Mike Leigh Filmes

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

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...

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...

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

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

Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh,...

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

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

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

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

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

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

A boy goes to see his probation officer.

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

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...

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...

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,...