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The Big Lebowski (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink white Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events ...
Style: neo noir, dark comedy, surreal, absurd, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: bowling, mistaken identity, weed, dialogue, slacker, hippie, marijuana, great dialogue, dream, drug, stoner, nihilism ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1998, year 1991
Place: los angeles, america, iraq, arizona, usa ...
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Seducing Doctor Lewis (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A much-needed boost, in the form of a new factory, is promised to the residents of the tiny fishing village St. Marie-La-Mauderne, provided they can lure a doctor to take up full-time residency on the island. Inspired, the villagers devise a scheme ...
Style: feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot: culture clash, village, friendship, small town, unemployment, doctor, goofy hero, nothing goes right, social relations, disorder, comedy of errors, dishonesty ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: canada, quebec, montreal
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Boys from the Blackstuff (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Alan Bleasdale's hugely acclaimed mini-series echoes the misery and despair of long-term unemployment. Set in Liverpool, these profoundly moving human dramas follow in turn the attempts of five working-class heroes to survive.
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sincere, gloomy ...
Plot: unemployment, social realism, working class, struggle, hoodie, family relations, layoff, realism, society, life is a bitch, down on your luck, labor union ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: britain, northern england, europe, england, liverpool
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 6.5
 930
Hard Labor (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Brazil
Duration: 99 min.
Story: With her husband having lost his job, Helena opens her own grocery store, but is soon plagued by strange occurrences.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, surreal ...
Plot: unemployment, family problems, boss and employee, workplace, career change, store, power relations, unfulfillment, unsupportive spouse, suspicion, fired from the job, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, latin america
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 7.3
 8K
The Ax (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, France, Spain
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A chemist loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.
Style: dark comedy, psychological, suspense, atmospheric, black comedy ...
Plot: serial killer, unemployment, workplace, murder, job seeking, greed, insanity, unlikely criminals, vengeful fired employee, capitalism, big business, labor ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s
Place: france
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Bombón: El Perro (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In Patagonia, a mechanic who dreams of a different life starts to think big after his adopted pup wins first prize at a local dog show.Life is no bed of roses for 52-year-old Juan "Coco" Villegas. He, who has been a gas station attendant ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, humorous ...
Plot: dog, unemployment, on the road, love and romance, dog training, bittersweet, countryside, friends, self discovery, friendship, labor, road trip ...
Place: argentina, patagonia
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Booky & the Secret Santa (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Booky does everything she can to make an enjoyable Christmas, for her family, during the depression as her father is out of work.
Style: realistic, touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, youth, unemployment, family relations, family life, parents and children, hopes, bittersweet, family gatherings, wish come true, family problems, friendship ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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Glitch in the Grid (2011)
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Three artists struggling against the grid of society find spiritual renewal.
Style: experimental, contemplative, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: unemployment, friends, self discovery, hopes, introspection, society, friendship, small town, materialism, bad trip, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, northern california
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Cheese and Jam (2003)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A story about a couple from the bottom of the social ladder, about smuggling refugees across borders and other 'suspect' things- it is, first and foremost, an attempt to tell a story about the worst in people, wherever they may be coming ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, clever
Plot: unemployment, couples, social misfits, human nature, society, rivalry, social differences, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, illegal immigration, down on your luck, female nudity, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: slovenia, former yugoslavia, europe
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The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.
Style: humorous, semi serious, clever, witty, dark comedy ...
Plot: unemployment, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage, couple relations, down on your luck, unfulfillment, odd couple, family problems, husband wife relationship, fired from the job, brother brother relationship, neighbor ...
Time: 20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 6.4
 177
The Way Out (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The Way Out tells a story of a young Romani couple, Zaneta and David, the parents of little Janicka. Their efforts to live a decent and dignified life run up against the "Romani social trap," which is racism, the society's prejudices, ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, sincere, touching ...
Plot: couples, gypsy, racism, family relations, unemployment, life is a bitch, realism, family problems, social misfits, couple relations, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, central europe
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Beautiful Youth (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Natalia and Carlos, both aged 20, are in love and struggling to survive in today’s Spain. Their limited resources prevent them from getting ahead as they’d like to. They have no great ambitions because they have no great hopes. To earn some ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, surprise ending, suspense ...
Plot: unemployment, couple relations, filmmaking, couples, unfulfillment, down on your luck, working class, european, economics, male pubic hair, nudity, female nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, madrid
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City of M (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Peru
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After exhausting all legal channels in his search for a job, "M" struggles with the decision of whether or not to enter a life of crime by helping his friends deliver drugs to Miami.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, bleak
Plot: drug dealing, unemployment, introspection, life is a bitch, society, down on your luck, cocaine, petty theft, criminal heroes, city life, urban, rape ...
Time: 90s
Place: peru, usa, florida, latin america, miami
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 5.8
 391
Entry Level (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After losing his restaurant, chef CLAY MAGUIRE must start his career all over--at the bottom. Pushing forty with no "corporate skill-set", Clay enters the strange world of the Unemployable Interviewees of America. Clay and his fellow ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot: restaurant, starting over, unemployment, workplace, love and romance, hopes, society, workplace situations, workplace romance, down on your luck, chef, food ...
Time: 21st century
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Everybody's Famous! (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Jean is a family man and factory worker who dreams of becoming a songwriter. Pinning his hopes on his teenage daughter, Marva, he takes her to singing contests in which the awkward and overweight girl struggles to belt out a tune. When Jean is ...
Style: touching, satirical, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot: kidnapping, father daughter relationship, working class, farce, obsession, crime gone awry, showbiz, unemployment, unlikely criminals, desire for fame, obsessive quest, teenage life ...
Time: 90s
Place: belgium, europe
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 4.9
 881
The Job (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A guy looking to find employment and marry the love of his life, gets in over his head when a fast-talking temp agent lands him a job.
Style: suspense, semi serious, realistic, humorous, suspenseful ...
Plot: unemployment, gangster, moral dilemma, hopes, conspiracy, couples, going straight, employer employee relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, best friend, cons and scams, friends ...
Time: 21st century
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Waiting for the Messiah (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy, Argentina
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In 1999, Argentina's peso craters. Ariel, a young man from Buenos Aires' Jewish community, deals with his mother's fatal illness, finds a job as a night shift surveillance camera monitor, and wonders when he'll discover sex. ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Plot: unemployment, forbidden love, social differences, love and romance, society, life is a bitch, couples, family relations, infidelity, parents and children, pregnancy, judaism ...
Time: 90s
Place: israel, argentina, latin america
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As God Commands (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A 14-year-old boy and his neo-Nazi dad are both outcasts in their suburban town.
Style: psychological, sentimental, atmospheric, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: unemployment, family relations, racism, parents and children, life is a bitch, social misfits, misfit, alcohol abuse, father son relationship, lgbt, father, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy
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The Adventures of Felix (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A charming comedy about going on a rather long walk. Félix is a laid-back guy living in the bleak northern coastal town of Dieppe. He lives happily with his lover Daniel and is a soap opera enthusiast and HIV-positive. After losing his job, Félix ...
Style: humorous, melancholic, sentimental, touching, lyrical ...
Plot: gay, gay teenager, road trip, male nudity, lgbt, unemployment, friendship, youth, society, parents and children, family relations, estrangement ...
Time: 90s
Place: france, marseille, europe, normandy
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.
Style: realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, social ...
Plot: solidarity, seaport, unemployment, labor union, moral dilemma, working class, society, family relations, supportive coworker, couples, robbery, relationships ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: marseille, tanzania, france, europe
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 6.9
 3K
Liam (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his ...
Style: touching, bleak, emotional, sincere, depressing ...
Plot: fascism, catholicism, youth, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, unemployment, sin, life is a bitch, starving child, society, family problems, parents and children ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: england, ireland, middle east, europe, united kingdom ...
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 6.7
 654
It's Winter (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The struggle to survive, for a generation, torn between wanting to leave its country, yet bound by blood to home.
Style: serious, touching, sincere, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot: winter, society, unemployment, working class, love affair, social issues, marriage crisis, realism, human nature, life is a bitch, survival, leaving home ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, middle east
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If You Were Young: Rage (1970)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the boom. We follow a group of young men that can't seem to get ahead, despite their willingness to ...
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: family relations, unemployment, life is a bitch, kids in trouble, social differences, youth, society, hopes, gang, city life, innocence lost, friendship ...
Time: 60s
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
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 5.8
 1K
Floundering (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a young man's unemployment benefits run out, the IRS freezes his bank account, and his druggie brother needs help, things can't get any worse...until he discovers his girlfriend is cheating on him!
Style: humorous, cynical, semi serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: unemployment, estrangement, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, society, buddies, dark humor, down on your luck, friendship, lifestyle, disorder, fictional reality ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: seattle, los angeles, italy, venice, usa ...
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Unknown Pleasures (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China, Japan, South Korea, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Three disaffected youths live in Datong in 2001, part of the new "Birth Control" generation. Fed on a steady diet of popular culture, both Western and Chinese, the characters of Unknown Pleasures represent a new breed in the People's ...
Style: atmospheric, realistic, serious, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot: youth, unemployment, life is a bitch, society, family relations, teenage life, unemployed, buddies, music band, lifestyle, friends, love triangle ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: china, asia
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Raspberry Magic (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Eleven-year-old Monica Shah is a brainy schoolgirl whose science fair project about growing raspberries becomes a touching emotional crusade. After her dad leaves and her mother falls into a funk, Monica decides it's her job to rescue the ...
Style: sincere, sentimental, captivating, humorous, sad ...
Plot: coming of age, family relations, dysfunctional family, unemployment, parents and children, teaching the ways of the world, woods, single parent, society, school, child's point of view, nature ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.2
 6K
Buffet Froid (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An absurd black comedy that cunningly reverses the conventions of the crime thriller to comment on the alienating and dehumanizing effects of contemporary urban life. Alphonse Tram is unwittingly involved in several murders despite having no memory ...
Style: surreal, dark comedy, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: murder, surrealism, unemployment, investigation, resentment, rebelliousness, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, dark humor, estrangement, police corruption, satire ...
Time: 20th century, year 1979, 70s
Place: france
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 6.6
 7K
Dummy (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but his quirky family and a gauche female friend may thwart his new career and love life.
Style: touching, humorous, dark comedy, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience: date night
Plot: ventriloquist, eccentricity, unemployment, lifestyle, looking for love, parents and children, siblings relations, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, small town, fall in love, shyness ...
Time: year 2002
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Stanley & Iris (1990)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.
Style: touching, sentimental, melancholic, serious, realistic ...
Plot: working class, opposites attract, love story, education, unemployment, love and romance, couple relations, teachers and students, couples, family problems, life is a bitch, school ...
Time: 80s
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 5.8
 2K
The Wog Boy (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Steve liked Celia from the moment they met. But following a clash with her boss, Raelene Beagle-Thorpe, Minister for Employment, he finds himself on national television branded as Australia's biggest dole bludger. Now Steve has to prove to ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, not serious, independent film ...
Plot: friendship, unemployment, working class, friends, social differences, love and romance, fighting the system, father son relationship, male female relationship, identity, exodus, misfit ...
Time: 90s
Place: australia, melbourne, oceania
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