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51. Republic Steel Strike Riots Newsreel Footage (1937)
20 min | Documentary, Short, Crime
A short documentary which chronicles the riots that occurred in Chicago when the Republic Steel employees went on strike on Memorial Day, May 26, 1937.
Votes: 106
52. Pencils Down! The 100 Days of the Writers Guild Strike (2014)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, History, News
The story of the Writers Guild of America strike of 2007-08 that pitted Hollywood's writers against the major studios.
Director: Brian S. Kalata | Stars: Miranda Banks, Christopher Barrett, Justine Bateman, Kai Bowe
Votes: 35
53. Professori Masa (1949)
82 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Tauno Palo, Ansa Ikonen, Leo Riuttu, Eija Inkeri
Votes: 110
54. Veli, sisko (1979 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary, History
Director: Timo-Erkki Heino | Stars: Elsa Rautee, Väinö Virtanen, Veikko Ohinmaa, Amine Kettunen
55. Kenen joukoissa seisot (2006)
80 min | Documentary, Music
Director: Jouko Aaltonen | Stars: Tarmo Aaltonen, Pekka Aarnio, Kaj Chydenius, Charlotta Ericson
Votes: 122
56. Sydämet saata hehkumaan (1975 TV Movie)
Music
Director: Erkki Pohjanheimo | Stars: Pekka Aarnio, Joe Glazer, Jukka Hauru, Jarmo Heikkinen
57. Voittajat ja voitetut (2011)
75 min | Documentary
A story about the struggle against the totalitarian regime in Poland, about the victory as well as the expectations and disappointments related to it, as an example the history of the ... See full summary »
Director: Jarmo Jääskeläinen
Votes: 10
59. Rebel Frontier (2004 TV Movie)
65 min | Documentary
Of all the emigrant groups to arrive in the United States the Finns and the Irish were the most restless. Both pushed west with the frontier and in 1917 in Butte, Montana, their paths ... See full summary »
Director: Desmond Bell | Stars: David Coleman Sr., Patricia Coleman, Mariya M. Cronnnelly-Peck, Kevin Edgar
Votes: 20
61. Tähän suomalaiseen käteen (1959)
17 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Director: Esko Töyri | Stars: Carl-Erik Creutz, Kaarlo Pitsinki, Väinö Tanner, Karl-August Fagerholm
64. The Battle of Local 5668 (2007)
54 min | Documentary
Director: C. Shawn Bennett | Stars: Marc Zyla, Jack Collins, Marge Flanigan, Joy Randolph
65. Tiennäyttäjä (1976 TV Movie)
Biography, Drama
Director: Jarmo Nieminen | Stars: Veikko Mylly, Marjukka Ihalainen, Eero Soininen, Marjut Sariola
66. Le choix d'un peuple (1985)
100 min | Documentary, History
Director: Hugues Mignault | Stars: Robert Bourassa, Pierre Bourgault, Claude Charron, Jean Chrétien
67. Men of Iron (1943)
37 min | Short, Drama
Directors: Eero Leväluoma, Olavi Linnus, Erkki Uotila | Stars: Lennart Vaikonpää, Oili Jaatinen, Usko Kantola, Eija Karipää
68. Memoria Viva (Living Memory) (2014)
120 min | Documentary
The Living Memory Project began back in 2009 on the 70th anniversary of the end of the Spanish Civil War with the recording of the event, organized in Paris to the Spanish Exiles and the ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio J. García de Quirós Rodríguez | Star: Coral
Votes: 13
69. 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
70. Laukaus tehtaalla (1973)
79 min | Drama
The events surrounding a factory in a small town are gone through in documentary style.
Director: Erkko Kivikoski | Stars: Urpo Poikolainen, Aarne Hakulinen, Pentti Viljakainen, Artturi Haikonen
Votes: 154
71. Taistelun vuosilta (1953)
18 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Eino Vuori | Star: Kaarlo Halttunen
72. Tillitsmannen (1976)
80 min | Documentary
A documentary about the statesman Einar Gerhardsen and his relation to the labour movement, how the Labour Party under his rule became the overall leading party.
Director: Oddvar Bull Tuhus
73. Silta (2018 TV Movie)
68 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Heikki T. Partanen | Stars: Aino Seppo, Martta Salmela-Järvinen, Väinö Tanner, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
Votes: 6
74. Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union (1992)
Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Berry Minnott | Stars: Harry Bridges, Studs Terkel
77. Isännäksi omaan taloon (1974)
23 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Claes Olsson | Stars: Matti Oravisto, Reino Tuomi
78. Langer Weg Der Gastarbajt (2017)
Documentary, Short
A journey through Vienna traces the stories of Yugoslav guest workers, revealing their dreams and struggles. The film explores the cultural and social impact of the diaspora on Vienna.
Director: Mikal Maldoror | Stars: Dragan Bogdanovic, Mico Djekic, Slavka Draca, Ivan Filipovic
79. Aika vaatii - Sydän vastaa (1977 TV Movie)
Music
Stars: Pekka Aarnio, Monna Kamu, Martti Launis, Liisa Tavi
80. Fire of the Stars (1959)
90 min | Drama, Musical
Set in 1920s, Yang Guiying comes to Shanghai with her son after her husband died. The life in Shanghai is also miserable, so she participates in the labor movement.
Director: Eryi Gu | Stars: Aiqin Xiao, Binsun Shao, Zhichun Gu, Hongyuan Xie
81. Työväenlaulaja (1973 TV Special)
55 min | Music, Talk-Show
Director: Jotaarkka Pennanen | Stars: Fanny Haaja, Kristiina Halkola, Hannu Kahakorpi, Liisamaija Laaksonen
82. Los puños frente al cañón (1975)
80 min | Documentary
The history of the Chilean labour and trade union movement up to 1933.
Directors: Gaston Ancelovici, Orlando Lübbert
84. The Working Class on Film (1975)
14 min | Documentary, Short, History
Discusses the documentary film movements inspired in England in the 1930s and in Canada in the 1940's by John Grierson whose idea was to portray the working class. Traces the development of this idea over the past 50 years.
Director: Susan Schouten
85. 50 vuotta työn kunniaksi (1957)
16 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Ulf Bäckström | Stars: Lauri Kuosmanen, Eero Antikainen, Urho Kekkonen, Atte Pakkanen
86.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
The Killing Floor
(1984)
PG | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement. He becomes ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Damien Leake, Alfre Woodard, Dennis Farina, Ernest Rayford
Votes: 232
88.
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (2021–2022)
Episode:
Milan
(2021)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Adventure
Stanley Tucci eats and drinks his way around Milan. Here, Stanley enjoys an aperitivo, feels inspired to make pizzoccheri - a noodle made from buckwheat, and enjoys classic Milanese - veal chops and risotto.
Directors: Chiara Messineo, Neil Ferguson | Stars: Stanley Tucci, Cesare Battisti, Angelo Bisollotti, Felicity Blunt
Votes: 175
89.
The Century: America's Time (1999– )
Episode:
1929-1936: Stormy Weather
(1999)
Not Rated | Documentary
The Great Depression rocks America.
Director: Roger Goodman | Stars: Peter Jennings, Bill Bailey, Marvin Belli, Smedley Butler
Votes: 13
90.
New Discourses (2020– )
Repressive Tolerance: Left Good, Right Bad, What Could Go Wrong?
(2021 Podcast Episode)
69 min
James Lindsay continues his look into Herbert Marcuse's essay "Repressive Tolerance." He notes the darker aspects of Marcuse's argument, highlighting how Marcuse advocates for a biased form of tolerance that favors left-wing movements.
Star: James Lindsay
91.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Triangle Fire
(2011)
TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York's Greenwich Village resulted in legislation ensuring the most comprehensive workplace safety laws in the U.S.
Director: Jamila Wignot | Stars: Michael Murphy, Annelise Orleck, Richard A. Greenwald, David Von Drehle
Votes: 160
92.
Servants: The True Story of Life Below Stairs (2012– )
Episode:
Class War
(2012)
Documentary, History
Director: Hugo Macgregor | Stars: Pamela Cox, Roy Hattersley, Peter Higginbotham, Linda Huckle
93.
Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode:
Saving Democracy Is Up to Citizen Activists
(2013)
TV-G | News, Talk-Show
Historian Peter Dreier talks about outraged citizens fighting corruption and financial columnist Gretchen Morgenson on why JPMorgan may be getting off easily. Continue reading
Stars: Bill Moyers, Gretchen Morgenson, Peter Dreier
94.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Mine Wars
(2016)
TV-PG | 111 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Efforts of the United Mine Workers, led by Mother Jones, to organize coal miners in southern West Virginia at the beginning of the 20th century leads to violence and insurrection.
Director: Randall MacLowry | Stars: Michael Murphy, James Robert Green, Doug Estepp, Rosemary Feurer
Votes: 130
95.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
America's Unofficial Religion - The War on an Idea
(2015)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Jared Ball, Brian Becker, Abby Martin
Votes: 15