

The Old Oak
It's not where you're from, it's what you bring.
A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community.
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7.2/10
444 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $7.7M
- Language
- English
- small town
- photographer
- refugee
- community
- working class
- sympathy
- syrian refugee
- north of england
- pub
- empathetic
- hopeful
- multi-ethnic community
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- PremiereJio MAMI Film Festival29 Oct 2023
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)5 Apr 2024
United KingdomGB
- PremiereCheltenham International Film Festival18 Sept 2023
- PremiereFragments Festival28 Sept 2023
- Theatrical1529 Sept 2023
- TVBBC Two9 Jan 2026
CanadaCA
- Theatrical12 Apr 2024
- Digital / OTT4 Jun 2024
BrazilBR
- Theatrical148 Aug 2024
ChinaCN
- PremiereChina Golden Rooster&Hundred Flowers Film Festival5 Nov 2023
- Digital / OTT3 Apr 2024
- PremiereShanghai International Film Festival14 Jun 2024
- PremiereShanghai International Film Festival15 Jun 2026
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical1 Aug 2024
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+9 May 2024
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical117 Dec 2023
EstoniaEE
- PremiereTallinn Black Nights Film Festival3 Nov 2023
- Theatrical1 Mar 2024
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-168 Dec 2023
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival26 May 2023
- Theatrical25 Oct 2023
- PhysicalDVD & Blu-Ray6 Mar 2024
- TVCanal + Cinéma15 May 2024
- TVCanal +23 May 2024
- TVFrance 25 May 2026
Frequently asked questions
The Old Oak was released on 29 September 2023.
Audience reviews
3- C7/10
CinemaSerf
10/8/2023
Set in a rapidly fading Northern English mining town, this tells the tale of an attempt to integrate some Syrian refugees fleeing the terror in their own country into a community that it still reeling from the systematic closure of their own livelihoods. Much of the story is based around the run-down "Old Oak" boozer which is run by the relatively open-minded "TJ" (Trevor Fox) who is pretty much a lone voice when it …
- B7/10
Brent Marchant
6/9/2024
A lack of familiarity can produce so many needless problems, especially when it involves individuals about whom we know little or nothing. That lack of understanding can consequently yield issues that plainly aren’t warranted and, more importantly, can be easily dispensed with by simply taking the time to find common ground. Such is the case in what is said to be the final film from legendary director Ken Loach, who …
- B7/10
badelf
4/25/2026
**The Old Oak (2023)** _Directed by Ken Loach_ Unlike most directors, Ken Loach's films are rarely character or narratively driven; he's the master, maybe the creator, of emotionally driven film. Plot is secondary to feeling, structure is secondary to truth. And one thing is absolutely certain: no one leaves a Ken Loach and Paul Laverty film and forgets about it. They always touch the heart. The Old Oak is no d…
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