Factory worker movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant factory worker movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, disturbing, suspense, gloomy and bleak films and TV shows about / with factory worker, factory, society, working class, family relations, workplace, brutality, friendship, vengeance and life is a bitch plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as factory worker: The Woodsman (2004), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Lulu the Tool (1971), New in Town (2009), Loves of a Blonde (1965), Gung Ho (1986), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Laverne & Shirley (1976), The Voices (2014), Clocking Off (2000).
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List of factory worker movies
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A paedophile returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.
Style:
sexy, harsh, independent film, psychological, controversial ...
Plot:
pedophilia, pedophile, ex convict, friendship, parole officer, sexual perversion, temptation, starting over, psychology, factory worker, suspicion, anger ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, USA, UK, France, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, depressing, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
death sentence, factory worker, destiny, blindness, life is a bitch, tragedy, dancing, immigrant, secret, murder, hanging, tragic hero ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, 20th century, year 1964, 2000s
Place:
nebraska, usa, washington d.c., washington state
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A conscientious factory worker gets his finger cut off by a machine. The accident causes him to become more involved in political and revolutionary groups.
Style:
sincere, realistic, emotional, serious, political ...
Plot:
working class, labor union, factory worker, factory, rebellion, boss and employee, rebelliousness, power relations, social differences, workplace situations, anarchist, worker ...
Time:
20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Lucy Hill is an ambitious up-and-coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, she loves her cars and she loves climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offered a temporary assignment – in the middle of nowhere – to restructure a ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, sweet, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
small town, fish out of water, fall in love, opposites attract, love and romance, moral dilemma, winter, factory worker, creativity, social relations, happy ending, prejudice ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
minnesota, miami, usa, california, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Andula, an innocent Czech girl from a factory town, is desperately in search of love. She believes she's found it when she beds Milda, a charming young musician visiting from Prague. Milda, however, is only looking for a casual encounter, and ...
Style:
art house, cynical, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
working class, one night stand, factory worker, boys and girls, blonde, female protagonist, love, female nudity, renaissance, small town, youth, satire ...
Time:
year 1965, 60s, 20th century
Place:
prague, eastern europe, balkan, europe, czechoslovakia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 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, cult classic ...
Plot:
culture clash, workplace, labor union, friendship, satire, small town, worker, factory worker, unemployment, comedy of manners, businessman, working class ...
Time:
80s
Place:
japan, usa, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, asia ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
This is the story of Ryu, a deaf man, and his sister, who requires a kidney transplant. Ryu's boss, Park, has just laid him off, and in order to afford the transplant, Ryu and his girlfriend develop a plan to kidnap Park's daughter. Things ...
Style:
disturbing, neo noir, depressing, bloody, surprise ending ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, revenge, violence, vengeance, torture, loss of loved one, suicide, brutality, tragedy, murder, gory, organ donation ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Laverne & Shirley is an American television sitcom that ran on ABC from January 27, 1976 to May 10, 1983. It starred Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio and Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney, single roommates who worked as bottlecappers in a ...
Style:
sitcom, feel good, not serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, date night, teens
Plot:
female protagonist, friendship, nothing goes right, roommate, factory worker, best friend, family relations, lifestyle, starting over, looking for love, boss and employee, workplace ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
milwaukee wisconsin, california, usa, los angeles, wisconsin
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, dark, surreal, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night, kids
Plot:
serial killer, mental illness, psychopath, blood, hearing voices, murder, psychiatrist, schizophrenic, hallucination, dog, childhood trauma, crush ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
How much do you know about the person working next to you? From the outside, life at Mackintosh Textiles appears to run smoothly, but in a community with so many secrets to hide, things are far from straightforward. In six powerful, self-contained ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
working class, slice of life, factory worker, factory, coworker, lifestyle, relationships, social issues, social problems, multiple storylines, worker, everyday life ...
Place:
northern england, manchester
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In this radical and endearing black comedy, a group of retrenched female factory workers decide to pool their compensation money… and hire a hit man to liquidate their boss.
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
partner, hitman, factory worker, unemployment, disorder, nothing goes right, rivalry, assassination attempt, obnoxious boss, satire, danger, workplace ...
Time:
year 2008, september 11 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Somnath (Somu) lives in a shanty house in a Delhi slum with his widowed mom, and unmarried sister, Sarla. He is friendly with Calcutta-based wealthy Vikram (Vicky) Maharaj. When Vicky's dad, Damodar, has a heart attack and is advised to take ...
Style:
realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous, contemplative ...
Plot:
factory worker, factory, anti capitalism, introspection, working class, social differences, hopes, hidden identity, family relations, father son relationship, factory owner, irony of fate ...
Time:
70s
Place:
india, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
George Lopez is an American sitcom starring comedian George Lopez. The show originally aired on ABC from March 27, 2002, to May 8, 2007.
Style:
sitcom, witty, not serious, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
factory worker, stand up comedian, best friend, factory, workplace, society, single parent, optimism, friends, promotion, disorder, unsupportive coworkers ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
Style:
costume drama, captivating, social, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
factory worker, factory, american history, labor union, social injustice, workplace problem, disgruntled worker, labor movement, labor leader, working class, workplace, coworker ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When the last factory in a small Rust Belt town closes its doors, an unlikely hero emerges in dutiful, quiet Allery Parkes. A career employee of the factory, the aging Allery can't reconcile how to live a life simply sitting at home doing ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, melancholic, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
factory worker, neighbor, factory, small town, estranged couple, husband wife estrangement, dream, husband wife relationship, family relations, friendship, society, mental illness ...
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary ...
Style:
inspirational, sexy, realistic, serious, harsh ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
hip hop, underdog, music, rap, follow your dream, musician, urban ghetto life, success, urban ghetto, street gang, musician's life, trailer park ...
Time:
year 2002, 90s, year 1995, y2k, 2000s ...
Place:
detroit, michigan, los angeles, america, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Steelworker Chen has a passion for music and plays the accordion in a local band with a close group of friends. When his estranged wife returns one day after years of absence, she demands a divorce and sole custody of their daughter. Chen is at a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, art film ...
Plot:
hopes, working class, factory worker, bittersweet, disagreement, prodigy, family relations, family problems, society, piano, musician, asian ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, 90s
Place:
china, asia
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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, workplace, parents and children, factory worker, life is a bitch, human spirit, family life, workplace situations, labor union, society, factory ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, belgium
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats her regularly; a teenage son, who's been getting into ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
politics, dysfunctional family, introspection, factory worker, life is a bitch, drug dealing, parents and children, family relations, youth, factory, family life, human nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, japan, middle east, persia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
sincere, touching, realistic, political, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
working class, unemployment, seaport, friendship, society, redemption, small town, working conditions, job seeking, self esteem, life is a bitch, breaking point ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iberian peninsula, europe, galicia, switzerland, spain ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Inspired by author Eric Schlosser's New York Times best-seller of the same name, director Richard Linklater's ensemble drama examines the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food and features an ...
Style:
talky, stylized, disturbing, semi serious, bad ending ...
Plot:
food, fast food restaurant, junk food, satire, cooking and food, butcher, hamburger, public health, illegal immigration, greed, health, fighting the system ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa, colorado, mexico, california
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
An enterprising youngster in a slum wants his people to lead a life of dignity, but has to take on an ambitious capitalist, who only wants to dominate his field.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, inspirational, emotional ...
Plot:
corporate greed, food industry, social activist, factory worker, food, social justice, corporate conspiracy, corporate crime, fighting the system, corporation, protestant, society ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Chen is a city boy who moves with his cousins to work at an ice factory. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fight. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory, the ...
Style:
grindhouse, harsh, brutal, emotional, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, revenge, master warrior, factory, smuggling, drug, fight scenes, drug smuggling, chinese immigrant, fight, factory worker ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
china, east asia, asia, thailand, tokyo ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A chain-wallah from Delhi travels across India in search of his missing son, in the hopes that whoever took him, returns him unharmed.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, sincere, esoteric ...
Plot:
missing child, missing son, social decay, society, life is a bitch, hopes, family relations, parents and children, dehumanization, factory worker, against humanity, on the road ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia, mumbai india, delhi
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The opening titles explain that American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape, protagonist as suspect, murder, journalist, corruption, investigation, uncover truth, police corruption, serial killer, survival, sex slave, rape victim ...
Time:
90s, year 2006
Place:
mexico, latin america, chicago, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Determined to even the scales and profit from his thankless job, a factory worker schemes to traffic luxury perfumes from under his employer's nose.
Style:
captivating, satirical, thrilling, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
perfume, satire, factory worker, revenge, luxury, escapades, workplace, worker, workplace situations, humour, blue collar, scheming ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marina, 23, is growing up with her architect father in a prototype factory town by the sea. Finding the human species strange and repellent, she keeps her distance. Instead she chooses to observe it through the songs of Suicide, the mammal ...
Style:
erotic, captivating, realistic, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
cancer, fall in love, coming of age, architect, friendship, terminal illness, small town, self discovery, sex scene, parents and children, love and romance, death of father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
greece, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France, Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
An apartment kitchen: a man and a woman discuss Little Red Riding Hood, their voices hushed, mindful of waking the little girl sleeping next room. Waste land on the city outskirts: behind a line of abandoned trailers, the man silently watches what ...
Style:
psychological, contemplative, serious, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, murder, midlife crisis, family relations, factory worker, parents and children, unfulfillment, naked man, big city, underground, post apocalypse, alienation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania, europe, bucharest
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Heli must try and protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world. He must battle against the drug cartel that have been angered as well as the corrupt police force.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
mexican drug cartel, drug cartel, torture, cocaine, drug dealing, corrupt law enforcer, society, urban ghetto life, factory worker, small town, kids in trouble, nudity ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.
Style:
inspirational, historical drama, epic, emotional, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
redemption, rebellion, arrest, parole, historical character, broadway, dying man, historical event, prostitute, orphan, father daughter relationship, revolution ...
Time:
19th century, 2010s, year 2012, 1800s, 18th century ...
Place:
france, paris france, seattle, europe, london
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