Slave labor movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant slave labor movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspenseful, tense, exciting, serious and thought provoking films and TV shows about / with slave labor, revenge, escape, survival, violence, chase, slavery, brutality, betrayal and murder plots mostly in Action, Drama and Adventure genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as slave labor: 12 Years a Slave (2013), The Photographer of Mauthausen (2018), The Underground Railroad (2021), Sorry to Bother You (2018), Lenin's Testament (2007), Toussaint Louverture (2012), Tomb Raider (2018), Mapado (2005), The Punishment (2008), Hell Mountain (1998).
Best films
List of slave labor movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In ...
Style:
heartbreaking, harsh, atmospheric, inspirational, motivational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
slavery, racism, survival, civil rights, african american, black history, torture, slave trade, american history, freedom, racial discrimination, rape ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, year 2013, victorian era, 2010s ...
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, america, africa, southern usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Spanish photographer Francesc Boix, imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, works in the SS Photographic Service. Between 1943 and 1945, he hides, with the help of other prisoners, thousands of negatives, with the purpose of showing ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, costume drama, period piece, rough ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, nazism, concentration camp, world war two, nazi occupation, nazi concentration camp, shoah, nazi war criminal, slave labor, spanish civil war, concentration camp survivor ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, year 1944, year 1945
Place:
spain, germany, central europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, History, War
Country: USA, UK, Thailand
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, thought provoking, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
slavery, white trash, slave labor, social misfits, black american, social relations, life is a bitch, black hero, society, underground railroad, sister, african american ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
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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:
black comedy, dark comedy, philosophical, absurd, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly
Plot:
black american, satire, social satire, capitalism, labor union, absurdism, labor strike, surrealism, absurd humor, slave labor, protest, performance art ...
Time:
90s, 2010s
Place:
oakland california, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The author of The Kolyma Stories and many other works spent 17 years in the terrible GULAG camps on Kolyma. The term that Varlam Tikhonovich received in 1929 was for distributing Lenin's letter to the congress, in which he criticized Stalin. ...
Plot:
gulag, political repression, labor camp, memory, coercion, slave labor, prisoner of war camp, communist, bolshevik, communism, industrialization, russian revolution ...
Time:
1940s, 1920s
Place:
soviet union, russia
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Genre: History
Country: France
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
Toussaint opposes the Spanish army and joins the French troops. On Saint-Domingue he succeeds to push the English back. He proclames himself as the gouvernor of Saint-Domingue. To restore the economy he takes a bold descision. He calls for the ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, tense, historical drama
Plot:
slavery, french revolution, revolutionary, slave trade, french colonialism, slave labor, slave trader, slave, napoleonic wars, fighting the system, social problems, historical character ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
france, haiti
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.
Style:
exciting, saga, captivating, action adventure, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, jungle, strong female character, treasure hunt, rescue, tough girl, peril, female fighter, tomb, chase, coming of age, legend ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s
Place:
hong kong, fictional island, east asia, asia, britain ...
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243
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A gangster and a corrupt police officer travel to the tiny remote island of Mapado to hunt down a young woman who has run off with a winning lottery ticket. Upon arriving, they discover that no one lives there except for five old women who have not ...
Style:
satirical, entertaining, semi serious, funny, captivating ...
Plot:
island, gangster, satire, remote island, lottery ticket, isolated community, society, male female relationship, humour, criminal, sexploitation, slave labor ...
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
troubled teen, child abuse, life is a bitch, child labor, re-education, juvenile delinquency, children, exploitation, parenting, teenage life, teenager, traumatic childhood ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble fictionalized made-for-TV movie adapted from her Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839, starring Jane Seymour and Keith Carradine.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, sincere, period drama
Plot:
slave, slavery, class struggle, slave labor, social issues, domineering husband, family relations, social problems, power relations, social injustice, husband wife relationship, social differences ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1840s
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In an apocalyptical future, the world is completely destroyed and ruled by the tyrannical Stryker. He controls the unique source of food and uses young women as slaves to explore the mines in the Hell Mountain. When he abducts Shira, her lover Kal ...
Style:
bleak, grim, tense, independent film
Plot:
female nudity, women's prison, sexploitation, post apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, slave labor, captivity, tyranny, escape, survival, rescue mission ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A palace steward conspires with bandits to kidnap an infant czar's son and an orphan adopted by the czar, replacing the prince with the steward's son. Two decades later the true prince and his foster brother are slaves in a quarry, the ...
Style:
fairy tale, captivating, humorous, light, folk tale ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
magic, conspiracy, good versus evil, evil sorcerer, wizard, parents and children, greed, teenager, friendship, prison, heroes, betrayal ...
Place:
ussr
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
General Onnos returns from a successful military campaign to the Assyrian capital of Nineveh. He presents King Minurte with a number of newly-captured slaves including Kir, defeated king of the Dardanians. Kir attracts the attention of Semiramis, a ...
Style:
epic, dramatic, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
peplum, ancient history, babylon, ancient world, ambition, betrayal, royalty, power struggle, historical epic, political intrigue, slave labor, captivity ...
Place:
rome italy
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183
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A revolutionary procedure performed in the jungles of Guatemala gives rise to an unspeakable horror when one doctor discovers how to implement mind control. By injecting a deadly cocktail straight into the brains of the world's unwanted, a new ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, fast paced, tropical, grotesque
Plot:
mind control, corporate conspiracy, danger, corporate greed, exploitation, slave labor, escape, amnesia, survival, body horror, identity crisis, violent ...
Place:
guatemala
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Hamilan, a cruel and ambitious general, murders his king and places himself on the throne with the former king's evil niece as his queen. He then wages war against his peaceful neighbors, killing their women and enslaving their men. A hero ...
Style:
period piece, cult classic
Plot:
peplum, sorcery, sword and sorcery, warrior, damsel in distress, tyranny, strongman, hand to hand combat, rebellion, evil queen, revenge, slave labor ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Several generations in the future following Caesar's reign, apes are now the dominant species and live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape ...
Style:
psychotronic, entertaining, thrilling, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
ape, planet of the apes, post apocalypse, eagle, chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, planet earth, humanity, ape man, apocalypse, dark future ...
Time:
distant future, future
Place:
north america
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Mr. Natwarlal is a 1979 Hindi Action comedy movie. Produced by Tony Glaad it is directed by Rakesh Kumar. Natwar is just a young boy when his beloved older brother and caretaker, police officer Gridharilal (Ajit), is framed for bribery by sinister ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
abduction, frame up, gangster, con man, revenge, false accusation, blackmail, mistaken identity, hunter, jungle, border patrol, quicksand ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
train, post apocalypse, survival, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, violence, social differences, class struggle, winter ...
Time:
future, near future, 2030s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place:
east asia, britain, south korea
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Australia, India, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They must band together to save ...
Style:
fairy tale, visually appealing, stylized, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, chick flick, adult
Plot:
magic, childhood, fantasy world, pirate, pirate ship, good versus evil, young heroes, mischievous children, child hero, heroes, youth, treasure hunt ...
Time:
1940s, future, year 2015, 1930s, 18th century
Place:
fictional island, vietnam, london
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the combustible action franchise's final installment, maverick detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh square off against Asian mobster Wah Sing Ku, who's up to his neck in slave trading and counterfeit currency. With help from ...
Style:
entertaining, saga, detective, hilarious, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
buddy cop, car chase, chinese mafia, vigilante, gangster, ship, buddies, martial arts, shootout, police officer, brutality, betrayal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, china, california, usa, hong kong
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816
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Kimball Kinnison, a young man from the agricultural planet Mquie and his Valerian companinon, Buscirk find a dying man with a legendary crystal lens embedded in his hand. As the man was dying, he mysteriously passed on the Lens to Kim. With more ...
Style:
anime, psychedelic, 2d animation
Plot:
space, space opera, space battle, reptile, suicide mission, crystal, slave labor, human in outer space, dj, robot, son, admiral ...
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of scientists are possessed by an alien force when they investigate a meteor shower in a rural field.
Style:
suspense, classic horror, mysterious, independent film, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, zombie, plague, invasion, alien, pub, ufo, post apocalyptic, meteorite, moon base, farm, slave labor ...
Time:
year 1967
Place:
kansas, cornwall
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
Maíra was raised by her father believing that her mother had died. This was a lie her father told her in order to protect her from the scorn of her mother, who rejected her when she learned that her daughter was born with a disability. Many years ...
Style:
novela, thrilling, captivating, psychological, soap opera
Plot:
female protagonist, blindness, blind woman, relationships, family relations, social problems, uncover truth, perfume, blind character, blind man, crime investigation, mother daughter relationship ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
When entrances to a different dimension known as the "Mato" emerge all over Japan, a new resource known as "Peaches" are discovered which give unique abilities only to women. However, dangerous monsters called "Yomotsu ...
Style:
ecchi, anime, captivating, shounen, tsundere ...
Plot:
demon, magic, slavery, supernatural power, monster, fantasy world, superheroine, supernatural, matriarchy, love triangle, female nudity, harem ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
An entomologist suffers extreme psychological and sexual torture after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village.
Style:
atmospheric, surreal, avant garde, psychological, philosophical ...
Plot:
existentialism, trapped, love affair, metaphor, escape attempt, surrealism, isolation, sun, insect, held captive, desert, male nudity ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A man and his wife stumble upon a town whose inhabitants turn into zombies and head for the edge of town every night... he seems to be the only one unaffected. What is happening to the townsfolk? Who is the mysterious young women he keeps seeing? ...
Style:
psychotronic, mysterious, spooky
Plot:
alien disguised as human, zombie, alien invasion, alien possession, slave, mind control, ufo, slavery, disguise, slave trade, hypnosis, slave labor ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Style:
futuristic, visually stunning, entertaining, exciting, visual ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, archaeology, space opera, alien, slavery, pyramid, creature, stargate, archaeologist, teleportation, alien planet, ancient egypt ...
Time:
future, 90s, near future, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
egypt, colorado, space western, middle east, africa ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror
Country: Italy, Brazil
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A plane crashes in the Amazon jungle, and its passengers must battle their way through cannibals, slave traders, wild animals and murderous piranha fish to safety.
Style:
suspense, erotic, sadistic, rough, scary ...
Plot:
exploitation, piranha, jungle, rape, jungle adventure, cannibal, amazon, sex slave, cannibalism, cruelty, sadism, survival ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon (Ciaran McMenamin), Lt. Jim Reardon (Kiefer Sutherland) and Maj. Ian Campbell (Robert Carlyle) are ...
Style:
harsh, suspenseful, tense, serious, rough ...
Plot:
world war two, pow, war, military, prisoner of war camp, escape, hopes, jungle, christian, soldier, war crime, human spirit ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1942, post world war two
Place:
japan, asia, scotland, hawaii, india ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Danish crew of misfits travel to Saturn in search for natural resources. However, the planet is colonized by a ruthless army of Aliens that turn their eye on Earth and invade Denmark. Thus, the crew change their mission to liberate Denmark.
Style:
stylized, exciting, humorous, semi serious, twisted ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
alien invasion, heroic mission, space travel, space and aliens, imaginary, supernatural, heroes, danger, astronaut, saturn the planet, working class, chaos ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
denmark, europe, copenhagen, iraq
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