Movies by Lesley Manville
As part of the cast:
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Ashes (2012)
Cast: Luke Evans, Jim Sturgess, Ray Winstone …
Directed by: Mat Whitecross
This dark drama set on Britain's Isle of Man features acting veterans Ray Winstone and Jim Sturgess. The film follows a man who takes his Alzheimer's-stricken father from the…
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Womb (2010)
Cast: Eva Green, Matt Smith, Hannah Murray …
Directed by: Benedek Fliegauf
Recently widowed Rebecca (Eva Green) attempts to surmount her unbearable heartache by having her deceased husband cloned. This morally controversial decision, however, ushers the unyielding…
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Another Year (2010)
Cast: Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen …
Directed by: Mike Leigh
Over the course of a tumultuous year, contented medical counselor Gerri (Ruth Sheen) and her geologist husband, Tom (Jim Broadbent), see their friends and relations through a series of happy…
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Sparkle (2007)
Cast: Shaun Evans, Lesley Manville, Bob Hoskins …
Directed by: Neil Hunter, Tom Hunsinger
After moving to London with his pub-singer mother, Jill (Lesley Manville), Sam (Shaun Evans) rises quickly at a public relations firm by sleeping with the older owner of the company, Sheila…
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Perfect Parents (2006)
Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Susannah Harker, David Warner …
Directed by: Joe Ahearne
When parents Alison (Susannah Harker) and Stuart (Christopher Eccleston) learn that their 10-year-old daughter Lucy has witnessed a knife attack at school, they immediately decide to place…
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Vera Drake (2004)
Cast: Imelda Staunton, Richard Graham, Peter Wight …
Directed by: Mike Leigh
Vera Drake spends her days doting on her working-class family in 1950s England. But Vera also has a secret side: She visits women and helps them induce miscarriages. When the authorities get…
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The Firm / Elephant (2004)
Cast: Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Philip Davis …
Directed by: Alan Clarke
Two cinema shorts explore noted British television and film producer Alan Clarke's equally pioneering efforts as a director. In "The Firm," Gary Oldman stars as the leader of a gang of…
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All or Nothing (2002)
Cast: Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Alison Garland …
Directed by: Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh's tale of a working class family in London examines the growing emotional distance between taxi driver Phil (Timothy Spall) and his wife, Penny (Lesley Manville), who works at…
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Plain Jane (2001)
Cast: Lesley Manville, Kevin Whately, Emma Cunniffe …
Directed by: John Woods
A winsome young domestic named Jane (Emma Cunniffe) threatens to destroy a newly affluent London family in this made-for-TV drama set in 1911. After landing a big promotion, middle-aged David…
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Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Cast: Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Dexter Fletcher …
Directed by: Mike Leigh
After their production of "Princess Ida" tanks, Arthur Sullivan (Allan Corduner) and William Gilbert (Jim Broadbent) start a cold war that threatens to end their long-lasting partnership --…
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Painted Lady (1997)
Cast: Helen Mirren, Iain Glen, Franco Nero …
Directed by: Julian Jarrold
Just when everyone thought she was down for the count, lost to drugs and unable to afford anything, Irish folk singer Maggie Sheridan (Helen Mirren) avenges the death of her landlord, who was…
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High Hopes (1988)
Cast: Philip Davis, Ruth Sheen, Heather Tobias …
Directed by: Mike Leigh
Working-class couple Cyril (Philip Davis) and Shirley (Ruth Sheen) becomes obsessed with socialism while Cyril's pretentious sister Valerie (Heather Tobias) contends with her cheating…
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High Season (1987)
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, James Fox, Irene Papas …
Directed by: Clare Peploe
Katherine (Jacqueline Bisset), a celebrated British photographer, lives a quiet, idyllic life with her daughter on the Greek island of Rhodes. But a young local sets out to encourage tourism,…
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Grown Ups (1980)
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Philip Davis, Lindsay Duncan …
Directed by: Mike Leigh
When a recently married couple moves into their first home, they must put up with the wife's ditzy sister and their next-door neighbor, who's the newlyweds' former…