List of films that depict class struggle
This is a list of films in which the theme of class struggle is a prominent element.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2014) |
Title | Year | Citation | |||
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1984 | 1956 | [1] | |||
The Admirable Crichton | 1957 | [2] | |||
Aladdin | 1992 | ||||
The Angry Silence | 1960 | ||||
Antz | 1998 | ||||
At War | 2018 | ||||
The Battle of Algiers | 1966 | ||||
Battleship Potemkin | 1925 | [3] | |||
Bicycle Thieves | 1948 | [4] | |||
Blue Collar | 1978 | ||||
Born in Flames | 1983 | [5] | |||
Boxcar Bertha | 1972 | ||||
Brazil | 1985 | ||||
Bread and Roses | 2000 | ||||
A Bug's Life | 1998 | ||||
Burning | 2018 | ||||
Chicken Run | 2000 | ||||
Class Warfare | 2001 | ||||
A Clockwork Orange | 1971 | ||||
La Commune (Paris, 1871) | 2000 | ||||
Comrades | 1986 | ||||
The Dark Knight Rises | 2012 | ||||
Dawn of the Dead | 1978 | [5] | |||
District 9 | 2009 | ||||
Escape from L.A. | 1996 | [5] | |||
Escape from New York | 1981 | [5] | |||
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | 2022 | ||||
Fight Club | 1999 | [6] | |||
F.I.S.T. | 1978 | ||||
The Florida Project | 2017 | [7] | |||
Gattaca | 1997 | ||||
Germinal | 1913 | ||||
Germinal | 1963 | ||||
Germinal | 1993 | ||||
The Grapes of Wrath | 1940 | [4] | |||
The Great Dictator | 1940 | [5] | |||
Guerrilla Girl | 2005 | ||||
Harlan County, USA | 1976 | [4] | |||
Harlan County War | 2000 | ||||
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | 2010 | ||||
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | 2009 | ||||
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 2007 | ||||
Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea | 2023 | ||||
Hoffa | 1992 | ||||
The Hour of the Furnaces | 1968 | ||||
The Hunger Games | 2012 | ||||
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | 2013 | ||||
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 | 2014 | ||||
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 | 2015 | ||||
The Hunt | 2020 | ||||
Hustlers | 2019 | ||||
Ikiru | 1952 | [5] | |||
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK | 2006 | [5] | |||
I'm All Right Jack | 1959 | [5] | |||
The Immigrant | 1917 | [5] | |||
I'm No Longer Here | 2019 | ||||
An Inspector Calls | 1954 | ||||
In Time | 2011 | [8] | |||
Intolerance | 1916 | [4] | |||
Joker | 2019 | [5] | |||
Kadaver | 2020 | [9] | |||
Kalashnikov | 2020 | ||||
Katips | 2021 | ||||
The Killing Floor | 1984 | ||||
Land and Freedom | 1995 | ||||
Land of the Dead | 2005 | [5] | |||
Last Exit to Brooklyn | 1989 | ||||
Lawn Dogs | 1997 | ||||
Libertad | 2021 | [10] | |||
Libertarias | 1996 | ||||
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | 1962 | [4] | |||
The Machinist | 2004 | [5] | |||
Made in Dagenham | 2010 | ||||
Mad Max | 1979 | [5] | |||
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior | 1981 | [5] | |||
Mad Max: Fury Road | 2015 | ||||
Malcolm X | 1972 | ||||
Malcolm X | 1992 | ||||
Man of Iron | 1981 | ||||
The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip | 2014 | [11] | |||
Matewan | 1987 | ||||
Metropolis | 1927 | [12] | |||
Modern Times | 1936 | [13] | |||
The Molly Maguires | 1970 | ||||
Nineteen Eighty-Four | 1984 | [1] | |||
Norma Rae | 1979 | [4][5] | |||
The Organizer | 1963 | ||||
Pan's Labyrinth | 2006 | ||||
Parasite | 2019 | ||||
Persepolis | 2007 | ||||
The Platform | 2019 | ||||
Pride | 2014 | ||||
Red Lion | 1969 | [5] | |||
Revolution Selfie | 2017 | ||||
Reds | 1981 | [5] | |||
Salt of the Earth | 1954 | ||||
The Seduction of Mimi | 1972 | ||||
Selma | 2014 | [5] | |||
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal | 1977 | ||||
Shark Tale | 2004 | ||||
Snowpiercer | 2013 | ||||
Society | 1989 | ||||
Sometimes a Great Notion | 1971 | ||||
Songbird | 2020 | [14] | |||
Sorry to Bother You | 2018 | [15] | |||
Space Jam | 1996 | ||||
Spirited Away | 2001 | [16] | |||
Squaring the Circle | 1984 | ||||
Star Wars The Last Jedi | 2017 | Strange Days | 1995 | ||
Strike | 1925 | [17] | |||
Summer in the Golden Valley | 2003 | ||||
Swept Away | 1974 | [18] | |||
Taxi Driver | 1976 | [5] | |||
They Live | 1988 | [5] | |||
Those Who Make Tomorrow | 1946 | ||||
Three Faces West | 1940 | [4] | |||
Tout Va Bien | 1972 | ||||
The Travelling Players | 1975 | ||||
Us | 2019 | ||||
The U.S. vs. John Lennon | 2006 | ||||
V for Vendetta | 2005 | ||||
Winstanley | 1975 | ||||
The Working Class Goes to Heaven | 1971 | [19] | |||
Xquipi' Guie'dani | 2018 | ||||
The Young Karl Marx | 2017 | [20] |
See also
- List of films on imperialism
- List of films about revolution
- List of films featuring colonialism
- List of films featuring slavery
References
- ^ a b Bossche, Edmond van den (1 January 1984). "The Message for Today in Orwell's '1984'". The New York Times.
- ^ Giddins, Gary (2001). Bing Crosby: a pocketful of dreams: the early years, 1903-1940. Hachette Digital, Inc. p. 292. ISBN 978-0-316-88188-3. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ Rennie, Paul (8 September 2008). "Revolution on the barrel of a gun". The Guardian.
- ^ a b c d e f g Rampell, Ed (31 August 2014). "Top Ten Working Class Hero Films". The Progressive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Flaneur (23 October 2013). "Working class cinema: a video guide". Libcom.org. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ Lalor, Brendan (2000). "Fight Club: Marx & Hegel in the Pitt". Open Philosophy.
- ^ ""The Florida Project" Offers a Rare Glimpse of Poverty on the Edge of Paradise". 19 October 2017.
- ^ In Time (2011 film) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-05-26
- ^ Kadaver(2020 film) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-05-26
- ^ Martínez, Beatriz (8 July 2021). "'Libertad', una luminosa 'coming-of age' sobre la lucha de clases". El Periódico.
- ^ The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip (2014) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-12-17
- ^ Porter, Chris (6 February 2015). "A look at class struggle and the future, two elements that made Metropolis one of the most influential and relevant films in history". Go Flik. Archived from the original on 30 November 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ imdb review of Modern Times
- ^ Songbird (2020) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-12-17
- ^ "Boots Riley on His Anti-Capitalist Film "Sorry to Bother You," the Power of Strikes & Class Struggle". Democracy Now!. 3 September 2018.
- ^ Pin, Cecile (2016). "Spirited Away and the critique of Capitalism".
- ^ imdb review of Strike
- ^ Giroux, Henry A. (2002). Breaking in to the movies: film and the culture of politics. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-0-631-22604-8. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ Film Review, http://linchpin.ca/Blogs/Film-Review-Working-Class-Go-Heaven Archived 2013-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Young Karl Marx (2017) - IMDb, retrieved 2019-03-30
This film-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021) |