Director: Michael Grandage Cast: Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Laura Linney, Guy Pearce, Dominic West | Summit Entertainment Roadside Attractions Based on Max Perkins: Editor of Genius by A. Scott Berg (Co-produced by United States) | Biographical drama |
| F E B R U A R Y | 24 | Grimsby | Director: Louis Leterrier Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson, Penélope Cruz, Isla Fisher, Gabourey Sidibe | Columbia Pictures (Co-produced by United States) | Action comedy |
| M A R C H | 4 | The Other Side of the Door | Director: Johannes Roberts Cast: Sarah Wayne Callies Jeremy Sisto | 20th Century Fox (Co-produced by India and United States) | Supernatural-horror |
| M A R C H | 16 | The Pass | Director: Ben A. Williams Cast: Russell Tovey, Arinze Kene | Lionsgate Based on The Pass by John Donnelly | Drama |

### April – June

| Opening | Opening | Title | Cast and crew | Details | Genre(s) |
| A P R I L | 5 | The Call Up | Director: Charles Barker Cast: Max Deacon, Morfydd Clark, Ali Cook | Altitude Film Distribution | Science fiction thriller |
| A P R I L | 5 | Criminal | Director: Ariel Vromen Cast: Kevin Costner, Gal Gadot, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Alice Eve, Ryan Reynolds | Summit Entertainment (Co-produced by United States) | Action Crime-thriller |
| A P R I L | 8 | Smoking Guns | Director: Savvas D. Michael Cast: Dexter Fletcher, Daniel Caltagirone, Count Prince Miller, Ewen MacIntosh | SP Distribution | Action Crime-thriller |
| A P R I L | 15 | Despite the Falling Snow | Director: Shamim Sarif Cast: Rebecca Ferguson, Sam Reid, Charles Dance | Altitude Film Distribution Based on Despite the Falling Snow by Shamim Sarif (Co-produced by Canada) | Spy |
| A P R I L | 16 | Detour | Director: Christopher Smith Cast: Tye Sheridan, Stephen Moyer, Emory Cohen, Bel Powley | Magnet Releasing (Co-produced by South Africa) | Thriller |
| A P R I L | 17 | Adult Life Skills | Director: Rachel Tunnard Cast: Jodie Whittaker, Edward Hogg, Brett Goldstein, Alice Lowe | Lorton Distribution Based on the short film Emotional Fusebox by Rachel Tunnard | Comedy |
| A P R I L | 22 | Special Correspondents | Director: Ricky Gervais Cast: Rickey Gervais, Eric Bana | Netflix Remake of Envoyés très spéciaux (Co-produced by Canada and United States) | Satirical comedy |
| A P R I L | 23 | Florence Foster Jenkins | Director: Stephen Frears Cast: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant | 20th Century Fox Based on the life of Florence Foster Jenkins (Co-produced by France) | Biographical comedy |
| A P R I L | 29 | Golden Years | Director: John Miller Cast: Bernard Hill, Virginia McKenna, Sue Johnstone, Phil Davis | MoliFilms Entertainment | Crime Comedy drama |
| M A Y | 1 | Hot Property | Director: Max McGill Cast: MyAnna Buring, Tom Rhys Harries, Ella Smith, Sam Phillips, Kate Bracken | 101 Films Limited | Comedy |
| M A Y | 1 | Our Kind of Traitor | Director: Susanna White Cast: Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård, Damian Lewis, Naomie Harris | Lionsgate Based on Our Kind of Traitor by John le Carré | Spy thriller |
| M A Y | 3 | Bobby Sands: 66 Days | Director: Brendan J. Byrne Starring: Martin McCann, Fintan O'Toole, Charles Moore, Richard English, Norman Tebbit, Tim Pat Coogan, Dessie Waterworth, Gerry Adams | Wildcard Distribution Based on Bobby Sands and the 1981 Irish hunger strike | Documentary |
| M A Y | 13 | I, Daniel Blake | Director: Ken Loach Cast: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires | eOne Films | Drama |
| M A Y | 13 | Kill Command | Director: Steven Gomez Cast: Thure Lindhardt, Vanessa Kirby | Vertigo Films Front Row Filmed Entertainment Parco Co. Ltd. | Science fiction horror |
| M A Y | 15 | American Honey | Director: Andrea Arnold Cast: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough | Focus Features (Co-produced by United States) | Drama |
| M A Y | 15 | Prevenge | Director: Alice Lowe Cast: Alice Lowe | Kaliedoscope | Comedy slasher |
| M A Y | 16 | Loving | Director: Jeff Nichols Cast: Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Marton Csokas, Nick Kroll, Michael Shannon | Focus Features Based on the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia (Co-produced by United States) | Historical drama |
| M A Y | 23 | Me Before You | Director: Thea Sharrock Cast: Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Jenna Coleman, Charles Dance, Janet McTeer, Matthew Lewis, Brendan Coyle, Vanessa Kirby, Ben Lloyd-Hughes | Warner Bros. Pictures Based on Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (Co-produced by United States) | Romantic drama |
| J U N E | 8 | 100 Streets | Director: Jim O'Hanlon Cast: Idris Elba, Gemma Arterton | Vertigo Releasing | Drama |
| J U N E | 11 | A Cambodian Spring | Director: Christopher Kelly | Dartmouth Films | Documentary |
| J U N E | 14 | India in a Day | Director: Richie Mehta | | Documentary |
| J U N E | 15 | Tommy's Honour | Director: Jason Connery Cast: Peter Mullan, Jack Lowden, Ophelia Lovibond, Sam Neill | Timeless Films Based on Tommy's Honor: The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf's Founding Father and Son by Kevin Cook (Co-produced by United States) | Historical drama |
| J U N E | 18 | The White King | Director: Alex Helfrecht and Jörg Tittel Cast: Lorenzo Allchurch, Olivia Williams, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Jonathan Pryce | Signature Entertainment Based on The White King by György Dragomán (Co-produced by Hungary) | Science fiction drama |
| J U N E | 22 | Away | Director: David Blair Cast: Juno Temple, Timothy Spall | Metrodome Distribution | Drama |
| J U N E | 22 | Kids in Love | Director: Chris Foggin Cast: Will Poulter, Alma Jodorowsky, Jamie Blackley, Cara Delevingne | Signature Entertainment | Coming-of-age drama |
| J U N E | 26 | Whisky Galore! | Director: Gillies MacKinnon Cast: Gregor Fisher, Eddie Izzard, Sean Biggerstaff, Naomi Battrick, James Cosmo, Ellie Kendrick, Kevin Guthrie | GEM Entertainment | Comedy |
| J U N E | 27 | The Legend of Tarzan | Director: David Yates Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Djimon Hounsou, Jim Broadbent, Christoph Waltz | Based on Tarzan stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs Warner Bros. (Co-produced by Australia and the United States) | Adventure |

### July – September

| Opening | Opening | Title | Cast and crew | Details | Genre(s) |
| J U L Y | 1 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Director: Mandie Fletcher Cast: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley | Fox Searchlight Pictures Based on the Absolutely Fabulous television series | Female buddy film Comedy |
| J U L Y | 1 | Anthropoid | Director: Sean Ellis Cast: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan | Bleecker Street Based on the 1942 Operation Anthropoid (Co-produced by Czech Republic and France) | Historical drama War |
| J U L Y | 1 | The Darkest Universe | Directors: Will Sharpe, Tom Kingsley Cast: Will Sharpe, Tiani Ghosh, Joe Thomas, Sophia Di Martino, Raph Shirley, Chris Langham | | Drama Mystery |
| J U L Y | 8 | A Dark Song | Director: Liam Gavin Cast: Steve Oram, Catherine Walker, Mark Huberman, Susan Loughnane | Kaleidoscope Film Distribution (Co-produced by Ireland) | Horror |
| J U L Y | 8 | The Lighthouse | Director: Chris Crow Cast: Mark Lewis Jones, Michael Jibson, Ian Virgo | Soda Pictures Based on the Smalls Lighthouse incident | Psychological thriller Drama |
| J U L Y | 27 | The Killing$ of Tony Blair | Directors: Sanne van den Bergh, Greg Ward Starring: George Galloway | Journeyman Pictures | Documentary |
| A U G U S T | 19 | David Brent: Life on the Road | Director: Ricky Gervais Cast: Ricky Gervais, Ben Bailey Smith | Entertainment One | Mockumentary comedy |
| A U G U S T | 19 | Kubo and the Two Strings | Director: Travis Knight Cast: Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Ralph Fiennes, Rooney Mara, George Takei, Matthew McConaughey | Focus Features (North America), Universal Pictures (International) | stop-motion animated action fantasy |
| A U G U S T | 19 | Swallows and Amazons | Director: Philippa Lowthorpe Cast: Rafe Spall, Andrew Scott, Kelly Macdonald | StudioCanal Based on Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome | Family adventure |
| A U G U S T | 26 | The Chamber | Director: Ben Parker Cast: Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Charlotte Salt, James McArdle, Elliot Levey | StudioCanal UK (Co-produced by United States) | Survival |
| A U G U S T | 29 | Brotherhood | Director: Noel Clarke Cast: Noel Clarke, Stormzy, Bashy | Lionsgate Sequel to Adulthood and final instalment of the Hood trilogy | Drama |
| S E P T E M B E R | 1 | The Light Between Oceans | Director: Derek Cianfrance Cast: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz | Entertainment One Films Based on The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman (Co-produced by Australia, New Zealand and United States) | Romantic period drama |
| S E P T E M B E R | 2 | The 9th Life of Louis Drax | Director: Alexandre Aja Cast: Jamie Dornan, Sarah Gadon, Aaron Paul | Soda Pictures (Co-produced by Canada and United States) | Supernatural thriller |
| S E P T E M B E R | 2 | Morgan | Director: Luke Scott Cast: Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Toby Jones | 20th Century Fox (Co-produced by United States) | Science fiction horror |
| S E P T E M B E R | 2 | One More Time with Feeling | Director: Andrew Dominik Starring: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Susie Bick | Picturehouse Based on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Skeleton Tree | Documentary |
| S E P T E M B E R | 2 | Una | Director: Benedict Andrews Cast: Rooney Mara, Ben Mendelsohn, Riz Ahmed | Thunderbird Releasing Based on Blackbird by David Harrower (Co-produced by Canada and United States) | Drama |
| S E P T E M B E R | 5 | Bridget Jones's Baby | Director: Sharon Maguire Cast: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Emma Thompson | Universal Pictures Sequel to Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Co-produced by France and United States) | Comedy |
| S E P T E M B E R | 7 | The Journey | Director: Nick Hamm Cast: Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney | IFC Films (Co-produced by Ireland) | Drama |
| S E P T E M B E R | 8 | Free Fire | Director: Ben Wheatley Cast: Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy, Jack Reynor, Babou Ceesay, Enzo Cilenti, Sam Riley | StudioCanal UK | Action comedy |
| S E P T E M B E R | 8 | Message from the King | Director: Fabrice Du Welz Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Luke Evans, Teresa Palmer, Alfred Molina | Netflix (Co-produced by Belgium, France and United States) | Action-thriller |
| S E P T E M B E R | 9 | The Autopsy of Jane Doe | Director: André Øvredal Cast: Emile Hirsch, Brian Cox, Olwen Catherine Kelly | IFC Midnight (Co-produced by United States) | Horror |
| S E P T E M B E R | 9 | The Girl with All the Gifts | Director: Colm McCarthy Cast: Sennia Nanua, Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine | Warner Bros. Pictures Based on The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey | Post-apocalyptic zombie horror |
| S E P T E M B E R | 9 | On the Milky Road | Director: Emir Kusturica Cast: Emir Kusturica, Monica Bellucci, Sloboda Mićalović, Predrag Manojlović | Based on Words with Gods (Co-produced by Republika Srpska, Serbia, Mexico and United States) | Drama |
| S E P T E M B E R | 9 | Trespass Against Us | Director: Adam Smith Cast: Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson | Lionsgate (Co-produced by United States) | Crime drama |
| S E P T E M B E R | 9 | A United Kingdom | Director: Amma Asante Cast: David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Terry Pheto, Jack Davenport, Tom Felton | 20th Century Fox Based on Colour Bar by Susan Williams (Co-produced by France) | Drama Biopic |
| S E P T E M B E R | 10 | A Monster Calls | Director: J. A. Bayona Cast: Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Liam Neeson | Summit Entertainment Based on A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (Co-produced by Spain and United States) | Dark fantasy drama |
| S E P T E M B E R | 10 | Lady Macbeth | Director: William Oldroyd Cast: Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, Christopher Fairbank | Altitude Film Distribution Based on Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov | Drama |
| S E P T E M B E R | 10 | The Levelling | Director: Hope Dickson Leach Cast: Ellie Kendrick, David Troughton, Jack Holden, Joe Blakemore | Peccadillo Pictures | Drama |
| S E P T E M B E R | 10 | The Limehouse Golem | Director: Juan Carlos Medina Cast: Bill Nighy, Olivia Cooke, Douglas Booth | Lionsgate Based on Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem by Peter Ackroyd | Horror-mystery |
| S E P T E M B E R | 10 | Lion | Director: Garth Davis Cast: Dev Patel, Sunny Pawar, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara | Entertainment Film Distributors Based on A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley (Co-produced by Australia and United States) | Biopigraphical drama |
| S E P T E M B E R | 10 | Their Finest | Director: Lone Scherfig Cast: Gemma Arterton, Bill Nighy, Sam Claflin | Lionsgate Based on Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans | War comedy-drama |
| S E P T E M B E R | 11 | Denial | Director: Mick Jackson Cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott, Timothy Spall | Bleecker Street Based on History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier by Deborah Lipstadt (Co-produced by United States) | Historical drama |
| S E P T E M B E R | 12 | City of Tiny Lights | Director: Pete Travis Cast: Riz Ahmed, James Floyd, Billie Piper, Cush Jumbo, Roshan Seth, Antonio Aakeel | Icon Film Distribution Based on City of Tiny Lights by Patrick Neate | Crime thriller |
| S E P T E M B E R | 12 | The Exception | Director: David Leveaux Cast: Lily James, Jai Courtney, Janet McTeer, Christopher Plummer | Signature Entertainment Based on The Kaiser's Last Kiss by Alan Judd (Co-produced by United States) | Romantic war drama |
| S E P T E M B E R | 12 | Paris Can Wait | Director: Eleanor Coppola Cast: Diane Lane, Arnaud Viard, Alec Baldwin, Élise Tielrooy | GEM Entertainment (Co-produced by United States) | Comedy |
| S E P T E M B E R | 15 | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week | Director: Ron Howard Starring: The Beatles (archive), Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr | StudioCanal PolyGram Entertainment Based on the life of The Beatles (Co-produced by United States) | Documentary |
| S E P T E M B E R | 22 | Don't Knock Twice | Director: Caradog W. James Cast: Katee Sackhoff, Lucy Boynton, Javier Botet, Nick Moran | Signature Entertainment | Supernatural-horror |
| S E P T E M B E R | 25 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Director: Tim Burton Cast: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Chris O'Dowd | 20th Century Fox Based on Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (Co-produced by United States) | Fantasy film |
| S E P T E M B E R | 26 | Chubby Funny | Director: Harry Michell Cast: Harry Michell, Augustus Prew, Isabella Laughland, Asim Chaudhry, Alice Lowe, Olivia Ross, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Anna Maxwell Martin | | Comedy drama |

### October – December

| Opening | Opening | Title | Cast and crew | Details | Genre(s) |
| O C T O B E R | 9 | Mindhorn | Director: Sean Foley Cast: Julian Barratt, Essie Davis, Kenneth Branagh, Andrea Riseborough | StudioCanal | Comedy |
| O C T O B E R | 14 | Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | Director: Ang Lee Cast: Joe Alwyn, Kristen Stewart, Chris Tucker, Garrett Hedlund, Makenzie Leigh, Vin Diesel, Steve Martin | TriStar Pictures Based on Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain (Co-produced by Taiwan and United States) | War drama |
| O C T O B E R | 14 | The Ghoul | Director: Gareth Tunley Cast: Tom Meeten, Alice Lowe, [[Rufus Jones (actor])|Rufus Jones]], Niamh Cusack, Geoffrey McGivern | Arrow Films | Thriller |
| O C T O B E R | 16 | HyperNormalisation | Director: Adam Curtis | BBC | Documentary |
| O C T O B E R | 21 | Kaleidoscope | Director: Rupert Jones Cast: Toby Jones, Anne Reid, Sinead Matthews, Deborah Findlay | Sparky Pictures | Thriller |
| O C T O B E R | 26 | Oasis: Supersonic | Director: Mat Whitecross Starring: Oasis | Entertainment One Lorton Distribution Based on the life of Oasis | Documentary |
| O C T O B E R | 28 | The Comedian's Guide to Survival | Director: James Mullinger Cast: James Buckley, Myanna Buring, Paul Kaye, Neil Stuke, Vas Blackwood | GSP Studios International Signature Entertainment (Co-produced by Canada) | Comedy |
| O C T O B E R | 28 | Ethel & Ernest | Director: Roger Mainwood Cast: Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn | Universal Pictures Vertigo Films Based on Ethel & Ernest by Raymond Briggs | Animated biography |
| O C T O B E R | 28 | Starfish | Director: Bill Clark Cast: Tom Riley, Joanne Froggatt | Munro Film Services | Drama |
| O C T O B E R | 29 | This Beautiful Fantastic | Director: Simon Aboud Cast: Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine | | Romantic drama |
| N O V E M B E R | 3 | A Street Cat Named Bob | Director: Roger Spottiswoode Cast: Luke Treadaway, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt | Sony Pictures Releasing Based on A Street Cat Named Bob and The World According to Bob by James Bowen | Biographical drama |
| N O V E M B E R | 9 | Allied | Director: Robert Zemeckis Cast: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard | Paramount Pictures (Co-produced by United States) | Romantic thriller |
| N O V E M B E R | 10 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Director: David Yates Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller | Warner Bros. Pictures Prequel to the Harry Potter film series (Co-produced by United States) | Fantasy film |
| N O V E M B E R | 16 | Stockholm, My Love | Director: Mark Cousins Cast: Neneh Cherry | BFI Video, BFI Films (Co-produced by Sweden) | Drama musical |
| N O V E M B E R | 19 | Compulsion | Director: Craig Goodwill Cast: Analeigh Tipton, Jakob Cedergren, Marta Gastini | Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment (Co-produced by Canada and Italy) | Erotic thriller |
| N O V E M B E R | 20 | The Receptionist | Director: Jenny Lu Cast: Teresa Daley, Chen Shiang-chyi, Amanda Fan, Josh Whitehouse | Munro Films (Co-produced by Taiwan) | Drama |
| N O V E M B E R | 28 | I Am Bolt | Directors: Benjamin Turner, Gabe Turner Starring: Usain Bolt, Serena Williams, Asafa Powell, Pelé, Ziggy Marley | Picturehouse Entertainment Based on the life of Usain Bolt | Documentary Sports |
| N O V E M B E R | 29 | Silence | Director: Martin Scorsese Cast: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Tadanobu Asano, Ciarán Hinds, Liam Neeson | StudioCanal UK Based on Silence by Shūsaku Endō (Co-produced by Italy, Japan, Mexico, Taiwan and United States) | Historical period drama |
| D E C E M B E R | 13 | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | Directors: Paul W. S. Anderson Cast: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, Ruby Rose | Sony Pictures Releasing Loosely based on the video game series Resident Evil Sequel to Resident Evil: Retribution (Co-produced by Australia, Canada, France, Germany and United States) | Science fiction Action |

### Other premieres

| Title | Director | Release Date |
| Alleycats | Ian Bonhôte | 23 June 2016 (East End Film Festival) |
| Bad Caller | Al Carretta | 1 August 2016 (Nightpiece Film Festival) |
| Brakes | Mercedes Grower | 17 June 2016 (Edinburgh International Film Festival) |
| Broken | Shaun Robert Smith | 28 August 2016 (Horror Channel FrightFest) |
| The Carer | János Edelényi | 3 January 2016 (Palm Springs International Film Festival) |
| ChickLit | Tony Britten | 2 September 2016 |
| Crow | Wyndham Price | 28 August 2016 (Horror Channel FrightFest) |
| Cruel Summer | Phillip Escott, Craig Newman | 27 August 2016 (Horror Channel FrightFest) |
| The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch | David Bickerstaff | 3 November 2016 |
| Dusty and Me | Betsan Morris Evans | 12 November 2016 (Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival) |
| Eglantine | Margaret Salmon | 9 October 2016 (London Film Festival) |
| FirstBorn | Nirpal Bhogal | 19 June 2016 (Edinburgh International Film Festival) |
| Fractured | Jamie Patterson | 29 October 2016 (British Horror Film Festival) |
| Gangster Kittens | Ash Mahmood, Naeem Mahmood | 1 December 2016 |
| The Gatehouse | Martin Gooch | 1 October 2016 (Raindance Film Festival) |
| George Best: All by Himself | Daniel Gordon | 14 October 2016 (London Film Festival) |
| The Guv'nor | Paul Van Carter | 2 July 2016 (East End Film Festival) |
| The Habit of Beauty | Mirko Pincelli | 8 May 2016 (Trento Film Festival) |
| Hamish | Robbie Fraser | 23 February 2016 |
| In the Last Days of the City | Tamer El Said | 14 February 2016 (Berlin International Film Festival) |
| The Islands and the Whales | Mike Day | 29 April 2016 (Toronto Hot Docs Festival) |
| Level Up | Adam Randall | 26 August 2016 |
| The Library Suicides | Euros Lyn | 17 June 2016 (Edinburgh International Film Festival) |
| Love Is Thicker Than Water | Emily Harris and Ate de Jong | 25 June 2016 (East End Film Festival) |
| Mo Farah: No Easy Mile | Joe Pearlman, David Soutar | 5 December 2016 |
| Moon Dogs | Philip John | 17 June 2016 (Edinburgh International Film Festival) |
| Mum's List | Niall Johnson | 25 November 2016 |
| My Feral Heart | Jane Gull | 5 March 2016 (Cinequest Film Festival) |
| The New Man | Josh Appignanesi | 18 November 2016 |
| On The Road | Michael Winterbottom | 9 October 2016 (London Film Festival) |
| Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse | David Bickerstaff | 12 April 2016 (limited) |
| Respectable - The Mary Millington Story | Simon Sheridan | 7 April 2016 |
| The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger | Bartek Dziadosz, Colin MacCabe | 16 February 2016 (Berlin International Film Festival) |
| Servants' Quarters | Paul Raschid | 23 September 2016 (Raindance Film Festival) |
| Small Town Hero | Darren Bolton | 17 June 2016 (Lincoln) |
| Stanley a Man of Variety | Stephen Cookson | 7 October 2016 |
| Stoner Express (a.k.a. AmStarDam) | Lee Lennox, Wayne Lennox | 19 August 2016 (DVD premiere), 26 September 2016 (Raindance Film Festival) |
| Tracking Edith | Peter Stephan Jungk | 31 October 2016 (Vienna) |
| Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach | Louise Osmond | 3 June 2016 |
| Waterboys | Robert Jan Westdijk | 2 October 2016 (PAC Festival) |
| White Island | Benjamin Turner | 23 June 2016 (Edinburgh International Film Festival) |
| White Colour Black | Joseph A. Adesunloye | 15 October 2016 |
| You've Been Trumped Too | Anthony Baxter | 28 October 2016 |

### 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 3 of the following criteria:
* The film is adapted from a British source material.
* The story is set, at least partially, in the United Kingdom.
* The film was shot, at least partially, in the United Kingdom.
* Many of the film's cast and crew members are British.
| Title | Country of origin | Adaptation | Film Setting | Film Locations | British Cast and Crew |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | United States | Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll | London, England | Gloucester Docks, Shepperton Studios and Longcross Studios, United Kingdom | James Bobin (director), Matt Lucas, Rhys Ifans, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Alan Rickman, Stuart Dryburgh (cinematographer) |
| The BFG | United States | The BFG by Roald Dahl | London, England | Bamburgh Castle, Blenheim Palace, Skye in Scotland and London, United Kingdom | Ruby Barnhill, Mark Rylance, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall, Joanna Johnston (costume designer) |
| The Conjuring 2 | United States | Inspired by the Enfield Poltergeist | London, England | The Warrington and Marylebone station in London, United Kingdom | Frances O'Connor, Benjamin Haigh, Simon McBurney, Robin Atkin Downes |
| Doctor Strange | United States | | London, England | Buckinghamshire, Kent, London and Surrey, United Kingdom | Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Scott Adkins, Tilda Swinton, Ben Davis (cinematographer) |
| Jason Bourne | United States China | | London, England | Hertfordshire and London, United Kingdom | Riz Ahmed, Paul Greengrass (director), John Powell (film composer), David Buckley (film composers), Barry Ackroyd (cinematographer) |
| London Has Fallen | United States | | London, England | Somerset House, United Kingdom | Gerard Butler, Charlotte Riley, Colin Salmon, Patrick Kennedy, Bryan Larkin, Michael Wildman, Andrew Pleavin, The Chamber Orchestra of London, Ed Wild (cinematographer), Michael J. Duthie (editor) |
| The Lost City of Z | United States | The life of Percy Fawcett | London, England | Greyabbey Village, Strangford Lough, Craigavon House, Methodist College Belfast, Belfast City Hall, Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Bangor Castle, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom | Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, Angus Macfadyen |
| Love & Friendship | France Ireland Netherlands | Lady Susan by Jane Austen | England | | Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Fry, Emma Greenwell, Morfydd Clark, James Fleet, Jemma Redgrave, Tom Bennett |

## 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 2016, celebrating the best films of 2015. The British nominations were led by Room, Brooklyn, Carol and The Martian, with Ex Machina and 'The Danish Girl going on to win a number of technical awards, whilst Mark Rylance and Kate Winslet won multiple best supporting actor and supporting actress awards for Bridge of Spies and Steve Jobs, respectively. British films did, however, notably lose out to Spotlight and The Revenant from the United States, and Mad Max: Fury Road from Australia.

### Academy Awards

The 88th Academy Awards honoring the best films of 2015 were held on 28 February 2016.
British winners:
* Amy (Best Documentary – Feature)
* Ex Machina (Best Visual Effects)
* Room (Best Actress)
* Spectre (Best Original Song)
* Asif Kapadia (Best Documentary – Feature) – Amy
* James Gay-Rees (Best Documentary – Feature) – Amy
* Jenny Beavan (Best Costume Design) – Mad Max: Fury Road
* Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith (Best Original Song) – Writing's on the Wall from Spectre
* Mark Rylance (Best Supporting Actor) – Bridge of Spies
* Paul Norris (Best Visual Effects) – Ex Machina
British nominations:
* Brooklyn (Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay)
* The Danish Girl (Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design)
* Fifty Shades of Grey (Best Original Song)
* The Martian (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Production Design, Best Visual Effects)
* Prologue (Best Animated Short Film)
* Room (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay)
* Shok (Best Live Action Short Film)
* Youth (Best Original Song)
* Adam Benzine (Best Documentary – Short Subject) – Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
* Alex Garland (Best Original Screenplay) – Ex Machina
* Andy Nelson (Best Sound Mixing) – Bridge of Spies and Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* Anohni (Best Original Song) – Racing Extinction
* Basil Khalil (Best Live Action Short Film) – Ave Maria
* Charlotte Rampling (Best Actress) – 45 Years
* Christian Bale (Best Supporting Actor) – The Big Short
* Eddie Redmayne (Best Actor) – The Danish Girl
* Eve Stewart (Best Production Design) – The Danish Girl
* Imogen Sutton (Best Animated Short Film) – Prologue
* Jamie Donoughue (Best Live Action Short Film) – Shok
* Joshua Oppenheimer (Best Documentary – Feature) – The Look of Silence
* Kate Winslet (Best Supporting Actress) – Steve Jobs
* Mark Burton (Best Animated Feature Film) – Shaun the Sheep Movie
* Mark Taylor (Best Sound Mixing) – The Martian
* Matt Charman (Best Original Screenplay) – Bridge of Spies
* Michael Standish (Best Production Design) – The Danish Girl
* Nick Hornby (Best Adapted Screenplay) – Brooklyn
* Oliver Tarney (Best Sound Editing) – The Martian
* Paul Massey (Best Sound Mixing) – The Martian
* Richard Williams (Best Animated Short Film) – Prologue
* Roger Deakins (Best Cinematography) – Sicario
* Sandy Powell (Best Costume Design) – Carol and Cinderella
* Stuart Wilson (Best Sound Mixing) – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* Tom Hardy (Best Supporting Actor) – The Revenant
* Tom Wood (Best Visual Effects) – Mad Max: Fury Road

### British Academy Film Awards

The 69th British Academy Film Awards honoring the best films of 2015 were held on 14 February 2016.
British winners:
* Amy (Best Documentary)
* Brooklyn (Outstanding British Film)
* Operator (Best Short Film)
* Room (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay)
* Theeb (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
* Caroline Bartleet (Best Short Film) – Operator
* Chris Corbould (Best Special Visual Effects) – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* Jenny Beavan (Best Costume Design) – Mad Max: Fury Road
* John Boyega (EE Rising Star Award)
* Kate Winslet (Best Actress in a Supporting Role) – Steve Jobs
* Mark Rylance (Best Actor in a Supporting Role) – Bridge of Spies
* Naji Abu Nowar and Rupert Lloyd (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) – Theeb
* Neal Scanlan (Best Special Visual Effects) – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* Paul Kavanagh (Best Special Visual Effects) – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* Roger Guyett (Best Special Visual Effects) – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* Angels Costumes – Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
British nominations:
* 45 Years (Outstanding British Film)
* A Syrian Love Story – (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
* Brooklyn (Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Adapted Screenplay, Outstanding British Film)
* Carol (Best Film, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography)
* The Danish Girl (Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Outstanding British Film)
* Elephant (Best Short Film)
* Ex Machina (Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Original Screenplay, Outstanding British Film, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, Best Special Visual Effects)
* The Lady in the Van (Best Actress in a Leading Role)
* The Lobster – (Outstanding British Film)
* The Martian (Best Director, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Special Visual Effects)
* Room (Best Adapted Screenplay)
* Shaun the Sheep Movie (Best Animated Film)
* Steve Jobs (Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Adapted Screenplay)
* The Survivalist (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
* Theeb (Best Film Not in the English Language)
* Alex Garland (Best Original Screenplay, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) – Ex Machina
* Andy Nelson (Best Sound) – Bridge of Spies and Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* Bel Powley (EE Rising Star Award)
* Christian Bale (Best Supporting Actor) – The Big Short
* Debbie Tucker Green (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) – Second Coming
* Eddie Redmayne (Best Actor in a Leading Role) – The Danish Girl
* Esther Smith (Best Short Film) – Elephant
* Idris Elba (Best Supporting Actor) – Beasts of No Nation
* Julie Walters (Best Actress in a Supporting Role) – Brooklyn
* Maggie Smith (Best Actress in a Leading Role) – The Lady in the Van
* Mark Burton (Best Animated Film) – Shaun the Sheep Movie
* Mark Ardington (Best Special Visual Effects) – Ex Machina
* Nick Helm (Best Short Film) – Elephant
* Paul Norris (Best Special Visual Effects) – Ex Machina
* Richard Starzak (Best Animated Film) – Shaun the Sheep Movie
* Ridley Scott (Best Director) – The Martian
* Roger Deakins (Best Cinematography) – Sicario
* Sandy Powell (Best Costume Design) – Carol and Cinderella
* Sean McAllister (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) – A Syrian Love Story
* Stephen Fingleton (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) – The Survivalist
* Stuart Wilson (Best Sound) – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* Taron Egerton (EE Rising Star Award)

### Critics' Choice Awards

The 21st Critics' Choice Awards was held on 17 January 2016.
British winners:
* Amy (Best Documentary Feature)
* The Danish Girl (Best Supporting Actress)
* Ex Machina (Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie)
* Room (Best Actress, Best Young Actor/Actress)
* Christian Bale (Best Actor in a Comedy)
* Jenny Beavan (Best Costume Design) – Mad Max: Fury Road
* Tom Hardy (Best Actor in an Action Movie) – Mad Max: Fury Road
British nominees:
* Brooklyn (Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design)
* Carol (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Costume Design, Best Score, Best Hair and Makeup)
* The Danish Girl (Best Actor, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Hair and Makeup)
* Ex Machina (Best Original Screenplay, Best Visual Effects)
* Fifty Shades of Grey (Best Original Song)
* The Look of Silence (Best Documentary Feature)
* The Martian (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects)
* Room (Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay,
* Shaun the Sheep Movie (Best Animated Feature)
* Spectre (Best Actor in an Action Movie, Best Original Song)
* Writing's on the Wall from Spectre (Best Original Song)
* Steve Jobs (Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress)
* Simple Song#3"' from 'Youth (Best Original Song)
* Alex Garland (Best Original Screenplay) – Ex Machina
* Charlotte Rampling (Best Actress) – 45 Years
* Daniel Craig (Best Actor in an Action Movie) – Spectre
* Eddie Redmayne (Best Actor) – The Danish Girl
* Emily Blunt (Best Actress in an Action Movie) – Sicario)
* Eve Stewart (Best Production Design) – The Danish Girl
* Jason Statham (Best Actor in a Comedy) – Spy
* Helen Mirren (Best Supporting Actress) – Trumbo
* Kate Winslet (Best Supporting Actress) – Steve Jobs
* Mark Rylance (Best Supporting Actor) – Bridge of Spies
* Michael Standish (Best Production Design) – The Danish Girl
* Milo Parker (Best Young Actor/Actress) – Mr. Holmes
* Nick Hornby (Best Adapted Screenplay) – Brooklyn
* Ridley Scott (Best Director) – The Martian
* Roger Deakins (Best Cinematography) – Sicario
* Sandy Powell (Best Costume Design) – Carol and Cinderella
* Tom Hardy (Best Supporting Actor) – The Revenant
The 22nd Critics' Choice Awards was held on 11 December 2016.
British winners:
* Florence Foster Jenkins (Best Actress in a Comedy Movie)
* Andrew Garfield (Best Actor in an Action Movie) – Hacksaw Ridge
British nominees:
* A Monster Calls (Best Young Actor/Actress)
* Allied (Best Costume Design)
* Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Hair and Makeup, Best Visual Effects)
* Florence Foster Jenkins (Best Costume Design, Best Actor in a Comedy Movie)
* Hail, Caesar! (Best Comedy)
* Lion (Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Young Actor/Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Score)
* Loving (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay)
* Andrew Garfield (Best Actor) – Hacksaw Ridge
* Anna Pinnock (Best Art Direction) – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
* David Mackenzie (Best Director) – Hell or High Water
* Hugh Grant (Best Actor) Florence Foster Jenkins
* Joanna Johnston (Best Costume Design) – Allied
* Joe Walker (Best Editing) – Arrival
* Kate Beckinsale (Best Actress in a Comedy Movie) – Love & Friendship
* Lewis MacDougall (Best Young Actor/Actress) – A Monster Calls
* Micachu (Best Original Score) – Jackie
* Stuart Craig (Best Art Direction) – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
* Tilda Swinton (Best ACtress in an Action Movie) – Doctor Strange

### Golden Globe Awards

The 73rd Golden Globe Awards was held on 10 January 2016.
British winners:
* The Martian (Best Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama)
* Room (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama)
* Spectre (Best Original Song)
* Steve Jobs (Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture, Screenplay)
* Jimmy Napes (Best Original Song) – Writing's on the Wall from Spectre
* Sam Smith (Best Original Song) – Writing's on the Wall from Spectre
British nominees:
* Brooklyn (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama)
* Carol (Best Motion Picture – Drama Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Original Score)
* The Danish Girl (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Best Original Score)
* Ex Machina (Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture)
* Fifty Shades of Grey (Best Original Song)
* The Lady in the Van (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy)
* Room (Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Screenplay)
* Shaun the Sheep Movie (Best Animated Feature Film)
* Steve Jobs (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture, Best Original Score)
* Youth (Best Original Song)
* Christian Bale (Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture) – The Big Short
* Daniel Pemberton (Best Original Score) – Steve Jobs
* Eddie Redmayne (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama) – The Danish Girl
* Maggie Smith (Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy) – The Lady in the Van
* Mark Rylance (Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture) – Bridge of Spies
* Helen Mirren (Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture) – Trumbo
* Idris Elba (Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture) – Beasts of No Nation

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

The 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards was held on 29 January 2016.
British winners:
* The Danish Girl (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role)
* Room (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Roles)
* Idris Elba (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role) – Beasts of No Nation
British nominees:
* Brooklyn (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role)
* Carol (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role)
* The Danish Girl (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, )
* Everest (Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture)
* Room (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role)
* Steve Jobs (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role)
* Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) – Trumbo
* Christian Bale (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role) – The Big Short
* Eddie Redmayne (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role) – The Danish Girl
* Helen Mirren (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role) – Trumbo, (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role) – Woman in Gold
* Idris Elba (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) – Beasts of No Nation
* Mark Rylance (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role) – Bridge of Spies
* Rafe Spall (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) – The Big Short

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Nationality | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 4 | Robert Stigwood | 81 | Australian-born British | Producer and impresario | Jesus Christ SuperstarBugsy MaloneSaturday Night FeverGreaseThe Empire Strikes BackEvita |
| January | 12 | Meg Mundy | 101 | English-American | Actress | Fatal AttractionOrdinary People |
| January | 13 | Brian Bedford | 80 | English | Actor | Grand PrixRobin HoodNixonThe Importance of Being Earnest |
| January | 13 | Conrad Phillips | 90 | English | Actor | The TemptressWitness in the DarkMurder, She SaidThe Battle of the River Plate |
| January | 14 | Alan Rickman | 69 | English | Actor | Die HardHarry Potter filmsLove ActuallySweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| January | 14 | David Bowie | 69 | English | Recording artist and actor | The Man Who Fell to EarthMerry Christmas, Mr. LawrenceLabyrinth |
| January | 19 | Sheila Sim | 93 | English | Actress | A Canterbury TaleGreat DayDancing with CrimeThe Guinea PigPandora and the Flying Dutchman |
| January | 22 | Anthony Simmons | 93 | English | Director and screenwriter | Your Money or Your WifeFour in the MorningBlack JoyThe Optimists of Nine Elms |
| January | 30 | Frank Finlay | 89 | English | Actor | OthelloCromwellGumshoeThe Three Musketeers (1973)The Pianist |
| February | 5 | Norman Hudis | 88 | English | Screenwriter | First six of the Carry On ... filmsThe Tommy Steele StoryPlease Turn Over |
| February | 18 | Bruce Lacey | 88 | English | Actor and director | Help!The Knack ...and How to Get ItSmashing TimeThe Bliss of Mrs. Blossom |
| February | 22 | Douglas Slocombe | 103 | English | Cinematographer | Kind Hearts and CoronetsThe Lion in WinterThe Great Gatsby (1974)Jesus Christ SuperstarJuliaIndiana Jones films]] |
| February | 25 | Jim Clark | 84 | English | Editor | The InnocentsMarathon ManThe Killing FieldsVera Drake |
| February | 26 | Antony Gibbs | 90 | English | British | The Loneliness of the Long Distance RunnerThe Knack ...and How to Get ItPerformanceWalkaboutFiddler on the RoofDune |
| March | 4 | Tony Dyson | 68 | English | Special effects artist | Star WarsMoonrakerSuperman IIDragonslayer |
| March | 7 | Michael White | 80 | Scottish | Producer | Monty Python and the Holy GrailThe Rocky Horror Picture ShowMy Dinner with AndreEnigma |
| March | 8 | George Martin | 80 | English | Musician and composer | A Hard Day's NightYellow SubmarineLive and Let DieHonky Tonk Freeway |
| March | 9 | Jon English | 66 | English-Australian | Actor, singer | Touch and GoWalk the Talk |
| March | 10 | Ken Adam | 85 | English | Production designer | GoldfingerDr. StrangeloveBarry LyndonThe Madness of King GeorgeAddams Family Values |
| March | 11 | Keith Emerson | 71 | English-American | Composer | Godzilla: Final WarsNighthawks |
| March | 13 | Adrienne Corri | 85 | Scottish-Italian | Actress | The RiverDoctor ZhivagoA Clockwork Orange |
| March | 14 | Sir Peter Maxwell Davies | 81 | English | Composer | The Boy FriendThe Devils |
| March | 15 | Sylvia Anderson | 88 | English | Producer and screenwriter | Thunderbirds Are GoThunderbird 6Doppelgänger |
| March | 17 | Cliff Michelmore | 96 | English | Producer | All Your OwnPlaybox |
| March | 18 | Barry Hines | 76 | English | Author and screenwriter | KesLooks and SmilesThe Gamekeeper |
| March | 31 | Douglas Wilmer | 96 | English | Actor, singer and comedian | El CidHammerheadThe Vengeance of Fu ManchuThe Golden Voyage of Sinbad |
| March | 31 | Ronnie Corbett | 85 | Scottish | Actor | The Two RonniesNo Sex Please, We're BritishCasino Royale (1967) |
| April | 8 | David Swift | 85 | English | Actor | Drop the Dead DonkeyThe Day of the JackalThe Black Panther |
| April | 13 | Gareth Thomas | 71 | English | Actor | Blake's 7The Ragman's DaughterJuggernaut |
| April | 17 | Kit West | 80 | English | Special effects artist | Raiders of the Lost ArkYoung Sherlock HolmesReturn of the Jedi |
| April | 18 | Karina Huff | 55 | English-Italian | Actress | Time for LovingSummer Games |
| April | 18 | John Rapley | 81 | English | Actor | The Elephant ManJane and the Lost CityWhite Hunter Black Heart |
| April | 20 | Guy Hamilton | 93 | English | Director | GoldfingerThe Colditz StoryBattle of BritainLive and Let Die |
| April | 20 | Victoria Wood | 62 | English | Actress and comedian | The Wind in the WillowsThe League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse |
| May | 6 | John Krish | 92 | British | Actor, radio and television personality | Unearthly StrangerThe Wild AffairJesus |
| May | 19 | Alan Young | 96 | British-born Canadian-American | Actor, radio and television personality | Mickey's Christmas CarolThe Alan Young ShowMister Ed |
| May | 24 | Burt Kwouk | 85 | English | Actor | GoldfingerPink Panther filmsAir AmericaKiss of the Dragon |
| June | 6 | Sir Peter Shaffer | 90 | English | Screenwriter and playwright | EquusAmadeusFollow Me! |
| June | 20 | Barry Hanson | 73 | English | Producer | RunnersThe Long Good Friday |
| June | 22 | Harry Rabinowitz | 100 | English | Composer | Chariots of FireMauriceThe Remains of the DayThe English PatientThe Talented Mr. RipleyCold Mountain |
| June | 30 | Joe Powell | 94 | English | Stuntman | The Guns of NavaroneLawrence of ArabiaZuluTop Secret! |
| July | 1 | Robin Hardy | 86 | English | Director and screenwriter | The Wicker ManThe FantasistThe Wicker Tree |
| July | 2 | Euan Lloyd | 86 | English | Producer | Paper TigerThe Wild GeeseThe Sea Wolves |
| July | 5 | William Lucas | 91 | English | Actor | The Shadow of the CatNight of the Big HeatTower of Evil |
| July | 15 | V. F. Perkins | 79 | English | Film critic | |
| July | 27 | Sue Gibson | 63 | English | Cinematographer and director of photography | Mrs DallowaySaving GraceResident EvilAlien vs. Predator |
| July | 29 | Ken Barrie | 83 | English | Actor and singer | Sharks' Treasure EmilyThe Silent Scream |
| July | 29 | Vivean Gray | 92 | English-Australian | Actor | Picnic at Hanging RockThe Last Wave |
| August | 13 | Kenny Baker | 81 | English | Actor and musician | Star WarsTime Bandits |
| August | 20 | Brian Rix | 92 | English | Actor | Reluctant HeroesDry RotThe Night We Got the BirdAnd the Same to YouDon't Just Lie There, Say Something! |
| September | 5 | Donald Ranvaud | 62 | British | Producer | Farewell My ConcubineCentral StationCity of GodThe Constant Gardener |
| October | 23 | Jane Alderman | 77 | British | Casting director | Bad BoysLove JonesCandymanPoltergeist III |
| October | 30 | Simon Relph | 76 | British | Producer | The Return of the SoldierWetherbyEnchanted AprilHideous Kinky |
| November | 5 | John Carson | 89 | English | Actor | Act of MurderNight Caller from Outer SpaceThe Plague of the ZombiesThunderbird 6 |
| November | 14 | Janet Wright | 71 | English-Canadian | Actress | McCabe & Mrs. MillerThe Perfect StormCorner Gas: The MovieRamona and Beezus |
| November | 23 | Andrew Sachs | 86 | German-born English | Actor and musician | Revenge of the Pink PantherTerry Pratchett's Going PostalQuartet (2012) |
| November | 25 | David Hamilton | 83 | English | Director | Tender CousinsA Summer in St. Tropez |
| November | 27 | Valerie Gaunt | 84 | English | Actress | The Curse of FrankensteinDracula (1958) |
| December | 6 | Andrew Sachs | 93 | English | Actor | HammerheadPorridgeThe Remains of the DayLes Misérables |
| December | 14 | Bernard Fox | 89 | Welsh | Actor | Hold On!Herbie Goes to Monte CarloTitanicThe Mummy |
| December | 14 | Jeremy Summers | 85 | British | Director | The Punch and Judy ManFerry Cross the MerseyThe Vengeance of Fu Manchu |
| December | 22 | Philip Saville | 86 | English | Director and actor | Oedipus the KingCount DraculaThe Fruit MachineThe Gospel of John |
| December | 24 | Liz Smith | 95 | English | Actress | The French Lieutenant's WomanA Private FunctionWe Think the World of YouCharlie and the Chocolate Factory |