Unemployment Movies

Michiko used to work as a live-in part-timer at an izakaya, but suddenly lost her job and her house at the same time due to COVID-19 pandemic. There...

In their search for work, a group of workers face familiar frustrations. Cedrón raises his own conflicts and tries to understand their cause....

An angry and unemployed young man meets a former school rival of his and challenges him to a game of pool.

This documentary analyzes the origins of the Puerto Rican economic development plan of the 1960’s, better known as Manos a la Obra (or...

After 15 years, Mateo returns to the old textile factory to say goodbye to his recently deceased mother. Incidentally, he will have to spend time...

An MA in philosophy, Raja arrives in Delhi to look for employment and comes across Kusum, a struggling stage actress. They both face hardships in...

After the closure of a coal mine leaves her husband unemployed, Fumiko travels from Kyushu to Kyoto with her daughter Kimiko, and they become...

Torsten Södergren lives in a normal house with his normal family in a completely normal city. Every morning he greets his normal neighbours...

Frankie is a car park attendant at the spectacular Giant’s Causeway in Co. Antrim. His friend Cathy and her husband Paul are in trouble....

Some unemployed men look work as male stripper in a bar club, unaware the club is a cover for prostitution.

Jacqueline is the daughter of Belfast shipyard worker Mike McNeil. The worker's worth is compromised by his crippling fear of heights. Dismissed from...

The film concerns a family vaudeville troupe headed by patriarch Pete Monahan. Because of his love affair with the bottle, Pete manages to get...

A young police woman is faced with the difficulties between her responsibilities at work and her personal responsibilities.

Harris, a 16 year old boy spends his day skateboarding aimlessly around Athens with his friends. Vassilis, a middle aged cop, is frustrated with his...

A boy living in underdeveloped Welsh village hopes for a better time of his homeland when seeing the two Japaneese businessmen with the apparent...

An award-winning comedy set in a depressed town in the South Wales Valleys. When the local cinema is closed down, the former projectionist, plagued...

A cleaning woman decides to sue the state for illegal discharge.

When a meek secretary goes to work for her new boss, she becomes a sophisticated lady.