Billy Elliot (2000)

Name: Billy Elliot
Released: 2000

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

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Prick Up Your Ears (1987) — Same subject: lgbt, gay theme
The Cider House Rules (1999)
Pride (2014) — Same subject: lgbt, 1980s
Notting Hill (1999) — Two steps away in the credits
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