2000 • R • 1h 51m • English

Billy Elliot

DramaComedyMusicLight and funnyEmotionalMind-bending

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.

Certified R — adults only.

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WatchWise Score

71/100

★★★½☆

4,149 votes across 1 source

TMDB

7.6/10

Equals 76/100 · 4,149 votes

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Blended from TMDB 76 (100% weight); shrunk toward a 62 baseline by 4,149 total votes. Not a plain average: sources are weighted by reliability and vote count, and thin evidence is pulled toward the catalogue baseline.

· An older title — pacing and style may feel dated.

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Commercial verdict

All-time blockbuster

Worldwide collection was several times the estimated budget.

Estimated budget: ₹42 cr

Billy Elliot

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