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My Beautiful Laundrette

My Beautiful Laundrette
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1985
 97 minutes (1 hrs 37 mins)

Production Country

United Kingdom

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Stephen Frears

Starring

Daniel Day-Lewis · Richard Graham · Winston Graham · Dudley Thomas · Derrick Branche · Garry Cooper

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 4th April 1986
United Kingdom release date United Kingdom release: 16th November 1985
United States release date United States release: 4th April 1986

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 15th Nov '85
  • Debut position: 2
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: £269.7 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 18

Chart position history

UK box office

15 Nov, 1985
2
22 Nov, 1985
4
29 Nov, 1985
6
6 Dec, 1985
6
13 Dec, 1985
7
20 Dec, 1985
7
27 Dec, 1985
8
3 Jan, 1986
9
10 Jan, 1986
10
17 Jan, 1986
12

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

M18

R15+

15

M/16

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £1 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $2.5 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $4.6 Million

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Total views:
45
First viewed:
24th Mar 2026
Last viewed:
19th May 2026
News from around the web
My Beautiful Laundrette at the Cinema Museum  On London Wed, 8th October 2025

The queer optimism of My Beautiful Laundrette  Little White Lies Mon, 21st July 2025

My Beautiful Laundrette review – landmark critique of Thatcher’s Britain with a larky Ealing air  The Guardian Wed, 30th July 2025

Rainbow plaque re-installed in LGBTQ+ History Month  Love Lambeth Sun, 1st March 2026

The Forever Politics of My Beautiful Laundrette  polyesterzine.com Sun, 15th March 2026

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)  vocal.media Thu, 14th August 2025

The Lost King is given a 12 age rating in the UK for infrequent strong language, discrimination

25th August 2022

Based around the true story from 2012 when the bones of Richard III where discovered in a carpark in Leicester, The Lost King has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for infrequent strong language, discrimination

The movie stars Sally Hawkins who was recently seen in the Oscar nominated Spencer and also played Mary Brown in Paddington and Paddington 2, it also stars Steve Coogan (who also wrote it) of Alan Partridge fame for which a movie was made in 2013, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.

The movie is directed by veteran british director Stephen Frears who has directed classics such as My Beautiful Laundrette and The Queen.

Movie Synopsis

Philippa Langley is a writer who finds herself suffering a midlife malaise after a divorce and some health challenges. She happens upon the Richard III Society, a group of amateur historians bent on rehabilitating the damaged reputation of Richard, and soon becomes obsessed with finding his long-lost remains.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

  • Title: The Lost King
  • BBFC age rating: 12 Certificate
  • Reason: infrequent strong language, discrimination
  • Release date: 7th October 2022
  • Runtime: 108 minutes (1 hour 48 minutes)
  • Directed by:
    • Stephen Frears
  • Starring:
    • Sally Hawkins
    • Steve Coogan
    • Harry Lloyd

BBFC movie page