Coal Mining Movies

Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a...

In 1970s India, Sardar Khan vows to take revenge on the man who killed his father decades earlier.

Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1876. A secret society of Irish coal miners, bond by a sacred oath, put pressure on the greedy and ruthless company...

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe...

During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.

Northern China, 2004. When miner Zhang Baomin returns to his home, a small and isolated mining village, his wife tells him that their son has...

Two miles into the earth, nine Appalachian miners struggle to survive after a methane explosion leaves them with one hour of oxygen.

An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have progressed so much in such a short time through war...

For 200 years, coal mining had been a way of life in Cape Breton. By 1920 things were looking up: miners were unionized and paid decent wages. Then...

An epic feature documentary about a coal mining town with a fiery immigrant heritage, once pivotal in fueling America’s industrial revolution...

In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single in her small Cape Breton island town. Until she meets...

A satirical dramedy loosely inspired by the infamous UK Miners' strikes; however this time, the fight isn’t in the pits, but on the stage. ...

A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management.

A determined housewife goes head-to-head with a $1 billion mining company after its negligent operation ruins her town's water supply.

When the owner of a Yorkshire coal-mine decides to mechanize to increase profits, the mine's pit ponies are scheduled to be destroyed. So, three...

Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.

A young trans girl growing up in a small Patagonian mining town secures her dream job as a coal miner as soon as she turns 18, challenging an old...

A small town is overcome by a massive underground coal fire in 1962. As a result hundreds of residents had to be relocated.