Mike Leigh Filmography

When one brother gets a job from their wealthy aunt, the other becomes increasingly jealous....

The life of a working class couple living in London and their complicated relationships with other members of the family....

An unemployed Mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey....

Secrets & Lies is a movie starring Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, and Phyllis Logan. Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white......

2 young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier....

Set in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado....

In a poor working class London home Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry, but when an unexpected tragedy occurs, they and their local community are brought together, and they rediscover their love....

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family....

A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her....

Another Year is a movie starring Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, and Lesley Manville. A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends....

Mr. Turner is a movie starring Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, and Dorothy Atkinson. An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life....

Peterloo is a movie starring Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, and Neil Bell. The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester....