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Billy Elliot

Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.

7.6(4,201)20001h 51m10

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$5M
Box office
$109.3M
Language
English
  • dancing
  • friendship
  • dreams
  • dancing class
  • northern england
  • workers' quarter
  • strike
  • homophobia
  • hope
  • mentor
  • sadness
  • socialism

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Writers

Lee Hall

Produced in

France, United Kingdom, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereAustin Film Festival12 Oct 2000
    • Theatrical (limited)R13 Oct 2000
    • TheatricalPG-1310 Nov 2000
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1528 Sept 2000
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM2 Nov 2000
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical13 Oct 2000
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical8 Feb 2001
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical1631 Jan 2001
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1216 Mar 2001
    • Physical1219 Jan 2004
  • CroatiaHR

    • PremiereMotovun Film Festival4 Aug 2000
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical12+1 Feb 2001
    • PhysicalDVD, FilmX1 Nov 2007
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical119 Feb 2001
  • FinlandFI

    • PremiereK-12Oulu International Children's Film Festival1 Nov 2000
    • TheatricalK-79 Feb 2001
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereDirectors' Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival19 May 2000
    • TheatricalTP20 Dec 2000
    • TVTPCStar26 Dec 2025
    • TVTPCanal+ Grand Écran21 Jul 2026
    • TVTPCiné+ Family19 Sept 2026

Frequently asked questions

Billy Elliot was released on 28 September 2000.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    10/21/2023

    8/10

    I hadn't seen this film since it was released when it was shown recently as a part of the Glasgow Youth Film Festival. The fact that it was chosen by the kids of today in what would have been just as unlikely a setting for this film as the North of England speaks volumes as to it's effect on challenging and breaking the stereotypical moulds that the British working class in the early 1980s was steeped in. The sylph-l…

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