Working Class Movies

This film is the second of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. Autumn,...

The story of a group of plateau oil rig workers and how their lives change when they move from the rural grasslands and into the city.

This film is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. In early...

In the middle of the Algerian war, Elise, from Bordeaux, “goes” to Paris to join her brother to earn her living in an automobile factory....

Scully invites his mates to gatecrash his mum's New Year's Eve party.

Captures the essence of Willa Cather's haunting story of Pittsburgh circa 1900. Lost in a world of fantasy, young working-class Paul dreams of...

Louis Malle presents his entertaining snapshot of the comings and goings on one street corner in Paris.

A pantry boy falls in love with the touch-up girl of an actress travelling on his train, but an incident turns the train into an unstoppable force...

In search of purpose, 17-year-old Claudio helps easygoing mechanic Stefano build a car capable of winning a street race that could solve his...

A family living in a Punjab village deals with social and labor inequities until a fight breaks out during a lunar eclipse.

Their names are Abdallah, Ahmou, Mohamed, Ramdane, Salah, Sebti, and Tahar. They came from Algeria alone between 1951 and 1971 to work in France,...

This anthology film, whose Chinese title begins with a romantic name for human excrement, premiered internationally at Rotterdam and won Best...

Actor Val Kilmer narrates this powerful film exploring the methamphetamine epidemic that's ravaged blue-collar America. Putting a human face on the...

Antero Rousku is a storeman in a paint store. His job requires raw muscle power, mixing paints and carrying house repair materials around to earn his...

A young man is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family.

Documentary about Margit Nielsen and her work at the Malmö chocolate factory.

A documentary about the dockworkers in Gothenburg, and the future of the shipping industry in the city.

A white and a blue collar worker fall in love during the 1980 strike at FIAT that marked the end for labor movement in Italy.

A disgraced sports star and gambling addict attempts to turn his life around with the support of his number one fan.