Search results for "Ken Loach"
Route Irish

Route Irish

Route Irish
IMDb: 6.4
109 min

This is the story of an Iraqi private security contractor who rejects the official explanation for his friend’s suicide and set out to uncover the truth.

Genre: Drama
I, Daniel Blake

I, Daniel Blake

I, Daniel Blake
IMDb: 7.8
100 min

A middle aged carpenter, who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.

Genre: Drama
The Wind That Shakes the Barley

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

The Wind That Shakes the Barley
IMDb: 7.5
127 min

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O’Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend’s farm, British Black and…

Genre: Drama, War
Sorry We Missed You

Sorry We Missed You

Sorry We Missed You
IMDb: 7.6
101 min

Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van…

Genre: Drama
Sweet Sixteen (2002)

Sweet Sixteen (2002)

Sweet Sixteen (2002)
IMDb: 7.4
106 min

Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Jimmy’s Hall

Jimmy’s Hall

Jimmy’s Hall
IMDb: 6.7
109 min

1932. After ten years in exile, Jimmy Gralton has returned to the Irish countryside. Jimmy’s widowed mother Alice, Jimmy and his friends, as well as all of the youth who…

Genre: Drama, History
Raining Stones

Raining Stones

Raining Stones
IMDb: 7.3
90 min

Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Angels’ Share

The Angels’ Share

The Angels’ Share
IMDb: 7.0
101 min

Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Riff-Raff

Riff-Raff

Riff-Raff
IMDb: 7.1
95 min

Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. The working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Hidden Agenda (1990)

Hidden Agenda (1990)

Hidden Agenda (1990)
IMDb: 6.9
108 min

In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government against the Northern Irish during the “Troubles.” But when…

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Kes

Kes

Kes
IMDb: 7.9
111 min

Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper (David Bradley), a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet…

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Genre: Drama
Ladybird Ladybird

Ladybird Ladybird

Ladybird Ladybird
IMDb: 7.4
101 min

This Ken Loach docu-drama relates the story of a British woman's fight with Social Services over the care of her children. Maggie has a history of bouncing from one abusive…

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Genre: Drama
Carla’s Song

Carla’s Song

Carla’s Song
IMDb: 6.8
127 min

1987, love in time of war. A bus driver George Lennox meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly sad life in Glasgow. Her back is scarred, her boyfriend…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Land and Freedom

Land and Freedom

Land and Freedom
IMDb: 7.6
109 min

Summer 1936, a young unemployed communist, David, leaves his hometown Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. He joins an international group of Militia-men and women, the POUM…

Black Jack

Black Jack

Black Jack
IMDb: 6.5
105 min

A rediscovered classic from director Ken Loach (THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, KES) and one of the inspirations for Wes Anderson's MOONRISE KINGDOM, BLACK JACK is a dark and…

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My Name Is Joe

My Name Is Joe

My Name Is Joe
IMDb: 7.5
105 min

Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in the one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods. —Anonymous

Genre: Drama, Romance
Fatherland

Fatherland

Fatherland
IMDb: 6.3
110 min

Persona Non Grata in his homeland, protest singer Klaus Drittemann must leave East Berlin, his wife and child and emigrate to West Berlin, where the representatives of an American record…

Genre: Drama
Family Life

Family Life

Family Life
IMDb: 7.6
108 min

A 19 years old London girl received agressive psychiatric treatments for her schizophrenic behaviour by a doctor who still wants her family to insure the guard of the child without…

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Genre: Drama
Looking for Eric

Looking for Eric

Looking for Eric
IMDb: 7.2
116 min

Eric Bishop, a middle-aged postman working for the Manchester sorting office, is going through a dreadful crisis. For starters, his second life companion has not resurfaced although she was released…

Genre: Comedy, Drama