Roger & Me
Sep 01, 1989 | IMDB 7.1
91 min Watch NowDocumentary, History, Comedy
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.
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The Unemployment Club
The Corporation
Daddy Day Care
The Full Monty
We'll Get Back to You
Emil and the Detectives
Repo Man
Gung Ho
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
The Take
I.O.U.S.A.
Beer Wars
In the Army Now
Days and Clouds
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Robert Newman's History of Oil
Money as Debt
The Show Must Go On
A Dog's Life
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The Attendant
IMDB 4.3 | Dec , 2012
Frankie is a car park attendant at the spectacular Giant’s Causeway in Co. Antrim. His friend Cathy and her husband Paul are in trouble. Nevertheless as Frankie always says, "Something will turn up!"The Unemployment Club
IMDB 5.1 | Sep , 2021
Each morning, whatever the day, four friends meet at a bar to have some beers and fix the world their own way, by criticizing and ranting against everything and everyone. They have something in common: they are all unemployed. Well, all but one.The Corporation
IMDB 7.6 | Sep , 2003
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.Daddy Day Care
IMDB 5.9 | May , 2003
Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.The Full Monty
IMDB 7 | Aug , 1997
Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.We'll Get Back to You
IMDB 5.2 | Mar , 2017
The only cure of being jobelessness, unhappy and hopelessness is friendship, life is beautiful together.Emil and the Detectives
IMDB 6.2 | Feb , 2001
The twelve-year-old Emil and his father are haunted by bad luck. To take a break from a series of family disasters, Emil is allowed to spend a few days with a friend of the family, the female priest Hummel in Berlin. In the train he runs across the slick Max Grundeis who anaesthetizes Emil and steals his savings of 1500 DM. When he finally arrives in Berlin, Emil and a gang of street kids, led by the cheeky girl Pony Hütchen, try to find the gangster, who haunts the posh Hotel Adlon as a hotel thief. Meanwhile, to prevent anyone from finding out about Emil's mishap, Gypsi, a member of the gang of kids, passes himself off as Emil, thus wreaking havoc on the home of the priest.Repo Man
IMDB 6.7 | Mar , 1984
A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.Gung Ho
IMDB 6 | Mar , 1986
When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager and the sycophant who is angling for his position. At the other, a number of disgruntled long-time union members struggle with the new exigencies of Japanese quality control.The Prisoner of Second Avenue
IMDB 6.7 | Mar , 1975
Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.The Take
IMDB 7.7 | Sep , 2004
In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed ceramics workers walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave. All they want is to re-start the silent machines. But this simple act - the take - has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head. Armed only with slingshots and an abiding faith in shop-floor democracy, the workers face off against the bosses, bankers and a whole system that sees their beloved factories as nothing more than scrap metal for sale.I.O.U.S.A.
IMDB 6.9 | Jan , 2008
With the country's debt growing out of control, Americans by and large are unaware of the looming financial crisis. This documentary examines several of the ways America can get its economy back on the right track. In addition to looking at the federal deficit and trade deficit, the film also closely explores the challenges of funding national entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.Beer Wars
IMDB 6.3 | Apr , 2009
In America, size matters. The bigger you are, the more power you have, especially in the business world. Anat Baron takes you on a no holds barred exploration of the U.S. beer industry that ultimately reveals the truth behind the label of your favorite beer. Told from an insider’s perspective, the film goes behind the scenes of the daily battles and all out wars that dominate the industry.In the Army Now
IMDB 5.1 | Aug , 1994
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.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.Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
IMDB 7.2 | Apr , 2005
A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.Robert Newman's History of Oil
IMDB 5.7 | Oct , 2006
Stand-up comedian Robert Newman gets to grips with the wars and politics of the last hundred years, from WWI through to the 2003 invasion of Iraq; but rather than adhering to the history we were fed at school, this show places oil centre stage as the cause of all commotion. This innovative history programme is based around Robert Newman's stand-up act and supported by resourceful archive sequences and stills with satirical impersonations of historical figures from Mayan priests to Archduke Ferdinand.Money as Debt
IMDB 7.3 | Jan , 2006
Paul Grignon's 47-minute animated presentation of "Money as Debt" tells in very simple and effective graphic terms what money is and how it is being createdThe Show Must Go On
IMDB 3 | Oct , 2019
The Show Must Go On is a personal journey behind the scenes that confronts the epidemic of mental health issues in the Australian entertainment industry.A Dog's Life
IMDB 7.3 | Apr , 1918
The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.