List of the best Maxine Peake movies: Keeping Rosy(2014), Run & Jump(2013), The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister(2010), Edge(2010), Peterloo(2018), Svengali(2013), The Falling(2014), A Midsummer Night's Dream(2016), Funny Cow(2017), Private Peaceful(2012), Clubbed(2008), Christmas Lights(2004) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2014
93 Minutes
Charlotte
Maxine Peake Blake Harrison Elisa Lasowski Christine Bottomley Sam Hoare Tori Butler Hart Shina Shikoko Nagai Joanna Neary
young woman young professional cleaner neighbor frenetic intense powerful shocking suspenseful office apartment kitchen london united kingdom work professionalism promotion betrayal metamorphosis mystery
All Charlotte wants from life is to be cut a slice of the media agency she has devoted herself to building. When Charlotte's life disintegrates, we follow her on a heart-racing journey of self-discovery, atonement and danger.
Drama
Ireland|Germany
2013
102 Minutes
Vanetia
Maxine Peake Will Forte Edward MacLiam Sharon Horgan Brendan Morris Ciara Gallagher Clare Barrett Michael Harding Kelby Guilfoyle Ri Galway
carpenter wife medical researcher mother friend moving emotional touching tender amusing ireland recovery stroke family lifestyle changes observation discovery love temptation 2010s
An American doctor travels to Ireland to study the Casey family after 38-year-old Conor suffers a stroke which changes his personality, leaving dynamo wife and mother Vanetia to run the show.
Drama
USA
2010
90 Minutes
Maxine Peake Anna Madeley Susan Lynch Christine Bottomley Gemma Jones Alan David Richenda Carey Michael Culkin Dean Lennox Kelly Tina O'Brien
Drama
2010
93 Minutes
Elly
Maxine Peake Marjorie Yates Joe Dempsie Nichola Burley Julie T Wallace Paul Hilton Keeley Forsyth Anna Wendzikowska
Drama, History
UK
2018
154 Minutes
Rory Kinnear Maxine Peake Neil Bell Philip Jackson Vincent Franklin Karl Johnson Tim McInnerny David Bamber Nico Mirallegro Leo Bill Michael Culkin
protester british soldiers engaging fascinating manchester, england protest massacre political activism political repression underdog 1810s
The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.
Comedy
UK
2013
88 Minutes
Martin Freeman Maxine Peake Matt Berry Vicky McClure Michael Socha Natasha O'Keeffe Morwenna Banks Michael Smiley
Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a small town guy with a big dream. He leaves a humble Welsh mining town for the bright lights of London, intent on becoming the manager of the best band ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
2014
102 Minutes
Maisie Williams Maxine Peake Florence Pugh Joe Cole Greta Scacchi Monica Dolan Morfydd Clark Anna Burnett Rose Caton Evie Hooton Katie Ann Knight
It's 1969 at a strict English girls' school where charismatic Abbie and intense and troubled Lydia are best friends. After a tragedy occurs at the school, a mysterious fainting epidemic breaks out threatening the stability of all involved.
Comedy, Drama
2016
90 Minutes
John Hannah Maxine Peake Matt Lucas Nonso Anozie Richard Wilson Eleanor Matsuura Bernard Cribbins
dictator trapper kept woman husband emotional melodramatic intense creative disturbing athens, greece woods forced marriage obsession magic poetry love forbidden love revenge rivalry rise
In the tyrannical court of Athens, pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hippolyta, a prisoner of war, and young Hermia is sentenced to death by her own father.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2017
102 Minutes
Funny Cow
Stephen Graham Paddy Considine Maxine Peake Alun Armstrong Christine Bottomley Kevin Eldon Tony Pitts Hannah Walters Diane Morgan Adam Gillen John Bishop
comedian woman abusive boyfriend love interest amusing charming confident emotional heartwarming playful northern england comedy club comedy rise to stardom forbidden love temptation transformation underdog quest 20th century
A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
War, Drama
UK
2012
100 Minutes
Hazel Peaceful
Jack O'Connell Richard Griffiths Maxine Peake Frances de la Tour Alexandra Roach John Lynch Isobel Meikle-Small George MacKay Hero Fiennes-Tiffin Anthony Flanagan Paul Bentall
private brother girl emotional trenches flanders love family life courage growing up
Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.
Crime, Drama
UK
2008
95 Minutes
Angela
Mel Raido Shaun Parkes Scot Williams Maxine Peake Charlie Clark Dominic Coleman Paddy Fletcher Ronnie Fox Ciaran Griffiths
An underworld drama set in the early 1980s, about a lonely factory worker whose life is transformed when he becomes a nightclub doorman.
Other, Comedy, Drama
2004
70 Minutes
Pauline
Robson Green Mark Benton Nicola Stephenson Maxine Peake Keith Clifford Nicola Headley Lee Worswick Denice Hope
Friendly rivalry turns into all-out war as two lifelong buddies (Robson Green, Mark Benton) try to out-do each other with holiday decorations.
Romance, Biography, Drama
UK|Japan|USA
2014
123 Minutes
Elaine Mason
Eddie Redmayne Felicity Jones Emily Watson David Thewlis Charlie Cox Simon McBurney Maxine Peake Charlotte Hope Tom Prior Enzo Cilenti Gruffudd Glyn
student physicist stephen hawking girlfriend doctor genius confident cool intricate touching england cambridge university hospital apartment auditorium car physics time illness love
A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2009
93 Minutes
Helen Marshall
Warren Clarke Paddy Considine James Fox David Calder Nicholas Woodeson Ron Cook Maxine Peake Tony Pitts Jim Carter David Morrissey Eddie Marsan
police chief police detective businessman prostitute police officer chilling gripping suspenseful yorkshire, england club police station house police corruption revenge investigation serial murders prostitution crime discovery mystery
Detective Peter Hunter returns to Yorkshire to investigate the town's high murder rate. The local police have done little to find the killer, and he soon realizes corrupt police officers are doing everything they can to stop his progress.