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7.1
Director: John Boulting
Starring: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Dennis Price and Richard Attenborough
A naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labour union.
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7.2
Made in Dagenham (2010)
Director: Nigel Cole
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Andrea Riseborough, Geraldine James, Jaime Winstone, Rosamund Pike, Rupert Graves, Daniel Mays, John Sessions, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Kenneth Cranham, Nicola Duffett and Phil Cornwell
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
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1018
8.1
8.1
On the Waterfront (1954)
Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb and Rod Steiger
Terry Malloy is an ex-prize fighter struggling against union corruption along the New York waterfront. Malloy's battle takes him all the way to the witness stand, where he finds himself testifying against union leaders.
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6.9
7.2
Director: Mark Herman
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Tara Fitzgerald, Pete Postlethwaite, Stephen Tompkinson, Jim Carter, Philip Jackson, Peter Martin, Melanie Hill, Sue Johnston, Mary Healey, Stephen Moore, Kenneth Colley and Peter Gunn
The coal mine in a northern English village may be closing, which would also mean the end of the miners' brass band.
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7.9
7.9
Director John Sayles
Starring: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell and Will Oldham
A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.
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154
7.4
7.3
Norma Rae (1979)
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle, Barbara Baxley and Gail Strickland
A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.
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7.6
7.1
Director: Claude Berri
Starring: Renaud, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou and Jean Carmet
It's mid 19th century in northern France. The story is about a coal miner's town. The workers are exploited by the mine's owner. One day, they decide to go on strike, and the authorities repress them.
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6.5
6.5
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Starring: Robert Wieckiewicz, Agnieszka Grochowska, Iwona Bielska, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Ewa Kolasinska and Miroslaw Baka
Depiction of the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Poland's Solidarity movement, Lech Walesa, as events in the 1970s lead to a peaceful revolution.
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A list of my favorite films about or heavily featuring trade/labour unions - both sympathetic and hostile portrayals.
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