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1. Grand Hotel (I) (1932)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Romance
A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery
Votes: 20,889 | Gross: $2.69M
2. A Woman of Substance (1984)
300 min | Drama, Romance
Emma Harte, a bright and ambitious servant girl, overcomes her impoverished beginnings in her quest to become a retailing magnate and one of the world's richest women.
Stars: Jenny Seagrove, Barry Bostwick, Deborah Kerr, Diane Baker
Votes: 1,132
3. The Man in the White Suit (1951)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough
Votes: 10,821 | Gross: $0.01M
4. 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: 3,291
5. Daens (1992)
138 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the ... See full summary »
Director: Stijn Coninx | Stars: Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, Michael Pas
Votes: 4,398
6. The Promised Land (1975)
Not Rated | 170 min | Drama
Three friends hope to build a factory but their plans are quickly jeopardized by local politics and one of the partner's dangerous love affair.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn, Anna Nehrebecka
Votes: 4,032
7. Would I Lie to You? (1997)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
The sentimental and comedic adventures of Eddie, a non-Jew trying to pass as Jewish though totally ignorant of Jewish traditions, as he works in a Jewish community.
Director: Thomas Gilou | Stars: Richard Anconina, Richard Bohringer, Amira Casar, Vincent Elbaz
Votes: 4,902
8. Body of My Enemy (1976)
116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Francois always despised the textile barons who ruled his local town. But he fell in love with the family heiress Gilberte. Ten years ago, he would have married her. Now only hatred holds them together. Francois is accused of murder. A hooker and a football star lie slaughtered. He thinks he has been framed by the mob. Going underground, he finds that the trail leads all the way to the top - to ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bernard Blier, Marie-France Pisier, Charles Gérard
Votes: 2,403
9. The Yes Men (2003)
R | 83 min | Documentary, Comedy
Anti-corporate activists travel from conference to conference, impersonating member of the World Trade Organization.
Directors: Dan Ollman, Sarah Price, Chris Smith | Stars: Andreas Bichlbauer, Mike Bonanno, Andy Bichlbaum, Michael Moore
Votes: 6,179 | Gross: $0.20M
10. Frontline Fashion (2016– )
Documentary
Ever wondered what it's like for designers working on the frontline to make our clothes more sustainable? Frontline Fashion follows 10 talented Asian and European emerging fashion designers... See full summary »
Stars: Christina Dean, Cora Maria Bellotto, Belle Benyasarn, Raffaele Borriello
11. La vérité si je mens! 2 (2001)
105 min | Comedy
Eddie, Dov, and Yvan are back, still working in Paris' Sentier textile district, This time they're confronting the high-stakes world of large distribution after striking a deal with Eurodiscount, a European hypermarket chain.
Director: Thomas Gilou | Stars: Richard Anconina, José Garcia, Bruno Solo, Gilbert Melki
Votes: 3,735
12. Maija Isola (2021)
96 min | Documentary, Biography
Marimekko's philosophy of life emerged from the fabric designs of Maija Isola, reaching architectural heights together with Maija's large scale prints. Today, Maija Isola's fabric designs ... See full summary »
Director: Leena Kilpeläinen | Stars: Maija Isola, Kristina Isola, Yuri Gagarin, Ristomatti Ratia
Votes: 39
13. Die Weber (1980 TV Movie)
113 min | Drama
Director: Fritz Umgelter | Stars: Karin Baal, Ursula Baresel, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Thomas Braut
Votes: 12
14. Linen for Ireland (1939)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda film that "shows" how Jewish textile company owners are sabotaging the German linen industry by buying linen from Ireland instead of having it produced in "the Fatherland".
Director: Heinz Helbig | Stars: Otto Treßler, Irene von Meyendorff, Friedl Haerlin, Oskar Sima
Votes: 44
15. David Macaulay: Mill Times (2001)
56 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Travel back to late 18th century Lowell, MA, now infamous for its textile mills and its "Lowell Girls," the poor, barely-educated waifs who helped turn those mills into sweatshops.
Director: Larry Klein | Stars: David Macaulay, Derek Jacobi, Richard Bebb, Brook Butterworth
Votes: 14
16. Maria Vandamme (1989– )
Drama
In the 19th century, during the time of the Commune, the story of an orphan girl found in Saint-Omer, in the North of France, who faces the great changes in society, from a poor and rustic farm home to a cotton mill, then to high society.
Stars: Corinne Dacla, Albert Goldberg, Michel Carliez, Jack Claudany
Votes: 12
17. Famalicão (1941)
24 min | Documentary, Short
Manoel de Oliveira's documentary short about the village of Famalicão, narrated by the great actor, Vasco Santana.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Star: Vasco Santana
Votes: 116
18. Mädchen in Wittstock (1975)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Wittstock an der Dosse is located in the German state Mark Brandenburg, apx. 90 kilometers from Berlin. Volker Koepp came into the town in 1974 to interview women and girls about their work... See full summary »
Director: Volker Koepp
Votes: 62
19. Die unverbesserliche Barbara (1977)
109 min | Drama
The former athlete Barbara follows her husband to the province and attempts to masters her new life, even after her separation from him.
Director: Lothar Warneke | Stars: Cox Habbema, Peter Aust, Renate Krößner, Werner Godemann
Votes: 9
20. Du und ich (1938)
106 min
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk, Paul Bildt, Heinz Welzel
Votes: 11
21. L'Algérie au travail (1946)
14 min | Documentary, Short
The Cinematographic Broadcasting Service (SDC) of the General Government of Algeria (GGA, then Government Delegation in Algeria), created in 1943 but active only from 1945, is used to ... See full synopsis »
Star: Yves Chataigneau
23. Kivi - Paperi - Sakset (2003)
77 min | Documentary
Director: Ulla Turunen | Stars: Toivo Hiltunen, Lassi Kirjavainen, Vesa Soininen, Anja Karjalainen
24. Podarok sudby (1977)
65 min | Comedy, Romance
Directors: Aleksandr Pavlovskiy, Leonid Pavlovsky | Stars: Tamara Trach, Vera Vasileva, Gennadiy Yalovich, Mayya Bulgakova
Votes: 12
25. Nasze znajome z Lodzi (1972)
16 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Krystyna Gryczelowska
Votes: 20
26. Tampere - teollisuuspuisto (1958)
12 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Allan A. Pyykkö | Star: Reino Palmroth
28. Di tessuti e di altre storie (2010)
Documentary
An entire community is obliged to stop and start again a new way of living, after globalization and economic crisis destroyed its only economy based on textile and fabric industries. Three ... See full summary »
Director: Teresa Paoli | Stars: Manuela Biliotti, Salvatore Russotto
29. Textile Industry in Tampere (1958)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Allan A. Pyykkö | Stars: Reino Palmroth, Toivo Hyytiäinen
31. Il pane a vita (2013)
65 min | Documentary
In October 2012, after 123 years, the cotton factory Honegger of Albino closed down, in the middle valley of Bergamo, where working is a religion. In the cotton factory, the place at the ... See full summary »
Director: Stefano Collizzolli | Stars: Giovanna Ghilardi, Liliana Ghilardi, Lorenzo Signori, Lara Vezzoli
33.
Monkman and Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain (2018–2020)
Episode:
Episode #2.1
(2020)
59 min | Comedy
Eric and Bobby return to travel around the UK once more. They start their adventure by exploring scientific breakthroughs that kick-started the Industrial Revolution.
Directors: Joseph Cunningham, Samuel Palmer | Stars: Simon Callow, Eric Monkman, Bobby Seagull
Votes: 6
34.
Walking Victorian Britain (2021– )
Episode:
Nottingham
(2021)
45 min | Documentary, History
While in Nottingham, Dr Onyeka visits Nottinghamshire County jail, where he discovers extreme forms of punishment. He also explores the lace industry.
Director: Lulu Valentine | Stars: Onyeka Nubia, Stephen Dennis, John Woolf, Jim Gravette
35.
Monsieur Z (2017– )
Episode:
How the Civil War Almost Became a World War: Alternate History
(2020)
20 min | Documentary
Prior to the outbreak of American Civil War Europe was in its normal state of turmoil. Russia having just lost the Crimean War and lacking friends in Europe was courting the United States ... See full summary »
36.
Günther Jauch (2011–2015)
Episode:
Billigkleidung aus Bangladesch - sind wir schuld am Tod der Näherinnen?
(2013)
61 min | News, Talk-Show
Director: Markus Kleusch | Stars: Günther Jauch, Dirk Niebel, Ranga Yogeshwar, Sina Trinkwalder
37.
De ijzeren eeuw (2015)
Episode:
Twente op stoom
(2015)
45 min | Documentary, History
At the end of the 19th century Enschede is one of the largest textile-producing cities in the world. Hans Goedkoop investigates the working conditions of the weavers and the roles the Van Heek and Stork families played in this industry.
Director: Marcel Goedhart | Stars: Hans Goedkoop, Hein Daanen, Arnold Enklaar, Fleur ter Kuile
38.
Arman ja viimeinen ristiretki (2013– )
Episode:
Maailma Ristiretken silmin
(2015)
60 min | Reality-TV
Director: Tuukka Tiensuu | Stars: Arman Alizad, Tuukka Tiensuu
Votes: 7
39.
Dispatches (1987– )
Episode:
Undercover: Britain's Cheap Clothes
(2017)
27 min | Documentary, News
Tazeen Ahmad follows up her 2010 report into working conditions inside factories which are making clothing for major brand labels to see if life has improved for the workers making our clothes.
Director: Kristin Hadland | Stars: Tazeen Ahmad, Belal Malek, Hannah Middleton, Richard Booth
40.
Dispatches (1987– )
Episode:
Undercover - Britain's Cheap Clothes
(2017)
27 min | Documentary, News
In the second documentary investigating the resurgent UK textile industry, Dispatches goes undercover to follow the next stage of the industry - inside the vast distribution warehouses servicing our online orders.
Director: Alison Ramsay | Stars: Morland Sanders, Anamaria Sandra, Frances O'Grady, Liana Wood
41.
Press (2018)
Episode:
Pure
(2018)
TV-14 | 58 min | Drama
The Post targets trade union leader Frank Powell while the Herald investigates child labour at Indian suppliers to the textile industry. Leona investigates deaths at a hospital. Ed is sent to cover a celebrity event.
Director: Tom Vaughan | Stars: Kasia Koleczek, Ben Chaplin, Priyanga Burford, Al Weaver
Votes: 151
42.
Madam Secretary (2014–2019)
Episode:
The Magic Rake
(2018)
TV-PG | 43 min | Drama, Thriller
After a factory fire, Elizabeth flies to Milan to face off against the Chinese Foreign Minister over a treaty to end sweatshops. Daisy struggles against he feelings of pessimism for her baby's future.
Director: John Murray | Stars: Téa Leoni, Tim Daly, Keith Carradine, Patina Miller
Votes: 268