The Ax (2005), Desk Set (1957), 99 francs (2007), In the Company of Men (1997), The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), The Young Doctors (1961), Front Page Woman (1935) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Workplace Competition movies.
Storyline: Bruno Davert, a chemist working for a paper company, is fired. After three years he's still unemployed, too much competition for the few job position he could fit in his sector. He sent tons of resumes, he attended many qualifying courses, he tried everything but there is nothing to do: no job for him in the industry. The only healthy company in the sector is "Arcadia", but joining it is just an impossible dream. At this point Bruno is desperate. What he could do: to kill all the competitors? Could he?—1felco
Plot Keywords: revenge, unemployment, psychological thriller, crime, black comedy, social critique, violence ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The mysterious man hanging about at the research department of a big TV network proves to be engineer Richard Sumner, who's been ordered to keep his real purpose secret: computerizing the office. Department head Bunny Watson, who knows everything, needs no computer to unmask Richard. The resulting battle of wits and witty dialogue pits Bunny's fear of losing her job against her dawning attraction to Richard.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, workplace, 1950s, classic film, romantic comedy, workplace competition ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The life of Octave Parango, a flamboyant ad designer, filled with success, satire, misery and love.
Plot Keywords: satire, black comedy, critique of capitalism, moral decay, materialism, workplace stress, mental breakdown ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two junior executives on a six-week business trip, both of whom have been recently hurt by women, devise a horrible plan to get even with women for their past hurts: They intend to find, romance, and then dump a vulnerable woman. They choose Christine, and for a while all goes according to plan. However, it soon becomes clear that things are not as simple as they think.
Plot Keywords: drama, black comedy, workplace, male perspective, psychological manipulation, revenge, power struggle ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Tom Rath lives in Connecticut and commutes to work every day in Manhattan. He's happily married and has a loving wife and three children. Money is a bit tight and when the opportunity arises, he applies for a public relations job with a major television network. During his long commute to work everyday, Tom reminisces about the war. Although 10 years have gone by, he is still haunted by the violence and the men he killed. He also thinks of Maria, an Italian girl with whom he had an affair while stationed in Rome. At his new job, the head of the network Ralph Hopkins takes an immediate liking to him. Tom soon realizes that he will have to choose between becoming a wholly dedicated company man or maintaining a healthy work-life balance. When he learns that Maria gave birth to his son after he left Italy, he decides to let his wife know and ensure that the boy is cared for.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: drama, family, society, moral dilemma, midlife crisis, marriage, psychological stress ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In New York, the simple and naive just-graduated in journalism Andrea Sachs is hired to work as the second assistant of the powerful and sophisticated Miranda Priestly, the ruthless and merciless executive of the Runway fashion magazine. Andrea dreams to become a journalist and faces the opportunity as a temporary professional challenge. The first assistant Emily advises Andrea about the behavior and preferences of their cruel boss, and the stylist Nigel helps Andrea to dress more adequately for the environment. Andrea changes her attitude and behavior, affecting her private life and the relationship with her boyfriend Nate, her family and friends. In the end, Andrea learns that life is made of choices.
Plot Keywords: fashion, workplace, comedy, drama, female empowerment, new york, workplace competition ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two pathologists -- a veteran department head (Fredric March) whose perspective has been shaped by years of red tape and day-to-day frustrations, and his new assistant (Ben Gazarra), a young, somewhat aggressive man who is more up-to-date but who lacks his colleague's personal touch -- clash in a small hospital's lab. The gulf between their approaches is dramatically illustrated by two critical cases that both are intimately involved in.—alfiehitchie
Plot Keywords: medical drama, hospital, medical ethics, power struggle, institutional corruption, idealism, realism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: SPOILER: Reporter Curt Devlin loves sob sister Ellen Garfield but believes women are "bum newspapermen". When she learns the identity of a murdered arsonist, he calls it luck. When she goes after the murderer he gets enough evidence to have Maitland Coulter arrested. She finds a bunch of "not guilty" ballots and publishes the wrong story; he eavesdrops on the jury and gets the correct verdict. After being fired she gets a confession from the real killer and gets Coulter released.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: murder case, romance, comedy, 1930s, classic hollywood, gender roles, workplace competition ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When the GTX Corporation must cut jobs to improve the company's balance sheet during the 2010 recession, thousands of employees will take the hit, like Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck). Bobby learns the real life consequences of not having a job. Not only does he see a change to his family lifestyle, and the loss of his home, but also his feelings of self-worth.
Plot Keywords: drama, workplace, unemployment, financial crisis, midlife crisis, family pressure, american dream ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voiceover star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, she sets out to change the voice of a generation.
Plot Keywords: comedy, music, independent film, female director, hollywood, family dynamics, workplace competition ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Becky (Rachel McAdams) is a hard-working morning TV show producer, or at least she was until she got fired. Desperate to get a job, she finally gets an interview with Jerry (Jeff Goldblum) - who is desperate to hire a producer for the struggling show "Daybreak". Becky accepts the job and it proves to be more difficult than even she might be able to handle. She has to fire the sexist co-host, then try to convince egotistical news reporter, Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford), to take the job, and then try and get him to actually do the job, properly. And she has to do this while falling for handsome Adam (Patrick Wilson), and trying to save the show from plummeting ratings. Will Becky be able to hold on to her dream job and her sanity?
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, workplace, journalism, female lead, inspirational, light comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: J.C. Wiatt is a successful New York business woman known around town as the "tiger lady." She gets news of an inheritance from a relative from another country and off the bat she suspects it's money. Well it's not money, it's a baby girl. At first she doesn't accept until the lady that gives the baby to her has to catch her flight. J.C. is now stuck with an annoying baby girl. Her boyfriend doesn't like the idea of a baby living with them and he leaves her. J.C. has enough of it and takes her to meet a family ready to adopt her. She leaves but hears the baby cry while walking away and has to go back. The baby is too attached to her now and won't let her go. Later, her baby gets into mischief which causes her to get fired. Now, she sets her eyes on an old two story cottage in Vermont to get out of the New York life. When she arrives, the house needs more help than originally thought. She gets bored one snowy day and decides to make apple sauce. Her baby loves it and she decides to sell...
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, workplace, female lead, 1980s, urban life, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An actor (Nick Nolte) tries to find work, date two women and please his bratty 6-year-old daughter (Whittni Wright).
Plot Keywords: comedy, musical, hollywood, satire, show business, single parent, father-daughter relationship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Tim (Rudd) is a rising executive who "succeeds" in finding the perfect guest, IRS employee Barry (Carell), for his boss's monthly event, a so-called "dinner for idiots," which offers certain advantages to the exec who shows up with the biggest buffoon.
Plot Keywords: comedy, funny, workplace, prank, satire, interpersonal relationships, absurd ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sophie Hartley is convinced that she is being stalked. She becomes increasingly certain that her husband's beautiful co-worker, Mara, wants her children, her husband and her life. But no one believes Sophie. Forced to prove her sanity, Sophie grows increasingly paranoid - but is she imagining things? Sophie becomes completely caught up in her obsession, turning stalker herself - and makes a discovery more frightening than her worst fear.—InTandem Films
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, romance, workplace, temptation, love triangle, humor, light comedy ...
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