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

Title Year Citation
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]
Wicked 2024
Xquipi' Guie'dani 2018
The Young Karl Marx 2017 [20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bossche, Edmond van den (1 January 1984). "The Message for Today in Orwell's '1984'". The New York Times.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Rennie, Paul (8 September 2008). "Revolution on the barrel of a gun". The Guardian.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Rampell, Ed (31 August 2014). "Top Ten Working Class Hero Films". The Progressive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Lalor, Brendan (2000). "Fight Club: Marx & Hegel in the Pitt". Open Philosophy.
  7. ^ ""The Florida Project" Offers a Rare Glimpse of Poverty on the Edge of Paradise". 19 October 2017.
  8. ^ In Time (2011 film) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-05-26
  9. ^ Kadaver(2020 film) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-05-26
  10. ^ Martínez, Beatriz (8 July 2021). "'Libertad', una luminosa 'coming-of age' sobre la lucha de clases". El Periódico.
  11. ^ The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip (2014) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-12-17
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ imdb review of Modern Times
  14. ^ Songbird (2020) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-12-17
  15. ^ "Boots Riley on His Anti-Capitalist Film "Sorry to Bother You," the Power of Strikes & Class Struggle". Democracy Now!. 3 September 2018.
  16. ^ Pin, Cecile (2016). "Spirited Away and the critique of Capitalism".
  17. ^ imdb review of Strike
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ Film Review, http://linchpin.ca/Blogs/Film-Review-Working-Class-Go-Heaven Archived 2013-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ The Young Karl Marx (2017) - IMDb, retrieved 2019-03-30
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