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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    24 Days in Brooks

    2007, 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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    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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    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 Standoff

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
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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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    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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    Bananas!*

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Battle of Orgreave

    2001, 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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    À bientôt, j'espère

    1968 — a.k.a. Be Seeing You, in 0 top lists Check
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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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    Black Fury

    1935, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Blacklist

    1916, in 0 top lists Check
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    Blue Collar

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
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    Bound for Glory

    1976, in 3 top lists Check
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    Boxcar Bertha

    1972, in 0 top lists Check
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    Bread and Roses

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
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    Brother John

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
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    Brothers on the Line

    2012, in 0 top lists Check
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    Brothers Under the Skin

    1912, in 0 top lists Check
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    Brüder

    1929 — a.k.a. Brother, in 0 top lists Check
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    Business as Usual

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
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    Butte, America: The Saga of a Hard Rock Mining...

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
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    La califfa

    1970 — a.k.a. Lady Caliph, in 0 top lists Check
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    Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
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    Captain Boycott

    1947, in 0 top lists Check
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    Carry on at Your Convenience

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
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    Cesar Chavez

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
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    Cesar's Last Fast

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
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    Une chambre en ville

    1982 — a.k.a. A Room in Town, in 4 top lists Check
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    Chance of a Lifetime

    1950, in 0 top lists Check
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    Chandler's Mill

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
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    Chicago Confidential

    1957, in 1 top list Check
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    Chokh

    1983 — a.k.a. Eye, in 1 top list Check
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