Coal Mining Movies

On the 5th of March 1985, a crowd gathered in a South Yorkshire pit village to watch a sight none of them had seen in a year. The villagers, many of...

An epic feature documentary about a coal mining town with a fiery immigrant heritage, once pivotal in fueling America’s industrial revolution...

Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.

A satirical dramedy loosely inspired by the infamous UK Miners' strikes; however this time, the fight isn’t in the pits, but on the stage. ...

A determined housewife goes head-to-head with a $1 billion mining company after its negligent operation ruins her town's water supply.

Time-travel to a 1940s classroom with this exemplary educational film.

Mine Your Own Business is a 2006 documentary film directed and produced by Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney about the Roșia Montană mining...

Documentary marking the 30th anniversary of the 1984 miners' strike, one of the bitterest industrial disputes in British history, with stories from...

This film demonstrates how labor law has crippled the collective bargaining power of unions and weighed the scales of justice against working people....

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

The majestic rebirth of Manchester's Bradford Colliery and other stories.

The largest leisure and shopping complex in Europe, the Metro Centre in Tynemouth, and its creator John Hall.

A story of struggle and tragedy, the film features harrowing underground disasters, heroic rescues and traces a history of strikes, industrial...

For 200 years, coal mining had been a way of life in Cape Breton. By 1920 things were looking up: miners were unionized and paid decent wages. Then...

A small town is overcome by a massive underground coal fire in 1962. As a result hundreds of residents had to be relocated.

In July of 2019 the Blackjewel coal company announced it was declaring bankruptcy. Miners were told to stop working mid shift, and their last...

Thud and Blunder learn what not to do while in a coal mine.

Semi-documentary, focusing on the training young boys receive before they are sent down the mines on their first job.

Southern Gothic tale of a coal miner pushed to his limits for the love of his son.