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Lesley Manville
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Films to Rent
Grown-Ups (1980)- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Philip Davis, Lesley Manville, Brenda Blethyn - A working class couple discovers the joys of living in a council flat in this early Mike Leigh drama for the BBC (part of the 'Play for Today'…
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Allan Corduner… - Rewarding biopic of Gilbert & Sullivan's ('HMS Pinafore', 'Pirates of Penzance') creative partnership that yields not so much drama as fascinating,…
All or Nothing (2002)- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Alison Garland - Director Mike Leigh returns to (overly) familiar turf for this ensemble drama about dysfunctional, poverty–stricken lives of three families…
Sparkle (2007)- Dir. Tom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter
Feat. Stockard Channing, Shaun Evans, Anthony Head… - Easy–going Brit comedy about a ruthless young go–getter (Evans) whose career in public relations is turned upside down when the girl of…
Cranford (TV Mini-series) (2007)
- Dir. Simon Curtis
Feat. Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Philip Glenister… - Outstanding, atypical British costumer with Dame Judy and other bonneted Victorian women chewing the fat in 1840s Cheshire, England. Based on…
A Christmas Carol (2009)- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Jim Carrey, Daryl Sabara, Gary Oldman… - The sure hand of dir. Robert Zemeckis guides this lavish CGI–animated retelling of Dickens' classic about a Victorian–era miser taken on…
Womb (2010)- Dir. Benedek Fliegauf
Feat. Eva Green, Matt Smith, Lesley Manville… - Thoughtful drama in which a woman's overwhelming grief over her dead lover leads her to birth his clone. Languidly paced and loaded with Oedipal…
Another Year (2010)- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville… - A happily married middle–aged couple attempt to fix up their cheery, if secretly depressed friend in this honest domestic drama, another winner…
Spike Island (2012)- Dir. Mat Whitecross
Feat. Elliot Tittensor, Nico Mirallegro, Jordan Murphy… - A rising indie band travels to Spike Island, Cheshire, in May of 1990 to see The Stone Roses.
Mayday (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Sophie Okonedo, Aidan Gillen, Lesley Manville
- Off–beat thriller set in a small town steeped in pagan traditions where the crowning of the May Queen is the highlight of the day until…
Maleficent (2014)- Dir. Robert Stromberg
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley… - Angelina Jolie plays Sleeping Beauty's iconic villain in this visually striking update of the Disney animated classic.
Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (TV Mini-Series) (2014)- Dir. Mat Whitecross
Feat. Dominic Cooper, Lara Pulver, Lesley Manville… - The colourful and perilous adventures of Ian Fleming are liberally brought to life in this wartime spy romp pitched as the making of James Bond.
Mr. Turner (2014)- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson… - Mike Leigh directs Timothy Spall in this acclaimed exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W.…
Mum (TV Series) (2016-2019)- Dir. Richard Laxton
Feat. Lesley Manville, Peter Mullan - Quality British character comedy following twelve months in the life of a newly widowed mother in her late fifties who attempts to rebuild her life…
Hampstead (2017)- Dir. Joel Hopkins
Feat. Diane Keaton, Brendan Gleeson, Lesley Manville… - Cosy Brit rom–com in the Richard Curtis tradition, following a mis–matched love affair between Diane Keaton (a wealthy widow) and Brendan…
Phantom Thread (2017)- Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville - Deliciously gothic period drama by acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson. Set in 1950's London, a charismatic and obsessive couturier meets a…
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)- Dir. Joachim Roenning
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Harris Dickinson… - Sequel to the 2014 Disney fantasy, with Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) and her goddaughter Aurora (Elle Fanning) returning to new adventures, this time…
World On Fire (TV Series) (2019)- Feat. Jonah Hauer-King, Julia Brown, Helen Hunt…
- Ensemble drama set during the declaration and first year of WWII and following the intertwining stories of ordinary families who are affected. Season…
Misbehaviour (2020)- Dir. Philippa Lowthorpe
Feat. Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Keeley Hawes… - Crowd pleasing comedy based on real life events in which a group of women disrupted the live broadcast of the 1970 Miss World competition to protest…
Let Him Go (2020)- Dir. Thomas Bezucha
Feat. Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Lesley Manville… - Gripping neo–western thriller following a retired sheriff and his wife from rural Montana, who are grieving over the death of their son when…
Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris (2022)- Dir. Anthony Fabian
Feat. Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson… - The story of a widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London who falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress and decides that she must have one of her own.…
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