Upcoming British Films of 2016

UK cinema in 2016 has plenty to recommend it. Here are 10 UK films of various genres to look forward to this year…

1. Their Finest Hour and a Half

Romantic comedy by Lone Scherfig(One Day, An Education). Set during the World War II in early 1940s, about some filmmakers try to make a patriotic film to boost morale of British army during The Blitz.

2. Genius

Biographical drama film about literary editor Max Perkins, based on the 1978 National Book Award-winner Max Perkins: Editor of Genius by A. Scott Berg. Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Dominic West and Guy Pearce.
Release Date: 29 July 2016.

3. Our Kind of Traitor

John Le Carré adaptation comes written by Drive’s Hossein Amini and directed by Jane Eyre, Parade’s End and Bleak House’s Susanna White. Ewan McGregor and Naomie Harris star as a young academic and lawyer on a tropical holiday that leads them into a tangled story of millionaires, the Russian mafia and British Intelligence. Damian Lewis and Stellan Skarsgard also star.
Release Date: 13 May 2016.

4. Tulip Fever

A film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Deborah Moggach, directed by Justin Chadwick (The Other Boleyn Girl, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom). The film stars Alicia Vikander, Cara Delevingne, Christoph Waltz.

5. The Survivalist

The Survivalist - A sci-fi thriller set in a "kill-or-be-killed world where starvation is rife and strangers are always dangerous." It tells the story of the titular Survivalist, a man who lives off the grid by his wits, and the uneasy deal he strikes up with a starving woman and her teenage daughter who stumble upon his forest refuge.

6. The Girl with All the Gifts

An upcoming post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller. Filmed in Birmingham and Stoke, having a Liverpudlian writer, a Scottish director, and a cast including Gemma Arterton and Paddy Considine.

7. Flying Horse

Gary Oldman made his directorial debut in 1997, with the critically-acclaimed "Nil by Mouth". The film went on to win the 'BAFTA Award for Best British Film', In 1999, it was adjudged by the British Academy as one of the best British films of the 90s.
So, now Oldman directing/writing "Flying Horse", a biopic of famous English photographer Eadweard Muybridge, lead by Ralph Fiennes. The film also stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Amanda Seyfried and Oldman himself.

8. The Limehouse Golem

Upcoming horror-thriller film directed by Juan Carlos Medina from a screenplay by Jane Goldman. The film, an adaptation of Peter Ackroyd's 1994 murder mystery novel Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem, stars Olivia Cooke, Bill Nighy, and Douglas Booth.

9. This Beautiful Fantastic

Upcoming romantic drama film directed and written by Simon Aboud. The film stars Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine, Anna Chancellor, Eileen Davies and Sheila Hancock. Principal photography began in London in July 2015.

10. Deep Water

Upcoming biographical drama by James Marsh (The Theory of Everything), based on the true story of the disastrous attempt by the amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst to complete the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in 1968 and his subsequent attempts to cover up his failure.