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Abi Morgan has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.
Dir. Sarah Gavron · With Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson
Brandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, eludes intimacy with women but feeds his deepest desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister temporarily moves into his apartment, stirring up bitter memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's life, like his fragile mind, gets out of control.
Dir. Steve McQueen · With Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale

Respected police officer John River, a gifted cop with a troubled mind, struggles to come to terms with the recent loss of a colleague, and chases a suspect across London - with tragic consequences. Now at odds with the authorities, River ends up in a precarious position as he seeks to bring closure to the mother of murdered teenager, who blames him for failing to keep his promise.
Dir. Abi Morgan · With Stellan Skarsgård, Nicola Walker, Adeel Akhtar

Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and former lover, Daniel. Back to work and on the apps, she's pursued by a younger man and maybe – just maybe – her son's science teacher.
Dir. Michael Morris · With Renée Zellweger, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall

A desperate father, alongside a tenacious cop, battles his own demons on the streets of 1980s New York as he searches for his missing nine-year-old son.
Dir. Abi Morgan · With Benedict Cumberbatch, Gaby Hoffmann, McKinley Belcher III

A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
Dir. Phyllida Lloyd · With Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman

In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the price both must pay.
Dir. Ralph Fiennes · With Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Joanna Scanlan