This Is England (2006)

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Avg Rating: 4.4 / 5. Voted: 47

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AKA:
Directed by: Shane Meadows
Starring: Thomas Turgoose (Shaun), Stephen Graham (Combo), Andrew Shim (Milky), Joe Gilgun (Woody), Vicky McClure (Lol), Rosamund Hanson (Smell), Jo Hartley (Mother), Andrew Ellis (Gadget), Jack O’Connell (Pukey)
Country: England; Effed Up British-Irish Movies
Language: English (Eng Subs)
Runtime: 01:42:03
Genres: Teen-Childhood, Racism

Plot – Spoilers:
Set in early ’80s England, it’s the end of the term and twelve-year-old Shaun is missing his dad who died in the Falklands War. Shaun’s having a rough time at school and falls in with a group of skinheads who indulge his boyishness. Around this time, politics has started to seep into the skinhead subculture and the group is introduced to this when an old friend, Combo, returns from jail, simmering with ideas and an urge to lash out. In Combo, Shaun finds a father-figure and finally a place in the world.

This Is England doesn’t try to tell a broad historical story about skinheads or racism but is simply a story about a bunch of people in a small town, somewhere in England. It does however raise an effective point during its final act about how racism sometimes can just be about resentment and finding an excuse to hate and act on that hate in a justifiable way.

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Fun Boy
Fun Boy
December 20, 2022 1:28 am

RIP Terry Hall. A part of England is just about to enjoy himself ..first.. because its never to late and heaven is waiting to piss on his shoes. I hear the pies are nice.

M&M
M&M
December 14, 2022 6:51 pm

Absolute chills at the end when he looks up at the camera. What a great movie. Ratings on this site never disappoint. If it’s at the top it’s gotta be good. For once, a place with actual good taste in films.

jim fucked
jim fucked
December 9, 2022 6:43 pm

Every British person has seen this at least once

fred fat
fred fat
Reply to  jim fucked
December 9, 2022 8:15 pm

im british and i havent seen it

fred fat
fred fat
Reply to  fred fat
September 24, 2023 8:04 pm

Limey twat.stop taking counties lol jk england is limp dicked land

Janson
Janson
Reply to  jim fucked
August 24, 2023 9:57 pm

Every British person has to brush their teeth at least once

AfterAnon
AfterAnon
December 6, 2022 8:47 am

Classic!

Steve
Steve
Reply to  Admin
November 20, 2022 7:35 am

idgaf what u do
just bring in the films & stfu

No censorship pls
No censorship pls
Reply to  Admin
November 20, 2022 11:08 am

Admin just because grandpas and prudish hypocrites don’t like edgy comments from youngsters doesn”t mean that the comment section has a problem. They do not represent everyone so stop doing favors to a handful of whiny individuals just bring more movies

M&M
M&M
Reply to  Admin
December 14, 2022 7:09 pm

Yeah the rest of us enjoy the absolute debauchery. Babies that cry always get milk, why don’t you starve them for a bit so they can grow the fuck down.

find-the-abuser
find-the-abuser
Reply to  Admin
November 20, 2022 5:19 am

I do not know about other people but when I click on the most recent sometimes it takes me to the actual comment and sometimes just to the film. If I want to find the actual comment I then have to click on all the down arrows to find it. Although what you have done makes things better.

Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
November 20, 2022 5:03 am

Boring & not effed up at all

Jack
Jack
Reply to  Ted Nugent
November 26, 2022 3:32 am

Thank you! This site is going to shit posting regular movies like this.

David
David
Reply to  Ted Nugent
December 18, 2022 4:02 am

Hey Ted – Fuck you, you little fucking faggot. Watch. I just wound this little fucking pussy up. He’s going to whine and spam like a little fucking cry baby now. Watch.

fred fat
fred fat
Reply to  David
December 20, 2022 2:37 am

It’s easy to wind Ted up because everyone knows he’s a cry baby because his feelings are hurt. He’s very emotional.

Steve
Steve
November 19, 2022 5:32 pm

Here’s the news, you pre teen little faggot assholes, and you better listen carefully. This comment section has turned in to stupid fuck land ever since you little pre teen pussies have started writing your moronic comments. Obviously the future doesn’t look too bright with moronic fucking pussies like you heading in to adulthood. Nobody wants to hear your cry baby whining. You are the biggest bunch of pussies and someday soon hopefully someone will do you a favor and beat the shit out of you. That would be the kind thing to do for you so you can grow up and not be a fucking little pussy your whole life. Ha ha, you bitchy little fucking pussies. Chew on that for a while you little faggots. Ha ha. Watch. All the gay little pussies are all wound up because the truth hurts. Watch them bitch, whine and spam all day just like the little pussies we all know they are. Ha ha.

Bad name choice
Bad name choice
Reply to  Steve
November 19, 2022 11:23 pm

Some have already grown up. Some are complaining about their boss throwing away his tomato slices in an agressive manner and not wanting to work in the same department. The question would be where was your ranting when this change happened. I bet you were wanking yourself into a fenzy over on twitter or worse playing farm-fille on FB.
More importantly how many faggot pussies have you beaten into a new more productive way of thinking.

Steve
Steve
Reply to  Bad name choice
November 19, 2022 11:43 pm

Listen carefully. When the top boss man makes pomegranate stew in a wok while on FB, BF and R27, then the production quality reviews department need to take a real close look at “fenzy over on twitter.” Capiche?

gobble-a-gook
gobble-a-gook
Reply to  Steve
November 20, 2022 12:39 am

I do not capiche at all. Your message needs a lot more context. Who is the top-boss, what is BF and R27 and are you talking about real pomegranate stew or does it have a double meaning that I do not know about.
Your message needs an hours worth of googling to make sense to me. Maybe I am the only one who does not know what you are talking about but it appears on face value to be absolute tosh.

Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
Reply to  Steve
November 20, 2022 4:56 am

Obsessed with pre teens this weird cunt is,watch him & lock up your kids…..FUCKIN PEDO

bies
bies
Reply to  Bad name choice
November 20, 2022 7:32 am

Aggressive
Frenzy
Bruh, get yourself autocorrect

untie against gafs
untie against gafs
Reply to  bies
November 20, 2022 9:46 am

speil cheque, autocorek owl switched of for good raisons.

M&M
M&M
Reply to  untie against gafs
December 14, 2022 7:06 pm

I laughed way too hard for me own gud wit dis.

The real Mike
The real Mike
Reply to  Steve
November 20, 2022 7:30 am

Look at u all manic over comments, pin the tail on urself inbred scum

Boomers are no fun
Boomers are no fun
Reply to  Steve
November 20, 2022 9:23 am

Shut up boomer take your pills and go to sleep

Lightbearer
Lightbearer
Reply to  Steve
November 26, 2022 12:08 am

Lolz, eat my pudding wussy

Chas
Chas
Reply to  Steve
March 12, 2023 7:44 pm

You are right. Look around. Bidens a bit h.

bies
bies
November 19, 2022 12:34 pm

Dear Admin(s),
It must be because I am an old man, but for a long time now, I am fed up with the kind of discussions going on here: ‘ French are sick incestuous [sic) bastards sister fucks brotber [sic] everyone is fucking each other’, ‘Fuck you Fred fat, you bloated tosser’, just to give two recent examples. Now, I can imagine that it is a difficult decision to block certain reactions, given that many of the movies on your site were forbidden in the past. Yet, it seems you to have decided to do something about the childish behavior, for the recent proof of literary brilliance ‘Nobody cares you fuckin fat cunt, get back down the basement, lardass’ is found under ‘Recent Comments’ but NOT below the pertinent movie (‘This is England’). Well done, Admins! Those who have a problem with this censorship: please feel free to put your reactions on Twitter, while it still exists.

Fat Mattress Lover
Fat Mattress Lover
Reply to  bies
November 19, 2022 12:53 pm

I do.
This is one of the few places where people can wax lyrical. I am happy to put up with ted, fake ted, matt-in-dress, fake matt-in-dress, fred and fake fred. Plus if I want to take a break I just do not bother to read anything and concentrate on the films.
It is exaclty the shit-pedo-cunts on twitter and tik-tok that have made the online experiece a bland space for people and that has spewed out into policitics and society.
We need more spaces like this not less and if aint anything to do with age because I am an old-fuck gen-x.
I hope the admins do not block and if they do once in a while I hope they do it in private as and when they feel the urge. I feel they have the skills and the tools to do many things depending on what suit them.
The only thing I really dislike on here and that is the kibble up and down ticks. That is pure pavlovian bait and always brings negativity online. However it may also give revenue to the people who run this place and they deserve something for what they provide us for free.

abject objective
abject objective
Reply to  Fat Mattress Lover
November 20, 2022 7:25 am

Amend your pathetic errors, please… ‘Exactly’ and ‘experience’. For a Gen X, you should know better. Your slurs are just as flaccid.

Sapient Valkyrie
Sapient Valkyrie
Reply to  Fat Mattress Lover
November 20, 2022 8:01 am

“Matt-in-dress”? ‘Matisse’ is more woman than you’ve ever had, your useless fucking rhetoric reflects your atrophied ignominy

Matisse is a fool
Matisse is a fool
Reply to  Sapient Valkyrie
November 20, 2022 9:00 am

Atrophied ignominy who the fuck talks like this seriously only wannabe intellectuals non-english speakers like Matisse use these type of phrases around here. Start talking like a normal person if you want people to take you seriously right now you sound like a clown trying to pretend that you are clever everyone will just laugh at you in the States, in Britain and even in Australia if you use these type of phrases.

M&M
M&M
Reply to  Fat Mattress Lover
December 14, 2022 7:00 pm

Straight up. GenX here too…it’s true we don’t care what people do…these boomers always trying to apply rules to places.

Cry me a river
Cry me a river
Reply to  bies
November 19, 2022 2:22 pm

Boo hoo another old fart with political correct sensitivities. Haven’t you noticed that this place is called “EFFED UP MOVIES” do you know what EFFED UP means right ?? Listen old man internet is not for you, go read a newspaper and visit your local cinema you shouldn’t be here in the first place. No one is going to shut up because of your sensitivities we are not living in the 60’s anymore….

Chuck Biscuits
Chuck Biscuits
Reply to  Cry me a river
November 19, 2022 3:18 pm

Someone who talks sense,tochè fuck off you dusty old cunt,well said

stfu chuck
stfu chuck
Reply to  Chuck Biscuits
November 20, 2022 7:26 am

Listen monkey, you’re a submissive touché…

M&M
M&M
Reply to  stfu chuck
December 14, 2022 7:02 pm

Touché me baby….lol

Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
Reply to  bies
November 19, 2022 3:14 pm

Thanks for the shout out you old cunt,now fuck off

Chuck Biscuits
Chuck Biscuits
Reply to  bies
November 19, 2022 3:16 pm

Oh just me again,used the wrong user name haha….fuck off again you dildo…or cunt,take your pick

An honest feedback
An honest feedback
Reply to  bies
November 19, 2022 5:25 pm

If you don’t know how to play, please don’t come to the playground…

M&M
M&M
Reply to  bies
December 14, 2022 6:58 pm

Like who cares what people even say? Why does it bother you so much? Just carry on. I don’t see the problem if people want to talk shit, let them talk shit. No one takes it personal. It’s all just stupid trolling. Why get on a public site and soapbox like you have some moral compass and because others talk shit they don’t. It doesn’t make you better or worse. Just say your bloody thoughts and move on without the high-horse bs. I personally always put thoughtful comments because I know that I need to be the change I wanna see. No one freaking cares what anyone here says. You shouldn’t either. Free speech is a wonderful thing.

Nigger pecker
Nigger pecker
November 19, 2022 10:36 am

England is shit this movie is proof

fred fat
fred fat
November 18, 2022 8:48 pm

very good – worth it for stephen grahams performance – but dead mans shoes will always be my favourite shane meadows film

Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
Reply to  fred fat
November 19, 2022 5:32 am

Nobody cares you fuckin fat cunt,get back down the basement,lardass

Bobbeh Hill
Bobbeh Hill
November 18, 2022 10:57 am

CAM ON INGERLAND SCOR SOM FACKIN GOALS

Enzifer
Enzifer
November 15, 2022 10:53 pm

really good film. stephen graham’s performance in particular is very strong

Tom C
Tom C
Reply to  Enzifer
November 21, 2022 11:11 pm

Graham was so good in this it took me a while to not hate him in any other things he did as all I could see was Combo. A special actor.

Banjo Strummer
Banjo Strummer
November 15, 2022 9:55 pm

I watched ..Rude Boy.. (1980) the other day which is an odd film set in similar times to ..This is England… . You would however have to put up with an excessive amount of The Clash so soundtrack wise Shane does a much better job.

Mattise
Mattise
November 15, 2022 8:32 pm

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Vicent Vega
Vicent Vega
Reply to  Mattise
November 16, 2022 1:16 pm

No thanks, I already had diarrhoea today…

Thesaurus whore
Thesaurus whore
Reply to  Mattise
November 17, 2022 10:49 am

No one cares about your porn you weird ass skank there are thousands of women way sexier and prettier rhan you

Sapient Valkyrie
Sapient Valkyrie
Reply to  Mattise
November 20, 2022 10:06 pm

It’s ‘Matisse’ you incompetent apocryphal lmao, she doesn’t do porn you mephitic trollop 🙂

Vampire Cat
Vampire Cat
Reply to  Sapient Valkyrie
November 20, 2022 10:10 pm

Why can’t they all do porn?

Bad movie joe
Bad movie joe
November 15, 2022 7:23 pm

I absolutely love this movie and the TV show

Leslie Vernon
Leslie Vernon
Reply to  Bad movie joe
November 15, 2022 9:48 pm

I had no idea there was a TV show! Thanks for that. I really enjoy these types of films from the UK. I’m sad there are so few compared to American films with a similar focus.

Vicent Vega
Vicent Vega
Reply to  Bad movie joe
November 16, 2022 1:15 pm

Jeez, how do I delete a comment here?

Opeuhm
Opeuhm
November 15, 2022 5:42 pm

Brilliant movie. Really puts a strong psychological insight into how an abused young boy like Shaun finds solace in becoming part of a somewhat-harmless but fun-loving gang of skinheads, then onto becoming a full-fledged skinhead who advocates racial abuse thanks to Combo who is another member of the gang but just got out of prison. Near the end, you will see just why Combo is the way he is – his true colors comes out. I found it quite sad. The miniseries taking place in 86, 88, and 90 are definitely worth a watch too. It’s amazing to see how the characters’ lives drifts apart, facing a lot of turmoil but finding redemption in many ways.