Movies and TvShows featuring "female-factory-worker" theme.

Flashdance is a 1983 movie about a young woman named Alex Owens who works as a welder by day and a dancer at a nightclub by night. She dreams of becoming a professional dancer and auditions for a prestigious dance academy. Along the way, she faces various challenges and falls in love with her wealthy boss.

In a small town in Czechoslovakia, a young factory worker named Andula embarks on a journey of love and relationships. She experiences the complexities of young love and explores her own desires and aspirations. Through a series of encounters and awkward moments, Andula learns about the challenges and disappointments that come with romantic relationships.

Swing Shift is a drama and romance film set in the 1940s and revolves around the lives of women working in an aircraft factory during World War II. The plot explores themes of extramarital affairs, jealousy, friendship between women, female bonding, male chauvinism, and the impact of the war on their personal lives.

A divorced mother and her daughter have their lives changed when they encounter a businessman who hires them to pose as his family for a business deal over the Christmas season.

Iron Jawed Angels is a biographical drama set in the 1920s, depicting the courageous women who played a pivotal role in the suffrage movement in the United States. It showcases their struggle, protests, and imprisonment, highlighting the obstacles they faced in their fight for women's emancipation and the right to vote.

Adoption is a heartfelt drama set in 1970s Hungary, following the story of a female protagonist who is struggling with her marriage, empty nest, and longing for a child. The plot explores themes of loneliness, estranged parents, and the complexities of relationships. The protagonist's desire for a family leads to complicated situations, including an affair with a married man and considerations of adoption. With a backdrop of societal expectations and the harsh realities of life, the movie delves into the struggles faced by women in society and the quest for love and belonging.

Set in 1920s Oxford, a working-class woman named Clarice defies societal expectations and discrimination to pursue her passion for painting and design. She faces numerous challenges, including sexism, the Great Depression, and personal betrayals, but ultimately rises above it all to achieve success.

In Miss Firecracker, a small-town seamstress named Carnelle competes in a beauty pageant on the Fourth of July. She hopes that winning the pageant will finally give her the recognition and acceptance she has always wanted. Along the way, Carnelle encounters various obstacles, including an escaped psychiatric patient, family drama, and her own insecurities. With a combination of optimism, comedy of errors, and eccentric characters, Miss Firecracker is a hilarious and heartwarming tale of perseverance and self-discovery.

Tender Comrade follows the lives of a group of women who band together to support each other during World War II. They face challenges and hardships on the homefront while their husbands are away at war. The film explores themes of friendship, love, and the strength of women during difficult times.

In 1830s Spain, an army lieutenant falls in love with a gypsy woman, much to the jealousy of a bandit gang leader. Their battle for her affection leads to tragedy and a doomed love triangle.

Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. She daydreams and "acts" her way through life, and her fellow students at school begin to suspect her stories are just that - fabrications. After Louise begins to weave an actual meeting with a debonair playboy into a fantasy of club dates and romance, her classmate Nana discovers the lie when she too meets the playboy. Nana sets a trap for Louise, and the result is an end to one fantasy and the realization of another.

When a reporter travels to Juarez to cover the ongoing story of the mass murder of local working women, she uncovers the amazing story of "The Virgin Of Juarez," a survivor of an attack who has developed stigmata, a sign of holiness, and whose followers will do whatever she asks.

The fifteen year old Maruska (Lenka Korínková) starts as a new staff in the porcelain warehouse. For the boss Svetla (Míla Myslíková) it is the last straw. She asked to extend her staff consisting of four girls and a retired lady by a man, not a child. The kind and ever fussy Svetla, battling in vain with overweight decides to leave her position and to take another one in the office. As soon as she finds out that the position will be taken by Arnost Jarolím (Josef Langmiler), she insists on a hand over inventory.

Wittstock an der Dosse is located in the German state Mark Brandenburg, apx. 90 kilometers from Berlin. Volker Koepp came into the town in 1974 to interview women and girls about their work in the textile industry, their spare-time occupations, about their thoughts and feelings.

Elena's job is working on the percussion press 'Wagner' of 1933. This is a tragic comedy about the absurdity of one day in life, in which her dream comes true.

A French documentary short.

In the 1945 propaganda film commissioned by the US War Department, we see how the B-29 bomber came into being and watch it on aerial bombing missions in Japan during WW2.