All the 2020 films being released online as cinemas stay closed during lockdown - and how to watch them

By Stephanie Rendall
Published 5th May 2020, 10:44 BST
Updated 18th May 2020, 13:05 BST

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More people than ever are now using streaming services for some much needed entertainment during the UK lockdown.

Outings to the cinema have become video calls and simultaneous streaming, while families increasingly rely on the likes of Disney+ to keep restless kids distracted.

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This may be great news for the likes of Netflix, however, film studios have been feeling the full force of the crisis.

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    Adapting to the unprecedented situation, many studios have now scrapped scheduled cinema releases, in favour of home-entertainment releases.

    So, if you’ve been crossing off old Netflix titles like a winning bingo card, look no further than our list of new and upcoming online film releases, to keep your lockdown binge-watching fresh.

    Misbehaviour

    Keira Knightly and Gugu Mbatha-Raw star in Missbehaviour (2020), a film about the 1970 Miss World competition. (Picture: Pathé)Keira Knightly and Gugu Mbatha-Raw star in Missbehaviour (2020), a film about the 1970 Miss World competition. (Picture: Pathé)
    Keira Knightly and Gugu Mbatha-Raw star in Missbehaviour (2020), a film about the 1970 Miss World competition. (Picture: Pathé)

    Starring Keira Knightley and Jessie Buckley, this comical drama follows a group of feminist protesters who create a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World competition.

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    A mere four days after the film was released in theatres across the UK, cinemas were forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic. The film was released on demand, three months prior to its DVD release date, to compensate.

    UK cinema release date: 13 March 2020

    Available on demand from: 15 April 2020

    Available to watch on: YouTube,  Amazon Prime, Google Play

    DVD release date: July 2020

    Bloodshot

    Bloodshot only saw a single week in theatres before lockdown measures forced cinemas to close. Four days later it was released online, for on-demand home entertainment.

    Vin Diesel, stars as Ray Garrison, a US marine who is resurrected by a team of scientists and transformed into the superhero Bloodshot, after he and his wife are murdered.

    The film is based on the bestselling comic book of the same name.

    UK cinema release date: 13 March 2020

    Available on demand from: 24 March 2020

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    Available to watch on: Sky Store, YouTube, Google Play, Amazon Prime

    DVD release: 5 May

    Blu-ray and Ultra HD 4K Blu-ray release: 8 June 2020

    Emma

    Anya Taylor-Joy and Johnny Flynn star in Emma (2020), the adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 novel of the same name.Anya Taylor-Joy and Johnny Flynn star in Emma (2020), the adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 novel of the same name.
    Anya Taylor-Joy and Johnny Flynn star in Emma (2020), the adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 novel of the same name.

    This adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 novel of the same name, is set in Georgian and Regency-era England and follows a young woman, Emma Woodhouse, as she plays the role of matchmaker for her friends and family.

    The film stars Anya Taylor-Joy (Peaky Blinders, Split) as Emma, Bill Nighy (Love Actually, Pirates of the Carribean) as Mr Woodhouse, and comedian Miranda Hart as Miss Bates.

    UK cinema release date: 14 February 2020

    Available on demand from: 20 March 2020

    Available to watch on: YouTube, Amazon Prime, Google Play

    DVD release date: 19 May 2020

    Onward

    This computer-animated fantasy-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios, is sure to be a hit with kids and adults alike.

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    Featuring the voices of Chris Pratt and Tom Holland, it follows the adventures of two elven brothers who begin a magical quest to spend one more day with their late father.

    This film only had two weeks of theatrical release before cinemas closed, which pales in comparison to the usual six weeks that most largely anticipated films have.

    UK cinema release date: 6 March 2020

    Available on demand from: 4 May 2020

    Available to watch on: Sky Store, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, iTunes

    DVD, 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray release: 19th May 2020

    Vivarium

    This horror film may strike a chord with many of us stuck at home during lockdown.

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    Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots star as a couple who get trapped for several years inside an eerie house in an empty, labyrinthine-like suburban neighbourhood.

    The film details their descent into despair, as they continually but unsuccessfully try to escape this surreal reality.

    Cinema release date: 27 March 2020

    Available on demand from: 27 March 2020

    Available to watch on: Amazon Prime, YouTube, Google Play

    DVD release date: 25 May 2020

    Artemis Fowl

    This fantastical film follows the epic journey of Artemis Fowl, a 12-year-old boy genius and criminal mastermind, as he takes on an ancient, underground civilisation, while attempting to find his father who has mysteriously disappeared.

    Starring Judy Dench (Victoria and Abdul, Cats) Colin Farrel (In Bruges, The Gentlemen) and Nonso Anozie (Game of Thrones) and directed by Kenneth Branagh, this film is based on Eoin Colfer’s popular fantasy novels of the same name.

    UK cinema release date: 29 May 2020

    Available on demand from: 12 June, 2020

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