Alan Clarke Movies

Baal is an amoral poetic genius who, after a life of debauchery, betrayal and violence, is about to cut his ties to the world and meet his doom. A...

A film by Alan Clarke for the 'The Company of Five' anthology series.

In Yorkshire, intellectually disabled diabetic Horace works in the back of a joke shop. He befriends loner schoolboy Gordon Blackett, who retreats...

Marking Play for Today’s 50th anniversary, Drama Out of a Crisis is a compelling exploration of the series, its origins, achievements,...

Soviet writer and dissident Vladimir Bukovsky leaves the Soviet Union in 1976 after years spent in their prisons and psychiatric wards.

When it's time to wet the baby's head, it's surprising the secrets that emerge...

A woman seeks shelter from the rain in a park conservatory but is forced into conversation with a man who wants to know what else she is sheltering...

An intense court case involving divorce proceedings is adjourned for lunch. Husband and wife then discover they are both going to be eating in the...

A film by Alan Clarke for the 'The Company of Five' anthology series.

Danton's Death is arguably the most dramatic and penetrating study of revolution ever written. Georg Büchner concentrates on that moment in 1794...

Sovereign's Company is the story of a boy from an army family with a long tradition of honour and distinction, who goes to a military academy as an...

A young train spotter heads to Staffordshire for a historic journey through a soon to be condemned tunnel. During his trip, he encounters a series of...

The story of a comedian with a talent close to genius but with an insecurity problem.

Alan Clarke's standalone film first appeared as an episode of the BBC series "The Edwardians" and concerns notorious bon vivant, swindler, MP, public...

A lady catches the attention of a compulsive gambler.

Johnson begins his life sentence for the murder of a policeman. It is not long before he will experience the harsh realities of the brutality and day...

Rejected now by both family and friends, Max has only three weeks left in which to find a solution to his problems.

Harry and Emily are two of the livelier residents of a London old people's home. When they decide to get married, things prove less simple.

Stella escapes an unhappy relationship to live in a bedsit. She meets another man which forces her to make decisions about her life.