A production co-financed by our patronage ranks on the BBC’s list of the best films to watch in March
The thriller “Good Boy” by Jan Komasa, co-financed by the Kujawy Pomorze Film Fund, will be released in cinemas in Poland and several other countries this week. The BBC has included it among the 10 best films to watch in March.
Under its English title “Good Boy”, the film had its world premiere on 5 September last year at the 50th anniversary edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. The thriller tells the story of Tommy, a young man immersed in a world of drugs and violence. One day, the 19-year-old is kidnapped by a mysterious man who wants to rehabilitate him and turn him into the titular “good boy.”
The cast features Hollywood stars. The lead role is played by Anson Boon, whose performances audiences could admire in the film 1917 and in the miniseries Pistol about the band Sex Pistols. Stephen Graham, known for his roles in Pirates of the Caribbean and The Irishman, plays Chris – the man who kidnaps Tommy. Chris’s wife is portrayed by Andrea Riseborough, who received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in To Leslie.
The film was co-financed by the Kujawy Pomorze Film Fund with resources from the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region. It will be released in Polish cinemas on 6 March, the same day as in the United States. It opens in Italy a day earlier, on 5 March, in Germany on 7 March, and will be available to UK audiences from 20 March.
The BBC has already ranked “Good Boy” among the 10 best films to watch in March, placing Jan Komasa’s thriller third on its website list. The article outlines the plot and notes that Stephen Graham has won three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe for co-writing and starring in the popular Netflix series Adolescence. It also highlights that he and Andrea Riseborough play a couple with their own ideas about disciplining the younger generation. The piece concludes with a quote from a review by India Block for The Standard, who described Komasa’s dark comedic thriller as “A Clockwork Orange meets Misery, Pygmalion with stun guns and telescopic batons. There are many outstanding moments that prompted nervous laughter from the audience and are too good to spoil. You never know whether a scene will lead to enchantment or spine-chilling fear.*”
Jan Komasa is the creator of films such as Sala samobójców, Miasto 44 and Boże Ciało, the latter nominated for an Academy Award in the Best International Feature Film category. “Good Boy” is his second English-language project. Last November saw the premiere of his debut English-language psychological thriller Rocznica, starring Diane Lane and Kyle Chandler.
Among the producers of “Good Boy” is one of Poland’s most distinguished filmmakers, Jerzy Skolimowski — a director, screenwriter, actor, poet and painter. He is the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for his film Start. In 2022, he received the Poli Negri Film Award of the Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region.
Department of Promotion
March 3, 2026