Mike Leigh Movies

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

Sam likes his children to be grown-up chaps. So nine-year-old Harry is at a disadvantage in the battle of wits that develops...

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

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

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

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

A quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.

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

Jimmy is a talented young boxer. Every punch he throws is eagerly watched by his trainer, and resented by his girlfriend. His parents, however,...

A boy goes to see his probation officer.

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

A window cleaner fancies a sausage roll, but all is not well in the sausage roll factory.

Documentary about the making of Mike Leigh's Mr.Turner, unreleased due to unspecified 'legal reasons'

Polish adaptation of Abigail's Party for polish television series Teatr Telewizji

An interview with British film director Mike Leigh produced for BBC-TV.

Documentary showing behind-the-scenes footage of the film 'Nader and Simin, A Separation'. Director Asghar Farhadi himself talks about his film and...

Documentary about François Truffaut who is one of the most respected directors in the history of cinema.

During an evening spent at his house with his sister, a girl realizes that she doesn't really have much in common with her boyfriend.