Dance First (2023)
Biography | Drama
Many parts of the literary Samuel Beckett giant's life: Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse.
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Fionn O'Shea, Aidan Gillen, Maxine Peake, Sandrine Bonnaire
Director: James Marsh
Gwen (2018)
Drama | History | Horror | Mystery
A dark folk tale set in the hills of Wales during the industrial revolution.
Starring: Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Maxine Peake
Director: William McGregor
Peterloo (2018)
Drama | History
The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.
Starring: Maxine Peake, Nico Mirallegro, Rory Kinnear, Tim McInnerny, David Bamber, Leo Bill, Pearce Quigley, David Moorst
Director: Mike Leigh
Funny Cow (2017)
Comedy | Drama
A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
Starring: Maxine Peake, Paddy Considine, Tony Pitts, Stephen Graham, Alun Armstrong
Director: Adrian Shergold
The Falling (2014)
Drama | Mystery
It's 1969 at a strict English girls' school where charismatic Abbie and intense and troubled Lydia are best friends. After a tragedy occurs at the school, a mysterious fainting epidemic breaks out threatening the stability of all involved.
Starring: Maxine Peake, Maisie Williams, Florence Pugh, Anna Burnett, Greta Scacchi
Director: Carol Morley
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Svengali (2013)
Comedy
Dixie, postman and music fanatic from South Wales, has always dreamed of discovering a great band. One day, trawling through YouTube he finds them: 'The Premature Congratulations'. He hunts them down and offers them his management services. They're young, arrogant, sexy and utterly magnificent. Putting their demo on a cassette tape, innocent, wide-eyed Dixie embarks on a rollercoaster ride through the most 'infamous' industry of them all, as he heads out onto the streets of London. His partner and his sanity through it all is his soul mate, Michelle. Every day's a battle for Dixie, totally broke and working for nothing to get gigs for his beloved band, whose egos grow with their stardom. The more successful 'The Prems' get, the greater are the chances of Dixie losing them. Dixie must decide what his real priorities are in life: his love of music, or his love for Michelle.
Starring: Vicky McClure, Martin Freeman, Maxine Peake, Roger Evans, Jonny Owen
Director: John Hardwick
Run & Jump (2013)
Drama
Run and Jump is an unconventional love story and authentic portrait of a happy-go-lucky Irish family.
Starring: Maxine Peake, Edward MacLiam, Will Forte, Sharon Horgan
Director: Steph Green
Best Laid Plans (2012)
Drama
Set in Nottingham, the film revolves around the relationship between the thuggish Danny and Joseph, a giant of a man with a mental age of seven. When Danny finds himself in debt to a local crime boss, he feels he is left with no choice but to manipulate Joseph into participating in a series of underground cage fights from which Danny can pay his debts.
Starring: Stephen Graham, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, David O'Hara, Lee Ingleby, Maxine Peake
Director: David Blair
