Unemployment Movies

John Smith, a middle-aged married man, is made redundant by his employer; at a loss and despairing, his friend Harry Jones suggests applying to the...

The film gets under the skin of a very marginalized group: recent immigrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China. Belying the expectation that they will...

Bill Moyers tells the story of several hardworking Milwaukee families struggling with low-paying jobs after previous employers downsized their...

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

Siddhartho Chowdhury, a brilliant young medical student, is forced to leave his studies after his father's sudden demise. He is forced to navigate...

A young Tamil-postgraduate, frustrated with the circumstances and futility of his job, slowly loses his mental balance and becomes a sociopath.

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...

Shuhei is leading a tough life. His alcoholic mother Akiko can only hook up with bad guys and order Shuhei to go get money from his disapproving...

Jeannette is a single mother living in a working-class community in Marseilles; she tries to support herself and her two kids on her salary as a...

Man leaves his factory job and sells everything to buy an earth mover and start his own business, travelling from place to place with his wife and...

Five friends from 'Maaskantje' are getting fired because of the economic crisis. They decide that they won't pay for anything anymore.

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

A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our...

A man left the city to live in the countryside. One day, he goes fishing and catches a strange sack. Soon afterwards, he is chased by a mystery man...

This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live...

Raghuvaran, who is unemployed for years, gets his dream job but a powerful rival is keen to put him down. Can he take on his adversary?

After losing his job in Mumbai, Tashi is compelled to return to his village in the remote interiors of Arunachal Pradesh. Waiting for news of any new...

Three friends reunite in Athens after struggling abroad. They think of a business idea but quickly realise that not everything goes as planned. When...

"Año cero" is about the well-educated, well-to-do middle-class man, Miguel who loses his job. Now he finds himself without direction,...

After failing to find stable work in Cairo, Hassanein joins a group of beggars and unwittingly becomes involved with a corrupt businessman who...