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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    Actas de Marusia

    1975 — a.k.a. Letters from Marusia, in 2 top lists Check
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    Bound for Glory

    1976, in 3 top lists Check
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    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
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    Novecento

    1976 — a.k.a. 1900, in 6 top lists Check
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    Sakada

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
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    Union Maids

    1976, in 1 top list Check
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Last updated on Feb 1, 2024 by Blocho;