Workplace problem movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant workplace problem movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, entertaining, feel good, hilarious and funny films and TV shows about / with workplace problem, workplace, workplace situations, boss, power relations, coworker, love and romance, boss and employee, business and job plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Russia and other countries.
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workplace problem movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as workplace problem: Horrible Bosses (2011), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Margin Call (2011), The Office (2005), The Proposal (2009), Black Books (2000), Outsourced (2010), Small-Time Traders (2016), Chef (2014), The Paradise (2012).

List of workplace problem movies

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 6.9
 468K
Horrible Bosses (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a ...
Style: humorous, funny, dark comedy, entertaining, sexy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: dark humor, obnoxious boss, comedy of errors, dentist, murder, boss, boss and employee, sexual harassment, workplace, plan gone awry, manipulation, farce ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, 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 ...
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 7.1
 143K
Margin Call (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
Style: suspense, realistic, serious, captivating, political ...
Plot: stock market, financial crisis, wall street, greed, economics, businessman, stock market crash, corporation, finance, corporate america, investments, bankruptcy ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
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 9.0
 701K
The Office (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
Style: sitcom, mockumentary, humorous, talky, not serious ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: workplace, job, office, salesman, employer employee relationship, workplace problem, popularity, satire, office romance, workplace situations, love and romance, promotion ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, pennsylvania
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 6.7
 357K
The Proposal (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
Style: feel good, romantic, light, funny, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot: love, love story, wedding, happy ending, love and romance, relationships, initially antagonists, couples, opposites attract, unlikely couple, workplace romance, pretend relationship ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: alaska, new york, usa
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 8.5
 62K
Black Books (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Black Books centres around the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black. Bernard’s devotion to the twin pleasures of drunkenness and wilful antagonism deepens and enriches both his life and that of Manny, his assistant. ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, talky, not serious, offbeat ...
Audience: family friendly, teens
Plot: bookstore, weirdo, workplace, workplace situations, friendship, misfit, best friend, workplace problem, uptight character, store, drunkenness, farce ...
Time: near future, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
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 7.6
 13K
Outsourced (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Outsourced is an American television sitcom set in an Indian workplace. It is based on the John Jeffcoat film of the same name and adapted by Robert Borden of George Lopez and Universal Media Studios for NBC. The series originally ran from September ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, light, not serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: call center, office, workplace, workplace problem, corporate world, workplace situations, staff, culture clash, boss and employee, love and romance, boss, social differences ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia, mumbai india
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Small-Time Traders (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: It's a story about strong women of the mid 1990s in post-soviet Russia. About the women who had to carry on their shoulders all the hardships of providing for families during the period of «original accumulation of capital».
Style: realistic, inspirational, emotional, sincere, captivating
Audience: chick flick
Plot: rivalry, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, workplace problem, temper, money problems, financial problem, family life, life is a bitch, social problems, strong female lead, women, family relations ...
Time: 90s
Place: russia
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 7.3
 230K
Chef (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, road movie, touching, culinary ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: cooking, chef, food, cooking and food, road trip, happy ending, father son relationship, parent child relationship, starting over, restaurant owner, business, divorce ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, future, y2k, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, florida, usa, new orleans ...
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 7.7
 13K
The Paradise (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: An intoxicating love story set in England's first department store in the 1870s. The Paradise revolves around the lives of the people who live and work in the store, each bound in their own way by the power of the world they live in, and the ...
Style: captivating, costume drama, stylized, realistic, period piece ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: fashion, workplace situations, rise to the top, high society, ambition, workplace, nouveau riche, love affair, love and romance, department store, success, workplace problem ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1900s, 1870s, 20th century ...
Place: england, britain
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 8.5
 122K
The Office (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 455 min.
TV show
Story: The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office ...
Style: humorous, mockumentary, sitcom, feel good, realistic ...
Plot: workplace, everyday life, office, boss and employee, job, employer employee relationship, workplace problem, boss, coworker, storytelling, humour, sketch ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: europe, england
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 4.1
 246
Deffchonki (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Four young girls: Masha(Boboylich), Lolya, Katya(Palna) and Vasilisa(Vasya). Come to Moscow from a provincial town Saratov, living together in an apartment. Lolya and Katya are classmates and old friends. Masha and Katya are introduced . Masha is ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Plot: living together, relationship problems, country girl, workplace problem, pregnant woman, love, women, topical humor, sister, friendship, couple relations, drinking alcohol ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Anthology series of famous feuds with the first season based on the legendary rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford which began early on their careers, climaxed on the set of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" and evolved into an ...
Style: sincere, melancholic, thought provoking, anthology, humorous ...
Plot: hollywood, filmmaking, feud, movie star, actress, jealousy, glory, aging, woman, workplace problem, family problems, loneliness ...
Time: 60s
Place: los angeles
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 7.1
 4K
Interns (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Medical sitcom Ivan Okhlobystin about doctors who still do not know how to treat, but know how to make people laugh. The main characters of the sitcom - four interns. They always get into stupid situations, and their leader Dr. Bykov pleasure of ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sitcom, witty ...
Plot: doctor, obnoxious boss, hospital, health situation, medicine, socially awkward, teasing, silly humor, workplace, treatment, workplace problem, prank ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, russia
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 6.5
 74K
Changing Lanes (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two ...
Style: psychological, harsh, realistic, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot: lawyer, revenge, legal, court, courtroom, justice, drug addict, custody battle, business, corruption, brutality, character study ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 7.4
 26K
House of Lies (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: Charming, fast talking Marty Kaan and his crack team of management consultants know how to play the corporate game better than anyone, by using every dirty trick in the book to woo powerful CEOs and close huge deals. In the board rooms, barrooms, ...
Style: cynical, realistic, semi serious, witty, clever ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: greed, satire, fraud, single parent, workplace situations, power relations, father son relationship, african american, profanity, flirting, ambitious, boss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.0
 21K
Pan Am (2011)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 583 min.
TV show
Story: Pan Am is an American period drama television series created by writer Jack Orman. Named for the iconic Pan American World Airways, the series features the pilots and stewardesses of the airline as it operated in the early 1960s at the beginning of ...
Style: realistic, stylized, sentimental, serious, anime ...
Plot: stewardess, bohemian life, airport, airline, female protagonist, ambitious, american dream, sexism, workplace, sexual tension, workplace problem, parent child relationship ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
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 7.2
 40K
Soul Kitchen (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story: SOUL KITCHEN film centers on a likable but hopelessly disorganized restauranteur, Zinos, whose cafe is second home to a motley crew of lovable eccentrics. When his girlfriend Nadine up and moves to Shanghai, a love-sick Zinos decides to fly after ...
Style: talky, feel good, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Plot: restaurant, chef, cooking, workplace, lifestyle, food, brother brother relationship, loneliness, family relations, life is a bitch, workplace problem, family business ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: germany, europe, hamburg germany
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 8.4
 10K
Stromberg (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Stromberg is a German television series which is produced by Brainpool and broadcast on the commercial television channel ProSieben. The series was proclaimed as a copy of the BBC series The Office, although initially the producers claimed it was ...
Style: humorous, mockumentary, semi serious, realistic, not serious ...
Plot: office, boss, social satire, boss and employee, workplace, insurance, workplace situations, coworker, workplace problem, rivals, rivalry, incompetence ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
Style: feel good, inspirational, motivational, surreal, offbeat ...
Audience: teens, date night, kids, family outing
Plot: self discovery, travel, daydreamer, life changing experience, journey, loneliness, adventurer, photographer, obsessive quest, lifestyle change, disorder, dream ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: iceland, greenland, usa, new york, los angeles ...
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 7.7
 18K
Rookie Blue (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Ambitious young cops try to prove themselves in their high-stakes careers, in which the smallest mistake can have deadly consequences. At the core of the close-knit group is perfectionist Andy McNally, whose father was a homicide detective before he ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, sentimental, detective ...
Plot: policewoman, rookie, workplace romance, lesbian, female police officer, cop, workplace situations, police, law enforcement, fighting crime, shooting, relationship vs career ...
Time: 21st century
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
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Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A behind-the-scenes look at a fictional sketch-comedy TV show.
Style: realistic, witty, semi serious, talky, humorous ...
Plot: comedian, workplace problem, friendship, artists and showbiz, showbiz, workplace situations, old friend, renewed love, rivals, teamwork, uptight character, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california
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 8.4
 269K
Scrubs (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D" Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
Style: sitcom, humorous, medical drama, witty, surreal ...
Audience: teens
Plot: medical, hospital, doctor, bromance, workplace situations, workplace romance, doctors and patients, friendship, couples, love and romance, friends, workplace ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
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 8.7
 148K
Six Feet Under (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A darkly comic look at members of a dysfunctional L.A. family that run a funeral business.  When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as ...
Style: emotional, surreal, captivating, clever, dark comedy ...
Plot: funeral home, gay, dealing with death, gays and lesbians, dark humor, dysfunctional family, sibling relationship, depression, hopes, family drama, lgbt, self discovery ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, syria
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Phoenix Nights (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights is a British sitcom about The Phoenix Club, a working men's club in the northern English town of Farnworth, Greater Manchester. The show was written by Neil Fitzmaurice, Peter Kay and Dave Spikey, produced by ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot: working class, workplace situations, workplace, boss and employee, ambition, workplace problem, disability, sketch, nightclub, staff, singer, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: northern england, england
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 7.9
 67K
ER (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
Style: medical drama, sincere, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot: hospital, doctor, medical, emergency room, surgical operation, workplace situations, workplace romance, suffering, surgery, nurse, interracial relations, intern ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa, illinois
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 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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 7.6
 286K
Office Space (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Three office workers strike back at their evil employers by hatching a hapless attempt to embezzle money.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, funny, clever, humorous ...
Audience: date night, kids, adult
Plot: workplace, office, dark humor, corporate world, computer, rebelliousness, obnoxious boss, workplace situations, business, boss, embezzlement, satire ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1999, y2k
Place: texas, austin texas, usa, dallas texas, mexico
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 8.3
 361K
The Hunt (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Style: bleak, thought provoking, psychological, depressing, sad ...
Audience: adult
Plot: injustice, life turned upside down, child abuse, false accusation, divorce, social injustice, social relations, pedophile, parents and children, teacher, church, punched in the face ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 2013, 21st century
Place: denmark
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Arrested Development (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.
Style: humorous, sitcom, witty, funny, surreal ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: disorder, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, silly humor, rivals, bankruptcy, irresponsible, immature, adolescence, uptight character, workplace problem, lifestyle change ...
Time: 2010s, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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