Lesley Manville
26 titles
Filmography
26 results

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.

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.

Mr. Burton
(2025)The true story of how Richard Burton, a poor son of a miner, became one of the greatest actors of his generation with the help of an unlikely mentor.

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.

Ashes
(2012)Frank (Ray Winstone) is confined to a residential home, stricken with Alzheimer's - past, present and future steadily disintegrating. Then one day, James (Jim Sturgess) appears, wanting to re-connect with a father who no longer knows him. James springs Frank from the home and the pair go on the run. As their haphazard journey unfolds - funny, violent and tragic by turns - the present merges with imperfect memories of the past and we begin to realize that nothing is quite what it seems. Also starring Luke Evans and Jodie Whittaker.

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
(2015)Molly Moon is struggling with life inside an orphanage, until her life is turned upside down by the discovery of an old and mysterious book on hypnotism.

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.

The Critic
(2024)Adapted from the best-selling novel of the same, this murder mystery drama follows the unlikely friendship between an ageing theatre critic and a struggling West End actress when she witnesses the brutal murder by a notorious serial killer. Fearing for her own life, and unable to turn to the police, the pair are thrown into a vicious web of blackmail and deceit.

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.

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.

Dangerous Liaisons
A bold prelude to Laclos’ classic 18th century novel focusing on the origin story of how his iconic characters, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, met as passionate young lovers in Paris on the eve of the revolution.