The Old Oak (2023)
Drama
The future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak, in a village of Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees.
Starring: Dave Turner, Ebla Mari, Claire Rodgerson, Trevor Fox, Chris McGlade
Director: Ken Loach
Kes (1969)
Drama | Family
A young, English working-class boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet kestrel.
Starring: Colin Welland, Brian Glover, David Bradley, Lynne Perrie, Freddie Fletcher, Ted Carroll
Director: Ken Loach
Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Drama
Hoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation.
Starring: Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Stone, Katie Proctor
Director: Ken Loach
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Drama
A middle aged carpenter who requires state welfare after injuring himself is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.
Starring: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy, Briana Shann, Dylan McKiernan
Director: Ken Loach
Poor Cow (1967)
Drama
Joy, a wife and mother dissatisfied with her small-time crook husband, Tom, whose petty thievery far outweighs his interest in his family. When Tom is arrested, Joy has a chance to start life anew, and does so with a vengeance.
Starring: Terence Stamp, Carol White, John Bindon
Director: Ken Loach
Looking for Eric (2009)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sport
Follows Eric, a Manchester-based postman, who finds himself in a personal crisis because of his broken heart and chaotic family life.
Starring: Steve Evets, Eric Cantona, Stephanie Bishop, Gerard Kearns, Stefan Gumbs, Lucy-Jo Hudson
Director: Ken Loach
Jimmy's Hall (2014)
Drama | History
Communist leader James "Jimmy" Gralton is deported from Ireland in the 1930s for operating a dance hall where he shares his political views, including criticism of the Catholic Church's restriction of free speech.
Starring: Jim Norton, Brian F. O'Byrne, Andrew Scott, Francis Magee, Karl Geary, Barry Ward
Director: Ken Loach
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
Drama | History | War
In 1920, rural Ireland is the permanent battlefield of republican rebels against the British troops and their well-paid, local collaborator militia, a recipe for mutual cruelty. Medical graduate Damien O'Donovan always gave priority to his socialist ideals and simply helping people in need. Just when he's leaving Ireland to work in a highly reputed London hospital, witnessing gross abuse of commoners changes his mind. he returns and joins the local IRA brigade, commanded by his brother Teddy, and adopts the merciless logic of civil war, while Teddy mellows by experiencing first-hand endless suffering. When IRA leaders negotiate an autonomous Free State under the British crown, Teddy defends the pragmatic best possible deal at this stage. Damien however joins the large seceding faction which holds nothing less then a socialist republic will do. The result is another civil war, bloodily opposing former Irish comrades in arms, even the brothers.
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Mary O'Riordan, Mary Murphy
Director: Ken Loach
The Angels' Share (2012)
Comedy | Drama
This bitter sweet comedy follows protagonist Robbie as he sneaks into the maternity hospital to visit his young girlfriend Leonie and hold his newborn son Luke for the first time. Overwhelmed by the moment, he swears that Luke will not have the same tragic life he has had. Escaping a prison sentence by the skin of his teeth, he's given one last chance……While serving a community service order, he meets Rhino, Albert and Mo who, like him, find it impossible to find work because of their criminal records. Little did Robbie imagine how turning to drink might change their lives – not cheap fortified wine, but the best malt whiskies in the world. Will it be 'slopping out' for the next twenty years, or a new future with 'Uisge Beatha' the 'Water of Life?' Only the angels know……..
Starring: Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, Gary Maitland, Jasmin Riggins, William Ruane, Roger Allam, Siobhan Reilly
Director: Ken Loach
