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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(2005)

3.5/5 (with 6,802 votes)

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory(1971)

3.7/5 (with 1,467 votes)

When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket that will make him a winner.

Bee Movie(2007)

3.0/5 (with 2,163 votes)

Barry B. Benson, a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue us.

The Big Boss(1971)

1h 40min | Action
3.6/5 (with 302 votes)

Chen is a city boy who moves with his cousins to work at an ice factory. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fight. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory, the resulting mystery and pressures force him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss.

Directed by Lo Wei - With Maria Yi, James Tien, Tony Liu, Bruce Lee, Chen Chao, Nora Miao, ...

MouseHunt(1997)

1h 38min | Comedy, Kids & Family
3.3/5 (with 560 votes)

Down-on-their luck brothers, Lars and Ernie Smuntz, aren't happy with the crumbling old mansion they inherit... until they discover the estate is worth millions. Before they can cash in, they have to rid the house of its single, stubborn occupant—a tiny and tenacious mouse.

Dancer in the Dark(2000)

2h 21min | Drama, Crime
3.9/5 (with 758 votes)

Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, escaping life's troubles - even if just for a moment - by dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.

Nomadland(2020)

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| 1h 48min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 1,288 votes)

A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

Directed by Chloé Zhao - With Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Peter Spears

The Dreamlife of Angels(1998)

1h 53min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 40 votes)

In Lille, two penniless young women with few prospects become friends. Isa moves in with Marie, who's flat-sitting for a mother and child in hospital in comas following a car crash. Isa is out-going, unskilled, with hopes of moving south to warmer climes. Marie usually is either angry or detached. Then, while Isa begins to visit the child in whose flat they live, going to hospital to read to her, Marie slowly falls for a rich youth. At first Marie keeps him at bay, then she not only pursues him, she begins to dream he is her life's love. When Isa tries to warn Marie, their friendship flounders. How will Marie handle the inevitable? And once they lose the flat, where will they go?

Ariel(1988)

1h 13min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
3.5/5 (with 112 votes)

Taisto Kasurinen is a Finnish coal miner whose father has just committed suicide and who is framed for a crime he did not commit. In jail, he starts to dream about leaving the country and starting a new life. He escapes from prison but things don't go as planned...

Kinky Boots(2005)

1h 47min | Comedy, Drama, Music
3.4/5 (with 150 votes)

Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything changes.

The Match Factory Girl(1990)

1h 9min | Drama, Comedy
3.7/5 (with 83 votes)

Iris has a soul-deadening job as a quality-control worker watching boxes of matches go by on an assembly line all day. At night, she eats silently with her dour mother and stepfather. One weekend, wearing her new red dress at a local dance, she ends up going home with Aarne, whom she mistakenly believes is her new boyfriend. When she discovers that she's pregnant, years of pent-up rage explode in a shocking outburst.

American Factory(2019)

1h 50min | Documentary
3.6/5 (with 195 votes)

In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand blue-collar Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.

Directed by Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert - With Cao Dewang
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The Closet(2001)

1h 24min | Comedy
3.2/5 (with 207 votes)

A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.

Mon Oncle(1958)

1h 58min | Comedy
3.7/5 (with 220 votes)

Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot only visits for the sake of stealing away his rambunctious young nephew. Hulot's sister, however, wants to win him over to her new way of life, and conspires to set him up with a wife and job.

Gung Ho(1986)

1h 51min | Comedy, Drama
3.1/5 (with 82 votes)

When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager and the sycophant who is angling for his position. At the other, a number of disgruntled long-time union members struggle with the new exigencies of Japanese quality control.

Blue Collar(1978)

1h 54min | Drama, Crime
3.7/5 (with 70 votes)

Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.

Europe '51(1952)

1h 53min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 52 votes)

A wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite is tacked by guilt over the death of her young son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in her life, she decides to devote her time and money to the city’s poor and sick. Her newfound, single-minded activism leads to conflicts with her husband and questions about her sanity.

Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory(1895)

3.4/5 (with 138 votes)

Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on 22 March 1895, it is often referred to as the first real motion picture ever made, although Louis Le Prince's 1888 Roundhay Garden Scene pre-dated it by seven years. Three separate versions of this film exist, which differ from one another in numerous ways. The first version features a carriage drawn by one horse, while in the second version the carriage is drawn by two horses, and there is no carriage at all in the third version. The clothing style is also different between the three versions, demonstrating the different seasons in which each was filmed. This film was made in the 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and at a speed of 16 frames per second. At that rate, the 17 meters of film length provided a duration of 46 seconds, holding a total of 800 frames.

Directed by Louis Lumière

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning(1960)

1h 30min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 54 votes)

A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, one of whom is older and married.

The True Cost(2015)

1h 32min | Documentary, Drama
3.8/5 (with 101 votes)

Film from Andrew Morgan. The True Cost is a documentary film exploring the impact of fashion on people and the planet.

Directed by Andrew Morgan - With Vandana Shiva, Stella McCartney, Rick Ridgeway, Safia Minney, Mu Sochua

Camera Buff(1979)

1h 52min | Drama, Comedy
3.8/5 (with 60 votes)

Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.

Loves of a Blonde(1965)

1h 28min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 62 votes)

Andula, an innocent Czech girl from a factory town, is desperately in search of love. She believes she's found it when she beds Milda, a charming young musician visiting from Prague. Milda, however, is only looking for a casual encounter, and leaves town assuming he'll never see Andula again. But when Andula doesn't hear from him, she packs up and heads to Prague, to the surprise of Milda and his parents.

The Secret Life of Words(2005)

1h 52min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.5/5 (with 89 votes)

A touching story of a deaf girl who is sent to an oil rig to take care of a man who has been blinded in a terrible accident. The girl has a special ability to communicate with the men on board and especially with her patient as they share intimate moments together that will change their lives forever.

Spotswood(1992)

1h 35min | Comedy, Drama
2.7/5 (with 14 votes)

Wallace is an efficiency expert, managing the high-profile downsizing of a major auto parts factory. But when he is hired to evaluate a small moccasin factory which seems from another era, Wallace has to reconsider the rapid modernization he advocates, as he is confronted by the human faces such plans hurt.

The American Beauty(1961)

1h 44min | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 21 votes)

Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable car by a widow determined not to let it fall into the hands of her late husband's secretary/secret lover. Once in pocession of the car, Marcel only encounters one bad luck episode after another with the excessive gasoline consumtion, his wife trying to sell it to make ammends meet, getting into traffic jams, accidently riding into a car wash with the top down, and more.

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks(2003)

9h 11min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 16 votes)

A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. But industry is changing, and the factories of Tiexi are closing. Director Wang Bing introduces us to some of the workers affected by the closures, and to their families.

Directed by Wang Bing

Bootmen(2000)

1h 29min | Comedy, Drama, Music
3.3/5 (with 19 votes)

Sean Odkin loves to dance—much to his fathers distain. When the woman he loves cannot return his love, he goes in search of the only thing that can make him whole again—dancing.

Directed by Dein Perry - With Adam Garcia, Sophie Lee, Sam Worthington, Susie Porter, Sam Merwin, Jr.

Velaikkaran(2017)

2h 30min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 13 votes)

An enterprising youngster in a slum wants his people to lead a life of dignity, but has to take on an ambitious capitalist, who only wants to dominate his field.

Directed by M. Raja - With Sivakartikeyan

Big Bad Sis(1976)

1h 33min | Action
2.6/5 (with 2 votes)

Ah Ying (Chen Ping) is a former gangster trying to lead an honest life, and occasionally using her fighting skills to help out the girls in the factory where she now works. She befriends young colleagues Chong Lee and Shao Yin-Yin, teaching them self defence because "girls can't be weak anymore". Trouble starts when her old gang finds out where she now works.

Possessed(1931)

1h 16min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 16 votes)

Marian is a factory worker determined to leave the assembly line behind and move up in the world.

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