• Bleak Moments 1971
• High Hopes (1988)
• Life Is Sweet 1990
• Naked (1993)
• Secrets & Lies 1996
• Career Girls (1997)
• Topsy-Turvy 1999
• All or Nothing (2002)
• Vera Drake 2004
• Happy-Go-Lucky 2008
• Another Year 2010
• Mr. Turner (2014)
• Peterloo (2018)

Short films

• The Short and Curlies (1987)
• A Sense of History (1992)
• A Running Jump (2012)

Television films

• Hard Labour (1973)
• Five Minute Films Proposed BBC series of short films, five episodes were shot (1975 – unaired until 1982)
• The Permissive Society (BBC Second City Firsts, 10/04/1975)
• Knock for Knock (BBC Second City Firsts, 21/11/1976)
• Nuts in May (BBC Play for Today, 13/01/1976)
• Abigail's Party (BBC Play for Today, 01/11/1977)
• Kiss of Death (1977)
• Who's Who (1978)
• Grown-Ups (1980)
• Home Sweet Home (1982)
• Meantime (1983)
• Four Days in July (BBC1, 29/1/1985)