Mike Leigh Movies

Marking Play for Today’s 50th anniversary, Drama Out of a Crisis is a compelling exploration of the series, its origins, achievements,...

In this second installment of his exploration of creativity, Hermann Vaske looks for factors that inhibit it. He asks artists, activists, and...

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

Trevor is an extremely shy undertaker's assistant. He always tags along with his good friend Ronnie, when he goes to the pub with his girlfriend...

A slow-witted couple decide to start a family.

Based on David Stuart Leslie's novel Two Left Feet is a story about Alan Crabbe (Michael Crawford a callow youth desperate for a date with any girl...

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

A quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.

A behind-the-scenes look at the preparations for the live broadcast of the 69th Annual Academy Awards ceremony.

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

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

A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.

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 Leete...

In a revealing documentary, Mike Leigh, director of Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake and Abigail's Party among many others, talks to Alan Yentob about...

Slice-of-life look at class divisions among employees of a brokerage house. Alan, with his portrait of the Queen and love of the peerage; his wife...

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 dodgy...

A boy goes to see his probation officer.

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...

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