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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
81
7.7
/28767/
76
/536/
73
/439/
4.1
/33109/
93
/88/
81
/445/
88
/17/
cc age 10+

How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the sons demand improvements, and the father doesn't want to rock the boat.
poster
81
7.3
/36455/
71
/842/
68
/447/
4.0
/67165/
98
/58/
79
/625/
84
/17/
cc age 16+

Broadcast News (1987)
A high-strung news producer finds herself in a love triangle between a talented but self-doubting reporter and a charming news anchor who embodies the growing trivialization of news that she is determined to fight against.
poster
80
7.8
/110935/
78
/2900/
77
/1379/
3.8
/137884/
90
/72/
88
/3013/
71
/23/
cc age 10+

October Sky (1999)
The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.
poster
76
6.9
/28440/
72
/1522/
69
/599/
3.3
/52058/
89
/261/
91
/602/
71
/44/
cc age 13+

Blinded by the Light (2019)
In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.
poster
76
6.9
/2576/
70
/74/
70
/55/
3.7
/4346/
97
/33/
74
/8/
81
/10/

Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One (2015)
Every night, in danger of being beheaded, Scheherazade tells King Shahryar unfinished tales to continue them the following night, hence defying his promise of murdering his new wives after their wedding night. Scheherazade tells King Shahryar her stories but these are not those in the book. As in the book, these stories are tragic and comical, with rich and poor, powerless and powerful people, filled with surprising and extraordinary events.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
7.4
/9595/
68
/239/
71
/367/
3.9
/20967/
87
/67/

Ariel (1988)
A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.
poster
Hoopla
74
6.8
/7116/
66
/263/
65
/361/
3.5
/8649/
92
/64/
61
/20/
74
/19/

The Measure of a Man (2015)
At the age of 51 and after 20 months on unemployment, Thierry starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept to keep his job?
poster
Kanopy
73
6.9
/2443/
72
/126/
70
/177/
3.6
/3812/
69
/32/
88
/6/
61
/12/

At War (2018)
After promising 1100 employees that they would protect their jobs, the managers of a factory decide to suddenly close up shop. Laurent takes the lead in a fight against this decision.
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
74
67
7.2
/8738/
67
/177/
68
/218/
3.8
/20114/
87
/55/

I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a contract killer to do the job. Then, while awaiting his demise, he meets a woman and promptly falls in love.
poster
65
6.4
/57840/
64
/1041/
60
/670/
2.9
/16459/
83
/169/
54
/2047/
66
/40/
cc age 14+

In Good Company (2004)
Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made worse when Dan's new supervisor becomes romantically involved with his daughter an 18 year-old college student Alex.
poster
79
61
7.3
/1164/
77
/143/
73
/141/
3.8
/3433/
100

Thanks Boss! (2016)
A family fired by a company owned by LVMH (Group owned by French billionaire, Bernard Arnault) seeks reparation from their previous employer with the help of the movie director.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
57
55
4.6
/7582/
64
/296/
66
/109/
2.8
/3188/
33
/57/
90
/691/
45
/14/
cc age 13+

Meet the Browns (2008)
A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. When she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time - until a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she's never met. Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for the funeral, but nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her father's fun-loving, crass Southern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed... and finds a brand new romance that just might change her life.
poster
54
6.1
/20087/
62
/635/
57
/271/
2.6
/6720/
38
/149/
42
/1894/
47
/30/
cc age 14+

Swing Vote (2008)
In a remarkable turn of events, the result of the presidential election comes down to one man's vote.
poster
Netflix
47
5.7
/78571/
61
/3382/
59
/2210/
3.0
/139087/
28
/130/
48
/8099/
39
/31/
cc age 8+

Daddy Day Care (2003)
Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.
poster
45
5.1
/91311/
56
/3417/
53
/2569/
2.6
/92548/
23
/47/
25
/3930/
38
/15/
cc age 8+

The Flintstones (1994)
Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps Barney adopt a child. Barney sees an opportunity to repay him when Slate Mining tests its employees to find a new executive. But no good deed goes unpunished.
poster
49
38
5.2
/2506/
58
/47/
51
/45/
3.2
/4431/
21
/19/
51
/47/

Office Killer (1997)
When Dorine Douglas' job as proofreader for Constant Consumer magazine is turned into an at-home position during a downsizing, she doesn't know how to cope. But after accidentally killing one of her co-workers, she discovers that murder can quench the loneliness of her home life, as a macabre office place forms in her basement, populated by dead co-workers.
poster
42
32
4.9
/4179/
59
/146/
51
/75/
2.8
/610/
5
/22/
53
/339/
23
/10/

The Celestine Prophecy (2006)
A spiritual adventure film chronicling the discovery of ancient scrolls in the rainforests of Peru. The prophecy and its nine key insights predict a worldwide awakening, arising within all religious traditions, that moves humanity toward a deeper experience of spirituality.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
59
27
7.7
/236/
20
/3/
42
/4/
99
/61/

Stadium Anthems (2018)
A female recording artist encounters the misogyny and outdated business practices of male record label executives.
poster
62
24
7.0
/724/
50
/12/
61
/45/
3.5
/488/

Strange Affair (1981)
A young Parisian advertising executive becomes so captivated by the unsettling charm of his mysterious new employer that he eventually abandons his family and friends, viewing it a privilege to let the ubiquitous employer take over his home, his life, his desire. Only his wife remains suspicious, recognizing both the pathos and the evil in the man’s soul-stealing power.
poster
57
23
6.6
/616/
53
/13/
68
/11/
3.4
/212/
29
/7/
63
/53/

Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity (2002)
Twelve-year-old Mindy Ho inexpertly tries Taoist magic to fix her single mother's financial situation and seemingly hopeless romantic prospects.
poster
46
13
4.9
/1060/
54
/70/
45
/21/
2.9
/223/
24
/3/

Breaking the Bank (2016)
With ruthless US and Japanese investment banks circling Tuftons, a struggling two-hundred-year-old, family-run British bank, can its bumbling, incompetent chairman, Sir Charles Bunbury, fend off the onslaught and save the bank?
poster
?
7.3
/37/
80
/1/

Bredband (2004)
Rune, a middle aged working class man, has lost his wife, his dog and his job, and now the city management wants to dig up his lawn in order to provide broadband for the neighborhood. Unfortunately, Rune recently buried his dog close to the road, right where they are going to dig. It's all too much for him, so he stubbornly decides to stop the digging, even if he has to sleep on the lawn.
poster
?
5.8
/16/
20
/1/
35
/2/

Sano Oili vaan (2000)
N/A
poster
?
6.1
/89/
60
/3/

Mobile Horror (2010)
Mobile Horror based on Juha Jokela's play of same name, telling the story of small firm struggle in 2000 it-boom
poster
?
6.5
/44/

Tujuh Hari Di Bawah Matahari (2022)
The prodigal son, Emil, is determined to cycle 500 KM with a cat, back to his hometown to celebrate Aidilfitri.
poster
53
?
5.9
/141/
40
/3/
60
/4/

Heart of Steel (1983)
A steel factory that employs most of the town shuts down, leaving a man desperate to keep his family and friends together while alcohol consumes him in this depressing drama.
poster
?
5.9
/33/
80
/5/
60
/1/

Back to business (2014)
A short film by Olli Ilpo Salonen.
poster
64
?
6.9
/131/
56
/3/
60
/6/
3.6
/492/

Be Seeing You (1968)
A documentary look at striking workers in a textile plant in Besançon, France, centering on interviews with workers about their motivations for becoming involved with the union and the struggles of their day to day life.
poster
68
?
7.0
/223/
50
/3/
70
/2/
100
/4/

Dadetown (1995)
Interviews in the Michael Moore/"Roger and Me" tradition examine life in small-town America, class conflicts and the collapse of an upstate New York community, Dadetown, when the town's once-prosperous factory, reduced to the manufacture of paper clips and staples, finally closes. Facing massive unemployment, the blue-collar Dadetown residents next find yuppies moving into town to staff the local division of a big computer outfit.
poster
?
20
/1/

Worried Look Smiling Face (1998)
N/A
poster
51
?
6.4
/141/
40
/1/
42
/5/

Tarpeettomia ihmisiä (2005)
Kari and Tuula's family happiness is put to the test after Kari ends up on unemployment benefits.
poster
Hoopla
55
?
6.4
/167/
40
/7/
62
/9/

Sabina K. (2015)
Sabina, a divorced mother of two small children, falls in love with an old friend from the Bosnian war. The two plan to marry, but things go terribly wrong.
poster
?
6.6
/104/

Touch Base (1994)
A woman, concerned about her own job, and stuck in her office cubicle with little but a phone and a computer, and a presentation to do, gets increasingly distraught over the fate of her co-workers: one that she can't contact, and one that just got laid off.
poster
?
5.3
/26/
20
/2/

Erehtyneet sydämet (1944)
After being harassed at the office by her boss, Eila gets sacked and tries to find a new job. After difficulties, she eventually begins to work as a model to a sculptor.
poster
30
?
5.2
/145/
10
/1/
30
/4/

Dirty Story (1984)
The director of one of Finland's largest company, United Metal, discovers the company's Chairman dead in the office. A chain of bribes unravels.
poster
Kanopy
68
?
7.0
/339/
70
/16/
66
/13/

Nokia Mobile: We Were Connecting People (2017)
Once upon a time there was a large Finnish company called Nokia that manufactured the world’s best and most innovative mobile phones. Nokia’s annual budget was larger than that of the Government of Finland and their phones spread everywhere and changed the whole culture of communication. But then something changed. Film portrays the rise and fall of Nokia and the Finnish mobile phone industry. Nokia engineers, designers and managers tell their story about the creation, success and downfall of the Finnish mobile phone.
poster
56
?
6.8
/162/
10
/1/
90
/1/

Laukaus tehtaalla (1973)
The events surrounding a factory in a small town are gone through in documentary style.
poster
46
?
4.8
/224/
60
/11/
48
/5/
25
/8/

After (2014)
A haunting and powerful psychological thriller. Set in icy upstate New York in the winter of 2002, "After" is about the Valentinos, a middle class clan facing financial hardship--their family stone cutting business is slowly failing--and coping with the usual rivalries and resentments that affect all but their absent daughter, Samantha, who has recently escaped Rochester for a new life in lower Manhattan. At their center is matriarch Nora (Quinlan), whose cheerful exterior masks an emotional fragility of which the entire family is painfully aware and fiercely protective. But, their delicate balance is threatened by a carefully concealed secret that, once revealed, will change their lives forever.
poster
?

Minimum Wages: The New Economy (1992)
Bill Moyers takes a piercing look at how global economic changes are destroying the lives and livelihoods of hardworking Americans. The documentary follows several individuals and their families in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as they fight to make ends meet in the “new economy.” In sheer numbers, more jobs were created than lost in America during the last decade, but a look behind those numbers reveals a shortage of jobs that pay enough to support a family. The program intimately portrays the lives of workers and their families as they struggle to make it in today’s job market.


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