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1. Silkwood (1983)
R | 131 min | Biography, Drama, History
A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson
Votes: 22,250 | Gross: $35.62M
2. Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
Hoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Mcgowan, Katie Proctor
Votes: 25,912
3. A Man of Integrity (2017)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama
A drama about corruption and injustice in Iranian society. You are the oppressed, or you have to join the oppressor to survive.
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof | Stars: Reza Akhlaghirad, Soudabeh Beizaee, Nasim Adabi, Zeinab Shabani
Votes: 2,675
4. The Pajama Game (1957)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.
Directors: George Abbott, Stanley Donen | Stars: Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney, Eddie Foy Jr.
Votes: 4,119
5. The Trouble with Girls (1969)
G | 97 min | Comedy, History, Musical
Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small-town America.
Director: Peter Tewksbury | Stars: Elvis Presley, Marlyn Mason, Nicole Jaffe, Sheree North
Votes: 1,783
6. Human Resources (1999)
TV-14 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
The 35-hour work week has all of France in its thrall. This film turns it into a feature about economic and familial politics. Frank, a business school graduate, returns to his provincial ... See full summary »
Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: Jalil Lespert, Jean-Claude Vallod, Chantal Barré, Véronique de Pandelaère
Votes: 2,810 | Gross: $0.12M
7. Bread and Roses (2000)
R | 110 min | Drama
Two Latina sisters work as cleaners in a downtown office building, and fight for the right to unionize.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo, Jack McGee
Votes: 6,086 | Gross: $0.53M
8. Katie Tippel (1975)
R | 100 min | Drama
The young girl Keetje moves to Amsterdam in 1881 with her impoverished family, and is led into prostitution in order to survive. In the process she sees the corrupting influence of money.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Monique van de Ven, Rutger Hauer, Andrea Domburg, Hannah de Leeuwe
Votes: 2,710
9. The Promised Land (1975)
Not Rated | 170 min | Drama
Three friends hope to build a factory but their plans are quickly jeopardized by local politics and one of the partner's dangerous love affair.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn, Anna Nehrebecka
Votes: 4,036
10. Pitfall (1962)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of lost souls.
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara | Stars: Hisashi Igawa, Sumie Sasaki, Sen Yano, Hideo Kanze
Votes: 4,334
11. Faubourg 36 (2008)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Music, Musical
When Chansonia, a nightclub, is shut down by the landlord, the stage manager Pigoil is forced to look for a new job. He finds hope when he discovers a young woman with a lovely singing voice.
Director: Christophe Barratier | Stars: Gérard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad, Nora Arnezeder
Votes: 2,939 | Gross: $0.85M
12. A Brief Vacation (1973)
PG | 112 min | Drama, Romance
Clara, diagnosed with tuberculosis, is treated in a sanatorium in the Alps where she can finally take a break from her miserable life.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Renato Salvatori, Daniel Quenaud, José María Prada
Votes: 982 | Gross: $0.66M
13. Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972–1973)
Not Rated | 476 min | Drama
The young toolmaker Jochen fights with his colleagues to a performance bonus. He gets to know the girl Marion. For both, it is love at first sight.
Stars: Gottfried John, Wolfrid Lier, Anita Bucher, Werner Finck
Votes: 653 | Gross: $0.02M
14. Chinaman's Chance: America's Other Slaves (2008)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
1870's America. A Chinese immigrant falsely accused of murdering a white woman is viciously hunted down; he'll have to prove his innocence in a time when people of color had "no legal rights" and could be bought and sold for a profit.
Directors: Aki Aleong, Geqi Li | Stars: Reggie Lee, Timothy Bottoms, Jason Connery, Coolio
Votes: 204
15. Dolores (I) (2017)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In the 1950's, a working-class wife and mother of eleven children helps to establish a farmer's union, which later develops into a platform for feminism and gender equality.
Director: Peter Bratt | Stars: Dolores Huerta, Martin Luther King, Luis Valdez, Ricardo S. Chavez
Votes: 376 | Gross: $0.56M
16. Walesa: Man of Hope (2013)
127 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The depiction of the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Poland's Solidarity movement, Lech Walesa, as events in the 1970s lead to a peaceful revolution.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Agnieszka Grochowska, Iwona Bielska, Zbigniew Zamachowski
Votes: 3,336
17. 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: 1,145
18. The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951)
Approved | 96 min | Drama
Brad Adams is the new manager of a manufacturing plant in a small New Hampshire town. He is brought in by owner Mrs. Doubleday to calm labor relations plus layoff employees. Brad manages to also find romance.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Dorothy Gish, Carleton Carpenter, Murray Hamilton
Votes: 406
19. Sanga Thalaivan (2021)
123 min | Drama
The story of the textile workers' struggle for justice in a small Indian region.
Director: Manimaran | Stars: Karate Karthi, Karunas, Samuthirakani, Ramya Subramanian
Votes: 165
20. Grev (2021)
Drama
The fictional story of a real resistance - against unacceptable working conditions - by women workers who worked as silk workers in Bursa in the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of 20th century.
Director: Metin Yegin | Stars: Itziar Ituño, Tansel Öngel, Nihan Aker, Orhan Alkaya
Votes: 102
21. Dom na Trubnoy (1928)
Not Rated | 64 min | Comedy
A girl Parasha Pitunova comes to Moscow from a deep province, eventually she arrives at a house. This is a story about the house and its inhabitants.
Director: Boris Barnet | Stars: Vera Maretskaya, Anel Sudakevich, Ada Voytsik, Vladimir Fogel
Votes: 730
22. Complicit (2017)
89 min | Documentary
Shot below the radar in China's electronics zones, Complicit follows the journey of migrant workers poisoned by toxic chemicals to challenge the global electronics industry, including Apple and Samsung.
Directors: Heather White, Jialing Zhang, Lynn Zhang | Star: Yi Yeting
Votes: 55
23. Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition (1970)
90 min | Drama
Dom, a member of a small trotskyist group, lives in a flat overlooking the British Museum in London. He goes to meetings and sleeps with as many attractive women as possible. The May '68 ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Hatton | Stars: John Thaw, Edina Ronay, Louis Mahoney, Anthony Villaroel
Votes: 22
24. The Sea Was Never Blue (2022)
81 min | Drama
Josh Chang is a struggling gig economy worker who picks up passengers on Election Day, which changes the course of everyone's lives forever.
Director: Adam Assad | Stars: Alejandra Cejudo, Laurie Douglas, Mishelle Fuentes, Charlie Harris
Votes: 21
25. The New Rulers of the World (2001 TV Movie)
65 min | Documentary
The myths of globalisation have been incorporated into much of our everyday language. "Thinking globally" and "the global economy" are part of a jargon that assumes we are all part of one ... See full summary »
Directors: Alan Lowery, John Pilger | Stars: Pramoedya Ananta Toer, George Monbiot, Dita Sari
Votes: 265
26. The Willmar 8 (1981)
50 min | Documentary
Risking jobs, friends, family and the opposition of church and community, eight unassuming women begin the longest bank strike in American history.
Director: Lee Grant | Stars: Glennis Andresen, Doris Boshart, Terry Caine, Sylvia Erickson
Votes: 100
27. Cantata de Chile (1976)
119 min | Drama, History
An epic, revolutionary retelling of the events leading up to an infamous massacre of striking miners in Chile in 1907.
Director: Humberto Solás | Stars: Nelson Villagra, Shenda Román, Eric Heresmann, Alfredo Tornquist
Votes: 37
28. La spinta dell'autunno. Cronaca documentata delle lotte sindacali di un anno fa (1971)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Sergio Rossi, Piero Ottone, Giorgio Pecorini, Rosario Toscani
29. Manifesto (I) (2022)
89 min | Documentary
Over three pivotal years in party politics, activists in the safest Labour seat in the country campaign for change under the banner of Jeremy Corbyn's 'For The Many' manifesto.
Director: Daniel Draper | Stars: Syed Anwar-ul-Haq, Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Dan Carden
Votes: 12
30. Nación (2020)
92 min | Documentary
A documentary that reconstructs the struggle of the female workers of a ceramic factory in Vigo (Galicia), closed in 2001.
Director: Margarita Ledo | Stars: Mónica Camaño, Monica de Nut
Votes: 31
31. Wisconsin Rising (2014)
57 min | Documentary, History, News
Wisconsin Rising documents the largest sustained workers' resistance movement in American history, telling the dramatic story of how the people of Wisconsin occupied the State House and the... See full summary »
Director: Sam Mayfield
32. Não Toque em Meu Companheiro (2020)
Documentary
The history of mobilizing of a group of 110 employees from Caixa Econômica Federal bank over the course of a year, after being unfairly dismissed in 1991 under the Fernando Collor de Mello government.
Director: Maria Ramos
Votes: 15
33. Casa de Angelis (2018–2019)
Drama, History
A miniseries about the trials and tribulations of a fashion house in 1950s Chile.
Stars: Ángela Prieto, Valentina Muhr, Catalina Saavedra, Paulina Urrutia
Votes: 10
34. Radnicka klasa odlazi u raj (The Working Class Is Off to Paradise (2017)
80 min | Documentary
Documentary film about the former working class in today's Serbian transitional society. The story takes us into the everyday lives of five former employees of the industrial giants in ... See full summary »
Director: Marko Cvejic | Stars: Jovica Berbakov, Alfred Kelemen, Marija Kerestes, Branislav Odzin
Votes: 10
35. Celuloza (1954)
120 min | Drama
A common worker tells a communist activist the story of his turbulent life - from the extreme poverty in the countryside to becoming a conscious worker's activist.
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Józef Nowak, Stanislaw Milski, Zbigniew Skowronski, Teresa Szmigielówna
Votes: 116
36. Seeds of Peace (2008)
52 min | Documentary
In the industrial zone Nizzane Ha Shalom (Seeds of Peace) stands the recycling factory Tal El, where Jawdat Toulousy worked for over 6 years as a forklift truck driver. When he tried to ... See full summary »
Directors: Maaike Broos, Andre Kloer | Stars: Assaf Adiv, Mohammed Amara, Elad Miller, Jawdat Toulousy
Votes: 9
37. All Together: Migrant Women, Work, and Unions (1989 Video)
17 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Director: Margaret Haselgrove
38. Le tombeau de l'amiante: chronique d'un désastre annoncé (2021)
90 min | Documentary
Thanks to the RTBF archives (Belgian TV) from 1977 to 2003, a crucial period of the asbestos usage in Belgium and Europe is highlighted. The years before the asbestos ban, some years cynically won by the industry to maintain profits.
Directors: Marie-Anne Mengeot, Nina Toussaint
39. Regreso a Fortín Olmos (2008)
104 min | Documentary
The documentary Hachero nomás (1966) showed the harsh social conditions of the lumberjack workers in the Argentine province of Santa Fe. The film's crew established their base in a ... See full summary »
Directors: Patricio Coll, Jorge Goldenberg
40. Shift Change (2012)
69 min | Documentary
.visits the 50-year-old network of cooperative businesses in Mondragon, Spain, and thriving examples of such businesses in U.S. The film shares on-the-ground experiences, lessons, and ... See full summary »
Directors: Mark Dworkin, Melissa Young
42. Hachero nomás (1966)
20 min | Documentary, Short
The harsh working conditions of exploited lumberjack workers in the Santa Fe province, Argentina.
Directors: Patricio Coll, Jorge Goldenberg, Luis Zanger
Votes: 7
44. Rich Hall's Working for the American Dream (2018 TV Movie)
Documentary, History
In this sobering look at the current state of the American Dream, comedian Rich Hall explains how the US viewed and treated labor throughout its history and why this inevitably led to the economic and social problems Americans face today.
Director: Chris Cottam | Stars: Rich Hall, Raymond W. Johnson
Votes: 50
45. La rider (2021)
2 min | Short, Drama
A hard-working 'rider' who barely makes a few euros a day while suffering the contempt of some of the people who receive the food. In addition, she faces a situation of dependence on a relative.
Director: Elena Molina | Stars: Nicky Negrete, Antonia Payeras, Blanca Rivera
46. It's Just a Compliment, Luv! (1981)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Amanda King | Stars: Mary Dimech, Diane Hague, Merv Hawkins, Lia Leove
47.
Politics Live (2018– )
Episode:
Episode #2.46
(2019)
104 min | News, Talk-Show
Food standards and workers rights after Brexit, Islamophobia within the Conservative Party, school funding, and knife crime are discussed. Plus, live coverage of Prime Minister's Questions.
Director: Anna Rasmussen | Stars: Jo Coburn, Catherine McKinnell, Nadhim Zahawi, Harry Cole
48.
Superstore (2015–2021)
Episode:
Employee Appreciation Day
(2019)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy
Amy and Jonah find themselves on opposing sides as corporate tries to win over employees by showering them with treats. When the company's tactics grow more extreme, everyone must band together to save one of their own.
Director: Jeffrey Blitz | Stars: America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn
Votes: 1,074
49.
Granada Reports (1992– )
Episode:
15 August 2019: Evening Bulletin
(2019)
30 min | News
Stars: Tony Morris, Lucy Meacock, Chelsea F.C., Liverpool F.C.
50.
Superstore (2015–2021)
Episode:
Negotiations
(2019)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy
Jonah and Sandra head to Corporate for union contract negotiations; Amy, Dina and Cheyenne chop down the perfect Christmas tree; Mateo challenges Glenn to see who is the best salesman.
Director: Betsy Thomas | Stars: America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn
Votes: 977