Labor Movement movies

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This list contains movies which include the labor movement as part of their narrative. Featuring organizing, unions, and strikes, these movies depict the efforts of workers throughout history to work together for better conditions and treatment.

This list strives to be comprehensive, and thus includes ...
- movies that depict the labor movement in a positive light
- movies that honestly depict the occasional errors and ambiguity of the labor movement
- movies in which the labor movement is merely a background feature to a narrative focused on other themes
- movies influenced by tendentious corporate interests that malign the working people through exaggeration and slander


Please consult the following sources for more information:
- Ken Margolies, "Silver Screen Tarnishes Unions," Screen Actor, 1981 (https://bit.ly/2Q8iCxw)
- Steve Ross, "Working-Class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America," 2000 (https://press.princeton.edu/titles/6180.html)
- The Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/findaid/labor.html)
- The Labor Film Database (https://laborfilms.com/)

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    10,000 Black Men Named George

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
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    163 días: La Huelga de Bandas

    2017, in 0 top lists
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    1913 Massacre

    2011, in 0 top lists
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    24 Days in Brooks

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
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    A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
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    ABC da Greve

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Absentee

    1915, in 0 top lists Check
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    Acht Stunden sind kein Tag

    1972 — a.k.a. Eight Hours Don't Make a Day, in 3 top lists Check
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    Act of Vengeance

    1986, in 0 top lists Check
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    Actas de Marusia

    1975 — a.k.a. Letters from Marusia, in 2 top lists Check
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    Ådalen 31

    1969 — a.k.a. Adalen 31, in 5 top lists Check
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    Adventures of Power

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Agitator

    1912 — a.k.a. The Cowboy Socialist, in 0 top lists Check
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    Alice's Egg Plant

    1925, in 0 top lists Check
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    All in the Family: The Bunkers and Inflation:...

    1974, in 0 top lists
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    All in the Family: The Bunkers and Inflation:...

    1974, in 0 top lists
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    All in the Family: The Bunkers and Inflation:...

    1974, in 0 top lists
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    All in the Family: The Bunkers and Inflation:...

    1974, in 0 top lists
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    American Dream

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
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    American Experience: Mine Wars

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
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    American Experience: Sit Down and Fight

    1993, in 0 top lists
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    American Factory

    2019, in 1 top list
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    American Playhouse: Keeping On

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
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    American Playhouse: The Killing Floor

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
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    American Standoff

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
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    An American Tragedy

    2007, in 0 top lists
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    Amongst Equals

    1991, in 0 top lists
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    Amor, mujeres y flores

    1988 — a.k.a. Love, Women and Flowers, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Angry Silence

    1960, in 1 top list Check
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    Ann Kore Moun

    2012, in 0 top lists
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    Armed and Dangerous

    1986, in 0 top lists Check
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    As Friend and Foe

    1980, in 0 top lists Check
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    As Goes Janesville

    2012, in 0 top lists Check
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    At the River I Stand

    1993, in 0 top lists Check
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    Bab el hadid

    1958 — a.k.a. Cairo Station, in 6 top lists Check
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    Balanchard en grève

    1910 — a.k.a. Mr. Faddleaway Is on Strike, in 0 top lists
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    Bananas!*

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Battle of Local 5668

    2007, in 0 top lists
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    The Battle of Orgreave

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
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    Battlestar Galactica: Dirty Hands

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
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    Bayan ko: Kapit sa patalim

    1984 — a.k.a. Bayan Ko, in 2 top lists Check
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    Beau masque

    1972 — a.k.a. Handsome Face, in 0 top lists Check
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    Bell Boy 13

    1923, in 0 top lists Check
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    Beneath Black Skies

    2009, in 0 top lists
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    Betrayed: The Story of Canadian Merchant Seamen

    2004, in 0 top lists
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    À bientôt, j'espère

    1968 — a.k.a. Be Seeing You, in 0 top lists Check
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    Big Business, Big Union, Small Town

    2007, in 0 top lists
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    The Big Operator

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
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    Billy Elliot

    2000, in 7 top lists Check
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    Billy Elliot the Musical

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
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