industrial revolution movies

Modern Times (1936)
8.293 / 10

Comedy, Drama

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the...

Steamboy (2004)
6.8 / 10

Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction

After receiving a package from his grandfather, Ray, a young inventor who lives in England during the mid-19th century, finds himself caught in the...

Germinal (1993)
6.7 / 10

Drama, Romance

It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike,...

The Young Karl Marx (2017)
6.8 / 10

History, Drama

26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who...

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress (2019)
7.7 / 10

Documentary, History

An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have progressed so much in such a short time through war...

Priest Daens (1992)
7.1 / 10

Drama, History

In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no...

The Tragedy of Man (2011)
7.5 / 10

Animation, Drama, History

Jankovics's adaptation of the eponymous play is divided into multiple parts, and depicts the creation and fall of Man throughout history.

The Canal Map of Britain (2024)
0 / 10

Documentary, History

A look at Britain's beloved canal network via a fact-filled cruise along the first superhighways of the Industrial Revolution. In the age before...

Assassin’s Creed - Syndicate (2015)
0 / 10

Animation, History

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate teams up with F. Gary Gray, award-winning director of the Universal Pictures biopic Straight Outta Compton. Illustrated...

Nigel 2 (2019)
0 / 10

History, Drama

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

Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here (2013)
0 / 10

Documentary

Professor Jeremy Black examines one of the most extraordinary periods in British history: the Industrial Revolution. He explains the unique economic,...

This Is Tomorrow (1943)
7 / 10

Documentary

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the evolution of the American city, from the initially small farming village, to the...

Lorsque le soleil se lèvera à l'ouest (1969)
0 / 10

Documentary, Mystery