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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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916, in 24 top lists Check -
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Native Land
1942, in 2 top lists Check -
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Captain Boycott
1947, in 0 top lists Check -
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Salt of the Earth
1954, in 6 top lists Check -
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Ådalen 31
1969 — a.k.a. Adalen 31, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Molly Maguires
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
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Joe Hill
1971, in 0 top lists Check -
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La Patagonia rebelde
1974 — a.k.a. Rebellion in Patagonia, in 2 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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Northern Lights
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
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Czlowiek z zelaza
1981 — a.k.a. Man of Iron, in 5 top lists Check -
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Reds
1981, in 9 top lists Check -
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Matewan
1987, in 4 top lists Check -
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Come See the Paradise
1990, in 0 top lists Check -
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Struggles in Steel: The Fight for Equal...
1996, in 0 top lists Check -
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Viva la causa
2008, in 0 top lists Check -
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Czarny czwartek. Janek Wisniewski padl
2011 — a.k.a. Black Thursday, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Happy Lands
2012, in 0 top lists Check -
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We Are Wisconsin
2012, in 0 top lists Check -
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Pride
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
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American Experience: Mine Wars
2016, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 1, 2024 by Blocho;