List of films that depict class struggle explained

This is a list of films in which the theme of class struggle is a prominent element.

TitleYearCitation
19841956[1]
The Admirable Crichton1957[2]
Aladdin1992
The Angry Silence1960
Antz1998
At War2018
The Battle of Algiers1966
Battleship Potemkin1925[3]
Bicycle Thieves1948[4]
Blue Collar1978
Born in Flames1983[5]
Boxcar Bertha1972
Brazil1985
Bread and Roses2000
A Bug's Life1998
Burning2018
Chicken Run2000
Class Warfare2001
A Clockwork Orange1971
La Commune (Paris, 1871)2000
Comrades1986
The Dark Knight Rises2012
Dawn of the Dead1978
District 92009
Escape from L.A.1996
Escape from New York1981
2022
Fight Club1999[6]
F.I.S.T.1978
The Florida Project2017[7]
Gattaca1997
Germinal1913
Germinal1963
Germinal1993
The Grapes of Wrath1940
The Great Dictator1940
Guerrilla Girl2005
Harlan County, USA1976
Harlan County War2000
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 12010
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2009
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2007
Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea2023
Hoffa1992
The Hour of the Furnaces1968
The Hunger Games2012
2013
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 12014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 22015
The Hunt2020
Hustlers2019
Ikiru1952
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK2006
I'm All Right Jack1959
The Immigrant1917
I'm No Longer Here2019
An Inspector Calls1954
In Time 2011
Intolerance1916
Joker2019
Kadaver2020
Kalashnikov2020
Katips2021
The Killing Floor1984
Land and Freedom1995
Land of the Dead2005
Last Exit to Brooklyn1989
Lawn Dogs1997
Libertad2021[8]
Libertarias1996
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner1962
The Machinist2004
Made in Dagenham2010
Mad Max1979
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior1981
Mad Max: Fury Road2015
Malcolm X1972
Malcolm X1992
Man of Iron1981
The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip2014
Matewan1987
Metropolis1927[9]
Modern Times1936[10]
The Molly Maguires1970
Nineteen Eighty-Four1984
Norma Rae1979
The Organizer1963
Pan's Labyrinth2006
Parasite2019
Persepolis2007
The Platform2019
Pride2014
Red Lion1969
Revolution Selfie2017
Reds1981
Salt of the Earth 1954
The Seduction of Mimi1972
Selma2014
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal 1977
Shark Tale2004
Snowpiercer2013
Society1989
Sometimes a Great Notion1971
Songbird2020
Sorry to Bother You2018[11]
Space Jam1996
Spirited Away2001[12]
Squaring the Circle1984
Star Wars The Last Jedi2017Strange Days1995
Strike1925[13]
Summer in the Golden Valley2003
Swept Away1974[14]
Taxi Driver1976
They Live1988
Those Who Make Tomorrow1946
Three Faces West1940
Tout Va Bien1972
The Travelling Players1975
Us2019
The U.S. vs. John Lennon2006
V for Vendetta2005
Winstanley1975
The Working Class Goes to Heaven1971[15]
Xquipi' Guie'dani2018
The Young Karl Marx2017

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Bossche. Edmond van den. 1 January 1984. The Message for Today in Orwell's '1984'. The New York Times.
  2. Book: Giddins, Gary. Bing Crosby: a pocketful of dreams: the early years, 1903-1940. 25 November 2011. 2001. Hachette Digital, Inc.. 978-0-316-88188-3. 292.
  3. News: Rennie. Paul. 8 September 2008. Revolution on the barrel of a gun. The Guardian.
  4. News: Rampell. Ed. 31 August 2014. Top Ten Working Class Hero Films. The Progressive. 20 March 2016.
  5. News: Flaneur. 23 October 2013. Working class cinema: a video guide. Libcom.org. 21 March 2016.
  6. News: Lalor. Brendan. 2000. Fight Club: Marx & Hegel in the Pitt. Open Philosophy.
  7. Web site: "The Florida Project" Offers a Rare Glimpse of Poverty on the Edge of Paradise. 19 October 2017.
  8. Web site: 'Libertad', una luminosa 'coming-of age' sobre la lucha de clases. El Periódico. Beatriz. Martínez. 8 July 2021.
  9. News: 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. 21 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20151130152039/http://goflik.com/2015/02/06/at-look-at-class-struggle-and-the-future-two-elements-that-made-metropolis-one-of-the-most-influential-and-relevant-films-in-history/. 30 November 2015.
  10. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027977/reviews imdb review of Modern Times
  11. Web site: 3 September 2018. Boots Riley on His Anti-Capitalist Film "Sorry to Bother You," the Power of Strikes & Class Struggle. Democracy Now!.
  12. News: Pin. Cecile. 2016. Spirited Away and the critique of Capitalism.
  13. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015361/, imdb review of Strike
  14. Book: Giroux, Henry A.. Breaking in to the movies: film and the culture of politics. 25 November 2011. 2002. Wiley-Blackwell. 978-0-631-22604-8. 35–36.
  15. http://linchpin.ca/Blogs/Film-Review-Working-Class-Go-Heaven Film Review, http://linchpin.ca/Blogs/Film-Review-Working-Class-Go-Heaven

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