FilmStephen GrahamThis iconic film was released 10 years ago, but is still beloved.11:58, 04 Aug 2026Some films pass unnoticed within culture and are never thought of again, while others become iconic. This film is the latter. Despite being released 10 years ago in 2006, Shane Meadows’ This is England is still a beloved classic.‌The film stars Stephen Graham, playing a menacing, racist skinhead hell-bent on tearing apart what was previously a happy-go-lucky group of skinheads.‌It also stars Thomas Turgoose in his first-ever film role, playing the young Shaun Fields, a grieving child whose father was killed in the Falklands War.‌Shaun is alienated at school, bullied by his peers and lives with his grieving mother.When he falls in with a group of much older skinheads, his mother is worried.‌However, once she meets the ringleader of the group, Woody (Joe Gilgun), she sees they are not the racist, violent skinheads she has heard about but rather a loveable group of misfits.That is, until Combo (Stephen Graham) shows up, fresh off the back of a prison stint and determined to lead the group towards his racist nationalist views.‌It’s one of Graham’s most memorable and terrifying performances, and the film is still a huge part of the British cultural zeitgeist.The film has a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with reviewers calling it “poignant”, “painful”, and “thought-provoking”Article continues belowA 207 review by Bruce Westbrook from the Houston Chronicle reads: “A drama that's so potent and persuasive yet also natural and intimate that it almost has the heft of a documentary.”Jennie Punter from the Globe and Mail wrote in 2007: “You wouldn't think a film about a group of British skinheads during the early 1980s could be a sweet, nostalgic coming-of-age period piece, but that's the surprise of the authentic, fresh and utterly relevant This Is England.”This is England is available to stream on Apple TV and Amazon Prime.Choose Daily Mirror as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.‌Stephen GrahamThomas TurgooseFilm reviewsApple TVAmazon PrimeFalklands WarShane MeadowsHouston ChronicleGlobe and MailDocumentariesBullyingThe Falklands