After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and even enjoy it -- but they have second thoughts when they're reminded that crime can hurt innocent people. When the couple hears that Globodyne boss Jack McCallister actually swindled the company, they plot revenge.
En temps de la Gran Recessió, Fern, una dona del poblat d'Empire (Nevada, Estats Units), perd la feina el 2011 després del tancament de la fàbrica de materials de construcció on va treballar juntament amb el seu marit, que recentment va morir. Amb seixanta anys i sense cap altra alternativa, decideix vendre la majoria de les seves pertinences i comprar una furgoneta per viure i viatjar pel país a la recerca de feina, com a nòmada d'avui dia.
La Sandra disposa d'un cap de setmana per anar a trobar els seus col·legues i convença'ls que renunciïn a la seva paga extraordinària perquè ella pugui conservar el seu lloc de treball. El seu marit l'acompanya per recolzar-la.
A la Roma de la postguerra, un obrer sense feina aconsegueix un senzill treball enganxant cartells a condició que tingui una bicicleta. Obra mestra del neorealisme italià que forma juntament amb "Umberto D." i "Miracolo a Milano" la famosa trilogia de De Sica.
Sam Clearly, de tretze anys (Javon «Wanna» Walton) sospita que el seu misteriós i esquiu veí, el Sr. Smith (Sylvester Stallone) és el llegendari heroi Samaritan que va ser declarat mort fa vint-i-cinc anys. Amb una taxa de criminalitat en augment i la ciutat a la vora del caos, Sam es proposa treure al seu veí del seu amagatall perquè salvi la ciutat de la ruïna.
At the age of 51 and after 20 months on unemployment, Thierry starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept to keep his job?
Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.
Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1996.
In 1930s Berlin, Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane.
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.
Mel Edison viu amb la seva dona en un pis situat a la catorzena planta d'un bloc d'apartaments. Tant la feina com la casa li produeixen depressió. Però la seva situació empitjora encara més quan és acomiadat i ha de fer cua a l'oficina de feina; aleshores no li queda més remei que posar-se a les mans d'un psiquiatre.
While standing in the doorway of the video shop where he works, Bazil is inadvertently shot in the head. Now homeless and jobless, he is taken in by a troupe of misfits who live in a giant mound of trash. There Bazil begins his quest for revenge against the people who produced the gun that shot him.
A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.
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 grandparents instead of going to school. Except raising the little half-sister, his rock-bottom life seems to have no end.
25-year-old philosophy major Marta faces the ugly truth for many young Italians — a complete lack of career opportunities. While babysitting for single mother Sonia, she starts to work as a telemarketer, quickly rising through the ranks of the company, but experiencing first-hand the fanatical and exploitative rat-race culture pushed on employees. Around her revolve people like delusional supervisor Daniela, her boss Claudio, fragile coworker Lucio, and well-meaning but inconsistent union rep Giorgio.
A young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn't like to hire married men.
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
An unlikely romance brews between a tough-acting thug with a tender heart, and a recently single, IT consultant neighbor, in this lighthearted and wacky twist of a romantic comedy.
Five friends from 'Maaskantje' are getting fired because of the economic crisis. They decide that they won't pay for anything anymore.