Movies/ Films about working life

Discussion in 'BOARDANIA' started by Hsing, Sep 8, 2007.

  1. Hsing

    Hsing Moderator Staff Member

    I need the film lovers among you as an inspiration source.
    A friend of mine is organizing a series of events for his uni department. It is his job to find about a douzen of movies which he could show under the motto "Work, modern working life"... I am sure the British film industry produced a few suitable movies during the last 20 years (they shouldn't be older than that). But they can hardly revert to showing all Ken Loach films, can they?

    Do any of you have ideas/ suggestions?
     
  2. Maljonic

    Maljonic Administrator Staff Member

  3. Cynical_Youth

    Cynical_Youth New Member

    You may already know it, but I've always liked Office Space.
     
  4. Marcia

    Marcia Executive Onion

    Working Girl

    edit: Because I posted something without clearly reading the original post.
     
  5. Katcal

    Katcal I Aten't French !

    Devil wears Prada ?

    Kinky boots ?

    Full Monty ?

    The firm ?
     
  6. Marcia

    Marcia Executive Onion

    Nine to Five
     
  7. Ba

    Ba Lord of the Pies Staff Member

    Hellraiser
    Friday the 13th
    Halloween
    Eyes Without a Face
    Texas Chainsaw Massacre
    The Shining

    Granted, some people may have different ideas about a normal workplace...
     
  8. Saccharissa

    Saccharissa Stitcher

    Glengarry Glen Ross
     
  9. Pixel

    Pixel New Member

    The office in that (or its occupants) is/are so dysfunctional that it could almost be included in Ba's list!
     
  10. Orrdos

    Orrdos God Staff Member

    Clerks
     
  11. Delphine

    Delphine New Member

    >gasp<

    Pixel! I was wondering where you'd got to.
     
  12. Katcal

    Katcal I Aten't French !

    Totally approved !
     
  13. Maljonic

    Maljonic Administrator Staff Member

    This is a good one, often parodied by the salesman character in The Simpsons too.
     
  14. Katcal

    Katcal I Aten't French !

    Reg suggested Dancer in the Dark on a rather darker note...

    Also, work is a very wide subject, after all, Beverly hills cop and Police Academy about work in the police forces, and so on... :D But I'm guessing that work was intended to mean the rather more mainstream world of offices and factories...
     
  15. missy

    missy New Member

    If you are going with Police, you have to use Hot Fuzz. Funniest film i've seen in years. Not as good but The Pacifier could also be included.

    I totally agree with Clerks and would also add Clerks 2, Snoochie Boochies!!!
     
  16. Katcal

    Katcal I Aten't French !

    Oh, yes, definitely Hot Fuzz
     

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