What’s Your Favorite Work-Themed Movie?
One of the things I like to do in my spare time is catch up on movies. In an art-imitates-life fashion, there are oodles of office-themed movies in case you haven’t gotten your fix of life in the workplace.
The classic workplace comedy is, of course, Office Space – which has a huge cult following. But Nine to Five is one of my personal faves (anyone who’s ever had a toxic boss will laugh hysterically at the “kill your boss” fantasy sequence). Then there’s Working Girl, Wall Street, and Clockwatchers.
What are your favorite workplace movies? Anything else I should add to my NetFlix queue?
I really like Boiler Room – its very much like Wall Street (even has references) but has a darker feel to it overall.
Office Space is a classic, @Murlu–Boiler Room was awesome too.
I can’t think of any office-related movie, but on top of my head, my favorite office-related tv show would be the sadly short-lived “The Job”, it’s just hilarious.
Office Space. Definitely Office Space.
I think it hit the nail right on the head for anyone who works in a cubicle farm or corporate office like that. 🙂
Having worked as a server (waiter) for years, I can say that “Waiting” was a great depiction of what it is like to work in a full service restaurant. It is a little over the top; for example, under no circumstances have I known someone who would mess with someone’s food. For the most part, though, it depicted that type of work environment perfectly: the cooks hate the servers, everyone hates the management, and the servers hate everyone. Since we can’t take out our frustrations on our tables we take it out on everyone else.
Everyone gets tables who “apparently” have never heard of tipping. Everyone has gotten stiffed. Restaurants have their own lingo: 86, the line, wait-stations, rushes, double/triple sat, # top, sections, rotations, cuts, etc. After work is over every likes to just chill and kick it. It’s a great movie and anyone who has worked in that environment before should be able to see the correlations between the two.
It has to be the M.J.Fox classic from the 1980’s….
Secret of My Success
Yes, its cheese, but a great story of side stepping the office rubbish and politics, and take control. Plus a great soundtrack – its a winner
While working i hate movies will prefer to listen songs so that i can motivate my self and work more and more
Swimming with Sharks (1994)
Office Space is the hands down winner for me. I often give it as gifts to friends as it is easy to find in $5 DVD bins.
Trading Places!!!!
Office Space.
Mr. Deeds. Adam Sandler is the best :o)
“Office Space” is awesome!
I’m sensing from this thread that I really ought to see Office Space 😀
Employee of the Month
glengarry glen ross.