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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs(1937)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 23min | Fantasy, Animation, Kids & Family
3.6/5 (with 3,368 votes)

A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.

North Country(2005)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 6min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 262 votes)

A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.

Tremors 4: The Legend Begins(2004)

1h 41min | Action, Comedy, Horror, Western
2.8/5 (with 191 votes)

This prequel of the bone-chilling Tremors begins in the town of Rejection, Nev., in 1889, where 17 men die under mysterious circumstances. Spooked by recent events, the miners who populate the town leave in droves until there's nothing left but a shell of a community. It's up to the remaining residents to get to the bottom of the deaths -- but they must do so before they, too, are eradicated off the face of the planet.

My Bloody Valentine(2009)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 41min | Mystery, Horror
2.8/5 (with 495 votes)

Ten years ago, a tragedy changed the town of Harmony forever. Tom Hanniger, an inexperienced coal miner, caused an accident in the tunnels that trapped and killed five men and sent the only survivor, Harry Warden, into a permanent coma. But Harry Warden wanted revenge. Exactly one year later, on Valentine’s Day, he woke up…and brutally murdered twenty-two people with a pickaxe before being killed.

My Bloody Valentine(1981)

1h 30min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
3.3/5 (with 211 votes)

Twenty years ago in the sleepy mining town of Valentine Bluffs, a fatal mining disaster occurred on Valentine's Day while some of the crew was decorating for a party. The sole survivor of the accident killed the remaining crewmembers and warned the town not to celebrate Valentine's Day again. When a group of teenagers decides to defy that order, a murderous maniac in mining gear begins dispatching townsfolk in bloody and creative ways.

Blackthorn(2011)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 38min | Adventure, Action, Western
3.4/5 (with 105 votes)

In Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorne) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike.

Act of Vengeance(1986)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 35min | Drama, Crime, TV Movie
3.4/5 (with 6 votes)

In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.

Pídele cuentas al rey(2000)

1h 36min
2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

Fidel, an Asturian miner, after the closure of the mine where he works, decides to walk to Madrid with his family, to ask the king why the Constitution is not met, specifically the article that points out that all the Spanish citizens have the right to have a decent work. Will the king receive him?

Pitfall(1962)

1h 37min | Fantasy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.7/5 (with 45 votes)

A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of lost souls.

Apache Rifles(1964)

1h 32min | Western
2.5/5 (with 4 votes)

A young cavalry officer is assigned the job of bringing in a band of Apaches who have been terrorizing the countryside.

Directed by William Witney - With Audie Murphy, L. Q. Jones, Hugh Sanders, Ken Lynch, Sydney Smith, Linda Lawson, ...

The Spoilers(1942)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 27min | Drama, Western
3.3/5 (with 22 votes)

When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle with no-good town kingpin Alexander McNamara.

Blind Shaft(2003)

1h 32min | Drama, Crime
3.7/5 (with 22 votes)

Two Chinese miners, who make money by killing fellow miners and then extorting money from the mine owner to keep quiet about the "accident", happen upon their latest victim. But one of them begins to have second thoughts.

Directed by Li Yang - With Li Yixiang, Wang Baoqiang
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Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn(1983)

2.4/5 (with 16 votes)

A seeker named Dogen rescues Dhyana after her father is murdered by the evil Jared-Syn. To avenge her father's death, Dogen must find Jared-Syn's hideout in the mysterious "Lost City", but the only person who knows where it is an aging, burned-out seeker named Rhodes. Along the way, they will need to do battle against the hunter Baal and his Cyclopean minions for engaging Jared-Syn in a final encounter.

Wings of the Hawk(1953)

2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Gringo miner Gallager is caught up in the Mexican revolution of 1910-11 when corrupt administrator Ruiz appropriates his mine. Gallager saves the life of guerilla leader Raquel, then finds there's a price on his head; he becomes romantically involved with her in the course of a series of rescues and ambushes, leading up to Orozco's march on Ciudad Juarez.

The Stars Look Down(1940)

1h 50min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 10 votes)

The Stars Look Down is based on A. J. Cronin's 1935 novel of the same name, about injustices in a mining community in North East England. While the novel follows the development of three young men in the small mining town, the film focuses on just one of them; the smart David Fenwick who gets a scholarship to university, meets a girl who only marries him because her former boyfriend has abandoned her, and eventually returns to the mine town as a teacher and takes part in a futile rescue effort when the mine is flooded, trapping both his father and his younger brother.

Khadak(2006)

1h 44min | Drama, Fantasy
3.2/5 (with 8 votes)

Set in the frozen steppes of Mongolia, a young nomad is confronted with his destiny after animals fall victim to a plague which threatens to eradicate nomadism.

Directed by Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth - With Batzul Khayankhyarvva, Tsetsegee Byamba, Damchaa Banzar, Tserendarizav Dashnyam, Dugarsuren Dagvadorj, Namsrai Otgontogos, ...

Aragane(2015)

1h 8min | Documentary

Miners in a Bosnian coal mine. The camera silently watches over the miners working tirelessly amidst endless noise and the flickering light of lanterns.

Opal Dream(2006)

1h 26min | Drama, Kids & Family
3.1/5 (with 10 votes)

Pobby & Dingan are invisible. They live in an opal town in Australia and are friends with Kellyanne, the 9 year-old daughter of an opal miner. The film tells the story of the bizarre and inexplicable disappearance of Pobby & Dingan, Kellyanne's imaginary friends, and the impact this has on her family and the whole town. The story is told through the eyes of Kellyanne's 11 years old brother Ashmol.

Girl in the Window(1961)

1h 30min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 7 votes)

A romantic drama partially set in Amsterdam, this standard tale starts out in a mining area in Holland where conditions are about as rough as they get. Two of the miners, Italians Federico and Vincenzo take off together for the city's red-light district, where the women pose in windows for prospective customers. There the duo meet Else and Carrel who are willing to leave their windows to spend a weekend at a resort with the two men. Soon Else has fallen in love with Vincenzo and the future of the two hookers, as well as the miners, seems to look brighter.

The Miner(2017)

1h 38min | History
3.3/5 (with 5 votes)

2009, Slovenia. For 30 years, Alija, the miner, has been one of the many Bosnian immigrant workers. Due to the crisis, miners are losing jobs. Alija is sent to check an abandoned mine. His task is to quickly make sure the mine is empty before management sells the company. But in the mine, Alija finds hidden proof of executions after WWII. He is told to stop digging and report the mine empty. He decides to continue, although he is risking his job. Alija discovers thousands of executed people. He informs the police. He found women among the dead. Some of them were civilians, missing persons, just like his sister that was lost in the 1995 genocide in Bosnia. Alija is convinced the victims need to be brought out, identified and buried. But there is no interest in doing that. The mine is proclaimed a WWII military grave and walled in. The dead will stay unburied. Alija loses his job and struggles to preserve his dignity.

Directed by Hanna Slak - With Leon Lučev

The Heart of the Earth(2007)

1h 30min | Drama
2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

Tensions mount in an Andalusia mining town between local Spanish workers and their British employers.

Little Joe, the Wrangler(1942)

1h | Western

Mining executive Neal Wallace arrives to investigate the losses at a gold mine and is immediately framed for murder. The murderers then incite a lynch mob but the Sheriff lets him go. Wallace eventually convinces the Sheriff of his innocence and the two then work together to get the gang that is looting the gold ore.

Directed by Lewis D. Collins

The Luck of Roaring Camp(1937)

1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

When the miners of Roaring Camp become Godfathers to a motherless baby, they name the boy Luck and promise to set aside money for him from their diggings. But when they strike it rich the money is gambled away instead.

Directed by Irvin Willat

Texas Terrors(1940)

57min | Western
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A lawyer by training, Bob Millburne (Don "Red" Barry) believes in relying on the legal system to exact justice. But he can no longer sate his thirst for vengeance, fueled by the death of his parents at the hands of a bloodthirsty mine jumper. Frustrated and fed up, Bob decides it's time to dust off his guns and holsters.

Directed by George Sherman - With Don "Red" Barry

Too Late(1996)

1h 46min | Thriller, Drama
3.5/5 (with 6 votes)

An inexperienced prosecutor becomes involved with a local woman while investigating a miner's death.

Sierra Stranger(1957)

1h 14min | Western
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A prospector becomes a small town outcast after he rescues a man about to be lynched.

On the Road to Katanga(1987)

1h 46min | Drama
2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

Obsessed by the dreams of a comfortable life, son of a coal miner comes back to his native country with plans to sell his father's house in order to travel to the African diamond mine in Katanga. Re-visiting of his hometown brings back his childhood trauma, and the nightmare of the old and new love, the events in and around the mine, all put his obsession with Katanga on test.

The Corn Is Green(1979)

1h 33min | Drama, TV Movie
3.5/5 (with 2 votes)

A strong-willed teacher, determined to educate the poor and illiterate youth of an impoverished Welsh village, discovers one student whom she believes to have the seeds of genius in him.

The Lead Brigade(1980)

1h 46min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

The story of a mine and the men who work it, particularly one miner, who has problems both at work and at home.

Directed by Kiril Cenevski - With Aco Jovanovski, Jordančo Čevrevski, Darko Damevski, Ilija Džuvalekovski, Kole Angelovski, Meto Jovanovski, ...

On the Mountain of Konjuh(1966)

1h 35min | War, Drama
3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

An exciting story of Husine coalminers who formed a partisan batch and put up an armed resistance during WW2 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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