Margaret Thatcher: movies and TV shows
Margaret Thatcher has 101 credits in the archive: 74 films and 27 TV series, from 1953 to 2026. Highest rated: The Dark Side of Porn: The Real Animal Farm (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2026 · busiest year: 2019 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown | Self (archive footage) | TV | 8.7 | 100 |
| 2025 | Kenny Dalglish | Self (archive footage) | Film | 4.8 | 99 |
| 2025 | Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 99 |
| 2024 | Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.3 | 98 |
| 2024 | Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain | TV | — | 98 | |
| 2024 | A Very British Sex Scandal: The Love Child & the Secretary | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 98 |
| 2024 | Striking with Pride: United at the Coalface | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 98 |
| 2023 | Lockerbie | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.7 | 97 |
| 2023 | In the Grip of Gazprom | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 8.3 | 97 |
| 2023 | Her Majesty's Prime Ministers: John Major | Self (archive footage) | Film | 2.0 | 97 |
| 2022 | The Real Spies Among Friends | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 96 |
| 2022 | Prelúdio | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 96 |
| 2022 | Thatcher's Not Dead | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 96 |
| 2022 | Freddie Mercury: The Final Act | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 96 |
| 2022 | Kids' TV: The Surprising Story | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 96 |
| 2022 | Ice Under His Feet | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 96 |
| 2022 | McEnroe | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 96 |
| 2022 | Nazi Hunters: The Real Walk-In | Self (archive Footage) | Film | — | 96 |
| 2022 | Margaret Thatcher: Serving the Crown | Self | Film | — | 96 |
| 2021 | Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.6 | 95 |
| 2021 | Endgame in Ireland | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.7 | 95 |
| 2021 | Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 95 |
| 2020 | History 101 | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.1 | 94 |
| 2020 | Influence | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 94 |
| 2020 | Rise Up: Protests that Changed the World | TV | — | 94 | |
| 2019 | The Troubles: A Secret History | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.3 | 93 |
| 2019 | Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 93 |
| 2019 | Brexit: The Uncivil War | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.6 | 93 |
| 2019 | England 79 | Film | — | 93 | |
| 2019 | Thatcher: A Very British Revolution | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.0 | 93 |
| 2019 | Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 93 |
| 2019 | Laboratory Greece | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 93 |
| 2019 | Meeting Gorbachev | Self (archive Footage) | Film | 6.5 | 93 |
| 2019 | 1979: Big Bang of the Present | Self - Politician (archive footage) | Film | 5.7 | 93 |
| 2018 | I, Dolours | Self (Archive Footage) | Film | 7.3 | 92 |
| 2017 | Код доступа | Self | TV | — | 91 |
| 2017 | Hong Kong: Retrocession Generation | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 91 |
| 2017 | 紫荆花开 | TV | — | 91 | |
| 2016 | Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.6 | 90 |
| 2016 | How to Win the US Presidency | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.2 | 90 |
| 2016 | Shadow World | Self - Politician (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 90 |
| 2016 | Hillsborough | Self (archive Footage) | Film | 8.8 | 90 |
| 2016 | The Swap | Self (voice) | Film | — | 90 |
| 2015 | The Emperor's New Clothes | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.4 | 89 |
| 2015 | Laissez-faire | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 89 |
| 2015 | The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 8.7 | 89 |
| 2014 | Soul Boys of the Western World | Film | 5.8 | 88 | |
| 2013 | Maggie and Me | Self (Archive Footage) | Film | — | 87 |
| 2013 | Margaret Thatcher: Prime Minister | Self | Film | — | 87 |
| 2013 | Margaret Thatcher: The Woman Who Changed Britain | Self | Film | — | 87 |
| 2013 | Margaret: Death of a Revolutionary | Self | Film | — | 87 |
| 2012 | Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady | Herself | Film | 6.6 | 86 |
| 2012 | Palme | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 86 |
| 2011 | Reagan | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.1 | 85 |
| 2011 | The Lady is Not for Turning: An Unauthorized Story on Margaret Thatcher | Film | — | 85 | |
| 2010 | Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 84 |
| 2010 | How to Win the TV Debate | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 84 |
| 2009 | The Shock Doctrine | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 83 |
| 2008 | The New Ten Commandments | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.7 | 82 |
| 2008 | Portillo on Thatcher | Self (Archive Footage) | Film | — | 82 |
| 2007 | The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom | Self (archive footage) | TV | 8.0 | 81 |
| 2007 | How to Be an Ex-Prime Minister | Self | Film | — | 81 |
| 2007 | Margaret Thatcher, l'enfance d'un chef | Self | Film | — | 81 |
| 2006 | The Dark Side of Porn: The Real Animal Farm | (archive footage) | Film | 8.3 | 80 |
| 2006 | Best Ever Spitting Image | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 80 |
| 2004 | The Downing Street Patient | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 78 |
| 2004 | Remembering Reagan at His Ranch | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 78 |
| 2004 | In Search of Tony Blair | Self (Archive Footage) | Film | — | 78 |
| 2003 | Strike: When Britain Went to War | Film | — | 77 | |
| 2002 | The Century of the Self | Self (archive footage) | TV | 8.5 | 76 |
| 2001 | The Secret Rulers of the World | Self (archive footage) | TV | 8.3 | 75 |
| 2001 | The Pinochet Case | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 75 |
| 2001 | Cabinet Confidential | Self | Film | — | 75 |
| 1999 | Blackadder: Back & Forth | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 73 |
| 1998 | Reagan | Self | Film | 8.0 | 72 |
| 1997 | Degeneration Punk | Film | 8.0 | 71 | |
| 1996 | How to Be Prime Minister | Self | Film | — | 70 |
| 1995 | Empire of the Censors | Self | Film | 5.3 | 69 |
| 1995 | The Wilderness Years | Self (Archive Footage) | TV | — | 69 |
| 1995 | Westminster's Secret Service | Self (Archive Footage) | Film | — | 69 |
| 1995 | Satans mördare | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 1995 | Odd Man Out: A Film Portrait of Enoch Powell | Self | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1994 | Wasted Windfall | Self | TV | — | 68 |
| 1993 | Thatcher: The Downing Street Years | Self | TV | 10.0 | 67 |
| 1987 | Dispatches | TV | 6.5 | 61 | |
| 1987 | The Falklands War: The Untold Story | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.7 | 61 |
| 1986 | To Kill the Cabinet | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 60 |
| 1986 | The Englishwoman's Wardrobe | Self | Film | — | 60 |
| 1986 | Rockin' Ronnie | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 60 |
| 1984 | Informe especial | Self (archive footage) | TV | 2.0 | 58 |
| 1983 | The Red and the Blue | Self (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 56 |
| 1982 | Let Poland Be Poland | Self | Film | — | 56 |
| 1981 | 40 Minutes | TV | 6.4 | 55 | |
| 1980 | Rude Boy | Self | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 1978 | TV Eye | TV | — | 52 | |
| 1973 | Val Meets The VIPS | Self - Guest | TV | — | 47 |
| 1972 | Weekend World | TV | — | 46 | |
| 1972 | Weekend World | Self (archive footage) | TV | — | 46 |
| 1963 | World in Action | TV | 7.0 | 37 | |
| 1953 | Panorama | TV | 6.3 | 27 |