The British film industry produced over six hundred feature films in 2014. 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 2014.
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 a number of large-scale co-productions with the United States, such as Guardians of the Galaxy, Interstellar, Maleficent and X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Major releases
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
Minor releases
Co-productions
Of the 130 major British releases of 2014, 79 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 40 films, which include all ten of the top ten highest grossing British films of the year. They are listed in full below.
Highest-grossing films
Listed here are the highest grossing British films of 2014, with their total earnings listed in British pound sterling. It includes films released in previous years that made money in 2014, particularly those that had minor releases in 2013 but their main releases in 2014.
Critical reception
Listed here are the top ten best and worst British films of those released in 2014, and listed above as major releases, as per the review aggregators Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. The critical scores for Rotten Tomatoes are out of a maximum score of 100, as is the critical score for Metacritic.
Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic
British award winners
Academy Awards
The 86th Academy Awards honoring the best films of 2013 were held on 2 March 2014.
British winners:
12 Years a Slave (Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay) Gravity (Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing) The Lady in Number 6 (Best Documentary – Short Subject) Angela Lansbury (Academy Honorary Award) Chris Munro (Best Sound Mixing) - Gravity Glenn Freemantle (Best Sound Editing) - Gravity Malcolm Clarke (Best Documentary – Short Subject) - The Lady in Number 6 Mark Sanger (Best Film Editing) - Gravity Neil Corbould (Best Visual Effects) - Gravity Nicholas Reed (Best Documentary – Short Subject) - The Lady in Number 6 Steve McQueen (Best Picture) - 12 Years a Slave Steven Price (Best Original Score) - Gravity Tim Webber (Best Visual Effects) - Gravity
British nominations:
12 Years a Slave (Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing) Gravity (Best Picture, Best Production Design) Inside Llewyn Davis (Best Sound Mixing, Best Cinematography) Karama Has No Walls (Best Documentary – Short Subject) Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (Best Original Song) Philomena (Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score) Room on the Broom (Best Animated Short Film) Saving Mr. Banks (Best Original Score) The Act of Killing (Best Documentary – Feature) The Invisible Woman (Best Costume Design) The Square (Best Documentary – Feature) The Voorman Problem (Best Live Action Short Film) Adam Clayton (Best Original Song) - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Baldwin Li (Best Live Action Short Film) - The Voorman Problem Chiwetel Ejiofor (Best Actor) - 12 Years a Slave Chris Munro (Best Sound Mixing) - Captain Phillips Christian Bale (Best Actor) - American Hustle David Evans (Best Original Song) - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom David Heyman (Best Picture) - Gravity Gabrielle Tana (Best Picture) - Philomena Jeff Pope (Best Adapted Screenplay) - Philomena Joanne Woollard (Best Production Design) - Gravity Joe Walker - 12 Years a Slave Judi Dench (Best Actress) - Philomena Mark Gill (Best Live Action Short Film) - The Voorman Problem Mark Taylor (Best Sound Mixing) - Captain Phillips Michael O'Connor (Best Costume Design) - The Invisible Woman Oliver Tarney (Best Sound Editing) - Captain Phillips Roger Deakins (Best Cinematography) - Prisoners Sally Hawkins (Best Supporting Actress) - Blue Jasmine Sara Ishaq (Best Documentary – Short Subject) - Karama Has No Walls Steve Coogan (Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay) - Philomena Steve McQueen (Best Director) - 12 Years a Slave Tracey Seaward (Best Picture) - Philomena