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Clockwatchers (1997)
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Clockwatchers (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The relationship between four female temps all working for the same credit company is threatened with the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent position one of the women was vying for.
Style: atmospheric, melancholic, satirical, dark comedy, semi serious, cult classic, independent film, clever, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: office, workplace, women, friendship, existentialism, office politics, loneliness, storytelling, workplace situations, heist, fighting the system, secretary, father daughter relationship, dark humor, social commentary, business, female friendship, female bonding, social anxiety, eating disorder, competition, job promotion, investigation, politics, friends ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: new jersey
Keyword: retrospective

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Most similar movies to Clockwatchers

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, realistic, humorous and witty films with plots about workplace, friendship, love and romance, friends, workplace situations, couples and dark humor mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Clockwatchers: In the Company of Men (1997), Price Check (2012), Year of the Dog (2007), The New Age (1994), ExTerminators (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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In the Company of Men (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two business executives--one an avowed misogynist, the other recently emotionally wounded by his love interest--set out to exact revenge on the female gender by seeking out the most innocent, uncorrupted girl they can find and ruining her life.
Style: dark comedy, independent film, controversial, brutal, suspense ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: secretary, battle of the sexes, betrayal, misogynist, love, relationships, greed, rivalry, dark humor, brutality, friends, mind game ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: usa, indiana
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100%
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Price Check (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Pete is a good guy who used to be cool. Once living his dream in the music industry, he now toils away in the pricing department of a failing supermarket chain to provide for his loving wife and young son. When Pete’s new boss, Susan, takes over ...
Style: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, independent film ...
Plot: family relations, family life, couples, boss and employee, career woman, workplace romance, ambition, workplace, office work, business, gambling, extramarital affair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Year of the Dog (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.
Style: dark comedy, melancholic, touching, humorous, spiritual ...
Plot: friendship, pets, eccentricity, depression, rescue, infidelity, couple relations, human nature, dark humor, dog, relationships, african american ...
Time: year 2007
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 1K
The New Age (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begin marital infidelities, their solution is to start their own business together. In order to find ...
Style: satirical, disturbing, melancholic, meditative, cynical ...
Plot: dark humor, suicide, satire, adaptation, society, self discovery, crumbling marriage, filmmaking, lifestyle, starting over, rise and fall, couple relations ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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ExTerminators (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Alex is a lonely accountant whose one act of rage results in her being sentenced to court-ordered therapy. There she meets Stella, the owner of a small extermination business who uses her car as a weapon, and Nikki, a dental technician with the face ...
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, dark comedy, independent film ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: murder, murderous pair, friendship, vengeance, battle of the sexes, unlikely criminals, men hatred, rivalry, partner, best friend, romancing a criminal, dark humor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Lisa Picard Is Famous (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is on the brink of fame. Instead, he bears witness to Lisa's continued, humorous, struggles as an actress, as well as the conflict that arises when ...
Style: cynical, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot: satire, rise to the top, desire for fame, workplace romance, filmmaking, workplace situations, lifestyle, actor's life, love and romance, workplace, rising to stardom, best friend ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Either Way (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Icelandic drama about two remote road-workers.
Style: humorous, contemplative, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: friendship, workplace, friends, workplace situations, buddies, couples, bittersweet, painting
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Critical Care (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care, or over his $10 million ...
Style: black comedy, cynical, humorous, dark comedy, independent film ...
Plot: medical, hospital, medicine, dark humor, satire, law, business, half sister, nun, family problems, power relations, family relations ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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The House of Yes (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Jackie-O is anxiously awaiting the visit of her brother home for Thanksgiving, but isn't expecting him to bring a friend. She's even more shocked to learn that this friend is his fiance. It soon becomes clear that Jackie Kennedy's ...
Style: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, independent film, absurd ...
Plot: incest, dysfunctional family, mental illness, family problems, twins, brother sister incest, female protagonist, thanksgiving, eccentric family, secrets, family life, sexual fantasy ...
Time: year 1997, 80s, 90s, year 1983
Place: virginia, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Daytrippers (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Eliza D'Amico thinks her marriage to Louis is going great, until she finds a mysterious love note to her husband. Concerned, she goes to her mother for advice. Eliza, her parents, her sister Jo and Jo's boyfriend all pile into a station ...
Style: independent film, hilarious, talky, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, marriage, adultery, family relations, infidelity, love, thanksgiving, night, bickering, drunkenness, chance meeting, on the road ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Career Girls (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Two young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier.
Style: cult classic, realistic, talky, witty, independent film ...
Plot: life & death, college, friendship, graduation, bittersweet, women, meaning of life, angry, female bonding, loser, female friendship, mother ...
Time: year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Real Blonde (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An aspiring actor and his girlfriend handle life's frustrations, while his friend seeks fulfillment with a blonde.
Style: light, satirical, melancholic, humorous, clever ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: fashion, sexual dysfunction, loneliness, showbiz, actor's life, artists and showbiz, workplace situations, workplace, lifestyle, unsuccessful, waiter, dog ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Gung Ho (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager and ...
Style: humorous, light, funny, captivating, cult classic ...
Plot: culture clash, business, workplace, worker, friendship, factory, labor union, society, buddies, unemployment, deception, car ...
Time: 80s
Place: japan, usa, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.4
 2K
Bartleby (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: An adaptation of Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener" told in the setting of a modern office.
Style: surreal, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy, art house ...
Plot: insubordination, office, mysterious character, dark humor, boss and employee, workplace, fish out of water, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, name calling, employer employee relationship, fired from the job ...
Time: year 2001
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
I Really Hate My Job (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 'Every day is another day closer to the day I'll never have to do this again.' Five women, one restaurant, one night, one birthday, one breakdown. Then the phone rings. A famous actor is coming for dinner. I Really Hate My Job is the ...
Style: semi serious, talky, humorous, realistic, independent film ...
Audience: date night
Plot: sexy woman, workplace, waitress, friendship, love and romance, aging, introspection, midlife crisis, workplace romance, public nudity, female nudity, restaurant ...
Place: england, london, usa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Way Way Back (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park's managers.
Style: touching, realistic, teen, independent film, sweet ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: summer, teenager, vacation, friendship, coming of age, loneliness, shyness, youth, dysfunctional family, boy, teenage girl, teenage boy ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Eating (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: At a spacious house in Los Angeles, Helene is turning 40-years old and her friends whom include French filmmaker Martine, house guest Sophie, and Lydia throw her a party. But also there is Kate a friend turning 30, and Sadie a Hollywood film agent ...
Style: independent film, contemplative, talky, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: food, eating disorder, restaurant, wine, friendship, nightlife, thirtysomething life, couples, friends, gender, feminism, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Hell on Heels: The  Battle of Mary Kay (2002)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The film is about two companies who are battling it out for customers, Mary Kay, and one of her workers Lexi Wilcox are fighting it out with Jinger Heath. Who will win? You will have to see.
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, stylized, realistic ...
Plot: makeup artist, rise to the top, rivalry, ambition, workplace, lifestyle, elderly, workplace intrigue, office, business, fashion, satire ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Girl 6 (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Girl 6 is a 1996 American film by director Spike Lee about a phone sex operator. Theresa Randle played the title character, and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks wrote the screenplay. The soundtrack is composed entirely of songs written by Prince. The ...
Style: sexy, talky, surreal, melancholic, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: phone sex, friendship, neighbor, unlikely friendships, thirtysomething life, lifestyle, boss and employee, workplace situations, black, women, nudity, satire ...
Time: year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.9
 916
Rick (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: "Rigoletto" retold at Christmas time in Manhattan's corporate world. Rick, an executive at Image, is a jerk to a woman applying for a job. That evening, he's out for drinks with his much younger boss, Duke, and the same women is ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, serious, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot: hitman, curse, office, wall street, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, teenage life, workplace intrigue, parents and children, forbidden love, workplace, dishonesty ...
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.4
 2K
Head Office (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son (Judge Reinhold) moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better judgment, he falls for a woman (the chairman's ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, biting ...
Plot: job promotion, workplace intrigue, boss and employee, cons and scams, workplace romance, workplace situations, power relations, workplace, dishonesty, rise to the top, business, office work ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Three and Out (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A London tube driver considers pursuing a third fatal accident to collect a huge payout.
Style: realistic, humorous, witty, semi serious, clever ...
Plot: friendship, terminal illness, teenage life, cons and scams, writer's life, friends, dark humor, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, kinky sex, unfulfillment, unlikely friendships ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, london, liverpool
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Optical Illusions (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Chile, France, Portugal
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A blind man who recovers his sight after an operation finds his life in chaos when he is rejected by the community to which he once belonged. (Chile)
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, clever ...
Plot: innocence lost, love and romance, love affair, friends, introspection, workplace, human nature, dark humor, teaching the ways of the world, workplace romance, secretary, workplace situations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chile, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The Storage (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Antero Rousku is a storeman in a paint store. His job requires raw muscle power, mixing paints and carrying house repair materials around to earn his daily bread. But the basic salary is not enough for Rousku. He also sells a lot of stuff on the ...
Style: sexy, semi serious, realistic, humorous, sincere ...
Plot: pregnancy, working class, couples, workplace, blackmail, unwanted pregnancy, friends, disorder, society, workplace romance, workplace situations, sexual relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The continuing adventures of the barbers at Calvin's Barbershop. Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop next door, is now trying to cut in on his buisness. Calvin is again struggling to keep his father's shop and traditions alive--this time ...
Style: funny, humorous, feel good, hilarious, black comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: beauty salon, fighting the system, urban, black, barbershop, friendship, hip hop, family business, workplace romance, workplace, friends, workplace situations ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: chicago, indiana, illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 5.5
 2K
All the Rage (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A rich cross-section of urban USA find their lives changed when their fates collide at gunpoint.
Style: clever, intense, melancholic, satirical, realistic ...
Plot: obsession, geek, prejudice, crimes of passion, mental illness, family problems, society, crumbling marriage, satire, family drama, loneliness, lgbt ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Employee of the Month (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: "Employee of the Month" is about a guy whose day spirals from bad to worse when he gets fired from his dream job at the bank and is dumped by his fiancée Sara. David's best friend Jack tries to convince him it's for the best, ...
Style: dark comedy, suspense, melancholic, black comedy, entertaining ...
Plot: twists and turns, bad luck, comedy of errors, greed, bank robbery, heist, manipulation, crime gone awry, dark humor, workplace, partner, friendship ...
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Staten Island Summer (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Pals Danny and Frank spend the summer after high school working as lifeguards while figuring out their future.
Style: funny, humorous, light, romantic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lifeguard, summer, teenager, friendship, coming of age, college, workplace situations, workplace, love and romance, party, beach, girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Nobody Loves Me (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: melancholic, light, witty, humorous, funny ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: voodoo, relationships, loneliness, existentialism, interracial romance, looking for love, prophecy, couples, singleness, death, lgbt, women ...
Time: year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.5
 5K
Kabluey (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Leslie is left with few options when her husband is sent back to war in the Middle East. A modest amount of help arrives in the form of his brother, Salman, who is less than prepared to care for the couple's two preadolescent boys. When Leslie ...
Style: surreal, humorous, dark comedy, light, black comedy ...
Plot: life, dark humor, small town, single parent, parenthood, loneliness, workplace, family relations, family life, insanity, existentialism, greed ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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