Direction: Shane Meadows

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Shane Meadows. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Virtues (TV Miniseries)

2019 · Series · 211 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Shane Meadows

Cast Stephen Graham · Niamh Algar · Helen Behan · Frank Laverty

Plot 4 Episodes. Joseph (Stephen Graham) is a moral yet troubled man who’s lost everything. He finds himself compelled to travel to Ireland to confront demons from a childhood spent in...

7.8

3K votes

7.8

3K votes

This Is England '90 (TV Miniseries)

2015 · Series · min. · United Kingdom

Direction Shane Meadows

Cast Thomas Turgoose · Lyra Mae Thomas · Chanel Cresswell · Joe Dempsie

Plot TV Miniseries (2015). 4 Episodes. Combo is released from prison, Shaun, Gadget and the others follow the rave scene, apart from Milky and Woody who open a scooter shop.

7.7

950 votes

7.7

950 votes

This Is England '88 (TV Miniseries)

2011 · Series · 210 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Shane Meadows

Cast Andrew Ellis · Andrew Shim · Chanel Cresswell · Charlotte Tyree

Plot TV Miniseries (2011). 3 Episodes. Set during Christmas 1988, Lol is haunted by the devastating events that took place two and a half years ago. She and Woody both find...

7.6

2K votes

7.6

2K votes

This Is England '86 (TV Miniseries)

2010 · Series · 200 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tom Harper · Shane Meadows

Cast Thomas Turgoose · Andrew Ellis · Andrew Shim · Chanel Cresswell

Plot It's 1986. As Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) sits his last school exam, the realisation dawns that adulthood beckons and in mid-80s England he's going to have to find his own way...

7.6

3K votes

7.6

3K votes

This Is England

2006 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Shane Meadows

Cast Thomas Turgoose · Stephen Graham · Jo Hartley · Andrew Shim

Plot Set in 1983, against the aftermath of the Falklands War, the film introduces us to eleven-year-old Shaun (Thomas Turgoose), whose soldier father was killed in the conflict. Living with his...

7.2

32K votes

7.2

32K votes

The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone

2013 · Documentary · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Shane Meadows

Cast Ian Brown · John Squire · Gary Mounfield · Alan Wren

Plot Directed by Shane Meadows (making his documentary debut), The Stone Roses: Made of Stone follows Manchester-born band The Stone Roses (vocalist Ian Brown, bass player Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, drummer Alan...

7.0

190 votes

7.0

190 votes

Dead Man’s Shoes

2004 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Shane Meadows

Cast Paddy Considine · Toby Kebbell · Gary Stretch · Stuart Wolfenden

Plot Richard (Paddy Considine) has always protected his simple-minded little brother Anthony (Toby Kebbell). When Richard leaves the rural village where they have grown up to join the army, Anthony is...

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

A Room for Romeo Brass

1999 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Shane Meadows

Cast Martin Arrowsmith · Dave Blant · Darren O. Campbell · Paddy Considine

Plot Two twelve-year-old boys, Romeo and Gavin, undergo an extraordinary test of character and friendship when Morell, a naive but eccentric and dangerous stranger, comes between them. Morell befriends with the...

6.6

71 votes

6.6

71 votes

Somers Town

2008 · Movie · 75 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Shane Meadows

Cast Thomas Turgoose · Piotr Jagiello · Elisa Lasowski · Ireneusz Czop

Plot Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek (Piotr Jagiello) lives in...

6.5

3K votes

6.5

3K votes

Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee

2009 · Movie · 71 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Shane Meadows

Cast Paddy Considine · Seamus O'Neill · Olivia Colman · Richard Graham

Plot Would-be music manager Le Donk (Considine) tries to nab fledgling rapper Scor-Zay-Zee (Scorzayzee) a slot with Arctic Monkeys, while back home his ex (Colman) prepares to give birth to his...

6.2

44 votes

6.2

44 votes

Twenty Four Seven

1997 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

6.1

64 votes

6.1

64 votes

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands

2002 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Shane Meadows

Cast Robert Carlyle · Rhys Ifans · Kathy Burke · Ricky Tomlinson

Plot Jimmy (Robert Carlyle): loveable rogue who skedaddled years ago leaving Shirley with their daughter, Marlene, and returning to the badlands of Glasgow. Foster brother of Carol; love rival of Dek....

5.7

216 votes

5.7

216 votes

The Gallows Pole (TV Series)

2023 · Series · 184 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Shane Meadows

Cast Nicole Barber-Lane · Samuel Edward-Cook · Michael Socha · Jordan Preston

Plot Hartley assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers for a criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history.

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Where's the Money Ronnie! (S)

1996 · Movie · 12 min. · United Kingdom

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Small Time

1996 · Movie · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Shane Meadows

Cast Tim Cunningham · Dominic Dillon · Leon Hammond · Mat Hand

Plot Follows a gang of small time crooks in an English town. Malc is in danger of losing his girlfriend Kate if he doesn't spend more time at home and the...

Not rated

Not rated