Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "fight", "strike"

1. Joker (I) (2019)

R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy

Votes: 1,487,634 | Gross: $335.45M

2. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

PG-13 | 192 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang

Votes: 493,977 | Gross: $659.68M

3. RoboCop 2 (1990)

R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

RoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil RoboCop 2.

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Belinda Bauer, Dan O'Herlihy

Votes: 93,137 | Gross: $45.68M

4. Newsies (1992)

PG | 121 min | Drama, Family, History

A musical based on the New York City newsboy strike of 1899. When young newspaper sellers are exploited beyond reason by their bosses they set out to enact change and are met by the ruthlessness of big business.

Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Christian Bale, Bill Pullman, Robert Duvall, Ann-Margret

Votes: 22,552 | Gross: $2.82M

5. Across the Universe (2007)

PG-13 | 133 min | Drama, Fantasy, History

The music of The Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.

Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs

Votes: 114,259 | Gross: $51.66M

6. The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)

Not Rated | 127 min | Drama, War

Against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald

Votes: 54,600 | Gross: $1.83M

7. 1900 (1976)

Unrated | 317 min | Drama, History

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth-century Italy as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini

Votes: 27,279

8. J. Edgar (2011)

R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly fifty years, looks back on his professional and personal life.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Josh Hamilton

Votes: 133,610 | Gross: $37.31M

9. 24 Hour Party People (2002)

R | 117 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Lennie James, John Thomson, Paul Popplewell

Votes: 39,682 | Gross: $1.13M

10. The Battle of Algiers (1966)

Not Rated | 121 min | Drama, War

In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash

Votes: 65,632 | Gross: $0.06M

11. Animal Factory (2000)

R | 94 min | Crime, Drama

A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.

Director: Steve Buscemi | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Danny Trejo, Mark Boone Junior

Votes: 14,633 | Gross: $0.04M

12. Martin Eden (2019)

TV-PG | 129 min | Drama, Romance

Martin Eden struggles to rise above his destitute, proletarian circumstances through an intense and passionate pursuit of self-education, hoping to achieve a place among the literary elite.

Director: Pietro Marcello | Stars: Luca Marinelli, Jessica Cressy, Vincenzo Nemolato, Marco Leonardi

Votes: 7,650

13. Accattone (1961)

Not Rated | 117 min | Drama

A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiraling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi

Votes: 10,158

14. Humanity (1999)

Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, Mystery

When an 11-year-old girl is brutally raped and murdered in a quiet French village, a police detective who has forgotten how to feel emotions--because of the death of his own family in some kind of accident--investigates the crime, which turns out to ask more questions

Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Emmanuel Schotté, Séverine Caneele, Philippe Tullier, Ghislain Ghesquère

Votes: 5,097 | Gross: $0.11M

15. Germinal (1993)

R | 160 min | Drama, Romance

In mid-nineteenth-century northern France, a coal mining town's workers are exploited by the mine's owner. One day, they decide to go on strike, and the authorities repress them.

Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Renaud, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet

Votes: 5,744 | Gross: $0.38M

16. Lady Chatterley (2006)

R | 168 min | Drama, Romance

A French adaptation of the second (and much less well-known) version of D.H. Lawrence's erotic tale.

Director: Pascale Ferran | Stars: Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Hippolyte Girardot, Hélène Alexandridis

Votes: 4,772 | Gross: $0.69M

17. The Slingshot (1993)

R | 102 min | Drama

In 1920s Stockholm, young Roland lives with his socialist father, Jewish mother, and boxer brother. His mother sells condoms illegally, and from them Roland makes slingshots, which he sells... See full summary »

Director: Åke Sandgren | Stars: Jesper Salén, Stellan Skarsgård, Basia Frydman, Niklas Olund

Votes: 2,204 | Gross: $0.31M

18. Anbe Sivam (2003)

Not Rated | 160 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Two men, one young and arrogant, the other damaged - physically but not spiritually - by life, are thrown together by circumstances, and find that they are in some ways bound together by fate.

Director: Sundar C. | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Madhavan, Kiran Rathod, Nassar

Votes: 25,294

19. Dante's Inferno (1935)

Passed | 89 min | Drama, Romance

Jim Carter moves in on the McWade's carnival concession which shows scenes from Dante's "Inferno". He makes it a going concern, marrying Betty along the way. An inspector calls the ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Henry B. Walthall, Alan Dinehart

Votes: 917

20. The Widow Couderc (1971)

TV-14 | 92 min | Action, Drama, Romance

John, an escaped convict, takes refuge on the farm of Widow Couderc. He becomes the older woman's lover and admits that he's on the run. The widow's in-laws, who despise her,

Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Alain Delon, Simone Signoret, Ottavia Piccolo, Jean Tissier

Votes: 2,021

21. Come See the Paradise (1990)

R | 138 min | Drama, Romance, War

The passionate romance between an Irish-American man and a Japanese-American woman is threatened when the Pearl Harbor attacks happen and the woman is forced into a prison camp because of her ethnicity.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono, Shizuko Hoshi

Votes: 3,052 | Gross: $0.85M

22. Swimming Upstream (2003)

PG-13 | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The inspirational life story of Australian swimmer Tony Fingleton.

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Jesse Spencer, Tim Draxl

Votes: 3,482 | Gross: $0.05M

23. Daens (1992)

138 min | Biography, Drama, History

In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the ... See full summary »

Director: Stijn Coninx | Stars: Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, Michael Pas

Votes: 4,396

24. Naerata ometi (1985)

85 min | Drama

A sensitive girl struggles with first love and bullying in a 1980's Soviet orphanage.

Directors: Leida Laius, Arvo Iho | Stars: Monika Järv, Hendrik Toompere Jr., Tauri Tallermaa, Katrin Tamleht

Votes: 282

25. Sunday Too Far Away (1975)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama

A hard-drinking but hard-working gun shearer leads a group of Outback sheep herders into striking after wealthy landowners attempt to drive them from their territory.

Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: Jack Thompson, Max Cullen, Robert Bruning, Jerry Thomas

Votes: 947

26. Alexandria... Why? (1979)

Not Rated | 133 min | Drama

Yehia is a young man living in the cosmopolitan Alexandria during World War II. Inspired by American movies and Shakespeare, he aspires to be an actor, but struggles to pursue his Hollywood... See full summary »

Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Naglaa Fathi, Ahmed Zaki, Farid Shawqi, Mahmoud Al Meleji

Votes: 2,041

27. Salt of the Earth (1954)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, History

Mexican workers at a zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers, and daughters, that they eventually triumph.

Director: Herbert J. Biberman | Stars: Juan Chacón, Rosaura Revueltas, Will Geer, David Bauer

Votes: 4,043

28. Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (1998)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama

A couple of friends work for a taxi driver to rob his passengers, but they feel like they are being ripped off.

Directors: Israel Adrián Caetano, Bruno Stagnaro | Stars: Héctor Anglada, Jorge Sesán, Pamela Jordán, Adrián Yospe

Votes: 2,854

29. Children of the Revolution (1996)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Few knew that Stalin spent his last night in the arms of a young Australian woman. Few still knew that their "love-child" brought Australia to the brink of civil war. Until now.

Director: Peter Duncan | Stars: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, F. Murray Abraham, Richard Roxburgh

Votes: 2,426 | Gross: $0.83M

30. 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: 2,790 | Gross: $0.12M

31. 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: 2,935 | Gross: $0.85M

32. Mother (1926)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama

A story about a family torn apart by a worker's strike. At first, the mother wants to protect her family from the troublemakers, but eventually she realizes that her son is right and the workers should strike.

Director: Vsevolod Pudovkin | Stars: Vera Baranovskaya, Nikolay Batalov, Aleksandr Chistyakov, Anna Zemtsova

Votes: 3,069

33. Crying Ladies (2003)

Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

A whimsical comedy about three women who cry at funerals, professionally.

Director: Mark Meily | Stars: Sharon Cuneta, Hilda Koronel, Angel Aquino, Eric Quizon

Votes: 288 | Gross: $0.11M

34. Aliens: Fireteam Elite (2021 Video Game)

M | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Your fireteam goes down on an alien world, told to exterminate a hive of aliens. Should be easy right? Wrong. Face the hive in the 3 player, online shooter.

Stars: Melissa Medína, Leilani Barrett, Haylie Wu Chow, Mark Whitten

Votes: 300

35. The Power and the Glory (1933)

Passed | 76 min | Drama

The tragic life story of a power-hungry industrialist is recounted in the aftermath of his death.

Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Colleen Moore, Ralph Morgan, Helen Vinson

Votes: 734

36. Second Honeymoon (1937)

Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Romance

Newly remarried woman finds her businessman husband boring and runs into her wealthy playboy first husband.

Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Stuart Erwin, Claire Trevor

Votes: 507

37. A Matter of Sex (1984 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Drama, History

Dramatization of the true story of the so-called Willmar Eight, a group of Minnesota bank workers who braved freezing conditions whilst picketing their branch in a struggle for union rights.

Director: Lee Grant | Stars: Jean Stapleton, Nancy Beatty, J. Winston Carroll, Peter Dvorsky

Votes: 146

38. Dokuritsu shônen gasshô-dan (2000)

129 min | Drama, Music

The lives of two orphan boys begin to intertwine when the choir and the feelings they share bring them closer to one another.

Director: Akira Ogata | Stars: Atsushi Itô, Sora Tôma, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryôko Takizawa

Votes: 256

39. Shoky & Morthy: Last Big Thing (2021)

99 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

Shoky and Morthy are best friends and successful YouTubers, but their fame is slowly beginning to fade. While Morthy would like to quit, Shoky comes up with ideas for making their videos ... See full summary »

Director: Andy Fehu | Stars: Stepán Kozub, Jakub Stáfek, Tomás Magnusek, Martina Babisova

Votes: 240

40. My Daughter, the Socialist (1966)

94 min | Comedy, Romance

Liza falls in love with one of her father's employees. Her socialistic ideas about employment drive her to collide with her father and the sociopolitical status of the time.

Director: Alekos Sakellarios | Stars: Aliki Vougiouklaki, Dimitris Papamichael, Stavros Xenidis, Labros Konstadaras

Votes: 1,467

41. Ragile Gundelu (1985)

Not Rated | 127 min | Drama

After her boyfriend jilts her, a vengeful woman returns to wreak havoc in his married life.

Director: P. Chandrasekhara Reddy | Stars: Mohan Babu, Pandari Bai, Vishnu Manchu, Radhika Sarathkumar

Votes: 918

42. 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

43. Knights of the Round (1991 Video Game)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Side-scrolling beat 'em up based loosely on the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Merlin then sends Arthur and his companions, Lancelot and Perceval, to overthrow the evil king Garibaldi and to unite Britain.

Votes: 92

44. Ce monde est fou (2013 TV Movie)

Comedy, Drama

After a silly argument at school between two best friends, a merciless war begins between the respective mothers when one of them files charges for assault.

Director: Badreddine Mokrani | Stars: Christine Citti, Sophie Le Tellier, Filipe Vargas, Laurent Bateau

Votes: 22

45. Riverdale (2017–2023)
Episode: Chapter Sixty-Seven: Varsity Blues (2020)

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

Emotions run high as Riverdale celebrates a monumental Spirit Week; Jughead considers a pivotal opportunity; Veronica pursues a new passion.

Director: Roxanne Benjamin | Stars: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse

Votes: 887

46. 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: 527

47. SEAL Team (2017–2024)
Episode: Fair Winds and Following Seas (2022)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Drama, War

Reeling from a devastating loss, Bravo must fight their way out of hostile territory.

Director: Christopher Chulack | Stars: David Boreanaz, Neil Brown Jr., A.J. Buckley, Toni Trucks

Votes: 597

48. Predators (2022– )
Episode: Puma (2022)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary

In the remote mountains of Patagonia, puma mother Rupestre, has just six months to teach her four cubs everything they need to survive. But as their world becomes increasingly competitive, will they be ready to face adulthood alone?

Directors: Dan Smith, Vanessa Coates | Star: Tom Hardy

Votes: 67

49. Manny (2011– )
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2011)

TV-Y | 44 min | Romance

Both Do-young and Janice deal with insolent underlings who flat out disrespect their authority, and Yi-han, in helping one of them, crosses a line that ends his term as manny.

Stars: Ji-Seok Seo, Jung-Yoon Choi, Jeong-su Byeon, Kim Sook

50. Planet Earth II (2016)
Episode: Deserts (2016)

TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary

The world's deserts force animals to come up with ingenious ways of coping with hostile conditions, giving rise to the most incredible survival stories on earth.

Director: Ed Charles | Stars: David Attenborough, Ed Charles, Rob Drewett, Toby Nowlan

Votes: 3,112