Labor union movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant labor union movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking, sincere and dramatic films and TV shows about / with labor union, society, working class, fighting the system, workplace situations, politics, workplace, life is a bitch, rebellion and family relations plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and History genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as labor union: Bread and Roses (2000), F.I.S.T. (1978), Hoffa (1992), The Irishman (2019), Norma Rae (1979), At War (2018), Sorry to Bother You (2018), North Country (2005), Pride (2014), Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989).
Best films
List of labor union movies
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed ...
Style:
realistic, political, melancholic, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
labor union, immigrants, working class, deportation, janitor, realism, fighting the system, politics, workplace, relationships, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, latin america, usa, tijuana mexico ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, rough, psychological ...
Plot:
labor union, gangsters, politics, gang, against the odds, rivalry, legal, political corruption, racism, campaign, injustice, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
cleveland ohio, washington d.c.
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24K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Jack Nicholson's portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro (Danny DeVito). The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt all the way to a conclusion ...
Style:
tense, factual, intense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, labor union, organized crime, politics, conspiracy, working class, suspense, prison, social activist, corruption, rise and fall ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, 1930s, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
detroit, new jersey, michigan, new york, usa ...
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397K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 209 min.
Story:
A mob hit man recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, inspirational, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, italian mafia, labor union, murder, gangsters, killer as protagonist, high society, prison, arrest, hitman, old man ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
ireland, chicago illinois, philadelphia, pennsylvania, cuba ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
inspirational, political, touching, feel good, light ...
Plot:
labor union, working class, women, small town, courage, business, whistleblower, fighting the system, social change, american politics, feminist, workplace ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
alabama, usa
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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
Plot:
strike, labor union, business manager, working class, class struggle, mayor, factory, worker, hard labor, protest, anger, demonstration ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
Style:
surreal, philosophical, funny, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
black american, social satire, corporation, labor union, african american, absurdism, satire, slave labor, labor strike, capitalism, slavery, anti capitalism ...
Place:
oakland california, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
rough, sincere, emotional, dramatic, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, sexual harassment, lawsuit, small town, rape, feminism, sexism, against the odds, lawyer, labor union, women, court ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s
Place:
minnesota, usa
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59K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, the film is set in the summer of 1984 – when Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise ...
Style:
touching, witty, feel good, humorous, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
gay, working class, lgbt, prejudice, culture clash, homosexuality, friendship, protest, coming out, gay relationship, mining town, lesbian ...
Time:
year 1985, year 1984, 80s, future, 20th century
Place:
wales, england, london, california, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A gritty Brooklyn story about union corruption, violence, taboos and social norms. The stories told are of the sailors, the prostitute, the union bosses, the hooligans and the gay community set in the early 50s.
Style:
rough, bleak, disturbing, intense, gloomy ...
Plot:
prostitute, prostitution, rape, transsexual, working class, gay, labor union, gang rape, union, fight, society, depression ...
Time:
50s, 20th century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, berlin germany
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13K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager and ...
Style:
humorous, light, funny, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
culture clash, workplace, business, friendship, factory, worker, labor union, car, buddies, society, unemployment, deception ...
Time:
80s
Place:
japan, usa, pennsylvania, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied their civil and economic rights. 10,000 Black Men Named George, the title, refers to the fact ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, tense, sincere ...
Plot:
racism, african american, labor union, interracial relations, injustice, ambition, rise to the top, fighting the system, workplace, dishonesty, rebellion, journalism ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Muller company organizes a reception to mark the launch of a new product. During the evening, we discover that this is actually a coaching exercise for company executives. Gradually, rumours about the upcoming acquisition of the company start to ...
Style:
realistic, cynical, psychological, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
labor union, power relations, role playing, corporate world, pharmaceutical company, workplace intrigue, party, gossip, workplace situations, workplace, mistaken identity, employer employee relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In poverty, she found strength. In oppression, she found courage. In solidarity, she found a reason to believe again. Acclaimed German actress Katharina Thalbach (THE TIN DRUM, SOPHIES CHOICE) stars in this hard-hitting historical drama set during ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, working class, labor union, ambition, human spirit, fighting the system, rebellion, injustice, rebelliousness, society, legal, workplace ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.
Style:
realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
solidarity, seaport, unemployment, labor union, moral dilemma, working class, stolen money, society, supportive coworker, couples, family relations, robbery ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
marseille, france, tanzania, europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A movie about the power of thousands, the courage of hundreds and friendship of a few, thanks to whom a change of fate of millions became possible. Poland, lower Silesia, the beginning of a very cold winter 1981. After a series of entrapments by the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, political
Plot:
labor union, idealism, rebellion, fighting the system, hopes, government agency, society, undercover, friendship, politics, martial law, communism ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The vicissitudes of a newly graduated girl in the universe of the precarious work. Marta is a well- educated girl; she is curious and silent one, which finds work in the call center of a company that sells a futuristic appliance. So she finds out a ...
Style:
surreal, semi serious, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
call center, family relations, labor union, single parent, boss and employee, office, workplace situations, power relations, obnoxious boss, workplace, graduate, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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 an historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, touching, political, feel good ...
Plot:
racism, teacher, debate, mentor, african american, college, professor, black american, segregation, contests and competitions, prejudice, labor union ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
texas, california, africa, oklahoma, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in Limoges, the movie tells the story of "good son" Franck (Jalil Lespert), who returns to his hometown to do a trainee managerial internship in the Human Resources department of the factory where his anxious, taciturn father has ...
Style:
melancholic, sincere, thought provoking, emotional, sexy ...
Plot:
working class, factory, betrayal, intern, father son relationship, politics, unemployment, social differences, workplace situations, life is a bitch, workplace, segregation ...
Time:
18th century, 90s
Place:
france, paris france, japan, tokyo, normandy ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story of the laborer family Debruycker during the turbulent strike by Vieille Montagne in 1971.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
fighting the system, working class, rebellion, labor union, factory worker, society, human spirit, parents and children, workplace situations, life is a bitch, family life, workplace ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
belgium, europe
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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, factory, working class, labor union, boss and employee, society, workplace situations, employer, strike ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, mediterranean sea, provence
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, clever, neo noir, cynical ...
Plot:
union, working class, labor union, gangsters, heist, female nudity, blaxploitation, fighting the system, crime gone awry, suspense, criminal, factory worker ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
michigan, detroit, africa, usa
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21K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.
Style:
thought provoking, touching, sad, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
conspiracy, whistleblower, working class, workplace, women, research, environmental, fighting the system, contamination, uncover truth, corporate crime, lesbian ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s, year 1974
Place:
oklahoma, usa, washington d.c., california
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, humorous, psychological, uplifting ...
Plot:
rebellion, fighting the system, leadership, politics, ambition, rivalry, labor union, rebelliousness, idealism, disorder, righting the wronged, against the odds ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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779
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Pawel, a Polish man in his early 30s, makes a living with his father Zygmunt importing second-hand clothing from the North of France to Southern Poland. On his way back from one of regular "business trips", Pawel is shocked to discover his ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
court, uncover truth, haunted by the past, solidarity, working class, family relations, life is a bitch, society, labor union, father son relationship, mole, airplane ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, poland, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Serbia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Bor, in eastern Serbia, was once home to the largest copper mine in Europe. Now it’s just the biggest hole. This astutely observed coming-of-age film captures the pitfalls of the adult world, where idealism no longer seems to have a place, as two ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
friendship, love triangle, youth, coming of age, small town, teenage love, rebellion, rebelliousness, adolescence vs adulthood, buddies, labor union, protest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
serbia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Yugoslavia
Duration: 130 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, realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
factory, politics, labor union, strike, running from police, prostitution, solidarity, social change, sex, bus, fighting the system, working class ...
Time:
19th century, turn of the century, 20th century, 1890s
Place:
italy, turin italy
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Italy
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
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
Style:
political, realistic, emotional, thought provoking, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
revolution, mining, art, politics, labor union, working class, fighting the system, anarchist, unemployment, nude, love, justice ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
france, tokyo, europe, flanders
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
labor union, deportation, rich and poor, social differences, working class, fighting the system, society, rebellion, life is a bitch, hopes, rebelliousness, tragic hero ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
england, australia, britain
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story concerns the funeral of one of three brothers in a family of gangsters that lived in New York in 1930s. Details of the past of the brothers and their families are shown through a series of flashbacks.
Style:
neo noir, surprise ending, visually appealing, allegory, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, revenge, labor union, murder, vengeance, flashback, gangsters, great depression, greed, gratuitous violence, crime gone awry ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
new york, usa, london
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