THEME EXPLORATION

workplace peril

12 films · 3 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
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
Caccia tragica
Caccia tragica
1947 · Michelangelo Antonioni
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Charlie Chaplin United Kingdom

His masterpiece 'Modern Times' remains the definitive critique of industrial workplace dehumanization and mechanized labor hazards.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' expose the exploitation and precarity of working-class employment conditions.

 Bong Joon-ho South Korea

Films like 'Snowpiercer' and 'Parasite' explore class struggle and the dangers embedded within rigid hierarchical workplace systems.