Best films released in the UK this month: March 2026
Highlights include Project Hail Mary, The Good Boy and Splitsville.
With the majority of the major awards season films having come and blockbuster season still a while off, March can sometimes be a quiet release for new film releases – but there's still plenty yo look forward to for film fans in the UK this month.
We've already seen the release of Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride and Pixar's latest animation Hoppers, while hotly-anticipated Peaky Blinders sequel movie The Immortal Man has arrived in cinemas ahead of a Netflix release on 20 March.
The headliner for the rest of the month is undoubtedly sci-fi epic Project Hail Mary, based on a best-selling novel by The Martian author Andy Weir, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and starring Ryan Gosling in the lead role. Early buzz has been very strong.
There's also an intriguing thriller starring Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough, an acclaimed comedy starring Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona and another – yes another – Colleen Hoover adaptation, this time led by Maika Monroe.
Meanwhile, horror fans have sequel Ready or Not 2: Here I Come to look forward to and if you're after something for the whole family, there's also a starry new Enid Blyton adaptation on the way. So plenty of variety!
To help you pick out the highlights, we've put together a selection of some of the best films to watch this month – check out the video above or read on for our choices.
Best films released in the UK this month: March 2026
The Bride
Release date: Friday 6 March in cinemas
Maggie Gyllenhaal follows up her acclaimed directorial debut The Lost Daughter with something very different: a raucous reimagining of The Bride of Frankenstein starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale.
Set in mid-1930s US it follows Frankenstein (Bale) and his newly reanimated Bride (Buckley) as they embark on a Bonnie and Clyde-esque lovers on the lam killing spree, with plenty of bold stylistic flourishes along the way.
Hoppers
Release date: Friday 6 March in cinemas
Pixar's latest follows a young girl who uses a new invention to transfer her mind to a lifelike robotic beaver, allowing her to communicate with animals as she helps to save their natural habitat from destruction at the hands of a new development.
That development is spearheaded by greedy mayor Jerry Generazzo (Jon Hamm), while the starry voice cast also includes role for Dave Franco and Meryl Streep, among others.
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Release date: Friday 6 March in cinemas (Friday 20 March on Netflix)
Cillian Murphy returns as Tommy Shelby for this big screen sequel to the iconic Birmingham gangster series – set during the Second World War and introducing some starry new cast members including Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Roth and Barry Keoghan.
The latter stars as Duke Shelby, Tommy's illegitimate child introduced towards the end of the TV show, who is enlisted in a mission by Nazi sympathiser Beckett (Roth) forcing his father to end his self-imposed exile.
How to Make a Killing
Release date: Wednesday 11 March in cinemas
Glen Powell and Margaret Qualley star in this black comedy thriller from writer director John Patton Ford (Emily the Criminal) – which is a loose remake of the 1949 British classic Kind Hearts and Coronets.
Powell plays Becket Redfellow a would-be aristocrat who has been disowned by his family and realises he stands to gain a fortune if he can dispatch the various relatives than stand in his way.
Reminders of Him
Release date: Friday 13 March in cinemas
The third film adaptation of a Colleen Hoover novel in under two years stars Maika Monroe and Tyriq Withers as a pair of unlikely romantic partners.
The official synopsis reads: "After prison, a woman attempts to reconnect with her young daughter but faces resistance from everyone except a bar owner with ties to her child. As they grow closer, she must confront her past mistakes to build a hopeful future."
A Pale View of Hills
Release date: Friday 13 March in cinemas
This adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel follows a Japanese widow as she relives her life between '50s post-war Nagasaki and '80s Cold War England.
Directed by Kei Ishikawa, the predominantly Japanese cast includes Suzu Hirose, Fumi Nikaido, Yō Yoshida and Camilla Aiko.
Project Hail Mary
Release date: Friday 20 March in cinemas
Ryan Gosling stars in this buzzy adaptation of Andy Weir's epic sci-fi novel about a science teacher who is hired for a vital mission in space – where he ends up making an unlikely ally in the form of an extra-terrestrial creature he calls Rocky.
The movie opens when he wakes up on a spaceship with no recollection of who he is or how he got there, with the story then unfolding both in flashbacks as we learn the circumstances of the mission and in space as he goes about remembering his identity and purpose.
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Release date: Friday 20 March in cinemas
Samara Weaving returns as Grace in this horror sequel that picks up immediately after the 2019 original – with Kathryn Newton joining the cast as her sister, with whom she is not on the most friendly terms.
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett return as directors as Grace and her sister are forced to play yet another deadly game of hide and seek, this time even more brutal than the last.
The Good Boy
Release date: Friday 20 March in cinemas
Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough star as a dysfunctional couple who abduct a teen criminal and try to rehabilitate him using some very extreme methods in this intriguing black comic thriller from director Jan Komasa.
The film attracted some strong reviews when it premiered at last year's Toronto Film Festival, earning comparisons to the early work of the multi-Oscar nominated Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos.
The Magic Faraway Tree
Release date: Friday 27 March in cinemas
A star-studded cast has been assembled to bring this adaptation of an Enid Blyton classic to life – with Paddington's Simon Farnaby on screenplay duties and Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy and rebecca Ferguson just three of the big names to feature.
The official synopsis reads: "A modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They're transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures."
They Will Kill You
Release date: Friday 27 March in cinemas
This horror comedy stars Zazie Beetz as an ex-convict who answers an ad to be a housekeeper in a New York City high-rise – which it turns out is holding some sinister secrets.
The impressive supporting cast also includes Myha'la, Paterson Joseph, Tom Felton, Heather Graham and Patricia Arquette.
Splitsville
Release date: Friday 27 March in cinemas
Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona star in this acclaimed comedy from writer/director Michael Angelo Covino, about an open marriage that begins to turn sour.
The official synopsis reads: "When Ashley asks for a divorce, the good-natured Carey runs to his friends, Julie and Paul, for support. Their secret to happiness is an open marriage; that is, until Carey crosses the line and throws all of their relationships into chaos."
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Patrick Cremona is the Senior Film Writer at Radio Times, and looks after all the latest film releases both in cinemas and on streaming. He has been with the website since October 2019, and in that time has interviewed a host of big name stars and reviewed a diverse range of movies.
