Movies: Shane Meadows

A soldier returns to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his disabled brother while he was away....

Dek, a decent but somewhat dull man, enjoys a happy existence with beloved girlfriend Shirley. They live together with her 12-year-old, Marlene: her daughter by the delinquent Jimmy, who flew the coop years ago and hasn't been heard from since. Dek l...

Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek (Piotr Jagiello) lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross and Euston s...

A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends, even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows....

A documentary about the English alternative rock band, The Stone Roses. Meadows interweaves archive film, intimate behind-the-scenes footage and never-before-seen material, delivering the definitive account of the band and their music. He was also gr...

Two twelve-year-old boys, Romeo and Gavin, undergo an extraordinary test of character and friendship when Morell, a naive but eccentric and dangerous stranger, comes between them. Morell befriends with the two boys and later asks them to help him pur...

In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth experience, starts trying to get the young people off the street and int...

Northern Soul is filmed in the style of a mock documentary and tells the story of Mark Sherbet, a lonely young man who is obsessed with American wrestling. His dream is to become a professional wrestler and compete against his heroes on the British w...

An improvised comedy, shot over five days by Shane Meadows, devised with and starring Paddy Considine. Rock roadie and failed musician, Le Donk has lived, loved and learned. Along the way he's lost a girlfriend but he has found a new sidekick in up-a...

Jimmy was a promising young boxer, but a past tragedy still haunts him....

Italian-American Toni Moroni comes over to the Midlands in the UK to help his Uncle Poppa Squeeze turf out the 'student pricks' that are hanging around his coffee shop.. While he is in the UK, Toni learns about the Student Loan scheme, and turns it t...

A documentary film-maker ventures into local woodland to meet up with a mysterious man that claims to have been living in the woods for three years....

Follows a gang of small time crooks in an English town. Malc is in danger of losing his girlfriend Kate if he doesn't spend more time at home and the gang leader Jumbo looks like he is about to lose control....

Shane Meadows’ debut short (in which he also acts) is Rashomon by way of Tarantino. Four guys, interviewed by the police, give different accounts of an armed robbery....

Very short film from director Shane Meadows, filmed on a mobile phone and was made to promote the NOKIA Shorts competition....

This documentary focuses on Gavin Clark, Meadows’ friend, musician, and former member of Clayhill, and his battle to return to the stage....

'King of the Gypsies' is a short documentary from Shane Meadows about Bartley Gorman, a bare-knuckle boxer born in Uttoxeter and a man that Shane had known for many years. A full length feature of Bartley Gorman's story is still the dream project th...

A kind hearted football fanatic helps to build confidence and team-work skills in a group of young lads by holding regular football training sessions in his spare time.. He hopes that one day his training and his belief in the kids will help him to f...