Mike Leigh Movies

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...

A documentary about Vittorio de Sica with clips of his films and testimonials from friends and family.

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

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 film director decides to chart the course of a young actor as he tries to make it in Hollywood...

Theatrical packaging of three comic shorts: Dean Parisot & Steven Wright's comedy "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings" (1988), Michael Moore's...

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

During an evening spent at his house with his sister, a girl realizes that she doesn't really have much in common with her boyfriend.

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

A boy goes to see his probation officer.

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...

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...

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...

Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.

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

Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.

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

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

A slow-witted couple decide to start a family.