A wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite is racked 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.

Bootmen

2000

English

6.2

♡ 7

39%

69%

Action

brother brother relationship

Dein Perry Director

Rhys Wakefield as Dancing kid

Anthony Hayes as Huey

Sam Worthington as Mitchell

Adam Garcia as Sean Odken

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.

Loves of a Blonde

1965

Czech

7.4

♡ 9

prague, czech republic

Romance

small town

Milos Forman Director

Hana Brejchová as Andula

Antonín Blazejovský as Tonda

Vladimír Mensík as Vacovský

Zdena Lorencová as Zdena

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.

Mousehunt

1997

English

6.5

♡ 66

Gore Verbinski Director

Christopher Walken as Caeser, the Exterminator

Scott Alan Smith as City Paramedic

Eric Christmas as Ernie and Lars' Lawyer

Michael Jeter as Quincy Thorpe

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.

Factory Complex

2015

Korean

7.1

♡ 6

Heung-soon Im Director

The drastic economic development in South Korea once surprised the rest of the world. However, behind of it was an oppression the marginalized female laborers had to endure. The film invites us to the lives of the working class women engaged in the textile industry of the 1960s, all the way through the stories of flight attendants, cashiers, and non-regular workers of today. As we encounter the vista of female factory workers in Cambodia that poignantly resembles the labor history of Korea, the form of labor changes its appearance but the essence of the bread-and-butter question remains still.

404 Error

1961

English

♡ 4

Action

actor playing multiple roles

Pierre Tchernia Director

Jacques Balutin as Balutin

Jean-Marc Thibault as L'effeminé / Effeminate Young Man

Robert Seller as Le majordome de Mme Lucanzas

Jean Carmet as Le malandrin / The Burglar

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Metsäjätti

2020

Finnish

6.6

♡ 3

Action

based on novel or book

Ville Jankeri Director

Sara Soulié as Linda

Tomi Alatalo as Mauno Kauppi

Tommi Korpela as tehtaanjohtaja Jari Virtasalmi

Philip Zandén as Uusi toimitusjohtaja

Pasi returns to his childhood town, asked to reconfigure the local plywood factory. With a child on the way with his upper-class wife, Pasi sees an opportunity – this is his ticket to climb the professional ladder in the company. On arrival, he bumps into his childhood friend Janne, who works in the factory he is about to downsize. Pasi begins to struggle with the fact that he is supposed to care for the profits – not for the people.

Ascension

2021

English

7.0

♡ 13

98%

Jessica Kingdon Director

The absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the “Chinese Dream.” Driven by mesmerizing—and sometimes humorous—imagery, this observational documentary presents a contemporary vision of China that prioritizes productivity and innovation above all.

The Efficiency Expert

1991

English

6.2

♡ 7

67%

Mark Joffe Director

Ben Mendelsohn as Carey

Anthony Hopkins as Errol Wallace

Russell Crowe as Kim Barry

Toni Collette as Wendy Robinson

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.

Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp

1969

Japanese

6.9

♡ 5

Yôji Yamada Director

Gajirô Satô as Genkichi

Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa

Shin Morikawa as Ryûzô

Hisao Dazai as Umetarô Katsura

Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting and ruining Sakura's chance to marry someone, as well as just being a real pain to those around him. There is a sentimental side to him also, and the best way to describe him is that he grows on you.

Velaikkaran

2017

Tamil

7.2

♡ 5

95%

Mohan Raja Director

Yogi Babu as

Fahadh Faasil as Aadhi

Prakash Raj as Kasi

Mime Gopi as Kishta

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.

The Promised Land

1975

Polish

7.8

♡ 6

92%

Andrzej Wajda Director

Daniel Olbrychski as Karol Borowiecki

Andrzej Seweryn as Maks Baum

Krzysztof Majchrzak as Socha

Jerzy Nowak as Zucker

In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion is shown through the eyes of one Polish town.

Camera Buff

1979

Polish

7.8

♡ 13

90%

Krzysztof Kieslowski Director

Tadeusz Huk as Doctor on Duty

Krzysztof Zanussi as Self

Jerzy Nowak as Stanislaw Osuch

Tadeusz Bradecki as Witek Jachowicz

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.

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

1960

English

7.5

♡ 2

87%

Karel Reisz Director

Albert Finney as Arthur Seaton

Avis Bunnage as Blousy Woman

Colin Blakely as Loudmouth

Robert Cawdron as Robboe

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

Kendra and Beth

2021

English

5.7

♡ 4

Dean Peterson Director

Catherine Curtin as Ada

Kate Lyn Sheil as Beth

Jon Gabrus as Mr. Talcott

Whitmer Thomas as Robbie

A dark comedy about the only female employee in the warehouse of a sausage company who forms an unlikely bond with a stranger that throws both their lives into disarray, leaving them forever changed.

Dancer in the Dark

2000

English

7.9

♡ 61

69%

91%

Action

blindness and impaired vision

Lars von Trier Director

David Morse as Bill Houston

Stellan Skarsgård as Doctor

Peter Stormare as Jeff

Catherine Deneuve as Kathy

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, dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.

Gung Ho

1986

English

6.3

♡ 12

39%

Ron Howard Director

George Wendt as Buster

Martin Ferrero as Crandall

Rick Overton as Googie

Patti Yasutake as Umeki Kazihiro

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.

The Closet

2001

French

7.0

♡ 13

85%

Francis Veber Director

Gérard Depardieu as Félix Santini

Daniel Auteuil as François Pignon

Thierry Lhermitte as Guillaume

Jean Rochefort as Kopel, the director

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

Kinky Boots

2005

English

7.1

♡ 35

58%

74%

Action

based on a true story

Julian Jarrold Director

Nick Frost as Don

Robert Pugh as Harold Price

Leo Bill as Harry Sampson

Gwenllian Davies as Mrs. Cobb

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.

American Factory

2019

English

7.4

♡ 5

95%

Steven Bognar Director

Robert Allen as Self - Furnace Off-Loader

Sherrod Brown as Self - U.S. Senator, Ohio

Junming 'Jimmy' Wang as Self - Vice President, Fuyao

Dave Burrows as Self - Vice President, Fuyao Glass America

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.

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The Promised Land

Camera Buff

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

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Dancer in the Dark

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