Empire Award for Best British Film
Empire Award for Best British Film | ||||
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Awarded for | Best British film of the year | |||
Country | United Kingdom | |||
Presented by | Empire magazine | |||
First awarded | 1996 | |||
Currently held by | God's Own Country (2018) | |||
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The Empire Award for Best British Film was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine Empire to honour the best British film of the previous year. The Empire Award for Best British Film was one of five ongoing awards which were first introduced at the 1st Empire Awards ceremony in 1996 (the others being Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Film) with Shallow Grave receiving the award. God's Own Country was the most recent winner in this category. Winners were chosen by the readers of Empire magazine.
Winners and nominees
In the list below, winners are listed first in boldface, followed by the other nominees. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article (if any) on that ceremony.
1990s
Year | Film | Ref. |
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1996 (1st) | Shallow Grave | [1] |
1997 (2nd) | Trainspotting | [2] |
1998 (3rd) | The Full Monty | [3] |
1999 (4th) | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | [4] |
Elizabeth | ||
My Name Is Joe | ||
Sliding Doors | ||
Twenty Four Seven |
2000s
Year | Film | Ref. |
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2000 (5th) | Notting Hill | [5] |
East Is East | ||
Human Traffic | ||
Little Voice | ||
Shakespeare in Love | ||
2001 (6th) | Billy Elliot | [6] |
Angela’s Ashes | ||
Chicken Run | ||
Snatch | ||
Topsy-Turvy | ||
2002 (7th) | Bridget Jones's Diary | [7] |
Enigma | ||
Lucky Break | ||
Mike Bassett: England Manager | ||
The Parole Officer | ||
2003 (8th) | 28 Days Later | [a][8] |
24 Hour Party People | ||
About a Boy | ||
Bend It Like Beckham | ||
The Guru | ||
2004 (9th) | Love Actually | [9] |
Bright Young Things | ||
Calendar Girls | ||
Johnny English | ||
Young Adam | ||
2005 (10th) | Shaun of the Dead | [10] |
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | ||
Dead Man's Shoes | ||
Enduring Love | ||
Layer Cake | ||
2006 (11th) | Pride & Prejudice | [b][11] |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | ||
Stoned | ||
The Descent | ||
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | ||
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | ||
2007 (12th) | United 93 | [12] |
A Cock and Bull Story | ||
Confetti | ||
Starter for 10 | ||
The Queen | ||
2008 (13th) | Atonement | [13] |
Control | ||
Hot Fuzz | ||
Sunshine | ||
This Is England | ||
2009 (14th) | RocknRolla | [14] |
Eden Lake | ||
Hunger | ||
In Bruges | ||
Son of Rambow |
2010s
Year | Film | Ref. |
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2010 (15th) | Harry Brown | [15][16] |
An Education | ||
In the Loop | ||
Nowhere Boy | ||
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | ||
2011 (16th) | Kick-Ass | [17] |
127 Hours | ||
Four Lions | ||
Monsters | ||
The King's Speech | ||
2012 (17th) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | [18] |
Attack the Block | ||
Submarine | ||
The Inbetweeners Movie | ||
Tyrannosaur | ||
2013 (18th) | Sightseers | [19] |
Dredd | ||
Les Misérables | ||
Skyfall | ||
The Woman in Black | ||
2014 (19th) | The World's End | [20] |
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa | ||
Filth | ||
Rush | ||
Sunshine on Leith | ||
2015 (20th) | Kingsman: The Secret Service | [21][22] |
Paddington | ||
The Imitation Game | ||
The Theory of Everything | ||
Under the Skin | ||
2016 (21st) | Spectre | [23] |
45 Years | ||
Legend | ||
Macbeth | ||
Suffragette | ||
2017 (22nd) | I, Daniel Blake | [24] |
Eddie the Eagle | ||
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | ||
High-Rise | ||
The Girl with All the Gifts | ||
2018 (23rd) | God's Own Country | [25] [26] |
The Death of Stalin | ||
Dunkirk | ||
Darkest Hour | ||
Paddington 2 |
Notes
References
- ^ "Past Winners - 1996". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ "Past Winners - 1997". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ "Past Winners - 1998". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ "Past Winners - 1999". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ "Past Winners - 2000". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ "Empire Awards 2001". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ "Empire Awards 2002: Best British Film". Empire (#154). Bauer Consumer Media: 56. April 2002. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ "Sky Movies Best British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2003. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ "Best British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2004. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ "Best British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2005. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ "Best British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2006. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ "Best British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2007. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ "Best British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2008. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ "Best British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ "Best British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2010. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ Reynolds, Simon (February 25, 2010). "In Full: Empire Awards 2010 nominees". digitalspy.co.uk. Digital Spy. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
- ^ "Best British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2011. Archived from the original on June 14, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ "Best British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
- ^ "Best British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
- ^ "Best British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
- ^ "Best British Film". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (March 30, 2015). "'Interstellar' wins Film, Director at Empire Awards". Variety.com. Penske Business Media. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- ^ Jameson Empire Awards 2016: Star Wars and Mad Max lead the nominations
- ^ Nugent, John (March 19, 2017). "Three Empire Awards 2017: Rogue One, Tom Hiddleston And Patrick Stewart Win Big". Empire. Bauer Media Group. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017.
- ^ Empireonline.com. Star Wars The Last Jedi and Thor Ragnarok Lead Empire Awards 2018 Nominations
- ^ Travis, Ben (March 18, 2018). "Star Wars: The Last Jedi Wins Big at Rakuten TV Empire Awards 2018". Empire. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
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- Shallow Grave (1996)
- Trainspotting (1997)
- The Full Monty (1998)
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1999)
- Notting Hill (2000)
- Billy Elliot (2001)
- Bridget Jones's Diary (2002)
- 28 Days Later (2003)
- Love Actually (2004)
- Shaun of the Dead (2005)
- Pride & Prejudice (2006)
- United 93 (2007)
- Atonement (2008)
- RocknRolla (2009)
- Harry Brown (2010)
- Kick-Ass (2011)
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2012)
- Sightseers (2013)
- The World's End (2014)
- Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
- Spectre (2016)
- I, Daniel Blake (2017)
- God's Own Country (2018)