Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but Cyril, who reads Marx and wants the world to be perfect, is reluctant. Cyril's mum locks herself out and must ask her snooty neighbors for help. Then Cyril's sister Valerie stages a surprise party for mum's 70th birthday, a disaster from start to finish. Shirley holds things together, and she and Cyril may put aside her Dutch cap after all.
Unfortunately the movie High Hopes is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Mike Leigh | Director |
| Writing | Mike Leigh | Writer |
| Art | Steve Wheeler | Standby Property Master |
| Camera | Roger Pratt | Director of Photography |
| Production | Tom Donald | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Simon Fulford | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Graham Martyr | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | John Etherington | Grip |
| Camera | Roger Pratt | Camera Operator |
| Sound | George Richards | Boom Operator |
| Art | Robin Heinson | Standby Painter |
| Camera | Lucy Bristow | Camera Trainee |
| Sound | Peter Murphy | Sound Assistant |
| Art | Malcolm Roberts | Standby Carpenter |
| Production | Mike D'Silva | Accountant |
| Production | Pat Howell | Production Accountant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Black | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Sound | Peter Joly | Sound Editor |
| Production | John Paul Chapple | Production Executive |
| Lighting | Vernon Connolly | Electrician |
| Art | Colin Smith | Other |
| Sound | Paul Newson | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Production | Graham Broadbent | Production Runner |
| Art | Perry Bell | Painter |
| Crew | Richard Booz | Transportation Captain |
| Camera | David Appleby | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miri Ben-Schlomo | Hairdresser |
| Directing | Heather Storr | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Caroline Hill | Production Manager |
| Production | Sue Hayes | Unit Manager |
| Production | Sue Whatmough | Casting Director |
| Art | Eric Strange | Dressing Prop |
| Directing | Howard Arundel | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Chris Streeter | Driver |
| Production | Claudine Aidenbaum | Producer's Assistant |
| Art | Dave Pearce | Construction Manager |
| Art | Barry Arnold | Standby Property Master |
| Production | John Sivers | Accounting Supervisor |
| Art | Andrew Rothschild | Art Direction |
| Art | Shirley Spriggs | Construction Buyer |
| Production | Micky Moynihan | Location Manager |
| Directing | David Carrigan | Third Assistant Director |
| Crew | Bob Wilcox | Generator Operator |
| Art | Colin Brooks | Painter |
| Sound | Billy McCarthy | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Andrew McClelland | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Steve Evans | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Debbie Scott | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Directing | Dom Shaw | Assistant Director |
| Production | Britt Harrison | Production Coordinator |
| Lighting | Peter Lamb | Best Boy Lighting Technician |
| Art | Les Benson | Property Master |
| Sound | Peter Maxwell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Marc Munden | Second Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Ted Read | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Barry Read | Electrician |
| Lighting | Tony Rubini | Standby Rigger |
| Camera | Frank O'Connor | Still Photographer |
| Production | Maddy Hall | Other |
| Art | Chris Allies | Title Designer |
| Sound | Andrew Dickson | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Diana Charnley | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lindy Hemming | Costume Design |
| Editing | Jon Gregory | Editor |
| Production | Simon Channing Williams | Producer |
| Production | Victor Glynn | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Morag Ross | Makeup Artist |
