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 include films screened in previous years that had release dates in 2016.

The following list comprises films not produced by Great Britain or the United Kingdom but is strongly associated with British culture.

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.

2016 saw the death of Alan Rickman .
It also saw the death of David Bowie .
Mark Rylance received multiple best supporting actor awards for his performance in Bridge of Spies .
Eddie Redmayne received multiple best actor nominations for his performance in The Danish Girl . He won the same award in four of the five award ceremonies the previous year with The Theory of Everything .
Charlotte Rampling received multiple best actress nominations for her performance in 45 Years .
Kate Winslet received multiple awards and nominations for her supporting role in Steve Jobs .
Christian Bale received multiple nominations for his supporting role in The Big Short .
Idris Elba received multiple nominations for his supporting role in Beasts of No Nation .
Roger Deakins , the acclaimed cinematographer, received multiple nominations for Sicario .
Sandy Powell received multiple nominations for costume design in both Carol and Cinderella .
Sam Smith received multiple awards for Best Original Song with Writing's on the Wall written for Spectre in collaboration with Jimmy Napes .
Ridley Scott received multiple nominations for directing The Martian .
Nick Hornby received multiple nominations for adapting Colm Tóibín 's Brooklyn to the 2015 film.
John Boyega won the EE Rising Star Award.