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List of workplace intrigue movies

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 7.5
 527
The Return (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
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: sentimental, captivating, emotional, serious, novela ...
Plot: love affair, family business, workplace, fall in love, betrayal, love and romance, society, rivalry, dishonesty, boss and employee, working class, social differences ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico
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 7.9
 13K
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, serious, rough, art house ...
Plot: ship, workplace intrigue, society, working class, realism, dishonesty, workplace, confined, isolation, workplace situations, survival, mental disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, turkey
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Pedro el escamoso (2001)
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: love triangle, changing lives, workplace romance, fish out of water, womanizer, workplace intrigue, rivalry, fall in love, boss and employee, eccentric family, workplace, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: colombia, latin america, south america
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 4.9
 162
Haphead (2015)
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: supernatural, investigation, heroes, workplace intrigue, supernatural ability, dishonesty, murder, workplace, master warrior, factory, ninja, graphic violence ...
Time: future, near future, 21st century
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 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: serious, stylized, tense, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: gambling, ambition, workplace intrigue, dishonesty, love and romance, workplace romance, disorder, workplace, life is a bitch, unsupportive coworkers, loan shark, casino ...
Time: 21st century
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 8.6
 4K
Boris (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Boris is an Italian television series produced from 2007 to 2010 by Wilder for Fox International Channels Italy
Style: humorous, sitcom, light, feel good, captivating ...
Plot: satire, filmmaking, backstage, showbiz, workplace situations, workplace intrigue, intern, producer, workplace, behind the scenes, social satire, movie business ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy
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And Now a Word from Our Sponsor (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Adan Kundle, CEO of a major advertising agency, is discovered unconscious in front of a wall of TVs. When he wakes in the hospital, Adan can only communicate through advertising slogans.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Plot: parents and children, mental illness, disorder, media, media satire, self discovery, workplace, workplace intrigue, family relations, rivalry, life turned upside down, advertising ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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 3.7
 654
Storm of Love (2005)
Genre: Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Sturm der Liebe is a German television soap opera created by Bea Schmidt for Das Erste. It premiered on 26 September 2005. It follows in several interwoven plot threads stories about relationships taking place in the fictional five-star hotel ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, soap opera ...
Plot: workplace romance, love affair, family business, forbidden love, workplace, family life, family problems, workplace situations, workplace intrigue, lifestyle, couples, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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Whisky Romeo Zulu (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Whisky Romeo Zulu tells the story prior to the crash of LAPA Boeing 737 that on August 31, 1999, caught fire after hitting an embankment in the center of Buenos Aires, killing 67 people. The disaster changed the history of civil and commercial ...
Style: tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot: air disaster, airplane, business, whistleblower, danger, investigation, uncover truth, workplace, passenger, workplace intrigue, hidden truth, price of justice ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
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Moonbeam City (2015)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: An absurdist, retro-futuristic 80s cop extravaganza. The series follows undercover detective Dazzle Novak, a handsome idiot who commits more crimes than most criminals. His tyrannical chief, Pizzaz Miller, won't get off his back, and hotshot ...
Style: parody, humorous, adult animation, captivating, tense ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: disorder, goofy hero, law enforcement, workplace, workplace intrigue, police, silly humor, boss and employee, womanizer, gang, investigation, mature ...
Time: 80s, 2010s, 20th century
Place: usa
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 6.4
 1K
Keeping Rosy (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A woman becomes enraged after being passed over for a promotion at her job.
Style: tense, serious, psychological, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: rivalry, workplace, life turned upside down, workplace intrigue, danger, career woman, female protagonist, redemption, self discovery, strong female presence, disorder, nothing goes right ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england
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Da' Booty Shop (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Tyrone Johnson is in jail. As a result his sister Yolanda, an exotic dancer, inherits Tyrone's struggling hair salon business. She first sees the shop as a burden and waste of her time and puts the shop up for sale. But Yolanda eventually sees ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, offbeat ...
Plot: ambition, relationship vs career, society, workplace, follow your dream, workplace situations, workplace intrigue, independent woman, exotic dancer, store, anti hero, beauty salon ...
Time: 21st century
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The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002)
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
Plot: workplace, friends, treasure hunt, mad scientist, love story, happy ending, alone in the world, rise to the top, against the odds, workplace intrigue, misfit, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bay area
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 5.1
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Carpool Guy (2005)
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, odd couple, workplace, workplace intrigue, power relations, traffic jam, ambition, rich and poor, lifestyle change, friendship, advertising executive ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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 5.6
 39K
Paranoia (2013)
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, sexy, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot: workplace, surveillance, betrayal, danger, spy, uninhibited rivalry, conspiracy, revenge, boss and employee, workplace intrigue, power relations, internet ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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 5.3
 24K
Passion (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, suspense, tense, serious ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder, blackmail, mind game, betrayal, erotica, workplace intrigue, framed for murder, boss, boss and employee, power relations, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: y2k, year 2012, 21st century
Place: germany, berlin germany
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A Shock to the System (1990)
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, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: murder, advertising, revenge, competition, police investigation, contests and competitions, business, workplace intrigue, advertising agency, dark humor, unlikely criminals, rise to the top ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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Commander in Chief (2005)
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: serious, realistic, clever, sincere, political ...
Plot: white house, legal, head of state, rise to the top, sexism, idealism, workplace, society, workplace intrigue, government official, workplace situations, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
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 7.8
 8K
Sealab 2021 (2000)
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: survival, absurd humor, experiment, research, workplace, danger, farce, workplace intrigue, mature, stoner, ocean, stupidity ...
Time: 2000s, future, 2020s, 21st century
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Schnitzel Paradise (2005)
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, workplace, fall in love, culture clash, lifestyle, buddies, society, rivalry, workplace intrigue, workplace romance, supportive coworker, adolescence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, holland
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Shattered Glass (2003)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Fact-based 2003 drama about the young journalist Stephen Glass, who got a job at The New Republic in 1995 and for three years fabricated at least half of the stories he wrote.
Style: suspenseful, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Plot: journalism, writers, workplace, ethics, journalist, media, ambition, suspicion, research, workaholic, career, character study ...
Time: year 2003, 90s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., haiti, palo alto california
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 6.5
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K Street (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: K Street is a 2003 HBO television series about lobbyists and politicians in Washington, D.C. It was named for a street that is home to many lobbying and legal firms.
Style: political, realistic, serious, cynical, clever ...
Plot: politics, lobbyist, american politics, political satire, state affairs, dishonesty, ambition, workplace, rivalry, realism, campaign, workplace intrigue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
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 7.3
 392
The $treet (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The $treet is an American television drama series that aired on Fox in 2000. 11 episodes were produced and 6 aired in the U.S. The series was about a small brokerage house called Belmont Stevens located in New York and the lives of its employees. ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking
Plot: finance, wall street, stock broker, rise to the top, ambition, corporate crime, workplace, thirtysomething life, power relations, uninhibited rivalry, boss and employee, blind ambition ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 3K
Holby City (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.
Style: realistic, captivating, sincere, touching, serious ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: hospital, doctor, doctors and patients, workplace situations, workplace intrigue, cure, intern, medical, rivalry, workplace romance, surgery, nurse ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: england, europe, britain, united kingdom
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 7.0
 18K
The Closet (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, witty, talky ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: homosexuality, gay, pretending to be gay, workplace, workplace intrigue, friendship, dishonesty, disorder, discrimination, comedy of errors, workplace situations, parents and children ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france
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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: medical, doctors and patients, couple relations, coworker relationship, love and romance, hospital, friendship, doctor, workplace intrigue, career, staff, workplace ...
Place: germany
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Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her. Based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand.
Style: philosophical, stylized, serious, talky, futuristic ...
Plot: economics, libertarian, capitalism, distopia, dystopia, politics, greed, corruption, capitalist, totalitarianism, society, workplace ...
Time: future, year 2017, year 2016
Place: usa, new york, colorado
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All Our Desires (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Claire and Stéphane are two Lyon-based judges who could hardly be more different. She is young and enthusiastic, committed to helping those unfortunates who find themselves in debt. He is older, wiser, but disillusioned with his work and his life. ...
Style: realistic, touching, sentimental, serious
Plot: injustice, society, legal investigation, legal, courtroom drama, hopes, legal action, life is a bitch, fighting the system, workplace, dishonesty, workplace situations ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, lyon, europe
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 6.5
 6K
Love Crime (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Mexico, Lebanon
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In the sterile setting of a powerful multinational, two young women compete ... Isabelle is working under the orders of Christine, a woman of power she admires unreservedly.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense thriller ...
Plot: lesbian subtext, manipulation, betrayal, boss and employee, female boss, obsession, office, revenge, power relations, corporate world, workplace, sex ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe, cairo egypt
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Internal Affairs (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck ...
Style: suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot: police corruption, internal affairs, corrupt cop, police investigation, corruption, manipulation, psychopath, police, abusive husband, rivalry, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
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