List of films that depict class struggle

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

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19841956[1]
The Admirable Crichton1957[2]
The Battle of Algiers1966
Battleship Potemkin1925[3]
Bicycle Thief1948[4]
Brazil1985
Born in Flames1983[5]
Capitalism and Other Kids' Stuff2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory2005
Chicken Run2000
A Clockwork Orange1971
Dawn of the Dead1978[5]
Dawn of the Dead2004[5]
District 92009
Escape from L.A.1996[5]
Escape from New York1981[5]
Fight Club1999[6]
The Grapes of Wrath1940[4]
The Great Dictator1940[5]
Guerrilla Girl2005
Harlan County, USA1976[4]
The Hunger Games2012[7][5]
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2013[7][5]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 12014[7][5]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 22015[7][5]
Ikiru1952[5]
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK2006[5]
The Immigrant1917[5]
Intolerance1916[4]
Land of the Dead2005[5]
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner1962[4]
The Machinist2004[5]
Mad Max1979[5]
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior1981[5]
Malcolm X1972
Malcolm X1992
Metropolis1927[8]
Modern Times1936[9]
Nineteen Eighty-Four1984[1]
Norma Rae1979[4][5]
Persepolis2007
Red Lion1969[5]
Selma2014[5]
Snowpiercer 2013
Strange Days1995
Strike1925[10]
Swept Away1974[11]
Taxi Driver1976[5]
Three Faces West1940[4]
They Live1988[5]
The U.S. vs. John Lennon2006
V for Vendetta2006[12]
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory1971
Winstanley1975
The Working Class Goes to Heaven1971[13]

    References

    1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rampell, Ed (31 August 2014). "Top Ten Working Class Hero Films". The Progressive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
    5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 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. 1 2 3 4 "The Hunger Games' Theme of Society and Class". Shmoop. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
    8. ↑ 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.
    9. ↑ imdb review of Modern Times
    10. ↑ imdb review of Strike
    11. ↑ 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.
    12. ↑ Couzens, Terry (7 May 2014). "A Critical Analysis on 'V For Vendetta' from a Marxist perspective". Understanding Media Theory - Marxist Theory.
    13. ↑ Film Review, http://linchpin.ca/Blogs/Film-Review-Working-Class-Go-Heaven Archived 2013-05-09 at the Wayback Machine.
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