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The Best Ken Loach Movies Ranked And Where to Watch them
If you're looking for the best Ken Loach movies of all time then here is a definitive list. We rank every movie directed by Ken Loach based on their popularity score from IMDB from best to worst. Click on the ‘see more’ button to find out where to watch them in Australia covering all streaming services. In April 2024 there are 16 films in this list.
List of the Best Movies Directed by Ken Loach In Order of Popularity
- Kes
- I, Daniel Blake
- Sorry We Missed You
- The Wind that Shakes the Barley
- Land and Freedom
- Looking for Eric
- The Spirit of '45
- The Angels' Share
- Which Side Are You On?
- Hidden Agenda
- The Navigators
- Family Life
- Jimmy's Hall
- Route Irish
- Sweet Sixteen
- Hidden Agenda
Stream the top 16 Movies directed by Ken Loach
Rated: PG-13
7.9/10
A young, English working-class boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet falcon.
Rated: R
7.8/10
A middle aged carpenter, who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.
Rated: N/A
7.6/10
Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self-employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point.
4. The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Rated: Not Rated
7.5/10
In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.
Rated: Not Rated
7.5/10
David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.
Rated: Not Rated
7.1/10
A man trying to put his life back on track gets some advice from an unexpected benefactor (the ex-footballer Eric Cantona) in this comedy-drama from acclaimed British director Ken Loach.
Rated: N/A
7.1/10
Social change in Britain in the aftermath of the Second World War, including the nationalisation of industries and the formation of the welfare state. Made almost entirely in black & white, so B&W archive footage from the 1940s blend in with interviews made today.
Rated: R
7.0/10
Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
Rated: N/A
6.9/10
The documentary features the British miners and their family experiences told through songs, poems, pictures and words.
Rated: MA15+
6.9/10
In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government against the Northern Irish during the "Troubles." But when Sullivan is assassinated in the streets, Jessner teams up with Peter Kerrigan, a British investigator acting against the will of his own government, and struggles to uncover a conspiracy that may even implicate one of Kerrigan's colleagues.
Rated: R
6.9/10
In South Yorkshire, a small group of railway maintenance men discover that because of privatization, their lives will never be the same. When the trusty British Rail sign is replaced by one reading East Midland Infrastructure, it is clear that there will be the inevitable winners and losers as downsizing and efficiency become the new buzzwords.
Rated: Not Rated
6.8/10
This intense chamber drama centers on an ambitious young industrial designer who is summoned home to help his father and sister. Both the aristocratic family he fled in shame and scorn, and their dilapidated country estate, bathed in an oppressively nostalgic light, prove ultimately inescapable.
Rated: PG-13
6.7/10
Jimmy Gralton returns from New York and reopens his beloved community hall, only to meet opposition from the local parish.
Rated: N/A
6.4/10
A private security contractor in Iraq rejects the official explanation of his friend's death and decides to investigate.
Rated: R
5.1/10
A beautiful lonely girl named Melissa tries to make new friends from a town she's currently living in. The only problem is, each of the boys that she spends time with end up brutally murdered. Her sixteenth birthday is on the way, but Melissa turns out to be a suspect when it seems she's the last person who has seen her boyfriends alive.
Rated: R
4.3/10
Hunting a sadistic serial killer can unhinge even a true detective.