Best-Reviewed Movies 2016 > United Kingdom

These films were primarily made either in the UK or by UK production companies, even if they had been distributed in the US by a US company.

The order of the list reflects the scores as of December 31, 2016, but the number displayed on the Adjusted Tomatometer may change as more reviews keep getting added after the end of the year.

#1

Eye in the Sky (2015)
95%

#1

Adjusted Score: 105631%

Critics Consensus: As taut as it is timely, Eye in the Sky offers a powerfully acted -- and unusually cerebral -- spin on the modern wartime political thriller.

Synopsis: A lieutenant general (Alan Rickman) and a colonel (Helen Mirren) face political opposition after ordering a drone missile strike to... [More]

Starring: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi

Directed By: Gavin Hood

#2

A Monster Calls (2016)
86%

#2

Adjusted Score: 98616%

Critics Consensus: A Monster Calls deftly balances dark themes and fantastical elements to deliver an engrossing and uncommonly moving entry in the crowded coming-of-age genre.

Synopsis: Conor (Lewis MacDougall) is dealing with far more than other boys his age. His beloved and devoted mother (Felicity Jones)... [More]

Starring: Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell

Directed By: J. A. Bayona

#3

I, Daniel Blake (2016)
92%

#3

Adjusted Score: 100454%

Critics Consensus: I, Daniel Blake marks yet another well-told chapter in director Ken Loach's powerfully populist filmography.

Synopsis: Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is a 59-year-old widowed carpenter who must rely on welfare after a recent heart attack leaves... [More]

Starring: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Dylan McKiernan, Briana Shann

Directed By: Ken Loach

#4

Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
88%

#4

Adjusted Score: 99074%

Critics Consensus: Florence Foster Jenkins makes poignant, crowd-pleasing dramedy out of its stranger-than-fiction tale -- and does its subject justice with a reliably terrific turn from star Meryl Streep.

Synopsis: In the 1940s, New York socialite Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep) dreams of becoming a great opera singer. Unfortunately, her... [More]

Starring: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson

Directed By: Stephen Frears

#5

Eddie the Eagle (2016)
82%

#5

Adjusted Score: 91479%

Critics Consensus: Eddie the Eagle's amiable sweetness can't disguise its story's many inspirational clichés -- but for many viewers, it will be more than enough to make up for them.

Synopsis: Cut from the Olympic ski team, British athlete Michael "Eddie" Edwards travels to Germany to test his skills at ski... [More]

Starring: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Jo Hartley, Tom Costello

Directed By: Dexter Fletcher