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List of British films of 2011

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2011 saw the death of Elizabeth Taylor.
2011 also saw the death of director Ken Russell.

The British film industry produced over four hundred feature films in 2011. This article fully lists all non-pornographic films, including short films, that had a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by the United Kingdom. It does not include films first released in previous years that had release dates in 2011.
Also included is an overview of the major events in British film, including film festivals and awards ceremonies, as well as lists of those films that have been particularly well received, both critically and financially. The year was particularly notable for the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, the final instalment in the Harry Potter film franchise.

Major releases

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January – March

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Opening Title Cast and Crew Details Genre(s)
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14 The Mirror Boy Director: Obi Emelonye
Cast: Genevieve Nnaji, Osita Iheme, Edward Kagutuzi, Fatima Jabbe
Fantasy
Drama
Adventure
21 Tyrannosaur Director: Paddy Considine
Cast: Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan, Paul Popplewell, Sally Carman
StudioCanal UK Drama
No Strings Attached[1] Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Cary Elwes, Kevin Kline
Paramount Pictures Romantic comedy
23 Gnomeo & Juliet Director: Kelly Asbury
Cast: James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Richard Wilson, Julie Walters, Jason Statham, Ashley Jensen, Hulk Hogan
Entertainment One Films
Based on Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Animation
Fantasy
Romance
Comedy
24 Perfect Sense Director: David Mackenzie
Cast: Eva Green, Ewan McGregor
Senator Film Verleih Romance
Drama
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8 Late Bloomers Director: Julie Gavras
Cast: William Hurt, Isabella Rossellini
Gaumont Film Company Drama
11 The Eagle Director: Kevin Macdonald
Cast: Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, Mark Strong
Universal Pictures
Based on The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
Historical
Epic
Drama
12 The Flying Machine Directors: Martin Clapp, Geoff Lindsey, Dorota Kobiela
Cast: Heather Graham, Lang Lang
Animation
Family
14 Coriolanus Director: Ralph Fiennes
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler
The Weinstein Company
Based on Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
Drama
Paul Director: Greg Mottola
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Jane Lynch, Sigourney Weaver
Universal Pictures Science Fiction
comedy
16 Unknown Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Cast: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Frank Langella
Warner Bros. Pictures
Based on Out of My Head by Didier Van Cauwelaert
Thriller
17 Chalet Girl Director: Phil Traill
Cast: Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, Tamsin Egerton, Ken Duken, Sophia Bush, Bill Bailey, Brooke Shields, Bill Nighy
IFC Films Romance
Comedy
Lipstikka Director: Jonathan Sagall
Cast: Clara Khoury, Nataly Attiya [de]
Drama
25 Little Deaths Directors: Sean Hogan, Andrew Parkinson, Simon Rumley
Cast: Luke de Lacey, Holly Lucas, Siubhan Harrison, James Oliver Wheatley, Marc Bennett
Imagination Worldwide Horror
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4 Ironclad Director: Jonathan English
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Jason Flemyng
Warner Bros.
Based on the Siege of Rochester Castle (1215)
Historical
Action
Adventure
9 Jane Eyre Director: Cary Fukunaga
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins, Simon McBurney, Imogen Poots
Universal Pictures
Based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Romance
Drama
Historical
11 Weekend Director: Andrew Haigh
Cast: Tom Cullen, Chris New
Peccadillo Pictures Romance
Drama
12 Attack the Block Director: Joe Cornish
Cast: John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Nick Frost, Luke Treadaway
Optimum Releasing Science Fiction
Horror
Comedy
Kill List Director: Ben Wheatley
Cast: Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, Emma Fryer
Optimum Releasing Horror
18 Anuvahood Director: Adam Deacon
Cast: Paul Kaye, Adam Deacon, Femi Oyeniran, Ollie Barbieri, Ashley Walters
Revolver Entertainment
Parody of Kidulthood (2006)
Comedy
21 Jack Falls Director: Paul Tanter, Alexander Williams
Cast: Tamer Hassan, Simon Phillips, Olivia Hallinan, Dexter Fletcher, Dominic Burns, Doug Bradley, Adam Deacon, Alan Ford, Jason Flemying, Martin Kemp, Neil Maskell, Jing Lusi
Lionsgate Crime
25 Wake Wood Director: David Keating [it]
Cast: Timothy Spall, Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle, Dan Gordon
Hammer Film Productions Horror
29 The Resident Director: Antti Jokinen
Cast: Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lee Pace, Aunjanue Ellis, Christopher Lee
Paramount Pictures Thriller

April – June

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Opening Title Cast and Crew Details Genre(s)
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1 Blooded Director: Edward Boase
Cast: Nick Ashdon, Oliver Boot, Sharon Duncan Brewster, Tracy Ifeachor, Joseph Kloska, Jay Taylor, Cicely Tennant
Revolver Entertainment Horror
Thriller
Killing Bono Director: Nick Hamm
Cast: Ben Barnes, Robert Sheehan, Martin McCann
Paramount Pictures
Based on Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelgänger by Neil McCormick
Comedy
7 Hanna Director: Joe Wright
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett
Focus Features Action
Thriller
10 A Lonely Place to Die Director: Julian Gilbey
Cast: Melissa George, Kate Magowan, Edward Speleers, Karel Roden, Sean Harris, Stephen McCole, Alec Newman, Eamonn Walker
Kaleidoscope Entertainment Thriller
15 The Caller Director: Matthew Parkhill
Cast: Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer
Bankside Films Thriller
24 United Director: James Strong
Cast: David Tennant, Jack O'Connell, Sam Claflin, Dougray Scott
BBC Two
Based on the Munich air disaster (1958)
Drama
Sport
Historical
29 The Veteran Director: Matthew Hope
Cast: Toby Kebbell, Brian Cox
DMK Productions Action
Thriller
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6 Everywhere and Nowhere Director: Menhaj Huda
Cast: James Floyd, Adam Deacon
Drama
7 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush
Walt Disney Pictures
Based on On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
Fantasy
Swashbuckler
11 Attack of the Herbals Director: David Keith
Cast: Calum Booth, Claire McCulloch, Steve Worsley, Richard Currie, Liam Matheson
Horror
Comedy
12 Bringing Up Bobby Director: Famke Janssen
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Bill Pullman, Rory Cochrane, Marcia Cross, Spencer List
Monterey Media Drama
We Need to Talk About Kevin Director: Lynne Ramsay
Cast: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller
BBC Films
Based on We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Drama
Thriller
14 The Decoy Bride Director: Sheree Folkson
Cast: David Tennant, Alice Eve, Kelly Macdonald, Sally Phillips
CinemaNX Romance
Comedy
The Italian Key Director: Rosa Karo
Cast: Gwendolyn Anslow, Joana Cartocci
Nordisk Film Comedy
Romance
Drama
19 Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai Director: Takashi Miike
Cast: Ichikawa Ebizō XI, Eita, Kōji Yakusho
Shochiku
Remake of Harakiri (1962)
Drama
20 Age of Heroes Director: Adrian Vitoria
Cast: Sean Bean, Danny Dyer
Metrodome Distribution
Based on the life of Ian Fleming
War
Blitz Director: Elliott Lester
Cast: Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen, David Morrissey, Zawe Ashton
Lionsgate UK
Based on Blitz by Ken Bruen
Crime
Thriller
22 Beloved Director: Catherine Deneuve, Miloš Forman, Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Chiara Mastroianni, Michel Delpech, Paul Schneider Le Pacte Drama
Musical
Romance
25 X-Men: First Class Director: Matthew Vaughn
Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, January Jones, Nicholas Hoult, Oliver Platt, Jason Flemyng, Lucas Till, Edi Gathegi, Kevin Bacon
20th Century Fox
Based on X-Men by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee
Superhero
Action
Science Fiction
Historical
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7 Love's Kitchen Director: James Hacking
Cast: Dougray Scott, Claire Forlani, Gordon Ramsay
Screen Media Films Romance
Comedy
17 Swinging with the Finkels Director: Jonathan Newman
Cast: Mandy Moore, Martin Freeman
Moving Pictures Film and Television Comedy
20 Grave Tales Director: Don Fearney
Cast: Brian Murphy, Damien Thomas, Edward de Souza, Marysia Kay, Frank Scantori, Mark Sloan, Aubrey Wakeling, Celia Carron, Heather Darcy
Horror
21 Albatross Director: Niall MacCormick
Cast: Jessica Brown Findlay, Felicity Jones, Julia Ormond
CinemaNX Drama
23 Weekender Director: Karl Golden
Cast: Jack O'Connell, Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Momentum Pictures Historical
Drama
24 World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries Directors: Michael Bartlett, Kevin Gates
Cast: Vicky Araico, Hiram Bleetman, Tobias Bowman
Dimension Films
Sequel to The Zombie Diaries (2006)
Horror

July – September

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Opening Title Cast and Crew Details Genre(s)
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1 Blackthorn Director: Mateo Gil
Cast: Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega, Stephen Rea, Magaly Solier
Alta Films
Based on the life of Butch Cassidy
Western
7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II Director: David Yates
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Warner Bros. Pictures
Based on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
Fantasy
19 The Wicker Tree Director: Robin Hardy
Cast: Graham McTavish, Jacqueline Leonard, Henry Garrett, Honeysuckle Weeks, Clive Russell, Christopher Lee, Brittania Nicol
British Lion Films
Based on Cowboys for Christ by Robin Hardy
Horror
28 Foster Director: Jonathan Newman
Toni Collette, Ioan Gruffudd, Maurice Cole, Hayley Mills, Richard E. Grant, Anne Reid, Daisy Beaumont
SC Films
Remake of Foster (2005)
Comedy
Drama
29 Horrid Henry: The Movie Director: Nick Moore
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Theo Stevenson, Mathew Horne, Richard E. Grant, Noel Fielding, Dick & Dom, Jo Brand, Kimberley Walsh, Parminder Nagra
Vertigo Films
Based on Horrid Henry by Francesca Simon
Family
Comedy
Adventure
31 Hollow Director: Michael Axelgaard
Cast: Emily Plumtree, Sam Stockman, Matt Stokoe, Jessica Ellerby, Simon Roberts
Metrodome Distribution Horror
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8 One Day Director: Lone Scherfig
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Tom Mison, Jodie Whittaker, Rafe Spall, Joséphine de La Baume, Patricia Clarkson
Focus Features
Based on One Day by David Nicholls
Romance
Drama
17 The Inbetweeners Movie Director: Ben Palmer
Cast: Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Emily Head, Greg Davies, Anthony Head
Entertainment Film Distributors
Based on The Inbetweeners television series.
Comedy
27 Panic Button Director: Chris Crow
Cast: Scarlett Alice Johnson, Michael Jibson, Jack Gordon, Elen Rhys, Joshua Richards, Millie Midwinter
Horror
Thriller
29 Inbred Director: Alex Chandon
Cast: Jo Hartley, Seamus O'Neill, James Doherty, James Burrows, Neil Leiper, Dominic Brunt
New Flesh Films Horror
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1 The Three Musketeers Director: Paul W. S. Anderson
Cast: Matthew Macfadyen, Logan Lerman, Ray Stevenson, Gabriella Wilde, Luke Evans, Milla Jovovich, Orlando Bloom, Christoph Waltz
Entertainment One
Based on The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas père
Romance
Action
Adventure
W.E. Director: Madonna
Cast: Abbie Cornish, James D'Arcy, Andrea Riseborough, Oscar Isaac
Optimum Releasing
Based on the life of Wallis Simpson
Romance
Drama
2 Albert Nobbs Director: Rodrigo García
Cast: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson
Entertainment One
Based on The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs by George Moore
Drama
A Dangerous Method Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Vincent Cassel
Sony Pictures Classics
Based on A Most Dangerous Method by John Kerr
Historical
4 Shame Director: Steve McQueen
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie
Fox Searchlight Pictures Drama
5 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Director: Tomas Alfredson
Cast: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Graham
StudioCanal UK
Based on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré
Thriller
6 Wuthering Heights Director: Andrea Arnold
Cast: Kaya Scodelario, James Howson
Artificial Eye
Based on Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Drama
Romance
7 A Night in the Woods Director: Richard Parry
Cast: Anna Skellern, Scoot McNairy, Andrew Hawley
Momentum Pictures Horror
10 Burning Man Director: Jonathan Teplitzky
Cast: Matthew Goode, Bojana Novakovic
Drama
Killer Elite Director: Gary McKendry
Cast: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, Yvonne Strahovski, Dominic Purcell
Entertainment Film Distributors
Based on The Feather Men by Ranulph Fiennes
Action
Thriller
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Director: Lasse Hallström
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt
Lionsgate
Based on Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday
Drama
Romance
Drama
You're Next Director: Adam Wingard
Cast: Sharni Vinson, Nicholas Tucci, Wendy Glenn, A. J. Bowen, Joe Swanberg
Lionsgate Horror
11 Anonymous Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave
Anonymous Pictures
Based on the life of Edward de Vere
Historical
Drama
Thriller
The Deep Blue Sea Director: Terence Davies
Cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston
Music Box Films
Based on The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan
Drama
The Woman in the Fifth Director: Paweł Pawlikowski
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas
Memento Films
Based on The Woman in the Fifth by Douglas Kennedy
Drama
12 360 Director: Fernando Meirelles
Cast: Lucia Siposova, Gabriela Marcinková, Johannes Krisch, Jude Law, Moritz Bleibtreu, Jamel Debbouze, Dinara Drukarova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Rachel Weisz, Julianno Cazarre, Maria Flor, Ben Foster, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Anthony Hopkins, Mark Ivanir
Artificial Eye Drama
The Lady Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis
Entertainment Film Distributors
Based on the life of Aung San Suu Kyi
Biography
14 Big Fat Gypsy Gangster Director: Ricky Grover
Ricky Grover, Steven Berkoff, Peter Capaldi, Omid Djalili, Rochelle Wiseman, Tulisa Contostavlos, Rufus Hound
4Digital Media
Based on The 11 O'Clock Show television series.
Comedy
15 Hysteria Director: Tanya Wexler
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rupert Everett, Felicity Jones
BIM Distribuzione Comedy
Romance
Historical
Johnny English Reborn Director: Oliver Parker
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Dominic West, Gillian Anderson, Rosamund Pike
Universal Pictures
Sequel to Johnny English (2003)
Action
Comedy
16 Resistance Director: Amit Gupta
Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Tom Wlaschiha, Michael Sheen
Metrodome Distribution
Based on Resistance by Owen Sheers
Drama
Thriller
War
Turnout Director: Lee Sales
Cast: George Russo, Ophelia Lovibond, Francis Pope, Neil Maskell, Zara Dawson, Sonny Muslim, Ricci Harnett, Tony Denham, Ben Drew, Peter Ferdinando, Lee Wallace
Revolver Entertainment Crime
Drama
You Instead Director: David Mackenzie
Cast: Luke Treadaway, Natalia Tena, Sophie Wu, Mathew Baynton, Gavin Mitchell, Alastair Mackenzie, Ruta Gedmintas, Kari Corbett
Sigma Films Musical
Romance
Comedy
21 Dimensions Director: Sloane U’Ren
Cast: Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Camilla Rutherford, Patrick Godfrey, Olivia Llewellyn, Sean Heart
Sculptures of Dazzling Complexity Ltd Science Fiction
Romance
23 Mausam Director: Pankaj Kapoor
Shahid Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Shayan Munshi
Eros International Media Ltd. Romance
Drama
The Tapes Directors: Lee Alliston, Scott Bates
Jason Maza, Mark Dusty Miller, Lee Alliston
Exile Media Group Horror
26 Day of the Diesels Director: Greg Tiernan
Cast: Keith Wickham, Teresa Gallagher, Ben Small, Kerry Shale, Matt Wilkinson, Rupert Degas
Nitrogen Studios Thomas and Friends
29 A Thousand Kisses Deep Director: Dana Lustig
Cast: Dougray Scott, Jodie Whittaker, Emilia Fox, David Warner, Allan Corduner
Osiris Entertainment Science Fiction
Romance
Thriller

October – December

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1 A Landscape of Lies Director: Paul Knight
Cast: Andrea McLean, Danny Midwinter, Lucinda Rhodes-Flaherty, Andre Samson, Daniel Peacock, Marc Bannerman, Christina Baily
Drama
2 The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall Directors: Nick Morris, Laurence Connor
Cast: Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Hadley Fraser
Universal Pictures
Based on The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Musical
Romance
Thriller
Victim Director: Alex Pillai
Cast: Ashley Chin, Ashley Madekwe, Jason Maza
Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment Action
Drama
4 A Few Best Men Director: Stephan Elliott
Cast: Xavier Samuel, Kris Marshall, Kevin Bishop, Rebel Wilson, Olivia Newton-John
Icon Film Distribution Comedy
5 Flutter Director: Giles Borg
Cast: Joe Anderson, Laura Fraser, Luke Evans, Max Brown, Anton Lesser
Flutter Comedy
7 7 Lives Director: Paul Wilkins
Cast: Danny Dyer, Kate Ashfield, Martin Compston
Revolver Fantasy
Thriller
Intruders Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Cast: Clive Owen, Carice van Houten, Daniel Brühl, Pilar López de Ayala, Ella Purnell
Universal Pictures Fantasy
Horror
Thriller
The Reverend Director: Neil Jones
Cast: Stuart Brennan, Tamer Hassan, Rutger Hauer
Burn Hand Film Productions
Based on the biblical Book of Job
Horror
8 Demons Never Die Director: Arjun Rose
Cast: Robert Sheehan, Ashley Walters, Tulisa Contostavlos, Jason Maza, Reggie Yates
Exile Media Group Horror
9 My Week with Marilyn Director: Simon Curtis
Cast: Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Dominic Cooper, Dougray Scott, Judi Dench, Emma Watson
Entertainment Film Distributors
Based on My Week with Marilyn by Colin Clark
Drama
11 Closure of Catharsis Director: Rouzbeh Rashidi
Cast: James Devereux
Experimental
In Love with Alma Cogan Director: Tony Britten
Cast: Roger Lloyd-Pack, Niamh Cusack, Gwyneth Strong
Capriol Films Romance
Comedy
14 Retreat Director: Carl Tibbetts
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Thandie Newton, Jamie Bell, Jimmy Yuill
Sony Pictures Entertainment Thriller
Horror
21 Four Director: John Langridge
Cast: Martin Compston, Craig Conway, Kierston Wareing, Sean Pertwee
Oh My! Productions Ltd Thriller
Wild Bill Director: Dexter Fletcher
Cast: Charlie Creed-Miles, Will Poulter, Liz White, Sammy Williams, Charlotte Spencer, Leo Gregory, Neil Maskell, Iwan Rheon, Jason Flemyng, Jaime Winstone, Olivia Williams, Andy Serkis
Universal indiVISION Drama
22 Sket Director: Nirpal Bhogal
Cast: Ashley Walters, Lily Loveless, Riann Steele, Aimee Kelly, Emma Hartley-Miller, Adelayo Adedayo
Revolver Entertainment Thriller
25 Fit-Boy Director: Glen Pearson
Cast: William Robert Pearson, Nathan Watkis, Tom Soane, Owen Llewelyn
Somerstown Film No-budget feature
Hunky Dory Director: Marc Evans
Cast: Minnie Driver, Aneurin Barnard, Kimberley Nixon, Robert Pugh, Steve Speirs
Entertainment One Musical
Third Contact Director: Simon Horrocks Thriller
31 The Parade Director: Srđan Dragojević
Cast: Nikola Kojo, Miloš Samolov, Hristina Popović, Goran Jevtić, Goran Navojec, Dejan Aćimović, Toni Mihajlovski
Filmstar Comedy
Drama
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4 Faces in the Crowd Director:Julien Magnat
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Julian McMahon, David Atrakchi, Sarah Wayne Callies, Sandrine Holt
Millennium Entertainment Crime
Drama
Horror
Thriller
Junkhearts Director: Tinge Krishnan
Cast: Eddie Marsan
Drama
Will Director: Ellen Perry
Cast: Damian Lewis, Bob Hoskins
Based on the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final Sport
Drama
9 In Search of La Che Director: Mark D. Ferguson
Cast: Duncan Airlie James, Paul Massie, Craig Walker
Quick Off The Mark Productions Comedy
Musical
11 Arthur Christmas Director: Sarah Smith
Cast: James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Ashley Jensen
Columbia Pictures Comedy
Black Pond Director: Tom Kingsley, Will Sharpe
Cast: Chris Langham, Simon Amstell, Amanda Hadingue, Colin Hurley
Comedy
Drama
Thriller
Kill Keith Director: Andy Thompson
Cast: Susannah Fielding, Simon Phillips, Keith Chegwin, Joe Tracini
Dead on Arrival Digital
Parody of Kill Bill (2003)
Comedy
Horror
The Awakening Director: Nick Murphy
Cast: Rebecca Hall, Dominic West
StudioCanal UK Horror
18 How to Stop Being a Loser Director: Dominic Burns
Cast: Simon Phillips, Gemma Atkinson, Billy Murray, Richard E. Grant, Colin Salmon, Martin Kemp, Craig Conway, Stephanie Leonidas, Adele Silva
Comedy
30 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Director: John Madden
Cast: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Dev Patel, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Smith
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Based on These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach
Comedy
Drama
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2 Land Gold Women Director: Avantika Hari
Cast: Narinder Samra, Neelam Parmar, Chris Villiers, Hassani Shapi, Aaron Virdee, Laurence Saunders
A Richer Lens Production Drama
6 On the Ropes Directors: Mark Noyce, Hamdy Taha
Cast: Joe Egan, Mark Noyce, Ben Shockley
Cornerstone media international Comedy
9 My Angel Director: Stephen Cookson
Cast: Joseph Phillips, Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Celia Imrie, Mel Smith
New Horizon Films & BBC Home Entertainment Christmas
16 Wreckers Director: D. R. Hood
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Shaun Evans
Drama
17 Patient 17 Director: Tuyet Le
Cast: Hannah Waterman, Cornelius Macarthy, Jonathan Linsley, Saul Reichlin, Christopher Dunne, Matthew Chambers, David Andrews, Tuyet Le
Thriller
18 Lost Christmas Director: John Hay
Cast: Eddie Izzard, Jason Flemyng, Brett Fancy
BBC Drama
25 War Horse Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan, Niels Arestrup, Jeremy Irvine
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Based on War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
War
Drama
26 The Iron Lady Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Cast: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Iain Glen, Olivia Colman, Anthony Head, Richard E. Grant
20th Century Fox
Based on the life of Margaret Thatcher
Biography
30 Abandoned Director: Gaby Dellal
Cast: Thomas Dekker, Lynn Collins, Elizabeth McGovern, Joseph Morgan, Jeremy Piven, Mira Sorvino, Kate Walsh
Entertainment One
Based on Angels Crest by Leslie Schwartz
Drama

Co-productions

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Of the 128 major British releases of 2011, 58 were co-productions with at least one other country. As with other years, the largest number of co-productions were made with the United States, with 30 films. They are listed in full below.

Rank Country Number Films
1  United States (including  Puerto Rico) 30 A Thousand Kisses Deep, Albert Nobbs, Anonymous, Arthur Christmas, Blitz, Bringing Up Bobby, Faces in the Crowd, Gnomeo & Juliet, Hanna, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, Intruders, Ironclad, Jane Eyre, Johnny English Reborn, My Week with Marilyn, One Day, Paul, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Swinging with the Finkels, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Caller, The Deep Blue Sea, The Eagle, The Italian Key, The Resident, Unknown, War Horse, We Need to Talk About Kevin, X-Men: First Class, You're Next
2  France 18 360, Albert Nobbs, Attack the Block, Blackthorn, Blitz, Faces in the Crowd, Hysteria, Johnny English Reborn, Late Bloomers, Beloved, The Iron Lady, The Lady, The Parade, The Prodigies, The Three Musketeers, The Woman in the Fifth, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Unknown
3  Germany 11 A Dangerous Method, Anonymous, Chalet Girl, Hanna, Hysteria, Inbred, Ironclad, Resistance, The Three Musketeers, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Unknown
4  Ireland 5 Albert Nobbs, Closure of Catharsis, Killing Bono, Perfect Sense, Wake Wood
5=  Australia 3 A Few Best Men, Burning Man, Killer Elite
5=  Canada 3 A Dangerous Method, Abandoned, Faces in the Crowd
5=   Switzerland 3 A Dangerous Method, Hysteria, Ironclad
8=  Austria 2 360, Chalet Girl
8=  India 2 Mausam, The Flying Machine
8=  Poland 2 The Flying Machine, The Woman in the Fifth
8=  Spain 2 Blackthorn, Intruders
12=  Belgium 1 Late Bloomers
12=  Bolivia 1 Blackthorn
12=  Brazil 1 360
12=  China 1 The Flying Machine
12=  Croatia 1 The Parade
12=  Czech Republic 1 Beloved
12=  Denmark 1 Perfect Sense
12=  Finland 1 The Italian Key
12=  Hungary 1 The Eagle
12=  Israel 1 Lipstikka
12=  Italy 1 The Italian Key
12=  Japan 1 Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
12=  Luxembourg 1 Hysteria
12=  Macedonia 1 The Parade
12=  Netherlands 1 Bringing Up Bobby
12=  Norway 1 The Flying Machine
12=  Serbia 1 The Parade
12=  Slovenia 1 The Parade
12=  Sweden 1 Perfect Sense
12=  United Arab Emirates 1 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Critical reception

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Listed here are the top ten best and worst British films of those released in 2011, and listed above as major releases, as per the review aggregator websites Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. Both the critical scores for Rotten Tomatoes are out of a maximum score of 100, as is the critical score for Metacritic. Films not listed on a particular website, or that do not yet have a certain score, do not appear in the corresponding list.

Rotten Tomatoes

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Top 10 best reviewed films
Rank Film Rating No. of reviews
1 Wild Bill 100% 24
2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II 96% 306
3 Weekend 95% 78
4 Coriolanus 93% 135
5 Arthur Christmas 92% 157
6 Wreckers 91% 11
7 Attack the Block 90% 157
8 X-Men: First Class 87% 269
9 Jane Eyre 84% 148
10 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 83% 207
Top 10 worst reviewed films
Rank Film Rating No. of reviews
1 Swinging with the Finkels 0% 19
2= How to Stop Being a Loser 0% 7
2= World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries 0% 7
4 Will 0% 5
5= A Thousand Kisses Deep 8% 12
5= Everywhere and Nowhere 8% 12
7 Weekender 9% 11
8 Horrid Henry: The Movie 10% 21
9 W.E. 13% 105
10= Demons Never Die 13% 8
10= Inbred 13% 8

Metacritic

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Top 10 best reviewed films
Rank Film Rating No. of reviews
1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II 87 41
2 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 85 42
3 The Deep Blue Sea 82 30
4 Weekend 81 18
5 Coriolanus 79 32
6 A Dangerous Method 76 41
7 Jane Eyre 76 35
8 Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai 76 19
9 Attack the Block 75 27
10 Shame 72 41
Top 10 worst reviewed films
Rank Film Rating No. of reviews
1 Bringing Up Bobby 34 8
2 The Three Musketeers 35 15
3 Weekender 35 5
4 W.E. 37 32
5 Abandoned 38 11
6 You Instead 41 15
7 Ironclad 42 14
8 Albatross 42 10
9 The Decoy Bride 42 7
10 Chalet Girl 42 5

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Colin Firth received the best leading actor award at all five major awards ceremonies for his portrayal of George VI in The King's Speech.
Christian Bale won multiple awards for his portrayal of Dicky Eklund in The Fighter.
Tom Hooper
Helena Bonham Carter
Christopher Nolan
Roger Deakins
Danny Boyle
Mike Leigh
Sir Christopher Lee
Anthony Dod Mantle
Julianne Moore
Andrew Garfield
Lesley Manville
Miranda Richardson
Tom Hardy

The 83rd Academy Awards honoring the best films of 2010 were held on 27 February 2011.

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The 64th British Academy Film Awards were held on 13 February 2011.

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The 16th Critics' Choice Awards were held on 14 January 2011.

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  • 127 Hours (Best Song)
  • Inception (Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, Best Action Movie)
  • The King's Speech (Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay)
  • Christian Bale (Best Supporting Actor) – The Fighter
  • Colin Firth (Best Actor) – The King's Speech
  • David Seidler (Best Original Screenplay) – The King's Speech
  • Dido Armstrong (Best Song) – 127 Hours
  • Guy Hendrix Dyas (Best Art Direction) – Inception
  • Rollo Armstrong (Best Song) – 127 Hours

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The 68th Golden Globe Awards were held on 16 January 2011.

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The 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on 30 January 2011.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kaufmann, A. (16 January 2011). "2011 MOVIE PREVIEW; JANUARY; 12 months, 12 films; Showcasing a dozen titles for the year ahead as well as a few highlights along the way.; Kutcher has serious side, dude, really". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 February 2024 – via ProQuest.
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