Germinal

A French mining town discovers the 19th century version of HR. Miners endure pitiless conditions until the entire population stages a walkout. Authorities respond with predictable enthusiasm.

Streaming availability changes weekly. Check the Where to watch panel above — we re-pull TMDB's JustWatch index every week. If nothing's listed, the film is between licence windows.

Our similarity graph picks 6 films based on shared director, keywords, mood-cluster overlap, and MovieLens user co-rating — niche-biased away from blockbusters. Full list: /like/germinal-1993/.

Claude Berri directed Germinal in 1993. See Claude Berri's full filmography, where to start with Claude Berri, or where to go after you've seen everything by Claude Berri.

Germinal was released in 1993 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 160 minutes.