List of films that depict class struggle

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
TitleYearCitation
1984 1956 [1]
The Admirable Crichton 1957 [2]
Antz 1998
The Battle of Algiers 1966
Battleship Potemkin 1925 [3]
Bicycle Thief 1948 [4]
A Bug's Life 1998
Brazil 1985
Born in Flames 1983 [5]
Burning 2018
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005
Chicken Run 2000
A Clockwork Orange 1971
Dawn of the Dead 1978 [5]
Dawn of the Dead 2004 [5]
District 9 2009
Elysium 2013
Escape from L.A. 1996 [5]
Escape from New York 1981 [5]
Fight Club 1999 [6]
Get Out 2017
The Grapes of Wrath 1940 [4]
The Great Dictator 1940 [5]
Guerrilla Girl 2005
Harlan County, USA 1976 [4]
The Hunger Games 2012 [7][5]
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013 [7][5]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 2014 [7][5]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 2015 [7][5]
Hustlers 2019
Ikiru 1952 [5]
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK 2006 [5]
The Immigrant 1917 [5]
Intolerance 1916 [4]
Joker2019
Knives Out 2019
Land of the Dead 2005 [5]
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1962 [4]
Lawn Dogs 1997
The Machinist 2004 [5]
Mad Max 1979 [5]
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 1981 [5]
Made in Dagenham 2010
Malcolm X 1972
Malcolm X 1992
The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip 2014 [8]
Metropolis 1927 [9]
Modern Times 1936 [10]
Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984 [1]
Norma Rae 1979 [4][5]
Pan's Labyrinth 2006
Parasite 2019
Persepolis 2007
The Platform 2019
Pride 2014
The Purge 2013 [11]
Red Lion 1969 [5]
Selma 2014 [5]
Shark Tale 2004
Snowpiercer 2013
Society 1989
Songbird 2020 [12]
Sorry to Bother You 2018 [13]
Space Jam 1996
Spirited Away 2001 [14]
Strange Days 1995
Strike 1925 [15]
Swept Away 1974 [16]
Taxi Driver 1976 [5]
Three Faces West 1940 [4]
They Live 1988 [5]
The U.S. vs. John Lennon 2006
The Young Karl Marx 2017 [17]
Us 2019
V for Vendetta 2006 [18]
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971
Winstanley 1975
The Working Class Goes to Heaven 1971 [19]

References
  1. 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. Rampell, Ed (31 August 2014). "Top Ten Working Class Hero Films". The Progressive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  5. 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 Hunger Games' Theme of Society and Class". Shmoop. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  8. The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip (2014) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-12-17
  9. 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.
  10. imdb review of Modern Times
  11. The Purge (2013) - IMDb, retrieved 2019-03-30
  12. Songbird (2020) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-12-17
  13. "Boots Riley on His Anti-Capitalist Film "Sorry to Bother You," the Power of Strikes & Class Struggle". Democracy Now!. 3 September 2018.
  14. Pin, Cecile (2016). "Spirited Away and the critique of Capitalism".
  15. imdb review of Strike
  16. 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.
  17. The Young Karl Marx (2017) - IMDb, retrieved 2019-03-30
  18. Couzens, Terry (7 May 2014). "A Critical Analysis on 'V For Vendetta' from a Marxist perspective". Understanding Media Theory - Marxist Theory.
  19. Film Review, http://linchpin.ca/Blogs/Film-Review-Working-Class-Go-Heaven Archived 2013-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
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