List of the best Lesley Manville movies: Ordinary Love(2019), The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael(2005), Grown-Ups(1980), Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism(2015), Phantom Thread(2017), Topsy-Turvy(1999), Another Year(2010), Hampstead(2017), The Christmas Candle(2013), Maleficent(2014), Let Him Go(2020), Spike Island(2012) ... ...
Romance, Drama
UK
2019
91 Minutes
Joan
Lesley Manville Glenn Leyburn Liam Neeson David Wilmot Amit Shah Lalor Roddy Maggie Cronin Desmond Edwards Melanie Clark Pullen Stella McCusker Geraldine McAlinden
husband wife couple cancer patient doctor heartwarming passionate sad emotional street family home doctor's office train hospital cafeteria couples cancer love perseverance devotion
An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.
Crime, Drama
UK
2005
96 Minutes
Sarah Carmichael
Lesley Manville Danny Dyer Stuart Laing Rob Dixon Charles Mnene Ryan Winsley
Robert Carmichael, is a talented cello player in the town of Newhaven. He becomes associated with several other unsavory teenagers and he is soon tempted into the use of hard drugs like cocaine and ecstasy.
Drama
1980
95 Minutes
Mandy
Lesley Manville Philip Davis Brenda Blethyn Lindsay Duncan Janine Duvitski Sam Kelly
A working-class husband and wife find themselves in a heated battle with their mean next-door neighbor.
Kids & Family, Adventure
UK
2015
98 Minutes
Dominic Monaghan Lesley Manville Emily Watson Joan Collins Raffey Cassidy Celia Imrie Anne-Marie Duff Omid Djalili Sadie Frost Ben Miller
orphan girl friend pop star criminal villain bank robber mother figure rebel best friend amusing charming heartwarming hilarious inspiring lighthearted playful orphanage london hypnosis
An orphan who practices hypnosis faces off against a bank robber who wants her book on the art form.
Romance, Drama
USA|UK
2017
130 Minutes
Cyril
Daniel Day-Lewis Vicky Krieps Lesley Manville Camilla Rutherford Gina McKee Brian Gleeson Harriet Sansom Harris Lujza Richter Julia Davis Jane Perry
fashion designer sister bachelor muse model heiress creative intense confident emotional passionate tense united kingdom london restaurant coast studio mansion fashion art
Set in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.
Drama
UK|USA
1999
160 Minutes
Lucy Gilbert ('Kitty')
Jim Broadbent Allan Corduner Lesley Manville Eleanor David Ron Cook Timothy Spall Kevin McKidd Martin Savage Shirley Henderson Wendy Nottingham
playwright friend manager associate old man witty theater paris house show business risk deception opera drugs friendship rise sacrifice 1880s
Set in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado.
Drama, Comedy
UK|USA
2010
129 Minutes
Mary
Jim Broadbent Ruth Sheen Lesley Manville Oliver Maltman Peter Wight David Bradley Martin Savage Karina Fernandez Michele Austin Philip Davis Imelda Staunton
husband friend wife psychiatrist son lawyer amusing moving charming england house family marriage relationships heartbreak matchmaking husband/wife relationship quest love forbidden love
A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.
Romance
2017
103 Minutes
Fiona
Diane Keaton Brendan Gleeson Lesley Manville Jason Watkins James Norton Hugh Skinner Simon Callow Alistair Petrie Rosalind Ayres Brian Protheroe
widow woman man loner neighbor love interest amusing engaging heartwarming touching hilarious emotional hampstead heath park hampstead, england apartment shack river woods eviction love
An American widow living in the London suburb of Hampstead and a man who lives on the Heath form an unlikely alliance against unscrupulous property developers in the neighborhood.
Kids & Family, Other, Drama
2013
100 Minutes
Bea Haddington
Hans Matheson Samantha Barks Lesley Manville Sylvester McCoy John Hannah Barbara Flynn James Cosmo Susan Boyle
pastor man woman villager religious person uplifting endearing moving england countryside small town village church church gathering christmas religion miracles love community discovery
In 19th-century England, a minister's quest to modernize his village puts him at odds with people who believe that whoever lights the candle that an angel touched will receive a miracle on Christmas Eve.
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA
2014
98 Minutes
Flittle
Angelina Jolie Elle Fanning Sharlto Copley Lesley Manville Imelda Staunton Juno Temple Sam Riley Brenton Thwaites Kenneth Cranham Sarah Flind Hannah New
young woman warrior king daughter raven prince emotional intense thrilling dark fantasy world kingdom battlefield moor enchanted forest cottage good versus evil curse betrayal battle
A vengeful fairy is driven to curse an infant princess, only to discover that the child may be the one person who can restore peace to their troubled land.
Mystery & Thriller, Western
USA
2020
114 Minutes
Blanche Weboy
Diane Lane Kevin Costner Kayli Carter Lesley Manville Jeffrey Donovan Booboo Stewart Will Brittain Bradley Stryker Greg Lawson Ryan Northcott
A retired sheriff and his wife, grieving over the death of their son, set out to find their only grandson.
Drama
2012
96 Minutes
Margaret
Elliott Tittensor Nico Mirallegro Emilia Clarke Lesley Manville Jordan Murphy Chris Coghill Matthew McNulty Michael Socha Antonia Thomas Danny Cunningham Nick Blood
teen boy teen girl friend band member teenager love interest brash charming confident cool hedonistic madcap manchester, england high school bus open road school auditorium music festival friendship
Teenage musicians (Elliott Tittensor, Nico Mirallegro) travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|France|Germany|USA
2014
149 Minutes
Mary Somerville
Timothy Spall Dorothy Atkinson Marion Bailey Paul Jesson Lesley Manville Martin Savage Joshua McGuire Ruth Sheen David Horovitch Karl Johnson Sandy Foster
painter eccentric homeowner emotional seaside academy united kingdom biography creative process transformation victorian era
An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.
Comedy, Drama
UK|France
2020
106 Minutes
Dolores Hope
Keira Knightley Gugu Mbatha-Raw Jessie Buckley Greg Kinnear Lesley Manville Rhys Ifans Keeley Hawes Charlotte Spencer Alexa Davies Suki Waterhouse Emma Corrin
woman beauty pageant contestant feminist african-american comedian bob hope amusing charming confident inspiring passionate spirited london beauty pageant protest stage feminism competition protest women's rights
A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.
Comedy
2007
100 Minutes
Jill
Stockard Channing Neil Hunter Shaun Evans Anthony Head Bob Hoskins Lesley Manville Amanda Ryan John Shrapnel Peter Gordon
waiter lover pr person landlord boss brother airy emotional endearing lighthearted london city england career love secrets ambition love 21st century
Drama
2012
97 Minutes
Ray Winstone Jim Sturgess Luke Evans Jodie Whittaker Lesley Manville Alistair Petrie Bhasker Patel Daphne Cheung Louis Fox
father son estranged father estranged son criminal stranger gripping thrilling tense home car hospital family home alzheimer's disease father/son relationship crime identity violence on the run escape
James (Jim Sturgess) comes back into Frank's (Ray Winstone) life to reconnect with a father who no longer recognizes him due to Alzheimer's disease.
Comedy
UK
1988
112 Minutes
Laetitia Boothe-Brain
Philip Davis Ruth Sheen Edna Doré Philip Jackson Heather Tobias Lesley Manville David Bamber
The life of a working class couple living in London and their complicated relationships with other members of the family.
Drama
USA
2015
89 Minutes
Mrs Maudsley
Jim Broadbent Jack Hollington Samuel Joslin Tim McMullan Joanna Vanderham Lesley Manville Jack Cutmore-Scott
In a world where dinosaurs and humans live side-by-side, an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Canada|USA
2016
102 Minutes
Dr. Nyman
Noomi Rapace Peter Stormare Kerry Bishé Michael Chiklis Ari Millen Lesley Manville Jean Yoon Percy Hynes-White Morgan Kelly Paul Popowich Jonathan Potts
alien woman abductee researcher abductor geneticist chilling creepy disturbing frightening gory intense secret location medical building united states genetic abnormalities genetic experiments secret society research alien
A single mom tries to break free from a mysterious organization that has abducted her.
Comedy
1987
92 Minutes
Carol
Jacqueline Bisset James Fox Irene Papas Sebastian Shaw Kenneth Branagh Lesley Manville Robert Stephens
A photographer (Jacqueline Bisset) reunites with her husband (James Fox) and gets involved with a spy on the island of Rhodes.
Drama
2013
85 Minutes
Kate Sherman
Margherita Buy Stefano Accorsi Fabrizia Sacchi Alessia Barela Jacopo Maria Bicocchi Lesley Manville Tommaso Ragno Fausto Maria Sciarappa Gianmarco Tognazzi Henry Arnold Eirik Bar
A hotel critic (Margherita Buy) is forced to reexamine the choices she's made in her personal life after her usual support network collapses.
Drama
UK|France
1996
142 Minutes
Social Worker
Timothy Spall Brenda Blethyn Phyllis Logan Marianne Jean-Baptiste Claire Rushbrook Ron Cook Lesley Manville Elizabeth Berrington Michele Austin Lee Ross Emma Amos
doctor mother blue-collar worker daughter brother powerful tense funeral london backyard café family dysfunction mother/daughter relationship family history adoption class distinctions friendship discovery transformation 1990s
Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.
Romance, Drama
UK|Italy|Switzerland
2013
118 Minutes
Nurse
Douglas Booth Hailee Steinfeld Ed Westwick Christian Cooke Paul Giamatti Kodi Smit-McPhee Lesley Manville Tomas Arana Laura Morante Damian Lewis Natascha McElhone
romeo juliet father mother sad passionate tender verona, italy castle ballroom courtyard family honor family feud young love tragedy romance love forbidden love rivalry 16th century
Romeo and Juliet secretly wed despite the sworn contempt their families hold for each other. It is not long, however, before a chain of fateful events changes the lives of both families forever.
Adventure, Fantasy
USA|UK|Canada
2019
118 Minutes
Angelina Jolie Elle Fanning Harris Dickinson Michelle Pfeiffer Sam Riley Chiwetel Ejiofor Ed Skrein Robert Lindsay David Gyasi Jenn Murray Juno Temple
sorceress princess prince mother-in-law queen warrior emotional intense fantasy world kingdom castle battlefield wedding evil plot genocide war adventure sacrifice transformation revenge
Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies and dark new forces at play.
Drama
UK|France
2004
125 Minutes
Imelda Staunton Philip Davis Peter Wight Adrian Scarborough Heather Craney Daniel Mays Alex Kelly Sally Hawkins Eddie Marsan Ruth Sheen Helen Coker
abortionist mother partner mechanic tailor factory worker dark emotional england household police station hospital courtroom secret abortion family investigation compassion class distinctions quest
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.