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The Old Oak (2023)![]() ![]() ![]() Genre: Drama Release: 2023 May, 26 The future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak, in a village of Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed... IMDb: 7.1/10 (10 615) |
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Sorry We Missed You (2019)![]() ![]() ![]() Genre: Drama Release: 2019 May, 16 Hoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation... IMDb: 7.6/10 (26 445) |
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I, Daniel Blake (2016)![]() ![]() ![]() Genre: Drama Release: 2016 May, 13 A 59 year old carpenter recovering from a heart attack, befriends a single mum and her two kids as they navigate their way through the kafkaesque impersonal benefits system... IMDb: 7.8/10 (65 655) |
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The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Genre: Drama / War Release: 2006 May, 18 Against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces... IMDb: 7.5/10 (55 421) |
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Sweet Sixteen (2002)![]() ![]() ![]() Genre: Crime / Drama Release: 2002 May, 21 Liam is a young, restless teen struggling to realize his dream in the gritty and dismal streets of Greenock, where unemployment is rampant and little hope is available to the city's youth... IMDb: 7.4/10 (15 951) |
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Carla's Song (1996)![]() ![]() ![]() Genre: Drama / Romance / War Release: 1996 September, 20 1987, love in time of war... IMDb: 6.8/10 (3 557) |
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Black Jack (1979)![]() Genre: Adventure / Comedy Release: 1979 August, 23 A rediscovered classic from director Ken Loach (THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, KES) and one of the inspirations for Wes Anderson's MOONRISE KINGDOM, BLACK JACK is a dark and complex adventure film set in the 18th century and based on Leon Garfield's novel for children... IMDb: 6.8/10 (785) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Full House (1972)![]() Release: 1972 October, 14 IMDb: 6.7/10 (23) |
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Play for Today (1970)![]() Genre: Drama Release: 1970 October, 15 Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series... IMDb: 7.8/10 (412) |
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Kes (1969)![]() Genre: Drama / Family Release: 1969 November, 19 Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper (David Bradley), a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes... IMDb: 7.9/10 (23 356) User Rating: /10 Votes: 33 |
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ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)![]() Genre: Drama Release: 1969 January, 11 IMDb: 6.2/10 (105) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Poor Cow (1967)![]() Genre: Drama Release: 1967 December, 7 A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices... IMDb: 6.8/10 (2 051) |
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The Wednesday Play (1964)![]() Genre: Drama Release: 1964 September, 30 Series of one-off plays made by BBC television which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 60s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer and John Hopkins... IMDb: 7.5/10 (137) |
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Z Cars (1962)![]() Genre: Crime / Drama Release: 1962 January, 2 A gritty drama which follows the work of the police force in the fictional northern English town of Newtown... IMDb: 7.1/10 (395) |