THEME EXPLORATION

workplace closure

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Desk Set
Desk Set
1957 · Walter Lang
The Front Page
The Front Page
1974 · Billy Wilder
Monsters, Inc.
Monsters, Inc.
2001 · Pete Docter
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
Never After Dark
Never After Dark
2026 · Dave Boyle
Office Romance
Office Romance
2026 · Ol Parker
Smart Working
Smart Working
2026 · Svevo Moltrasio
Both You and I
Both You and I
1946 · Mikio Naruse
Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses
2000 · Ken Loach
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You' unflinchingly document the human devastation of job loss and institutional abandonment.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

Her Oscar-winning film 'Nomadland' intimately portrays lives disrupted by workplace closures and economic precarity in contemporary America.