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, serious, captivating, semi serious, humorous and tense films and TV shows about / with workplace intrigue, workplace, workplace situations, couples, rivalry, power relations, ambition, dishonesty, boss and employee and love and romance plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Mexico and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as workplace intrigue: Madam Secretary (2014), The Method (2005), Staying on Top (2001), Lipstick Jungle (2008), Grey's Anatomy (2005), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Obsessed (2009), The Closer (2005), House of Cards (2013), Mad Men (2007).

List of workplace intrigue movies

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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
Plot: politics, chief of staff, workplace intrigue, president, relationship vs career, u.s. president, usa politics, government, politician, white house, secretary of state, workplace situations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, iraq, washington d.c., chicago, nigeria ...
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 12K
The Method (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In Madrid seven candidates report for a job interview that uses "the Grönholm method" of selection, as protestors rise up in public protest in the street over the IMF-World Bank Summit attempting globalisation of workers' unions.
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: mind game, workplace intrigue, office, manipulation, workplace, workplace situations, job seeking, rivalry, trapped, career, uninhibited rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time: year 2005
Is relevant ?
 5.1
 661
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: erotic, psycho sexual, sexy, serious, sexual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sex, female masturbation, erotica, female nudity, lesbian sex, lesbian cunnilingus, unfaithfulness, manipulative woman, workplace romance, ambition, rise to the top, fight for supremacy ...
Time: 21st century
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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: family life, city life, office, couples, friends, ambition, workplace intrigue, thirtysomething life, workplace, workplace situations, friendship, career woman ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 339K
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 41 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, sentimental, sincere, captivating, bloody ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: hospital, doctor, medical, workplace, surgery, surgeon, patient, relationships, doctors and patients, coworker relationship, workplace romance, nurse ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: seattle, idaho, usa
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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, feel good, funny, romantic comedy, teen ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: fashion, fashion industry, women, journalism, city life, strong female character, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, journalist, career woman, designer, relationship vs career ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, boston, miami ...
Is relevant ?
 5.0
 34K
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, suspense, sexy, intense, disturbing ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: obsession, stalking, dangerous attraction, obsessive love, unrequited love, fatal attraction, workplace, black man white woman relationship, sexual obsession, manipulation, stalker, rape ...
Time: 20th century
Place: los angeles
Is relevant ?
 7.8
 29K
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: captivating, realistic, sincere, serious, tense ...
Plot: investigation, police, crime investigation, police investigation, murder, female detective, workplace romance, homicide detective, couples, twists and turns, strong female character, police detective ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant ?
 8.6
 528K
House of Cards (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 3804 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: political, serious, clever, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: politics, political intrigue, political corruption, manipulation, state affairs, intrigue, blind ambition, u.s. president, lobbyist, journalism, journalist, media ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., syria
Is relevant ?
 8.7
 259K
Mad Men (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 4400 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: captivating, serious, atmospheric, stylized, clever ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: advertising, workplace, career, boss and employee, family problems, office, businessman, womanizer, cigarette smoking, advertising agency, housewife, workplace intrigue ...
Time: 60s, 2000s, year 2007, 2010s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, syria
Is relevant ?
 4.7
 9K
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, society, family business, family in crisis, neighbor neighbor relationship, small town, husband wife relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s, 90s ...
Place: england, london, europe, east end london
Is relevant ?
 6.2
 2K
Tricked (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 55 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: cynical, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexy ...
Plot: pregnancy, infidelity, workplace intrigue, businessman, nothing goes right, life turned upside down, blackmail, family problems, couples, family relations, womanizer, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, holland
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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, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: wall street, stock market, money, business, workplace intrigue, lawyer, greed, unlikely couple, family business, finance, manipulation, economics ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: new york, usa, rhode island, new england, manhattan new york city
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Not Born Beautiful (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, 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, fish out of water, love and romance, physical appearance, personality change, outcast, lifestyle change, deception, contests and competitions ...
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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, new job, workplace intrigue, workplace, obnoxious boss, love and romance, workplace situations, misfit, women, colleague ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: colombia
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The Prettiest Ugly Girl (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: La Fea Más Bella is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa. It is the second Mexican version of the popular Colombian telenovela: Betty la fea. La Fea más Bella stars popular actress/singer/comedian Angélica Vale and actor/singer Jaime Camil, ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, novela ...
Plot: physical appearance, couples, workplace romance, fashion, workplace, workplace situations, obnoxious boss, disorder, workplace intrigue, opposites attract, ambition, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 18K
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: rough, tense, realistic, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: vengeance, rivalry, organized crime, police corruption, investigation, violence, dirty cop, twists and turns, police investigation, police, nudity, workplace intrigue ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
Is relevant ?
 7.8
 15K
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, semi serious, realistic, captivating, grindhouse ...
Audience: girls' night, family friendly
Plot: showbiz, media, media satire, manipulation, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, workplace intrigue, satire, workplace situations, eligible bachelor, blind ambition, desire for fame ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.0
 60
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: workplace intrigue, hotshot lawyer, rivalry, lifestyle, relationship vs career, boss and employee, ambition, workplace, legal, friendship, society, prosecutor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 506
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: humorous, cynical, semi serious, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: workplace, supermarket, workplace intrigue, rivalry, intern, corporate world, boss and employee, accountant, office, workplace romance, unsupportive coworkers, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire, northern england, europe
Is relevant ?
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: serious, emotional, realistic, sentimental, soap opera ...
Plot: workplace intrigue, siblings relations, power relations, love and romance, couple relations, unlikely couple, family relations, master and servant, dishonesty, fall in love, infidelity, true love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
Is relevant ?
 7.9
 93
The Impostor (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
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: workplace intrigue, rivalry, uncover truth, dishonesty, hidden identity, boss and employee, fall in love, family relations, power relations, disorder, family business, workplace ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
Is relevant ?
 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, friendship, relationship vs career, advertising agency, workaholic, ambition, promotion, boss and employee, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, illinois
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 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, chaos, workplace intrigue, satire, state affairs, dark humor, 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, entertaining, feel good, independent film ...
Plot: college, workplace intrigue, teachers and students, workplace, battle of the sexes, disorder, buddies, rivalry, teenager, teacher, business, fake dating ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa, new england, yale university
Is relevant ?
Breaking News (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Breaking News is an American drama television series about the fictional Milwaukee-based 24-hour cable news television network I-24, with the motto 'Around the Clock, Around the World.' The series premiered July 17, 2002, on Bravo.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: rise to the top, journalism, workplace situations, boss and employee, workplace intrigue, workplace, news anchor, hotshot hero, media, anchorman, television reporter, cameraman ...
Time: 21st century
Is relevant ?
 8.2
 517
Casualty 1900s (2008)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Featuring true cases, characters and events taken from the London Hospital records, nurse's ward diaries and intimate memoirs, these gritty medical series show the lives – and forbidden romances – of pioneering doctors and nurses a hundred ...
Style: emotional, touching, sentimental, sincere, period piece ...
Plot: hospital, doctors and patients, workplace, workplace romance, couple relations, public health, cure, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, medicine, doctor, multiverse ...
Time: victorian era, 1900s
Place: europe, london, england
Is relevant ?
 6.6
 2K
Look (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Interconnected stories are told entirely through images captured on security cameras in storage rooms, police cars, parking lots, shopping malls and other locations. Store manager Tony has affairs with the women who work under him, high schooler ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, cynical, serious, clever ...
Plot: found footage, underage girl, sexual assault, older man younger woman relationship, obsession, workplace intrigue, lesbian, voyeur, society, sexual relations, high school, store ...
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, lapd, police protagonist, police officer, car, workplace intrigue, police investigation, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, working undercover, price of justice, police detective ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: los angeles, usa
Is relevant ?
 6.9
 13K
Fashion (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story: Fashion begins in, where aspiring model Meghna Mathur (Priyanka Chopra) expresses her wish to go to Mumbai and pursue her dream of becoming a supermodel. Through her eyes we see that behind the glitz and glamour of the world of fashion not ...
Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, entertaining ...
Plot: fashion, model, ambition, drug abuse, rise to the top, lifestyle, follow your dream, abortion, friendship, desire for fame, infidelity, workplace intrigue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
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