Highest-Rated Movies about 'Working Class', Sort by Popularity

The Man With a Movie Camera (1929), Deep Blues (1991), The Postman (1994), The Measure of a Man (2015), Life Is Sweet (1991), The Conqueror Worm (1968), Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), Salesman (1969) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Working Class movies.

#1. The Man With a Movie Camera (1929)

Storyline: Part documentary and part cinematic art, this film follows a city in the 1920s Soviet Union throughout the day, from morning to night. Directed by Dziga Vertov, with a variety of complex and innovative camera shots, the film depicts scenes of ordinary daily life in Russia. Vertov celebrates the modernity of the city, with its vast buildings, dense population and bustling industries. While there are no titles or narration, Vertov still naturally conveys the marvels of the modern city.

Plot Keywords: camera operator, townspeople, creative, fascinating, profound, patriotic, spectacular ...

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#2. Deep Blues (1991)

Storyline: While some successful blues acts sell out arenas and tour around the world, many of the best blues artists remain relatively unknown, playing in small clubs or, in some cases, just in their own yards. Filmmaker Robert Mugge and music scholar Robert Palmer take an enthusiastic look at these lesser-known blues artists, showcasing incredible music from talented players who have never been signed to major labels and generally have not received the recognition they have deserved.

Plot Keywords: filmmaker, musician, critic, bluesman, fascinating, spirited, america ...

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#5. Life Is Sweet (1991)

Storyline: The working-class malaise of suburban London is captured in this comedic drama, which focuses on twin sisters Natalie (Claire Skinner) and Nicola (Jane Horrocks) and their parents: easygoing Andy (Jim Broadbent) and his optimistic wife, Wendy (Alison Steadman). While Natalie has a plumbing job, and tends to take after her mom with her bright outlook, Nicola is on the dole and perpetually dwells on the negative. Will the cloud over Nicola's head ever lift?

Plot Keywords: father, mother, twin, sister, cook, plumber, cheeky ...

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#6. The Conqueror Worm (1968)

Storyline: A disturbing tale of evil set during the English Civil War. When Matthew Hopkins is appointed Witchfinder General by the Puritans under Cromwell, he is empowered to travel the countryside with his henchmen and collect a fee for each witch from whom he extracts a confession - a policy which is exploited to the full.

Plot Keywords: witch, priest, henchman, villager, dark, creepy, gripping ...

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#7. Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)

Storyline: A wealthy Beverly Hills, Calif., resident who has just become a widow, Clare Lipkin (Jacqueline Bisset) temporarily takes on her friend Lisabeth (Mary Woronov) as a house guest. As the two women deal with their upper-class woes, Clare's driver, Frank (Ray Sharkey), and Lisabeth's servant, Juan (Robert Beltran), make a wager to see who can be the first to seduce the other's boss. As the competition gears up, it leads to surprising romantic entanglements and plenty of satirical scenarios.

Plot Keywords: wealthy woman, friend, ex-husband, servant, chauffeur, cheeky, offbeat ...

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#8. Salesman (1969)

Storyline: Filmmakers (and brothers) Albert and David Maysles follow four employees of a company that makes expensive, ornate, illustrated bibles as they attempt to sell the items door-to-door to less-than-interested customers, who are mainly poor or lower-middle-class Catholics with little money to spend on pretty Bibles.—Gary Dickerson <slug@mail.utexas.edu>

Plot Keywords: employee, husband, housewife, rival, old man, bleak, somber ...

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#9. This Is England (2006)

Storyline: This is England: Mods, New Romantics, and Skinheads are the major youth sub-cultures of this very English summer of 1983 and young 12-year-old Shaun is left wandering aimlessly alone and lost during the start of his school holidays, until his chance meeting with Woody and his fun and friendly Skinhead pack. Finding a new lease of life; girls, parties, Ben Sherman shirts, Doc Martin boots and shaven hairstyles young Shaun is welcomed, life during this summer holiday has got a whole lot better. That is until Combo arrives on the scene bitter, dangerous, racist, militant and psychotic life for young Shaun has just approached his first major crossroads. This is England is a look back at the early eighties of British working-class life through the eyes of young Shaun and his new gang, and dealing with the bitterness of outside influences such as racism and xenophobia, of mass unemployment and the fall out of the Falkland's War; Thatcher's Britain: Did we ever have it so good? When you see ...

Plot Keywords: skinhead, racist, young boy, ex-convict, friend, girlfriend, disheartening ...

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#11. Sorry We Missed You (2019)

Storyline: Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point.

Plot Keywords: entrepreneur, employee, father, wife, husband, mother, child ...

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#12. The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)

Storyline: Department store owner J.P. Merrick finds that several of his employees are unionizing to get more money and better working conditions. In order to find out who the organizers are, he gets a job at the store as a shoe salesman. Not realizing his true identity, he's befriended by Mary Jones and Joe O'Brien, the two ringleaders, and Elizabeth Ellis, a charming older woman with whom he develops a romance.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>

Plot Keywords: boss, salesgirl, union organizer, clerk, charming, endearing, witty ...

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#13. The Catered Affair (1956)

Storyline: At breakfast, Jane announces that she and Ralph are getting married the next week. All Jane and Ralph want is a small wedding with the immediate family and no reception, because Jane's parents are poor and Jane and Ralph can borrow a car for their honeymoon. But at dinner that night, all Ralph's parents talk about are the big weddings they gave their daughters, and everything escalates. Suddenly it's a big wedding breakfast with hundreds of guests. The problem is that for 12 years, Tom has been saving money to buy his own cab and license, but now that he can, all of that money is going towards a wedding that neither he nor Jane nor Ralph really want.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>

Plot Keywords: mother, daughter, fiancé, father, uncle, endearing, spirited ...

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#14. Shadows in Paradise (1986)

Storyline: Only connect. In gray, class-conscious Helsinki, Nikander is a stoic, solitary garbage man. Cigarettes, coffee, bingo games, and English lessons border his circumscribed life. There are few words, no smiles, and no laughter. Violence and the threat of violence seem close at hand. Ilona, a supermarket clerk who frequently loses her job, bandages Nikander's hand one evening; later he gets her out of a jam, and they begin an on-again off-again relationship. "Why do I keep losing?," Nikander asks his co-worker, Melartin, a man Nikander met in jail and helped get a job. Can he break his losing streak?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: garbage collector, cashier, love interest, boss, woman, best friend, dark ...

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#15. Seaside (2002)

Storyline: This French drama depicts the lives of people who reside all year 'round in a small coastal town. Rose (Bulle Ogier) is a retired factory worker who spends much of her time at the nearby casino, and her son, Paul (Jonathan Zaccaï), is a lifeguard on the beach. Meanwhile Paul's girlfriend, Marie (Hélène Fillières), works at the same factory that employed his mother, reflecting the town's tininess. As the seasons pass, Rosie, Paul, Marie and other locals go through various changes.

Plot Keywords: mother, son, girlfriend, boss, sister, emotional, intricate ...

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