With Sixteen Films (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Sorry We Missed You (2019)
101 min | Drama
Hoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Stone, Katie Proctor
Votes: 14,171
2. I, Daniel Blake (2016)
R | 100 min | Drama
After having suffered a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter must fight the bureaucratic forces of the system in order to receive Employment and Support Allowance.
Directors: Ken Loach, Laura Obiols | Stars: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy, Briana Shann
Votes: 52,152 | Gross: $0.26M
3. The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama, War
Against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald
Votes: 45,770 | Gross: $1.83M
4. Sweet Sixteen (I) (2002)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Martin Compston, Michelle Coulter, Annmarie Fulton, William Ruane
Votes: 12,953 | Gross: $0.03M
5. City of Tiny Lights (2016)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the teeming, multicultural metropolis of modern-day London, a seemingly straightforward missing-person case launches a down-at-heel private eye into a dangerous world of religious fanaticism and political intrigue.
Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Riz Ahmed, Billie Piper, James Krishna Floyd, Cush Jumbo
Votes: 1,852
6. The Angels' Share (2012)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, Roger Allam, Gary Maitland
Votes: 23,299 | Gross: $0.30M
7. Lynn + Lucy (2019)
90 min | Drama
Lynn and Lucy are lifelong best friends, their relationship as intense as any romance. Neither has ventured far from where they grew up. Lynn, who married her first boyfriend and whose ... See full summary »
Director: Fyzal Boulifa | Stars: Jennifer Lee Moon, Nichola Burley, Kacey Ainsworth, Jordan Long
Votes: 265
8. Looking for Eric (2009)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Eric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Steve Evets, Eric Cantona, Stephanie Bishop, Gerard Kearns
Votes: 15,859 | Gross: $0.06M
9. Jimmy's Hall (2014)
PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America. Seeing the levels of poverty and oppression, the activist in him reawakens and he looks to re-open the dance hall that led to his deportation.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Barry Ward, Francis Magee, Aileen Henry, Simone Kirby
Votes: 5,831 | Gross: $0.56M
10. September 11 (2002)
Unrated | 134 min | Drama
The effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks are told from different points of view around the world.
Directors: Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Shôhei Imamura, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mira Nair, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Sean Penn, Danis Tanovic | Stars: Maryam Karimi, Mohamad Dolati, Agelem Habibi, Esmat Vahedi
Votes: 5,398
11. Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
R | 105 min | Drama, History
Set in 1980s Nottingham, social worker Margaret Humphreys holds the British government accountable for child migration schemes and reunites the children involved -- now adults living mostly in Australia -- with their parents in Britain.
Director: Jim Loach | Stars: Emily Watson, Aisling Loftus, Stuart Wolfenden, Lorraine Ashbourne
Votes: 5,103
12. Route Irish (2010)
109 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The story of a private security contractor in Iraq who rejected the official explanation of his friend's death and sets out to discover the truth.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Mark Womack, Andrea Lowe, John Bishop, Geoff Bell
Votes: 4,257
13. Ae Fond Kiss (2004)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Sparks fly in Glasgow's south side when a young Asian man enters into a relationship with a Caucasian woman.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Atta Yaqub, Eva Birthistle, Ahmad Riaz, Shamshad Akhtar
Votes: 6,604
14. It's a Free World... (2007)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
After being fired from her job, Angie teams up with her flatmate to find employment for immigrants.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Kierston Wareing, Juliet Ellis, Leslaw Zurek, Joe Siffleet
Votes: 5,617
15. Beloved (2011)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In London, a mother and daughter navigate their respective romances: Madeline rekindles an affair from thirty years earlier, while her daughter Vera is caught between a musician who cannot commit and her ex, who still pines for her.
Director: Christophe Honoré | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Ludivine Sagnier, Chiara Mastroianni, Paul Schneider
Votes: 2,233 | Gross: $0.12M
16. Tickets (2005)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
A train travels across Italy toward Rome. On board is a professor who daydreams a conversation with a love that never was, a family of Albanian refugees who switch trains and steal a ticket... See full summary »
Directors: Abbas Kiarostami, Ken Loach, Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Carlo Delle Piane, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Silvana De Santis, Filippo Trojano
Votes: 2,510
17. Summer (2008)
83 min | Drama
While caring for a dying friend, a man reflects back on their youth together.
Director: Kenneth Glenaan | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Steve Evets, Rachael Blake, Michael Socha
Votes: 983
18. War Book (2014)
92 min | Drama
Eight UK government officials act out their potential response and decisions in a simulated war game scenario in which escalation of nuclear threat between India and Pakistan leads to nuclear war and quite likely the end of the world.
Director: Tom Harper | Stars: Sophie Okonedo, Adeel Akhtar, Phoebe Fox, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
Votes: 626
19. The Spirit of '45 (2013)
94 min | Documentary, History
A documentary on how the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Winston Churchill, Clement Attlee, Tony Benn, Aneurin Bevan
Votes: 1,095
20. Staying (Aros Mae) (2020)
19 min | Short, Drama | Completed
A woman from the city has a brief but life-changing connection with a hill farmer and the landscape in remote mid-Wales.
Director: Zillah Bowes | Stars: Lisa Jen Brown, Stephen Pugh, Kerena Pugh, Kayed Mohamed-Mason
21. Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016)
93 min | Documentary
Documentary on the life and times of Ken Loach. His politics in British TV and Cinema and the chaos he has caused the establishment for 50 years.
Director: Louise Osmond | Stars: Ken Loach, Jim Allen, Lesley Ashton, David Bradley
Votes: 363
22. Mediastan (2013)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary
On the road with Wikileaks.
Director: Johannes Wahlström | Stars: Julian Assange, Vladimir Gubanov, Sultanbek Joumagulov, Bill Keller
Votes: 400
25. Martino Unstrung (2008 Video)
85 min | Documentary, Music
Neuropsychologist Paul Broks travels America in search of the soul of legendary jazz guitarist Pat Martino who was brutally silenced by memory stripping brain surgery. Tracing his ... See full summary »
Director: Ian Knox | Stars: Delmar Brown, Red Holloway, Pat Martino, John Patitucci
Votes: 6