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Directed by:

Ken Loach

  • First Movie - Kes 1970
  • Last Movie - The Old Oak 2023
  • Total Movies - 33
  • Highest Grossing Movies
    • UK: The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) - £3,921,358
    • US: Hidden Agenda (1990) - $1,030,938
    • World: Hidden Agenda (1990) - $1,232,210
  • Combined grosses
    • UK - £16.4 Million
    • US - $1 Million
    • Global - $1.6 Million

Directors Movies By Year Of Release

The Old Oak

The Old Oak

Directed by:
Starring:
Debbie Honeywood • Trevor Fox • Dave Turner • Lorenzo McGovern Zaini • Ebla Mari

2023
Sorry We Missed You

Sorry We Missed You

Directed by:
Starring:
Kris Hitchen • Debbie Honeywood • Nikki Marshall • Rhys Stone • Harriet Ghost

2019

Greatest Chocolate Adverts of All Time

Directed by:
Blake McGrowJohn S. Abbott Jr.Russell BatesJohn BirkinBob BrooksTom BussmannJuan CabralChris CairnsSimon CheekRoss CramerTerence DonovanMatt ForrestKeith GodmanNick GoffeyTerry GreenOscar GrilloHoward GuardDominic HawleyVernon HoweBen Liam JonesTerry KembleMarc Kitchen-SmithDaniel KleinmanThomas KrygierTom KuntzMartin Lambie-NairnTony LawsonNick LewinJohn LloydKen LoachRichard LoncraineBob MahoneyDavid MalletTony MayMick MessengerBrian MorrowSarah MurchBarry MyersJohn O'DriscollChris PalmerMike PortellyGeoff PosnerP. PullenMartin ReavleySergio SimonettiIan SingleRichard SlogettAlan SpencerPeter SuschitzkyBaillie WalshPaul WeilandRichard WilliamsTerry Winsor
Starring:
Faye Bamford • Antonella • Leslie Ash • Rowan Atkinson • Joan Collins

2019
I, Daniel Blake

I, Daniel Blake

Directed by:
Starring:
Dave Johns • Hayley Squires • Sharon Percy • Briana Shann • Dylan McKiernan

2016

Jimmy's Hall

Directed by:
Starring:
Barry Ward • Simone Kirby • Andrew Scott • Jim Norton • Bran F. O'Byrne

2014
The Spirit of

The Spirit of '45

Directed by:
Starring:
Winston Churchill • Tony Benn • Clement Attlee • Aneurin Bevan • George Lansbury

2013

The Angel's Share

Directed by:
Starring:
Paul Brannigan • John Henshaw • Gary Maitland • Jasmin Riggins • William Ruane

2012

Route Irish

Directed by:
Starring:
Mark Womack • Andrea Lowe • John Bishop • Trevor Williams • Talib Rasool

2011
Looking For Eric

Looking For Eric

Directed by:
Starring:
Steve Evets • Eric Cantona • Stephanie Bishop • Gerard Kearns • Stefan Gumbs

2009

It's a Free World

Directed by:
Starring:
Kierston Wareing • Juliet Ellis • Leslaw Zurek • Joe Siffleet • Colin Coughlin

2007
To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

Directed by:
Theodoros AngelopoulosOlivier AssayasBille AugustJane CampionYoussef ChahineKaige ChenMichael CiminoEthan CoenJoel CoenDavid CronenbergJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneManoel de OliveiraRaymond DepardonAtom EgoyanAmos GitaiHsiao-Hsien HouAlejandro G. IñárrituAki KaurismakiAbbas KiarostamiTakeshi KitanoAndrey KonchalovskiyClaude LelouchKen LoachDavid LynchNanni MorettiRoman PolanskiRaoul RuizWalter SallesElia SuleimanMing-liang TsaiGus Van SantLars von TrierWim WendersKar-Wai WongYimou Zhang
Starring:
Isabelle Adjani • Pegah Ahangarani • Anouk Aimee • Leonid Alexeenko • Taraneh Alidoosti

2007
The Wind That Shakes the Barley

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Directed by:
Starring:
Cillian Murphy • Padraic Delaney • Liam Cunningham • Orla Fitzgerald • Mary ORiordan

2006

Tickets

Directed by:
Abbas KiarostamiKen LoachErmanno Olmi
Starring:
Carlo Delle Piane • Valeria Bruni Tedeschi • Silvana De Santis • Filippo Trojano • Martin Compston

2005

Mclibel

Directed by:
Ken LoachFranny Armstrong
Starring:
Helen Steel • Dave Morris • Bruce Alexander • Anita Anand • Peter Armstrong

2005

Ae Fond Kiss

Directed by:
Starring:
Atta Yaqub • Eva Birthistle • Ahmad Riaz • Shamshad Akhtar • Shabana Akhtar Bakhsh

2004
Sweet Sixteen

Sweet Sixteen

Directed by:
Starring:
Martin Compston • William Ruane • Annmarie Fulton • Michelle Abercromby • Michelle Coulter

2002
September 11

September 11

Directed by:
Youssef ChahineAmos GitaiShohei ImamuraAlejandro G. IñárrituClaude LelouchKen LoachSamira MakhmalbafMira NairIdrissa OuedraogoSean PennDanis Tanovic
Starring:
Maryam Karimi • Mohamad Dolati • Agelem Habibi • Esmat Vahedi • Ameneh Banizadeh

2002
Bread and Roses

Bread and Roses

Directed by:
Starring:
Pilar Padilla • Adrien Brody • Elpidia Carrillo • Jack McGee • Monica Rivas

2001
My Name Is Joe

My Name Is Joe

Directed by:
Starring:
Peter Mullan • Louise Goodall • David McKay • Annemarie Kennedy • David Hayman

1998

Carla's Song

Directed by:
Starring:
Robert Carlyle • Oyanka Cabezas • Scott Glenn • Salvador Espinoza • Louise Goodall

1996

Land and Freedom

Directed by:
Starring:
Ian Hart • Rosana Pastor • Iciar Bollain • Tom Gilroy • Marc Martinez

1995

Ladybird Ladybird

Directed by:
Starring:
Crissy Rock • Vladimir Vega • Sandie Lavelle • Mauricio Venegas • Ray Winstone

1994
Raining Stones

Raining Stones

Directed by:
Starring:
Bruce Jones • Julie Brown • Gemma Phoenix • Ricky Tomlinson • Tom Hickey

1993

Riff-Raff

Directed by:
Starring:
Robert Carlyle • Emer McCourt • Jim R. Coleman • George Moss • Ricky Tomlinson

1991
Hidden Agenda

Hidden Agenda

Directed by:
Starring:
Frances McDormand • Brian Cox • Brad Dourif • Mai Zetterling • Bernard Archard

1990

Fatherland

Directed by:
Starring:
Gerulf Pannach • Fabienne Babe • Sigfrit Steiner • Cristine Rose • Robert Dietl

1987

The Red and the Blue: Impressions of Two Political Conferences - Autumn 1982

Directed by:
Starring:
Peter Lilley • Tony Benn • Derek Hatton • Neil Kinnock • Dennis Skinner

1983
Looks and Smiles

Looks and Smiles

Directed by:
Starring:
Graham Green • Carolyn Nicholson • Tony Pitts • Roy Haywood • Phil Askham

1981

Black Jack

Directed by:
Starring:
Stephen Hirst • Louise Cooper • Jean Franval • Phil Askham • Pat Wallis

1980

The Gamekeeper

Directed by:
Starring:
Phil Askham • Rita May • Andrew Grubb • Peter Steels • Michael Hinchcliffe

1980

Family Life

Directed by:
Starring:
Sandy Ratcliff • Bill Dean • Grace Cave • Malcolm Tierney • Hilary Martyn

1972

Kes

Directed by:
Starring:
David Bradley • Freddie Fletcher • Lynne Perrie • Colin Welland • Brian Glover

1970

Poor Cow

Directed by:
Starring:
Carol White • John Bindon • Queenie Watts • Kate Williams • Laurie Asprey

1968