Matewan poster
Movie

Matewan

1987·2h 15m·PG-13
DramaHistory
IMDb Rating
★ 7.9/10
10,472 votes
Metascore
73
Metacritic

A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community in 1920 West Virginia, brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.

Matewan is a 1987 drama history movie directed by John Sayles, starring James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Chris Cooper. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.9/10 from 10,472 votes and runs 2h 15m.

▶ Trailer👁 Watch➕ Add to Queue⭐ Rate
Actions open in the full BullseyeFlix app and jump to the exact feature.
🎬 Open in BullseyeFlix
Full details · Watch links · Similar movies
Director
John Sayles
Stars
James Earl Jones
Mary McDonnell
Chris Cooper
Will Oldham
Creators
John Sayles
Details
1987-08-28
135 min
Movie
PG-13
★ United States
★ English, Italian
Keywords
1920scoal miningwidowforemanensemble casttown name in titleboy ministerhired gunholstermandolinbetrayalmother son relationshipprivate detectiveeavesdroppingcompany townrape accusationmonopolyfiresocial commentaryplaying catchtwo gun holsterdouble gun holsteritalian americanhuntingmining companytrainxenophobiaambushmurderclass struggleshoulder holstershootoutsingingmayorrevolverforced confessiontrain stationtold in flashbackcoal minebaptistsermonbaptist churchlabor activistlabor unionmining campclotheslineboarding housefuneralindependent filmbased on true storytentforestappalachianational film registrydrugstorepolitical dramastarvationevictionperiod dramasmall townpolice chiefsabotagemedalwest virginiaimmigrantcemeterylabor relationscoal townracismcoal minerlabor strikeracial slurlabor movementtitle spoken by characterwritten and directed by cast memberlabor disputeone word titlemartial lawore cartcoal warsloss of sonnarrationdeath of friendthroat slitworld war one veteran