Maxine Peake Movies

The Falling

54/100

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.

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

70/100

A look at the life of 19th century Yorkshire landowner Anne Lister (1791-1840), who lived openly as a lesbian and kept diaries chronicling the details of her daily life.

Run & Jump

63/100

An American doctor travels to Ireland to study the Casey family after 38-year-old Conor suffers a stroke which changes his personality, leaving dynamo wife and mother Vanetia to run the show.

Svengali

57/100

Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a small town guy with a big dream. He leaves a humble Welsh mining town for the bright lights of London, intent on becoming the manager of the best band ... See full summary »

Keeping Rosy

63/100

All Charlotte wants from life is to be cut a slice of the media agency she has devoted herself to building. When Charlotte's life disintegrates, we follow her on a heart-racing journey of self-discovery, atonement and danger.

Funny Cow

65/100

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.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

65/100

A modern re-telling of the classic fantasy drama by William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream holds a star-studded cast with euphoric effects and melodramatic storytelling.

Peterloo

64/100

The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.

Christmas Lights

68/100

Colin and Howie seem inseparable. Married to a pair of sisters, they work as drivers for the same company and live next door to each other. Life gets complicated after Howie wins a ... See full summary »

Hamlet

59/100

Shakespeare's most iconic work, "Hamlet" explodes with big ideas and is the ultimate story of loyalty...

Confessions of a Diary Secretary

63/100

A comedy about a secretary for the deputy prime minister that not only writes his diary, but also engages in some drama to record.

Gwen

73/100

A folk story set in the dark hills of Wales during the industrial revolution.

Fanny Lye Deliver'd

Set on an isolated farm in Shropshire in 1657. The story of Fanny Lye, a woman who learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discover a new world of possibility - albeit at great ... See full summary »

Hancock & Joan

73/100

In the mid-1960s, Joan, not long married to comic actor John Le Mesurier, meets and is mutually attracted to comedian Tony Hancock, married to the long-suffering Freddie. Hancock's most ... See full summary »

Bike Squad

73/100

Edge

61/100

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

Placebo

56/100