The Measure of a Man

2015

French

♡ 4

92%

Stéphane Brizé Director

Xavier Mathieu as Collègue syndicaliste

Christophe Rossignon as Employeur sur Skype

Soufiane Guerrab as Le jeune homme interpellé

Vincent Lindon as Thierry Taugourdeau

At the age of 51 and after 20 months on unemployment, Thierry starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept to keep his job?

Distant

2002

Turkish

7.5

♡ 24

87%

Nuri Bilge Ceylan Director

Arif Asçi as

Cemal Gülas as

Ahmet Özyurt as

Nazan Kesal as Lover

A young man from rural Turkey arrives in Istanbul with dreams working on a ship and stays with a cousin while he searches for work. Over time, the former’s struggles to find employment and the latter’s troubles and disappointments strain their relationship and living situation.

Post Grad

2009

English

5.3

♡ 21

9%

Vicky Jenson Director

Shirley Jordan as Interviewer

Andrew Daly as Lloyd Hastings

J.K. Simmons as Roy Davies

Michael Keaton as Walter Malby

Ryden Malby has a master plan. Graduate college, get a great job, hang out with her best friend and find the perfect guy. But her plan spins hilariously out of control when she’s forced to move back home with her eccentric family.

In the Army Now

1994

English

5.0

♡ 26

12%

Daniel Petrie Jr. Director

Art LaFleur as 1st Sgt. Brandon T. Williams

Lori Petty as Christine Jones

Ryan Cutrona as Colonel

Keith Coogan as Stoner #1

Bones Conway and Jack Kaufman, two misguided youths, join the reserves to make some easy money for their entrepreneurial dreams. Unfortunately, no sooner than they finish basic training they find themselves at war as part of the water purification team.

The Ax

2005

French

7.3

♡ 11

80%

82%

Action

based on novel or book

Costa-Gavras Director

José Garcia as Bruno Davert

Hervé Pauchon as Dentiste

Nabil Ben Yadir as Eboueur

Ulrich Tukur as Gérard Hutchinson

A chemist loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.

Roger & Me

1989

English

7.5

♡ 16

100%

Michael Moore Director

James Blanchard as Himself

Dan Rather as Himself

Ronald Reagan as Himself

Guy Williams as Zorro

A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith.

Tutta la vita davanti

2008

Italian

6.9

♡ 4

Paolo Virzì Director

Claudio Fragasso as Capo Servizio Cultura

Massimo Ghini as Claudio

Valerio Mastandrea as Giorgio Conforti

Micaela Ramazzotti as Sonia

25-year-old philosophy major Marta faces the ugly truth for many young Italians — a complete lack of career opportunities. While babysitting for single mother Sonia, she starts to work as a telemarketer, experiencing first-hand the fanatical and exploitative rat-race culture pushed on employees while quickly rising through the ranks of the company. Around her revolve people like delusional supervisor Daniela, her womanizing boss Claudio, fragile coworker Lucio "2", and well-meaning but inconsistent union rep Giorgio.

Raining Stones

1993

English

♡ 6

100%

Ken Loach Director

Stephen Lord as

Tom Hickey as Father Barry

Ricky Tomlinson as Tommy

Karen Henthorn as Young Mother

Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.

The Shop Around the Corner

1940

English

8.0

♡ 30

99%

Ernst Lubitsch Director

James Stewart as Alfred Kralik

Edwin Maxwell as Doctor

Margaret Sullavan as Klara Novak

Sarah Edwards as Woman Customer

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

Drifting Clouds

1996

Finnish

7.6

♡ 10

100%

husband wife relationship

Aki Kaurismäki Director

Markku Pätilä as

Joni Wirama as

Matti Pellonpää as Lapsi valokuvassa

Silu Seppälä as Rakennusmies

The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.

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