Movies About Workplace

From Mike Judge, starring Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman, Ajay Naidu
Rated R

Office Space is a 1999 comedy film directed by Mike Judge and starring Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Gary Cole, Stephen Root, and David Herman. The film follows the story of Peter Gibbons, a disgruntled programmer who is fed up with the monotony of corporate life. After consulting with a hypnotherapist, Peter begins to care less about his job and more about his own happiness. With the help of his friends and co-workers, Michael Bolton and Samir Nagheenanajar, he devises a plan to embezzle money from the company. Despite their best efforts, the trio continually run into roadblocks while attempting to carry out the plan. In the end, Peter learns to accept his job and finds a way to succeed on his own terms.

From Kevin Smith, starring Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonauer
Rated R

Clerks is a black-and-white independent comedy-drama film written and directed by Kevin Smith. It follows the story of two store clerks, Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran) and Randal Graves (Jeff Anderson), who work at a convenience store and a video rental store in a New Jersey mall. The film follows the two main characters through their mundane daily routine of dealing with customers, debating pop culture topics, and getting into trouble. Though the characters lack ambition and direction in life, they still manage to form a unique bond as they debate topics like relationships, religion, and mortality. Throughout the course of the film, Dante and Randal are faced with various obstacles such as a robbery, a power outage, and an angry customer, which the two must overcome. In the end, the two characters manage to find a way to come together and make it through their day, no matter how chaotic it may be. Clerks is hailed as a cult classic and is considered one of the greatest independent films ever made.

From Kevin Smith, starring Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes
Rated R

From Adrienne Shelly, starring Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Jeremy Sisto, Cheryl Hines
Rated PG-13

From Greg Mottola, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds, Martin Starr
Rated R

From Rob McKittrick, starring Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, John Francis Daley, Justin Long
Rated R

From Allan Moyle, starring Anthony LaPaglia, Debi Mazar, Maxwell Caulfield, Rory Cochrane
Rated PG-13

From Robert Luketic, starring Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis
Rated PG-13

From Donald Petrie, starring Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Adam Goldberg, Kathryn Hahn
Rated PG-13

From Valerie Breiman, starring Famke Janssen, Jon Favreau, Noah Emmerich, Ann Magnuson
Rated R