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Naked (1993)

IMDb: 7.9
1993

An unemployed Mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey

Meantime (1984)

IMDb: 7.2
1983

When one brother gets a job from their wealthy aunt, the other becomes increasingly jealous

Life Is Sweet (1990)

IMDb: 7.5
1990

A shop assistant, her cook husband, amp their twin daughters ponder their lives over a few weeks in a working class suburb north of London

Drama out of a Crisis A Celebration of P

IMDb: 7.5
2020

Celebrating Play for Today, the acclaimed series of controversial single dramas broadcast on BBC One between 1970 and 1984

Secrets & Lies (1996)

IMDb: 8.0
1996

Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London

HappyGoLucky (2008)

IMDb: 7.0
2008

A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her

The Short Curlies (1988)

IMDb: 6.6
1988

A short comedy by Mike Leigh about the romance between a young woman and a man who communicates only through jokes and humor The story is told as a series of very short vignettes between

Home Sweet Home (1982)

IMDb: 7.3
1982

Three postal workers and their dysfunctional families interact over cups of tea and Sunday dinner

Another Year (2010)

IMDb: 7.4
2010

A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends

TopsyTurvy (1999)

IMDb: 7.4
1999

Set in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musicaltheatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado

Whos Who (1979)

IMDb: 6.8
1979

Slice of life look at class divisions among employees at a brokerage house

Grown Ups (1980)

IMDb: N/A
1980

Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr Butcher, one of their former teachers, living next door Mandys unmarried sister, Gloria, is constantly dropping in, and will not

Mr. Turner (2014)

IMDb: 6.8
2014

An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J M W Turners life

All or Nothing (2002)

IMDb: 7.5
2002

In a poor working class London home Pennys love for her partner, taxi driver Phil, has run dry, but when an unexpected tragedy occurs, they and their local community are brought together, and they rediscover their love

High Hopes (1988)

IMDb: 7.4
1988

The life of a working class couple living in London and their complicated relationships with other members of the family

Nuts in May (1976)

IMDb: 7.9
1976

A middle class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them

A Running Jump (2012)

IMDb: 6.1
2012

Members of a family lives frantic lives of Olympian proportion

Peterloo (2018)

IMDb: 6.5
2018

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

Career Girls (1997)

IMDb: 7.1
1997

2 young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier

Bleak Moments (1971)

IMDb: 7.3
1971

Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neighbor and irritating workmate

Vera Drake (2004)

IMDb: 7.6
2004

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family

Hard Labour (1973)

IMDb: 7.2
1973

A quiet and put upon house cleaner breaks her silence