THEME EXPLORATION

workplace schemes

24 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Desk Set
Desk Set
1957 · Walter Lang
The Front Page
The Front Page
1974 · Billy Wilder
Mister Flow
Mister Flow
1936 · Robert Siodmak
A Useful Life
A Useful Life
2010 · Federico Veiroj
Lionheart
Lionheart
2018 · Genevieve Nnaji
Dreileben: Beats Being Dead
Dreileben: Beats Being Dead
2011 · Christian Petzold
Ek Din
Ek Din
2026 · Sunil Pandey
Office Romance
Office Romance
2026 · Ol Parker
Both You and I
Both You and I
1946 · Mikio Naruse
Smart Working
Smart Working
2026 · Svevo Moltrasio
Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses
2000 · Ken Loach
Faat Kiné
Faat Kiné
2001 · Ousmane Sembène
Farewell
Farewell
2001 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Fresh Bait
Fresh Bait
1995 · Bertrand Tavernier
Geu-hu
Geu-hu
2017 · Hong Sang-soo
Here's Berlin
Here's Berlin
1932 · Julien Duvivier
Meet the Pioneers
Meet the Pioneers
1948 · Lindsay Anderson
The Juvenizer
The Juvenizer
1981 · King Hu
The Last Page
The Last Page
1952 · Terence Fisher
The Machinist
The Machinist
2004 · Brad Anderson
The Staffroom
The Staffroom
2021 · Sonja Tarokić
Animals ferits
Animals ferits
2006 · Ventura Pons
A Very Clever Guy
A Very Clever Guy
1965 · Yannis Dalianidis
Di che segno sei?
Di che segno sei?
1975 · Sergio Corbucci
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-USA

His films like 'The Apartment' and 'Sunset Boulevard' masterfully expose corporate corruption, office politics, and the moral compromises demanded by workplace hierarchies.

 Mike Nichols USA

Through films like 'Working Girl' and 'Silkwood', Nichols explores workplace ambition, corporate deception, and the schemes required to survive or expose institutional wrongdoing.

 Sidney Lumet USA

His films including 'Network' and 'Dog Day Afternoon' deeply interrogate institutional corruption, power dynamics, and the desperate schemes people devise within systems designed to exploit them.