Direction: John McKay
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by John McKay. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Life on Mars (TV Series)
2006 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Matthew Graham · Tony Jordan · Ashley Pharoah · S.J. Clarkson
Cast John Simm · Philip Glenister · Liz White · Dean Andrews
Plot TV Series (2006-2007). 2 Seasons. 16 Episodes. Sam (John Simm) Tyler's world is about to be turned upside down. Moments after his girlfriend and colleague is kidnapped, Sam is knocked...
7.1
4K votes
7.1
4K votes
Shetland (TV Series)
2013 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Hoar · Thaddeus O'Sullivan · John McKay
Cast Douglas Henshall · Steven Robertson · Lewis Howden · Gemma Chan
Plot About detective Jimmy Perez, a native Shetland islander who returns home after a long spell away.
7.0
114 votes
7.0
114 votes
Lip Service (TV Series)
2010 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Harriet Braun · John McKay
Cast Ruta Gedmintas · Fiona Button · Laura Fraser · Emun Elliott
Plot TV Series (2010). 2 Seasons. 12 Episodes. Sex, lies and true love in contemporary Glasgow, BBC Three's new seductive relationship drama Lip Service follows the lives of a group of...
6.5
355 votes
6.5
355 votes
We'll Take Manhattan (TV)
2012 · Movie · min. · United Kingdom
Direction John McKay
Cast Karen Gillan · Aneurin Barnard · Helen McCrory · Joseph May
Plot A look at the love affair between 1960s supermodel Jean Shrimpton and photographer David Bailey. Focusing on a wild and unpredictable 1962 Vogue photo shoot in New York, the drama...
5.9
29 votes
5.9
29 votes
Not Another Happy Ending
2013 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John McKay
Cast Karen Gillan · Stanley Weber · Iain De Caestecker · Amy Manson
Plot When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked he knows he has to unblock her or he's finished. With her newfound success, she's become too damn happy...
5.1
290 votes
5.1
290 votes
Crush
2001 · Movie · 111 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John McKay
Cast Andie MacDowell · Imelda Staunton · Anna Chancellor · Kenny Doughty
Plot Three 40-something women in a small English town meet weekly for a ritual of gin, cigarettes, and sweets -- and swapped stories arguing which of them has the most pathetic...
5.0
1K votes
5.0
1K votes
Piccadilly Jim
2004 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John McKay
Cast Sam Rockwell · Frances O'Connor · Tom Wilkinson · Brenda Blethyn
Plot Set in the 1930s, an American with a scandalous reputation on both sides of the Atlantic must do an about-face in order to win back the woman of his dreams.
4.6
91 votes
4.6
91 votes
Psychos (TV Miniseries)
1999 · Movie · 50 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John McKay · Andy Wilson
Cast Douglas Henshall · Neve McIntosh · Sam MacKenzie · Alison Peebles
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A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets (TV)
2005 · Movie · min. · United Kingdom
Direction John McKay
Cast Rupert Graves · Tom Sturridge · Indira Varma · Zoe Wanamaker
Plot A mystery in Shakespeare's sonnets is explored.
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Ordinary Lies (TV Series)
2015 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Daniel Brocklehurst · Juliet May · John McKay · Misha Manson-Smith
Cast Cat Simmons · Manjinder Virk · Jo Joyner · Sally Lindsay
Plot On the shop floor and in the offices of a motor showroom, desperation can lead to drastic solutions.
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Canterbury Tales (TV Miniseries)
2003 · Movie · 249 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Andy De Emmony · John McKay
Cast Nikki Amuka-Bird · James Nesbitt · Julie Walters · Indira Varma
Plot Clever adaptation of Chaucer's Canterbury to a modern setting.
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