Lesley Manville
24 titles
Filmography
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Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
(2022)After raising the funds to buy her dream couture dress, a widowed house cleaner goes to Paris which will change the future of the House of Dior.

Another Year
(2010)Over the course of an eventful year, a long-married couple brightens the lives of their family and friends through a winning combination of love, wisdom and the gift of hope in this critically acclaimed slice of life from master filmmaker Mike Leigh.
The Firm
(1989)A European (Gary Oldman) organizes his gang of rabid soccer fans for a fight with a rival gang before a 1988 match.

All or Nothing
(2002)A poor, working class London neighborhood comes together when tragedy strikes and helps an estranged couple rediscover their lost love.

Ordinary Love
(2019)Joan and Tom have been married for many years. An everyday couple with a remarkable love, there is an ease to their relationship which only comes from spending a lifetime together. When Joan is diagnosed with breast cancer, the course of her treatment shines a light on their enduring devotion, as they must find the humor and grace to triumph over a year of adversity.

Phantom Thread
(2017)In this lustrous drama, master craftsman Paul Thomas Anderson handles the sumptuous fabric of a passionate courtship between headstrong lovers. Hand in glove with that feverish romance, Jonny Greenwood’s rippling piano melodies climb to the heavens and sigh at the triumph of tenderness over regimen.
Grown-Ups
(1980)Dick and Mandy move into their new council house and discover their neighbour is Ralph Butcher, one of their former schoolteachers.

The Christmas Candle
(2013)A pastor, who has suffered a personal loss, accepts a position in a town that believes in a Christmas miracle candle, which he strives to abolish.

Let Him Go
(2020)Following the loss of their son, retired sheriff George Blackledge and his wife Margaret leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas, headed by matriarch Blanche Weboy.

Topsy-Turvy
(1999)For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan's collaborations have delighted the English people. But, in 1884, as a London heat wave cuts into the theater trade, their latest work, "Princess Ida," receives lukewarm press.

Queer
(2024)Starring an astonishing Daniel Craig as a lovestruck sensualist, Luca Guadagnino’s audacious adaptation of William Burroughs’s infamous novel is suffused with romantic longing. Under the sway of infatuation’s exquisite pains and entrancing pleasures, Queer travels to the mesmerizing ends of love.

Back to Black
(2024)A never-before-seen glimpse into Amy Winehouse's early rise to fame and the release of her groundbreaking studio album, Back to Black.

Hampstead
(2017)This sparklingly witty, London-set romance is based on the inspiring true story of a man's against-all-odds fight to save his home.

Rupture
(2016)A single mom tries to break free from a mysterious organization that seeks to expose her to her deepest fear in order to reveal her true self.

Maleficent
(2014)Angelina Jolie stars in the untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the classic Sleeping Beauty. Driven by revenge, Maleficent places a curse upon the king's newborn infant Aurora, only to discover she may hold the key to peace in the land.

The Go-Between
(2015)12-year-old Leo spends the long, hot summer of 1900 with the family of his schoolfriend Marcus, at their elegant country mansion. Utterly in thrall to the glamorous Maudsley family, Leo is soon befriended by Marcus's beautiful older sister Marian, who draws Leo into a complex game of deceit and desire.

Mr. Turner
(2014)BAFTA winner Timothy Spall portrays eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner during the last 25 years of his life.

An Adventure in Space and Time
(2013)Dramatised account of how Doctor Who was brought to the screen in 1963 by a young producer frustrated by TV's glass ceiling and an actor unhappy with a career of hard-man roles.

High Hopes
(1989)Mike Leigh writes and directs this class struggle comedy drama portaying the intertwined lives of an extended family in London during the Thatcher years.

Love Life
A romantic comedy-drama series about the journey from first love to last love, and how the people we are with along the way make us into who we are when we finally end up with someone forever.