Mike Leigh: movies and TV shows
Mike Leigh has 117 credits in the archive: 94 films and 23 TV series, from 1953 to 2026. Highest rated: Secrets & Lies (7.6/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2026 · busiest year: 1982 (16 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tender Loving Care | Film | — | 83 | |
| 2026 | Tender Loving Care | Film | — | 83 | |
| 2025 | Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain | Self | Film | 10.0 | 82 |
| 2025 | Citizen B | Self | Film | 6.0 | 82 |
| 2024 | Hard Truths | Film | 6.4 | 81 | |
| 2024 | Hard Truths | Film | 6.4 | 81 | |
| 2024 | Her Name Was Moviola | Self | Film | — | 81 |
| 2023 | Cannes Uncut | Self | Film | 5.3 | 80 |
| 2022 | Remembers… | Self | TV | 7.0 | 79 |
| 2022 | Reel Britannia | Self | TV | 8.5 | 79 |
| 2021 | Why Are We (Not) Creative? | Self | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 2020 | Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today | Self – Filmmaker | Film | — | 77 |
| 2018 | Peterloo | Film | 6.8 | 75 | |
| 2018 | Peterloo | Film | 6.8 | 75 | |
| 2018 | Scenes from A Separation | Self | Film | 0.5 | 75 |
| 2016 | Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2015 | The Pirates of Penzance | Film | 8.0 | 72 | |
| 2014 | Mr. Turner | Film | 6.5 | 71 | |
| 2014 | Mr. Turner | Film | 6.5 | 71 | |
| 2014 | The One and Only Mike Leigh | Self | Film | 9.0 | 71 |
| 2013 | What Is Cinema? | Self | Film | 6.5 | 70 |
| 2012 | Square | Self | TV | — | 69 |
| 2012 | A Running Jump | Film | 6.0 | 69 | |
| 2012 | A Running Jump | Film | 6.0 | 69 | |
| 2010 | In Confidence | TV | — | 67 | |
| 2010 | Another Year | Film | 7.0 | 67 | |
| 2010 | Another Year | Film | 7.0 | 67 | |
| 2009 | Vittorio D. | Self | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 2009 | Looking for Truffaut | Self | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 2009 | The Party | Film | — | 66 | |
| 2008 | Happy-Go-Lucky | Film | 6.6 | 65 | |
| 2008 | Happy-Go-Lucky | Film | 6.6 | 65 | |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self | TV | 4.5 | 64 |
| 2007 | British Film Forever | TV | 5.5 | 64 | |
| 2007 | All About 'Abigail's Party' | Self | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.4 | 63 |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self | TV | 4.4 | 63 |
| 2005 | Le Cercle | TV | — | 62 | |
| 2004 | The Culture Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 61 |
| 2004 | Vera Drake | Film | 7.2 | 61 | |
| 2004 | Vera Drake | Film | 7.2 | 61 | |
| 2003 | Cinema16: British Short Films | Self - Commentary, The Short & Curlies (voice) | Film | 5.2 | 60 |
| 2003 | Cinema16: British Short Films | Film | 5.2 | 60 | |
| 2002 | All or Nothing | Film | 7.1 | 59 | |
| 2002 | All or Nothing | Film | 7.1 | 59 | |
| 2000 | Welcome to Hollywood | Mike Leigh | Film | 4.1 | 57 |
| 2000 | Mike Leigh: The Conversation | Self - Interviewee | Film | — | 57 |
| 1999 | Topsy-Turvy | Film | 6.6 | 56 | |
| 1999 | Topsy-Turvy | Film | 6.6 | 56 | |
| 1998 | Inside the Golden Statue | Self | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1997 | Career Girls | Film | 6.6 | 54 | |
| 1997 | Career Girls | Film | 6.6 | 54 | |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Film | 7.6 | 53 | |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Film | 7.6 | 53 | |
| 1993 | Naked | Film | 7.3 | 50 | |
| 1993 | Naked | Film | 7.3 | 50 | |
| 1993 | Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright | Film | 5.3 | 50 | |
| 1992 | A Sense of History | Film | 7.4 | 49 | |
| 1991 | Life Is Sweet | Film | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1991 | Life Is Sweet | Film | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1989 | High Hopes | Film | 7.0 | 46 | |
| 1989 | High Hopes | Film | 7.0 | 46 | |
| 1987 | The Short & Curlies | Film | 6.4 | 44 | |
| 1987 | The Short & Curlies | Film | 6.4 | 44 | |
| 1984 | Four Days in July | Film | 6.6 | 41 | |
| 1984 | Four Days in July | Film | 6.6 | 41 | |
| 1983 | Meantime | Film | 6.7 | 40 | |
| 1983 | Meantime | Film | 6.7 | 40 | |
| 1982 | Old Chums | Film | 5.8 | 39 | |
| 1982 | Old Chums | Film | 5.8 | 39 | |
| 1982 | Home Sweet Home | Film | 6.3 | 39 | |
| 1982 | Home Sweet Home | Film | 6.3 | 39 | |
| 1982 | Mike Leigh: Making Plays | Self | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1982 | Five-Minute Films | TV | 10.0 | 39 | |
| 1982 | Five-Minute Films | TV | 10.0 | 39 | |
| 1982 | Five-Minute Films | TV | 10.0 | 39 | |
| 1982 | A Light Snack | Film | 5.8 | 39 | |
| 1982 | A Light Snack | Film | 5.8 | 39 | |
| 1982 | Probation | Film | 5.8 | 39 | |
| 1982 | Probation | Film | 5.8 | 39 | |
| 1982 | Afternoon | Film | 5.8 | 39 | |
| 1982 | Afternoon | Film | 5.8 | 39 | |
| 1982 | The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final | Film | 6.0 | 39 | |
| 1982 | The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final | Film | 6.0 | 39 | |
| 1980 | Grown-Ups | Film | 6.9 | 37 | |
| 1980 | Grown-Ups | Film | 6.9 | 37 | |
| 1979 | Who's Who | Film | 6.3 | 36 | |
| 1979 | Who's Who | Film | 6.3 | 36 | |
| 1977 | Abigail's Party | Film | 7.4 | 34 | |
| 1977 | Abigail's Party | Film | 7.4 | 34 | |
| 1977 | The Kiss of Death | Film | 6.5 | 34 | |
| 1977 | The Kiss of Death | Film | 6.5 | 34 | |
| 1976 | Fast Hands | Film | 5.0 | 33 | |
| 1976 | Shuttlecock | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1976 | Nuts in May | Film | 7.1 | 33 | |
| 1976 | Nuts in May | Film | 7.1 | 33 | |
| 1975 | The Permissive Society | Film | 6.6 | 32 | |
| 1975 | The Permissive Society | Film | 6.6 | 32 | |
| 1974 | Playhouse | TV | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1974 | Playhouse | TV | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1973 | Second City Firsts | TV | — | 30 | |
| 1973 | Second City Firsts | TV | — | 30 | |
| 1973 | A Mug's Game? | Film | 6.0 | 30 | |
| 1973 | A Mug's Game? | Film | 6.0 | 30 | |
| 1973 | Hard Labour | Film | 6.7 | 30 | |
| 1973 | Hard Labour | Film | 6.7 | 30 | |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 28 |
| 1971 | Bleak Moments | Film | 6.1 | 28 | |
| 1971 | Bleak Moments | Film | 6.1 | 28 | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | TV | 6.6 | 27 | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | TV | 6.6 | 27 | |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self | TV | 7.2 | 24 |
| 1963 | Two Left Feet | Jim | Film | 6.0 | 20 |
| 1963 | West 11 | Film | 6.9 | 20 | |
| 1960 | Maigret | TV | 7.1 | 17 | |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 10 |
| Untitled 13 | Film | — | — |