Tag Archives: unemployment

Postal

IMDB Rating: 3.60
4670 votes

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The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an amusement park, only to learn that the Taliban are planning the same heist as well. Chaos ensues, and now the Postal Dude must not only take on terrorists but political figures as well.
Actors
Postal DudeZack Ward
Uncle DaveDave Foley
RichardChris Coppola
Also posted in 2007, Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Razor’s Edge

IMDB Rating: 7.50
1112 votes

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Well-to-do Chicagoan, Larry Darrell, breaks off his engagement to Isabel and travels the world seeking enlightenment, eventually finding his guru India. Isabel marries Gray, and following the crash of 1929, is invited to live in Paris with her rich, social climbing, Uncle Elliot. During a sojurn there, Larry, having attained his goal, is reunited with Isabel. While slumming one night Larry, Isabel and company are shocked to discover Sophie, a friend from Chicago. Having lost her husband and child in a tragic accident, Sophie is living the low-life with the help of drugs an abusive brute. Larry tries to rehabilitate her, but his efforts are sabotaged by Isabel who has tried in vain to reignite Larry's interest in her.
Actors
Larry DarrellTyrone Power
Isabel BradleyGene Tierney
Gray MaturinJohn Payne
Also posted in 1946, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion

IMDB Rating: 5.80
12325 votes

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Romy and Michele are two former schoolmates who have also been roommates for ten years after the time they graduated, and their lives are far from successful, they can't even get a date. As the 10-year class reunion approaches they try to do something to make an impression on other former schoolmates and finally decide to act as though they are very rich business women who invented Post-Its.
Actors
Sandy FrinkAlan Cumming
BillyVincent Ventresca
CowboyJustin Theroux
Also posted in 1997, Comedy | Comments (0)

Saturday Night Fever

IMDB Rating: 6.60
16896 votes

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Tony is an uneducated Brooklyn teenager. The highlight of his week is going to the local disco, where he is the king of the dancefloor. Tony meets Stephanie at the disco and they agree to dance together in a competition. Stephanie resists Tony's attempts to romance her, as she aspires to greater things; she is moving across the river to Manhattan. Gradually, Tony also becomes disillusioned with the life he is leading and he and Stephanie decide to help one another to start afresh.
Actors
Tony ManeroJohn Travolta
StephanieKaren Lynn Gorney
Bobby C.Barry Miller
Also posted in 1977, Drama, High IMDB rating, Music, Romance | Comments (0)

Factotum

IMDB Rating: 6.50
3886 votes

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This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.
Actors
Henry ChinaskiMatt Dillon
JanLili Taylor
LauraMarisa Tomei
Also posted in 2005, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

In Her Shoes

IMDB Rating: 7.00
12756 votes

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Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad's house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose's apartment. Then, while searching in her father's desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well.
Actors
MaggieCameron Diaz
ToddAnson Mount
RoseToni Collette
Also posted in 2005, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Roger & Me

IMDB Rating: 7.50
11254 votes

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A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith.
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HimselfMichael Moore
HimselfJames Blanchard
HimselfJames Bond
Also posted in 1989, Documentary, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Friday

IMDB Rating: 6.80
13331 votes

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Having just been canned from his job on his day off, Craig and his best friend Smokey spend the day smoking up in their South Central neighborhood while dealing with a neighborhood bully, relationship troubles, an angry drug dealer, and a lot of other odd characters.
Actors
Craig JonesIce Cube
SmokeyChris Tucker
DebbieNia Long
Also posted in 1995, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Full Monty

IMDB Rating: 7.20
30394 votes

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Six unemployed steel workers, inspired by the Chippendale's dancers, form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.
Actors
DaveMark Addy
GazRobert Carlyle
NathanWilliam Snape
Also posted in 1997, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Harsh Times

IMDB Rating: 7.10
6568 votes

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Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying to get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend.
Actors
Jim Luther DavisChristian Bale
Little Old ManArmando Cantina
Mike AlonzoFreddy Rodríguez
Also posted in 2005, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)