Comrades is a 1986 British historical drama film directed by Bill Douglas and starring an ensemble cast including Robin Soans, Phil Davis, Keith Allen, Robert Stephens, Vanessa Redgrave and James Fox.

After a short run in cinemas, followed by a VHS release in 1989,[5] the film was largely forgotten.

However, 20 years later Bill Douglas's small but significant production was reappraised, and in 2009 the British Film Institute released a restored version of Comrades on DVD,[6] followed in early 2012 by a three-disc dual format DVD and Blu-ray box set.

[7] The film has been described as "a moving, magical poem of human dignity, decency and hope".

[8] Sheila Rowbotham praised the film as a "poetic and painterly work which was also a vigorous challenge to Thatcherism" and complimented Gale Tattersall's cinematography, while also identifying various flaws deriving "from the grandeur of Douglas's cinematic ambition".