Best United Kingdom movies of recent years

Last Night in Soho(2021)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 79

An aspiring fashion designer is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer. But the glamour is not all it appears to be and the dreams of the past start to crack and splinter into something darker.



The Dig(2021)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 76

An archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938.



The Wonder(2022)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 72

A tale of two strangers who transform each other's lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil.



I Came By(2022)

Combined Rating:
59
Combined Critics Rating: 50

Follows a young graffiti artist who discovers a shocking secret that would put him and the ones closest to him in danger.



A Boy Called Christmas(2021)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 49

In this origin story of Father Christmas, an ordinary boy (with a loyal pet mouse and a reindeer at his side) sets out on an extraordinary adventure to find his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of Elfhelm.



Memoria(2021)

Combined Rating:
55
Combined Critics Rating: 71

A woman from Scotland, while traveling in Colombia, begins to notice strange sounds. Soon she begins to think about their appearance.



Luther: The Fallen Sun(2023)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther breaks out of prison to hunt down a sadistic serial killer who is terrorising London.



Together(2021)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A husband and wife are forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship through the reality of the COVID-19 lockdown.



The Strays(2023)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 45

A Black woman's meticulously-crafted life of privilege unravels when two strangers show up in her quaint suburban town.



Son(2021)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 50

When a young boy contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past.



Good Luck to You, Leo Grande(2022)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 66

Follows Nancy Stokes, a 55 year-old widow who is yearning for some adventure, human connection and some sex, good sex.



Emily(2022)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 59

Emily imagines the transformative, exhilarating, and uplifting journey to womanhood of a rebel and a misfit, one of the world's most famous, enigmatic, and provocative writers who died too soon at the age of 30.



Martyrs Lane(2021)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 55

Leah, 10, lives in a large vicarage, full of lost souls and the needy. In the day the house is bustling with people; at night it is dark, empty, a space for Leah's nightmares to creep into....



Creation Stories(2021)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 50

Creation Stories tells the unforgettable tale of infamous Creation Records label head Alan McGee; and of how one written-off young Glaswegian upstart rose to irrevocably change the face of British culture.



SAS: Red Notice(2021)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A small army of well trained criminals led by Grace Lewis have hijacked a train deep beneath the English Channel.



Consecration(2023)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 47

After the alleged suicide of her priest brother, Grace travels to the remote Scottish convent where he fell to his death. Distrusting the Church's account, she uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about herself.



Zone 414(2021)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 34

Set in the near future, private detective David Carmichael is hired by Marlon Veidt, an eccentric businessman, to track down his missing daughter. David teams up with Jane, a highly advanced A.I. to solve the mystery.



The Railway Children Return(2022)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 41

Follow a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War, where they encounter a young soldier who, like them, is far away from home.



What's Love Got to Do with It?(2022)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 41

A cross-cultural romantic comedy.



Joyride(2022)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 37

Follows Joy, a train-wreck on an adventure who is ready to give away her new-born baby. Joined by a cheeky street urchin, they are two diamonds in the rough on the run.




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