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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Black Fury
1935, in 0 top lists Check -
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Fury Below
1936, in 0 top lists Check -
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Le crime de Monsieur Lange
1936 — a.k.a. The Crime of Monsieur Lange, in 7 top lists Check -
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Riffraff
1936, in 0 top lists Check -
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On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
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Chicago Confidential
1957, in 1 top list Check -
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The Garment Jungle
1957, in 1 top list Check -
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Bab el hadid
1958 — a.k.a. Cairo Station, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Big Operator
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
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Otoshiana
1962 — a.k.a. Pitfall, in 4 top lists Check -
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I compagni
1963 — a.k.a. The Organizer, in 4 top lists Check -
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Boxcar Bertha
1972, in 0 top lists Check -
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Blue Collar
1978, in 4 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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Act of Vengeance
1986, in 0 top lists Check -
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Armed and Dangerous
1986, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Equalizer: Wash-Up
1986, in 0 top lists Check -
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Hoffa
1992, in 2 top lists Check -
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Placido Rizzotto
2000, in 0 top lists Check -
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Bananas!*
2009, in 0 top lists Check -
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Kill the Irishman
2011, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Good Wife: A More Perfect Union
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ripper Street: Tournament of Shadows
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Irishman
2019, in 7 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 1, 2024 by Blocho;