Social:List of films that depict class struggle

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

title year citation
1984 1956 [1]
The Admirable Crichton 1957 [2]
The Battle of Algiers 1966
Battleship Potemkin 1925 [3]
Bicycle Thief 1948 [4]
Brazil 1985
Born in Flames 1983 [5]
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]
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]
The Purge 2013 [8]
Ikiru 1952 [5]
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK 2006 [5]
The Immigrant 1917 [5]
Intolerance 1916 [4]
Joker 2019
Knives Out 2019
Land of the Dead 2005 [5]
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1962 [4]
The Machinist 2004 [5]
Mad Max 1979 [5]
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 1981 [5]
Malcolm X 1972
Malcolm X 1992
Metropolis 1927 [9]
Modern Times 1936 [10]
Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984 [1]
Norma Rae 1979 [4][5]
Parasite 2019
Persepolis 2007
Red Lion 1969 [5]
Selma 2014 [5]
Shark Tale 2004
Snowpiercer 2013
Sorry to Bother You 2018 [11]
Strange Days 1995
Strike 1925 [12]
Swept Away 1974 [13]
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 [14]
Us 2019
V for Vendetta 2006 [15]
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971
Winstanley 1975
The Working Class Goes to Heaven 1971 [16]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bossche, Edmond van den (1 January 1984). "The Message for Today in Orwell's '1984'". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/01/nyregion/the-message-for-today-in-orwell-s-1984.html?pagewanted=all. 
  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. https://books.google.com/books?id=MRt-5GuyqMkC&pg=PT292. Retrieved 25 November 2011. 
  3. ↑ Rennie, Paul (8 September 2008). "Revolution on the barrel of a gun". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/sep/08/battleship.potemkin. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Rampell, Ed (31 August 2014). "Top Ten Working Class Hero Films". The Progressive. http://www.progressive.org/news/2014/08/187838/top-ten-working-class-hero-films. 
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 Flaneur (23 October 2013). "Working class cinema: a video guide". Libcom.org. https://libcom.org/library/working-class-cinema-video-guide. 
  6. ↑ Lalor, Brendan (2000). "Fight Club: Marx & Hegel in the Pitt". Open Philosophy. https://philosophy.thereitis.org/fight-club-marx-hegel-in-the-pitt/. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "The Hunger Games' Theme of Society and Class". Shmoop. http://www.shmoop.com/hunger-games/society-class-theme.html. 
  8. ↑ (in en) The Purge (2013) - IMDb, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2184339/, retrieved 2019-03-30 
  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. http://goflik.com/2015/02/06/at-look-at-class-struggle-and-the-future-two-elements-that-made-metropolis-one-of-the-most-influential-and-relevant-films-in-history/. 
  10. ↑ imdb review of Modern Times
  11. ↑ "Boots Riley on His Anti-Capitalist Film “Sorry to Bother You,” the Power of Strikes & Class Struggle". Democracy Now!. 3 September 2018. https://www.democracynow.org/2018/9/3/boots_riley_on_his_anti_capitalist. 
  12. ↑ imdb review of Strike
  13. ↑ 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=RP-2a_kuGooC&pg=PA35. Retrieved 25 November 2011. 
  14. ↑ (in en) The Young Karl Marx (2017) - IMDb, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1699518/, retrieved 2019-03-30 
  15. ↑ Couzens, Terry (7 May 2014). "A Critical Analysis on ‘V For Vendetta’ from a Marxist perspective". Understanding Media Theory - Marxist Theory. http://umt-understandingmarxisttheory.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-critical-analysis-on-v-for-vendetta.html. 
  16. ↑ Film Review, http://linchpin.ca/Blogs/Film-Review-Working-Class-Go-Heaven
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