Ken Loach: movies and TV shows
Ken Loach has 146 credits in the archive: 121 films and 25 TV series, from 1962 to 2026. Highest rated: Modern Times (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1962 – 2026 · busiest year: 2016 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Forgotten Spaceman | Film | — | 90 | |
| 2025 | Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius | Self | TV | 4.0 | 89 |
| 2025 | Palestine 36 | Film | 7.8 | 89 | |
| 2025 | The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues | Self | Film | — | 89 |
| 2024 | Loach vs Corbyn: The Bad Patriots | HIMSELF | Film | — | 88 |
| 2024 | Censoring Palestine | Self | Film | — | 88 |
| 2024 | Uomini in Marcia | Film | — | 88 | |
| 2024 | The Bad Patriots | Film | — | 88 | |
| 2023 | Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma | Self - Guest | TV | — | 87 |
| 2023 | The Old Oak | Film | 7.2 | 87 | |
| 2023 | Cannes Uncut | Self | Film | 5.3 | 87 |
| 2023 | I Get Knocked Down | Self | Film | 7.5 | 87 |
| 2023 | Oh Jeremy Corbyn - The Big Lie | (himself) | Film | — | 87 |
| 2023 | Ken Loach, le vent de la révolte | Self | Film | 8.0 | 87 |
| 2022 | Reel Britannia | Self | TV | 8.5 | 86 |
| 2022 | Thatcher's Not Dead | Self | Film | 7.6 | 86 |
| 2022 | Film: The Living Record of Our Memory | Self | Film | 7.8 | 86 |
| 2022 | C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando | Sé stesso | Film | 6.2 | 86 |
| 2021 | Once upon a time... "I, Daniel Blake" | himself | Film | 8.0 | 85 |
| 2021 | A Bolsa ou a Vida | Self | Film | — | 85 |
| 2020 | Victoria Wood: The Secret List | Self | TV | 7.0 | 84 |
| 2020 | Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today | Self – Director | Film | — | 84 |
| 2019 | Sorry We Missed You | Film | 7.3 | 83 | |
| 2019 | The Great NHS Heist | Himself | Film | 10.0 | 83 |
| 2019 | Greg Davies: Looking for Kes | Self | Film | 7.0 | 83 |
| 2018 | Who Killed British Cinema? | Self | Film | 5.0 | 82 |
| 2018 | The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema | Film | — | 82 | |
| 2018 | CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel | Self | Film | 6.5 | 82 |
| 2017 | Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life | Self | Film | 5.2 | 81 |
| 2016 | John Bishop: In Conversation with... | Self | TV | 7.0 | 80 |
| 2016 | I, Daniel Blake | Film | 7.7 | 80 | |
| 2016 | To Make a Comedy Is No Fun | Self | Film | 5.8 | 80 |
| 2016 | Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach | Self - Film Director | Film | 6.6 | 80 |
| 2016 | In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn | Film | — | 80 | |
| 2016 | In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn | Film | — | 80 | |
| 2016 | In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn | Film | — | 80 | |
| 2016 | How to Make a Ken Loach Film | self | Film | — | 80 |
| 2015 | Il était une fois... « Rosetta » | Self | Film | — | 79 |
| 2015 | About Cinema | Self | Film | 8.2 | 79 |
| 2014 | We Are Many | Self | Film | 6.7 | 78 |
| 2014 | Jimmy's Hall | Film | 6.7 | 78 | |
| 2014 | Idyll | Film | — | 78 | |
| 2013 | The Spirit of '45 | Film | 6.1 | 77 | |
| 2013 | The Spirit of '45 | Film | 6.1 | 77 | |
| 2012 | Square | Self | TV | — | 76 |
| 2012 | A Special Day | Self | Film | 6.0 | 76 |
| 2012 | The Angels' Share | Film | 6.9 | 76 | |
| 2012 | Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent | Himself | Film | 6.0 | 76 |
| 2012 | Catastroika | Self | Film | 6.8 | 76 |
| 2011 | The Story of Film: An Odyssey | Self | TV | 7.7 | 75 |
| 2011 | Route Irish | Film | 6.0 | 75 | |
| 2010 | Making Kes | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2009 | Looking for Eric | Film | 6.5 | 73 | |
| 2009 | Great Directors | Self | Film | 6.1 | 73 |
| 2009 | What Do You Know About Me | Self | Film | 7.0 | 73 |
| 2009 | Vittorio D. | Self | Film | 6.3 | 73 |
| 2009 | Celuloide colectivo: el cine en guerra | Himself | Film | 7.5 | 73 |
| 2008 | 40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight | Self | Film | 5.0 | 72 |
| 2007 | British Film Forever | TV | 5.5 | 71 | |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | Film | 6.5 | 71 | |
| 2007 | It's a Free World... | Film | 6.6 | 71 | |
| 2007 | It's a Free World... | Film | 6.6 | 71 | |
| 2006 | The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Film | 7.3 | 70 | |
| 2006 | Carry On Ken | TV | — | 70 | |
| 2006 | Carry On Ken | Film | — | 70 | |
| 2005 | Tickets | Film | 6.5 | 69 | |
| 2005 | McLibel | Film | 6.7 | 69 | |
| 2004 | Ae Fond Kiss... | Film | 6.5 | 68 | |
| 2002 | Sweet Sixteen | Film | 7.0 | 66 | |
| 2002 | September 11 | Film | 6.4 | 66 | |
| 2002 | September 11 | Film | 6.4 | 66 | |
| 2001 | The Navigators | Film | 6.9 | 65 | |
| 2001 | Ken and Rosa | Himself | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 2000 | Bread and Roses | Film | 6.3 | 64 | |
| 1999 | The Limey | Film | 6.5 | 63 | |
| 1998 | My Name Is Joe | Film | 7.3 | 62 | |
| 1998 | Another City: A Week in the Life of Bath's Football Club | Film | — | 62 | |
| 1997 | Citizen Ken Loach | Self | Film | — | 61 |
| 1996 | Carla's Song | Film | 6.8 | 60 | |
| 1996 | The Flickering Flame | Film | 6.3 | 60 | |
| 1996 | The Flickering Flame | Film | 6.3 | 60 | |
| 1995 | Modern Times | TV | 9.0 | 59 | |
| 1995 | Land and Freedom | Film | 7.3 | 59 | |
| 1995 | A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership | Film | 8.0 | 59 | |
| 1994 | Ladybird Ladybird | Film | 7.2 | 58 | |
| 1993 | Raining Stones | Film | 6.9 | 57 | |
| 1991 | Riff-Raff | Film | 6.7 | 55 | |
| 1991 | The Arthur Legend | Film | — | 55 | |
| 1990 | Hidden Agenda | Film | 6.9 | 54 | |
| 1990 | The Making of 'Hidden Agenda' | Self | Film | — | 54 |
| 1989 | The View from the Woodpile | Film | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 1989 | The View from the Woodpile | Film | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 1989 | Time to Go | Film | 6.0 | 53 | |
| 1987 | Dispatches | TV | 6.5 | 51 | |
| 1986 | Split Screen | TV | — | 50 | |
| 1986 | Fatherland | Film | 6.3 | 50 | |
| 1986 | A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema | Self | Film | — | 50 |
| 1985 | Television | TV | 8.0 | 49 | |
| 1985 | Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman | Self | Film | — | 49 |
| 1985 | Which Side Are You On? | Film | 6.6 | 49 | |
| 1985 | Which Side Are You On? | Film | 6.6 | 49 | |
| 1985 | End of the Battle... Not the End of the War | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1983 | The Red and the Blue | Film | 8.0 | 47 | |
| 1981 | A Question of Leadership | Film | 4.3 | 45 | |
| 1981 | A Question of Leadership | Film | 4.3 | 45 | |
| 1981 | Looks and Smiles | Film | 6.7 | 45 | |
| 1980 | Auditions | Film | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 1980 | Auditions | Film | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 1980 | The Gamekeeper | Film | 6.0 | 44 | |
| 1980 | The Gamekeeper | Film | 6.0 | 44 | |
| 1979 | Question Time | Self - Panellist | TV | 5.9 | 43 |
| 1979 | Black Jack | Film | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1979 | Black Jack | Film | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1977 | The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People | Film | 5.5 | 41 | |
| 1977 | The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality | Film | 5.0 | 41 | |
| 1975 | Days of Hope | TV | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1972 | Full House | TV | — | 36 | |
| 1972 | Full House | TV | — | 36 | |
| 1972 | Right to Work March | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 35 |
| 1971 | Family Life | Film | 7.3 | 35 | |
| 1971 | Talk About Work | Film | 6.0 | 35 | |
| 1971 | The Rank and File | Film | 6.7 | 35 | |
| 1971 | The Save the Children Fund Film | Film | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | TV | 6.6 | 34 | |
| 1970 | Kes | Film | 7.4 | 34 | |
| 1970 | Kes | Film | 7.4 | 34 | |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | TV | 7.0 | 33 | |
| 1969 | The Big Flame | Film | 6.7 | 33 | |
| 1968 | The Golden Vision | Film | 6.3 | 32 | |
| 1967 | Poor Cow | Film | 6.4 | 31 | |
| 1967 | Poor Cow | Film | 6.4 | 31 | |
| 1967 | In Two Minds | Film | 7.3 | 31 | |
| 1966 | Cathy Come Home | Film | 7.0 | 30 | |
| 1966 | Cathy Come Home | Film | 7.0 | 30 | |
| 1965 | A Tap on the Shoulder | Film | 7.0 | 29 | |
| 1965 | Up the Junction | Film | 7.1 | 29 | |
| 1965 | The End of Arthur's Marriage | Film | 5.6 | 29 | |
| 1965 | Three Clear Sundays | Film | 5.7 | 29 | |
| 1965 | The Coming Out Party | Film | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1965 | Wear a Very Big Hat | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | TV | 5.2 | 28 | |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | TV | 5.2 | 28 | |
| 1964 | Diary of a Young Man | TV | 9.0 | 28 | |
| 1963 | Teletale | TV | — | 27 | |
| 1962 | Z-Cars | TV | 7.3 | 26 |