Mike Leigh

Legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh returns to the contemporary world with a darkly humorous study of family and the thorny ties that bind us.

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to a working class white woman, Cynthia.

After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.

A slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, their friends and family.

In this drama from Mike Leigh (Secrets & Lies), Penny and Phil lead joyless lives with their two children, Rachel, a cleaner, and Rory, who is unemployed and aggressive.

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.

British drama from veteran director Mike Leigh (Vera Drake, Secrets & Lies) with Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen...

Well known for his sober, bleak works, master and veteran English director Mike Leigh cranks up the positive with Happy-Go-Lucky; a tale spun from the creative, caring and cheerful life of Poppy.

From writer-director Mike Leigh, an exploration of the life and work of eccentric British impressionist great J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851). Stars Leigh's frequent collaborators Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson and Ruth Sheen.

Multi-Oscar nominee Mike Leigh (Another Year) writes and directs this story on the 1819 Peterloo Massacre.