THEME EXPLORATION

workplace processes

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
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
Faat Kiné
Faat Kiné
2001 · Ousmane Sembène
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

He consistently portrays the struggles of working-class individuals navigating exploitative systems and the human cost of labor through intimate, socially conscious narratives.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His films examine power dynamics, hierarchies, and emotional labor within institutional and workplace settings with psychological depth and formal innovation.