Maxine Peake Movies

  • 2012
    Best Laid Plans

    Best Laid Plans

    Best Laid Plans

    5.52012HD

    David Blair directs this powerful British Drama, loosely inspired by John Steinbeck's novel 'Of Mice and Men'. Set in Nottingham, the film revolves...

    Best Laid Plans
  • 2016
    Red Top

    Red Top

    Red Top

    5.32016HD

    Comic fantasy telling the story of Rebekah, an innocent and beguiling Northern girl who accidentally becomes Chief Executive of News International...

    Red Top
  • 2005
    Frozen

    Frozen

    Frozen

    5.92005HD

    It's two years since the mysterious disappearance of Kath Swarbrick's older sister Annie, but Kath remains haunted by a need to know what happened....

    Frozen
  • 2017
    Men Who Sleep in Cars

    Men Who Sleep in Cars

    Men Who Sleep in Cars

    02017HD

    Drama, entirely in verse, following three men who sleep on the streets of Manchester in their vehicles, having lost all their economic and social...

    Men Who Sleep in Cars
  • 2025
    The Occupant of the Room

    The Occupant of the Room

    The Occupant of the Room

    02025HD

    Based on the short ghost story of the same name by Algernon Blackwood from 1909, The Occupant of the Room centers on a schoolteacher whose late-night...

    The Occupant of the Room
  • 1998
    Girls' Night

    Girls' Night

    Girls' Night

    6.81998HD

    Two British best friends and in-laws Dawn and Jackie work together at a factory. When Dawn is diagnosed with a brain tumor Jackie shares $100,000...

    Girls' Night
  • 2005
    Faith

    Faith

    Faith

    92005HD

    A gripping story of love, deceit, betrayal and survival set against the backdrop of the Miners' Strike of 1984-85. Michelle is married to Gary, a...

    Faith
  • 2015
    Hamlet

    Hamlet

    Hamlet

    8.22015HD

    From its sell-out run at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre comes a film version of this unique and critically acclaimed production of Hamlet with...

    Hamlet
  • 2000
    Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

    Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

    Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

    72000HD

    The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.

    Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
  • 2023
    Tish

    Tish

    Tish

    92023HD

    A working-class photographer captures the impact of Thatcherism on the north of England but is unable to escape the poverty and inequality she...

    Tish
  • 2015
    The Shuttleworths

    The Shuttleworths

    The Shuttleworths

    02015HD

    Versatile singer/song-writer John Shuttleworth struggles to balance semi-professional obligations - a gig at a care home - with domestic, namely his...

    The Shuttleworths
  • 2024
    Woken

    Woken

    Woken

    5.42024HD

    Anna wakes to kind faces she doesn’t recognize and a remote island she has no memory of. She is forced to re-learn everything about herself,...

    Woken
  • 2023
    Choked Up

    Choked Up

    Choked Up

    7.52023HD

    A politician learns just how quickly things can go terribly wrong when a career-defining live TV interview goes off the rails due to a surprise...

    Choked Up
  • 2007
    Confessions of a Diary Secretary

    Confessions of a Diary Secretary

    Confessions of a Diary Secretary

    02007HD

    Funny film concerning John Prescott's affair with Tracey Temple

    Confessions of a Diary Secretary
  • 2008
    Hancock & Joan

    Hancock & Joan

    Hancock & Joan

    4.12008HD

    Drama which tells the story of comedian Tony Hancock's love affair with his friend's wife, and her fight to save the man and his career.

    Hancock & Joan
  • 2018
    Gwen

    Gwen

    Gwen

    5.42018HD

    A mysterious — and suspicious — run of ill fortune plagues a teenage girl and her mother and sister on their hillside farm in this folk...

    Gwen
  • 2017
    Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

    Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

    Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

    42017HD

    Narrated by Maxine Peake, this feature documentary explores the failures and deception that have caused a chronic shortage of social housing in...

    Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
  • 2025
    Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?

    Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?

    Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?

    02025HD

    Filmmaker Mark Forbes explores the persistent class barriers within the UK film industry, revealing the struggles, resilience, and untold stories of...

    Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?
  • 2026
    Obsession: The Beryl Burton Story

    Obsession: The Beryl Burton Story

    Obsession: The Beryl Burton Story

    02026HD

    A documentary about Britain’s greatest athlete. Undefeated for 25 years, Leeds-born amateur cyclist Beryl Burton won seven World Championships,...

    Obsession: The Beryl Burton Story
  • 2017
    Unseen

    Unseen

    Unseen

    02017HD

    A cleaner in a brand new apartment block begins to suspect one of the residents is a victim of domestic abuse.

    Unseen