Movies: Maxine Peake

  • 2005
    Faith

    Faith (2005)

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    A gripping story of love, deceit, betrayal and survival set against the backdrop of the Miners' Strike of 1984-85. Michelle is married to Gary, a young miner who goes on strike as soon as the dispute between the Thatcher government and the National U...

    Faith
  • 2020
    Surfaces

    Surfaces (2020)

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

    Surfaces
  • 2013
    Keeping Up with the Joneses

    Keeping Up with the Joneses (2013)

    Keeping Up with the Joneses

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

    Keeping Up with the Joneses
  • 2002
    Hamilton Mattress

    Hamilton Mattress (2002)

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

    Hamilton Mattress
  • 2024
    Art Matters

    Art Matters (2024)

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    Join Melvyn Bragg for an insightful journey into why “Art Matters,” With a career spanning over 60 years, Bragg passionately advocates for the importance of the arts as he reflects on his early experiences and engages with influential figures from th...

    Art Matters
  • 2007
    Confessions of a Diary Secretary

    Confessions of a Diary Secretary (2007)

    Confessions of a Diary Secretary

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    Funny film concerning John Prescott's affair with Tracey Temple...

    Confessions of a Diary Secretary
  • 2011
    DeafBlind

    DeafBlind (2011)

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    'Ever had that feeling you're being watched?' A Deaf Blind woman has a man living in her house. She doesn't know he's there. What does he want?...

    DeafBlind
  • 2019
    Be Still My Beating Heart

    Be Still My Beating Heart (2019)

    Be Still My Beating Heart

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

    Be Still My Beating Heart
  • 2015
    The Shuttleworths

    The Shuttleworths (2015)

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    Versatile singer/song-writer John Shuttleworth struggles to balance semi-professional obligations - a gig at a care home - with domestic, namely his 25th wedding anniversary....

    The Shuttleworths
  • 2017
    Unseen

    Unseen (2017)

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

    Unseen
  • 2010
    Edge

    Edge (2010)

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    A hotel. A cliff. Six lost people, looking for something, or looking to lose themselves....

    Edge
  • 2017
    Men Who Sleep in Cars

    Men Who Sleep in Cars (2017)

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    Drama, entirely in verse, following three men who sleep on the streets of Manchester in their vehicles, having lost all their economic and social power....

    Men Who Sleep in Cars
  • 2013
    The Heart Fails Without Warning

    The Heart Fails Without Warning (2013)

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    Lola's sister has stopped eating. Lola treats her with the scorn she deserves - she'll snap out of it soon, won't she? Adapted from Booker Prize Winner Hilary Mantel's short story and featuring BAFTA nominated Maxine Peake....

    The Heart Fails Without Warning
  • 2007
    Would Like To Meet

    Would Like To Meet (2007)

    Would Like To Meet

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    A single mum looks for love in the lonely-hearts pages, but someone has already decided to play cupid - her eight year-old son…...

    Would Like To Meet
  • 1969
    Twisting My Melon

    Twisting My Melon (1969)

    Twisting My Melon

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    Biopic based on Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder's autobiography, the film will track the singer’s journey from a guitar-loving child to a leading light of Madchester’s party scene. The film was announced in 2019, with Jack O'Connell, Jason Isaacs...

    Twisting My Melon
  • 2025
    Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?

    Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? (2025)

    Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?

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    Filmmaker Mark Forbes explores the persistent class barriers within the UK film industry, revealing the struggles, resilience, and untold stories of working-class creatives fighting for a voice in a system stacked against them....

    Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?
  • 2022
    Lapushka!

    Lapushka! (2022)

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    'The Butternut Squash Gang' always stumble upon a criminal rouse that is passed off by adults as overactive minds. From their clubhouse in the woods, they must come up with a far-fetched plot to overthrow the baddies and claim victory....

    Lapushka!
  • 2010
    Imaginary Friend

    Imaginary Friend (2010)

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    Short film starring Maxine Peake and written by actor Reece Dinsdale...

    Imaginary Friend
  • 2022
    The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

    The Real Anne: Unfinished Business (2022)

    The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

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    The story of Merseyside mum and campaigner Anne Williams, who lost her son Keven. For nearly three decades she fought the English establishment to expose the truth of what really happened at Hillsborough, and to try and get justice for the 97....

    The Real Anne: Unfinished Business
  • 2021
    Doughnut

    Doughnut (2021)

    Doughnut

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    Things turn sour when an amateur improv class meet for the first time after one of the group misjudges the situation. https://shortoftheweek.com/2021/11/22/doughnut...

    Doughnut