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What Is Cinema?
2013· 1h 20m· Documentary· en
6.421
Best Documentary Movies Directed By Mike Leigh
This collection ranks 13 documentary movies directed by Mike Leigh. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. What Is Cinema? tops the list with a 6.4/10 audience score. The qualifying titles span 1973–2024.
13 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data
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Mike Leigh: The Conversation
2000· 37m· Documentary· en
—0 - 3
Cannes Uncut
2023· 1h 25m· Documentary· en
5.36 - 4
Inside the Golden Statue
1998· 56m· Documentary· en
6.33 - 5
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982· 1h 20m· Documentary· en
8.01 - 6
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014· 1h 45m· Documentary· en
9.01 - 7
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
1993· 1h 19m· Comedy, Documentary· en
4.02 - 8
Her Name Was Moviola
2024· 1h 10m· Documentary· en
—0 - 9
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
2020· 1h 29m· Documentary· en
—0 - 10
A Mug's Game?
1973· 21m· Drama, Documentary, TV Movie· en
6.01 - 11
Looking for Truffaut
2009· 25m· Documentary· en
7.01 - 12
All About 'Abigail's Party'
2007· 1h 0m· TV Movie, Documentary· en
6.33 - 13
Scenes from A Separation
2018· 1h 17m· Documentary· fa
0.51
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Frequently asked questions
How many documentary movies has Mike Leigh made?
13 documentary movies directed by Mike Leigh carry real rating data in this catalog.
How are these Mike Leigh films ranked?
By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.
What is the best Mike Leigh documentary movie?
What Is Cinema? currently holds the #1 position in this collection.
Which Mike Leigh documentary movie is the most popular?
What Is Cinema? has the largest audience (21 votes) among these titles.