All or Nothing / The Full Monty (1997)

Film Summary: A British black comedy that achieved unexpected historic success at the global box office. The story is set in the city of Sheffield, which was Britain's steel manufacturing capital. A group of workers lose their jobs after factory closures and industrial decline. Unable to find employment opportunities and secure their livelihoods, they decide in a desperate yet creative manner to form a local dance group to raise money.

Economic Insight: The film sheds light on the concept of "Structural Unemployment" resulting from the transformation of the British economy during Margaret Thatcher's era from heavy industries to a service-based economy. The film cleverly raises the crisis of "worker retraining" and the impact of economic recession on purchasing power, human dignity, and the destruction of occupational identity for the working class.