Movie Database

Movies by Director - Mike Leigh (19 [Missing: 2])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
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PeterlooThe story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.2018Mike LeighDrama, History6.5 (4.9K votes)15420220822
Mr. TurnerAn exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.2014Mike LeighBiography, Drama, History6.8 (25.5K votes)15020211228
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Another YearA look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.2010Mike LeighComedy, Drama7.4 (29.2K votes)12920211228
Happy-Go-LuckyA look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.2008Mike LeighComedy, Drama, Romance7.0 (39.2K votes)11820211228
Vera DrakeAbortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.2004Mike LeighCrime, Drama7.6 (25K votes)12520211228
All or NothingIn a poor working class London home, Penny's love for her partner, taxi driver Phil, has run dry. When an unexpected tragedy occurs, they and their local community are brought back together.2002Mike LeighDrama7.5 (10.5K votes)12820211228
Topsy-TurvySet 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.1999Mike LeighBiography, Comedy, Drama, History, Music, Musical7.4 (12.4K votes)16020211228
Career Girls2 young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier.1997Mike LeighComedy, Drama7.1 (5.6K votes)8320211228
Secrets & LiesFollowing the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.1996Mike LeighComedy, Drama8.0 (42K votes)13620211228
NakedAn unemployed Mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.1993Mike LeighComedy, Drama7.8 (38.1K votes)13120211228
Sense of History, AThe 23rd Earl of Leete shares brief moments of his life, the truth behind his family estate and his particular glorious moment when he murdered his wife and his brother.1992Mike LeighComedy, Drama8.0 (1.1K votes)2520211228
Life is SweetA shop assistant, her cook husband, and their twin daughters ponder their lives over a few weeks in a working-class suburb north of London.1990Mike LeighComedy, Drama7.5 (10K votes)10320211228
High HopesThe life of a working class couple living in London and their complicated relationships with other members of the family.1988Mike LeighComedy, Drama7.4 (5.1K votes)10820211228
Short & Curlies, TheA short comedy by Mike Leigh about the romance between a young woman and a man who communicates only through jokes and humor. The story is told as a series of very short vignettes between her and the man and her and her doting mother1987Mike LeighShort, Comedy6.6 (1K votes)1720211228
Four Days in JulyA Catholic and a Protestant couple in Northern Ireland have amazing parallels in their lives, despite being either side of the divide.1984Mike LeighDrama6.8 (293 votes)9620211228
MeantimeWhen one brother gets a job from their wealthy aunt, the other becomes increasingly jealous.1983Mike LeighComedy, Drama7.2 (4.1K votes)10220211228
Bleak MomentsMoments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neighbor and irritating workmate.1971Mike LeighComedy, Drama6.9 (1.5K votes)11120220414