BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film facts for kids
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The 2025 recipient: Chloé Zhao for Hamnet
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| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Location | London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| First awarded | 1947 |
| Currently held by | Hamnet (2025) |
The BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film is a very special prize given each year to celebrate the best movies made in the United Kingdom. It's like a gold medal for amazing British filmmaking! The award is presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, often called BAFTA.
This award started a long time ago, in 1947, to honor films from that year. It was given out every year until 1968. Then, for more than 20 years, there wasn't a specific award just for British films. But don't worry, it came back in 1992!
The award used to be called the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film. It's still named after the famous filmmaker Alexander Korda. Today, it's known as "Outstanding British Film." It celebrates movies that are super creative, original, and show new ideas in British filmmaking.
To be considered for this award, a film needs to have a lot of creative input from people who are British. This includes directors, writers, and producers. These talented individuals must either be British citizens or have lived in the UK for at least ten years.
In the lists below, you'll see the winners and nominees. The films and people who won have their names in bold with a gold background. The years shown are when the films were released, not when the award ceremony happened. The ceremony always takes place the year after the films are released.
Contents
- Celebrating Great British Films: Winners and Nominees
- Recognizing Repeated Success: Multiple BAFTA Wins
- See also
Celebrating Great British Films: Winners and Nominees
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Early Years: 1940s to 1960s Film Excellence
British Film Winners of the 1940s
| Year | Film | Director(s) | Producer(s) |
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(1st) |
Odd Man Out | Carol Reed | Carol Reed |
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(3rd) |
The Third Man | Carol Reed | Carol Reed |
| Kind Hearts and Coronets | Robert Hamer | Michael Balcon | |
| Passport to Pimlico | Henry Cornelius | ||
| The Queen of Spades | Thorold Dickinson | Anatole de Grunwald | |
| A Run for Your Money | Charles Frend | Michael Balcon | |
| The Small Back Room | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | |
| Whisky Galore! | Alexander Mackendrick | Michael Balcon |
British Film Winners of the 1950s
| Year | Film | Director(s) | Producer(s) |
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(6th) |
The Sound Barrier | David Lean | David Lean |
| Angels One Five | George More O'Ferrall | John W. Gossage, Derek N. Twist | |
| Cry, the Beloved Country | Zoltán Korda | Zoltán Korda, Alan Paton | |
| Mandy | Alexander Mackendrick, Fred F. Sears | Michael Balcon, Leslie Norman | |
| Outcast of the Islands | Carol Reed | Carol Reed | |
| The River | Jean Renoir | Kenneth McEldowney, Jean Renoir | |
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(11th) |
The Bridge on the River Kwai | David Lean | Sam Spiegel |
| The Prince and the Showgirl | Laurence Olivier | Laurence Olivier | |
| The Shiralee | Leslie Norman | Michael Balcon, Jack Rix | |
| Windom's Way | Ronald Neame | John Bryan |
British Film Winners of the 1960s
| Year | Film | Director(s) | Producer(s) |
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(16th) |
Lawrence of Arabia | David Lean | Sam Spiegel |
| Billy Budd | Peter Ustinov | Peter Ustinov | |
| A Kind of Loving | John Schlesinger | Joseph Janni | |
| The L-Shaped Room | Bryan Forbes | Richard Attenborough, James Woolf | |
| Only Two Can Play | Sidney Gilliat | Leslie Gilliat | |
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(21st) |
A Man For All Seasons | Fred Zinnemann | Fred Zinnemann |
| Accident | Joseph Losey | Joseph Losey, Norman Priggen | |
| Blow-Up | Michelangelo Antonioni | Carlo Ponti | |
| The Deadly Affair | Sidney Lumet | Sidney Lumet |
The Award Returns: 1990s British Cinema
Top British Films of the 1990s
| Year | Film | Director(s) | Producer(s) |
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(46th) |
The Crying Game | Neil Jordan | Stephen Woolley |
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(53rd) |
East Is East | Damien O'Donnell | Leslee Udwin |
| Notting Hill | Roger Michell | Duncan Kenworthy | |
| Topsy-Turvy | Mike Leigh | Simon Channing Williams | |
| Wonderland | Michael Winterbottom | Michele Camarda, Andrew Eaton | |
| Ratcatcher | Lynne Ramsay | Gavin Emerson | |
| Onegin | Martha Fiennes | Ileen Maisel, Simon Bosanquet |
New Millennium Masterpieces: 2000s British Films
Outstanding British Films of the 2000s
| Year | Film | Director(s) | Producer(s) |
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(59th) |
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Steve Box and Nick Park | Bob Baker, Claire Jennings, David Sproxton |
| The Constant Gardener | Fernando Meirelles | Simon Channing Williams, Jeffrey Caine | |
| Pride & Prejudice | Joe Wright | Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster, Deborah Moggach | |
| A Cock and Bull Story | Michael Winterbottom | Andrew Eaton, Martin Hardy | |
| Festival | Annie Griffin | Christopher Young | |
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(63rd) |
Fish Tank | Andrea Arnold | Andrea Arnold, Kees Kasander, Nick Laws |
| An Education | Lone Scherfig | Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Lone Scherfig, Nick Hornby | |
| In the Loop | Armando Iannucci | Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche | |
| Moon | Duncan Jones | Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker | |
| Nowhere Boy | Sam Taylor-Wood | Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Kevin Loader, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Matt Greenhalgh |
Modern Classics: 2010s British Film Achievements
Best British Films of the 2010s
| Year | Film | Director(s) | Producer(s) |
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(69th) |
Brooklyn | John Crowley | John Crowley, Finola Dwyer, Nick Hornby, Amanda Posey |
| 45 Years | Andrew Haigh | Andrew Haigh, Tristan Goligher | |
| Amy | Asif Kapadia | James Gay-Rees | |
| The Danish Girl | Tom Hooper | Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anne Harrison, Gail Mutrux, Lucinda Coxon | |
| Ex Machina | Alex Garland | Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich | |
| The Lobster | Yorgos Lanthimos | Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Efthimis Filippou | |
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(73rd) |
1917 | Sam Mendes | Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Sam Mendes, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Krysty Wilson-Cairns |
| Bait | Mark Jenkin | Mark Jenkin, Kate Byers, Linn Waite | |
| For Sama | Waad Al-Khateab & Edward Watts | Waad Al-Khateab, Edward Watts | |
| Rocketman | Dexter Fletcher | Dexter Fletcher, Adam Bohling, David Furnish, David Reid, Matthew Vaughn, Lee Hall | |
| Sorry We Missed You | Ken Loach | Ken Loach, Rebecca O'Brien, Paul Laverty | |
| The Two Popes | Fernando Meirelles | Fernando Meirelles, Jonathan Eirich, Dan Lin, Tracey Seaward, Anthony McCarten |
Recent Triumphs: 2020s Outstanding British Films
Award-Winning British Films of the 2020s
| Year | Film | Director(s) | Producer(s) |
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(74th) |
Promising Young Woman | Emerald Fennell | Ben Browning, Emerald Fennell, Ashley Fox, Josey McNamara |
| Calm with Horses | Nick Rowland | Nick Rowland, Daniel Emmerson, Joe Murtagh | |
| The Dig | Simon Stone | Simon Stone, Gabrielle Tana, Moira Buffini | |
| The Father | Florian Zeller | Florian Zeller, Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi, David Parfitt, Christopher Hampton | |
| His House | Remi Weekes | Remi Weekes, Martin Gentles, Edward King, Roy Lee | |
| Limbo | Ben Sharrock | Ben Sharrock, Irune Gurtubai, Angus Lamont | |
| The Mauritanian | Kevin Macdonald | Kevin Macdonald, Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke, Beatriz Levin, Lloyd Levin, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven | |
| Mogul Mowgli | Bassam Tariq | Bassam Tariq, Riz Ahmed, Thomas Benski, Bennett McGhee | |
| Rocks | Sarah Gavron | Sarah Gavron, Ameenah Ayub Allen, Faye Ward, Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson | |
| Saint Maud | Rose Glass | Rose Glass, Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman | |
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(76th) |
The Banshees of Inisherin | Martin McDonagh | Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh |
| Aftersun | Charlotte Wells | ||
| Brian and Charles | Jim Archer | Jim Archer, Rupert Majendie, David Earl, Chris Hayward | |
| Empire of Light | Sam Mendes | Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris | |
| Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Sophie Hyde | Sophie Hyde, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski, Katy Brand | |
| Living | Oliver Hermanus | Oliver Hermanus, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Kazuo Ishiguro | |
| Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical | Matthew Warchus | Matthew Warchus, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jon Finn, Luke Kelly, Dennis Kelly | |
| See How They Run | Tom George | Tom George, Gina Carter, Damian Jones, Mark Chappell | |
| The Swimmers | Sally El Hosaini | Sally El Hosaini, Jack Thorne | |
| The Wonder | Sebastián Lelio | Sebastián Lelio, Ed Guiney, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue | |
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(79th) |
Hamnet | Chloé Zhao | Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes, and Maggie O'Farrell |
| 28 Years Later | Danny Boyle | Andrew Macdonald, Peter Rice, Bernard Bellew, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland | |
| The Ballad of Wallis Island | James Griffiths | Rupert Majendie, Tom Basden, and Tim Key | |
| Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | Michael Morris | Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jo Wallett, Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer, and Abi Morgan | |
| Die My Love | Lynne Ramsay | Martin Scorsese, Jennifer Lawrence, Justine Cirrocchi, Andrea Calderwood, Enda Walsh, and Alice Birch | |
| H Is for Hawk | Philippa Lowthorpe | Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Emma Donoghue | |
| I Swear | Kirk Jones | Georgia Bayliff, Kirk Jones and Piers Tempest | |
| Mr Burton | Marc Evans | Ed Talfan, Josh Hyams, Hannah Thomas, Trevor Matthews, and Tom Bullough | |
| Pillion | Harry Lighton | Emma Norton, Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, and Andrew Lowe | |
| Steve | Tim Mielants | Alan Moloney, Cillian Murphy, and Max Porter |
Recognizing Repeated Success: Multiple BAFTA Wins
This section highlights the talented filmmakers who have won the Outstanding British Film award more than once since 1992.
Filmmakers with Multiple Wins
| Number of Wins | Winner |
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| 4 | Tim Bevan |
| Eric Fellner | |
| 2 | Graham Broadbent |
| Peter Czernin | |
| James Marsh | |
| Martin McDonagh | |
| Sam Mendes | |
| Peter Straughan |
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:BAFTA a la mejor película británica para niños
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