10 Movies That Changed The World Forever

5. Norma Rae

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyve-jCYA3k Inspirational movies about the underdog are nothing new to cinema, and indeed, several films have already been made about union workers, including North Country and perhaps most famously, the documentary Harlan County U.S.A. The most potent piece for me, however, is Norma Rae, which significantly altered public perceptions of American unionisation in the 1970s, winning lead Sally Field a Best Actress Oscar all at the same time. Field plays a mill worker in the South who kick-stars the unionisation of her factory, and the film brought the plight of unions the world over to the forefront, evoking more sympathy than ever before. The effect worldwide is clear just by looking at the figures; the number of work unions shot up by the truckload in the years following the film's release, and given that these manual workers in many ways form the backbone of most countries and their economies, why the Hell not?