List of the best Ken Loach movies: Kes(1969), I, Daniel Blake(2016), Family Life(1971), Sorry We Missed You(2019), Land and Freedom(1995), My Name Is Joe(1998), The Wind That Shakes the Barley(2006), Sweet Sixteen(2002), Raining Stones(1993), Ladybird, Ladybird(1994), Looking for Eric(2009), The Spirit of '45(2013) ... ...
7.9/10
Drama
UK
1969
109 Minutes
Director
David Bradley Freddie Fletcher Lynne Perrie Colin Welland Brian Glover Bob Bowes Bernard Atha Joey Kaye
young boy falcon mother brother bleak spirited england city household school childhood abuse blue collar birds falconry coming of age underdog growing up 1960s
A young, English working-class boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet kestrel.
7.9/10
Drama
UK|France|Belgium
2016
100 Minutes
Director
Dave Johns Hayley Squires Dylan McKiernan Briana Shann Kate Rutter Sharon Percy Kema Sikazwe Micky McGregor Julie Nicholson
widower carpenter doctor government official single mother child cool engaging emotional disheartening england office house neighborhood hospital work-life balance grief health care heart attack romance
After having suffered a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter must fight the bureaucratic forces of the system in order to receive Employment and Support Allowance.
7.7/10
Drama
UK
1971
105 Minutes
Director
Sandy Ratcliff Bill Dean Grace Cave
mother father daughter nurse bleak disheartening intense london mental institution mental illness abortion rebellion family depression aimless youth growing up escape 1970s
A teenage girl suffers a nervous breakdown.
7.6/10
Drama
UK|France|Belgium
2019
100 Minutes
Director
Kris Hitchen Debbie Honeywood Rhys Stone Katie Proctor Mark Birch Alfie Dobson Charlie Richmond
entrepreneur employee father wife husband mother child boss bleak brooding dark disheartening emotional gritty melancholy moving profound raw sad solemn
Hoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation.
7.6/10
Drama
UK|Spain|Germany|Italy|France
1995
106 Minutes
Director
Ian Hart Rosana Pastor Iciar Bollain Tom Gilroy Marc Martínez Frédéric Pierrot Suzanne Maddock
activist soldier mercenary military officer militant enemy passionate intense liverpool, england spain hideout battlefield communism war political repression transformation quest 1990s
David is an unemployed communist that comes to Spain in 1937 during the civil war to enroll the republicans and defend the democracy against the fascists. He makes friends between the soldiers.
7.5/10
Drama
UK|Germany|France|Spain
1998
105 Minutes
Director
Peter Mullan Louise Goodall David McKay Annemarie Kennedy David Hayman Gary Lewis Lorraine McIntosh
Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in the one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.
7.5/10
Drama, History
Ireland|UK|Germany|Italy|Spain|France|Belgium|Switzerland|Netherlands
2006
126 Minutes
Director
Cillian Murphy Padraic Delaney Liam Cunningham Orla Fitzgerald Mary Riordan Mary Murphy Laurence Barry Damien Kearney Máirtín de Cógáin Myles Horgan Martin Lucey
brother doctor soldier hostage prisoner of war emotional dark ireland farm household barracks siblings war death independence quest underdog 1920s
Against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces.
7.4/10
Drama
UK|Germany|Spain
2002
106 Minutes
Director
Martin Compston William Ruane Annmarie Fulton Michelle Abercromby Michelle Coulter Gary McCormack Tommy McKee
teen boy stepfather mother grandfather prisoner drug dealer tense gutsy emotional greenock, scotland port city prison street house apartment imprisonment drugs ambition theft teenage rebellion
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
7.4/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1993
90 Minutes
Director
Bruce Jones Julie Brown Ricky Tomlinson Tom Hickey Gemma Phoenix Mike Fallon Jonathan James George Moss
poor person sidekick blue-collar worker butcher father daughter charming bleak playful tense manchester, england farm church van working class religion odd jobs pride bad luck poverty
This Ken Loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her ... See full summary »
7.4/10
Drama
UK
1994
102 Minutes
Director
Crissy Rock Vladimir Vega Ray Winstone Sandie Lavelle Mauricio Venegas Clare Perkins Jason Stracey Luke Brown Lily Farrell Scottie Moore Linda Ross
alcoholic mother lover social worker judge bleak intense apartment england projects office parenthood mother/child relationship child abuse poverty new love underdog sacrifice love 1990s
This Ken Loach docu-drama relates the story of a British woman's fight with Social Services over the care of her children. Maggie has a history of bouncing from one abusive relationship to ... See full summary »
7.2/10
Drama, Comedy
UK|France|Italy|Belgium|Spain
2009
116 Minutes
Director
Steve Evets Stephanie Bishop Gerard Kearns Stefan Gumbs Lucy-Jo Hudson Cole Williams Dylan Williams Matthew McNulty Laura Ainsworth Max Beesley Kelly Bowland
postal worker son daughter eric cantona gangster ex-wife amusing emotional engaging hospital house post office england soccer family parenthood divorce responsibility hard times discovery
Eric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.
7.1/10
Documentary, Drama, History
UK
2013
99 Minutes
Director
Tony Benn Tony Mulhearn
A documentary on how the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society.
7.0/10
Drama
UK|Germany|Spain
2001
96 Minutes
Director
Dean Andrews Tom Craig Joe Duttine Steve Huison Venn Tracey Andy Swallow Sean Glenn Charlie Brown Juliet Bates Angela Saville Nigel Harrison
railroad worker friend colleague boss bleak moving amusing yorkshire, england railyard railroad work corporate downsizing corporate culture training friendship underdog transformation fall 2000s
Five Yorkshiremen try to survive after the British Rail is bought out by a private company.
7.0/10
Comedy, Drama
UK|France|Belgium|Italy
2012
101 Minutes
Director
John Henshaw Gary Maitland William Ruane Roger Allam Paul Brannigan Jasmin Riggins Siobhan Reilly David Goodall
drifter judge expectant father amusing scottish highlands jail angels journey liquor pursuit
Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
7.0/10
Drama
UK|France|Germany|Spain|Italy|Switzerland
2000
110 Minutes
Director
Pilar Padilla Adrien Brody Elpidia Carrillo Jack McGee George Lopez Alonso Chavez Monica Rivas Frank Davila
illegal alien janitor union organizer sister wife manager passionate intense engaging los angeles office building dance hall immigration sister relationship labor union family struggle justice forbidden love underdog
Two Latina sisters work as cleaners in a downtown office building, and fight for the right to unionize.
6.8/10
Drama
UK|Spain|Germany
1996
127 Minutes
Director
Robert Carlyle Oyanka Cabezas Scott Glenn Gary Lewis
1987, love in time of war. A bus driver George Lennox meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly sad life in Glasgow. Her back is scarred, her boyfriend missing, her ... See full summary »
6.8/10
Drama
UK
1967
101 Minutes
Director
Carol White John Bindon Queenie Watts Kate Williams Laurie Asprey James Beckett Ray Barron Hilda Barry Ken Campbell Ron Clarke Ellis Dale
young woman single mother abusive husband son aunt associate cheeky crafty emotional endearing gritty london prison home bar law office single mothers theft life lessons divorce
A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices, she has a child with an abusive thief at a young age who quickly ends up in prison. One day, her son goes missing and she briefly comes to grips with what is most important to her.
6.7/10
Drama, History
UK|Ireland|France|Belgium|Japan
2014
109 Minutes
Director
Barry Ward Francis Magee Aileen Henry Simone Kirby Stella McGirl Sorcha Fox Martin Lucey Mikel Murfi Shane O'Brien Denise Gough Jim Norton
During the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America. Seeing the levels of poverty and oppression, the activist in him reawakens and he looks to re-open the dance hall that led to his deportation.
6.6/10
Drama
UK
1980
90 Minutes
Director
Phil Askham Rita May Andrew Grubb Peter Steels Michael Hinchcliffe Philip Firth
A simple tale of a year in the life of a Gamekeeper. From the troubles involved in rearing the pheasants and dealing with predators (poachers and foxes). The gamekeeper shows us all the ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Adventure
UK
1979
105 Minutes
Director
Jean Franval Stephen Hirst Louise Cooper Packie Byrne Andrew Bennett Brian Hawksley Doreen Mantle William Moore Patti Nicholls Joyce Smith Russell Waters
A rediscovered classic from director Ken Loach (THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, KES) and one of the inspirations for Wes Anderson's MOONRISE KINGDOM, BLACK JACK is a dark and complex ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Drama
UK|France|Italy|Belgium|Spain
2010
109 Minutes
Director
Mark Womack Andrea Lowe John Bishop Trevor Williams Stephen Lord Gary Cargill Najwa Nimri Talib Hamafraj Tony Schumacher
The story of a private security contractor in Iraq who rejected the official explanation of his friend's death and sets out to discover the truth.
Comedy, Drama
2005
106 Minutes
Director
Abbas Kiarostami Carlo Delle Piane Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi Silvana De Santis Filippo Trojano Carolina Benvenga Marta Mangiucca Martin Compston William Ruane Gary Maitland
professor beautiful woman ex-soldier fan father mother emotional profound train italy family train travel assignment culture clash desire discovery underdog 2000s
Three stories about train passengers involve a biochemist (Carlo Delle Piane) and an attractive woman (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi), a general's widow (Silvana De Santis), and rowdy soccer fans.
Romance, Drama
2004
104 Minutes
Director
Atta Yaqub Eva Birthistle Ahmad Riaz Shabana Bakhsh Shamshad Akhtar Ghizala Avan Pasha Bocarie Gerard Kelly David McKay Raymond Mearns Gary Lewis
pakistani irishwoman airy charming moving glasgow, scotland forbidden love arranged marriage catholicism forbidden love love 21st century
A young man (Atta Yaqub) upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher (Eva Birthistle).
Drama
1986
110 Minutes
Director
Gerulf Pannach Fabienne Babe Sigfrit Steiner Cristine Rose Robert Dietl Heike Schroetter Stephan Samuel Patrick Gilbert
A pop singer (Gerulf Pannach) from East Germany goes west to find his exiled father and expand his career.
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