Billy Elliot (2000)

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

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.

• Released: 2000-09-28
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Music
• Runtime: 1h 51m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.6/10 from 4,177 votes

Directed by Stephen Daldry.

Top cast

• Jamie Bell as Billy Elliot
• Gary Lewis as Jackie Elliot
• Julie Walters as Mrs Wilkinson
• Jean Heywood as Grandma
• Jamie Draven as Tony Elliot
• Stuart Wells as Michael Caffrey
• Mike Elliot as George Watson
• Billy Fane as Mr Braithwaite
• Nicola Blackwell as Debbie Wilkinson
• Carol McGuigan as Librarian

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Billy Elliot

• United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store
• India: rent on Amazon Video
• Canada: stream on Hollywood Suite, Hollywood Suite Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV

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