Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "picket-line"

1. Billy Elliot (2000)

R | 110 min | Drama, Music

A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.

Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven

Votes: 143,707 | Gross: $22.00M

2. The Virgin Suicides (1999)

R | 97 min | Drama, Romance

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.

Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods, Kathleen Turner

Votes: 170,095 | Gross: $4.86M

3. Happiness (1998)

NC-17 | 134 min | Comedy, Drama

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.

Director: Todd Solondz | Stars: Jane Adams, Jon Lovitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker

Votes: 74,648 | Gross: $2.81M

4. Sorry to Bother You (2018)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a universe of greed.

Director: Boots Riley | Stars: LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick

Votes: 88,619 | Gross: $17.49M

5. The Replacements (2000)

PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Sport

During a pro football strike, the owners hire substitute players.

Director: Howard Deutch | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton, Orlando Jones

Votes: 69,666 | Gross: $44.74M

6. The Rum Diary (2011)

R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama

American journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1960s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the expatriates who live there.

Director: Bruce Robinson | Stars: Johnny Depp, Giovanni Ribisi, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli

Votes: 108,146 | Gross: $13.10M

7. Invincible (2006)

PG | 105 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

Based on the story of Vince Papale, a 30-year-old bartender from South Philadelphia who overcame long odds to play for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1976.

Director: Ericson Core | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear, Elizabeth Banks, Kevin Conway

Votes: 75,536 | Gross: $57.81M

8. Blinded by the Light (2019)

PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.

Director: Gurinder Chadha | Stars: Billy Barratt, Ronak Singh Chadha Berges, Viveik Kalra, Lee Barnett

Votes: 27,377 | Gross: $11.90M

9. Hoffa (1992)

R | 140 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of the notorious American labor union figure Jimmy Hoffa, who organizes a bitter strike, makes deals with members of the organized crime syndicate and mysteriously disappears in 1975.

Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante, J.T. Walsh

Votes: 24,862 | Gross: $24.28M

10. You Don't Know Jack (2010 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 134 min | Biography, Drama

A look at the life and work of doctor-assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Al Pacino, Brenda Vaccaro, John Goodman, Deirdre O'Connell

Votes: 30,437

11. Talk to Me (2007)

R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.

Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce McFee, Mike Epps

Votes: 10,283 | Gross: $4.47M

12. Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)

PG | 103 min | Documentary

A heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.

Director: Barbara Kopple | Stars: John L. Lewis, Carl Horn, Norman Yarborough, Logan Patterson

Votes: 6,667

13. I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968)

Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

A thirty-something square falls in love with a hippie and decides to "drop out" himself.

Director: Hy Averback | Stars: Peter Sellers, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh Taylor-Young, Joyce Van Patten

Votes: 3,413

14. Carry on Girls (1973)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the ... See full summary »

Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor

Votes: 3,196

15. Britannia Hospital (1982)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

The chaotic workings of a hospital with staff on strike.

Director: Lindsay Anderson | Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Malcolm McDowell, Brian Pettifer, John Moffatt

Votes: 2,942

16. Salt of the Earth (1954)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, History

Mexican workers at a zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers, and daughters, that they eventually triumph.

Director: Herbert J. Biberman | Stars: Juan Chacón, Rosaura Revueltas, Will Geer, David Bauer

Votes: 4,056

17. I'm All Right Jack (1959)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy

A naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labor union.

Director: John Boulting | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough

Votes: 4,383

18. Kismat Konnection (2008)

153 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A luckless architect discovers a social activist to be his lucky charm. Unfortunately, she's protecting the community center he's aiming to win a contract to tear down.

Director: Aziz Mirza | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Vishal Malhotra, Om Puri

Votes: 6,069 | Gross: $0.48M

19. Potiche (2010)

R | 103 min | Comedy

A housewife and grandma takes over the family business 1977, after her husband is hurt during a strike.

Director: François Ozon | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard

Votes: 11,374 | Gross: $1.62M

20. The Garment Jungle (1957)

Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

The struggle of a lady's garment workers' organization to unionize a New York clothing sweat shop; the owner of which is determined to keep the union out of his business at any cost.

Directors: Vincent Sherman, Robert Aldrich | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala, Richard Boone

Votes: 1,227

21. American Dream (1990)

PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary

Recounts the 1985-86 strike against the Hormel Foods Corporation in Minnesota after its employees' wages and benefits were cut.

Directors: Barbara Kopple, Cathy Caplan, Thomas Haneke, Lawrence Silk | Stars: Lewie Anderson, R.J. Bergstrom, Ron Bergstrom, Wayne Goodnature

Votes: 1,015 | Gross: $0.27M

22. The Baby Maker (1970)

R | 109 min | Drama

After Tish Gray gives up her baby for adoption, she is contacted by a childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the wife's inability to conceive. She accepts the ... See full summary »

Director: James Bridges | Stars: Barbara Hershey, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Sam Groom, Scott Glenn

Votes: 353

23. We Were Here (I) (2011)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A deep and reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of this unimaginable crisis.

Directors: David Weissman, Bill Weber | Stars: Ed Wolf, Daniel Goldstein, Guy Clark, Eileen Glutzer

Votes: 2,282

24. The Big Operator (1959)

Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama

During the 1950s, a corrupt labor union boss and the mob silence all those who witness their shady activities but an honest union member threatens to testify in front of a Senate Committee, thus becoming a murder-target.

Director: Charles F. Haas | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Mel Tormé

Votes: 342

25. The Politician's Wife (1995)

185 min | Drama

A woman's life is turned upside down when it is revealed that her husband, a member of the British Parliament, has been having an affair with a former prostitute.

Stars: Juliet Stevenson, Anton Lesser, Trevor Eve, Frederick Treves

Votes: 555

26. Harlan County War (2000 TV Movie)

104 min | Drama

A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.

Director: Tony Bill | Stars: Holly Hunter, Stellan Skarsgård, Ted Levine, Wayne Robson

Votes: 623

27. Bayan Ko (1984)

108 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An apolitical worker in a printing press who works as a scab during a company strike belatedly realizes that everyone is affected by the evils of society.

Director: Lino Brocka | Stars: Phillip Salvador, Gina Alajar, Venchito Galvez, Ariosto Reyes Jr.

Votes: 566

28. On Strike for Christmas (2010 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Drama

Joy Robertson goes "on strike for Christmas" because her husband and sons are wrapped up in their own pursuits and providing no help whatsoever with the many Christmas preparations.

Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Daphne Zuniga, David Sutcliffe, Victor Zinck Jr., Evan Williams

Votes: 971

29. Brother John (1971)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A man who returns to his hometown for a funeral may have a much larger purpose in life than those around him can see.

Director: James Goldstone | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Will Geer, Bradford Dillman, Beverly Todd

Votes: 843

30. New Orleans Uncensored (1955)

Approved | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A Navy veteran purchases a government surplus vessel and becomes involved in the capture of waterfront racketeers.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Arthur Franz, Beverly Garland, Helene Stanton, Michael Ansara

Votes: 416

31. A Matter of Sex (1984 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Drama, History

Dramatization of the true story of the so-called Willmar Eight, a group of Minnesota bank workers who braved freezing conditions whilst picketing their branch in a struggle for union rights.

Director: Lee Grant | Stars: Jean Stapleton, Nancy Beatty, J. Winston Carroll, Peter Dvorsky

Votes: 146

32. Cock & Bull Story (2002)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Sport

Two friends are torn apart by passion and ambition in the violent world of amateur boxing.

Director: Billy Hayes | Stars: Brian Austin Green, Bret Roberts, Wendy Fowler, Greg Mullavey

Votes: 234

33. Bisbee '17 (2018)

PG | 112 min | Documentary, History, Western

An old mining town on the Arizona-Mexico border finally reckons with its darkest day: the deportation of 1200 immigrant miners exactly 100 years ago. Locals collaborate to stage recreations of their controversial past.

Director: Robert Greene | Stars: Mike Anderson, Charles Bethea, Chris Dietz, Mary Ellen Dunlap

Votes: 715 | Gross: $0.12M

34. Faith (2005 TV Movie)

102 min | Drama

A gripping story of love, deceit, betrayal and survival set against the backdrop of the Miners' Strike of 1984-85.

Director: David Thacker | Stars: Christine Tremarco, Jamie Draven, Kelli Hollis, Maxine Peake

Votes: 55

35. Queens (2005)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Romance

Five mothers cope with the drama that surrounds their gay sons at a mass wedding.

Director: Manuel Gómez Pereira | Stars: Marisa Paredes, Carmen Maura, Verónica Forqué, Mercedes Sampietro

Votes: 2,190 | Gross: $0.14M

36. Mom's on Strike (2002 TV Movie)

93 min | Comedy

a working woman stops running the household in order to make her husband and her three children appreciate her.

Director: James Keach | Stars: Faith Ford, Tim Matheson, Florence Henderson, Spencer Breslin

Votes: 361

37. Giant (2009)

Not Rated | 84 min | Drama

A chronicle of a supermarket security guard's obsession with a late-shift janitor.

Director: Adrián Biniez | Stars: Horacio Camandule, Leonor Svarcas, Néstor Guzzini, Federico García

Votes: 2,190 | Gross: $0.01M

38. René Lévesque (2006)

Biography, Drama, History

The life and career of former journalist and politician René Lévesque, from 1958 to 1970.

Stars: Emmanuel Bilodeau, Pascale Bussières, Gilles Renaud, Roc Lafortune

Votes: 78

39. Rent-a-Person (2004)

12 min | Short, Comedy, Musical

A lonely bathroom attendant starts a business renting passengers to freeway commuters who want to utilize the carpool lane.

Director: Kurt Kuenne | Stars: James Haven, Jennifer Haworth, Manolo Travieso, Jon Molerio

Votes: 216

40. Facing the Music (2001)

89 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

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Directors: Robin Anderson, Bob Connolly | Stars: Anne Boyd, Winsome Evans, The Renaissance Players, The Song Company

Votes: 98

41. The Willmar 8 (1981)

50 min | Documentary

Risking jobs, friends, family and the opposition of church and community, eight unassuming women begin the longest bank strike in American history.

Director: Lee Grant | Stars: Glennis Andresen, Doris Boshart, Terry Caine, Sylvia Erickson

Votes: 100

42. Nadia et les hippopotames (1999)

102 min | Drama

November/December 1995, and France is paralysed by the transportation strikes. The huge traffic jams oblige Parisians to walk or cycle their way through the winter months. Nadia is a young ... See full summary »

Director: Dominique Cabrera | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Marilyne Canto, Thierry Frémont, Philippe Fretun

Votes: 109

43. Equality U (2008)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary

At nearly 200 colleges you can be kicked out for being gay. A group of 33 young activists set out on a cross-country tour to confront anti-gay policies at conservative colleges. They face a daily onslaught of abuse, harassment and arrest.

Director: Dave O'Brien

Votes: 61

44. Pencils Down! The 100 Days of the Writers Guild Strike (2014)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, History, News

The story of the Writers Guild of America strike of 2007-08 that pitted Hollywood's writers against the major studios.

Director: Brian S. Kalata | Stars: Miranda Banks, Christopher Barrett, Justine Bateman, Kai Bowe

Votes: 35

45. When Angels Strike (2019)

59 min | Drama, News

Germany Kent takes us inside the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) historic strike where more than 30,000 public school teachers are outraged over low pay, inadequate support ... See full summary »

Director: Germany Kent | Stars: Santiago Alvarez, Serafin Alvarez, Bessie Boyer, Connie Cho

46. Green Acres (1965–1971)
Episode: A Home Isn't Built in a Day (1966)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family

Tired of living in a dump, Lisa demands some serious home improvements. Oliver fires the Monroe brothers and hires an architect to draw up plans. Renovations come to a screeching halt ... See full summary »

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, Pat Buttram, Tom Lester

Votes: 110

47. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: The Strike (1994)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Maxwell and Fran face a difference in opinion on how to raise the children when Maxwell reverses a decision Fran made regarding not allowing Brighton to go to the mall. Fran makes Maxwell ... See full summary »

Director: Lee Shallat Chemel | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 360

48. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode: Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent (1991)

Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Rumpole defends a union activist accused of manslaughter while Hilda goes on strike as Rumpole's cook because of his late hours..

Director: Julian Amyes | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Bowles, Peter Blythe

Votes: 81

49. Shootout! (2005– )
Episode: Wild West (2005)

Documentary, History

This program recreates two carefully planned events in the old west that went horribly wrong; the Yonger Brother Norfield Minnesota Raid and the attempt to apprehend the Dooland and Dalton gangs in Ingles Oklahoma.

Stars: Sam Dolan, Jonathan Erickson Eisley, Paul Fanning, Keith Lewis

Votes: 7

50. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode: Bar Association (1996)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Unfair working conditions and pay cuts cause Rom to organize a union of the employees of Quark's Bar. Meanwhile, Worf still finds it hard to settle on the station.

Director: LeVar Burton | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell

Votes: 2,130