Screenplay: Mike Leigh

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Mike Leigh. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


A Running Jump

2012 · Movie · 35 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mike Leigh

Cast Eddie Marsan · Samantha Spiro · Sam Kelly · Danielle Bird

Plot Incompetent car salesman Perry is desperate to get the money to release the car he hopes to sell to young Gary from the garage but his wife,fitness instructor Debbie is...

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BBC2 Playhouse (TV Series)

1973 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sarah Pia Anderson · Bill Hays · Don Taylor · Brian Parker

Cast Ralph Morse · John Bluthal · Gawn Grainger · Denholm Elliott

Plot TV Series (1973-1983). 106 episodes

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Play for Today: The Kiss of Death (TV)

1977 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mike Leigh

Cast David Threlfall · John Wheatley · Kay Adshead · Angela Curran

Plot Trevor is an extremely shy undertaker's assistant. He always tags along with his good friend Ronnie, when he goes to the pub with his girlfriend Sandra. Sandra introduces Trevor to...

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Hard Truths

2024 · Movie · min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mike Leigh

Cast Marianne Jean-Baptiste · Felicita Ramundo · Michele Austin · David Webber

Plot Ongoing exploration of the contemporary world with a tragicomic study of human strengths and weaknesses.

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Second City Firsts (TV Series)

1973 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Philip Saville · Pedr James · Mike Leigh · Tara Prem

Cast Ken Kitson · Jean Heywood · Ivor Roberts · Alison Steadman

Plot A series of television plays produced at the BBC's studios at Pebble Mill, Birmingham; Birmingham is England's second city, hence the series title. The 1974 episode "Girl" featured the first...

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