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Empire Award for Best British Film

Former annual British film award

Summary

Former annual British film award

FieldValue
nameEmpire Award for Best British Film
awarded_forBest British film of the year
presenterEmpire magazine
countryUnited Kingdom
year1996
holderGod's Own Country (2018)
mainEmpire Awards

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

YearFilmRef.
**1996
(1st)***Shallow Grave*
**1997
(2nd)***Trainspotting*
**1998
(3rd)***The Full Monty*
**1999
(4th)***Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels*
Elizabeth
My Name Is Joe
Sliding Doors
Twenty Four Seven

2000s

YearFilmRef.
**2000
(5th)***Notting Hill*
East Is East
Human Traffic
Little Voice
Shakespeare in Love
**2001
(6th)***Billy Elliot*
Angela’s Ashes
Chicken Run
Snatch
Topsy-Turvy
**2002
(7th)***Bridget Jones's Diary*
Enigma
Lucky Break
Mike Bassett: England Manager
The Parole Officer
**2003
(8th)***28 Days Later*
24 Hour Party People
About a Boy
Bend It Like Beckham
The Guru
**2004
(9th)***Love Actually*
Bright Young Things
Calendar Girls
Johnny English
Young Adam
**2005
(10th)***Shaun of the Dead*
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Dead Man's Shoes
Enduring Love
Layer Cake
**2006
(11th)***Pride & Prejudice*
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*
A Cock and Bull Story
Confetti
Starter for 10
The Queen
**2008
(13th)***Atonement*
Control
Hot Fuzz
Sunshine
This Is England
**2009
(14th)***RocknRolla*
Eden Lake
Hunger
In Bruges
Son of Rambow

2010s

YearFilmRef.
**2010
(15th)***Harry Brown*
An Education
In the Loop
Nowhere Boy
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
**2011
(16th)***Kick-Ass*
127 Hours
Four Lions
Monsters
The King's Speech
**2012
(17th)***Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*
Attack the Block
Submarine
The Inbetweeners Movie
Tyrannosaur
**2013
(18th)***Sightseers*
Dredd
Les Misérables
Skyfall
The Woman in Black
**2014
(19th)***The World's End*
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Filth
Rush
Sunshine on Leith
**2015
(20th)***Kingsman: The Secret Service*
Paddington
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
Under the Skin
**2016
(21st)***Spectre*
45 Years
Legend
Macbeth
Suffragette
**2017
(22nd)***I, Daniel Blake*
Eddie the Eagle
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
High-Rise
The Girl with All the Gifts
**2018
(23rd)***God's Own Country*
The Death of Stalin
Dunkirk
Darkest Hour
Paddington 2

Notes

References

References

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  2. (2003). "Past Winners - 1997". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
  3. (2003). "Past Winners - 1998". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
  4. (2003). "Past Winners - 1999". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
  5. (2003). "Past Winners - 2000". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
  6. "Empire Awards 2001". [[Internet Movie Database]].
  7. (April 2002). "Empire Awards 2002: Best British Film". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
  8. (2003). "Sky Movies Best British Film". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
  9. (2004). "Best British Film". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
  10. (2005). "Best British Film". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
  11. (2006). "Best British Film". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
  12. (2007). "Best British Film". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
  13. (2008). "Best British Film". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
  14. (2009). "Best British Film". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
  15. (2010). "Best British Film". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
  16. Reynolds, Simon. (February 25, 2010). "In Full: Empire Awards 2010 nominees". [[Digital Spy]].
  17. (2011). "Best British Film". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
  18. (2012). "Best British Film". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
  19. (2013). "Best British Film". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
  20. (2014). "Best British Film". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
  21. (2015). "Best British Film". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
  22. Barraclough, Leo. (March 30, 2015). "'Interstellar' wins Film, Director at Empire Awards". [[Penske Business Media]].
  23. [http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/star-wars-mad-max-empire-awards-2016-nominations-2/ Jameson Empire Awards 2016: Star Wars and Mad Max lead the nominations]
  24. Nugent, John. (19 March 2017). "Three Empire Awards 2017: Rogue One, Tom Hiddleston And Patrick Stewart Win Big". [[Bauer Media Group]].
  25. [https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/star-wars-last-jedi-thor-ragnarok-lead-empire-awards-2018-nominations/ Empireonline.com. Star Wars The Last Jedi and Thor Ragnarok Lead Empire Awards 2018 Nominations]
  26. Travis, Ben. (18 March 2018). "Star Wars: The Last Jedi Wins Big at Rakuten TV Empire Awards 2018". [[Empire (magazine).
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