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1. Secrets & Lies (1996)
R | 136 min | Comedy, Drama
Following 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.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook
Votes: 47,238 | Gross: $13.42M
2. Naked (1993)
Not Rated | 131 min | Comedy, Drama
An unemployed Mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge, Greg Cruttwell
Votes: 44,001 | Gross: $1.77M
3. God's Own Country (2017)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Spring. Yorkshire. Young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker for lambing season ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.
Director: Francis Lee | Stars: Josh O'Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart
Votes: 35,640 | Gross: $0.34M
4. Vera Drake (2004)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent, Heather Craney, Richard Graham
Votes: 26,872 | Gross: $3.75M
5. Queen: Made in Heaven (1997)
47 min | Music
This is a collection of eight tracks from Queen's last (post-Mercury) album set to video and made by new filmmakers, which were not all the same as the promotional videos used to promote the appropriate singles.
Directors: Nichola Bruce, Jim Gillespie, Richard Heslop, Simon Pummell, Chris Rodley, Bernard Rudden, Mark Szaszy | Stars: Jerome St. John Blake, Andrew Boakes, Carmen Broughton, Delores Broughton
Votes: 49
6. All or Nothing (2002)
R | 128 min | Drama
In 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.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen, Alison Garland
Votes: 11,463 | Gross: $0.12M
7. English National Opera: The Pirates of Penzance (2015)
135 min | Musical
Mike Leigh directs ENO's comic opera The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan.
Director: Andrew Morahan | Stars: Joshua Bloom, Andrew Shore, Jonathan Lemalu, Claudia Boyle
Votes: 27
8. Another Year (2010)
PG-13 | 129 min | Comedy, Drama
A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville, Oliver Maltman
Votes: 30,894 | Gross: $3.21M
9. Life Is Sweet (1990)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
A shop assistant, her cook husband, and their twin daughters go about their lives in a working-class London suburb.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks
Votes: 11,305 | Gross: $1.52M
10. High Hopes (1988)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
The life of a working class couple living in London and their complicated relationships with other members of the family.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré, Philip Jackson
Votes: 5,790 | Gross: $1.19M
11. Topsy-Turvy (1999)
R | 160 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
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.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Dexter Fletcher, Sukie Smith
Votes: 13,487 | Gross: $6.20M
12. Vittorio D. (2009)
93 min | Documentary
A sharp and inspiring documentary on the life and legacy of the great director Vittorio De Sica (and frequent Loren collaborator) that offers fascinating interviews with Woody Allen, Clint Eastwood, Mike Leigh and many others.
Directors: Mario Canale, Annarosa Morri | Stars: Woody Allen, Giuseppe Amato, Giulio Andreotti, Peter Bogdanovich
Votes: 63
13. Career Girls (1997)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Drama
Two young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Katrin Cartlidge, Lynda Steadman, Kate Byers, Mark Benton
Votes: 6,264 | Gross: $2.51M
14. Two Left Feet (1965)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Every time Alan Crabbe tries a manful stride into the jungle of sex, his two left feet turn the attempt into a stumble. But then he meets Eileen, who signals unmistakable messages at Alan with her large, inviting eyes.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Michael Crawford, Nyree Dawn Porter, Julia Foster, David Hemmings
Votes: 82
15. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Samuel Roukin, Elliot Cowan
Votes: 41,071 | Gross: $3.49M
16. Bleak Moments (1971)
111 min | Comedy, Drama
Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neighbor and irritating workmate.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Anne Raitt, Sarah Stephenson, Eric Allan, Joolia Cappleman
Votes: 1,694
17. Mr. Turner (2014)
R | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History
An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey
Votes: 27,198 | Gross: $3.96M
18. West 11 (1963)
93 min | Crime, Drama
This Michael Winner directed film looks into life at Notting Hill, London, then a seedy slum. A down on his luck Joe Beckett (Alfred Lynch) is recruited into crime by Richard Dyce (Eric Portman).
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Alfred Lynch, Kathleen Breck, Eric Portman, Diana Dors
Votes: 328
19. Ammonite (2020)
R | 117 min | Drama, History, Romance
1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
Director: Francis Lee | Stars: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle
Votes: 23,402
20. Peterloo (2018)
PG-13 | 154 min | Drama, History
The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in which British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell, Philip Jackson
Votes: 5,470 | Gross: $0.15M
21. Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light (2016)
270 min | Documentary
Clips plus interviews with colleagues and collaborators deepen a portrait of a provocative Tv director who those in the know are coming to realize was one of the greatest artists in the history of British media.
Director: Andy Kelleher | Stars: Tariq Anwar, Allan Bairstow, Davina Belling, Alan Chambers
Votes: 15
22. What Is Cinema? (2013)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, History
Amidst a constant stream of hundreds of film clips, dozens of filmmakers voice their opinions on the titular question while primarily looking beyond the Hollywood mainstream to independent, experimental, documentary and avant-garde films.
Director: Chuck Workman | Stars: Chantal Akerman, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich, Robert Bresson
Votes: 392
23. Scenes from a Separation (2019)
77 min | Documentary
It is the behind the scenes of A Separation (2011) and also director Asghar Farhadi himself tells about his film and how the idea of the film was shaped for him.
Director: Vahid Sedaghat | Stars: Jean-Claude Carrière, Asghar Farhadi, Ebrahim Golestan, Mike Leigh
Votes: 27
24. Why Are We (Not) Creative? (2021)
86 min | Documentary
Director: Hermann Vaske | Stars: Marina Abramovic, Theodoros Angelopoulos, Blixa Bargeld, Wolf Biermann
Votes: 26
25. Cannes Uncut (2023)
90 min | Documentary
Cannes Uncut revels in the glamour, red carpets, movies, craziness, stunts, deals, parties and personalities that have been part of the Cannes Film Festival over the last eight decades, as well as looking to the future.
Directors: Richard Blanshard, Roger Penny | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Quentin Tarantino, Sharon Stone, Tilda Swinton
Votes: 21
26. Inside the Golden Statue (1998)
55 min | Documentary
There is drastically more than meets the eye to curating a successful awards ceremony. The Academy Awards, widely known as one of the most sophisticated and historic of these institutions, is no exception.
Directors: Ori Inbar, Doron Tsabari | Stars: Reuven Miller, Brenda Blethyn, Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey
Votes: 29
27. Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
R | 89 min | Comedy
A young actor struggling to make it in Hollywood is noticed by a film director, whose main focus is directly on him accomplishing his goal.
Directors: Tony Markes, Adam Rifkin | Stars: Adam Rifkin, Jane Jenkins, Scott Wolf, Peter Facinelli
Votes: 2,217
28. Loony in the Woods (2006)
Not Rated | 70 min | Horror
A camping trip seems like the perfect way for a group of friends to spend a vacation they will never forget. Unfortunately, no one will be left alive to remember the trip! Something lurks ... See full summary »
Director: Leo Leigh | Stars: Leo Bill, Jane Cameron, Simon Delaney, Rebecca Dunn
Votes: 80
29. Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright (1993)
80 min | Documentary, Comedy
A collection of three unrelated shorts, "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings" (1988), "Pets or Meat" (1992), and "A Sense of History" (1992).
Directors: Michael Moore, Dean Parisot, Mike Leigh | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Rhonda Britton, Jim Broadbent, Laurie Metcalf
Votes: 311
30. Hard Truths (2024)
97 min | Comedy, Drama | Post-production
Ongoing exploration of the contemporary world with a tragicomic study of human strengths and weaknesses.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Bryony Miller, Michele Austin, David Webber
31. Her Name Was Moviola (2024)
70 min | Documentary | Completed
A love letter to film editing on the Moviola.
Director: Howard Berry | Stars: Mike Leigh, Marion Bailey, Karl Johnson, Walter Murch
32. This Girl, This Boy
Drama | Filming
A transgender 16 year old faces isolation in a small town.
Director: Shane Ryan-Reid | Stars: Carissa Carlberg, Delaiah Hastie, Milo Knight, Lilly Montano
33. Indiecency (2018)
130 min | Comedy, Drama
Seven independent filmmakers in San Antonio, Texas share a house together and attempt to follow their dreams.
Director: Jody Weinman | Stars: Jorden Heitkamp, Alexandra Brents, Patrick Chavera, Alisha Soto-Lewis