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Jun 17, 2018 · Siddharth Sinha’s latest short film The Job, starring Kalki Koechlin, shows what happens when OCD-induced anxiety becomes so overwhelming you can’t differentiate between reality and delirium. Home
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- Office Space (1999) Directed by Mike Judge. Starring Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman. Comedy (1h 29m) 7.6 on IMDb — 80% on RT. Office Space is the greatest movie about the modern American office worker ever made, and it can never be topped.
- Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) Directed by James Foley. Starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin. Crime, Drama, Mystery (1h 40m) 7.7 on IMDb — 95% on RT. Glengarry Glen Ross is what happens when you give some of the greatest dialogue ever written to some of the greatest actors in movie history and let them chew the scenery to shreds.
- 9 to 5 (1980) Directed by Colin Higgins. Starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton. Comedy (1h 49m) 6.9 on IMDb — 69% on RT. One of the best work empowerment movies ever made, 9 to 5 is the grand starring vehicle of pop icons Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton.
- Up in the Air (2009) Directed by Jason Reitman. Starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick. Comedy, Drama, Romance (1h 49m) 7.4 on IMDb — 90% on RT.
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- Office Space. For the uninitiated, Mike Judge's 1999 cult classic is the ultimate workplace critique – a 90-minute dissemination of frustration, boredom and small-scale rebellion, told through the hypnotised eyes of Ron Livingston's work-weary software engineer.
- The Social Network. This gripping movie shows how Facebook came into existence. While the lead character is based on Facebook's founder, Mark Zuckerburg, The Social Network takes a fictional spin on social platforms rise to popularity.
- Up in the Air. On the surface, this existential drama about George Clooney's corporate 'downsizer' (aka someone who fires people for a living) is a character study of loneliness and nonfulfillment.
- The Internship. When two salesmen Nick (Owen Wilson) and Billy (Vince Vaughn) find themselves unemployed, they attempt joining an internship at Google.
- Nightcrawler
- The Intern
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Hidden Figures
- Erin Brockovich
- Office Space
- Chef
- Free Guy
- The Nanny Diaries
- Coyote Ugly
Check Price on Amazon! This psychological thriller is about Lou, a small-time thief who stumbles into a new career as a freelance cameraman selling video footage of grisly crimes and accidents on the streets of LA. Motivated by the lucrative nature of his new job, Lou begins staging some of the scenes to get better impact and sell his footage for a...
Check Price on Amazon! This lighthearted film is about a retired executive who is bored with hisretirementand applies as a senior intern at an online fashion store. Once hired, he reports directly to the store’s founder, who has personal troubles to overcome. The film’s main tagline is “Experience never goes out of fashion,” and this is true when i...
Check Price on Amazon! This movie is an adaptation of the novel of the same name written by Lauren Weisberger. Viewers are introduced to Andy Sachs, an aspiring journalist who recently graduated from university. She gets hired as a personal assistant to Miranda Priestly, editor-in-chief of a famous fashion magazine and one of the most influential p...
Check Price on Amazon! This biographical film was released in 2016 and is based on the life of three African American women who contributed greatly to NASA’s success during theSpace Race. The story illustrates how these women encountered constant discrimination in society and yet were determined to rise above it. Through their abilities and quiet c...
Check Price on Amazon! Julia Roberts won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the main character in this film. The movie is about the struggles of Erin Brockovich, an unemployed single parent who finally finds a job in a law firm. A discovery she makes in her new job sets in motion a huge class-action suit against a corporation ac...
Check Price on Amazon! If you’re in between jobs right now, this movie might inspire you to reflect on what your dream career really is. This is the story of several employees who are dissatisfied with their jobs. One of them learns that his coworkers will be let go due to downsizing, prompting them to plot revenge against the company and their bos...
Check Price on Amazon! This movie is about finding your niche and using it as a jumping-off point to do great things. In this film, we are introduced to Carl Casper, head chef at one of LA’s high-end eateries. He loses his job after he has an emotional meltdown caused by a food critic’s scathing review. What follows is a cross-country road trip whe...
Check Price on Amazon! This action-comedy film was released in 2020. It is the story of an ordinary man living an ordinary life who discovers that he’s actually a non-player character (NPC) in a video game. Guy is a banker who’s lived his whole life in Free City—but Free Cityis actually a video game developed by a company called Soonami Studio. In ...
Check Price on Amazon! The Nanny Diaries is based on a novel written by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus. It is about a young woman who, while trying to find herself, lands a job as a nanny for a wealthy NYC family. [Here are 101 Questions to Ask Yourself to Find Out Who You Are.] In the film, Emma is forced to take the nanny job even though it is ...
Check Price on Amazon! This movie is about a young woman’s pursuit of her dream to become a singer/songwriter. She heads to New York to try her luck. To finance her stay in the city, she auditions and is accepted as a bartender at the Coyote Ugly bar. She befriends the other bar employees and develops a relationship with someone who is supportive o...
- Up in the Air (2009) Up in the Air is a romantic-comedy featuring Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), a corporate downsizing professional, whose job revolves around firing employees.
- Exam (2009) Exam is a psychological thriller about eight candidates for a job at a corporation. The candidates are brought to an examination room where they must answer just one question.
- A Family Man (2016) A Family Man is drama about a highly-driven head-hunter, Dane (Gerard Butler), who is set against his rival for control of their company.
- Office Space (1999) Office Space is a comedy about three unhappy and unmotivated employees who decide to rebel against the software company they work for.
Plot. In Reed College, in 1974, the high tuition forces Steve Jobs to drop out, but Dean Jack Dudman allows him to sit in on classes. Jobs is particularly interested in a calligraphy course. Jobs meets up with his friend Daniel Kottke, who sees Jobs with a copy of Be Here Now by Baba Ram Dass.
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Aug 23, 2021 · Does any movie capture the mind-numbing, soul-sucking boredom of working a dead-end job in a cubicle better than Office Space? From battling over a stapler to having eight different bosses, it ...
