child labor movies

The Haunting (1999)
5.4 / 10

Horror, Thriller, Fantasy, Mystery

Dr. David Marrow invites three distinct individuals to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate...

The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
6.851 / 10

Drama, History, Comedy, Family

In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when,...

12 Mighty Orphans (2021)
7.2 / 10

History, Drama, Action

Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great...

Buttons (2018)
6.9 / 10

Family, Drama, Music

During a time of robber barons, child labor, and rising industry, two orphan girls get a little help from their unexpected guardian angels who turn...

Madeline: Lost in Paris (1999)
7 / 10

Animation, Family, Comedy, Drama

When Madeline's long lost uncle Horst arrives to take her to a Viennese finishing school, Miss Clavel, the eleven little girls and Pepito realize...

David Copperfield (1993)
5.8 / 10

Animation, Family, TV Movie

An animated version of the classic David Copperfield story. Filled with music, color, and anthropomorphic versions of the classic characters.

Two Alone (1934)
7 / 10

Drama

Mazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. Mazie, who is growing into a woman, does not like...

Boy Slaves (1939)
6.8 / 10

Drama

Social drama of Depression-era homeless children who turn to crime and are sentenced by a judge to a rehabilitation "labor camp".

The Dark Side of Chocolate (2010)
7 / 10

Documentary

A team of journalists investigate how human trafficking and child labor in the Ivory Coast fuels the worldwide chocolate industry. The crew interview...

The Charcoal People (2000)
7.4 / 10

Documentary

This deeply human documentary examines the subject of environmental destruction, highlighting the impoverished migrant workers who are chopping down...

Shady Chocolate (2012)
5.8 / 10

Documentary

Ever since it was revealed that the chocolate industry is involved with child slavery in the Ivory Coast, the industry has been busy – due to...

Gunjal (Entangled) (2023)
0 / 10

Crime, Drama, History

When the killer of an adolescent labor activist is acquitted, journalist Shahbaz Bhatti sees glaring loopholes in the verdict, and begins a quest for...

The Inheritors (2011)
7.2 / 10

Documentary

The Inheritors immerses us in the daily lives of children who, with their families, survive only by their unrelenting labor. Polgovsky spent two...

The Harvest (La Cosecha) (2011)
8 / 10

Documentary

The story of the children who work 12-14 hour days in the fields without the protection of child labor laws. These children are not toiling in the...

Edge of the Valley (2021)
10 / 10

Documentary

A nine-year-old Syrian refugee girl contemplates her increasingly bleak future after being forced to drop out of school in the midst of Lebanon’s...

AN 27 (2015)
0 / 10

Documentary

Behind The Swoosh (1969)
0 / 10

Documentary

Have you ever wondered what it is like to live on a Nike sweatshop wage? Watch the award-winning short film, Behind the Swoosh, and see Jim Keady and...

Nigel 2 (2019)
0 / 10

History, Drama

An orphan in 18th century London lashes out against the harrowing child labor market.

A Kind of Childhood (2002)
0 / 10

Documentary

This is a film which challenges our notions of child labor. It peeks into a world where the concept of childhood as we know it has no meaning, where...

Children of Labor (1977)
0 / 10

Documentary, History

A history of Finnish immigrants in America.