THEME EXPLORATION

workplace dysfunction

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
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Fear of Fear
Fear of Fear
1975 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Dogtooth
Dogtooth
2009 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Monsters, Inc.
Monsters, Inc.
2001 · Pete Docter
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · Lynne Ramsay
A Dangerous Method
A Dangerous Method
2011 · David Cronenberg
A Useful Life
A Useful Life
2010 · Federico Veiroj
¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?
¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?
1984 · Pedro Almodóvar
Black Widow
Black Widow
2021 · Cate Shortland
Dimensions of Dialogue
Dimensions of Dialogue
1983 · Jan Švankmajer
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

His improvisational method and focus on social realism reveal the mundane tensions, interpersonal conflicts, and emotional struggles embedded in everyday workplace interactions.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films persistently examine how institutional and systemic dysfunction crushes workers, exposing the human cost of bureaucratic indifference and exploitative labor practices.