When the last factory in a small Rust Belt town closes its doors, an unlikely hero emerges in dutiful, quiet Allery Parkes. A career employee of the factory, the aging Allery can't reconcile how to live a life simply sitting at home doing nothing. Against the advice and pleas of his loving wife Iola, he forms an unlikely friendship with his charismatic neighbor Walter Brewer in order to revive the defunct factory.

The Secret Life of Words

2005

English

7.4

♡ 14

71%

Isabel Coixet Director

Tim Robbins as Josef

Daniel Mays as Martin

Danny Cunningham as Scott

Eddie Marsan as Victor

A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.

Richelieu

2023

French

7.2

♡ 4

Pier-Philippe Chevigny Director

Ariane Castellanos as Ariane

Nelson Coronado as Manuel Morales

Marc-André Grondin as Stéphane

Fernando Becerra as Worker

A French-to-Spanish interpreter working for a food processing plant that hires seasonal workers from Guatemala is, at first determined to obey the sometimes excessive directives of the young boss, but she befriends the workers and tries to defend them against the exploitation they suffer.

Bee Movie

2007

English

6.1

♡ 113

82%

Steve Hickner Director

John Goodman as Layton T. Montgomery

Carol Leifer as Press Person #1

Ray Liotta as Ray Liotta

Renée Zellweger as Vanessa Bloome

Barry B. Benson, a recent college graduate who wants more out of his life than making honey, decides to sue the human race after learning about the exploitation of bees at the hands of mankind. What will happen next?

Blue Collar

1978

English

7.5

♡ 14

96%

Paul Schrader Director

Ed Begley Jr. as Bobby Joe

Harvey Keitel as Jerry

Tracey Walter as Union Member

Richard Pryor as Zeke

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.

My Uncle

1958

French

7.6

♡ 17

94%

parent child relationship

paris, france

Jacques Tati Director

Jean-Pierre Zola as Charles Arpel

Adrienne Servantie as Madame Arpel

Jacques Tati as Monsieur Hulot

Lucien Frégis as Monsieur Pichard

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.

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

1971

English

7.8

♡ 97

90%

87%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Mel Stuart Director

Kurt Großkurth as Mr. Gloop

Roy Kinnear as Mr. Salt

Diana Sowle as Mrs. Bucket

Julie Dawn Cole as Veruca Salt

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.

The Match Factory Girl

1990

Finnish

7.5

♡ 11

100%

parent child relationship

poison

Aki Kaurismäki Director

Silu Seppälä as Iris Rukka's brother

Erkki Friman as Member of dance band

Ismo Keinänen as Policeman

Marja Packalén as The doctor

Iris is a shy and dowdy young woman stuck in a dead-end job at a match factory, who dreams of finding love at the local dancehall. Finding herself pregnant after a one-night stand and abandoned by the father, Iris finally decides the time has come to get even and she begins to plot her revenge.

Working Class

1985

Cn

6.3

♡ 1

Hark Tsui Director

Bolo Yeung as Giant Kickboxer Ken Lo

Ken Lo as Kickboxer

Ken Boyle as Snr Police Officer

David Wu as Supervisor

Yam, Sunny and Ah Hing are buddies and all dismissed creating havoc in their jobs. The trio is employed by a noodle factory, which has a very poor labor relationship. The manager, supervisor and foreman are always picking on their subordinates. Finally the workers decide to take an united front to oppose their superiors.

Ariel

1988

Finnish

7.4

♡ 7

87%

Aki Kaurismäki Director

Marja Packalén as Judge

Juuso Hirvikangas as Man in the Harbor

Matti Pellonpää as Mikkonen

Sakari Kuosmanen as Prison Gatekeeper

Nomadland

2020

English

7.3

♡ 119

93%

82%

Action

affectation

based on novel or book

Chloé Zhao Director

Michael Gilbert as Arizona Extra

Jamie Dimon as Arizona Extra

David Strathairn as Dave

Frances McDormand as Fern

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.

The True Cost

2015

English

7.7

♡ 2

63%

Andrew Morgan Director

Safia Minney as

Livia Giuggioli as Herself

Vandana Shiva as Herself

Richard Wolff as Himself

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

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2005

English

6.7

♡ 211

83%

51%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Tim Burton Director

Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket

Danny Mann as Oompa Loompas

Todd Boyce as TV Reporter

Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka

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

The Big Boss

1971

Chinese

6.9

♡ 37

65%

Wei Lo Director

Stephen Chang as Disciple

Nora Miao as Drinkstand owner

Tony Liu as Hsiao Chiun

Marilyn Bautista as Miss Wuman

Cheng is a young Chinese mainlander who moves in with his expatriate cousins to work at an ice factory in Thailand. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fights. 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.

The Dreamlife of Angels

1998

French

7.4

♡ 7

93%

Erick Zonca Director

Grégoire Colin as Chriss

Jo Prestia as Fredo

Élodie Bouchez as Isabelle 'Isa' Tostin

Corinne Masiero as La femme du Hollywood

Isa and Marie bond while working in a French sweatshop and soon begin sharing an apartment that Marie is watching for a hospitalized mother and daughter. Marie, hoping to avoid a life of struggle and poverty, takes up with Chriss, a nightclub owner whose most attractive asset is his money. Isa recognizes the ultimate futility of the relationship and tries to keep Marie away from him, but her interference puts their friendship at risk.