Maxine Peake Movies

Two adult sisters exist dysfunctionally, each limited by illnesses affecting both body and mind — one physically and the other psychologically.

A documentary exploring the life of British cyclist Beryl Burton, who won seven world championships and broke men's records while working on a...

A cleaner in a brand new apartment block begins to suspect one of the residents is a victim of domestic abuse.

A woman becomes enraged after being passed over for a promotion at her job.

The story of Merseyside mum and campaigner Anne Williams, who lost her son Keven. For nearly three decades she fought the English establishment to...

Documentary following British punk duo Sleaford Mods on their two year journey from Nottingham bedroom recording sessions to chart success

One of the most controversial writers of our times, join Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh as he undergoes a remarkable trip to find new meaning in...

Documentary which uses the latest, most detailed imagery to reveal the monthly life cycle of the moon. From Wales to Wyoming, Hong Kong to Croydon,...

In the middle ages there was an outbreak of dancing manias in Europe that lasted hundreds of years. In the 20th century thousands of Chinese men and...

Funny film concerning John Prescott's affair with Tracey Temple

Two women sit in a barren dystopian wasteland discussing the best way to die.

A fun-loving woman expertly juggling the demands of her hectic family life, busy social schedule and successful business gets diagnosed with breast...

Narrated by Maxine Peake, this feature documentary explores the failures and deception that have caused a chronic shortage of social housing in...

Short film for Refuge, the national charity for domestic abuse, drawing attention to the shocking rise in violence against women during the 2020...

From its sell-out run at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre comes a film version of this unique and critically acclaimed production of Hamlet with...

Drama which tells the story of comedian Tony Hancock's love affair with his friend's wife, and her fight to save the man and his career.

On his way to a Make Poverty History gig in Scotland, Bob Geldof is accidentally stranded by an incompetent chauffeur in a run-down motel in Northern...

MP's wife Celia discovers her husband's true colours when she is taken hostage by his criminal business associates.

Sludger the aardvark tries to make it big as a drummer in the big city.

Based on the short ghost story of the same name by Algernon Blackwood from 1909, The Occupant of the Room centers on a schoolteacher whose late-night...