Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "textile-mill"

1. Wanted (2008)

R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A frustrated office worker discovers that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.

Director: Timur Bekmambetov | Stars: Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp

Votes: 408,483 | Gross: $134.51M

2. Empire of the Sun (1987)

PG | 153 min | Drama, War

A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers

Votes: 134,267 | Gross: $22.24M

3. Norma Rae (1979)

PG | 114 min | Drama

A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle

Votes: 12,828 | Gross: $22.23M

4. All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

Unrated | 146 min | Crime, Drama, Music

The problematic lives of teenager students for whom the singer Lily Chou-Chou's dreamy music is the only way to escape an alienating, violent and insensitive society.

Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Hayato Ichihara, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayumi Ito, Takao Osawa

Votes: 11,163 | Gross: $0.02M

5. Graveyard Shift (1990)

R | 86 min | Horror

In a very old textile mill with a serious rat infestation, deadly accidents start happening, but the corrupt foreman continues to put his workers in danger, until they discover a horrifying secret deep in the basement.

Director: Ralph S. Singleton | Stars: David Andrews, Kelly Wolf, Stephen Macht, Andrew Divoff

Votes: 12,641 | Gross: $11.58M

6. Peyton Place (1957)

Approved | 157 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A peaceful New England town hides secrets and scandals.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Lana Turner, Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan, Arthur Kennedy

Votes: 6,613 | Gross: $25.60M

7. Empire Falls (2005)

TV-14 | 99 min | Drama, Romance

A decaying New England town is the backdrop for its unique citizens, led by unassuming restaurant manager Miles Roby.

Stars: Ed Harris, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Helen Hunt, Paul Newman

Votes: 6,329

8. All the Real Girls (2003)

R | 108 min | Drama, Romance

Small-town love story of a young man with a reputation for womanizing and his best friend's sister.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Zooey Deschanel, Paul Schneider, Patricia Clarkson, Shea Whigham

Votes: 11,031 | Gross: $0.55M

9. 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

10. The Mill (2013–2014)

60 min | Drama

The hard labour of cotton mill workers and the abuse they endure.

Stars: Kerrie Hayes, Ciaran Griffiths, Barbara Marten, Matthew McNulty

Votes: 1,222

11. Secret Agent (1936)

Not Rated | 86 min | Mystery, Thriller

After three British Agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: John Gielgud, Madeleine Carroll, Robert Young, Peter Lorre

Votes: 9,041

12. The Theatre Bizarre (2011)

Not Rated | 114 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A modern horror omnibus inspired by the over-the-top shocks of Paris' early 20th century 'Theatre du Grand Guignol'. Enola Penny sneaks into an abandoned theater and witnesses six bizarre tales.

Directors: Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Jeremy Kasten, Tom Savini, Richard Stanley | Stars: Udo Kier, Virginia Newcomb, Amanda Marquardt, Amelia Gotham

Votes: 4,471

13. 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: 4,396

14. My American Uncle (1980)

PG | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The intersecting stories of three people who face difficult choices in life-changing situations are used to illustrate the theories espoused by Henri Laborit about human behavior and the relationship between the self and society.

Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre, Nelly Borgeaud

Votes: 6,847

15. It Takes a Christmas Village (2021 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Romance

When road construction threatens to close the town's shops, the mayor offers a Christmas market to boost sales, but she needs to convince reclusive Darcy to host it at his family's mill, reigniting old feuds while also sparking romance.

Director: Corey Sevier | Stars: Brooke Nevin, Corey Sevier, Alli Chung, Lynne Griffin

Votes: 563

16. The Rooster (1981)

97 min | Comedy, Romance

1944. Cederqvist comes to a small cloth factory to see how the all-women staff can work more efficiently. When first arriving he is greeted with suspicion and his efforts at courting the ... See full summary »

Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Magnus Härenstam, Lill Andersson, Ellionor Bille, Åsa Bjerkerot

Votes: 1,063

17. Disciples of Shaolin (1975)

R | 106 min | Action, Drama

Impetuous young martial arts master Kuan takes a job at a textile factory where another disciple of the revered Shaolin discipline warns him about the rival Manchu clan, who run another nearby mill.

Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Sheng Fu, Kuan-Chun Chi, Ming Li Chen, Ching-Ping Wang

Votes: 467

18. 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

19. Private Life (2006)

15 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Yorkshire, England 1952 Ruth Ackroyd leaves the monotony of her work at her father's textile mill on a Friday evening and secretly takes the train to Manchester. There, she meets a man on the platform, but all is not what it seems.

Director: Abbe Robinson | Stars: Lucy Liemann, Jana Carpenter, Toby Sawyer, Andy Henderson

Votes: 87

20. Dear America: So Far from Home (1999 TV Movie)

TV-Y7 | 27 min | Drama, Family, History

Working at a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, teenage Mary, a recent immigrant from Ireland, finds that life in America is not what she expected.

Director: Don McCutcheon | Stars: Laura Bertram, Steven McCarthy, Lynne Griffin, Gema Zamprogna

Votes: 54

21. Dangerous Hours (1919)

70 min | Drama

Idealistic young American falls under the influence of Communist agitators.

Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Lloyd Hughes, Barbara Castleton, Claire Du Brey, Jack Richardson

Votes: 62

22. The Golden Equator (1956)

Approved | 18 min | Documentary, Short

This short looks at the many ways Ecuador is building for the future, by constructing new roadways, railroads, and factories; and by attracting foreign investment. New agricultural methods are being used that will increase produce exports.

Director: Hamilton Wright | Star: Fred Manness

Votes: 91

23. The Winning Girl (1919)

50 min | Comedy, Drama

Because he had previously picked the name James for his first-born, when a female arrives, Major Milligan, a well-meaning but lazy dreamer, calls his daughter Jamesina, or Jemmy for short. ... See full summary »

Director: Robert G. Vignola | Stars: Shirley Mason, Theodore Roberts, Harold Goodwin, Lincoln Stedman

24. Hanaui jihyang-eulo deulkkeulhneun ilteo -Gimjeongsugpyeong-yangbangjiggongjang- (2020 TV Short)

8 min | Documentary, Short

Reportage about Kim Jeong Suk Textile Mill, the largest textiles factory in Pyongyang.

25. The Passaic Textile Strike (1926)

70 min | Documentary

In October 1925, due to a depression in the textile industry a 10 percent wage cut was imposed by mill owners. The strike that followed went for thirteen months and was vigorously and ... See full summary »

Director: Samuel Russak | Stars: George Ashkenudse, John J. Ballam, Lena Chernenko, Gustav Deak

Votes: 47

26. Trail of History (2016– )
Episode: Lincoln County (2017)

27 min | History

Lincoln County, North Carolina has a Revolutionary War battleground, historic homes and churches to visit. Iron production and textiles played an important economic role in the county's ... See full summary »

Stars: Gary Ritter, Melany Dawn Crouse, Jason Harpe, Robert Carpenter

27. Trail of History (2016– )
Episode: James B. Duke (2018)

25 min | History

The life and legacy of North Carolina native James Buchanan Duke is explored from his rise from his birth in Durham, North Carolina and rise from poverty to become a business giant whose ... See full summary »

Stars: Danielle Kosir, Jessica Schillingsford, Charles Lucas, Chris Hamrick

28. Spooked: Scotland (2022)
Episode: Dundee's Verdant Works (2022)

44 min | Reality-TV

200-years ago this Jute mill was one of Dundee's deadliest factories, the owners grew rich on the work carried out by women and children as young as 6. The team are given the run around by some spectral children.

Director: Chris McMillan | Stars: Gail Porter, Chris Fleming, Evelyn Hollow, Ryan O'Neill

Votes: 33

29. How the States Got Their Shapes (2011–2012)
Episode: North vs. South (2012)

TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Adventure, History

It's America's original rivalry, a divide that was so wide it took a war to close the gap. But have we really reunited, or are we still fighting a culture war?

Director: Amber Engelmann | Star: Brian Unger

Votes: 14

30. Most Haunted (2002–2019)
Episode: Weir Mill, Stockport (2017)

60 min | Horror, Reality-TV

This large textile mill is said to be haunted by the ghosts of children who worked there in the past and a 7ft tall, wraith-like entity summoned by a satanic ritual in more recent times. One of the team is forced to make an early exit.

Stars: Yvette Fielding, Jane Andrews, Fred Batt, Karl Beattie

Votes: 7

31. Granada Reports (1992– )
Episode: 20 November 2017: Evening Bulletin (2017)

30 min | News

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Stars: Rob Smith, Lucy Meacock, Freya Stott, Michelle Gleeson

32. Back in Time for Tea (2018– )
Episode: 20s & 30s (2018)

59 min | Documentary, Family, History

The Ellis family from Bradford experience life in 1918. The Great War is over but times are hard and the family members have many aspects of life to adjust to.

Director: Grace Chapman | Stars: Sara Cox, Polly Russell, Caitlin Ellis, Freya Ellis

33. Back in Time for Tea (2018– )
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2018)

59 min | Documentary, Family, History

The series concludes with the Ellis family reflecting on their time-travel adventure and exploring the legacy of 100 years of history on the northern diet today.

Director: Catherine Phillips | Stars: Sara Cox, Polly Russell, Caitlin Ellis, Freya Ellis

34. Granada Reports (1992– )
Episode: 12 June 2018: Evening Bulletin (2018)

30 min | News

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Stars: Rob Smith, Lucy Meacock, Ashley Derricott, Lesley Hoolickin