British Prime Minister (from 1979 - 1990) Margaret Thatcher biopic with Meryl Streep playing the titular Iron Lady. Tells Thatcher's story via flashback, including the lead-up to Britain's controversial involvement in the Falklands War in 1982. Jim Broadbent plays her husband Dennis.
The Iron Lady blog says the story is about a "woman who smashed through the barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world. The story concerns power and the price that is paid for power, and is an intimate portrait of an extraordinary and complex woman."
- Starring Meryl Streep, Alexandra Roach , Jim Broadbent , Olivia Colman , Anthony Head , Richard E. Grant , Michael Pennington, Angus Wright , Julian Wadham
- Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
- Written by Abi Morgan