Movement
British Kitchen Sink Realism
Angry young men in northern industrial towns, shot in grey and filled with dialogue about class that British cinema had previously kept off screen.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Karel Reisz · 1960

A Taste of Honey
Michael Simpson · 1984

Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger
Dylan Southern · 2026

Kes
Ken Loach · 1970
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