Relationship vs career movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant relationship vs career movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, feel good, humorous, sentimental and romantic films and TV shows about / with relationship vs career, couples, love and romance, ambition, workplace, couple relations, strong female presence, love, relationships and family relations plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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relationship vs career movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as relationship vs career: Cedar Cove (2013), It Boy (2013), Beauty & the Briefcase (2010), Scandal (2012), The Five-Year Engagement (2012), I Don't Know How She Does It (2011), Madam Secretary (2014), Body of Proof (2011), Erkenci Kus (2018), Togetherness (2015).

List of relationship vs career movies

 6.9
 2K
Cedar Cove (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Judge Olivia Lockhart is considered the community's guiding light in the picturesque, coastal town of Cedar Cove, Washington. But like everyone else, Olivia fights the uphill battle of balancing career with family and finding love, all the ...
Style: serious, sincere, sentimental, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: relationship vs career, small town, small town life, courtroom, family relations, looking for love, love and romance, career woman, social relations, loss of son, couple relations, wooing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington state, seattle, washington d.c.
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 6.3
 10K
It Boy (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Alice Lantins is 38, ambitious and so committed to her work that she neglects her personal life. In short, she is the ideal candidate for the next editor of the magazine Rebelle, or would be were it not for the fact that she appears to be stuck in ...
Style: feel good, romantic, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, family outing
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, unlikely couple, love and romance, love affair, sex scene, age difference, fall in love, magazine editor, couple relations, relationship vs career, student, thirtysomething life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france
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Beauty & the Briefcase (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A freelance writer looking for romance sells a story to Cosmopolitan magazine about finding love in the workplace and goes undercover at a Finance Company.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: fall in love, relationship vs career, workplace romance, couples, hidden identity, teenager, lie, female journalist, looking for love, coworker relationship, teenage girl, workplace ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york
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 7.7
 75K
Scandal (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for ...
Style: serious, clever, political, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: relationship vs career, lawyer, workplace situations, politician, white house, politics, senator, president, teamwork, ambition, coworker, media ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
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The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Exactly one year after Tom meets Violet, he surprises her with a wedding ring. By all accounts, Tom and Violet are destined for their happily ever after. However, this engaged couple just keep getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle.
Style: feel good, romantic, funny, humorous, light ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: wedding, engagement, love, relationship vs career, love story, couples, relationships, love and romance, workplace, couple relations, wedding preparations and rituals, proposal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, california, michigan, usa, detroit
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I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids.
Style: sweet, funny, entertaining, light, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot: workplace, family life, relationship vs career, workaholic, pregnancy, workplace situations, parents and children, ambition, in-laws, couples, disorder, power relations ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, hawaii, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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Madam Secretary (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Former CIA agent Elizabeth Faulkner McCord is suddenly thrust into the position of US Secretary of State where she must quickly learn to drive international diplomacy, wrangle office politics and balance a complex family life.
Style: realistic, serious, political
Plot: politics, chief of staff, relationship vs career, u.s. president, workplace intrigue, politician, usa politics, government, secretary of state, workplace situations, president, state affairs ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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 7.1
 19K
Body of Proof (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Body of Proof is an American medical drama television series that ran on ABC from March 29, 2011 to May 28, 2013 and starred Dana Delany as medical examiner Dr. Megan Hunt. The series was created by Chris Murphey and produced by ABC Studios. The ...
Style: captivating, serious, suspenseful, realistic, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot: medical, investigation, forensics, who done it, murder investigation, law enforcement, bodies, unconventional method, talented, medical examiner, ambitious, female protagonist ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
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 7.4
 9K
Erkenci Kus (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Sanem is young girl who hadn't succeeded in landing a permanent job yet, and chooses to work at her father's grocery store in hopes to become a famous writer one day. When her parents give her a choice to either get a proper job or an ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, sweet, captivating, funny ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: workplace romance, love affair, rich man poor woman, relationships, love, couple relations, lovers apart, advertising agency, love and romance, relationship vs career, male female relationship, young girl ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
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 7.5
 9K
Togetherness (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Four adults nearing 40, living under the same roof, struggle to keep their relationships and their individual dreams alive.
Style: sitcom, humorous, mumblecore, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: relationship vs career, couple relations, buddies, ambition, couples, friendship, hopes, follow your dream, love and romance, family relations, depression, young parents ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 8.0
 10K
Scott & Bailey (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: D.C. Rachel Bailey and D.C. Janet Scott have a robust and engaging friendship which enables them to draw upon each other’s strengths and investigate murders for the Manchester Metropolitan Police.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: police detective, female detective, policewoman, partners against crime, police investigation, female partner, friends, relationship vs career, police, law enforcement, best friends, female protagonist ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england, united kingdom, manchester, europe
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 6.6
 2K
Afili Ask (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: The story of a Ayse, who due to slanderous accusations is forced to marry Kerem, a well-known rich and handsome playboy.
Style: humorous, light, feel good, touching, romantic ...
Plot: marriage of convenience, fake marriage, relationship vs career, family relations, love and romance, father son relationship, forced marriage, male female relationship, love interest, love story, marriage, love affair ...
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 8.3
 10K
Office Romance (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 159 min.
Story: Anatoli Yefremovich Novoseltsev works in a statistics institution, whose director is an unattractive and bossy woman. An old friend of his, Yuri Grigorievich Samokhvalov, who gets appointed assistant director of the institution, wants to make ...
Style: feel good, light, funny, humorous
Audience: family outing
Plot: unlikely couple, female boss, relationship vs career, love affair, boss and employee, office romance, social relations, love and romance, love, court, single father, russian ...
Time: 70s
Place: ussr, moscow russia, russia
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 7.4
 204K
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. ...
Style: inspirational, factual, touching, uplifting, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: environmental, lawyer, court, justice, contamination, small town, investigation, corporate crime, against the odds, single mother, corruption, female protagonist ...
Time: year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Place: california, new jersey, los angeles, usa
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 7.4
 340K
Up in the Air (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: George Clooney plays the dry cynical character of Ryan Bingham, an executive who specializes in "downsizing". Ryan lives out of his suitcase, traveling the country for the sole purpose terminating unwanted employees day after day. Just as ...
Style: touching, romantic, thought provoking, cynical, emotional ...
Audience: date night
Plot: travel, on the road, business, loneliness, hotel, business trip, airport, downsizing, love affair, airplane, couples, workplace ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago illinois, las vegas, california, dallas texas, usa ...
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 7.8
 2K
Skip Beat! (2008)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The girl Kyoko Mogami lives alone in an apartment with her big love the childhood friend Sho Fuwa. He is a big music star and has many fans. One day he breaks up with her telling her she is a plain woman, and the only reason he stayed with her all ...
Style: anime, feel good, captivating, emotional, shoujo ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: rivalry, rising to stardom, breakup, showbiz, relationship vs career, artists and showbiz, teenage love, betrayal, love and romance, couple relations, couples, teenage life ...
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
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 5.7
 2K
The Student (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Romantic comedy about an ambitious teaching student, busy preparing for her final exams, whose studies are interrupted by a passionate affair with a jazz musician. Twenty-one-year-old Valentine (Sophie Marceau) works part time as a teacher while ...
Style: realistic, romantic, light, sentimental, semi serious ...
Plot: student life, sexual content, musician, couples, love affair, fall in love, relationship vs career, musician's life, student, ambition, artists and showbiz, twentysomething life ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: europe, paris france, france
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Beyond the Lights (2014)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Noni Jean is a hot new rising star. But not all is what it seems, and the pressure causes Noni to nearly fall apart - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a promising young cop and aspiring politician who's been assigned to her detail. Can Kaz's ...
Style: romantic, sexy, melancholic, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: music, suicide attempt, mother daughter relationship, musician, love, pop star, showbiz, police officer, domineering mother, musician's life, relationship vs career, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa, mexico, united kingdom
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 5.6
 4K
Glory Daze (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: It's punk rock meets Animal House in this campus comedy that stars Ben Affleck as Jack, a soon-to-be graduate who finds he's having a difficult time letting go of the college life -- and decides maybe he doesn't have to. Also ...
Style: humorous, light, talky, sentimental, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: college, friends, relationship vs career, graduation, teacher, adolescence vs adulthood, nightlife, student life, singleness, college life, looking for love, beer ...
Time: future, 90s
Place: usa, new jersey, california, los angeles
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The Nanny Diaries (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
Style: romantic, sentimental, sweet, humorous, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot: nanny, dysfunctional family, love and romance, family relations, adult child friendship, mischievous children, fall in love, obnoxious boss, parents and children, little boy, fish out of water, workplace ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, new jersey, manhattan new york city, usa, harlem ...
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Not Born Beautiful (2005)
Genre: Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Katya, a plain-looking girl, works as a secretary at the company Zimaletto, a manufacturer of uniforms and wedding dresses. No man has paid attention to her yet, but she doesn't allow her looks to keep her from dreaming about love and happiness.
Style: romantic, semi serious, entertaining, realistic
Plot: character change, career, friends, rich snob, love and romance, fish out of water, physical appearance, personality change, outcast, lifestyle change, contests and competitions, deception ...
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 6.8
 4K
Coco Chanel (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Italian-French-British TV film targeting the US audience, about the fashion icon Coco Chanel. The film begins with the fashion goddess (deftly played by Shirley MacLaine) in her twilight years, steeped in wealth and fame, still issuing game-changing ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, inspirational, disturbing
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: fashion, rise to the top, tragic love, relationship vs career, fashion designer, lifestyle, ambition, eccentricity, rags to riches, couples, world war two, wanderlust ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, turn of the century, 1890s
Place: paris france, france
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Footballers' Wives: Extra Time (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Footballers' Wives: Extra Time is a British drama programme. A spin-off of Footballers' Wives, the programme aired on ITV2 for two series. Footballers' Wives: Extra Time aired in the US on BBC America under the title Footballers' ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, emotional, realistic, sexy
Plot: relationship vs career, lifestyle, rise to the top, intrigue, ambition, couple relations, couples, manipulation, sport team, social relations, television
Time: 21st century
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Shirley: Visions of Reality (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A series of snapshots from the life of a fictional actress named Shirley serves to weave together thirteen paintings by Edward Hopper (e.g. "Office at Night", "Western Motel", "Usherette", "A Woman in the ...
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, experimental, stylized ...
Plot: relationship vs career, art, idealism, couple relations, ambition, actor's life, repression, hopes, americana, workplace, couples, society ...
Time: 1940s, 50s, 1930s, 20th century, 60s
Place: usa
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Wallis & Edward (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world and Wallis has since been demonised as the woman who stole the King of England. Wallis and ...
Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, romantic ...
Plot: love affair, british royal family, royal family, true love, relationship vs career, against the rules, social differences, politics, starting over, follow your dream, moral dilemma, political intrigue ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1936
Place: england, france, budapest
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Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Biographic movie of the witty, overachieving, hot-tempered Rudy Giuliani, spanning from his rising days as a New York district attorney in the early 1980s to his marriage to part-time actress Donna Hanover, to his candidacy for mayor of New York ...
Style: sincere, uplifting, serious, realistic
Plot: politics, relationship vs career, ambition, leadership, rise to the top, infidelity, couples, state affairs, society, crumbling marriage, city life, mayor ...
Time: september 11 2001, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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The Weather Man (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
Style: realistic, sincere, emotional, depressing, semi serious ...
Plot: weatherman, midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, introspection, relationship vs career, father son relationship, family problems, solitude, character study, hopes, father, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago illinois, usa, new york
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Being Mary Jane (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Mary Jane Paul is a one-woman-show: a successful TV news anchor, and an entirely self-sufficient powerhouse who remains devoted to a family that doesn't share her motivation. Intense drama and unforgettable moments unfold as Mary Jane juggles ...
Style: sincere, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot: relationship vs career, ambition, female protagonist, workplace, family values, workplace situations, family relations, producer, woman, ambitious woman, television, tv show ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.5
 81K
Entourage (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate ...
Style: sexy, feel good, entertaining, humorous, cynical ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: hollywood, friendship, showbiz, filmmaking, rivalry, celebrity, relationship vs career, movie star, actor's life, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, aspiring actor ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, london, italy ...
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 6.4
 222
Now, Forager (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Lucien and Regina are foragers - they gather wild mushrooms and sell them to New York restaurants. They live simply, according to the seasons. When Regina seeks more stability, their marriage is put to a test.
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, gloomy
Plot: ambition, couple relations, lifestyle, relationship vs career, family problems, couples, crumbling marriage, love and romance, life turned upside down, unfulfilled love, restaurant, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa, new york
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