Here we've displayed a list of the best Worker's Rights films : Philadelphia(1993), Daens(1992), The Price of Sugar(2007), Comrades(1986), Machete Maidens Unleashed!(2010), Manufactured Landscapes(2006), Machines(2016), Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price(2005), Torrid Zone(1940), Picture Bride(1994), Black Fury(1935), 7 Minutes(2016) ... ...
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1993
125 Minutes
Tom Hanks Denzel Washington Jason Robards Antonio Banderas Joanne Woodward Mary Steenburgen Ron Vawter Robert Ridgely Charles Napier Roger Corman John Bedford Lloyd
lawyer gay man wife husband homophobe boyfriend tender emotional profound office library courtroom apartment philadelphia homophobia worker's rights law friendship court battles aids
When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.
Drama
Belgium|France|Netherlands
1992
134 Minutes
Jan Decleir Gérard Desarthe Antje de Boeck Michael Pas Johan Leysen Idwig Stephane Linda Van Dijck Wim Meuwissen
priest socialist foreman prostitute bishop child dark disheartening belgium village school factory pub worker's rights rape adolf daens child labor catholic church corruption underdog
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 »
Documentary
USA|Dominican Republic
2007
90 Minutes
activist narrator worker haitian wealthy man gritty inspiring dominican republic sugar plantation village church worker's rights strike ethnic tension bribery death threat big business underdog quest 2000s
On the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches, with little knowledge that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians are under armed guard ... See full summary »
Drama, History
UK
1986
160 Minutes
Robin Soans William Gaminara Philip Davis Robert Stevens Michael Hordern
minister landowner laborer organizer protester farmer fascinating passionate rousing emotional tolpuddle, england farm small town labor strike tolpuddle martyrs agriculture imprisonment worker's rights political activism sacrifice
The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of nineteenth century English farm laborers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.
Documentary, Drama, History
Australia
2010
85 Minutes
Roger Corman John Landis Pete Tombs Mark Holcomb Joe Dante Joseph Zucchero
producer director actor campy cheery hedonistic philippines film industry worker's rights exploitation expatriates b-movies adventure underdog wretched excess 1990s
A fast moving odyssey into the subterranean world of the rarely explored province of Filipino genre filmmaking.
Documentary
Canada
2006
86 Minutes
photographer director crew member factory worker child striking fascinating incredible china shanghai bangladesh factory slum dump poverty business worker's rights industrial landscapes environmental consciousness discovery
Photographer Edward Burtynsky travels the world observing changes in landscapes due to industrial work and manufacturing.
Documentary
India|Germany|Finland
2016
71 Minutes
Rahul Jain
speaker worker indian interviewee expert intense emotional shocking sad disturbing india textile factory documentary filmmaking machines portraiture worker's rights exploitation adventure discovery rise
Director Rahul Jain presents an intimate, observantly portrayal of the rhythm of life and work in a gigantic textile factory in Gujarat, India. Moving through the corridors and bowels of ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2005
98 Minutes
Don Hunter Jon Hunter Jeremy Hunter Frank Mormino John Bruening Susie Geiser
employee manager ceo father mother mechanic emotional bleak united states store household small town convention center corporate greed worker's rights exploitation deception corruption discovery underdog
A look at the impact of the retail giant on local communities.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1940
88 Minutes
James Cagney Ann Sheridan Pat O'Brien Andy Devine Helen Vinson Jerome Cowan George Tobias George Reeves
plantation owner foreman worker revolutionary singer police chief lighthearted madcap wild central america plantation romance worker's rights revolution employment love rivalry 1940s
Plagued by revolutionaries that harass his plantation in a banana republic, fruit company exec Steve Case rehires former nemesis Nick Butler to restore order and profits.
Drama
Japan|USA
1994
98 Minutes
Youki Kudoh Akira Takayama Tamlyn Tomita Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Toshirô Mifune Yoko Sugi
wife husband friend boss spokeswoman engaging dreamy moving sad hawaii plantation arranged marriage immigrants worker's rights abusive marriage labor tragic death transformation escape 1910s
Riyo marries a man more than twice her age. She is devastated and labors in the sugar cane field. At the end she is able to love her husband.
Drama
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Paul Muni Karen Morley William Gargan Barton MacLane John Qualen J. Carrol Naish Vince Barnett Henry O'Neill Tully Marshall Mae Marsh Sara Haden
miner best friend union boss scab thug melodramatic rousing fiery pennsylvania mine labor strike worker's rights friendship courage immigration rivalry quest revenge rise 1930s
An immigrant coal miner finds himself in the middle of a bitter labor dispute between the workers and the mine owners.
Drama
Italy|France|Switzerland
2016
88 Minutes
Cristiana Capotondi Ambra Angiolini Michele Placido Fiorella Mannoia Violante Placido Ottavia Piccolo
factory owner factory worker family manager woman bleak sad heartwarming town break room factory italy locker room affliction serendipity injustice worker's rights dilemma banding together sacrifice
The owners of an Italian textile factory sell the majority of the property to a multinational company. No layoffs are planned, but there's a special clause in the agreement that the new ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
89 Minutes
Jean Harlow Spencer Tracy Una Merkel Joseph Calleia Mickey Rooney Victor Kilian J. Farrell MacDonald Roger Imhof Juanita Quigley Paul Hurst Vince Barnett
fisherman factory worker night watchman union boss sister wife melodramatic fiery bleak coast factory california prison small town house worker's rights marriage thievery pregnancy poverty
Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. He quits his poorly paid job to concentrate on getting better working conditions as union leader. Unfortunately, the union members disagree ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Ann Sheridan Ronald Reagan Richard Whorf George Tobias Gene Lockhart Alan Hale Betty Brewer Donald MacBride Howard da Silva Willard Robertson Faye Emerson
farmer owner girl friend farmhand tense melodramatic florida atlanta farm farming worker's rights friendship framed for murder small-town life greed underdog love sacrifice 1940s
Danny and Steve are migrant farm workers who wind up in Cat Tail, Florida. Cat Tail is run by Madden Packing and Danny works for Madden while Steve works for the underdog farmer named Nick.... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Germany
2003
98 Minutes
Jeff Daniels James Spader Portia Di Rossi Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez Wade Williams Mark Carlton Jordi Caballero Adriano González
activist detective government official laborer lawyer friend disheartening intense border town tijuana, mexico tunnel united states murder worker's rights government cover-up violence greed missing persons underdog discovery
After 27 bodies are discovered in a collapsed tunnel in Tijuana, a man tries to unravel the mystery before becoming the next victim.
Mystery & Thriller
1984
122 Minutes
con artist man widow woman interloper charming suspenseful amusing intricate naples, italy courtroom alley rooming house hospital con game mafia deception underworld insurance fraud worker's rights
A street hustler (Giancarlo Giannini) helps a woman (Lina Sastri) search for her husband, whisked away by the Naples Mafia.
Drama, History
1949
103 Minutes
Chips Rafferty Jane Barrett Jack Lambert Peter Illing Gordon Jackson Ralph Truman Sydney Loder Grant Taylor Peter Finch
irishman mine owner miner police officer politician emigrant spirited confident rousing victoria, australia mine jail street government building peter lalor reform mining politics worker's rights rebellion
Digger Peter Lalor (Chips Rafferty) leads others against government troops in their corrupt 1850s Australian mining town.
Drama
1987
109 Minutes
Wang Jingwen Xin Shufen Li Tianlu
teen boy teen girl grandfather parent friend lover emotional brooding disheartening passionate city taipei, taiwan shop mining town apartment worker's rights poverty unemployment marriage independence
Young lovers from rural Taiwan face a series of hardships when they trade country life for jobs in the city of Taipei.
Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure
2000
80 Minutes
mouse worker native american amusing charming heartwarming spirited new york city treasure hunting worker's rights adventure unknown era
Documentary
2009
85 Minutes
factory worker mother father daughter son seamstress fascinating emotional striking solemn china factory train train station village family worker's rights tradition work vs. family work-life balance
Forced to live far away, two Chinese factory workers make an arduous journey once a year to visit their children, who barely know them.