Picket line movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant picket line movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, sincere, serious, semi serious and sexy films and TV shows about / with picket line, society, cigarette smoking, protest, storytelling, violence, hopes, mentor, culture clash and husband wife relationship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and History genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as picket line: Sorry to Bother You (2018), The China Syndrome (1979), Brother John (1971), Carry on at Your Convenience (1971), Billy Elliot (2000), Accidental Activist (2013), Riot (2018), OMG: Oh My God! (2012), Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012), Battle in Seattle (2007).
Best films
List of picket line movies
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, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this tension-filled story about an "incident" at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a story on energy sources, who is present at the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
reporter, power plant, politics, journalism, investigation, radiation, disaster, suspense, media, nuclear power, nuclear, environmental ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, pennsylvania
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A mysterious man John Kane (Sidney Poitier) who, when he returns to his hometown in Alabama for his sister's funeral, is thought to be an outside labor agitator - until it's revealed that he's really a heavenly messenger. The plot ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sincere
Plot:
racism, african american, afrofuturism, christian, blaxploitation, animal abuse, afterlife, labor strike, racial tension, picket line, homecoming, police corruption ...
Time:
70s
Place:
africa, southern usa, usa, alabama
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; eventually everyone has to get fed up with him. This is also the ideal opportunity for lots of ...
Style:
political, campy, not serious, parody, witty ...
Plot:
satire, labor union, seaside, picket line, factory, coach, horse race, mother, bet, social satire, worker, british pub ...
Time:
70s
Place:
england, brighton
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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:
inspirational, touching, feel good, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
coming of age, ballet, gay, father son relationship, friendship, dancing, working class, childhood, audition, follow your dream, boxing, dancer's life ...
Time:
20th century, year 1984, 90s, 80s
Place:
england, northern england, london, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
Ted and Lynn Murphy lead a simple suburban life. They have three wonderful children, their own small business, and good relationships with friends and neighbors. But that life is turned upside down when Ted signs a petition advocating traditional ...
Style:
christian film
Plot:
faith, homosexuality, husband wife relationship, marriage, reporter, petition, gay friend, activism, homosexual, gay, boycott, religious persecution ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A look at the 1970s Gay Rights Movement in Australia through the eyes of dedicated activist Lance Gowland. As Lance deals with his sexuality, he must also juggle work, family and relationships.
Style:
tense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, psychological, queer cinema ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, police brutality, protest, police officer, protestor, gay lead character, lesbian relationship, gay sex, discrimination, lesbian, police ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, year 1978, year 1974
Place:
sydney australia, australia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, funny, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
lawyer, satire, hopes, supernatural, down on your luck, against the odds, religions or cults, legal action, righting the wronged, social relations, earthquake, priest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear. Unemployment has risen to 24%. Gas is now $42 per gallon. Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations ...
Style:
philosophical, exciting, absurd, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
distopia, fighting the system, cheerleading, twists and turns, rebellion, ambition, visionary, radical, workplace, rebelliousness, idealism, politics ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 (World Trade Organization). Although it began as a peaceful protest with a goal of stopping the WTO talks, it escalated into a ...
Style:
thought provoking, political, intellectual, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
politics, protest, fighting the system, idealism, police brutality, freedom, political unrest, state affairs, rebelliousness, hopes, chaos and mayhem, resistance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1999, 80s
Place:
seattle, usa, canada, washington d.c., latin america
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.
Style:
serious, sincere, captivating, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
feminism, injustice, fighting the system, civil rights, political unrest, life is a bitch, feminist, journalism, state affairs, politics, human spirit, women's rights ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1917, year 1912, 1920s
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, philadelphia, tennessee
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The year is 1975 and Göran lives in a commune called Together. Living in this leftist commune Elisabeth learns that the world can be viewed from ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, humorous, witty, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hippie, commune, love, lesbian, friendship, utopia, idealism, gay, ideology, lgbt, lifestyle, coming of age ...
Time:
70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place:
sweden, stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An African American couple (Winfield and Alice) adopt two orphans from a Vietnamese refugee camp. After twenty-two years, the children are reunited with their birth mother, bringing deeply submerged resentments and misconceptions to the surface and ...
Style:
touching, emotional, absurd, reflective, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
culture clash, adoption, dysfunctional family, hospital, transsexual, brutality, brothers, hip hop, bdsm, cancer, adultery, catastrophe ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam, asia, los angeles, california
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A housewife takes over her husband's umbrella business after his illness.
Style:
humorous, funny, visually appealing, unusual plot structure, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
workplace, farce, power relations, obnoxious boss, adultery, twists and turns, character study, mayor, workplace situations, social differences, society, boss and employee ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977, year 1952, year 1978 ...
Place:
france, europe, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
This is a story about an architect Raj Malhotra. While he was a top student in his school and college days, he is not having much luck finding work, clients or projects. All he does seems to go wrong. Raj goes to a gypsy named Haseena Bano Jann who ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, romantic, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
true love, couples, nothing goes right, college, marriage proposal, rivalry, architect, construction, fall in love, activist, righting the wronged, oracle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, india, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 185 min.
TV show
Story:
A woman's life is turned upside down when it is revealed that her husband, a member of the British Parliament, has been having an affair with a former prostitute.
Style:
political, realistic, psychological, serious, tense ...
Plot:
politics, cheating, adultery, president, manipulation, betrayal, infidelity, motivation, british politics, crumbling marriage, vengeance, unfulfillment ...
Time:
90s
Place:
big ben london, london
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
Style:
sincere, inspirational, emotional, realistic, talky ...
Plot:
radio, civil rights, african american, media, ex convict, protest, segregation, society, ambition, friendship, civil rights movement, hip hop ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., los angeles, africa, new york, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden ...
Style:
stylized, light, surreal, sexy, humorous ...
Plot:
journalism, writers, cockfight, newspaper, journalist, adaptation, eccentricity, gangsters, drugs, lifestyle, addiction, satire ...
Time:
60s, 50s, year 1960, 20th century, 70s
Place:
puerto rico, caribbean, latin america, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that impossible dream hinges on whether his replacements can hunker down and do the job. So, McGinty ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, inspirational, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
sport, american football, underdog, cheerleading, football, transformation, adaptation, hopes, contests and competitions, rivalry, against the odds, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
usa, new jersey, washington d.c.
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, Netherlands, Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In Spain, a couple of days before a collective gay wedding, the lives of five mothers, whose sons will get married, are entwined: Judge Helena is in charge of the ceremony; the entrepreneur in hotel business Magda is hosting the guests in her hotel ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
gays and lesbians, lgbt, gay, gay wedding, wedding, family relations, gay marriage, hotel, gender, couples, introspection, love and romance ...
Place:
spain, europe, madrid
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
She was an overworked mom trying to get her family's attention. She didn't know she would become a national sensation.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
feminism, gender, family problems, rebelliousness, battle of the sexes, rebellion, family life, couple relations, couples, family relations, unsupportive spouse, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of Papale's beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout, the public ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, sentimental, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing, girls' night, kids
Plot:
underdog, american football, sport, football, teacher, follow your dream, against the odds, determination, team, teamwork, disney, success ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, philadelphia, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Harold Fine is a self-described square - a 35-year-old Los Angeles lawyer who's not looking forward to middle age nor his upcoming wedding. His life changes when he falls in love with Nancy, a free-spirited, innocent, and beautiful young ...
Style:
funny, parody, campy, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hippie, fish out of water, counterculture, drugs, free love, lawyer, swing, art, quirky character, midlife crisis, wedding, satire ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles, usa
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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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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The lives of many individuals connected by the desire for happiness, often from sources usually considered dark or evil.
Style:
controversial, depressing, bleak, art house, cynical ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, pedophilia, rape, dark humor, depression, obsession, relationships, loneliness, multiple storylines, sexual abuse, suburbs, phone sex ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa
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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:
thought provoking, disturbing, realistic, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
fighting the system, rebellion, price of justice, against the odds, poverty, life is a bitch, society, human nature, human spirit, legal, ambition, racism ...
Time:
70s
Place:
kentucky, appalachia, usa, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: Uruguay, Argentina, Germany, Spain, Netherlands
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A chronicle of a supermarket security guard's obsession with a late-shift janitor.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, clever ...
Plot:
janitor, surveillance, security guard, supermarket, nightshift, stalking, obsession, dishonesty, suburbs, voyeurism, boss, uncle nephew relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
uruguay, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by ...
Style:
surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, semi serious, biting ...
Plot:
hospital, medical, satire, social satire, medical experiment, frankenstein's monster, chaos, power relations, dark humor, society, mad scientist, nothing goes right ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Tish Gray had a baby and gave it up for adoption. She is contacted by a second childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the wife's inability to have children. She accepts but finds that knowing the parents, and ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, serious, realistic
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
surrogate mother, hippie, orphan, psychedelia, infidelity, love triangle, pregnancy, baby, estrangement, family relations, family problems, couples ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1970
Place:
beverly hills, california, los angeles
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Drama - Jean Stapleton, Nancy Beatty, J. Winston Carroll
Style:
thought provoking, uplifting, sincere, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
strike, business, discrimination, bank, misogyny, women's rights, banking, power relations, injustice, working class, labor union, price of justice ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, year 1977, year 1976, year 1978
Place:
minnesota, midwest
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