After the Axe
Aug 20, 1981 | IMDB 5.2
56 min Watch NowDrama, Documentary
This full-length drama depicts the reality of managers getting fired and the emergence of a new industry specialized in handling executive terminations. The film was made with the cooperation of the business community, which helped script some of the scenes and provided authentic locations. The central figure, D.R. "Biff" Wilson, 44, is a composite figure based on extensive conversations with fired executives.
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IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 2007
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IMDB 5.9 | Feb , 1962
Young farmer Mikajlo while on youth labour action falls in love with a student Nada and infatuated with her, he leaves the peasant brigade and Malena, a girl who as if she were overabundant, followed him to work the labour action. Mikajlo's courtship of Nada provokes laughter and ridicule, so ambitious 'Don Juan' returns to his brigade and the girl.Maître Pygmalion
IMDB 0 | Jul , 1975
Juliette, a young woman of twenty-five, works unsuccessfully as a sales representative. Discouraged, on the point of giving up, Juliette meets Christian, a brilliant and seductive salesman, who offers her to play Pygmalion: he will be the master, she will be the pupil. But the master falls in love with Juliette.Disclosure
IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 1994
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.Keep Up the Good Work
IMDB 8.5 | May , 2013
It is a fetish, a mantra, a secret religion to modern man: work. In times of the financial crisis and massive job reductions, this documentary movie questions work as our 'hallow' sense in life in a way that both humors and pains us.Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 2007
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.Working Women
IMDB 5.2 | Jan , 1978
Stylized with dramatic interiors and a distorted frame rate, this early documentary miniature from Szulkin depicts six sequences of solitary, repetitious labor.Better Of Dead
IMDB 7.9 | Aug , 2025
When his father dies, an awkward young man is shocked by the attention of his friends. When the warmth is gone and things return to their usual coldness, he begins to wonder: “Who else must die?”It's Winter
IMDB 7 | Feb , 2006
Unemotional, restrained cinematographic poem, situated in a wintry and poor suburb of Tehran. A man is dismissed and his lack of prospects for the future make him decide to seek his happiness abroad. He leaves his wife and child behind and for a long time nothing is heard of him. Then a stranger turns up, a car mechanic looking for a job. The attractive single mother can’t resist his attentions. Very subtly, a struggle ensues that reflects that of a whole generation of young doubting Iranians who may want to leave the country, but hardly know how to start.Days and Clouds
IMDB 6.8 | Oct , 2007
Set in Genoa, the film concerns the financial struggles and emotional strain that occur after Michele loses his job. He and his wife Elsa are forced to give up their affluent lifestyle and cope with the tensions of moving into a smaller home, finding new work, and making sacrifices.Man burde ta' sig af det
IMDB 0 | Sep , 1952
A Business Proposal
IMDB 2.7 | Feb , 2025
Short on cash, food analyst Sari makes a deal to go on a blind date, only to realize she's been set up with Utama, her hateable but handsome boss.A Little Bit of Heaven
IMDB 6.4 | Feb , 2011
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IMDB 7.1 | Dec , 1965
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IMDB 0 | Feb , 2020
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IMDB 4.5 | Jan , 2017
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1978
Karen Zaitchik jumps on and off moving boxcars, throws switches, pulls brakes and uncouples freights with ease and confidence. She's a railroader for CN and that's what this 21-year-old highly individualistic woman wants out of life for the moment. This colourful short film shows how Karen manages in the traditionally male world of the railroad.Doublespeak
IMDB 4.8 | Jan , 2021
A young woman grapples with the aftermath of reporting sexual harassment in the workplaceMidnight Family
IMDB 7 | Mar , 2019
In Mexico City's wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a for-profit ambulance, competing with other unlicensed EMTs for patients in need of urgent care. In this cutthroat industry, they struggle to keep their financial needs from compromising the people in their care.