6 Best Shipyard and Dockworker Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 15, 2028

Drama intensethought provoking

The gritty, corruption-riddled world of the shipyard and the waterfront has given cinema some of its most powerful working-class dramas.

The Irishman (2019) 01

The Irishman (2019)

IMDb ★ 7.7

A truck driver and hitman recounts his decades-long involvement with organized crime and a legendary union boss.

The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) 02

The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)

IMDb ★ 6.5

Two working-class cousins in New York scheme their way into a dangerous mob debt.

Blue Collar (1978) 03

Blue Collar (1978)

IMDb ★ 7.2

Three auto plant workers plot to rob their corrupt union, only to uncover a far larger conspiracy.

A View from the Bridge (1962) 04

A View from the Bridge (1962)

IMDb ★ 7.0

A Brooklyn longshoreman's obsessive jealousy toward his niece's new fiancé leads to tragic betrayal.

On the Waterfront (1954) 05

On the Waterfront (1954)

IMDb ★ 8.1

A former boxer turned dockworker struggles against corrupt union bosses controlling the waterfront.

The Long Voyage Home (1940) 06

The Long Voyage Home (1940)

IMDb ★ 7.2

Merchant sailors aboard a cargo ship face danger and camaraderie during a perilous wartime voyage.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.