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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:
disturbing, realistic, rough, serious, cult classic ...
Plot:
labor union, gangster, working class, death of protagonist, organized crime, rise and fall, arson, intimidation, anti hero, police brutality, crime boss, tragedy ...
Time:
1930s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1960, year 1978 ...
Place:
cleveland ohio, washington d.c., chicago, north america
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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: Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who were forced underground to evade the State.
Style:
political, factual, costume drama, period piece, bleak ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
feminism, feminist, women, girl power, sexism, rebelliousness, activism, politics, gender, women's suffrage, women's rights, sexual harassment ...
Time:
1900s, year 1912, 1910s, edwardian era, victorian era ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In Lille, two penniless young women with few prospects become friends. Isa moves in with Marie, who's flat-sitting for a mother and child in hospital in comas following a car crash. Isa is out-going, unskilled, with hopes of moving south to ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, touching, depressing, meditative ...
Plot:
coma, coming of age, friendship, working class, love and romance, hopes, depression, couple relations, society, youth, life is a bitch, down on your luck ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
france, flanders
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family.
Style:
depressing, talky, stylized, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
african american, racism, working class, twists and turns, violent, husband wife relationship, black, greed, character study, family relations, race issues, parenthood ...
Time:
1950s, year 2016, 2010s, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place:
pittsburgh, indiana, pennsylvania, usa
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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
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Three's definitely a crowd for parcel post deliveryman Doug Heffernan (Kevin James), whose newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur (Jerry Stiller), has moved in with him and his wife, Carrie (Leah Remini). Doug's no longer the king of his ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
working class, friendship, father daughter relationship, marital problem, family problems, family relations, workplace, friends, buddies, love and romance, battle of the sexes, everyday life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, north america
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Focuses on a working class girl who is struggling to create a life for herself with her gay co-worker after becoming pregnant from a one-night stand with a black sailor.
Style:
independent film, sexual, black and white, depressing, talky ...
Plot:
coming of age, working class, kitchen sink realism, social realism, interracial relations, friendship, pregnant teenager, single mother, dysfunctional family, single parent, family relations, forbidden love ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s
Place:
england, britain, europe
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of three of the children who were victims in the 2012 grooming and sex trafficking case in Rochdale, for which nine men were convicted and sentenced. The drama explores how these girls were groomed, how they were ignored by the authorities ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
human trafficking, teenage girl, rape, working class, sex trafficking, police investigation, true crime, court case, sex slave, sexualized violence, abuse, sexual abuse ...
Place:
bristol
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The movie narrates the story of David Carr, an unemployed worker and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. In 1936 he decides to fight for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War, an anti-fascist coalition of liberals, communists and ...
Style:
political, sad, hispanic, philosophical, social ...
Plot:
spanish civil war, politics, revolution, anarchist, working class, civil war, communist, trench warfare, anarchy, socialist, dictator, dictatorship ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, 20th century, year 1995, year 1937 ...
Place:
spain, catalonia, barcelona, europe, basque country ...
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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, serious, neo noir, suspense, factual ...
Plot:
labor union, organized crime, mafia, politics, gangster, conspiracy, disappearance, union, working class, social activist, prison, profanity ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, 1930s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
detroit, michigan, usa, new york, washington d.c. ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. While he wants to climb up the social ladder, it isn't without turmoil, and being torn between his old working class ...
Style:
disturbing, sexual, serious, art house, bleak ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay interest, infidelity, politics, subculture, working class, friends, money, betrayal, friendship, life is a bitch, rise to the top ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place:
munich germany, africa, germany, morocco, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In a working-class neighborhood outside Los Angeles, Mike and Peggy raise eight boisterous boys. There are 10 people, three bedrooms, one bathroom and everyone in it for themselves.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, funny, atmospheric, absurd ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
large family, working class, family conflict, conservatism, parenting, career change, suburbs, showbiz, sibling rivalry, family values, nostalgia, blue collar ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Georgie is a dreamy 12-year-old girl who lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. But when her estranged father turns up out of nowhere, Georgie is forced to confront reality.
Style:
satirical, thrilling, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, young girl, working class, estranged father, satire, father and daughter, teenager, teenage life, teenage girl, lifestyle change, changing lives, relationships ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Tony Manero is a Brooklyn paint-store clerk who'd give anything to break out of his dead-end existence. In life, Tony is a peasant; on the disco dance floor, he's a king. As the soundtrack plays one Bee Gees hit after another, white-suited ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, rough, teen, light ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
dancing, disco, dance, coming of age, dancer, nightclub, friendship, profanity, music, working class, slut, pizza ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, north america, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic ...
Style:
art house, political, atmospheric, stylized, emotional ...
Plot:
racism, culture clash, female nudity, relationships, older woman younger man relationship, loneliness, working class, old woman, impossible love, forbidden love, male nudity, friendship ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1974
Place:
west germany, munich germany, germany, europe, central europe ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Housos is an Australian comedy television series created by Paul Fenech for SBS, that screens on SBS One. The series is a satirical parody of low income Australian residents of fictional suburb Sunnyvale, who are living in Housing Commission public ...
Style:
parody, humorous, light, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, working class, friendship, society, disorder, alcohol abuse, friends, buddies, rivalry, irreverent, stereotypes, social satire ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, new zealand
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600
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
To fight against the introduction of automatic checkouts that threaten their jobs, staff members at Hard Discounts secretly create their own "Alternative Discount" outlet by salvaging products that would otherwise have been wasted.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sincere, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
working class, against the rules, cons and scams, workplace situations, society, rebellion, partner, dishonesty, store, employee, supermarket, security guard ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A Diarista was a Brazilian sitcom directed by José Alvarenga Jr. and written by Aloísio de Abreu and Bruno Mazzeo. The series premiered on April 13, 2004 at 11:00 PM and was aired from 2004 to 2007 on Tuesday nights on Rede Globo.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
working class, cleaning lady, boss and employee, workplace, obnoxious boss, workplace situations, friends, disorder, everyday life, cleaning, rivalry, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
latin america, brazil
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
What would you do if you won the lottery? How would it change your life? Follow a group of seven gas station employees in Queens, New York, who have been chipping into a lottery pool for years, never thinking they'd actually win. They need to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
lottery, working class, family relations, couple relations, workplace, parents and children, change of luck, society, bittersweet, gas station, friendship, working life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Kaj is a stubborn man with a great deal of pride. The former chef lives in a council flat. He has wasted his life and is now on a council job training scheme for the long-term unemployed, where he refuses to let the foreman of the activation project ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, inspirational, bleak ...
Plot:
alcohol abuse, working class, father daughter relationship, social realism, starting over, parents and children, alienation, elderly, life is a bitch, family problems, family reunited, alcoholism ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, scandinavia, europe, copenhagen
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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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118
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story:
Funny, moving and at times painful - Truckers tells stories of real life, ordinary people pushed to extremes. In each episode, one character undertakes a journey and we are along for the ride. In an age when technology would make us seem ever more ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
redemption, working class, bittersweet, workplace situations, family relations, society, workplace, introspection, parents and children, hopes, journey, moving ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, northern england
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 12 min.
TV show
Story:
As Christmas approaches, life is not problem-free for Stewart Stardust. He is running behind with the rent and faces eviction if he doesn't pay up, and when his son is released from prison Stewart must provide for him as well. But Stewart is a ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, christmas comedy ...
Plot:
christmas, working class, satire, social problems, money problems, lifestyle, christmas season, problem, urban, holiday, street life, poverty ...
Place:
copenhagen, denmark
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Jesper Jensen is a successful IT salesman who stops at nothing, even if it means backstabbing his best friend. Being number one in the company and having a beautiful wife and a lovely home, Jesper seems to lead a perfect life, but one day his ...
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
working class, friendship, redemption, self discovery, community service, life turned upside down, fish out of water, reluctant partners, workplace, hopes, society, disorder ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
denmark, europe
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The movie deals with the championship-winning German soccer team of 1954. Its story is linked with two others: The family of a young boy is split due to the events in World War II, and the father returns from Russia after eleven years. The second ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
soccer, athlete's life, working class, pow, human spirit, follow your dream, against the odds, hopes, contests and competitions, boy, football, society ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 50s, post world war two, 1950s
Place:
west germany, budapest, europe, germany, hungary ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A working-class boy struggles to find himself through a series of jobs and romances.
Style:
poetic, picaresque
Plot:
coming of age, working class, nudity, male nudity, older woman younger man relationship, teenager, socialism, outdoor sex, on the road, foster child, world war one, labor union ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Mabel, a mother and wife, is on the brink of insanity as her blue-collar husband Nick attempts to understand her plight.
Style:
independent film, art house, psychological, depressing, tense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
marriage, mental illness, dysfunctional family, working class, construction worker, housewife, mental health, visceral, illness, illicit affair, psychiatry, bipolar disorder ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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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, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed seeks a rematch to restore his reputation. ...
Style:
inspirational, saga, sincere, rough, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, boys' night, manly
Plot:
boxing, boxer, underdog, training, comeback, fight, tough heroes, coma, working class, tough guy, bodybuilding, rocky ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, north america
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