Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "workers'-strike"

1. Animal (I) (2023)

Not Rated | 204 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The hardened son of a powerful industrialist returns home after years abroad and vows to take bloody revenge on those threatening his father's life.

Director: Sandeep Reddy Vanga | Stars: Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Rashmika Mandanna

Votes: 89,488

2. Mousehunt (1997)

PG | 98 min | Comedy

Two stumblebum inheritors are determined to rid their antique house of a mouse who is equally determined to stay where he is.

Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Vicki Lewis, Maury Chaykin

Votes: 60,520 | Gross: $61.92M

3. Chairman of the Board (1997)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy

A surfer becomes the head of a major company.

Director: Alex Zamm | Stars: Scott 'Carrot Top' Thompson, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Larry Miller, Raquel Welch

Votes: 6,489 | Gross: $0.31M

4. Life or Something Like It (2002)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Romance

A reporter interviews a psychic, who tells her that she's going to die and her life is meaningless.

Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub, Christian Kane

Votes: 28,115 | Gross: $14.45M

5. Intolerance (1916)

Passed | 163 min | Drama, History

The story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, F.A. Turner

Votes: 16,727 | Gross: $2.18M

6. Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)

PG | 103 min | Documentary

A heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.

Director: Barbara Kopple | Stars: John L. Lewis, Carl Horn, Norman Yarborough, Logan Patterson

Votes: 6,635

7. An Inspector Calls (1954)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A wealthy family is visited by a police inspector, who questions the family about the suicide of a young working-class woman.

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Alastair Sim, Arthur Young, Olga Lindo, Brian Worth

Votes: 5,242

8. Zazie in the Metro (1960)

Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy

With her mother away for the weekend, a brash and precocious ten-year-old country girl sets out to explore Paris during a Métro strike under her uncle's not-so-watchful eye. But can a little girl cause so much chaos in the city centre?

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Catherine Demongeot, Philippe Noiret, Hubert Deschamps, Carla Marlier

Votes: 6,753

9. Britannia Hospital (1982)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

The chaotic workings of a hospital with staff on strike.

Director: Lindsay Anderson | Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Malcolm McDowell, Brian Pettifer, John Moffatt

Votes: 2,928

10. The Valley of Decision (1945)

Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance

An Irish maid falls for the son of her wealthy boss, though their disapproving fathers and a bitter strike at the steel mill complicate matters.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp, Lionel Barrymore

Votes: 2,375

11. Potiche (2010)

R | 103 min | Comedy

A housewife and grandma takes over the family business 1977, after her husband is hurt during a strike.

Director: François Ozon | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard

Votes: 11,364 | Gross: $1.62M

12. Jet Lag (2002)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Romance

A worn-out businessman and a beautician on the run collide in a Paris airport. Love arrives, all its hurdles be damned.

Director: Danièle Thompson | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Jean Reno, Sergi López, Scali Delpeyrat

Votes: 6,104 | Gross: $0.54M

13. At War (2018)

113 min | Drama

After promising 1100 employees that they would protect their jobs, the managers of a factory decide to suddenly close up shop. Laurent takes the lead in a fight against this decision.

Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Mélanie Rover, Jacques Borderie, David Rey

Votes: 2,178 | Gross: $0.00M

14. So Well Remembered (1947)

Passed | 114 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Mayor George Boswell recalls events of the previous 25 years in his home town of Browdley. As councilman and newspaper editor George has fought hard to better working and living conditions in the bleak Lancashire mill town.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: John Mills, Martha Scott, Patricia Roc, Trevor Howard

Votes: 583

15. Paris Is Us (2019)

83 min | Drama

Anna misses the flight she should have taken to find Greg in Barcelona. The plane crashes.

Director: Elisabeth Vogler | Stars: Noémie Schmidt, Grégoire Isvarine, Marie Mottet, Lou Castel

Votes: 1,509

16. Cart (2014)

110 min | Drama

The employees of a big-box discount retailer band together when the contract workers are summarily laid off.

Director: Ji-young Boo | Stars: Yum Jung-ah, Moon Jeong-Hee, Kim Yeong-ae, Do Kyung-soo

Votes: 1,142

17. The Great Postal Heist (2022)

Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary

The Great Postal Heist follows director Jay Galione's father, a 30-year US Post Office clerk, who was harassed, threatened, and fired for standing up for his colleagues. A moving indictment... See full summary »

Director: Jay Galione | Stars: Jay Galione, Robert Galione, Wayne Barr, Audrey Davis

Votes: 46

18. The People Speak (2009)

113 min | Documentary, History

A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."

Directors: Anthony Arnove, Chris Moore, Howard Zinn | Stars: Matt Damon, Viggo Mortensen, Marisa Tomei, Josh Brolin

Votes: 641

19. La noche más hermosa (1984)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

Federico, a senior Spanish TV executive, a man of talent and innate skills for business and diplomacy, begins to suspect that his wife Elena, an excellent actress who retired prematurely ... See full summary »

Director: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Stars: José Sacristán, Victoria Abril, Óscar Ladoire, Bibiana Fernández

Votes: 119

20. Tai ji quan (1974)

86 min | Action

When not studying Tai Chi under the tutelage of Old Yeung, Ku Ding works as part of a crew building roads. When he and his colleagues are cheated out of half their money by corrupt foreman ... See full summary »

Director: Hsueh-Li Pao | Stars: Wo-fu Chen, Szu Shih, Hung Wei, Shen Chan

Votes: 129

21. Mills of the Gods (1934)

Passed | 66 min | Adventure, Drama

A game-old-girl, Mary Hastings (May Robson), retires as the head of the Hasting Plow Works...only to see it slip rapidly into ruin. Her ne're-do-well son and daughter refuse to part with a ... See full summary »

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: May Robson, Fay Wray, Victor Jory, Raymond Walburn

Votes: 48

22. Rent-a-Person (2004)

12 min | Short, Comedy, Musical

A lonely bathroom attendant starts a business renting passengers to freeway commuters who want to utilize the carpool lane.

Director: Kurt Kuenne | Stars: James Haven, Jennifer Haworth, Manolo Travieso, Jon Molerio

Votes: 216

23. Plutocracy Political Repression in the USA (2015)

109 min | Documentary

Income inequality has become a big issue in the modern day political spectrum. While these economic and class divides seem more pronounced than ever before, this documentary film Plutocracy... See full summary »

Director: Scott Noble | Star: Mikela Jay

Votes: 48

24. The Cacophony of Donbas (2018)

62 min | Documentary

This is a film-reflection. The idea of the film is to study the myth of Donbas using archives of documentary and feature films.

Director: Igor Minaiev

Votes: 38

25. Sons of Steel (1934)

Passed | 65 min | Drama

A steel mill is owned by two brothers, one a socialite and the other the worker who keeps the company together. The first raises his son as a fop, and the other one brings his son into the ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Charles Starrett, Polly Ann Young, William Bakewell, Walter Walker

Votes: 42

26. Banjo & Matilda

Drama | Announced

With the country in turmoil, city poet and journalist Banjo Paterson uncovers far more than he bargained for when travels to the edge of the outback to track down a political agitator.

Star: Xavier Samuel

27. Eve's Lover (1925)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy

Austin Starfield (Louis) has his greedy eye on a steel mill belonging to Eve Burnside (Rich). He persuades an impoverished count, Leon Molnar (Lytell) to marry Eve so he can then gain ... See full summary »

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Irene Rich, Bert Lytell, Clara Bow, Willard Louis

28. Together We Live (1935)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, News, War

In a story, with the back-drop of San Francisco's general labor strike of 1934 (depicted by newsreel footage), a Civil War veteran , Hank (Willard Mack), sets out to show his two oldest ... See full summary »

Director: Willard Mack | Stars: Willard Mack, Ben Lyon, Esther Ralston, Sheila Bromley

Votes: 19

29. Friends & Enemies (1987)

88 min | Documentary, History

One thousand power workers went on strike against the South East Queensland Electrical Board (SEQEB)in February 1985 in protest against the introduction of contract worker hire. This ... See full summary »

Director: Tom Zubrycki | Star: Vince Lester

30. 68 (2008 TV Movie)

110 min | Documentary, History, War

From Washington to Saigon, Rome to Mexico, Paris to London, a wave of demonstrations shakes the world. 68 travels back in time to war torn Vietnam, freed and occupied Prague, Paris demonstrating, revolution in the Americas.

Director: Patrick Rotman | Stars: Edouard Balladur, The Beatles, Claude Berri, Leonid Brezhnev

Votes: 66

31. Young and Alive (2018)

94 min | Documentary

In the months following the terrorist attacks in Paris, the youth has taken the night. A community has risen, that looks for belonging in a world they don't understand and seek to change ... See full summary »

Director: Matthieu Bareyre

Votes: 101

32. In the Heart of a Fool (1920)

Passed | 60 min | Drama

Laura Nesbit, daughter of old Dr. Nesbit and belle of the younger social set in the town of Harvey, plans to marry Grant Adams, the editor of the local paper, until she flirts with rising ... See full summary »

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: James Kirkwood, Anna Q. Nilsson, Mary Thurman, Philo McCullough

33. Prairie Fire: The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 (1999 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, History

On May 15, 1919, the largest labour uprising in Canadian history saw 25,000 people, virtually every working man and woman in Canada's third largest city, walk off their jobs. Winnipeg was paralyzed. The country was in shock and in fear.

Director: Audrey Mehler | Star: Ann Medina

34. Oda do radosci (2005)

118 min | Drama

Three stories of young disillusioned Poles of different background and region of origin. What binds them together is that they all meet on the bus to London shortly after Poland's entry into EU.

Directors: Anna Kazejak, Jan Komasa, Maciej Migas | Stars: Przemyslaw Bluszcz, Joanna Bogacka, Anna Maria Buczek, Malgorzata Buczkowska

Votes: 241

35. Dell'arte della guerra (2012)

86 min | Documentary, Drama, Thriller

Milan, august 2009. Four workers climb a 20 meters high gantry crane inside the hangar of the INNSE, the last active factory in Milan. They threaten to throw themselves down to stop the ... See full summary »

Directors: Luca Bellino, Silvia Luzi | Stars: Vincenzo Acerenza, Fabio Bottaferla, Luigi Esposito, Massimo Merlo

Votes: 11

36. The Plunderer (1915)

Passed | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Bill Matthews and his partner, owners of the "Croix D'or mine, are beset on all sides dues to the schemes of a trusted colleague who plots to take their mine away from them, and leaves no under-handed method un-attempted in the process.

Director: Edgar Lewis | Stars: William Farnum, Claire Whitney, Harry Spingler, Elizabeth Eyre

Votes: 28

37. Camp Runamuck (1965–1966)
Episode: Spiffy Quits: Part 2 (1965)

30 min | Comedy

While Spiffy begins working in his uncle's antiquated business, the men at Camp Runamuck finds he was what held them all together.

Director: David Swift | Stars: David Ketchum, Arch Johnson, Leonard Stone, Dave Madden

38. Granada Reports (1992– )
Episode: 25 February 2019: Evening Bulletin (2019)

30 min | News

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Stars: Rob Smith, Lucy Meacock, Andy Bonner, Samantha Smith

39. Good Morning Britain (2014– )
Episode: Episode dated 9 September 2019 (2019)

TV-14 | 150 min | News, Talk-Show

Is it time for a James Bond that identifies as a female?; Piers reacts to Australia's retention of the Ashes with Mark Beretta; PM refuses to ask for a Brexit extension; flights grounded as... See full summary »

Stars: Piers Morgan, Susanna Reid, Mark Beretta, Ranvir Singh

40. North & South (2004)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2004)

TV-14 | 58 min | Drama, Romance

Maria Hale's health declines and her daughter Margaret decides to contact her brother Frederick - who had to leave England years earlier due to a wrongful court decision. The mill workers ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Percival | Stars: Sinéad Cusack, Simon Cassidy, Elianne Byrne, Emma Ashton

Votes: 457

41. The Pole (2021)
Episode: Chapter 1: Saint Dick (2021)

TV-MA | 13 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

After a scandal shakes the foundations of the North Pole, Nick struggles to deliver a message of unity.

Director: Jay Surridge | Stars: Bobby Moynihan, Jillian Bell, Nicole Byer, SungWon Cho

Votes: 25

42. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: Roads to Memphis (2010)

TV-PG | 80 min | Documentary, Biography, History

This film tells the story of an assassin, James Earl Ray, his target, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the seething, turbulent forces in American society that led these two men to their ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Ives | Stars: Daniel Amigone, Robert Byrd, John Campbell, Ramsey Clark

Votes: 126

43. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Tim Conway and Steve Lawrence (1972)

TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights include: Steve as a talk show host and Vicki, Carol and Lyle as his guests; "Cobumble" (spoof of "Columbo"); and Tim as a reluctant skydiving pilot.

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 37

44. Lo que el tiempo nos dejó (2010)
Episode: Un mundo mejor (2010)

Drama, History

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Director: Israel Adrián Caetano | Stars: Rodrigo de la Serna, Leticia Brédice, Alejandro Urdapilleta, Luciano Cáceres

45. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012–2015)
Episode: Death at Victoria Dock (2012)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, History

Summoned to investigate a missing school girl, Phryne runs afoul of social anarchists at odds during a dock workers' strike.

Director: Tony Tilse | Stars: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Ashleigh Cummings

Votes: 528

46. Riverdale (2017–2023)
Episode: Chapter One Hundred and Thirteen: Biblical (2022)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As the gang plan an event celebrating two of their own, strange biblical plagues around town threaten to put a damper on the special day.

Director: Ronald Paul Richard | Stars: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse

Votes: 469

47. Chicago Med (2015– )
Episode: Those Times You Have to Cross the Line (2023)

TV-14 | Drama

The hospital is in disarray when the janitors go on strike. Marcel treats a young girl injured on her family's farm.

Director: Milena Govich | Stars: Nick Gehlfuss, Dominic Rains, Marlyne Barrett, Jessy Schram

Votes: 166

48. The Ben Shapiro Show (2015– )
Trump Jumps to Massive Poll Lead over Biden (2023 Podcast Episode)

59 min | News, Talk-Show

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Star: Ben Shapiro

49. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Labor Pains (2013)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Homer helps take care of a child that he delivered in an elevator, and Lisa tries to organize the Springfield Atoms cheerleaders against the team's greedy owner.

Directors: Mike B. Anderson, Matthew Faughnan | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,204

50. Fugget About It (2012–2021)
Episode: The Balls on This Room (2013)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy, Crime

Jimmy winds up being stalked by his Russian dance partner after he and Cookie face-off in a ballroom dancing contest.

Director: Richard Weston | Stars: Tony Nappo, Jacqueline Pillon, Chuck Shamata, Emilie-Claire Barlow

Votes: 24