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Ken Loach

Director · 95 credits · 37 in highly-rated films

Best known for I, Daniel Blake (2016)

Frequent collaborators: Tony Garnett, Stephen Frears, Gus Van Sant, Alan Parker, Claude Lelouch

Directed movies (59 total, ranked by score)

  1. Up the Junction

    1965 · ★ 7.1 (9 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    31

  2. Auditions

    1980

    Documentary

    32

  3. Black Jack

    1979 · ★ 7.0 (22 votes)

    Adventure, History

    33

  4. The Spirit of '45

    2013 · ★ 6.1 (25 votes)

    Documentary, History

    34

  5. Route Irish

    2011 · ★ 6.0 (107 votes)

    Drama

    35

  6. Fatherland

    1986 · ★ 6.3 (22 votes)

    Drama, Music

    36

  7. The Golden Vision

    1968 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    Comedy, TV Movie, Drama

    37

  8. The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality

    1977 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    38

  9. Looks and Smiles

    1981 · ★ 6.7 (11 votes)

    Drama

    39

  10. The End of Arthur's Marriage

    1965 · ★ 5.5 (8 votes)

    Music, TV Movie, Comedy

    40

  11. The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People

    1977 · ★ 5.5 (4 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    41

  12. The Big Flame

    1969 · ★ 5.0 (2 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    42

  13. The Save the Children Fund Film

    1971 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    43

  14. The Gamekeeper

    1980 · ★ 5.8 (6 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    44

  15. A Contemporary Case for Common Ownership

    1995

    Documentary

    45

  16. In Conversation With Jeremy Corbyn

    2016

    Documentary

    46

  17. A Question of Leadership

    1981 · ★ 3.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    47

  18. Which Side Are You On?

    1985 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    48

  19. Time to Go

    1989

    Documentary

    49

  20. In Two Minds

    1967 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    50

  21. The View from the Woodpile

    1989

    Documentary

    51

  22. Three Clear Sundays

    1965 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)

    Crime, Drama, TV Movie

    52

  23. Talk About Work

    1971 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    53

  24. The Flickering Flame

    1996 · ★ 5.7 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    54

  25. The Coming Out Party

    1965

    Drama, TV Movie

    55

  26. Another City: A Week in the Life of Bath's Football Club

    1998

    Documentary

    56

  27. Wear a Very Big Hat

    1965

    Romance, Drama, TV Movie

    57

  28. The Arthur Legend

    1991

    Documentary

    58

  29. End of the Battle... Not the End of the War

    1985

    Documentary

    59

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.