Janitor movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant janitor movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out feel good, realistic, clever, independent film, humorous and suspense films and TV shows about / with janitor, redemption, mentor, friendship, life philosophy, dialogue, catastrophe, nude, chase and destiny plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, Germany, Spain and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as janitor: Good Will Hunting (1997), Perfect Days (2023), Joe Dirt (2001), Giant (2009), Coming to America (1988), Toy Story 3 (2010), UHF (1989), Another Earth (2011), Eyewitness (1981), Bread and Roses (2000).
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, emotional, sentimental, intellectual ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
mathematics, genius, professor, prodigy, life, life philosophy, psychology, philosophy, mentor, psychotherapy, university, life lesson ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s, 2010s
Place:
boston, harvard university, america, persia, massachusetts ...
Is relevant?
100K
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his passion for music and for books. And he loves trees and takes photos of them. A series of unexpected ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, lighthearted, existential ...
Plot:
janitor, uncle niece relationship, bicycle, restaurant, photograph, tree, very little dialogue, bachelor, meaning of life, living alone, architecture, job ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Is relevant?
65K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Joe Dirt is a janitor with a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans and a dream to find the parents that he lost at the Grand Canyon when he was a belligerent, trailer park-raised eight-year-old. Now, blasting Van Halen in his jacked-up economy car, the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, hilarious, light, road movie ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
janitor, lifeguard, white trash, blonde, marriage proposal, oil rig, crossdresser, highway travel, road trip, lone hero, adaptation, family relations ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, year 1982, 21st century
Place:
california, idaho, louisiana, austin texas, los angeles
Is relevant?
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Uruguay, Argentina, Germany, Spain, Netherlands
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A chronicle of a supermarket security guard's obsession with a late-shift janitor.
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, clever, sincere ...
Plot:
security guard, janitor, warning, video surveillance, supermarket, nightshift, stalking, obsession, dishonesty, suburbs, boss, uncle nephew relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
uruguay, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Prince Akeem, heir to the throne of Zamunda, leaves the tropical paradise kingdom in search of his queen. What better place than Queens, New York, to find his bride? Joined by his loyal servant and friend, Semmi, Akeem attempts to blend in as an ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, witty ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
fish out of water, african american, heir to the throne, love, comedy of errors, royalty, wedding, fall in love, hidden identity, prince, fictional country, destiny ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
africa, new york, america, usa, new york state ...
Is relevant?
961K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home ...
Style:
feel good, funny, touching, emotional, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot:
toys, escape, objects come to life, friendship, friends, toy story, dinosaur, toy comes to life, anthropomorphism, dog, betrayal, doll ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iran, north america, ohio
Is relevant?
34K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
Style:
parody, cult classic, spoof, slapstick, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, absurd humor, television, janitor, mad scientist, fired from the job, filmmaking, gambling, workplace, imagination, loser, kidnapping ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
oklahoma city
Is relevant?
104K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.
Style:
clever, surreal, philosophical, independent film, touching ...
Plot:
guilt, parallel universe, tragedy, parallel world, grief, redemption, venus the planet, destiny, loneliness, janitor, earth, solar system ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, mojave desert, new haven connecticut, connecticut ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Daryll Deever is a janitor in an office building in New York, and a big fan of TV news reporter, Tony Sokolow. When a rich man is murdered in Daryll's building, Tony comes to cover the story and Daryll introduces himself to her. Thinking he may ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, detective, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
murder, police detective, romantic obsession, reporter, janitor, best friend, attempted murder, murder suspect, female reporter, love triangle, home invasion, fiance fiancee relationship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, vietnam, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed ...
Style:
realistic, political, melancholic, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
labor union, immigrant, politics, working class, janitor, relationships, deportation, fighting the system, working conditions, attorney, cleaning lady, union ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, mexico city, tijuana mexico, guatemala ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The inspiring true story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flamin’ Hot Cheetos into a snack that disrupted the food industry and became a global pop culture ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, dramatic, serious, realistic
Plot:
food, businessman, janitor, career, journey, business, job, life, industry, phenomenon, economist, factory worker ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987, year 1974, year 1985 ...
Place:
california
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A small-town janitor / motivational speaker, stumbles along through life, until he has a personal revelation and begins 'un-motivating' the town, turning everything upside down in the process.
Style:
satirical, captivating, entertaining, social, semi serious ...
Plot:
motivational speaker, janitor, small town, satire, small town life, changing lives, social problems, lifestyle, town, social issues, lifestyle change, character study ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
hospital, mistaken identity, medical school, pickpocket, compassion, real life father and son playing father and son, love, cancer, surgery, criminal, drinking, janitor ...
Time:
y2k, 21st century
Place:
mumbai india, middle east, asia, india
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to his was right.
Style:
intelligent, psychological, clever, touching, depressing ...
Plot:
experiment, mental retardation, bakery, intelligence, tragedy, janitor, laboratory, pumpkin, doomed love, disability, teacher, mental disorder ...
Time:
60s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
usa, boston
Is relevant?
17K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Paulie, an intelligent parrot who actually talks, relates the story of his struggle to a Russian immigrant who works as a janitor at the research institute where he is housed and neglected. Paulie's story begins many years earlier when he is ...
Style:
touching, humorous, sad, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
parrot, bird, human animal relationship, road trip, animal, janitor, girl, talking animal, childhood, research, friendship, animal rights ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey, los angeles, san francisco
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke.
Style:
funny, cult classic, mysterious, offbeat, humorous ...
Plot:
weed, marijuana, stoner, stupidity, drug, friendship between men, stoned, drug dealer, satire, dumb, voice over narration, roommate roommate relationship ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y. Despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Grace, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, light, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
god, religion, wish come true, chosen one, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, supernatural power, divine intervention, selfishness, deal, niagara falls, reporter, job promotion ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north america, mount everest
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Pye-Dog, produced by Teddy Robin and written and directed by Derek Kwok, contained all the necessary ingredients for a story of friendship and camaraderie between a man and a boy. Both orphans, they bond together through school, but a secret one ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
hitman, gang, janitor, triad, school teacher, friendship, criminal underworld, orphan, criminal gang, gang member, criminal, murderer ...
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Genre: Short, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
Story:
A lazy janitor builds a robot to do his dirty work.
Style:
absurd, feel good, heartfelt, experimental
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
janitor, robot, laziness, creativity, slacker, blue collar, malfunction, inventor, killer robot, satire, underdog, workplace ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
21K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A hardened mechanic must stay awake and maintain an interstellar ark fleeing the dying planet Earth with a few thousand lucky souls on board... the last of humanity. Unfortunately, humans are not the only passengers. A shapeshifting alien creature ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, tense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
space travel, space and aliens, marine, evil alien, alien encounter, janitor, spacecraft, danger, post apocalyptic, trapped, deadly creature, human host ...
Time:
future
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.
Style:
mindfuck, suspense, thought provoking, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
dementia, suicide, winter, farm, relationships, high school, waitress, blizzard, road trip, elderly couple, estrangement, haunted by the past ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
america, oklahoma
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine, a spoiled rich girl who has just accidentally shot a suitor and, due to a misunderstanding, is ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, witty, humorous, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hostage, kidnapping, destiny, stockholm syndrome, angel, ransom, screwball, heaven, robbery, murder, unlikely couple, on the run ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
utah, los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of kids have a dream: to play a football championship and to win. Their dream is going to be fulfilled by Don Pepe, an old guy with lots of expectations for his kids.
Style:
semi serious, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
football, school, sport team, rivalry, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, ambition, small town, coach, soccer, janitor, old man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, san francisco, latin america, mexico city
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
A janitor finds a four-leaf clover and dreams of his good luck turning him into a television star. Somehow, this translates to "naked women all over the place."
Style:
lighthearted, sitcom, sex comedy, retro, situational comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
janitor, nudie cutie, optimism, celebrity culture, wish fulfillment, unhappiness, sexual humor, magic realism, satire, small town, farce, twist the dance ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Seyit, a resourceful doorman of a middle class apartment in Istanbul, finds himself in a struggle for power when the new superintendent decides to crack down on his slack attitude.
Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, lighthearted, slapstick, period piece
Plot:
doorman, turk, working class, everyday life, janitor, social satire, scheming, urban, community, middle class, power struggle, family drama ...
Time:
70s
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Story:
An out of work hitman finds employment as a janitor at the local elementary school.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, captivating, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
hitman, school, life turned upside down, lifestyle change, unlikely friendships, cleaning lady, killer, prank, mischievous children, unemployed, janitor, anti hero ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Pizza isn't the only thing delivered in this horror-comedy. Zaffo is a pizza-delivery guy who's constantly ridiculed by his friends and co-workers. When a group of teenagers force Zaffo into a homoerotic situation, he finally decides to ...
Style:
horror comedy, independent film, black comedy, teen horror, grindhouse ...
Plot:
gay erotica, gay, revenge, pizza, murder, bullying, hypnosis, torture, exploitation, delivery man, dark humor, teenager ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The life of a security guard in a retirement home spirals out of control when he catches his wife with a lover, pushing him to the brink of insanity.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, betrayal, midlife crisis, marital infidelity, jealousy, domestic drama, suspicion, relationship problems, family problems, suspicion of adultery, marital problem, problem ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings years back, is at ...
Style:
perverse, sensual, bloody, horror comedy, cult classic ...
Plot:
nudity, massacre, violence, shootout, janitor, machine gun, serial killer, killer, woman with a gun, supernatural, ghost, gang ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A first-year law student struggles with balancing his coursework and his relationship with the daughter of a stern professor.
Style:
intense, captivating, serious, feel good, tense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
law student, lawyer, campus, youth, love story, law, teacher, courtroom, justice, male bonding, betrayal, legal ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
harvard university, boston, usa, california
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