Shirley Henderson
22 titles
Filmography
22 results

Life During Wartime
(2010)Three sisters struggle with love, family and the American Dream in Todd Solondz's hilarious new film starring Allison Janney and Charlotte Rampling.

Everyday
(2012)A powerful family drama about a father's prison sentence.

Never Steady, Never Still
(2017)A mother with Parkinson’s Disease struggles to control her life, while her son comes to terms with his sexual identity, within Alberta's oil fields.

The Gruffalo's Child
(2011)A little Gruffalo ignores her father's warnings and tiptoes out into the snow in search of the Big Bad Mouse.

Dirty Filthy Love
(2005)Offbeat, poignant comedy starring Michael Sheen and Shirley Henderson. A man living with obsessive compulsive disorder negotiates divorce, therapy, filth and possibly even love.

The Trouble with Jessica
(2024)A London couple in financial trouble finds themselves in an outrageous, darkly comic situation when an uninvited dinner guest behaves shockingly

I Really Hate My Job
(2007)The demoralized staff of a swank restaurant in London’s Soho district deal with rats, conflict, and workplace drama before an A-list star arrives.

Stan & Ollie
(2018)Starring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly, STAN&OLLIE is the untold story of the world’s greatest comedy act – Laurel and Hardy. In the twilight of their careers and facing an uncertain future, Laurel and Hardy set out on a farewell tour of Great Britain and Ireland. Despite personal grievances and setbacks, the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, shines throughas they reconnect with legions of adoring fans, old and new. From acclaimed screenwriter Jeff Pope (Philomena), STAN&OLLIE celebrates a unique friendship and legendary working partnership with humour and warmth.

I Swear
(2025)I SWEAR is the powerful true-life story of Tourette Syndrome campaigner John Davidson. In a funny and moving account of his experiences, the story follows John throughout his adolescence and early adulthood and explores what was a little known and entirely misunderstood condition in 1980s Britain.

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
(2002)After their father's death, brothers Wilbur (Jamie Sives) and Harbour (Adrian Rawlins) inherit a second-hand bookshop in Glasgow. Wilbur is a melancholy chap who has tried to kill himself many times and his latest in a series of a suicide attempts finds him in hospital where a psychologist called Horst [Mads Mikkelsen] and the head nurse, Moira (Julia Davis), decide what he needs is a girlfriend. It is Harbour however who finds himself a girlfriend first. He falls for Alice (Shirley Henderson), a bashful yet intense woman who works as a cleaner in the hospital and also sells books. The three become very close and their friendship brings out the best in them - Wilbur starts to find some joy in life, Alice feels less shy and Harbour is overspilling with happiness. But there is a dark secret just around the corner.

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
(2002)Rhys Ifans, Shirley Henderson and Robert Carlyle star in Shane Meadows' charming spaghetti-western style comedy. A criminal returns to his hometown in Nottingham and tries to win back his ex, but he's got competition. 2002

On the Road
(2016)Michael Winterbottom follows British rock band Wolf Alice on tour, recording their gigs, the romance and routine of their daily life backstage.

24 Hour Party People
(2002)A Sex Pistols concert inspires a frustrated news reporter to launch Factory Records, which brings the revolutionary sound of Manchester to the world.

A Cock and Bull Story
(2005)Michael Winterbottom teams up with Steve Coogan again (24 Hour Party People) in this rollicking, inventive adaptation of the classic 18th Century comic novel, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne. The film multiplies Sterne's conceit to tell two stories: one of an 18th Century Englishman, Tristram Shandy (Steve Coogan); and that of the hapless 21st Century filmmakers who are adapting the notoriously unfilmable work. With Tristram Shandy, Winterbottom again affirms his protean talent as he delivers a zesty celebration of storytelling and the life that spills out of it.

Tale of Tales
(2015)Lush cinematic feat of three interwoven classic Italian fairytales which feature a queen on a bitter quest, two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king and a young daughter who must wrestle with her father's obsession with a giant flea. Starring Salma Hayek and Vincent Cassel.

May Contain Nuts
A comedy-drama about parents who will do almost anything to ensure their children get into the best school.

T2 Trainspotting
(2017)The iconic gang from the original indie hit are back as Mark Renton goes back to Scotland to catch up with his mates Sick Boy, Begbie, and Spud.

Meek's Cutoff
(2011)In 1845, a wagon train of three families gets lost in the Cascade Mountains, where they must fight for their survival as they battle the elements.

The Claim
(2000)An epic story of love, passion and redemption set against the winter landscape of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the making of California.

In Secret
(2014)A sexually repressed young woman embarks on an illicit affair with her husband's alluring friend in this smoldering thriller set in 1860s Paris.