Mike Leigh Movies

Looks at the glamour, red carpets, movies, craziness, stunts, deals, parties and personalities that have been part of the Cannes Film Festival over...

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

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...

Beverly and Laurence are entertaining their new neighbours, Angela and Tony as well as Sue, whose teenage daughter, Abigail, is having a party. Over...

A multi-part documentary about Alan Clarke, featuring interviews with various actors, writers and producers.

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

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

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

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

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 quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.

A documentary about cutting film... the way it used to be done.

Scenes from A Separation

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

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

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 slow-witted couple decide to start a family.

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

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