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1. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
R | 229 min | Crime, Drama
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams
Votes: 377,623 | Gross: $5.32M
2. The Killer Inside Me (2010)
R | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A West Texas Deputy Sheriff is slowly unmasked as a psychotic killer.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba, Ned Beatty
Votes: 35,734 | Gross: $0.21M
3. F.I.S.T. (1978)
PG | 145 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle, Melinda Dillon
Votes: 8,743 | Gross: $20.39M
4. Matewan (1987)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, History
A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham
Votes: 8,909 | Gross: $1.68M
5. Made in Dagenham (2010)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Director: Nigel Cole | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone
Votes: 16,068 | Gross: $1.09M
6. State of the Union (1948)
Approved | 124 min | Comedy, Drama
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 4,170
7. Deewaar (1975)
Not Rated | 174 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Vijay struggles as a dockworker and eventually becomes a leading figure of the underworld, while his younger brother Ravi is an educated, upright policeman. This divide causes problems in their relationship.
Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, Parveen Babi
Votes: 11,715
8. Act of Vengeance (1986 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Charles Bronson, Ellen Burstyn, Wilford Brimley, Hoyt Axton
Votes: 815
9. The Organizer (1963)
Not Rated | 126 min | Drama, History
A former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a late 19th Century textile factory.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Gabriella Giorgelli, Folco Lulli
Votes: 3,276
10. Which Way Is Up? (1977)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his wife Annie Mae and his sexually-obsessed father Rufus.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Richard Pryor, Lonette McKee, Margaret Avery, Morgan Woodward
Votes: 1,990 | Gross: $17.00M
11. Kaalia (1981)
Not Rated | 157 min | Action, Drama
Jailed for robbing his brother's unscrupulous employer, a simpleton has a transformation while in prison, emerging with a violent mission for revenge.
Director: Tinnu Anand | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Asha Parekh, Parveen Babi, Amjad Khan
Votes: 1,699
12. Rocky (1981)
151 min | Action, Romance
Shankar a union leader looses his life in accident at work site while he was fighting with his boss Ratanlal for rights of workers,Ratanlal decides to agree on Shankar's demands after his ... See full summary »
Directors: Sunil Dutt, Raj Khosla | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Reena Roy, Tina Ambani, Ranjeet Bedi
Votes: 672
13. Laadla (1994)
169 min | Drama, Family
The headstrong owner of a factory, Sheetal, marries Raju, the union leader of the factory, to quell his spirit and teach him a lesson. In the process, she ends up learning a few lessons herself.
Director: Raj Kanwar | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Raveena Tandon, Farida Jalal
Votes: 1,433
14. Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997)
173 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Governor Jaisingh Sinha is murdered and the needle of suspicion points towards his estranged son, Sahil Sinha who must prove his innocence.
Director: Rajiv Rai | Stars: Bobby Deol, Manisha Koirala, Kajol, Prem Chopra
Votes: 5,671
15. The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951)
Approved | 96 min | Drama
Brad Adams is the new manager of a manufacturing plant in a small New Hampshire town. He is brought in by owner Mrs. Doubleday to calm labor relations plus layoff employees. Brad manages to also find romance.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Dorothy Gish, Carleton Carpenter, Murray Hamilton
Votes: 403
16. When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A concert pianist unhappily married to a mentally ill woman falls in love with a waitress.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Barbara O'Neil, Onslow Stevens
Votes: 755
17. At War (2018)
113 min | Drama
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.
Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Mélanie Rover, Jacques Borderie, David Rey
Votes: 2,169 | Gross: $0.00M
18. Harlan County War (2000 TV Movie)
104 min | Drama
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.
Director: Tony Bill | Stars: Holly Hunter, Stellan Skarsgård, Ted Levine, Wayne Robson
Votes: 621
19. Birador (1998)
95 min | Action, Drama
Director: Edgardo Vinarao | Stars: Rudy Fernandez, Donita Rose, Victor Neri, Emilio Garcia
Votes: 26
20. Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957)
Passed | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A brave longshoreman lingers on after being gunned down by 3 racketeers, as a determined assistant D.A. searches hard for fearful witnesses against the men.
Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea, Julie Adams
Votes: 476
21. Kalyug (1981)
152 min | Drama
This movie tells story of fierce and total competition of two related business families in the days of license raaj India. The overall plot is based on Mahabharat. This movie shows that how... See full summary »
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Raj Babbar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Votes: 584
22. Filipinas (2003)
100 min | Drama
Director: Joel Lamangan | Stars: Armida Siguion-Reyna, Maricel Soriano, Richard Gomez, Aiko Melendez
Votes: 64
23. Footpath (2003)
Not Rated | 164 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two friends of a man help him avenge his father's death. Years later, he reunites with his friends who have now become criminals. What they don't know, is that he is now an undercover cop.
Director: Vikram Bhatt | Stars: Aftab Shivdasani, Bipasha Basu, Rahul Dev, Emraan Hashmi
Votes: 985
24. The Big Operator (1959)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama
During the 1950s, a corrupt labor union boss and the mob silence all those who witness their shady activities but an honest union member threatens to testify in front of a Senate Committee, thus becoming a murder-target.
Director: Charles F. Haas | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Mel Tormé
Votes: 339
25. Mannan (1992)
Not Rated | 154 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Mannan is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language film directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Rajinikanth, Vijayashanti, Kushboo, Manorama, Pandari Bai, Goundamani, and Visu. It is a remake of the 1986 Kannada film Anuraga Aralithu.
Director: P. Vasu | Stars: Rajinikanth, Vijayshanti, Kushboo, Visu
Votes: 955
26. Sierra Madre (1981)
Action
FPJ PLAYS A UNDERCOVER SOLDIER WHO PURSUES A BANDIT THAT OUT TO BE A LABOR LEADER. THIS IS A GOOD ACTION FILM BUT IS, UNFORTUNATELY, ANTI-LABOR.
Director: Pablo Santiago | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Ramon Revilla, Liz Alindogan, Rosemarie de Vera
27. Aazmayish (1995)
Not Rated | 147 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Enmity brews between a company tycoon and one of the labourers when the former refuses to fulfil their demands.
Director: Sachin Pilgaonkar | Stars: Rohit Kumar Sharma, Dharmendra, Anjali Jathar, Mohnish Behl
Votes: 50
28. Darrow (1991 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 101 min | Biography, Drama
The life and career of Clarence Darrow, the noted American lawyer and civil libertarian.
Director: John David Coles | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Bob Tracey, Paul Klementowicz, Gerard Malone
Votes: 455
29. Nurse Marjorie (1920)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Comedy
Lady Marjorie Donegal becomes a nurse in hospital, much to the dismay of her aristocratic family. She falls in love with one of her patients, a commoner labor leader.
Director: William Desmond Taylor | Stars: Mary Miles Minter, Clyde Fillmore, George Periolat, Mollie McConnell
Votes: 85
30. My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937)
Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When the owner of the New York Globe-Leader dies without making a will, the paper is inherited by his only living relative, an "old maid schoolteacher" from Nebraska. Martha Aldrich, along ... See full summary »
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Edna May Oliver, Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson
Votes: 416
31. Three Girls About Town (1941)
Passed | 75 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
To save the reputation of the hotel where they are employed, sisters try to cover up a murder.
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Joan Blondell, John Howard, Binnie Barnes, Janet Blair
Votes: 353
32. Occupy Unmasked (2012)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
An alternate look at Occupy Wall Street camps around the country.
Director: Steve Bannon | Stars: Saul Alinsky, Anthony Averest, Bill Ayers, Michelle Balin
Votes: 610 | Gross: $0.05M
33. María Cano (1990)
106 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Colombia 1920's. The country receives compensation for the separation of Panama and is open to foreign credit to undertake major development works. Growing mass of workers but not improve ... See full summary »
Director: Camila Loboguerrero | Stars: María Eugenia Dávila, Frank Ramírez, Maguso, Diego Vélez
Votes: 55
34. Yeh Desh (1984)
Not Rated | 150 min | Action, Drama
Chandramohan Azad (Jeetendra) is an employee and a union leader. His zeal and hard-work is detested by some of his fellow-workers and his employer, Sinha (Pincho Kapoor). He is framed for ... See full summary »
Director: Rama Rao Tatineni | Stars: Jeetendra, Kamal Haasan, Zeenat Aman, Shakti Kapoor
Votes: 49
35. The Face at Your Window (1920)
70 min | Drama
Hiram Maxwell and Nicholas Harding, both factory owners, exhibit two different philosophies of management: Maxwell is sympathetic to his employees while Harding remains blind to the needs ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Stanton | Stars: Gina Relly, Earl Metcalfe, Edward Roseman, Boris Rosenthal
36. Haisiyat (1984)
185 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A union leader marries his employer, but subsequently gets embroiled in labor/management disputes.
Director: Dasari Narayana Rao | Stars: Jeetendra, Jaya Prada, Pran Sikand, Shakti Kapoor
Votes: 45
37. Sonnensucher (1972)
116 min | Drama
People are sent off to a Soviet controlled uranium mine in 1950's Germany.
Director: Konrad Wolf | Stars: Ulrike von Zerboni, Günther Simon, Erwin Geschonneck, Manja Behrens
Votes: 165
38. Dear America: Dreams in the Golden Country (1999 TV Movie)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Drama, Family, History
A twelve-year-old Jewish immigrant girl living in New York in the early 1900s persues her dream of acting.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Natalie Vansier, Dov Tiefenbach, Heather Brown, Joshua Peace
Votes: 43
39. Laukaus tehtaalla (1973)
79 min | Drama
The events surrounding a factory in a small town are gone through in documentary style.
Director: Erkko Kivikoski | Stars: Urpo Poikolainen, Aarne Hakulinen, Pentti Viljakainen, Artturi Haikonen
Votes: 154
40. Sangarshana (1983)
Action, Drama, Family
Dilip (Chiranjeevi) returns from America to find his father (Satyanarayana Kaikala), an industrialist, indulging in illegal activities. He and his manager (Rao Gopal Rao) are also trying to... See full summary »
Director: K. Muralimohana Rao | Stars: Chiranjeevi, Nalini, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Raogopalrao
Votes: 31
41. Caterpillar: The Story of a Plant Closure (1992)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Laszlo Barna, Barry Greenwald | Stars: Buzz Hargrove, Bob Nickerson, Cedric Smith, Bob White
Votes: 16
42. Bhale Donga (1989)
Action, Comedy, Drama
A swashbuckling thief, Surendra, also a master of disguise, is always targets Vidhatha, dictator of the city. Surendra contracts a multi-specialty hospital for work free of cost.
Director: A. Kodandarami Reddy | Stars: Nandamuri Balakrishna, Annapoorna, Mohan Babu, Brahmanandam
Votes: 126
43. The Negotiator (1995 TV Movie)
49 min | Documentary
This candid documentary opens the door on the riskiest labour negotiations in the history of the Canadian Auto Workers (now UNIFOR), Canada's largest private sector union. For veteran ... See full summary »
Director: Barry Greenwald | Star: Buzz Hargrove
Votes: 27
44. The Royal Pauper (1917)
Drama
Director: Ben Turbett | Stars: Francine Larrimore, Walter Bauer, Richard Tucker, William Wadsworth
46.
Wild West Tech (2003–2005)
Episode:
Bounty Hunters
(2005)
TV-G | Documentary, History, Western
Tracks the most famous fugitives and the trackers and lawmen who followed them.
Stars: David Carradine, Drew Gomber, Marcus Huff, Keith Lewis
Votes: 6
47.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
JFK, Hoffa and the Mob
(1992)
TV-MA | Documentary, News
Organized crime's involvement in the murders of President John F. Kennedy and labor leader Jimmy Hoffa.
Directors: John Baynard, Charles C. Stuart | Stars: Jack Newfield, Mike McNally, Jimmy Hoffa, John F. Kennedy
Votes: 11
48.
Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
Episode:
Dirty Hands
(2007)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When the head of the fuel production plant holds the fleet hostage by providing unsafe fuel, he's arrested for treason, which results in the Chief sent to the ship and held responsible for getting the plant back up and running.
Director: Wayne Rose | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 1,770
49.
Abbott Elementary (2021– )
Episode:
New Tech
(2022)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
When a new computer program is introduced at Abbott, Janine is excited to finally help Barbara with something; Barbara is reluctant to accept change and finds herself in a tricky situation; Melissa surprises Jacob.
Director: Randall Einhorn | Stars: Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter
Votes: 1,176
50.
Vanishings! (2001–2005)
Episode:
Whatever Happened to Jimmy Hoffa?
(2003)
History
Former Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa disappears in 1975.
Director: Nicolas Wright | Stars: Stan Bernard, Frank Fitzsimmons, James P. Hoffa, Jimmy Hoffa