| Adam-12 (1968) | 7.7 | |
| The Devil Wears Prada (2006) | 7.0 | |
| Silk (2011) | 8.0 | |
| 36th Precinct (2004) | 7.1 | |
| NewsRadio (1995) | 8.0 |
Workplace intrigue movies and TV shows – page 2
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List of workplace intrigue movies
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tinseltown has its movers and shakers, but they all first started somewhere as The Assistants in Hollywood. The Assistants is a new movie opening December 3. It's a story about a group of Hollywood assistants who use their positions to lie, ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, rivalry, follow your dream, desire for fame, ambition, satire, workplace, boss and employee, manipulation, workplace situations, artists and showbiz, workplace intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Is relevant?
1K
Genre: Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Eva Hendrickx is an ambitious young journalist working on the team of television legend Herman Verbeeck. She's determined to bring a story about the riots in the suburbs of Brussels. While the city spins further away in a spiral of violence, ...
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, multicultural ...
Plot:
journalism, manipulation, ambition, woman in danger, workplace, boss and employee, danger, workplace intrigue, power relations, chaos, moral ambiguity, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, brussels
Is relevant?
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, boss and employee, workplace, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, behind the scenes, office politics, professional rivalry, ambition, office romance, news anchor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
milwaukee wisconsin
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
TV show
Story:
La Patrona is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by United States-based television network Telemundo Studios, Miami and Mexican Argos Comunicación. The telenovela is a remake of the Venezuelan telenovela La Dueña, written by José Ignacio ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, sentimental, serious, novela ...
Plot:
workplace, love affair, family business, fall in love, working class, betrayal, rivalry, parents and children, vengeance, workplace intrigue, love and romance, boss and employee ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Yoko, a sort of modern tomboy, almost by chance gets her sights set stubbornly on becoming a Cabin Attendant (CA), a type of woman the men are all fond of, but a role which is completely out of character for her. (This is a drama about young people ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, dorama, offbeat
Plot:
stewardess, follow your dream, ambition, workplace situations, workplace, workplace intrigue, against the odds, self discovery, youth, airline, aviation, physical appearance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Pedro el escamoso is a popular telenovela filmed in Colombia and produced by the Colombian network, Caracol TV.
This novela is about a cheesy but charming macho man who lives in a small town in Colombia. He moves to the city to find his fortune and ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, novela ...
Plot:
workplace romance, love triangle, changing lives, fish out of water, workplace intrigue, eccentric family, rivalry, workplace, boss and employee, disorder, womanizer, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia, latin america, south america
Is relevant?
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Maxine works at a factory making haptic inputs. After she steals one her favorite rabbit-ninja game beats skills directly into her muscle memory. When a fellow haphead causes her father's death she uses her new deadly skills to investigate.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, futuristic, weird
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, supernatural, heroes, supernatural ability, dishonesty, workplace intrigue, workplace, murder, master warrior, factory, ninja, graphic violence ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In South Yorkshire, a small group of railway maintenance men discover that because of privatization, their lives will never be the same. When the trusty British Rail sign is replaced by one reading East Midland Infrastructure, it is clear that there ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, social, bleak ...
Plot:
working class, unemployment, friendship, society, human spirit, workplace intrigue, workplace, fighting the system, life is a bitch, corporate crime, injustice, small town ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
europe, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Waterloo Road is a UK television drama series the first broadcast was in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Originally set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, England, the location of the show was moved to the former Greenock ...
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, emotional, gloomy
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
high school, nervous breakdown, social problems, teenage life, social differences, teachers and students, workplace situations, workplace intrigue, society, youth, social relations, teenage love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
manchester, scotland, northern england, europe, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story:
A live-action workplace comedy about Gary, an associate demon, as he attempts to capture souls on earth in order to climb the corporate ladder of the underworld. Gary hopes to advance in Hell, but he may be too stupid, lazy and kind-hearted to ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, surreal, funny, spooky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
workplace, intern, demon, power relations, boss and employee, promotion, disorder, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, rivalry, unsupportive coworkers, pact with the devil ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Andy, a successful marketing guy quits his job, gets a new job at a research facility, makes a powerful enemy who makes him volunteer for a nearly impossible project: The $99 PC. The only available guys at the lab, three sociopaths, together they ...
Style:
entertaining, romantic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
alone in the world, workplace, love story, happy ending, friends, dark humor, treasure hunt, mad scientist, rise to the top, workplace intrigue, against the odds, rivalry ...
Time:
future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
bay area, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Joel Goodman is a hotshot advertising executive angling for a promotion, but he feels stuck - not least of all in traffic. A seeming answer to his prayers comes in the form of a homeless man whom Joel pays to sit in his passenger seat so he can use ...
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
office, rivalry, workplace, odd couple, workplace intrigue, ambition, traffic jam, power relations, rich and poor, friendship, lifestyle change, advertising executive ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A mild-mannered secretary discovers that she has a talent for murder as she ascends the corporate ladder.
Style:
dark comedy, rom com, captivating, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
murder, dark humor, secretary, workplace situations, workplace intrigue, rivalry, workplace, violent content, power relations, boss and employee, rise to the top, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Is relevant?
534K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by ...
Style:
captivating, witty, serious, talky, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, date night, family outing
Plot:
lawyer, law firm, legal, photographic memory, hotshot lawyer, boss, success, corporate world, workplace situations, talented, prodigy, ambitious ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, chicago, syria
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alan Partridge has had many ups and downs in life. National television broadcaster. Responsible for killing a guest on live TV. Local radio broadcaster. Nervous breakdown in Dundee. A self-published book, 'Bouncing Back', which was ...
Style:
humorous, black comedy, satirical, sexy, cynical ...
Plot:
hostage, radio station, radio dj, satire, self involved, radio, siege, desire for fame, socially awkward, goofy hero, workplace, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Is it possible to live aside of the system, thinking only about the present and oneself? A feature film about Manuel Vázquez, the best comic book author in Barcelona during the sixties, but, mainly, a man with a very particular way of living his ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous
Plot:
biopic, against the rules, rivalry, artists and showbiz, womanizer, workplace, rebellion, workplace intrigue, apache, performer's life, comic book, con man ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
europe, spain, barcelona
Is relevant?
40K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An entry-level employee at a powerful corporation finds himself occupying a corner office, but at a dangerous price: he must spy on his boss's old mentor to secure for him a multi-billion dollar advantage.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, entertaining, exciting, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
spy, undercover, bodyguard, workplace, betrayal, surveillance, deception, danger, uninhibited rivalry, revenge, conspiracy, boss and employee ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
2K
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, voyeur, making love, underage girl, lesbian, older man younger woman relationship, obsession, workplace intrigue, society, high school, store, sexual relations ...
Is relevant?
14K
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, closeted homosexual, drug abuse, lifestyle, rise to the top, follow your dream, abortion, friendship, desire for fame, workplace intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, USA, Senegal
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, political ...
Plot:
politics, fictitious country, un, betrayal, state affairs, workplace, power relations, workplace intrigue, rivalry, boss and employee, administration, french politics ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Rachel Griffen returns from the Far East, planning on incorporating alternative medicine with traditional practices. Her mentor Dr. Isaac Braun is skeptical and administrator Quinten Bremmer outright hostile. Oz is the ever cheerful orderly.
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
hospital, doctors and patients, workplace, power relations, society, culture clash, workplace intrigue, alternative medicine, doctor, female doctor, faith, religion ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, ohio
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife with one thing to look forward to: a well-deserved promotion. But when the promotion is given to a ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
murder, advertising, vengeance, revenge, competition, police investigation, contests and competitions, workplace intrigue, advertising agency, dark humor, rise to the top, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Commander in Chief is an American drama television series that focused on the fictional administration and family of Mackenzie Allen, the first female President of the United States, who ascends to the post from the Vice Presidency after the death ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, political, talky ...
Plot:
white house, head of state, legal, rise to the top, sexism, idealism, workplace, society, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, government official, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
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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:
forbidden love, curse, hitman, office, wall street, teenage life, dysfunctional family, parents and children, workplace intrigue, workplace, couple relations, boss and employee ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An employee of a corporation with a lucrative secret process is tempted to betray it. But there's more to it than that.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, psychological, suspenseful, witty ...
Plot:
con game, twists and turns, heist, secrets, invention, investigation, intrigue, conspiracy, manipulation, police investigation, stranger, workplace intrigue ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
venezuela, caribbean, usa, manhattan new york city, boston ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Amélie, a young Belgian woman, having spent her childhood in Japan, decides to return to live there and tries to integrate in the Japanese society. She is determined to be a "real Japanese" before her year contract runs out, though it ...
Style:
witty, semi serious, realistic, humorous, funny ...
Plot:
employer employee relationship, culture clash, workplace, translator, fish out of water, power relations, workplace intrigue, boss and employee, demotion, friendship, japanese culture, cultural difference ...
Time:
year 1993, year 1991, year 2003, 90s, year 1990
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, belgium
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story:
The year is 2021. Deep below the ocean's surface, looms a vast, magnificently high-tech compound: Sealab. A multi-national scientific station with an annual budget in the trillions, manned by a motley collection of malcontents and screw-ups who ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, adult animation, not serious, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
absurd humor, survival, experiment, research, workplace, danger, farce, workplace intrigue, stupidity, surrealism, mature, stoner ...
Time:
2000s, future, 2020s, 21st century
Is relevant?
23K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Comedy about two high school girls who wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon. They become the official dog walkers for Nixon's dog Checkers, and become his secret advisors during the Watergate ...
Style:
humorous, political, teen, not serious, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
teenage girl, politics, high school, friendship, marijuana, president, stupidity, farce, political cover up, alternate history, political satire, witness ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Teachers is a British television comedy-drama series, created by Tim Loane and originally shown on Channel 4. The series follows a group of secondary school teachers in their daily lives.
While the first series centers heavily around probationary ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, sitcom, sexual ...
Plot:
high school, high school life, infidelity, workplace intrigue, teachers and students, workplace situations, lifestyle, thirtysomething life, unsupportive coworkers, power relations, couples, buddies ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Schnitzel Paradise is a Dutch film about a young Moroccan man working in the kitchen of popular Dutch restaurant.
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, multicultural
Plot:
dysfunctional family, culture clash, fall in love, workplace, supportive coworker, workplace romance, workplace intrigue, buddies, lifestyle, society, rivalry, adolescence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, holland
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