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1. The New Mutants (2020)
PG-13 | 94 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.
Director: Josh Boone | Stars: Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga
Votes: 89,965 | Gross: $23.86M
2. October Sky (1999)
PG | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen
Votes: 98,296 | Gross: $32.48M
3. Minecraft (2009 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Family
Welcome to the world of Minecraft where you can build, brew potions, enchant your armor and tools and adventure other biomes. Visit the Nether, or even defeat the Ender Dragon in the End.
Director: Agnes Larsson | Stars: Pierre Coffin, Katie Crown, CW21, Luke Harrison
Votes: 14,141
4. Blood Runs Coal
Biography, Crime, Drama | Pre-production
After a miner is killed by a corrupt union leader, his son, an attorney, embarks on a quest for justice, unraveling a web of deceit and violence.
Star: Cillian Murphy
5. Brassed Off (1996)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The coal mine in a northern English village may be closing, which would also mean the end of the miners' brass band.
Director: Mark Herman | Stars: Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Tompkinson
Votes: 21,029 | Gross: $2.56M
6. Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
PG | 103 min | Documentary
A heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.
Director: Barbara Kopple | Stars: John L. Lewis, Carl Horn, Norman Yarborough, Logan Patterson
Votes: 6,672
7. Germinal (1993)
R | 160 min | Drama, Romance
In mid-nineteenth-century northern France, a coal mining town's workers are exploited by the mine's owner. One day, they decide to go on strike, and the authorities repress them.
Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Renaud, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet
Votes: 5,770 | Gross: $0.38M
8. The Molly Maguires (1970)
M | 124 min | Drama, History
In 1876 Pennsylvania, a group of Irish immigrant coal miners begin to retaliate against the cruelty of their work environment.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar, Frank Finlay
Votes: 4,368 | Gross: $0.22M
9. Algol: Tragedy of Power (1920)
99 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
An alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that gives him superpowers.
Director: Hans Werckmeister | Stars: Emil Jannings, John Gottowt, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Hanna Ralph
Votes: 270
10. Workingman's Death (2005)
Not Rated | 122 min | Documentary
A documentary on the extremes to which workers will go to earn a living.
Director: Michael Glawogger
Votes: 1,812
11. Under the Dome (2015)
104 min | Documentary
A documentary about pollution in China and how it has affected the lives of Chinese people.
Directors: Jing Chai, Ming Fan | Star: Jing Chai
Votes: 489
12. Siren of the Tropics (1927)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Marquis Sévéro, a rich, lazy Parisian, wants to divorce his wife so that he can marry his own goddaughter Denise. But Denise herself loves André Berval, an engineer employed by the marquis.... See full summary »
Directors: Henri Étiévant, Mario Nalpas | Stars: Georges Melchior, Régina Dalthy, Pierre Batcheff, Queenie Thomas
Votes: 380
13. Germinal (1963)
110 min | Drama
1863. Etienne Lantier, who has been fired from a railway company for being involved in union activities, lands a miner's job in the North of France. He finds bed and lodging at the Maheus',... See full summary »
Director: Yves Allégret | Stars: Jean Sorel, Berthe Granval, Claude Brasseur, Claude Cerval
Votes: 135
14. Germinal; or, The Toll of Labor (1913)
150 min | Drama
The mechanic Etienne Lantier is a competent workman out of a job, whose tempestuous disposition is more than atoned for by a good heart. With bundle in hand he looks for work from town to ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Capellani | Stars: Mévisto, Jean Jacquinet, Henry Krauss, Sylvie
Votes: 173
15. Rote Erde (1983– )
History, War
Saga of a miner and his family in the Ruhr area of Western Germany in the time from the the late1800s until World War I.
Stars: Walter Renneisen, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Angelika Bartsch, Vera Lippisch
Votes: 65
16. The Brave Don't Cry (1952)
89 min | Drama
A story about a true mining accident.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: John Gregson, Meg Buchanan, John Rae, Fulton Mackay
Votes: 117
17. A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner (1910)
9 min | Short, Documentary
A coal miner says good-bye to his wife and children, and heads off to work. He reaches the mine, prepares his lamp, and then descends into the mine along with some other workers. As he and ... See full summary »
Votes: 296
18. Coal Face (1935)
11 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary showing the dangerous working conditions of coal mining across England, Scotland and Wales.
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: W.H. Auden, Montagu Slater
Votes: 352
19. Meet the Pioneers (1948)
33 min | Documentary, Short
Lindsay Anderson's first film is is a rather upbeat look at the then current techniques used in British coal extraction.
Director: Lindsay Anderson | Star: Lindsay Anderson
Votes: 63
20. La Sicilia (1997)
93 min | Comedy
When his car breaks down, Luigi, a retired miner, meets the rebellious Anita, an orphanage refugee. Together, they have to run from the law.
Director: Luc Pien | Stars: Grégoire Baldari, Daniela Bisconti, Sam Bogaerts, Francis D'Ostuni
Votes: 57
21. Burning the Future: Coal in America (2008)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
Burning the Future: Coal in America examines the explosive forces that have set in motion a groundswell of conflict between the Coal Industry and residents of West Virginia. Confronted by ... See full summary »
Director: David Novack | Stars: Maria Gunnoe, Bill Raney, Rocky Hackworth, Chrystal Gunnoe
Votes: 66
22. Blue Scar (1949)
90 min | Drama
A Welsh villager (Gwyneth Vaughan) dreams of London and wants her miner boyfriend (Emrys Jones) to get another job.
Director: Jill Craigie | Stars: Emrys Jones, Gwyneth Vaughan, Rachel Thomas, Prysor Williams
Votes: 53
23. Letter from Charleroi (1965)
12 min | Documentary, Short
Ten years after the first emigration wave of Greek laborers to Belgium coalmines, the director takes a personal view of the problems confronting these workers.
Director: Lambros Liaropoulos
Votes: 25
24. The Day Over to the Belva-Straight Creek Mine (2011)
E | 2 min | Short
December 26, 1945, Boxing Day. Between thirty-five and fifty miners of the Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company are trapped in an explosion at the Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company at Four Mile in Bell County Kentucky.
Director: Tim Cornett | Star: Tim Cornett
25. Black Power (1954)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
No, this isn't a documentary about Huey Newton. It is the story of coal---or as much as can be told in seven minutes---and the Appalachian Valley, which held much of the supply. It tells of... See full summary »
Director: Larry O'Reilly
26. A Pit-boy's Romance (1917)
Drama, Romance, Sport
A boxing collier ruins the actor who abandoned his former sweetheart.
Directors: A.E. Coleby, Arthur Rooke | Stars: Jimmy Wilde, Tommy Noble, A.E. Coleby, Arthur Rooke
27. Canada Vignettes: Men of the Deeps, Cape Breton (1978)
2 min | Short, History, Music
A chorus group of miners sing about the history of coal mining on Cape Breton Island.
Director: Sandra Dudley
Votes: 59
28. The Devil's Breath: The Story of the Hillcrest Mine Disaster (2005 Video)
48 min | Documentary, History
On a warm spring day in 1914 in the Crowsnest Pass of southwestern Alberta, Canada, 235 men entered a hole in the ground. Only 46 came out alive.
Director: Stephen Hanon | Star: Christopher Freeman
29. The Last Miner (2018)
7 min | Short
The last man working in his father's failing coal mine, Jim Power is faced with a life changing decision. Continue the work he's done all his life, or move on to an uncertain future?
Director: Luke Brabazon | Star: Jim Power
32. Black Rock Blues (2017)
13 min | Documentary, Short
In the midst of political upheaval, one family in coal country struggles to hold on to their American Dream.
Director: Tommy Davis
33. Woven Ways (2008)
50 min | Documentary
Woven Ways interweaves the intimate stories of five Navajo families, the land and livestock that sustain their culture and economy, and the environmental issues that threaten their health ... See full summary »
Director: Linda Helm Krapf
34. Shakhtyory (1937)
110 min | Adventure, Drama
Semyon Primak, in the direction of the regional committee, arrives in one of the small towns of Donbas and immediately enters into battle with the chief of the mine, Chub, who, in a ... See full summary »
Director: Sergei Yutkevich | Stars: Boris Poslavsky, Yuriy Tolubeev, Vladimir Lukin, Nina Rusinova
Votes: 30
35. Out of the Ground: Western Pennsylvania's Coal Mining Experience (2009)
43 min | Documentary, Short, History
With particular focus on our largely immigrant ancestors who lived, worked, and died in western Pennsylvania's coal mining communities during the late 19th and early to mid 20th centuries, ... See full summary »
Director: Andy Mcallister | Star: Andy Mcallister
36. Flick of the Switch (1963)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Geoffrey Scoresby Shepherd | Star: Alec Macaskill
38. Richard Lowenstein on the Making of 'Strikebound' (1985 Video)
33 min | Documentary, Short, History
Stars: Peter Thompson, Richard Lowenstein
39. Black Diamonds (1932)
53 min | Drama
Director: Charles Hanmer | Stars: Beckett Bould, Jennie Stevens, Norman Astridge, Jenny Morgan
Votes: 22
40. Beyond the Breaker (2019)
26 min | Documentary, Short
A towering 11-story structure of steel and glass, the Huber Breaker, built in 1939 processed 7000 tons of Anthracite coal per day. With the decline of Anthracite and the end of the ... See full summary »
Director: John Welsh | Stars: Bill Best, Ray Clarke, Sue Hand, Andrew Hart
41. An American Tragedy (2007)
17 min | Short, Drama
In 1922 a nationwide coal mining strike occurs. David's family and the rest of Herrin, Illinois try to suffer through. But David's father is sick and he must find a way to help pay to take ... See full summary »
Director: Doug Meyer | Stars: Wil Daniels, Frank Noel, Ron Roggé, Wayne Baldwin
Votes: 64
45. Black Gold (1991 Video Game)
Adventure
As the new owner of a coal mining company your task is to become rich by mining the Black Gold.
46.
Morning Wire (2021– )
Finding Common Ground on Environmental Issues | 4.21.24
(2024 Podcast Episode)
13 min | Talk-Show
Benji Backer talks about his new book, "The Conservative Environmentalist." The discussion centers on how Democrats and Republicans can collaborate to address environmental challenges.
Stars: John Bickley, Benji Backer