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poster
Amazon Prime Video
88
8.2
/191116/
80
/2690/
81
/2588/
4.3
/254338/
99
/67/
94
/2156/
cc age 12+

Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.
poster
87
8.1
/10516/
79
/278/
75
/211/
4.2
/19771/
100
/21/
92
/142/

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
7.6
/10447/
74
/157/
76
/194/
4.0
/18773/
100
/11/
90
/77/

Drifting Clouds (1996)
The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.
poster
83
7.6
/28603/
75
/388/
74
/416/
4.0
/38107/
98
/97/
90
/375/
84
/29/

The Man Without a Past (2002)
Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost his memory. Back on the streets, he attempts to begin again from zero, befriending a moody dog and becoming besotted with a Salvation Army volunteer.
poster
81
7.6
/13664/
75
/364/
74
/267/
4.2
/39170/
94
/87/
80
/389/
80
/22/

Tokyo Sonata (2008)
A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
7.0
/11226/
68
/311/
69
/160/
3.7
/25870/
95
/40/
77
/200/
78
/10/

Lost in America (1985)
David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.1
/5320/
73
/179/
71
/99/
3.2
/4502/
97
/36/
79
/8/
74
/8/

Tehran Taboo (2017)
The lives of three strong-willed women and a young musician cross paths in Tehran’s schizophrenic society where sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution and drugs coexist with strict religious law. In this bustling modern metropolis, avoiding prohibition has become an everyday sport and breaking taboos can be a means of personal emancipation.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
6.3
/909/
68
/64/
75
/9/
3.2
/384/
93
/43/
77
/28/
72
/6/

Working Man (2019)
When the last factory in a small Rust Belt town closes its doors, an unlikely hero emerges in dutiful, quiet Allery Parkes. A career employee of the factory, the aging Allery can't reconcile how to live a life simply sitting at home doing nothing. Against the advice and pleas of his loving wife Iola, he forms an unlikely friendship with his charismatic neighbor Walter Brewer in order to revive the defunct factory.
poster
73
7.5
/16296/
73
/347/
72
/241/
3.9
/14889/
80
/70/
86
/156/
64
/28/

Mondays in the Sun (2002)
After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and unofficial leader of the group. A court case hangs over him relating to a shipyard lamp he smashed during a protest against the closure. José is bitter that his wife, Ana, is employed when he is not.
poster
79
70
7.8
/5289/
73
/78/
72
/75/
3.9
/3547/
89
/46/
87
/79/

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
After suffering a brutal defeat and being told he can no longer fight, 37-year-old, scar-ridden prizefighter Louis 'Mountain' Rivera struggles to find a new direction in life
poster
Kanopy
68
6.6
/13235/
69
/884/
63
/250/
3.3
/6280/
82
/38/
70
/56/
68
/12/
cc age 16+

Small Town Crime (2018)
Mike Kendall, a disgraced ex-cop, is fighting a losing battle with the bottle. When he finds a woman left for dead at the side of a road, Kendall turns private eye to track down her killers, taking one last shot at redemption.
poster
Kanopy
68
66
6.6
/11639/
73
/292/
64
/180/
3.1
/7086/
78
/9/
70
/249/

That Touch of Mink (1962)
Cathy Timberlake is en route to a job interview when a car transporting businessman Philip Shayne covers her in mud. He sends his assistant, Roger, to apologize, but upon meeting Cathy, Roger knows that she would be a suitable match for his boss. Despite their mutual attraction, Cathy and Philip want different things. Philip wants a fling, while Cathy wants a marriage. As they travel to exotic locales, their differing motivations are put to the test.
poster
76
65
7.8
/6726/
69
/225/
71
/100/
3.8
/2697/
88
/23/

Marvellous (2014)
Dramatisation of the true story of the life of Neil "Nello" Baldwin. Born with a mild learning disability but without the burden of social embarrassment & how his inexhaustible ability to see the good in any situation overcame any stigma society tried to label him with.
poster
Kanopy
65
6.6
/13651/
66
/319/
65
/190/
3.2
/9859/
64
/107/
58
/585/
63
/24/

Howl (2010)
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.
poster
71
64
6.7
/10197/
69
/121/
61
/124/
3.3
/2815/
89
/47/
77
/226/
68
/15/

101 Reykjavik (2000)
A 30-year-old slacker who lives with his mother finds his life turned upside down when his mother's flamenco-dancing friend moves in.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
64
6.8
/58429/
71
/2039/
67
/873/
3.4
/42728/
61
/36/
81
/3158/
47
/9/
cc age 14+

History of the World: Part I (1981)
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
poster
63
7.0
/18287/
69
/563/
65
/236/
3.3
/2901/
62
/106/
55
/943/
57
/25/
cc age 13+

Flash of Genius (2008)
In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail to give him credit for inventing intermittent windshield wipers. Kearns doggedly pursues recognition for his invention, as well as the much-deserved financial rewards for the sake of his wife and six kids.
poster
62
7.2
/6207/
66
/136/
64
/71/
3.4
/841/
33
/42/
78
/538/
53
/18/

Music Within (2007)
After a confrontation with one of his idols dashes his dreams of studying public speaking in college, Richard Pimentel joins the Army and ships off to Vietnam. During his service, Richard loses nearly all of his hearing. Joining a new circle of friends, including a man with cerebral palsy and an alcoholic war veteran, Richard discovers his gift for motivational speaking and becomes an advocate for people with disabilities.
poster
Criterion Channel
63
61
6.4
/10724/
62
/315/
61
/193/
3.2
/6155/
73
/89/
54
/608/
61
/25/
cc age 18+

Stuck (2007)
A young woman commits a hit-and-run, then finds her fate tied to her victim.
poster
60
6.4
/5200/
65
/100/
65
/72/
3.1
/3102/
57
/14/
51
/115/

Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
58
6.6
/7162/
64
/131/
59
/95/
3.3
/3557/
70
/33/
74
/450/
48
/12/

Dummy (2002)
An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but his quirky family and a gauche female friend may thwart his new career and love life.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
62
55
6.3
/7135/
68
/142/
65
/67/
3.2
/1664/
47
/110/
72
/1848/
55
/27/
cc age 12+

Pride (2007)
Coach Jim Ellis shocks the community and changes lives when, aided by a local janitor, he sets out to form Philadelphia's first black swim team. But the odds are against them as they battle rigid rules, racism and more.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
43
42
5.6
/8103/
58
/315/
56
/216/
2.6
/2627/
18
/49/
25
/83/
42
/23/
cc age 17+

Arthur Newman (2012)
A story of a man who fakes his own death and assumes a new identity in order to escape his life, who then moves in with a woman who is also trying to leave her past behind.
poster
57
39
6.0
/2738/
63
/99/
62
/52/
3.0
/1334/
41
/26/

Carry On Regardless (1961)
After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying to stay sober at a wine tasting… and demolishing a house.
poster
The Roku Channel
74
38
7.2
/679/
68
/19/
63
/22/
3.6
/467/
88
/8/
82
/11/
77
/5/

London: The Modern Babylon (2012)
London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.
poster
61
34
6.5
/2367/
64
/31/
64
/25/
3.4
/1896/
48
/9/

Once a Thief (1965)
Ex-convict Eddie and his wife, Kristine, attempt to build a new life for themselves and their daughter Kathy in San Francisco, but police officer Mike Vido is determined to send Eddie back to prison.
poster
Hoopla
52
31
6.1
/1120/
58
/34/
53
/26/
3.1
/451/
67
/21/
34
/94/
35
/8/

Film Geek (2005)
The story of Scotty Pelk, a socially inept video store clerk who gets fired from his job and becomes a sensation as an online film critic.
poster
59
26
6.3
/2016/
55
/27/
64
/28/
3.2
/656/
53
/10/

Dear Brigitte (1965)
Professor Leaf, an absent-minded poet with a prejudice against the sciences, is forced to face the fact that his son is a math prodigy with little artistic talent of his own.
poster
65
26
6.4
/1357/
67
/28/
68
/22/
3.2
/747/
65
/15/

My Friend Irma (1949)
Prototype dumb blonde Irma and her slacker, wheeler-dealer boyfriend Al interfere in the love life of Irma's level-headed room mate Jane.
poster
Kanopy
56
26
5.1
/711/
56
/27/
51
/20/
3.2
/630/
79
/24/
36
/11/

Second Coming (2014)
A married, middle-class London couple are shocked when they seem to have been blessed — or cursed — with an immaculate conception.
poster
54
21
5.0
/1133/
52
/52/
53
/35/
3.0
/383/

Habit (2017)
Manchester, the present. Michael divides his time between the job center and the pub. A chance meeting with Lee, an introduction to her Uncle Ian and a heavy night on the lash lead to a job working the door at a Northern Quarter massage parlor. After witnessing the violent death of one of the punters, Michael experiences blood-drenched flashbacks and feels himself being sucked into a twilight world that he doesn't understand but that is irresistibly attractive. When he eventually finds out what goes on in the room below Cloud 9, Michaels' life will never be the same again.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
56
20
5.9
/807/
59
/22/
61
/16/
3.1
/438/
40
/59/

My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)
Singer Steve, friend Seymour and fiance Jane, along with her dizzy blonde room mate Irma, have a series of misadventures on a California-bound train and end up involved with a gang of murderous gangsters in Las Vegas.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
50
20
5.2
/1435/
48
/27/
40
/19/
2.9
/288/
52
/29/

Sol Goode (2003)
Sol Goode, a charismatic L.A. twenty-something, has always relied on charm, good looks, and fast talk to glide through life. But his luck may have run out; faced with eviction from his hipster apartment, totaling his car, and the threat of having to find a real job, Sol realizes that maybe the life he's been leading is no longer making him happy.
poster
68
19
7.1
/584/
58
/11/
64
/9/
3.6
/543/
Popcorn
76
/18/

The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (2000)
Christophe agrees to be filmed by his roommate Stéphane, while he is searching for a meaningful engineering job. Since he voluntarily resigned his job when he was to be moved to quality control, he does not get unemployment benefits, and goes to classes on how to contest the decision.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
55
17
6.1
/1031/
57
/18/
57
/23/
3.3
/442/
38
/8/

Hot Enough for June (1964)
A young man travels to Prague to join his new employer, unaware that he is being used as an espionage courier.
poster
45
16
4.6
/538/
46
/18/
32
/31/
2.9
/902/

Baby Jane (2019)
Jane, a small-town girl, has moved to Helsinki and the world is finally open for her. Passionate and excited, she seeks adventure, all the things she has yearned for so long. Jane gravitates to a gay bar at night, staggers in her nervous state of mind, and suddenly there, right next to her, Jane finds her savior: Piki, the most dashing butch in town. Piki is perfect. Jane is hypnotized by Piki's dark-toned voice. Piki offers her an entire new universe, and even more - dreams.
poster
AMC+ Amazon Channel
37
14
4.3
/650/
40
/33/
40
/17/
27
/34/

Dogging: A Love Story (2009)
An aspiring Gordie journalist drops his inhibitions to research the UK's North East outdoor sex scene. He meets a certain girl in a car park, and the totally unexpected happens.
poster
70
11
6.9
/145/
75
/5/
67
/14/
3.5
/258/

Kapitalistis (2017)
“Santa Claus is a capitalist. He brings toys to children of the wealthy and sweaters to those of the poor”. Nikos, aged five.
poster
MGM Plus
57
7
5.9
/348/
53
/8/
55
/10/
62
/2/

Hustling (1975)
Based on Gail Sheehy's book, this film chronicles how a reporter for a New York City magazine decided to investigate the city's prostitution industry to find out just who was making all the money. What she found out caused a firestorm of controversy--that many of the city's richest and most powerful families and corporations benefited directly and indirectly from the illegal sex business.
poster
62
?
7.3
/283/
55
/4/
59
/7/

The Idle Ones (2001)
The Idle Ones is a profile of contemporary affairs - somewhere on the edge of Europe - in a place where unemployment for some young people is fast becoming a way of life. Covering a period of 18 months, the film follows the activities of a group of young men in their 20s who have finished their schooling and stayed in their home village - they loaf about unemployed since they can´t find any work in the remote district. The main characters are more or less idle young fellows whose stories link together and make up the film. Tinged with humour, The Idle Ones is a story about frustrated but vital young people in a period of transition, waiting for something to happen. For some, the waiting is becoming their life.
poster
?
7.6
/290/
55
/2/
80
/4/

Car Bonus (2001)
An American dream in Finland - a brand new car and a monthly income of 150,000 Euros. The worst recession period of Finnish history is over but unemployment is decreasing slowly. The spectacular financial growth gained by the Finnish Nokia doesn't reach everyone. Viljo and Kaisu Mikkonen together with 30,000 other Finnish small entrepreneurs lost everything they owned during the downswing, and return to working-life is not easy.
poster
35
?
3.7
/260/
30
/2/
38
/9/

Dirty Bomb (2011)
Mirccu has a dream job as the PR coordinator of a record company. When her boss, the music mogul Martin threatens to fire her, she is forced to find her own way to success. Together with her football-playing boyfriend Roba who is recovering from an ankle injury she has to reflect whether the good times are really over, and to what lengths they are willing to go to survive. She is given one last chance to prove herself by successfully launching the career of an obnoxious fifteen-year-old teenage star-to-be with the code name Dirty Bomb.
poster
47
?
6.4
/105/
30
/2/
50
/4/

Mercy All the Way (2014)
A group of women working in an unemployment office in a small Finnish town have started to give out sex to outcast young men in order to prevent future school shootings in Finland. Mirja (35) tries to hide, that after spending a night with unemployed Marko (23), she has fallen in love. Saving Finland is at stake.
poster
55
?
6.1
/663/
61
/6/
66
/6/
3.2
/331/
27
/3/

Lucky Night (1939)
Cora, an heiress who gives it all up for the excitement of looking for a job and living on her own, meets up with unemployed and flat broke Dick. The two of them embark on a wild night of gambling and winning, where everything they touch turns to gold. Pretty soon they're in love and, to the horror of Cora's father, married.
poster
57
?
6.3
/495/
58
/5/
52
/12/

From This Day Forward (1946)
A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his bride, whom he married after a short courtship and has not seen for several years. The two come together with many trials and tribulations in trying to preserve their marriage in the post-war years.
poster
44
?
5.9
/110/
50
/3/
25
/2/

The Drop Out (1962)
A young man tired of "the rules" of high school, drops out. While he relishes his newfound "freedom, " he soon finds out that no one will hire a high school dropout, and his life starts to spiral out of control until he's reduced to wearing T-shirts, playing pool, and watching his friends being hauled off to jail for vagrancy. Is he next?


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