Darkest Hour is a 2017 British biographical war drama film directed by Joe Wright and written by Anthony McCarten. The film stars Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, and follows his early days as Prime Minister while Hitler closes in on Britain during World War II. Ben Mendelsohn, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, and Ronald Pickup also star.
The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on 1 September 2017, and also screened on 11 September 2017 at the Toronto International Film Festival. It had a limited release in the United States on 22 November 2017, before going wide on 22 December 2017, and will be released on 12 January 2018 in the United Kingdom. The film received positive reviews from critics, with Oldman's performance being lauded as the best of his career.