The Full Monty
Why this pick
Like Pride, it finds buoyant, big-hearted comedy in a working-class community under economic strain, letting collective courage and unlikely friendship carry the emotional lift.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
Like Pride, it finds buoyant, big-hearted comedy in a working-class community under economic strain, letting collective courage and unlikely friendship carry the emotional lift.
Why this pick
This has Pride's warm, crowd-pleasing blend of wit, solidarity and activism, following ordinary people discovering the power of speaking together.
Why this pick
Set against the same miners' strike era, it balances humour and tenderness with a defiant belief in self-expression, family reconciliation and communal resilience.
Why this pick
Another emotionally generous portrait of a mining community facing political hardship, enlivened by humour, music and the sustaining force of shared purpose.
Why this pick
Its scrappy young punk heroines share Pride's joyful political energy: eccentric people form a makeshift family and turn conviction into exhilarating collective action.
Finding the atmosphere, tension and little details that made this one stay with you.
Our curator needs a little longer. Please come back shortly.
No confident matches yet. Try our personal film finder.
01 / THE STORY
U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
Showing saved details. Some information may be out of date.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Gethin

Joe "Bromley"

Mike

Mark Ashton

Siân James

Steph

Jeff
Martin