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1. House M.D. (2004–2012)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery
Using a crack team of doctors and his wits, an antisocial maverick doctor specializing in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way.
Stars: Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jesse Spencer
Votes: 513,271
2. Erin Brockovich (2000)
R | 131 min | Biography, Drama
An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick
Votes: 221,247 | Gross: $125.60M
3. On the Waterfront (1954)
Approved | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger
Votes: 164,860 | Gross: $9.60M
4. Norma Rae (1979)
PG | 114 min | Drama
A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle
Votes: 12,834 | Gross: $22.23M
5. The Insider (1999)
R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora
Votes: 180,187 | Gross: $28.97M
6. 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: 22,198 | Gross: $35.62M
7. Hoffa (1992)
R | 140 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of the notorious American labor union figure Jimmy Hoffa, who organizes a bitter strike, makes deals with members of the organized crime syndicate and mysteriously disappears in 1975.
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante, J.T. Walsh
Votes: 24,792 | Gross: $24.28M
8. Brassed Off (1996)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The coal mine in a northern English village may be closing, which would also mean the end of the miners' brass band.
Director: Mark Herman | Stars: Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Tompkinson
Votes: 20,936 | Gross: $2.56M
9. Matewan (1987)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, History
A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham
Votes: 8,913 | Gross: $1.68M
10. Made in Dagenham (2010)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Director: Nigel Cole | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone
Votes: 16,070 | Gross: $1.09M
11. 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: 4,107
12. 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: 6,628
13. Where to Invade Next (2015)
R | 120 min | Documentary, Comedy
To learn what the USA can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully "invades" them to see what they have to offer.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Johnny Fancelli, Christina Fancelli, Lorena Lardini
Votes: 25,703 | Gross: $3.82M
14. The Betsy (1978)
R | 125 min | Drama
The aging, retired founder of an auto giant comes out of retirement to try to develop a safe, fuel-efficient car.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Tommy Lee Jones
Votes: 1,654 | Gross: $17.69M
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. Roger & Me (1989)
R | 91 min | Documentary
After General Motors closes its factory in Flint, Michigan, eliminating 35,000 jobs, filmmaker Michael Moore undertakes a quixotic quest to interview General Motors' chairman, Roger B. Smith.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Roger B. Smith, Rhonda Britton, Fred Ross
Votes: 27,512 | Gross: $6.71M
17. The Molly Maguires (1970)
M | 124 min | Drama, History
In 1876 Pennsylvania, a group of Irish immigrant coal miners begin to retaliate against the cruelty of their work environment.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar, Frank Finlay
Votes: 4,334 | Gross: $0.22M
18. Cesar Chavez (2014)
PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama
A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez.
Director: Diego Luna | Stars: Michael Peña, America Ferrera, Rosario Dawson, John Malkovich
Votes: 3,619 | Gross: $5.55M
19. Act of Vengeance (1986 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Charles Bronson, Ellen Burstyn, Wilford Brimley, Hoyt Axton
Votes: 815
20. I'm All Right Jack (1959)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy
A naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labor union.
Director: John Boulting | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 4,366
21. 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: 4,397
22. Three Brothers (1981)
PG | 113 min | Drama
Three men face their mother's death.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Andréa Ferréol
Votes: 1,793
23. 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: 2,171 | Gross: $0.00M
24. The Yes Men (2003)
R | 83 min | Documentary, Comedy
Anti-corporate activists travel from conference to conference, impersonating member of the World Trade Organization.
Directors: Dan Ollman, Sarah Price, Chris Smith | Stars: Andreas Bichlbauer, Mike Bonanno, Andy Bichlbaum, Michael Moore
Votes: 6,177 | Gross: $0.20M
25. 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
26. The Angry Silence (1960)
TV-14 | 95 min | Drama
A young factory worker decides to stand up against his workmates and fellow union members when they want to hold a wildcat strike.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Michael Craig, Bernard Lee
Votes: 1,680
27. 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: 582
28. 10,000 Black Men Named George (2002 TV Movie)
R | 95 min | Drama
Union activist Asa Philip Randolph's efforts to organize the black porters of the Pullman Rail Company in 1920s America.
Director: Robert Townsend | Stars: Andre Braugher, Charles S. Dutton, Mario Van Peebles, Brock Peters
Votes: 360
29. Tricky Old Dogs (2018)
TV-14 | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
Three elderly men who have been friends since the 1960s bond over their lifetime of experiences together despite their differences.
Director: Christophe Duthuron | Stars: Pierre Richard, Eddy Mitchell, Roland Giraud, Alice Pol
Votes: 927
30. The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales (2022)
87 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Abigail Disney examines income inequality at her family's company, asking why the American dream seems so out of reach for so many.
Directors: Abigail Disney, Kathleen Hughes
Votes: 199
31. Mount Royal (1988)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama
Andre Valeur, a successful businessman, lives in an upscale Montreal neighborhood and Paris. Daughter Stephanie is a model, Danielle a reporter. Rob works for his father but prefers the ... See full summary »
Stars: Patrick Bauchau, Domini Blythe, Catherine Colvey, Jonathan Crombie
Votes: 27
32. The $5.20 an Hour Dream (1980 TV Movie)
104 min | Drama
A newly-divorced woman with a young daughter fights male chauvinism to win a job on the assembly line of the engine company for whom she works.
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Linda Lavin, Richard Jaeckel, Nicholas Pryor, Pamela McMyler
Votes: 51
33. Three Girls About Town (1941)
Passed | 75 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
To save the reputation of the hotel where they are employed, sisters try to cover up a murder.
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Joan Blondell, John Howard, Binnie Barnes, Janet Blair
Votes: 353
34. Hillbilly: The Real Story (2008 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary
The history and culture of the legendary inhabitants (the "hillbillies") of Appalachia.
Director: David Huntley | Stars: Billy Ray Cyrus, Popcorn Sutton, Tim Smith, Roddy Moore
Votes: 50
35. Trouble in High Timber Country (1980 TV Movie)
98 min | Action, Drama
The Yeagers own a mining and timber company. Now they are careful not to overdo it, so that the business can continue for a long time, and officially their company has no union, because ... See full summary »
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Eddie Albert, Martin Kove, James Sloyan, Robin Dearden
Votes: 37
36. 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
37. The Dixie Flyer (1926)
60 min | Action, Drama
The railroad is building a new line, but the workers are unhappy because one of the board members, hoping to oust the man in charge of the project (Rapley), has a saboteur on site. Rapley's... See full summary »
Director: Charles J. Hunt | Stars: Cullen Landis, Eva Novak, Ferdinand Munier, John Elliott
Votes: 42
38. Empire, Inc. (1983– )
Drama
Empire, Inc. is the story of the charismatic James Munroe, a man of passionate drives, who could devastate an enemy as well as a friend, and whose cunning even stupefied his own family.
Stars: Kenneth Welsh, Jennifer Dale, Peter Dvorsky, Linda Griffiths
Votes: 20
39. Diggers (1986 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Documentary film about the black men who came from the West Indies (primarily Barbados and Jamaica) to work on the construction of the Panama Canal from 1881 to 1914.
Director: Roman J. Foster | Stars: Brock Peters, John Woodcliff Bowen, Benjamin Jordan, Egbert Cleveland Leslie
40. Sonnensucher (1972)
116 min | Drama
People are sent off to a Soviet controlled uranium mine in 1950's Germany.
Director: Konrad Wolf | Stars: Ulrike von Zerboni, Günther Simon, Erwin Geschonneck, Manja Behrens
Votes: 165
41. I Am Somebody (1970)
Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Documentary
In 1969, 400 poorly paid black women working in a hospital in Charleston, South Carolina, went on strike to demand union recognition and a wage increase, only to find themselves confronting the National Guard and the state government.
Director: Madeline Anderson | Stars: Ralph Abernathy, Leon Davis, Coretta Scott King, Bill Kircher
Votes: 240
42. The Hidden Spring (1917)
50 min | Adventure, Romance
Quartus Hembly, a man without a conscience, is the ruler of the town of Copper City, having made himself rich at the expense of his workers. When Donald Keith, a young lawyer, arrives in ... See full summary »
Director: E. Mason Hopper | Stars: Harold Lockwood, Vera Sisson, Herbert Standing, Lester Cuneo
Votes: 21
43. The Lords of High Decision (1916)
50 min | Drama
Colonel Roger Craighill, a Pittsburgh millionaire, is seen presiding at a meeting in the directors' room of the Hercules Bank. He tells them that he intends to crush Gregory, an independent... See full summary »
Director: Jack Harvey | Stars: Cyril Scott, Joseph W. Girard, William Welsh, Joseph Daly
44. 24 Days in Brooks (2007)
42 min | Documentary, Short
In a decade, tiny Brooks, Alberta has been transformed from a socially conservative, primarily Caucasian town to one of the most diverse places in Canada. Hijabs have become commonplace, ... See full synopsis »
Director: Dana Inkster | Star: Clifton Joseph
Votes: 19
45. Pothoi sta stahya (1960)
85 min | Drama, Romance
On a golden June somewhere at the lush Thessalian Plains, the coming of a modern combine harvester and the unexpected arrival of an ex-convict brother will threaten to bring to an end a timid clandestine affair.
Director: Pete Giannopoulos | Stars: Giorgos Foundas, Martha Vourtsi, Lykourgos Kallergis, Titos Vandis
Votes: 28
46. Immokalee U.S.A. (2008)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary
Every season, tens of thousands of migrant farmworkers converge on small communities like Immokalee, Florida where they plant and harvest the food that Americans consume. A vast majority of... See full summary »
Director: Georg Koszulinski
Votes: 36
47. Caterpillar: The Story of a Plant Closure (1992)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Laszlo Barna, Barry Greenwald | Stars: Buzz Hargrove, Bob Nickerson, Cedric Smith, Bob White
Votes: 16
48. Sewing for Bread (2002)
44 min | Documentary
The battle of women working in a sewing workshop in Mitzpeh Ramon Israel.
Stars: Smadar Levi, Havatzelet Ingber, Avigayil Yifrach
49. The High Road (1915)
50 min | Drama
Director: John W. Noble | Stars: Valli Valli, Frank Elliott, C.H. Brenon, Fred L. Wilson
50. Ils ne mouraient pas tous mais tous étaient frappés (2005)
80 min | Documentary
Directors: Sophie Bruneau, Marc-Antoine Roudil
Votes: 40