List of works by Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh is an English director and writer known for his work in film, television and stage.

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Distribution	Ref.
1971	Bleak Moments	Yes	Yes	BBC Films	^[1]
1983	Meantime	Yes	Yes	Premiered at London Film Festival Screened on Channel 4	^[2]
1985	Four Days in July	Yes	Yes	BBC Films	^[3]
1988	High Hopes	Yes	Yes	Palace Pictures	^[4]
1990	Life Is Sweet	Yes	Yes	Palace Pictures	^[5]
1993	Naked	Yes	Yes	First Independent Films	^[6]
1996	Secrets & Lies	Yes	Yes	FilmFour Distributors	^[7]
1997	Career Girls	Yes	Yes	FilmFour Distributors	^[8]
1999	Topsy-Turvy	Yes	Yes	Pathé Distribution	^[9]
2002	All or Nothing	Yes	Yes	UGC Films UK	^[10]
2004	Vera Drake	Yes	Yes	Momentum Pictures	^[11]
2008	Happy-Go-Lucky	Yes	Yes		^[12]
2010	Another Year	Yes	Yes		^[13]
2014	Mr. Turner	Yes	Yes		^[14]
2018	Peterloo	Yes	Yes	Entertainment One/Amazon	^[15]
2024	Hard Truths	Yes	Yes	StudioCanal	^[16]
2026	Untitled film	Yes	Yes	StudioCanal	^[17]

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1975 (broadcast 1982)	"The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final" "Old Chums" "Probation" "A Light Snack" "Afternoon"	Yes	Yes	5-part BBC series of short films entitled Five Minute Films
1987	"The Short and Curlies"	Yes	Yes	Screened on Channel 4
1992	"A Sense of History"	Yes	No	Screened on Channel 4
2012	"A Running Jump"	Yes	Yes	Released 24 June 2012 (UK)

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1973	Hard Labour	Yes	Yes	BBC Play for Today
1975	"The Permissive Society"	Yes	Yes	BBC Second City Firsts
1976	Nuts in May	Yes	Yes	BBC Play for Today
1976	Knock for Knock	Yes	Yes	BBC Second City Firsts, lost
1977	The Kiss of Death	Yes	Yes	BBC Play for Today
1977	Abigail's Party	Yes	Yes
1979	Who's Who	Yes	Yes
1980	Grown-Ups	Yes	Yes	BBC2 Playhouse
1982	Home Sweet Home	Yes	Yes	BBC Play for Today

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1963	Maigret	No	No	Actor: "Paul" Episode: "The Flemish Shop"
1973	Scene	Yes	No	Episode: "A Mug's Game?" (8 March 1973)
2009	Teatr telewizji	No	Yes	Episode: "Przyjecie" (25 May 2009)

Year	Title	Venue
1965	The Box Play	Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
1966	My Parents Have Gone to Carlisle
1966	The Last Crusade of Five Little Nuns
1968	Individual Fruit Pies	East–15 Acting School, London
1968	Down Here Up There	Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London
1969	Glum Victoria and the Lad with Specs	Manchester Youth Theatre
1970	Bleak Moments	Open Space Theatre, London
1971	A Rancid Pong	Basement Theatre, London
1973	Dick Whittington and His Cat	Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London
	Wholesome Glory	Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London
	The Jaws of Death	Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
1974	Babies Grow Old	Royal Shakespeare Company
1974	The Silent Majority	Bush Theatre
1977	Abigail's Party	Hampstead Theatre
1979	Too Much of a Good Thing	Radio Play
1979	Ecstasy	Hampstead Theatre, London
1981, 1998	Goose-Pimples	Garrick Theatre, London Judith Anderson Theater, Off-Broadway^[18]
1988	Smelling a Rat	Hampstead Theatre, London
1989	Greek Tragedy	Belvoir St Theatre, Australia Edinburgh Festival Theatre Royal, Stratford East
1993	It's a Great Big Shame!	Theatre Royal, Stratford East
2005	Two Thousand Years	National Theatre, London
2011	Grief	Cottesloe Theatre, London

Film

Work Actor	1983	1988	1990	1993	1996	1997	1999	2002	2004	2008	2010	2014	2018	2024	TBA
Work Actor	! class="nowrap ts-vertical-header " style="" \| Meantime	High Hopes	Life is Sweet	Naked	Secrets & Lies	Career Girls	Topsy-Turvy	All or Nothing	Vera Drake	Happy-Go-Lucky	Another Year	Mr. Turner	Peterloo	Hard Truths	Untitled Mike Leigh Project
Dorothy Atkinson							N	N				N	N
Michele Austin					N			N			N			N
Marion Bailey	N							N	N			N	N		N
Mark Benton						N	N	N
Elizabeth Berrington				N	N				N			N
Jim Broadbent			N				N		N		N
Katrin Cartlidge				N		N	N
Eileen Davies	N								N		N	N	N
Phil Davis		N			N				N		N
Edna Doré		N						N			N
Karina Fernandez									N		N	N
Vincent Franklin							N		N			N	N
Marianne Jean-Baptiste					N									N
Paul Jesson								N	N			N			N
Sam Kelly							N	N				N
Sally Hawkins								N	N	N
Alice Bailey Johnson												N		N	N
Oliver Maltman										N	N	N
Eddie Marsan									N	N
Lesley Manville		N			N		N	N	N		N	N
Sinead Matthews									N	N		N
Kate O'Flynn										N		N	N		N
Martin Savage							N	N			N	N	N
Judith Scott		N							N			N
Ruth Sheen		N			N			N	N		N
Timothy Spall			N		N		N	N				N
Imelda Staunton									N		N
Alison Steadman			N		N		N
David Thewlis			N	N
Peter Wight	N			N					N		N	N