Mike Leigh

Pansy is a woman so full of rage that every interaction she has devolves into lashing out, whether at her utterly cowed husband and son, or ...

An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in ...

Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his ...

Gary attempts to buy a second-hand car. What should be a straightforward task is turned into something of a quest by various people, including ...

During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.

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.

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

Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two ...

After their latest production, “Princess Ida”, meets with less-than-stunning reception, Gilbert and Sullivan’s relationship is ...

A young college student in London moves into a flat and becomes best friends with a flatmate; the former moves into her own flat 4 years later ...

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She’s shocked when her research leads ...

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

Theatrical packaging of three comic shorts: Dean Parisot & Steven Wright’s comedy “The Appointments of Dennis Jennings” ...

Jim Broadbent wrote and starred in this short film directed by none other than Mike Leigh. As a member of the landed gentry, the 23rd Earl of ...

Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever ...

Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who’s aging quickly and becoming forgetful, ...

A short comedy by Mike Leigh about the romance between a young woman and a man who communicates only through jokes and humor…

Two couples, one Catholic, one Protestant, exist on two sides of the chasm that is everyday life in Northern Ireland.

A working-class family in London’s East End is struggling to stay afloat during the recession under Prime Minister Margaret ...

A couple of old friends drown their sorrows together while reveling in the naivety of a young newly-wed.

A window cleaner fancies a sausage roll, but all is not well in the sausage roll factory.

A boy goes to see his probation officer.

A man on crutches bumps into an old acquaintance who relentlessly bombards him with small talk.

A slow-witted couple decide to start a family.

Three postal workers and their dysfunctional families interact over cups of tea and Sunday dinner.

Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr. Butcher, one of their former teachers, living ...