BAFTA Award for Best British Film

BAFTA Award for Best British Film
Awarded for	Excellence in British cinema
Location	London
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded	1948
Currently held by	Brooklyn
Official website	http://www.bafta.org/

The BAFTA Award for Best British Film is given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards. The award was first given at the 1st British Academy Film Awards, recognising the films of 1947, and lasted until 1968. For over two decades there was not a specific category for British cinema, until it was revived at the 46th British Academy Film Awards, recognising the films of 1992. Its official name is the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film.

In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a dark grey background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.

Nominations, 1947–1967

1940s

Film	Director(s)	Producer(s)
1947 (1st)
Odd Man Out	Carol Reed	Carol Reed
1948 (2nd)
The Fallen Idol	Carol Reed	Carol Reed
Hamlet	Laurence Olivier	Laurence Olivier
Oliver Twist	David Lean	Ronald Neame
Once a Jolly Swagman	Jack Lee	Ian Dalrymple
The Red Shoes	Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger	Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger
Scott of the Antarctic	Charles Frend	Michael Balcon
The Small Voice	Fergus McDonell	Anthony Havelock-Allan
1949 (3rd)
The Third Man	Carol Reed	Carol Reed
Kind Hearts and Coronets	Robert Hamer	Michael Balcon
Passport to Pimlico	Henry Cornelius	Michael Balcon
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

1950s

Film	Director(s)	Producer(s)
1950 (4th)
The Blue Lamp	Basil Dearden	Michael Balcon
Chance of a Lifetime	Bernard Miles	Bernard Miles
Morning Departure	Roy Ward Baker	Jay Lewis
Seven Days to Noon	John Boulting Roy Boulting	John Boulting Roy Boulting
State Secret	Sidney Gilliat	Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder
The Wooden Horse	Jack Lee	Ian Dalrymple
1951 (5th)
The Lavender Hill Mob	Charles Crichton	Michael Balcon
The Browning Version	Anthony Asquith	Teddy Baird
The Magic Box (1951)	John Boulting	Ronald Neame
The Magic Garden	Donald Swanson	Donald Swanson
The Man in the White Suit	Alexander Mackendrick	Michael Balcon
No Resting Place	Paul Rotha	Colin Lesslie
The Small Miracle	Maurice Cloche Ralph Smart	Anthony Havelock-Allan
White Corridors	Pat Jackson	John Croydon Joseph Janni
1952 (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
1953 (7th)
Genevieve	Henry Cornelius	Henry Cornelius
The Cruel Sea	Charles Frend	Leslie Norman
The Heart of the Matter	George More O'Ferrall	Ian Dalrymple
The Kidnappers	Philip Leacock	Sergei Nolbandov Leslie Parkyn
Moulin Rouge	John Huston	John and James Woolf
1954 (8th)
Hobson's Choice	David Lean	David Lean
Carrington V.C.	Anthony Asquith	Teddy Baird
The Divided Heart	Charles Crichton	Michael Truman
Doctor in the House	Ralph Thomas	Betty E. Box
For Better, for Worse	J. Lee Thompson	Kenneth Harper
The Maggie	Alexander Mackendrick	Michael Truman
The Purple Plain	Robert Parrish	John Bryan
Romeo and Juliet	Renato Castellani	Sandro Ghenzi Joseph Janni
1955 (9th)
Richard III	Laurence Olivier	Laurence Olivier
The Colditz Story	Guy Hamilton	Ivan Foxwell
The Dam Busters	Michael Anderson
The Ladykillers	Alexander Mackendrick	Seth Holt Michael Balcon
The Night My Number Came Up	Leslie Norman	Michael Balcon
The Prisoner	Peter Glenville	Vivian Cox
Simba	Brian Desmond Hurst	Peter De Sarigny
1956 (10th)
Reach for the Sky	Lewis Gilbert	Daniel M. Angel
The Battle of the River Plate	Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger	Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger
The Man Who Never Was	Ronald Neame	André Hakim
A Town Like Alice	Jack Lee	Joseph Janni
Yield to the Night	J. Lee Thompson	Kenneth Harper
1957 (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
1958 (12th)
Room at the Top	Jack Clayton	James Woolf John Woolf
Ice Cold in Alex	J. Lee Thompson	W.A. Whittaker
Indiscreet	Stanley Donen	Stanley Donen
Orders to Kill	Anthony Asquith	Anthony Havelock-Allan
Sea of Sand	Guy Green	Robert S. Baker Monty Berman
1959 (13th)
Sapphire	Basil Dearden	Michael Relph
Look Back in Anger	Tony Richardson	Harry Saltzman
North West Frontier	J. Lee Thompson	Marcel Hellman
Tiger Bay	J. Lee Thompson	John Hawkesworth Leslie Parkyn Julian Wintle
Yesterday's Enemy	Val Guest	Michael Carreras

1960s

Film	Director(s)	Producer(s)
1960 (14th)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning	Karel Reisz	Tony Richardson
The Angry Silence	Guy Green	Richard Attenborough Bryan Forbes
The Trials of Oscar Wilde	Ken Hughes	Irving Allen Albert R. Broccoli Harold Huth
Tunes of Glory	Ronald Neame	Colin Lesslie
1961 (15th)
A Taste of Honey	Tony Richardson	Tony Richardson
The Innocents	Jack Clayton	Jack Clayton
The Long and the Short and the Tall	Leslie Norman	Michael Balcon
The Sundowners	Fred Zinnemann	Gerry Blatner
Whistle Down the Wind	Bryan Forbes	Richard Attenborough
1962 (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
1963 (17th)
Tom Jones	Tony Richardson	Tony Richardson
Billy Liar	John Schlesinger	Joseph Janni
The Servant	Joseph Losey	Joseph Losey Norman Priggen
This Sporting Life	Lindsay Anderson	Karel Reisz
1964 (18th)
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb	Stanley Kubrick	Stanley Kubrick
Becket	Peter Glenville	Hal B. Wallis
The Pumpkin Eater	Jack Clayton	James Woolf
The Train	John Frankenheimer	Jules Bricken
1965 (19th)
The IPCRESS File	Sidney J. Furie	Harry Saltzman
Darling	John Schlesinger	Joseph Janni
The Hill	Sidney Lumet	Kenneth Hyman
The Knack …and How to Get It	Richard Lester	Oscar Lewenstein
1966 (20th)
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold	Martin Ritt	Martin Ritt
Alfie	Lewis Gilbert	Lewis Gilbert
Georgy Girl	Silvio Narizzano	Robert A. Goldston Otto Plaschkes
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment	Karel Reisz	Leon Clore
1967 (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

Nominations, 1993–present

1990s

Film	Director(s)	Producer(s)
1992 (46th)
The Crying Game	Neil Jordan	Stephen Woolley
1993 (47th)
Shadowlands	Richard Attenborough	Brian Eastman
Tom & Viv	Brian Gilbert	Marc Samuelson Harvey Kass Peter Samuelson
Naked	Mike Leigh	Simon Channing-Williams
Raining Stones	Ken Loach	Sally Hibbin
1994 (48th)
Shallow Grave	Danny Boyle	Andrew Macdonald
Backbeat	Iain Softley	Finola Dwyer
Bhaji on the Beach	Gurinder Chadha	Nadine Marsh-Edwards
Priest	Antonia Bird	George S. J. Faber
1995 (49th)
The Madness of King George	Nicholas Hytner	Stephen Evans David Parfitt
Carrington	Christopher Hampton	Ronald Shedlo John McGrath
Trainspotting	Danny Boyle	Andrew Macdonald
Land and Freedom	Ken Loach	Rebecca O'Brien
1996 (50th)
Secrets & Lies	Mike Leigh	Simon Channing-Williams
Richard III	Richard Loncraine	Lisa Katselas Paré Stephen Bayly
Brassed Off	Mark Herman	Steve Abbott
Carla's Song	Ken Loach	Sally Hibbin
1997 (51st)
Nil by Mouth	Gary Oldman	Luc Besson Douglas Urbanski
The Full Monty	Peter Cattaneo	Uberto Pasolini
Mrs. Brown	John Madden	Sarah Curtis
Regeneration	Gillies MacKinnon	Allan Scott Peter R. Simpson
The Borrowers	Peter Hewitt	Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Rachel Talalay
24 7: Twenty Four Seven	Shane Meadows	Imogen West
1998 (52nd)
Elizabeth	Shekhar Kapur	Alison Owen Eric Fellner Tim Bevan
Hilary and Jackie	Anand Tucker	Andy Paterson Nicolas Kent
Little Voice	Mark Herman	Elizabeth Karlsen
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Guy Ritchie	Matthew Vaughn
Sliding Doors	Peter Howitt	Sydney Pollack Philippa Braithwaite William Horberg
1999 (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

2000s

Film	Director(s)	Producer(s)
2000 (54th)
Billy Elliot	Stephen Daldry	Greg Brenman Jonathan Finn
Chicken Run	Nick Park	Peter Lord David Sproxton
Sexy Beast	Jonathan Glazer	Jeremy Thomas
Last Resort	Paweł Pawlikowski	Ruth Caleb
The House of Mirth	Terence Davies	Olivia Stewart
2001 (55th)
Gosford Park	Robert Altman	Bob Balaban David Levy
Bridget Jones's Diary	Sharon Maguire	Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Jonathan Cavendish
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Chris Columbus	David Heyman
Iris	Richard Eyre	Robert Fox Scott Rudin
Me Without You	Sandra Goldbacher	Finola Dwyer
2002 (56th)
The Warrior	Asif Kapadia	Bertrand Faivre
The Hours	Stephen Daldry	Scott Rudin Robert Fox
Dirty Pretty Things	Stephen Frears	Tracey Seaward Robert Jones
Bend It Like Beckham	Gurinder Chadha	Deepak Nayar
The Magdalene Sisters	Peter Mullan	Frances Higson
2003 (57th)
Touching the Void	Kevin Macdonald	John Smithson
Cold Mountain	Anthony Minghella	Sydney Pollack William Horberg Albert Berger Ron Yerxa
Girl with a Pearl Earring	Peter Webber	Anand Tucker Andy Paterson
Love Actually	Richard Curtis	Duncan Kenworthy Tim Bevan Eric Fellner
In This World	Michael Winterbottom	Andrew Eaton Anita Overland
2004 (58th)
My Summer of Love	Paweł Pawlikowski	Tanya Seghatchian Chris Collins
Vera Drake	Mike Leigh	Simon Channing-Williams Alain Sarde
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Alfonso Cuarón	David Heyman Chris Columbus Mark Radcliffe
Shaun of the Dead	Edgar Wright	Nira Park
Dead Man's Shoes	Shane Meadows	Mark Herbert
2005 (59th)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Nick Park Steve Box	Claire Jennings David Sproxton Bob Baker
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
2006 (60th)
The Last King of Scotland	Kevin Macdonald	Andrea Calderwood Lisa Bryer Charles Steel Peter Morgan
The Queen	Stephen Frears	Tracey Seaward Christine Langan Andy Harries Peter Morgan
Casino Royale	Martin Campbell	Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade Paul Haggis
United 93	Paul Greengrass	Tim Bevan Lloyd Levin
Notes on a Scandal	Richard Eyre	Scott Rudin Robert Fox
2007 (61st)
This Is England	Shane Meadows	Mark Herbert
Atonement	Joe Wright	Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster
The Bourne Ultimatum	Paul Greengrass	Patrick Crowley, Frank Marshall, Paul L. Sandberg, Doug Liman
Control	Anton Corbijn	Tony Wilson, Deborah Curtis
Eastern Promises	David Cronenberg	Paul Webster, Robert Lantos
2008 (62nd)
Man on Wire	James Marsh	Simon Chinn
Hunger	Steve McQueen	Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch
In Bruges	Martin McDonagh	Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin
Mamma Mia!	Phyllida Lloyd	Judy Craymer, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Phyllida Lloyd, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson
Slumdog Millionaire	Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan	Christian Colson
2009 (63rd)
Fish Tank	Andrea Arnold	Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold
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-Wood, Matt Greenhalgh

2010s

Film	Director(s)	Nominee(s)
2010 (64th)
The King's Speech	Tom Hooper	Tom Hooper, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
127 Hours	Danny Boyle	Danny Boyle, Christian Colson, John Smithson
Another Year	Mike Leigh	Mike Leigh Georgina Lowe
Four Lions	Chris Morris	Chris Morris, Mark Herbert, Derrin Schlesinger
Made in Dagenham	Nigel Cole	Nigel Cole, Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen
2011 (65th)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Tomas Alfredson	Tomas Alfredson, Eric Fellner, Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan, Robyn Slovo, Tim Bevan
My Week with Marilyn	Simon Curtis	Simon Curtis, Adrian Hodges, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein
Senna	Asif Kapadia	Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, James Gay-Rees, Asif Kapadia, Manish Pandey
Shame	Steve McQueen	Emile Sherman, Abi Morgan, Steve McQueen, Iain Canning
We Need to Talk About Kevin	Lynne Ramsay	Jennifer Fox, Rory Stewart Kinnear, Lynne Ramsay, Luc Roeg, Robert Salerno
2012 (66th)
Skyfall	Sam Mendes	Sam Mendes, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan
Anna Karenina	Joe Wright	Joe Wright, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster, Tom Stoppard
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	John Madden	John Madden, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Oliver Parker
Les Misérables	Tom Hooper	Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh, William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer
Seven Psychopaths	Martin McDonagh	Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin
2013 (67th)
Gravity	Alfonso Cuarón	Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman, Jonás Cuarón
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom	Justin Chadwick	Justin Chadwick, Anant Singh, David M. Thompson, William Nicholson
Philomena	Stephen Frears	Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward
Rush	Ron Howard	Ron Howard, Andrew Eaton, Peter Morgan
Saving Mr. Banks	John Lee Hancock	Alison Owen, Ian Collie, Philip Steuer, Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith
The Selfish Giant	Clio Barnard	Tracy O'Riordan
2014 (68th)
The Theory of Everything	James Marsh	Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten
'71	Yann Demange	Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch, Gregory Burke
Paddington	Paul King	David Heyman
Pride	Matthew Warchus	David Livingstone, Stephen Beresford
The Imitation Game	Morten Tyldum	Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman
Under the Skin	Jonathan Glazer	James Wilson, Nick Wechsler, Walter Campbell
2015 (69th)
Brooklyn	John Crowley	John Crowley, Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, and Nick Hornby
45 Years	Andrew Haigh	Andrew Haigh and Tristan Goligher
Amy	Asif Kapadia	James Gay-Rees
The Danish Girl	Tom Hooper	Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anne Harrison, Gail Mutrux, and Lucinda Coxon
Ex Machina	Alex Garland	Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich
The Lobster	Yorgos Lanthimos	Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, and Efthimis Filippou

References

• Awards at BAFTA

External links

• BAFTA Awards, Internet Movie Database