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Steel, snow and dole queues: Sheffield's industrial collapse became the defining British social drama of the nineties. Laughter was the survival strategy. The Full Monty stripped for it; Threads burned it down. Open Sheffield on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.

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10 famous stories set in Sheffield

Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-05). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.

Browse 2 books and 12 movies set in Sheffield.

The Full Monty

The Full Monty

Channel Four Films-Redwave Films
movie

Sheffield England. Gaz a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.

Setting: Sheffield, EnglandTime Period: 1990s
Four Lions

Four Lions

Warp Films-Wild Bunch Distribution-Film4 Productions-Optimum Releasing
movie

A group of Muslim men living in Sheffield hatch an inept plan to become suicide bombers.

Setting: Sheffield, UKTime Period: 2010s
Threads

Threads

Western-World Television Inc.-BBC-Nine Network Australia
movie

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

Setting: Sheffield, England, UKTime Period: 1980s
Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

More2Screen-Nimax Theatres-Serpent Films
movie

Jamie is 16 and lives on a council estate in Sheffield. Jamie doesn't quite fit in. Jamie is terrified about the future. Jamie is going to be a sensation. Supported by his brilliant loving mum and surrounded by his…

Setting: Sheffield, UKTime Period: Contemporary
Ali & Ava

Ali & Ava

BBC Film-BFI Film Fund-Moonspun Films
movie

Sparks fly after Ali and Ava meet through their shared affection for Sofia the child of Ali’s tenants whom Ava teaches. Ali finds comfort in Ava’s warmth and kindness while Ava finds Ali’s complexity and humour…

Setting: Sheffield, UKTime Period: 2021
WWE U.K. Rampage 1993

WWE U.K. Rampage 1993

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
movie

WWE U.K. Rampage 1993 was an event produced by World Wrestling Federation. It took place on April 11 1993 at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield England.

Setting: Sheffield, UKTime Period: 1993
Pulp: a Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets

Pulp: a Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets

Oscilloscope-Pistachio Pictures
movie

Pulp found fame on the world stage in the 1990s with anthems including ‘Common People’ and ‘Disco 2000’. 25 years (and 10 million album sales) later they return to Sheffield for their last UK concert. Giving a…

Setting: Sheffield, UKTime Period: 2010s
Hillsborough

Hillsborough

Granada Television
movie

Drama based on the real life events of April 1989 when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were crushed to death during an F.A. Cup Semi-Final match against Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium.…

Setting: Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, UKTime Period: 1989
Gary Moore: Live at Monsters of Rock

Gary Moore: Live at Monsters of Rock

Sanctuary Mgt Productions Ltd.
movie

Gary Moore and band playing songs from his hard rock years during the Monsters of Rock tour. Filmed on May 21st 2003 at the Sheffield Hallam FM Arena.

Setting: Sheffield, EnglandTime Period: 2003
Looks and Smiles

Looks and Smiles

Kestrel Films Ltd.-British Lion Films
movie

Thatcherism and the Irish troubles provide the backdrop for this study of Mick a well-meaning youth in Sheffield who has unlike Dickens' Pip no expectations. Mick lives with his parents works on his motorbike looks for…

Setting: Sheffield, England, UK; Belfast, Northern Ireland, UKTime Period: 1980s

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