Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "mill-worker"
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- Instant Watch Options
- In Theaters
- Release Year
1. Carousel (1956)
Approved | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Fifteen years after his death, a carousel barker is granted permission to return to Earth for one day to make amends to his widow and their daughter.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Ruick
Votes: 6,802
2. 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
3. The Inheritance (2003)
Unrated | 115 min | Drama
A young man is torn between his individual hopes and his sense of duty when his father dies and he is expected to take over the family industry.
Director: Per Fly | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Lisa Werlinder, Ghita Nørby, Karina Skands
Votes: 4,868
4. The Man in the White Suit (1951)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough
Votes: 10,814 | Gross: $0.01M
5. Spring and Port Wine (1970)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's lives in working-class Bolton.
Director: Peter Hammond | Stars: James Mason, Diana Coupland, Hannah Gordon, Susan George
Votes: 992
6. Catch a Falling Star (2000 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sydney Clarke is a spoiled famous actress who is shooting a film when she suddenly gets angry and storms off. She wakes up in the middle of nowhere and gets a ride to a small New England ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Sela Ward, Rebecca Jenkins, Andrew Jackson, Jane Curtin
Votes: 558
7. Two Fathers' Justice (1985 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
On the eve of their wedding day, Karen and Johnny are murdered by drug dealers who are actually after the groom's roommate. The killers are caught, but they jump bail and flee the country, ... See full summary »
Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Robert Conrad, George Hamilton, Brooke Bundy, Catherine Corkill
Votes: 74
8. Among the Living (1941)
Approved | 67 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A mentally unstable man who has been kept in isolation for years escapes and causes trouble for his identical twin brother.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Albert Dekker, Susan Hayward, Frances Farmer, Harry Carey
Votes: 829
9. Imperfect Union (2007 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy, Romance
A comedy set in an automobile parts factory, where a young man (Levi) has just taken over as head of the factory and a young woman (Williams) has inherited her father's job as shop steward.
Director: Michael Fresco | Stars: Ashley Williams, Zachary Levi, George Wendt, Beverly D'Angelo
Votes: 32
10. City of Gold - Mumbai 1982: Ek Ankahee Kahani (2010)
Not Rated | 145 min | Crime, Drama
An impoverished family faces challenges and obstacles after strikes/shut-downs/arson shut down Mumbai's mills.
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar | Stars: Sachin Khedekar, Seema Biswas, Ankush Chaudhari, Satish Kaushik
Votes: 400
11. Flame of My Love (1949)
96 min | Drama, Romance
A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi, ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Kuniko Miyake, Ichirô Sugai
Votes: 480
12. Carousel (I)
Drama, Musical, Romance | Announced
In purgatory for his role in a botched bank robbery, former carnival barker Billy Bigelow (Jackman) is sent back to his old life to for one day, where he's to fix the problems he left behind.
13. Issi Ka Naam Dunia Hai (1962)
130 min | Drama, Music
Motiram, a textile mill worker, has lost his wife and he marries Radha, despite protest from his children Raja and Asha. Radha starts playing a step mother, as a result both children run ... See full summary »
Director: Shakti Samanta | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Shyama, Mehmood, Sahira
Votes: 10
14. David Macaulay: Mill Times (2001)
56 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Travel back to late 18th century Lowell, MA, now infamous for its textile mills and its "Lowell Girls," the poor, barely-educated waifs who helped turn those mills into sweatshops.
Director: Larry Klein | Stars: David Macaulay, Derek Jacobi, Richard Bebb, Brook Butterworth
Votes: 14
15. Dear America: So Far from Home (1999 TV Movie)
TV-Y7 | 27 min | Drama, Family, History
Working at a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, teenage Mary, a recent immigrant from Ireland, finds that life in America is not what she expected.
Director: Don McCutcheon | Stars: Laura Bertram, Steven McCarthy, Lynne Griffin, Gema Zamprogna
Votes: 54
16. The Unpainted Woman (1919)
60 min | Drama
Gudrun works in the American wheat country as a hired girl to Mrs. Hawes. Charley Holt, the son of a rich family, takes the Swedish girl to a dance where she is snubbed by his mother and ... See full summary »
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Mary MacLaren, Thurston Hall, David Butler, Laura La Varnie
17. The Royal Pauper (1917)
Drama
Director: Ben Turbett | Stars: Francine Larrimore, Walter Bauer, Richard Tucker, William Wadsworth
18. The Other Half (1919)
50 min | Drama
Donald Trent, the son of an iron-works owner, loses his belief in class distinction and recognizes his debt to others while fighting in the trenches. At home he tells his father, who abhors... See full summary »
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Florence Vidor, Charles Meredith, Zasu Pitts, David Butler
Votes: 51
19. The Improbable Son (2009 TV Movie)
36 min | Family
"The Improbable Son" is a lovable clown who takes his inheritance and ventures off on the journey of a lifetime, leaving family and friends in search of 'true happiness'. Set in the heart ... See full summary »
Directors: Yvonne Ainsworth, Allie Spencer | Stars: Abigail Ainsworth, Dominic Ainsworth, Nathanael Ainsworth, Kathryn Allwood
20. The Governor Maker (1915)
Short, Drama
Grace Parker and Mary French work in the Acme Mills. Jim Savage is a mill hand and the recognized leader of the male workers. Cyrus Wade is principal stockholder in the Acme Mills. On the ... See full summary »
Director: Henry MacRae | Stars: William Clifford, Marie Walcamp, Sherman Bainbridge, Rex De Rosselli
21. The Daughter of the People (1915)
50 min | Drama
Arthur Stillman, the senior member of the firm of Stillman and Thornton, cotton goods manufacturers of Rockton, Mass., has closed his mills under the pretense that he cannot obtain cotton ... See full summary »
Director: J. Searle Dawley | Stars: Robert Broderick, Frederick de Belleville, Laura Sawyer
22. More Trouble (1918)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Lemuel Deering's son Harvey graduates from college at the top of his class, then returns home to become a partner in his father's steel business. Because Harvey appears to be an exemplary ... See full summary »
Director: Ernest C. Warde | Stars: Frank Keenan, John Gilbert, Ida Lewis, Roberta Wilson
23. Post-Industrial Fiddle (1982)
Not Rated | 23 min | Short, Music
Director: John Cohen | Star: Jerry Morrell
24. A Beggar in Purple (1920)
Drama
Poverty-stricken John Hargrave is forced to beg employment from rich mill owner Roger Winton in order to save his sick mother's life. Winton refuses to help, and when Hargrave's mother dies... See full summary »
Director: Edgar Lewis | Stars: Lee Shumway, Charles Arling, Stanhope Wheatcroft, Betty Brice
25.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
Working
(1982)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A musical adaptation of Studs Terkel's book celebrating the lives of everyday working-class people.
Directors: Kirk Browning, Stephen Schwartz | Stars: Studs Terkel, Barry Bostwick, Scatman Crothers, Barbara Browning
Votes: 77
26.
I Know This Much Is True (2020)
Episode:
Five
(2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
Upon learning details of his Sicilian grandfather's arrival in the 1900s, Dominick becomes convinced his family is cursed. A startling update on Thomas from an unlikely source prompts Dominick to take drastic action.
Director: Derek Cianfrance | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, John Procaccino, Rosie O'Donnell, Rob Huebel
Votes: 902