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89
8.4
/27468/
82
/465/
81
/593/
4.3
/17582/
94
/62/
98
/603/
89
/28/

The Best of Youth (2003)
After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
89
8.5
/283326/
82
/4511/
82
/3970/
4.3
/255991/
98
/113/
95
/1797/
96
/4/
cc age 6+

Modern Times (1936)
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
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YouTube TV
88
8.1
/176510/
77
/2318/
79
/1712/
4.2
/136297/
99
/115/
95
/3159/
91
/15/
cc age 13+

On the Waterfront (1954)
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
88
8.2
/191093/
80
/2690/
81
/2588/
4.3
/254338/
99
/67/
94
/2156/
cc age 12+

Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.
poster
Criterion Channel
87
8.2
/7301/
82
/236/
75
/110/
4.3
/23848/
100
/22/
92
/186/
80
/5/
cc age 15+

Harlan County U.S.A. (1977)
This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastover's refusal to sign a contract (when the miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America) led to the strike, which lasted more than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supportive women-folk. Director Barbara Kopple puts the strike into perspective by giving us some background on the historical plight of the miners and some history of the UMWA. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with New York Women in Film & Television in 2004.
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Kanopy
85
7.8
/14356/
77
/446/
76
/405/
4.2
/46781/
99
/144/
89
/56/
94
/23/

Faces Places (2017)
Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
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Netflix
84
7.8
/467192/
75
/16693/
75
/7308/
3.9
/873891/
95
/468/
86
/325/
94
/55/
cc age 17+

The Irishman (2019)
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
poster
84
8.2
/2739/
81
/77/
77
/53/
4.0
/2552/
98
/45/
92
/123/
81
/23/

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003)
Hugo Chavez was a colourful, unpredictable folk hero who was beloved by his nation’s working class. He was elected president of Venezuela in 1998, and proved to be a tough, quixotic opponent to the power structure that wanted to depose him. When he was forcibly removed from office on 11 April 2002, two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.8
/64657/
78
/2558/
76
/1383/
4.2
/133341/
93
/155/
89
/688/
79
/36/
cc age 13+

Pride (2014)
In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. There is only one problem: the Union seems embarrassed to receive their support.
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Starz
83
8.2
/612008/
81
/12489/
79
/6336/
4.2
/673119/
79
/77/
93
/12204/
73
/17/
cc age 18+

Casino (1995)
In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.7
/7454/
75
/272/
72
/119/
4.0
/8844/
94
/72/
89
/396/
75
/25/

Dark Days (2000)
A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.
poster
81
7.7
/28763/
76
/536/
73
/439/
4.1
/33109/
93
/88/
81
/445/
88
/17/
cc age 10+

How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the sons demand improvements, and the father doesn't want to rock the boat.
poster
80
7.8
/110926/
78
/2900/
77
/1379/
3.8
/137884/
90
/72/
88
/3013/
71
/23/
cc age 10+

October Sky (1999)
The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.
poster
Kanopy
80
8.0
/78140/
75
/1478/
73
/753/
3.7
/24781/
91
/216/
87
/19972/
74
/39/
cc age 14+

Sicko (2007)
A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States who's main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The more people you deny health insurance the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.
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Hoopla
79
7.2
/18717/
69
/315/
68
/244/
3.8
/4756/
95
/106/
91
/1029/
78
/32/

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the prostitutes when she met and became friends with their children. Briski began giving photography lessons to the children and became aware that their photography might be a way for them to lead better lives.
poster
79
7.7
/150834/
77
/4347/
75
/4009/
4.1
/331108/
85
/120/
89
/5378/
74
/34/
cc age 13+

Billy Elliot (2000)
County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.
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Curiosity Stream
78
7.5
/66074/
74
/1262/
72
/677/
3.6
/23904/
80
/132/
86
/4778/
65
/32/
cc age 13+

The Great Debaters (2007)
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
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81
77
7.9
/10284/
76
/205/
73
/124/
4.1
/14794/
94
/34/
93
/162/
73
/15/

Matewan (1987)
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
poster
77
7.5
/28163/
74
/602/
70
/310/
3.8
/20414/
100
/31/
79
/782/
70
/16/
cc age 14+

Roger & Me (1989)
A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.2
/184470/
72
/4328/
71
/3515/
3.9
/1153633/
80
/106/
81
/6368/
77
/31/
cc age 17+

The Virgin Suicides (2000)
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
poster
76
7.2
/2956/
66
/46/
69
/83/
3.6
/2680/
97
/32/
81
/36/
80
/25/

Human Resources (1999)
"Good son" Franck returns to his hometown to do a trainee managerial internship in the Human Resources department of the factory where his anxious, taciturn father has worked for 23 years.
poster
76
7.2
/5969/
71
/96/
69
/78/
3.6
/4131/
81
/26/
76
/96/
70
/10/
cc age 13+

Bound for Glory (1976)
A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering the suffering and strength of America's working class.
poster
Kanopy
76
8.0
/22244/
74
/585/
76
/276/
3.8
/6889/
81
73
/28/
cc age 14+

The Corporation (2003)
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.
poster
MUBI
76
7.3
/52053/
69
/1309/
69
/991/
3.9
/53585/
96
/182/
77
/412/
89
/38/

Two Days, One Night (2014)
Sandra is a young woman who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues they must give up their bonuses in order for her to keep her job — not an easy task in this economy.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
7.5
/26412/
76
/2286/
72
/509/
3.6
/17594/
79
/194/
77
/435/
64
/38/
cc age 15+

Where to Invade Next (2015)
To understand firsthand what the United States of America can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully “invades” some to see what they have to offer.
poster
Fandor
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75
7.7
/13117/
77
/187/
77
/209/
3.8
/19841/
87
/38/
91
/351/
76
/19/

Machuca (2004)
Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" (Catholic prep school) St. Patrick to allow free admission of some proletarian kids. One of them is Pedro Machuca, slum-raised son of the cleaning lady in Gonzalo Infante's liberal-bourgeois home. Yet the new classmates become buddies, paradoxically protesting together as Gonzalo gets adopted by Pedro's slum family and gang. But the adults spoil that too, not in the least when general Pinochet's coup ousts Allende, and supporters such as McEnroe.
poster
Fandor
75
6.7
/751/
69
/46/
69
/17/
3.6
/1945/
93
/61/
59
/9/
87
/22/

Bisbee '17 (2018)
It’s 2017 in Bisbee, Arizona, an old copper-mining town just miles from the Mexican border. The town’s close-knit community prepares to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bisbee’s darkest hour: the infamous Bisbee Deportation of 1917, during which 1,200 striking miners were violently taken from their homes, banished to the middle of the desert, and left to die. Townspeople confront this violent, misunderstood past by staging dramatic recreations of the escalating strike. These dramatized scenes are based on subjective versions of the story and “directed,” in a sense, by residents with conflicting views of the event. Deeply personal segments torn from family history build toward a massive restaging of the deportation itself on the exact day of its 100th anniversary.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.6
/2132/
69
/52/
69
/28/
3.5
/775/
95
/57/
78
/58/
72
/23/

The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)
This riveting documentary depicts former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as a warmonger responsible for military cover-ups in Vietnam, Cambodia and East Timor, as well as the assassination of a Chilean leader in 1970. Based on a book by journalist Christopher Hitchens, the film includes interviews with historians, political analysts and such journalists as New York Times writer William Safire, a former Nixon speechwriter.
poster
Hoopla
75
7.1
/24332/
71
/477/
69
/340/
3.6
/16850/
77
/39/
79
/364/
65
/10/
cc age 15+

Silkwood (1983)
Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.
poster
75
7.3
/47167/
73
/1029/
72
/714/
3.5
/14236/
70
/174/
76
/2216/
68
/39/
cc age 16+

North Country (2005)
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States — Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
poster
74
7.3
/173472/
74
/4256/
71
/2195/
3.6
/103430/
78
/64/
81
/2696/
56
/16/
cc age 17+

Wall Street (1987)
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider, whom takes the youth under his wing.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.9
/2443/
72
/125/
70
/177/
3.6
/3804/
69
/32/
88
/6/
61
/12/

At War (2018)
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.
poster
73
7.5
/16296/
73
/347/
72
/241/
3.9
/14889/
80
/70/
86
/156/
64
/28/

Mondays in the Sun (2002)
After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and unofficial leader of the group. A court case hangs over him relating to a shipyard lamp he smashed during a protest against the closure. José is bitter that his wife, Ana, is employed when he is not.
poster
75
73
7.3
/13866/
75
/292/
72
/190/
3.8
/13124/
91
/32/
79
/219/
61
/10/
cc age 13+

Norma Rae (1979)
Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.
poster
Kanopy
77
72
7.2
/11570/
71
/224/
69
/200/
3.7
/9229/
100
/15/
81
/168/
cc age 9+

The Man in the White Suit (1951)
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
poster
Kanopy
72
6.8
/63267/
67
/888/
64
/754/
3.7
/56819/
76
/161/
69
/7345/
73
/35/
cc age 16+

I'm Not There (2007)
Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.
poster
72
7.1
/8136/
66
/150/
66
/83/
3.4
/2020/
92
/37/
68
/213/

The Big One (1997)
The Big One is an investigative documentary from director Michael Moore who goes around the country asking why big American corporations produce their product abroad where labor is cheaper while so many Americans are unemployed, losing their jobs, and would happily be hired by such companies as Nike.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
72
7.5
/6088/
74
/148/
73
/131/
3.8
/16515/
100
/17/
87
/25/
87
/10/

Cairo Station (1958)
Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love with Abu Siri, a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize his fellow workers to combat their boss' exploitative and abusive treatment.
poster
Kanopy
81
72
8.1
/5100/
82
/114/
75
/92/
3.9
/2708/
78
/9/
94
/177/

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.1
/6087/
71
/189/
67
/337/
3.5
/9726/
75
/12/
76
/38/

Germinal (1993)
It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and then the authorities repress them.
poster
fuboTV
72
7.2
/22152/
72
/370/
70
/291/
3.6
/11969/
79
/48/
79
/427/
60
/19/
cc age 15+

Brassed Off (1996)
A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they have no hope until Gloria appears carrying her Flugelhorn. At first mocked for being a woman, she soon becomes the only chance for the band to win.
poster
The Roku Channel
72
7.1
/16543/
71
/408/
67
/318/
3.5
/8311/
80
/129/
75
/705/
65
/31/
cc age 16+

Made in Dagenham (2010)
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
poster
HBO Max
72
7.2
/20964/
72
/769/
69
/245/
3.4
/9281/
77
/30/
75
/108/
cc age 14+

Too Big to Fail (2011)
An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.
poster
Starz
72
7.4
/44509/
71
/1214/
70
/554/
3.6
/17462/
74
/184/
74
/2733/
61
/36/
cc age 14+

Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world).
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.2
/116408/
68
/4626/
67
/1735/
3.1
/113247/
92
/168/
72
/13223/
73
/37/
cc age 13+

Super Size Me (2004)
Morgan Spurlock subjects himself to a diet based only on McDonald's fast food three times a day for thirty days without exercising to try to prove why so many Americans are fat or obese. He submits himself to a complete check-up by three doctors, comparing his weight along the way, resulting in a scary conclusion.
poster
The Roku Channel
71
7.2
/21410/
74
/1402/
71
/463/
3.6
/25409/
82
/184/
60
/836/
69
/46/
cc age 16+

Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)
Michael Moore's provocative documentary explores the two most important questions of the Trump Era: How did we get here, and how do we get out.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
71
7.3
/4463/
72
/122/
69
/93/
3.9
/7819/
100
/15/
82
/78/
74
/7/

Salt of the Earth (1954)
At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.
poster
70
7.1
/1384/
72
/31/
61
/25/
3.6
/1372/
67
/27/
66
/28/

The Spirit of '45 (2013)
How the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society.


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