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The British film industry produced over five hundred feature films in 2012. This article fully lists all non-pornographic films, including short films, that had a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by the United Kingdom. It does not include films first released in previous years that had release dates in 2012.
Also included is an overview of the major events in British film, including film festivals and awards ceremonies, as well as lists of those films that have been particularly well received, both critically and financially. The year was particularly notable for a number of British co-produced films from countries with less established film industries, such as Captive (with the Philippines), Mekong Hotel (with Thailand), Comrade Kim Goes Flying (with North Korea) and The Patience Stone (with Afghanistan).

Of the 133 major British releases of 2012, 59 were co-productions with at least one other country. As with other years, the largest number of co-productions were made with the United States, with 28 films. However, unlike in other years, these did not primarily consist of American-led releases with British technical contributions (although these did exist, most notably in the form of Prometheus and The Dark Knight Rises), but British-led films backed by American funding, the most notable of which are Les Misérables, Skyfall and The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!.

Highest-grossing films

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Listed here are the highest grossing British films of 2012, with their total earnings listed in British pound sterling. It includes films released in previous years that made money in 2012, particularly those that had minor releases in 2011 but their main releases in 2012.

Listed here are the top ten best and worst British films of those released in 2012, and listed above as major releases, as per the review aggregation websites Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. The critical and scores for Rotten Tomatoes are out of a maximum score of 100, as is the critical score for Metacritic.

British award winners

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Gary Oldman received multiple awards nominations for his portrayal of George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Tilda Swinton received multiple awards nominations for her portrayal of Eva Khatchadourian in We Need to Talk About Kevin.
Oorlagh George, co-winner of the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film
Sir Kenneth Branagh received multiple awards nominations for his portrayal of Laurence Olivier in My Week with Marilyn.
Sandy Powell received multiple awards nominations for her costume design in Hugo.
Janet McTeer received multiple awards nominations for her portrayal of Hubert Page in Albert Nobbs.
John Hurt won the BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema.
Sir Elton John received multiple awards nominations for his soundtrack to Gnomeo & Juliet.
Carey Mulligan received major awards nominations for two films - Drive and Shame.
Lynne Ramsay, the BAFTA-nominated director of We Need to Talk About Kevin
Bernie Taupin received multiple awards nominations for his soundtrack to Gnomeo & Juliet.
Stephen Daldry, the Critics' Choice Award-nominated director of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Listed here are the British winners and nominees at the five most prestigious film award ceremonies in the English-speaking world: the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, Critics' Choice Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards, that were held during 2012, celebrating the best films of 2011. The British nominations were led by Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, War Horse, My Week with Marilyn and The Iron Lady, though they did not go on to win many of them, losing most notably to The Artist (from France) and Hugo (from the United States).

The 84th Academy Awards honoring the best films of 2011 were held on 26 February 2012.

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The 65th British Academy Film Awards were held on 12 February 2012.

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The 17th Critics' Choice Awards were held on 12 January 2012.

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The 69th Golden Globe Awards were held on 15 January 2012.

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The 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on 29 January 2012.

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Month Date Name Age Nationality Profession Notable films
January 1 Bob Anderson 89 English Stuntman, choreographer
3 Jenny Tomasin 73 English Actress The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
4 Harry Fowler 85 English Actor
10 Lila Kaye 82 English Actress
11 David Whitaker 81 English Composer
20 Marion Mathie 73 English Actress
26 Ian Abercrombie 77 English-American Actor
30 Frederick Treves 86 English Actor
February 18 Peter Halliday 87 English Actor
21 Gladys O'Connor 108 English-Canadian Actress
26 Richard Carpenter 82 English Actor, screenwriter
29 Dennis Chinnery 84 English Actor
29 Davy Jones 66 English Actor, singer
March 5 Philip Madoc 77 Welsh-English Actor
11 Faith Brook 90 English Actress
21 Robert Fuest 84 English Director, screenwriter
25 Bill Weston 70 English Stuntman, actor
April 15 Murray Rose 73 English-Australian Actor
28 Patricia Medina 92 English Actress
May 2 Charlotte Mitchell 85 English Actress
2 Tracy Reed 69 English Actress
2 Digby Wolfe 82 English-American Actor
9 Vidal Sassoon 84 English-American Hairstylist
10 Joyce Redman 93 English-Irish Actress
11 Roland Shaw 91 English Composer, arranger
31 Christopher Challis 91 English Cinematographer
June 2 Richard Dawson 79 English-American Actor
5 Caroline John 71 English Actress
17 George Leech 90 English Actor, stuntman James Bond
18 Victor Spinetti 82 Welsh Actor
July 4 Eric Sykes 89 English Actor
16 Martin Kenzie 56 English Camera operator
20 Simon Ward 70 English Actor
21 Angharad Rees 63 Welsh Actress
26 Mary Tamm 62 English Actress
27 Geoffrey Hughes 68 English Actor
August 19 Tony Scott 68 English Director, producer
31 Max Bygraves 89 English Actor, singer
September 6 Frank Godwin 95 English Producer
10 Stanley Long 78 English Director, screenwriter, producer
10 John Moffatt 89 English Actor
13 Edgar Metcalfe 78 English Actor
27 Herbert Lom 95 Czech-English Actor
October 14 John Clive 79 English Actor
20 Joe Melia 77 English Actor
31 Brian Cobby 83 English Actor
November 6 Clive Dunn 92 English Actor, singer
8 Roger Hammond 76 English Actor
17 Katherine Kath 92 English Actress
25 Dinah Sheridan 92 English Actress
27 Bob Kellett 84 English Director, producer, screenwriter
December 14 Kenneth Kendall 88 Indian-English Actor
21 Daphne Oxenford 93 English Actress
24 Richard Rodney Bennett 76 English Composer
26 Gerry Anderson 83 English Director, producer, screenwriter
28 Jon Finch 71 English Actor
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