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1. Office Space (1999)
R | 89 min | Comedy
Three company workers who hate their jobs decide to rebel against their greedy boss.
Director: Mike Judge | Stars: Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman, Ajay Naidu
Votes: 287,479 | Gross: $10.82M
2. Falling Down (1993)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin
Votes: 206,595 | Gross: $40.90M
3. Margin Call (2011)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
Follows the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.
Director: J.C. Chandor | Stars: Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany
Votes: 144,208 | Gross: $5.35M
4. The Office (2001–2003)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily lives.
Stars: Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook, Lucy Davis
Votes: 123,117
5. Up in the Air (I) (2009)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ryan's job is to travel around the country firing off people. When his boss hires Natalie, who proposes firing people via video conference, he tries to convince her that her method is a mistake.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman
Votes: 349,336 | Gross: $83.82M
6. Downsizing (2017)
R | 135 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor.
Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Kristen Wiig
Votes: 124,424 | Gross: $24.45M
7. The Company Men (2010)
R | 104 min | Drama
The story centers on a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing at a major company - and how that affects them, their families, and their communities.
Director: John Wells | Stars: Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzanne Rico
Votes: 48,200 | Gross: $4.44M
8. Colossal (2016)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Gloria is an out-of-work party girl forced to leave her life in New York City and move back home. When reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, she gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this phenomenon.
Director: Nacho Vigalondo | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson
Votes: 69,160 | Gross: $3.02M
9. In Good Company (2004)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged ad exec is faced with a new boss who's nearly half his age... and who also happens to be sleeping with his daughter.
Director: Paul Weitz | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Scarlett Johansson, Marg Helgenberger
Votes: 56,490 | Gross: $45.81M
10. Tokyo Sonata (2008)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama
An ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Yû Koyanagi, Kai Inowaki
Votes: 11,801 | Gross: $0.28M
11. Running with Scissors (2006)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
A teenage boy comes of age in the 1970's, sent by his neurotic, pretentious mother to live with a jolly, vulgar psychiatrist and his eccentric extended family.
Director: Ryan Murphy | Stars: Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Gwyneth Paltrow
Votes: 23,164 | Gross: $6.75M
12. New in Town (2009)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
A Miami, Florida businesswoman adjusts to her new life in a small Minnesota town.
Director: Jonas Elmer | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr., Siobhan Fallon Hogan, J.K. Simmons
Votes: 24,916 | Gross: $16.73M
13. Drifting Clouds (1996)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
The recession hits a couple in Helsinki.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen, Elina Salo, Sakari Kuosmanen
Votes: 9,053
14. Roger & Me (1989)
R | 91 min | Documentary
After General Motors closes its factory in Flint, Michigan, eliminating 35,000 jobs, filmmaker Michael Moore undertakes a quixotic quest to interview General Motors' chairman, Roger B. Smith.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Roger B. Smith, Rhonda Britton, Fred Ross
Votes: 27,511 | Gross: $6.71M
15. The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
Votes: 4,083
16. Kabluey (2007)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy
A loser moves in with his brother's (in Iraq) wife to look after her two evil sons. She gets him a job wearing a Kabluey costume.
Director: Scott Prendergast | Stars: Scott Prendergast, Lisa Kudrow, Teri Garr, Christine Taylor
Votes: 4,579 | Gross: $0.08M
17. Office Killer (1997)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A mousy office worker accidentally kills one of her coworkers, then proceeds to bump off a few others.
Director: Cindy Sherman | Stars: Florina Rodov, Jason Brill, Eddie Malavarca, Carol Kane
Votes: 2,391 | Gross: $0.04M
18. 6ixtynin9 (1999)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A woman, fired from a financial coorporation during the Asia crisis, returns home with no money. However, she finds a box with a fortune in front of her door, and decides to keep it. ... See full summary »
Directors: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Tom Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Stars: Tasanawalai Ongartittichai, Black Phomtong, Lalita Panyopas, Sirisin Siripornsmathikul
Votes: 2,412
19. The Yes Men (2003)
R | 83 min | Documentary, Comedy
Anti-corporate activists travel from conference to conference, impersonating member of the World Trade Organization.
Directors: Dan Ollman, Sarah Price, Chris Smith | Stars: Andreas Bichlbauer, Mike Bonanno, Andy Bichlbaum, Michael Moore
Votes: 6,177 | Gross: $0.20M
20. Human Resources (1999)
TV-14 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
The 35-hour work week has all of France in its thrall. This film turns it into a feature about economic and familial politics. Frank, a business school graduate, returns to his provincial ... See full summary »
Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: Jalil Lespert, Jean-Claude Vallod, Chantal Barré, Véronique de Pandelaère
Votes: 2,790 | Gross: $0.12M
21. The Big One (1997)
PG-13 | 91 min | Documentary, Comedy, Crime
On his book tour, Michael Moore exposes more wrongdoing by greedy big businesses and callous politicians around America.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Elaine Bly, Dan Burns, Chip Carter
Votes: 8,046 | Gross: $0.72M
22. Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
PG | 86 min | Documentary, Drama, History
The story of the Disney Renaissance, an incredibly prolific, successful and prestigious decade lasting from 1984 to 1994 that saw the fallen Walt Disney Animation Studios' unexpected progressive triumphant return to excellence.
Director: Don Hahn | Stars: Roy Edward Disney, John Lasseter, Michael Eisner, Don Hahn
Votes: 3,270 | Gross: $0.08M
23. The Navy Lark (1959)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy
Film version of a popular BBC radio show about the incompetent crew of a Royal Navy ship.
Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: Cecil Parker, Ronald Shiner, Leslie Phillips, Elvi Hale
Votes: 130
24. The Travelling Auctioneers (2022– )
45 min | Reality-TV
Bargain Hunt's Christina Trevanion and The Repair Shop's Will Kirk help families turn unwanted items into winning lots. They hit the road in their mobile auction house to visit people's homes and assess items they are willing to sell.
Stars: Christina Trevanion, Will Kirk, Izzie Balmer, JJ Chalmers
Votes: 29
25. Diamond Men (2000)
R | 100 min | Drama
A thirty-years traveling diamond salesman must mentor a brash young replacement when his company downsizes him.
Director: Dan Cohen | Stars: Robert Forster, Donnie Wahlberg, Bess Armstrong, Jasmine Guy
Votes: 1,808
26. The High Cost of Loving (1958)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
When he's not invited to a boardroom luncheon with the company president and his executives, during the company's merger and downsizing phase, purchasing manager Jim Fry fears he is to be laid-off.
Director: José Ferrer | Stars: José Ferrer, Joanne Gilbert, Jim Backus, Gena Rowlands
Votes: 376
27. A Holiday Romance (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
A staid school administrator comes to town to save a school from closing and ends up falling in love with the charming music teacher.
Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Naomi Judd, Gerald McRaney, Alison Pill, Jayne Eastwood
Votes: 502
28. Condo (1983)
30 min | Comedy
Two neighboring condo resident families, a downsizing WASP one and a succeeding Latino one, struggle to get along.
Stars: McLean Stevenson, Yvonne Wilder, Brooke Alderson, Julie Carmen
Votes: 36
29. Big Bang (2007)
118 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After Park Man-su's wife asks for a divorce, the conservative salesman decides that he'll no longer play by the rules. Though a series of mishaps, Man-su becomes an unwitting fugitive from justice.
Director: Jeong-woo Park | Stars: Kang Seong-jin, Jang Hang-seon, Moon Jeong-Hee, Park Jin-young
Votes: 418
30. Detropia (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A documentary on the city of Detroit and its woes, which are emblematic of the collapse of the U.S. manufacturing base.
Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | Stars: Noah Stewart, Rachele Gilmnore, Michael Wanko, Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra
Votes: 1,626 | Gross: $0.36M
31. The Pedestrian (2003)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An exploration of foot fetishism as Travis, a traffic programmer falls heels over head for a beautiful blonde named Cynthia.
Director: Trevor Cunningham | Stars: Gordon Currie, Wendy Anderson, Anthony Lemke, Olivier L'Ecuyer
Votes: 50
32. Metsäjätti (2020)
88 min | Drama
An employee of a forestry company is tasked to plan the redundancies of his home village's plywood factory, which employs many of his old friends.
Director: Ville Jankeri | Stars: Jussi Vatanen, Sara Soulié, Hannes Suominen, Anu Sinisalo
Votes: 690
33. A Forked World (2004)
82 min | Comedy
A highly sexual, verbally abusive woman fights to regain the highly sexual, verbally abusive partner she first met from the clutches of a 'celibate passivity cult.
Directors: Carey Burtt, James DiGiovanna | Stars: Bruce Bennett, Albert Cadabra, Michael Den Dekker, Mike Diana
Votes: 22
34. Fermeture de l'usine Renault à Vilvoorde (La vie sexuelle des Belges, 3e partie) (1999)
85 min | Documentary, Action, Crime
The Renault factory in Belgium must close down. Nobody can believe it. We follow the investigations by the director who is at the heart of the action and who interviews main politicians, ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Bucquoy | Stars: Jan Bucquoy, Nathalie Sartiaux, Marie Bucquoy
Votes: 42
35. TINY: A Story About Living Small (2013)
Not Rated | 66 min | Documentary
Two young people decide to downsize their lives by building a 'tiny home' on a flatbed trailer.
Directors: Merete Mueller, Christopher Smith | Stars: Daryl Gibson, Merete Mueller, Jay Shafer, Christopher Smith
Votes: 843
36. Babae (1997)
Drama
Three generations of women whose lives are connected by blood and fate as they cope with relationships with men: Bea is an architect who has just gotten promoted but this professional ... See full summary »
Director: Lupita Aquino-Kashiwahara | Stars: Nora Aunor, Judy Ann Santos, Jao Mapa, Nida Blanca
Votes: 20
37. 3 Still Standing (2014)
90 min | Documentary, Comedy
Although the local comedy scene has diminished since the 1980s, Will Durst, Johnny Steele and Larry 'Bubbles' Brown continue to entertain audiences with their stand-up material.
Directors: Robert Campos, Donna LoCicero | Stars: Larry Brown, Will Durst, Johnny Steele, Geoff Bolt
Votes: 43
38. Class of '91 (2010)
101 min | Comedy
Class of '91 is the story of Roger and Diane Wagner who give new meaning to the term self-absorbed. Their 20th high school reunion is coming up and they can't wait to impress their ... See full summary »
Director: Sharon Wilharm | Stars: Tim Steed, Susan Macke Miller, Tim Brazeal, Tim L. Brennon
Votes: 15
39. Temps de chien (1996)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
It chronicles a young woman's rise to power in a tempestuous all-female office. The story takes place in the confines of an oppressive-looking steel and glass skyscraper owned by a powerful insurance company.
Director: Jean Marboeuf | Stars: Catherine Arditi, Françoise Arnoul, Evelyne Bouix, Fabienne Chaudat
Votes: 14
40. The Great Depression (1998– )
Documentary, History
Stars: Mario Cuomo, Howard Zinn, Erik Barnouw, Orson Welles
Votes: 25
41. Corporate America Rocks (2006 Video)
109 min | Comedy, Music
In a downsized company, a ragtag group of office workers try to raise morale by forming a band to compete against other corporate rock groups. Their secret weapon is a hot lead guitar player, with a pair of loan sharks hot on his trail.
Director: Lance Ritchlin | Stars: Troy Alan, Angela Blake, Douglas Dekyne, Timothy Englert
42. Shudan-sasen (1994)
107 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are segregated into a special assignment ... See full summary »
Director: Shunichi Kajima | Stars: Kyôhei Shibata, Atsuo Nakamura, Masahiko Tsugawa, Kazuya Kosaka
Votes: 15
43. Downsized (2007 Video)
114 min | Drama
Tommy Hunter, a young union v.p., inadvertently frames the wrong two men for a bloodbath implicating his union president. If he clears the two men, he endangers himself and those he cares ... See full summary »
Director: Timothy Ashby | Stars: Neeven Albediwa, Timothy Avent, Anthony Casanova, Kristen Chambers
44. Christmas Bone Us (2012 Video)
6 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Christmas Bone Us is a hilarious short film by an accomplished student filmmaker that is set in a modern high rise law office. A seemingly innocent misunderstanding by one employee about a ... See full summary »
Director: John Taschner
Votes: 10
45. Laisse un peu d'amour (1998 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama
Monique, a 57-year-old worker, is put in early retirement. Her life then takes a different turn in that she can now take advantage of long days without work. For her two daughters life is ... See full summary »
Director: Zaïda Ghorab-Volta | Stars: Andrée Damant, Aurélia Petit, Lise Payen, Paola Bechis
46. The Great Pretenders (2007)
30 min | Short, Comedy
A biting satire from the front lines of the American workplace, where layoffs are so routine they've created their own industry - outplacement. Elite Transition Services promises laid-off ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Cohen | Stars: Matthew Porter, Raniah Al-Sayed, Keith Brown, Al Bundonis
Votes: 22
47. As Is: A Downsized Life (2005)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary
Life comes without guarantees or warranties. Life comes to us "As Is". Still, we are all immersed in a culture where the primary, if not primordial, message is: "more, more, more." Earn ... See full summary »
Director: Maryanne Galvin | Stars: Dominic A'Vant, Sr. Monica Burt, Merry Citoli, Bob Corbett
48. Lucky Day (2019)
6 min | Short, Comedy
The ordinary day of Antoine Miller, a dynamic young man, who does not allow himself to be defeated by the vagaries of his existence.
Director: Eddy Juillerat | Stars: Luca Colucci, Olivier Guibert
49. Living Under Linda's Desk (2009)
Short, Comedy
No mortgage. No housework. No carbon-footprint.
Director: E. Charlton-Trujillo | Stars: Jared Martzell, Zack Stump, Ramona Toussaint, Amalea Vidas
Votes: 14
50. Solo Team Exercises (2020)
5 min | Short, Comedy
Tess Tetley is invited to a corporate retreat for one in the time of COVID. Her boss sends her on a scavenger hunt in the desert instead of to a tropical meeting in Bali. She has no idea ... See full summary »
Director: Ann Van Haney | Stars: Ann Van Haney, Michael Van Haney