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Directing · Writing · age 83

Mike Leigh

Best rated: Secrets & Lies (8.0)

Films
16
Avg rating
7.26
Peak run
1988’97
Oscar noms
2
CompareBacon number
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Mike Leigh, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1988 to 1997, 7.5067819801990200020102020Secrets & Lies 8.0Peterloo 6.5Career avg 7.26

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Mike Leigh's career barcodecoolhot
197116 films2026
Current formLast 5: 6.96 vs career 7.26 (−0.30)
  1. LHappy-Go-Lucky2008 · 7.0−0.3
  2. WAnother Year2010 · 7.4+0.1
  3. LMr. Turner2014 · 6.8−0.5
  4. LPeterloo2018 · 6.5−0.8
  5. LHard Truths2024 · 7.1−0.2
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Mike by the numbers

Average
7.26
14 rated films
Vote weighted
7.28
bigger films count more
Median
7.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.39
rating spread
Career
56y
1971 to 2026
Total votes
304K
across every film
Best
8.0
Secrets & Lies
Worst
6.5
Peterloo
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
2026Tender Loving Care·124
2024Hard Truths7.19,574
2018Peterloo6.56,024
2014Mr. Turner posterMr. Turner6.828,895
2010Another Year posterAnother Year7.432,411
2008Happy-Go-Lucky posterHappy-Go-Lucky7.042,895
2004Vera Drake posterVera Drake7.629,073
2002All or Nothing posterAll or Nothing7.512,445
1999Topsy-Turvy posterTopsy-Turvy7.314,379
1997Career Girls7.16,805
1996Secrets & Lies posterSecrets & Lies8.051,019
1993Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright·325
1993Naked posterNaked7.649,534
1990Life Is Sweet posterLife Is Sweet7.412,305
1988High Hopes7.46,394
1971Bleak Moments6.92,001
Better together?

Mike Leigh's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Mike Leigh

8 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2011
    Written by Mike Leigh
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2009
    Written by Mike Leigh
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 2005
    Mike Leigh
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2005
    Written by Mike Leigh
    Nominated
  • Best Director · BAFTA Film Awards 2005
    Mike Leigh
    Won
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2000
    Mike Leigh
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1997
    Mike Leigh
    Nominated
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1997
    Mike Leigh
    Nominated

Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.

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