Best movies of Mike Leigh

Actors : Paul Jesson, Timothy Spall, Marion Bailey, Dorothy Atkinson,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.

Actors : Elliot Cowan, Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Samuel Roukin,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

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.

Actors : Richard Graham, Imelda Staunton, Heather Craney, Jim Broadbent,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

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

Actors : Oliver Maltman, Ruth Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.

Actors : Timothy Spall, Claire Rushbrook, Phyllis Logan, Brenda Blethyn,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

A successful black woman discovers that her birth mother is a underprivileged white woman, but the woman denies it. As emotions run high, everyone's secrets are exposed.

Actors : Greg Cruttwell, Katrin Cartlidge, David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

Parallel tales of two sexually obsessed men, one hurting and annoying women physically and mentally, one wandering around the city talking to strangers and experiencing dimensions of life.

Actors : Maxine Peake, Neil Bell, Rory Kinnear, Philip Jackson,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.

Actors : Allan Corduner, Sukie Smith, Dexter Fletcher, Jim Broadbent,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

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.

Actors : Lynda Steadman, Katrin Cartlidge, Mark Benton, Kate Byers,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

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

Actors : Jane Horrocks, Claire Skinner, Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

A waitress, her cook husband, & their twin daughters ponder their lives over a few weeks in a working-class suburb north of London.

Actors : Timothy Spall, Ruth Sheen, Alison Garland, Lesley Manville,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

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.

Actors : Edna Doré, Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Philip Jackson,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and ...

Actors : Anne Raitt, Sarah Stephenson, Eric Allan, Joolia Cappleman,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neighbor and irritating workmate.