Mike Leigh Movies

Beverly wears low-cut dresses, too much make-up, and has a reputation as a man-eating monster. She turns a social get-together between married...

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

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

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.

A behind-the-scenes look at the preparations for the live broadcast of the 69th Annual Academy Awards ceremony.

Scenes from A Separation

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

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

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

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

Sentimental pirates, blundering policeman, absurd adventures and improbable paradoxes – Gilbert and Sullivan’s dazzling The Pirates of...

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

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

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

Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr. Butcher, one of their former teachers, living...

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

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...

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...

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