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 | Roger Pratt | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Simon Fulford | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Graham Martyr | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | John Etherington | Grip |
| Sound | Billy McCarthy | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | George Richards | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Peter Maxwell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miri Ben-Schlomo | Hairdresser |
| Art | Andrew Rothschild | Art Direction |
| Art | Shirley Spriggs | Construction Buyer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Black | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Debbie Scott | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Editing | Andrew McClelland | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Steve Evans | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Peter Joly | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Paul Newson | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Art | Chris Allies | Title Designer |
| Directing | Heather Storr | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Caroline Hill | Production Manager |
| Production | Sue Hayes | Unit Manager |
| Production | Micky Moynihan | Location Manager |
| Directing | Howard Arundel | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Marc Munden | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | David Carrigan | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Dom Shaw | Assistant Director |
| Production | Sue Whatmough | Casting Director |
| Production | Britt Harrison | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Claudine Aidenbaum | Producer's Assistant |
| Production | John Paul Chapple | Production Executive |
| Production | Graham Broadbent | Production Runner |
| Lighting | Ted Read | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Peter Lamb | Best Boy Lighting Technician |
| Crew | Bob Wilcox | Generator Operator |
| Lighting | Vernon Connolly | Electrician |
| Lighting | Barry Read | Electrician |
| Art | Dave Pearce | Construction Manager |
| Art | Les Benson | Property Master |
| Art | Eric Strange | Dressing Prop |
| Art | Barry Arnold | Standby Property Master |
| Art | Perry Bell | Painter |
| Art | Colin Brooks | Painter |
| Art | Robin Heinson | Standby Painter |
| Art | Malcolm Roberts | Standby Carpenter |
| Lighting | Tony Rubini | Standby Rigger |
| Art | Colin Smith | Other |
| Camera | Lucy Bristow | Camera Trainee |
| Sound | Peter Murphy | Sound Assistant |
| Production | Maddy Hall | Other |
| Production | John Sivers | Accounting Supervisor |
| Production | Pat Howell | Production Accountant |
| Production | Mike D'Silva | Accountant |
| Crew | Chris Streeter | Driver |
| Crew | Richard Booz | Transportation Captain |
| Camera | David Appleby | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Frank O'Connor | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Andrew Dickson | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Simon Channing Williams | Producer |
| Production | Victor Glynn | Producer |
| Editing | Jon Gregory | Editor |
| Art | Diana Charnley | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lindy Hemming | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Morag Ross | Makeup Artist |
