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1. The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
A smart but sensible new graduate lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, the demanding editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine.
Director: David Frankel | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Adrian Grenier, Emily Blunt
Votes: 468,452 | Gross: $124.74M
2. The Help (2011)
PG-13 | 146 min | Drama
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
Director: Tate Taylor | Stars: Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 493,335 | Gross: $169.71M
3. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
G | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
Director: Mel Stuart | Stars: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear
Votes: 227,654 | Gross: $4.00M
4. Ghost World (2001)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
Two eccentric best friends graduate high school and respond to a man's romance-seeking newspaper ad as a gag, only to find their lives becoming increasingly complicated.
Director: Terry Zwigoff | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro
Votes: 126,912 | Gross: $6.22M
5. City of Ember (2008)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker.
Director: Gil Kenan | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Toby Jones, Bill Murray, David Ryall
Votes: 69,776 | Gross: $7.87M
6. The Nanny Diaries (2007)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Donna Murphy
Votes: 64,125 | Gross: $25.93M
7. The Baby-Sitters Club (2020–2021)
TV-G | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Based on the book series of the same name focusing on a group of young girls who start their own babysitting service.
Stars: Sophie Grace, Momona Tamada, Shay Rudolph, Malia Baker
Votes: 4,857
8. Ask Me Anything (2014)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A confused teenager writes a blog revealing her daily activities and secrets, advised to do so by her high school guidance counselor in lieu of moving on to her first year in college.
Director: Allison Burnett | Stars: Britt Robertson, Molly Hagan, Andy Buckley, Robert Patrick
Votes: 12,990
9. Deep End (1970)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
15-year-old dropout Mike takes a job at Newford Baths, where inappropriate sexual behaviour abounds, and becomes obsessed with his coworker Susan.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Jane Asher, John Moulder-Brown, Karl Michael Vogler, Christopher Sandford
Votes: 7,515
10. Antitrust (2001)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A computer programmer's dream job at a hot Portland-based firm turns nightmarish when he discovers his boss has a secret and ruthless means of dispatching anti-trust problems.
Director: Peter Howitt | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, Rachael Leigh Cook, Claire Forlani
Votes: 30,330 | Gross: $10.97M
11. Flying Blind (1992–1993)
30 min | Comedy
A nebbishy accounts executive who inexplicably lands a gorgeous, fantastically hip woman perpetually followed around by a string of brilliant ex-lovers.
Stars: Corey Parker, Téa Leoni, Robert Bauer, Clea Lewis
Votes: 365
12. Ocean Boy (2022)
106 min | Drama
In the late summer along the Australian coast, Bosch, a young father goes on the run for drug dealing with his surf gang. In tow is his son, Rockit, who believes he is on a magical holiday.
Director: Tyler Atkins | Stars: Luke Hemsworth, Isabel Lucas, Savannah La Rain, Leeanna Walsman
Votes: 867
13. Wake Up Sid (2009)
Not Rated | 138 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of a lazy Mumbai college student who does absolutely nothing, with a turn of events will Sid realize his potential in this world and become a success in the fast-paced life of Mumbai.
Director: Ayan Mukerji | Stars: Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Supriya Pathak, Anupam Kher
Votes: 33,983 | Gross: $0.72M
14. 1987 (2014)
105 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In 1987, Ricardo is 17. That summer, he has a busy schedule: lose his virginity, find a way to get into bars, have a car, spend time with friends.
Director: Ricardo Trogi | Stars: Jean-Carl Boucher, Sandrine Bisson, Claudio Colangelo, Laurent-Christophe De Ruelle
Votes: 1,599
15. The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy
An exuberant, sharply satirical comedy about two parentally neglected teenagers who find the courage to believe in themselves
Director: Tony McNamara | Stars: Jordan Brooking, Ben Lee, Rose Byrne, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 2,937
16. Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss (1988 TV Movie)
TV-G | 89 min | Comedy, Family
14-year-old Ralph and his All-American family head off on their annual trek to summer resort Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss.
Director: Dick Bartlett | Stars: Jean Shepherd, James Sikking, Dorothy Lyman, Jerry O'Connell
Votes: 565
17. Yo soy Bea (2006– )
35 min | Comedy, Romance
Bea is an ugly assistant, but very efficient, and is not liked by the beautiful ones, and those who hate working.
Stars: Aure Sánchez, Miguel Hermoso Arnao, David Arnaiz, Fedra Lorente
Votes: 275
18. A Very Special Love (2008)
TV-PG | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
Laida Magtalas is a modern-day Belle. "Miggy" is the youngest member of the Montenegro clan, a well-established family in the business world. She applies as Editorial Assistant at Miggy's ... See full summary »
Director: Cathy Garcia-Sampana | Stars: John Lloyd Cruz, Sarah Geronimo, Dante Rivero, Rowell Santiago
Votes: 439
19. The House on Chelouche Street (1973)
PG | 110 min | Drama
A fatherless family immigrates to Israel from Egypt during the British Mandate period. The film traces the hardships the family suffers in the politically unstable country.
Director: Moshé Mizrahi | Stars: Gila Almagor, Shaike Ophir, Yosef Shiloach, Michal Bat-Adam
Votes: 278
20. Just a Dream (2002 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Film crew arrives in a small town in Nevada desert. Ends up changing the life of a 12-year-old kid and a friend of his, a movie lover.
Director: Danny Glover | Stars: Carl Lumbly, Robby Benson, Ally Sheedy, Rodney A. Grant
Votes: 375
21. Falling Leaves (1966)
91 min | Drama, Romance
A young idealist takes a job at a local state run winery only to discover and become disillusioned by the corruption of the Soviet State.
Director: Otar Iosseliani | Stars: Ramaz Giorgobiani, Gogi Kharabadze, Marina Kartsivadze, Aleksandre Omiadze
Votes: 1,005
22. Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore (1996)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Romance
Plot is centered around a young woman who works as a movie theatre employee who wrestles with coming of age. Death, puberty, sex and friendships are the themes.
Director: Sarah Jacobson | Stars: Lisa Gerstein, Chris Enright, Greg Cruikshank, Beth Allen
Votes: 440 | Gross: $0.03M
23. Lily: A Transgender Story (2020 TV Movie)
39 min | Documentary
Filmed form 2015 to 2020, the documentary follows the gender transition of Lily (formerly Llyr) Jones, a young trans woman from Wales.
Director: Molly-Anna Woods | Stars: Lily Jones, Ian Rodgers, Huw Jones, Diane Jones
Votes: 41
24. Sugar & Spice (2006)
125 min | Drama, Romance
After graduating from high school, Shiro is clueless how to proceed with his education. For the moment, he takes a small job at a local gas station, to much displease of his parents. His ... See full summary »
Director: Isamu Nakae | Stars: Yûya Yagira, Erika Sawajiri, Mari Natsuki, Yô Ôizumi
Votes: 321
25. Vergiss Amerika (2000)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Two friends and a young woman experience the odds and ends of their first jobs.
Director: Vanessa Jopp | Stars: Marek Harloff, Roman Knizka, Franziska Petri, Margitta Lüder-Preil
Votes: 417
26. Lady in White (2018)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
When a new employee from a well-off family begins working for the first she had understood that she is walking into a fabulous working environment. This is what they call a 'white company.'... See full summary »
Director: Yuki Otsuka | Stars: Miyu Yoshimoto, Kazuki Namioka, Yûma Yamoto, Yûko Fueki
27. 20tantos (2002–2003)
45 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gloria is a normal, neither rich nor poor girl, although very amusing and intelligent. When beginning the series, she has just left an employment to enter to work as scholarship holder in ... See full summary »
Stars: Quim Vila, Barbara Lluch, Anna Ycobalzeta, William Miller
Votes: 7
28. Gina, an Actress, Age 29 (2001)
22 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A struggling young actress lands her first job...only to discover that her "part" is to lie to an assembly of factory workers to keep them from unionizing.
Director: Paul Harrill | Stars: Amy Leigh Hubbard, Frankie Faison, David Dwyer, Bonnie Gould
Votes: 100
29. Jodie (I)
Comedy, Drama | Announced
A stifled accountant alienates her wife and daughter by trying on her former sexy punk rock identity after an early menopause diagnosis.
Director: Deborah Espect
30. Dneska prisel nový kluk (1981)
89 min | Comedy
Director: Vladimír Drha | Stars: Marek Brodský, Frantisek Rehák, Pavel Pípal, Karel Kovár
Votes: 15
31. Pishadoo (1998)
Short
In Pelham Bay, the Bronx, Freddie grows up wanting to be a barber - like his father, grandfather, and uncles. The big day arrives when he gets a chair in his father's shop. The priest ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Canzoniero, Marco Ricci | Stars: Rocky Tortorella, Andrew De Jesus Maldonado, Nicholas De Cegli, Kathrine Narducci
Votes: 26
32. A Year in the Life of Franek W. (1968)
59 min | Documentary
One year in the life of a young country boy who enters adulthood. Franek Wróbel leaves his home village and seeks a new life for his own, while writing a diary.
Director: Kazimierz Karabasz | Star: Franciszek Wróbel
Votes: 49
33. Wonderful Summer (2010)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Kitka was just a little girl when she lost her mother. Now, in her late teens, she makes her first life choices. Her grandfather, her father and even her late mother are determined to help ... See full summary »
Director: Ryszard Brylski | Stars: Loretta Cichowicz, Katarzyna Figura, Aldona Jankowska, Marek Kasprzyk
Votes: 149
35. Office Etiquette (1950)
14 min | Documentary, Short
Film shows the proper conduct and behavior that is expected in a modern office setting, and also gives examples of behavior that is not acceptable.
Votes: 46
36. Pístalicko, otloukej se (1988 TV Movie)
80 min | Drama
Television movie about a young girl who gets her first serious job while trying to get over her former boyfriend who is getting married. But adapting to the new life in a new city is much more complicated than she thought it would be.
Director: Tomás Tintera | Stars: Eva Horká, Gabriela Vránová, Rostislav Kuba, Frantisek Rehák
37. Úder pod pás (1970 TV Movie)
42 min | Drama
Director: Ivan Petrovický | Stars: Emil Horváth, Lubo Barák, Katarína Vrzalová, Pavol Melichárek
38. Don't Tell My Mom (2015)
19 min | Short, Comedy
A naïve high school boy is forced by his mother to find a summer job at the only place he can find a job: a sex shop.
Director: H. Nelson Tracey | Stars: Brendan Calton, Meredith Riley Stewart, Varda Appleton, Jared Anderson
40. Skårungen (2002)
15 min | Short
Have you ever seen the rhythmic movements of trained fishermen on deck of a fishing boat, tending the nets, cutting the fish, hooking the bait? All this in rough weather. Try to see it as a... See full summary »
Director: Per-Ivar Jensen | Stars: Kristian Alm, Tor Harald Berntsen, Stein Bjørn, Frode Eilertsen
Votes: 16
41. Entfernungen (2006)
27 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Martin has to move from the countryside to Vienna to start his first job in a huge electric-shop. There he becomes the decisive witness in an argument between his two new workmates.
Director: Alexander Stecher | Stars: Georg Allacher, Gerhard Roiß, Christoph Dostal, Katharina Schwarz
43.
A Family for Joe (1990)
Episode:
A Family for Joe
(1990)
100 min | Comedy
To keep from being separated, four orphans get a homeless maverick to pose as their guardian.
Director: Jeff Melman | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Chris Furrh, Maia Brewton, Jarrad Paul
Votes: 134
44.
Alice, I Think (2006)
Episode:
Working Stiff
(2006)
Comedy, Family
Director: Mark Sawers | Stars: Carly McKillip, Rebecca Northan, Dan Payne, Connor Price
45.
Drake & Josh (2004–2007)
Episode:
Movie Job
(2004)
TV-Y7 | 25 min | Comedy, Family
Josh lands a movie theater job. Drake decides to work there, too, soon overshadowing his step-brother despite a thorough lack of work ethic.
Director: Virgil L. Fabian | Stars: Josh Peck, Drake Bell, Nancy Sullivan, Jonathan Goldstein
Votes: 426
46.
Gilmore Girls (2000–2007)
Episode:
We've Got Magic to Do
(2005)
TV-PG | 45 min | Comedy, Drama
Rory's World War II-themed DAR bash is a piperoo (even when suddenly impoverished Paris joins the proletariat as a server). But the bash goes smash when Richard confronts Mitchum Huntzberger.
Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Melissa McCarthy, Scott Patterson
Votes: 1,116
47.
King of the Hill (1997–2010)
Episode:
Life in the Fast Lane, Bobby's Saga
(1998)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Bobby gets a job handing out snacks and drinks at a local racetrack, but when he reports that his boss has something off about him mentally, Hank ignores the problem. Bobby's safety is increasingly put at risk as a result.
Directors: Adam Kuhlman, Wesley Archer | Stars: Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Brittany Murphy
Votes: 483
48.
That '70s Show (1998–2006)
Episode:
Eric's Burger Job
(1998)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Eric gets a job at Fatso Burger and can't spend time with Donna, who's planning a party at the end of the week.
Director: David Trainer | Stars: Topher Grace, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson
Votes: 1,391
49.
That '70s Show (1998–2006)
Episode:
Red's New Job
(2000)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bob is livid and worried sick to read Price Mart is opening a branch in Point Place, but Red cares only for the next paragraph: they're hiring. However his candidature for supervisor is ... See full summary »
Director: David Trainer | Stars: Topher Grace, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson
Votes: 1,002
50.
Two and a Half Men (2003–2015)
Episode:
Pie Hole, Herb
(2008)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Charlie kicks Alan out of the house again after Alan demands that Charlie pay him back the $38 he owes him. Alan and Jake are now forced to turn to Judith and Herb for a temporary home.
Director: James Widdoes | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones, Marin Hinkle
Votes: 1,227