Mike Leigh Movies

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Documentary on Ciby 2000, the French film production company founded by Francis Bouygues in 1990.

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 quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.

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

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

A boy goes to see his probation officer.