Best United Kingdom movies that are award winners or nominees

Brooklyn(2015)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 89

An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.



The Father(2020)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 90

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.



Emma.(2020)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 80

In 1800s England, a well meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.



Billy Elliot(2000)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.



Chariots of Fire(1981)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 75

Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics.



The Lady in the Van(2015)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A man forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman living in her van that's parked in his driveway.



Secrets & Lies(1996)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A successful black woman discovers that her birth mother is a underprivileged white woman, but the woman denies it. As emotions run high, everyone's secrets are exposed.



Loving Vincent(2017)

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Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 71

In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.



The Favourite(2018)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 94

In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne (Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah (Weisz) governs the country in her stead. When a new servant Abigail (Stone) arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.



The Day of the Jackal(1973)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" plots to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.



Mary Queen of Scots(2018)

Combined Rating:
55
Combined Critics Rating: 82

Mary Stuart's attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.



Murder on the Orient Express(1974)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 22

In December 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.





The Knack ...and How to Get It(1965)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 10

In England, the times are a changing: it's mods and rockers. On the day Nancy gets off the London train, cases in hand, looking for the YWCA, Colin has had enough of missing out on the ...



The Assassination Bureau(1969)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 6

A woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge.



Young Winston(1972)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 8

This historical drama is an account of the early life of the future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Simon Ward), including his childhood, his time as a war correspondent in South ...



Gold(1974)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Rod Slater is the newly appointed general manager of the Sonderditch gold mine, but he stumbles across an ingenious plot to flood the mine, by drilling into an underground lake, so the ...



Joseph Andrews(1977)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews, a Latin pupil and protégé of ...