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Riff-Raff
Why this pick
Loach’s wry, unvarnished portrait of precarious building-site work shares The Navigators’ matey banter, workplace absurdity, and anger at systems that make ordinary people disposable.
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MOVIE2001 1h 36m GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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The Van
Why this pick
A warm but unsentimental working-class comedy-drama about two Dublin friends starting a food van, with the same lived-in camaraderie and pressures that test friendship in The Navigators.
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Looking for Eric
Why this pick
Its Manchester postman hero, workplace humour, and solidarity among friends make this a more buoyant companion to The Navigators’ blend of everyday comedy and social strain.
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I, Daniel Blake
Why this pick
For the same plainspoken, compassionate attention to people caught in impersonal bureaucracy, with small acts of humour and mutual support carrying real emotional weight.
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The Angels' Share
Why this pick
This finds a similarly rough-edged group dynamic and deadpan humour among working-class Scots, while retaining Loach’s belief that solidarity can briefly outmanoeuvre hostile institutions.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film follows five railway workers – John, Paul, Mick, Gerry and Len – in a Yorkshire depot affected by the privatisation of British Rail in 1995. The men are informed by their supervisor that they are now working for a company called East Midlands Infrastructure, and are competing with rival track companies.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Thomas Craig
Mick
Joe Duttine
Paul
Steve Huison
Jim
John Aston
Bill Waters
Nigel Harrison
Mr Hemmings
Charlie Brown
Jack
Dean Andrews
John