Workplace intrigue movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant workplace intrigue movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, captivating, serious, semi serious and suspense films and TV shows about / with workplace intrigue, workplace, workplace situations, rivalry, dishonesty, power relations, couples, ambition, love and romance and strong female presence plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as workplace intrigue: Tricked (2012), Staying on Top (2001), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Madam Secretary (2014), Lipstick Jungle (2008), Obsessed (2009), Mad Men (2007), Grey's Anatomy (2005), The Closer (2005), Trust Me (2009).

List of workplace intrigue movies

 6.1
 2K
Tricked (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 89 min.
Story: During his 50th birthday party thrown by his wife, Remco's life takes a turn for the worse. His business partners are scheming behind his back to sell him and his former mistress shows up pregnant.
Style: sexy, cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: pregnancy, infidelity, nothing goes right, womanizer, workplace intrigue, entrapment, businessman, life turned upside down, blackmail, family relations, family problems, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, holland
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 5.0
 727
Staying on Top (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A advertising executive agent does everything she can do to stay on top of her business, even if she has to seductive means to do so.
Style: sexy, erotic, psycho sexual, sexual, serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: female masturbation, sexual relations, sex, sexual attraction, erotica, female nudity, lesbian cunnilingus, woman on top, desire, female pubic hair, unfaithful boyfriend, caress ...
Time: 21st century
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The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The Devil Wears Prada is about a young journalist who moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss however is extremely demanding and cruel and won’t let her succeed if she doesn’t fit into the high class elegant look of their ...
Style: romantic, funny, feel good, romantic drama, teen ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: fashion, fashion industry, women, city life, journalism, workplace intrigue, strong female character, workplace situations, career woman, relationship vs career, designer, journalist ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, miami, boston, france ...
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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, intelligent, inspirational ...
Plot: politics, chief of staff, relationship vs career, workplace intrigue, usa politics, president, secretary of state, white house, u.s. president, female protagonist, workplace situations, power relations ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, iraq, washington d.c., chicago, ukraine ...
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Lipstick Jungle (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Lipstick Jungle is an American comedy-drama television series created by DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler for NBC Universal Television Studio. The hour-long series was based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Candace Bushnell, who also ...
Style: sexy, humorous, semi serious, realistic, talky ...
Plot: city life, friends, couples, office, rivalry, friendship, thirtysomething life, workplace intrigue, family life, female friendship, workplace, workplace situations ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, canada
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 5.1
 36K
Obsessed (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Things couldn't be better for Derek Charles. He's just received a big promotion at work, and has a wonderful marriage with his beautiful wife, Sharon. However, into this idyllic world steps Lisa, a temporary worker at Derek's office. ...
Style: suspenseful, sexy, erotic, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot: obsession, stalking, dangerous attraction, unrequited love, obsessive love, fatal attraction, workplace, black man white woman relationship, female stalker, manipulation, sexual obsession, rape ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: los angeles, new orleans
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 8.7
 286K
Mad Men (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Mad Men is set in the 1960s, initially at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on Madison Avenue in New York City, and later at the newly created firm, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, located nearby in the Time-Life Building, at 1271 ...
Style: atmospheric, sexy, captivating, period piece, costume drama ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: advertising, career, boss and employee, family problems, workplace, housewife, womanizer, advertising agency, workplace intrigue, career woman, drinking, ambitious ...
Time: 60s, year 2007, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: new york, usa, syria
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 7.6
 371K
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
Style: medical drama, sincere, sentimental, erotic, captivating ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: hospital, doctor, workplace, doctors and patients, medical, surgery, surgeon, patient, coworker relationship, workplace romance, relationships, nurse ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place: seattle, idaho, usa
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 7.8
 32K
The Closer (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Deputy Police Chief Brenda Jean Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the ...
Style: realistic, captivating, sincere, tense, serious ...
Plot: police, crime investigation, police investigation, homicide detective, murder, female detective, police detective, law enforcement, workplace romance, twists and turns, strong female character, investigation ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, seattle
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 7.2
 1K
Trust Me (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The series revolves around Rothman, Greene, and Moore, a fictional advertising firm. The storylines center on the difficulties of securing accounts and the characters' personal lives.
Style: realistic, captivating, atmospheric, psychological, witty ...
Plot: advertising, workplace, workplace intrigue, partner, relationship vs career, friendship, advertising agency, boss and employee, ambition, workaholic, promotion, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, illinois
Is relevant?
 8.6
 557K
House of Cards (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of ...
Style: clever, serious, political, cynical, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: politics, political intrigue, political corruption, state affairs, manipulation, intrigue, strategy, usa politics, lobbyist, u.s. president, journalism, media ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, syria
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 4.8
 10K
EastEnders (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.
Style: soap opera, captivating, realistic, serious, crime drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: working class, workplace intrigue, small community, parent grown child relationship, social relations, family business, family in crisis, neighbor neighbor relationship, husband wife relationship, jealousy, social realism, small town ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s, 90s ...
Place: england, london, europe, east end london
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Other People's Money (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A corporate raider threatens a hostile take-over of a "mom and pop" company. The patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's daughter, who is a lawyer, to try and protect the company. The raider is enamoured of her, and ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, romantic comedy, clever, captivating ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: wall street, stock market, money, finance, family business, workplace intrigue, unlikely couple, lawyer, manipulation, workplace, disorder, parents and children ...
Time: year 1991, 90s, 80s
Place: new york, usa, rhode island, new england, manhattan new york city ...
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I Am Betty, the Ugly Girl (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Colombia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Yo soy Betty, la fea is a telenovela filmed in Colombia, written by Fernando Gaitán and produced from October 25, 1999 to May 8, 2001 by the Colombian network RCN. More than a dozen versions of the telenovela have been made in other countries. In ...
Style: novela, realistic, soap opera, hispanic, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: boss and employee, fashion, workplace romance, obnoxious boss, workplace situations, love and romance, workplace, workplace intrigue, new job, misfit, occupation, ugly duckling ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: colombia
Is relevant?
 7.1
 19K
36th Precinct (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The Film takes place in Paris, where two cops are competing for the vacant seat of chief of police while in the middle of a search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years ...
Style: tense, realistic, disturbing, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: vengeance, violence, twists and turns, gang, rivalry, organized crime, police corruption, investigation, dirty cop, justice, nudity, police ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe, rio de janeiro
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 7.7
 17K
UnREAL (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Set against the backdrop of a hit dating competition show, "UnREAL" is led by Rachel, a young staffer whose sole job is to manipulate her relationships with and among the contestants to get the vital dramatic and outrageous footage the ...
Style: biting, sexy, realistic, semi serious, erotic ...
Audience: girls' night, family friendly
Plot: media, showbiz, satire, enemies to lovers, dishonesty, manipulation, artists and showbiz, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, eligible bachelor, desire for fame, blind ambition ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Is relevant?
 6.8
 771
Billable Hours (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the fictional Toronto law firm of Fagen & Harrison, the series focuses on three young lawyers struggling to balance their expectations of life with the difficult realities of building a career in law.
Style: sitcom, humorous, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Plot: law firm, lawyer, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, workplace, lifestyle, friends, office, office politics, friendship, rivalry, twentysomething life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
Is relevant?
 7.0
 71
A.U.S.A. (2003)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A.U.S.A. is an American sitcom television series that aired in 2003 on NBC, starring Scott Foley.
Style: sitcom, humorous, captivating, feel good, light ...
Plot: hotshot lawyer, workplace intrigue, relationship vs career, lifestyle, rivalry, legal, ambition, boss and employee, workplace, society, friendship, lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 7.1
 542
Monday Monday (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Monday Monday is an ITV, UTV comedy drama. It stars Fay Ripley, Jenny Agutter, Neil Stuke, Holly Aird, Morven Christie, Tom Ellis, and Miranda Hart. It is set in the head office of a supermarket that has fallen on hard times and had to re-locate ...
Style: cynical, humorous, semi serious, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: workplace, supermarket, workplace intrigue, corporate world, rivalry, intern, workplace romance, boss and employee, accountant, office, supportive coworker, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, northern england, yorkshire, europe
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Until the End of Time (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: After their father's death, Sofía Ripoll, the oldest of three sisters, takes over the family's fictional successful chocolate factory. Though she is engaged to a man who uses her for money, she quickly falls in love with Salvador Cruz, a ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, sentimental, soap opera ...
Plot: couple relations, true love, unlikely couple, siblings relations, master and servant, love and romance, workplace intrigue, power relations, family relations, dishonesty, rivalry, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico
Is relevant?
 7.2
 119
The Impostor (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: La Impostora, is a Spanish-language telenovela presumably to be produced by United States-based television network Telemundo Studios, Miami.
Style: emotional, realistic, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: rivalry, workplace intrigue, uncover truth, dishonesty, family relations, boss and employee, fall in love, hidden identity, power relations, workplace, disorder, family business ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
Is relevant?
 7.7
 15K
The Brink (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Three top U.S. government and military officials scramble to prevent World War 3 from happening amidst the chaos of a geopolitical crisis.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: diplomat, political intrigue, satire, dark humor, chaos, workplace intrigue, state affairs, workplace situations, society, politics, military, partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pakistan, usa
Is relevant?
 6.0
 3K
Tenure (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Despite his outstanding intellect, associate professor Charlie Thurber is a chronic underachiever and has never received university tenure. Aided by his nutty best friend, Charlie launches a final effort to make the grade at Gray College. But a ...
Style: humorous, captivating, feel good, entertaining, independent film ...
Plot: college, workplace intrigue, teachers and students, workplace, battle of the sexes, disorder, buddies, rivalry, campus, fake dating, teenager, academician ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa, new england, yale university
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Doctor's Diary (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
TV show
Story: Doctor’s Diary is a German-Austrian medical drama, that aired for three seasons from 2008 to 2011 on RTL in a coproduction with ORF. The focus of the series is the young doctor Margarete "Gretchen“ Haase, who wants to make a career in a ...
Style: sentimental, touching, sincere, captivating, corny
Plot: hospital, medical, couple relations, doctors and patients, coworker relationship, love and romance, friendship, doctor, workplace intrigue, staff, workplace, career ...
Place: germany
Is relevant?
 7.9
 15K
Ivy (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Turkey, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: After months without pay, the already disgruntled crew on a Turkish cargo ship arrives in an Egyptian port and learns that the Port Authority is foreclosing on them. Ordered to anchor offshore, the remaining skeleton crew has their passports seized ...
Style: realistic, captivating, rough, serious, art house ...
Plot: ship, workplace intrigue, society, workplace, realism, workplace situations, dishonesty, working class, isolation, confined, mental disorder, survival ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, turkey
Is relevant?
 7.1
 2K
The Gambler (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Paramedic Vincentas is a passionate gambler, who is forced to make radical decisions to return the debts. An idea strikes Vincentas to create an illegal game related to his profession. Love, life and death will be at stake.
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, stylized, realistic ...
Plot: gambling, workplace, workplace romance, life is a bitch, workplace intrigue, love and romance, disorder, dishonesty, unsupportive coworkers, loan shark, risk, addiction ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Is relevant?
 7.8
 849
Grosse Pointe (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Grosse Pointe is an American television parody series which aired on the WB Network during the 2000–2001 television season. Created by Darren Star, it was a satire depicting the behind-the-scenes drama on the set of a television show, and was ...
Style: parody, sitcom, cynical, not serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: closeted homosexual, actress, actor, lifestyle, showbiz, actor's life, rivalry, workplace, dishonesty, backstage, artists and showbiz, starlet ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
 7.7
 5K
Adam-12 (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12. Created by R. A. Cinader and Jack ...
Style: realistic, serious, stylized, sincere, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, police protagonist, lapd, police officer, car, workplace intrigue, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, police investigation, price of justice, working undercover, police detective ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 60s
Place: los angeles, usa
Is relevant?
 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, humorous, witty, biting ...
Plot: job promotion, workplace intrigue, boss and employee, cons and scams, workplace romance, workplace situations, power relations, rise to the top, workplace, dishonesty, business, money ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
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Hell on Heels: The  Battle of Mary Kay (2002)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 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, humorous, witty, stylized, realistic ...
Plot: makeup artist, workplace, lifestyle, rivalry, rise to the top, elderly, workplace intrigue, office, business, fashion, satire, cosmetics ...
Time: 21st century
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