My Beautiful Laundrette
1985 · 98 min
Directed by Stephen Frears. Written by Hanif Kureishi. Starring Gordon Warnecke, Daniel Day-Lewis, Roshan Seth, Saeed Jaffrey.
A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
Critics 95% · audiences 74% · 1 Oscar nomination