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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The Passaic Textile Strike
1926, in 0 top lists Check -
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Misère au Borinage
1934 — a.k.a. Borinage, in 4 top lists Check -
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The People of the Cumberland
1937, in 0 top lists Check -
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Republic Steel Strike Riots Newsreel Footage
1937, in 1 top list Check -
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Deadline for Action
1946, in 1 top list Check -
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The Rising Tide
1949, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Seafarers
1953, in 0 top lists Check -
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Das Lied der Ströme
1954 — a.k.a. Song of the Rivers, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Inheritance
1964, 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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I Am Somebody
1970, in 3 top lists Check -
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Fighting for Our Lives
1975, in 0 top lists Check -
147 -1
The Nightcleaners
1975, in 1 top list Check -
152 -1
Harlan County U.S.A.
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
156 -1
Union Maids
1976, in 1 top list Check -
157 -1
Eugene Debs and the American Movement
1977, in 0 top lists Check -
171 -1
With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's...
1979, in 0 top lists Check -
172 -1
The Wobblies
1979, in 1 top list Check -
173 -1
As Friend and Foe
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
174 -1
Pour que la guerre s'achève, les murs devaient...
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
178 -1
Une histoire de femmes
1980 — a.k.a. A Wives' Tale, in 0 top lists Check -
186 -1
The Willmar 8
1981, in 0 top lists Check -
188 -1
Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle
1982, in 0 top lists Check -
189 -1
Linha de Montagem
1982, in 0 top lists Check -
191 -1
Who Wants Unions
1982, in 0 top lists Check -
195 -1
Questions of Leadership
1983, in 0 top lists Check -
200 -1
Kemira: Diary of a Strike
1984, in 0 top lists Check -
202 -1
The Right to Work Movement
1984, in 0 top lists Check -
207 -1
A Union Free Seminar
1984, in 0 top lists Check -
211 -1
Why Unions?
1984, in 0 top lists Check -
215 -1
Final Offer
1985, in 0 top lists Check -
217 -1
Which Side Are You On?
1985, in 0 top lists Check -
225 -1
Amor, mujeres y flores
1988 — a.k.a. Love, Women and Flowers, in 0 top lists Check -
227 -1
Imperfect Union: Canadian Labour and the Left,...
1989, in 0 top lists Check -
228 -1
Imperfect Union: Canadian Labour and the Left,...
1989, in 0 top lists Check -
229 -1
Imperfect Union: Canadian Labour and the Left,...
1989, in 0 top lists Check -
232 -2
ABC da Greve
1990, in 0 top lists Check -
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American Dream
1990, in 2 top lists Check -
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Justice in the Coalfields
1995, in 0 top lists Check -
255 -2
The Uprising of '34
1995, in 0 top lists Check -
256 -2
A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom
1996, in 0 top lists Check -
258 -2
Struggles in Steel: The Fight for Equal...
1996, in 0 top lists Check -
259 -2
The Fight in the Fields
1997, in 0 top lists Check -
262 -2
The Flickering Flame
1998, in 0 top lists Check -
264 -2
Made in Thailand
1999, in 0 top lists Check -
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Oh Freedom After While
1999, in 0 top lists Check -
272 -2
Live Nude Girls Unite!
2000, in 0 top lists Check -
278 -2
The Battle of Orgreave
2001, in 0 top lists Check -
282 -2
American Standoff
2002, in 0 top lists Check -
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Hazel Dickens: It's Hard to Tell the Singer...
2002, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 1, 2024 by Blocho;