Movies like Billy Elliot

Key Features:: Coming-of-age, Ballet, Working class, Family conflict, Small town, Overcoming adversity, Homophobia, England, 1980s, Class conflict
Tone:: serious, earnest, dramatic
Target Audience:: Drama viewers, Inspirational story enthusiasts, British cinema fans, Underdog story lovers
Emotional Arc:: Frustration → Discovery → Triumph

Billy Elliot

2000-09-28

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.

Genres

Drama, Comedy, Music

Cast

Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven, Stuart Wells, Mike Elliot, Billy Fane, Nicola Blackwell, Carol McGuigan

Crew

Stephen Daldry, Lee Hall

Rating

★7.597(3976 votes)