Labor Strike Movies

  • 2000
    Harlan County War

    Harlan County War

    Harlan County War

    7.352000HD

    A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lin...

    Harlan County War
  • 1971
    Smoke

    Smoke

    Smoke

    31971HD

    A group of Americans who live together in an old mansion somewhere in Sweden spend their time between working at the local airplane plant and hanging...

    Smoke
  • 1919
    The Mother and the Law

    The Mother and the Law

    The Mother and the Law

    6.61919HD

    After the relatively low box office takings of 'Intolerance', D. W. Griffith would revisit his epic film three years later by releasing two of the fil...

    The Mother and the Law
  • 2020
    The Year of the Discovery

    The Year of the Discovery

    The Year of the Discovery

    6.72020HD

    In 1992 – 500 years after the beginning of Spain's global empire with the discovery of America – Spain proudly presented itself to the international c...

    The Year of the Discovery
  • 1985
    Which Side Are You On?

    Which Side Are You On?

    Which Side Are You On?

    6.51985HD

    The documentary features the British miners and their family experiences told through songs, poems, pictures and words.

    Which Side Are You On?
  • 2011
    Triangle: Remembering the Fire

    Triangle: Remembering the Fire

    Triangle: Remembering the Fire

    62011HD

    On March 25, 1911, a catastrophic fire broke out at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City. Trapped inside the upper floors of a ten-story buildi...

    Triangle: Remembering the Fire
  • 1933
    Torn Boots

    Torn Boots

    Torn Boots

    01933HD

    Working with children led Barskaya to create superb direct sound and an inspired style of shooting. Don’t look for conventional cinematic syntax here....

    Torn Boots
  • 1990
    American Dream

    American Dream

    American Dream

    7.11990HD

    When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota are asked to take a substantial pay cut in a highly profitable year, the local labor...

    American Dream
  • 1990
    The Night Before the Strike

    The Night Before the Strike

    The Night Before the Strike

    6.21990HD

    There are 200 miserably impoverished people working in the Dongseong Metalworks Factory. Ju Wan-ik is introduced to the forging team as a new member o...

    The Night Before the Strike
  • 1972
    Blow for Blow

    Blow for Blow

    Blow for Blow

    6.91972HD

    The film describes a strike in a French textile factory, when the striking workers occupy the factory.

    Blow for Blow
  • 2024
    Die Mutigen 56 - Deutschlands längster Streik

    Die Mutigen 56 - Deutschlands längster Streik

    Die Mutigen 56 - Deutschlands längster Streik

    02024HD

    Emma Freese is desperate when her husband Alfred falls ill at the Howaldtswerke in Kiel. How is the family supposed to get by without their wages? The...

    Die Mutigen 56 - Deutschlands längster Streik
  • 1962
    Tobacco

    Tobacco

    Tobacco

    4.61962HD

    Boris Morev dreams of money and power, he’ll do everything to reach the top, including leaving his beloved Irina, to marry the daughter of the local t...

    Tobacco
  • 1979
    When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time

    When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time

    When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time

    01979HD

    Documentary about a man remembering his struggles while floating on a boat down a river.

    When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time
  • 2009
    Dias de Greve

    Dias de Greve

    Dias de Greve

    02009HD

    The struggle of a small group of blacksmiths trapped between keeping a long going strike with claims for better fees and the necessity of getting back...

    Dias de Greve
  • 2015
    Out of My Hand

    Out of My Hand

    Out of My Hand

    72015HD

    A struggling Liberian rubber plantation worker risks everything to discover a new life as a Yellow Cab driver in New York City.

    Out of My Hand
  • 2023
    O Vozerio

    O Vozerio

    O Vozerio

    02023HD

    O Vozerio
  • 1937
    Big City

    Big City

    Big City

    7.41937HD

    Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob contr...

    Big City
  • 2014
    The Miners' Strike and Me

    The Miners' Strike and Me

    The Miners' Strike and Me

    02014HD

    Documentary marking the 30th anniversary of the 1984 miners' strike, one of the bitterest industrial disputes in British history, with stories from bo...

    The Miners' Strike and Me
  • 2014
    Miners Shot Down

    Miners Shot Down

    Miners Shot Down

    92014HD

    In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days later the police used li...

    Miners Shot Down
  • 2008
    Contract

    Contract

    Contract

    02008HD

    Documentary about the nurses' strike in Finland on autumn 2007.

    Contract