Mike Leigh Movies

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

A look at the production of Play for Today: Abigail's Party (1977).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Jimmy is a talented young boxer. Every punch he throws is eagerly watched by his trainer, and resented by his girlfriend. His parents, however,...

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 cutting film... the way it used to be done.

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

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

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

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