Ae Fond Kiss (2004)
Ae Fond Kiss 2004 In Glasgow, Scotland, the Pakistani parents of Casim Khan have decided that he is going to marry his cousin Jasmine Unfortunately, Casim has just fallen in love with his younger sisters music teacher Roisin Not only is she goree, a white woman, she is also Irish and catholic, thing
The Old Oak (2023)
The Old Oak 2023 The future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak, in a village of Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees
The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006) In 1920, rural Ireland is the vicious battlefield of republican rebels against the British security forces and Irish Unionist population who oppose them, a recipe for mutual cruelty. Medical graduate Damien O'Donovan always gave priority to his socialist ideals
Jackie Chan Presents: Amnesia (2015)
Jackie Chan Presents: Amnesia (2015) Martial-arts legend Jackie Chan presents this pulse-pounding update to his own classic thriller. Finding himself at a murder scene, bike courier Li Ziwei tries to escape, but the culprits force him off a bridge. The amnesia from his head injuries means he can't r
Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
Ladybird Ladybird (1994) This Ken Loach docu-drama relates the story of a British woman's fight with Social Services over the care of her children. Maggie has a history of bouncing from one abusive relationship to another. She has four children, of four different fathers, who came to the attention o
Riff-Raff (1991)
The story of Stevie, a construction worker, and his girlfriend, an unemployed pop singer, serves to show the living conditions of the British poor class
Hidden Agenda (1990)
When an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth... which they soon ...
Land and Freedom (1995)
Land and Freedom (1995) Summer 1936, a young unemployed communist, David, leaves his hometown Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. He joins an international group of Militia-men and women, the POUM (Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista). After being wounded he goes to Barcelona,
Jimmys Hall 2014
Political activist Jimmy Gralton is deported from Ireland during the country's 'Red Scare' of the 1930s.
Family Life (1971)
Family Life 1971 A 19 years old London girl received agressive psychiatric treatments for her schizophrenic behaviour by a doctor who still wants her family to insure the guard of the child without any regards to the facts that it is this family whos agravating her situation
The Angels Share (2012)
The Angels Share (2012) This bitter sweet comedy follows protagonist Robbie as he sneaks into the maternity hospital to visit his young girlfriend Leonie and hold his newborn son Luke for the first time. Overwhelmed by the moment, he swears that Luke will not have the same tragic life he has had. Es
Route Irish (2010)
Route Irish (2010) The story of a private security contractor in Iraq who rejected the official explanation of his friend's death and sets out to discover the truth.
Looking for Eric (2009)
Eric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.
Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Sorry We Missed You (2019) Hoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation.
My Name Is Joe (1998)
My Name Is Joe (1998) Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in the one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.
Carlas Song (1996)
Carlas Song (1996) 1987, love in time of war. A bus driver George Lennox meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly sad life in Glasgow. Her back is scarred, her boyfriend missing, her family dispersed; she's suicidal. George takes her to Nicaragua to find out what has happened
White Space (2013)
White Space (2013) 2150 A.D. The Essex, a deep space fishing vessel for industry giant, AmberCorp, is ready to make its final harvest of the season. The ship brushes with a rare creature, mammoth in size and highly territorial. Could this be the same leviathan that killed Richard and Owen's father?
Raining Stones (1993)
This Ken Loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her ...
Kes (1969)
Kes 1969 Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper David Bradley, a 15 year old working class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes Helped and encouraged by his English teacher Mr Farthing Colin Wella
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
I, Daniel Blake (2016) A 59 year old carpenter recovering from a heart attack befriends a single mother and her two kids as they navigate their way through the impersonal, Kafkaesque benefits system. With equal amounts of humor, warmth and despair, the journey is heartfelt and emotional until the en
The Spirit of 45 (2013)
The Spirit of 45 2013 A documentary on how the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society
The Gamekeeper (1980)
The Gamekeeper (1980) A simple tale of a year in the life of a Gamekeeper. From the troubles involved in rearing the pheasants and dealing with predators (poachers and foxes). The gamekeeper shows us all the good things about living so close to nature. The end of his year comes with the organised sh
Black Jack (1979)
Black Jack (1979) A rediscovered classic from director Ken Loach (THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, KES) and one of the inspirations for Wes Anderson's MOONRISE KINGDOM, BLACK JACK is a dark and complex adventure film set in the 18th century and based on Leon Garfield's novel for children. When Frenc
Poor Cow (1967)
Poor Cow 1967 A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices She marries and has a child with an abusive thief at a young age who quickly ends up in prison Left alone she takes up with his mate another thief who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up in the nick She then takes up
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016)
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016) Documentary on the life and times of Ken Loach. His politics in British TV and Cinema and the chaos he has caused the establishment for 50 years.
Sweet Sixteen (2002)
Sweet Sixteen 2002 Liam is a young, restless teen struggling to realize his dream in the gritty and dismal streets of Greenock, where unemployment is rampant and little hope is available to the citys youth He is waiting for the release of his mother, Jean, from prison where she is completing a priso