Strike movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant strike movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, captivating, serious, thought provoking, political and sincere films and TV shows about / with strike, society, working class, labor union, labor strike, union, worker, labor, life is a bitch and rebellion plots mostly in Drama, History and Comedy genres shot in France, USA, Belgium and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as strike: Ratcatcher (1999), In Dubious Battle (2016), Harlan County War (2000), At War (2018), 1900 (1976), Humanity (1999), The Source (2011), Man of Iron (1981), The Organizer (1963), Billy Elliot (2000).
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List of strike movies
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the canal where he creates a world of his own. He finds an awkward tenderness with Margaret Anne, a ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, crying, depressing, art house ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
children, poverty, boy, friendship, coming of age, bully, neighbor, urban decay, rat, strike, british, death of child ...
Time:
70s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
glasgow scotland, scotland, britain, nebraska
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In the California apple country, nine hundred migratory workers rise up "in dubious battle" against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own-stronger than its individual members and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim ...
Style:
political, captivating, sincere, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
strike, class struggle, rebellion, righting the wronged, idealism, rebelliousness, landowner, exodus, conflict, christmas, intrigue, socialist ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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 lines for a long, violent strike.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, rough, independent film, captivating ...
Plot:
strike, poverty, labor strike, fighting the system, rebellion, against the odds, price of justice, ambition, legal, society, human nature, life is a bitch ...
Time:
70s, year 1973, year 1974
Place:
kentucky, appalachia, usa, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, thought provoking, political
Plot:
strike, labor union, working class, capitalism, class struggle, business manager, worker, mayor, factory, hard labor, struggle, protest ...
Time:
2010s, labor day
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 317 min.
Story:
Set in Bertolucci's ancestral region of Emilia, the film chronicles the lives of two men during the political turmoils that took place in Italy in the first half on the 20th century.
Style:
epic, controversial, compassionate, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fascism, politics, world war two, italian history, friendship, revolution, class struggle, communism, peasant, socialist, sex, brutality ...
Time:
1900s, 1940s, 1920s, 1930s, 1910s ...
Place:
italy, paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
erotic, contemplative, slow cinema, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
small town, sex, female nudity, female pubic hair, voyeur, orgasm, masturbation, psychiatric hospital, dead body, rape, strike, police protagonist ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
france, flanders, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Italy
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favours as long as the men refuse to install a water pipe.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, stylized, feel good, political ...
Plot:
village life, sexism, marital rape, desert, sexual relations, strike, against the rules, battle of the sexes, rebellion, ultimatum, couples, social relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, north africa
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends Winkel, a weak, alcoholic TV hack, to Gdansk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers, particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an articulate worker whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as ...
Style:
political, realistic, serious, thought provoking, contemplative ...
Plot:
strike, renaissance, protest, communism, labor, revolution, communist, union, identity, fictional history, kung fu, non violence ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 60s, year 1981
Place:
poland, eastern europe, ussr, europe
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Yugoslavia
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Professor Sinigaglia (Marcello Mastroianni) is the title character in this darkly comedic Italian drama about mistreated factory workers in the city of Turin. Toiling away in appalling conditions in a textile mill, these employees have no one to ...
Style:
political, contemplative, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
labor union, strike, politics, working class, union, resistance, working conditions, big business, conflict, european, employment, labor ...
Time:
turn of the century, 19th century, year 1963, 1800s, 1900s ...
Place:
italy, turin italy
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151K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set against the background of the 1984 Miner's Strike, Billy Elliot is an 11 year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family's set ways, ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, feel good, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, kids, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
coming of age, ballet, working class, father son relationship, dancing, audition, gay, childhood, friendship, follow your dream, lgbtq, poverty ...
Time:
20th century, y2k, year 2000, 90s, year 1985 ...
Place:
england, london, northern england, europe
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1.7M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
thought provoking, atmospheric, suspense, bleak, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mental illness, villain, loneliness, mental patient, psycho, comedian, psychological trauma, mental disorder, psychopath, social problems, insanity, social decay ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, year 2019, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
new york, new jersey, los angeles, persia, bronx new york city
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
French adaption of DH Lawrence's infamous novel about forbidden passion across the class divide. Winner of the 2007 Cesar Award for Best Film.
Style:
sexy, erotic, romantic, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
infidelity, lady, sex, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, passion, female pubic hair, forbidden love, affair, sensuality, unhappy marriage, male nudity ...
Time:
year 2006, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
mediterranean sea, riviera, europe, france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Gay people across the U.S. go on strike when a governor refuses to approve of gay marriages.
Style:
humorous, captivating, sexual, romantic, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
wedding, gay, event planner, gay marriage, strike, protest, gay rights, gay love, lgbtq, couples, campaign, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Julie finally gets an interview for a job where she can raise her children better only to run into a national transit strike.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
telephone call, labor strike, job interview, strike, female protagonist, traffic jam, job, relationship vs career, social problems, problem, career, social issues ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ecuador
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Esperanza and Tristeza both have to get to Cuenca. However, by an unlucky turn of events, the bus they are on gets delayed due to a worker strike. Taking their journey into their own hands, they decide to hitchhike to Cuenca. Along the way they meet ...
Style:
road movie, realistic, touching, scenic, captivating ...
Plot:
travel, on the road, countryside, journey, hitchhiking, strike, self discovery, hopes, student, journalist, survival, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ecuador, andes mountains
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After years of making sure everything is perfect for her family, Joy Robertson is saying “enough,” and decides to go on strike for the Christmas season. If her husband, Stephen, and their kids want to have the perfect holiday, they will just ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, satirical, sincere, semi serious ...
Plot:
christmas, strike, family relations, christmas romance, parents and children, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, kids and family, satire, holiday, christmas eve, christmas time ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A passionate medical team is devoted to saving lives in a bustling public hospital where tensions — and romance — keep their pulses racing.
Style:
medical drama, emotional, tension, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
strike, gay relationship, gay sex, hospital, social commentary, emergency room, sacrifice, ethical dilemma, activism, moral ambiguity, teamwork, morality ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
10K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
political, independent film, talky, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
labor union, racism, working class, coal mining, small town, shootout, mining, coal mine, strike, revolution, revolutionary, american history ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
west virginia, appalachia, virginia, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the early 1900's, the legendary Joe Hill emigrates with his brother to the United States. But after a short time, he loses touch with his brother. Joe gets a few jobs but is struck by all the injustice and tragedy going on. He becomes active ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, sentimental, bleak ...
Plot:
working conditions, strike, poverty, anarchism, working class, immigrant, anarchist, exploitation, labor union, prison, train, execution ...
Time:
1910s, year 1971, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
utah, usa, california, san diego california, new york
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1K
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In response to a sudden dismissal of staff, workers at a big retail store begin a protest against their employer's oppressive labor policies.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot:
labor strike, strike, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, single mother, mother son conflict, teenage boy, working class, protestor, employer employee relationship, little girl, escapades ...
Place:
korea, south korea
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
"A", a member of a student protest organization, becomes disenchanted by his group's inability to effect real change. Emboldened to pursue more radical methods by the older, experienced leftist organizer Despard, "A" ...
Style:
political, independent film, serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
strike, labor, liberal, union, college, labor union, counterculture, student protest, socialism, terrorism, injustice, courtroom ...
Time:
60s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
In a future where a socialist government gains power, a group of women decides to organize and rebel.
Style:
independent film, underground film, cult classic, political, indie film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
feminism, lesbian, sexual harassment, anarchism, socialist, police brutality, racism, feminist, radical, dystopia, anarchist, protest ...
Time:
distant future, future
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Style:
inspirational, touching, emotional, period piece, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gender, working class, politics, revolution, discrimination, women, idealism, workplace, hopes, boss and employee, feminist, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1968, year 1966, year 1970 ...
Place:
england, london, europe, united kingdom, michigan ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
Brest, 1950. The war ended five years ago and nothing remains of the city. Massive bombings and intense fighting lasting more than a month turned the city, its docks, its arsenal, into ashes. Thousands of workers will build it up again, brick by ...
Style:
exciting, thought provoking, suspenseful, visually appealing, captivating ...
Plot:
working conditions, communism, class struggle, strike, worker, french politics, working class, war, superhero, labor union, police violence, funeral ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1950
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An allegorical comedy centered on two childhood sweethearts who seem destined for one another until the women of their isolated village, angered by male indifference toward the water shortage, go on a sex strike that threatens the young ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, offbeat, fairy tale
Plot:
water shortage, village, young lovers, battle of the sexes, social relations, couples, ultimatum, love and romance, sex, first time, strike, absurdism ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
caucasus, russia, azerbaijan
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young widow wants to carry on with her husband's work:managing a pine plantation where they extract resin;but most of all,she wants to have electricity installed in her valuable property.In this place,it seems that 1789 never happened and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, sincere
Plot:
working class, social decay, against the odds, society, follow your dream, social relations, small town, strike, worker, family relations, class struggle, widow ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The government is asking Eiffel to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair, but Eiffel simply wants to design the subway. Suddenly, everything changes when Eiffel crosses paths with a mysterious woman from his past.
Style:
romantic, captivating, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
french history, passionate love, civil engineer, love triangle, forbidden love, world's fair, love, based on real people, biopic, father daughter relationship, strike, flashback ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s, 1880s
Place:
france, paris france
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
The drama tells the story of average workers, who silently work hard on each one’s own task. They finally pull together as a team to fight through a difficult and unfair situation.
Lee Soo-In has the kind of temperament where he has to do the ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating
Plot:
supermarket, labor strike, labor union, manager, management, layoff, worker, employer, boss, employment, corporation, strike ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The day his bank refuses to finance him, Georges will do everything he can to save his shipyard and his employees.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, cynical, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
bankruptcy, save the day, rivalry, workplace, labor union, factory, working class, boss and employee, society, workplace situations, employer, strike ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, mediterranean sea, provence
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Zero Hour tells the story of the La Parca (Zapata 666), a fearsome assassin who is forced to kidnap a private clinic to save the love of his life, Ladydi (Amanda Key). They soonreached the police and a media circus with them, ...
Style:
realistic, tense, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Plot:
hostage, childbirth, hospital, gang, confined, danger, media circus, doctors and patients, negotiation, poverty, pregnant woman, journalist ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
venezuela, south america, latin america
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