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