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This Is England

Run with the crowd, stand alone, you decide.

7.5(1,485)20071h 42m2

A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends, even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.

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Status
Released
Budget
$2.4M
Box office
$8.2M
Language
English
  • skinhead
  • england
  • vandalism
  • drugs
  • falklands war
  • xenophobia
  • 1980s

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSeattle International Film Festival25 May 2007
    • Theatrical (limited)NR27 Jul 2007
    • PhysicalNRDVD13 Nov 2007
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival31 Oct 2006
    • Theatrical1827 Apr 2007
    • Theatrical15Bristol council re-rated28 Apr 2007
  • AustraliaAU

    • PhysicalMA 15+DVD19 Oct 2007
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival12 Sept 2006
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical10 Oct 2007
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereBerlin International Film Festival11 Feb 2007
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical27 Apr 2007
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereRome Film Fest11 Oct 2006
    • Theatrical26 Aug 2011
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Physical16DVD7 Aug 2008
    • Physical16Blu ray12 Sept 2008

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This Is England was released on 27 April 2007.

Audience reviews

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  • B

    badelf

    3/12/2026

    9/10

    Directed by Shane Meadows “How economic precarity and national humiliation curdle into hate” could be the subtitle of This Is England, but that makes it sound more schematic than it is. What Shane Meadows has made here is first and foremost one of the most fascinating coming‑of‑age films I’ve ever seen, and only secondarily a political anatomy of how a lonely child becomes raw material for the far right. Coming…

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