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51. Queen of the Morning Calm (2019)

86 min | Drama

A film about a young immigrant sex worker, her little girl and their journey of self-empowerment and love.

Director: Gloria Kim | Stars: Tina Jung, Eponine Lee, Jesse LaVercombe, Shaun Benson

Votes: 141

52. Ciudad de M (2000)

Unrated | 102 min | Crime, Drama

After exhausting all legal channels in his search for a job, "M" struggles with the decision of whether or not to enter a life of crime by helping his friends deliver drugs to Miami.

Director: Felipe Degregori | Stars: Santiago Magill, Christian Meier, Jorge Madueño, Vanessa Robbiano

Votes: 300

53. Merton of the Movies (1947)

Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Romance

A Kansas bumpkin goes to Hollywood to become a movie star and gets a job burlesquing his favorite actor - only he thinks the role is serious.

Director: Robert Alton | Stars: Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien, Gloria Grahame, Leon Ames

Votes: 504

54. A Trap for Santa Claus (1909)

Not Rated | 16 min | Drama, Short

The children set a trap for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, knowing he has to come through the window because their estate has no chimney. Their father, who abandoned them and his wife before... See full summary »

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Marion Leonard, Gladys Egan, John Tansey

Votes: 402

55. En på miljonen (1995)

87 min | Comedy

Torsten Södergren lives in a normal house with his normal family in a completely normal city. Every morning he greets his normal neighbors before getting into his normal car and drives the ... See full summary »

Directors: Måns Herngren, Hannes Holm | Stars: Tomas von Brömssen, Ulla Skoog, Gösta Ekman, Tintin Anderzon

Votes: 951

56. Servants' Entrance (1934)

Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

The daughter of a rich man going through financial difficulties takes a job as a maid and falls in love with the chauffeur.

Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Lew Ayres, Ned Sparks, Walter Connolly

Votes: 58

57. Fingerpori (2019)

85 min | Comedy

Live action comedy about a fictional town and it's uncommon people, based on a comic strip by Pertti Jarla.

Director: Mikko Kouki | Stars: Kari Väänänen, Jenni Kokander, Santtu Karvonen, Pirjo Lonka

Votes: 612

58. Mary Ryan, Detective (1949)

Passed | 68 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Police detective Mary Ryan is given an assignment to break up a gang of jewel thieves and fences. She, using an alias as a convict, is placed in the cell with a suspected member of the gang... See full summary »

Director: Abby Berlin | Stars: Marsha Hunt, John Litel, June Vincent, Harry Shannon

Votes: 132

59. A Journey Home (I) (2009)

109 min | Drama

This is a story of a man seeking forgiveness from his family, which he abandoned 20 years ago.

Director: Paul Soriano | Stars: Soliman Cruz, Joem Bascon, Toni Gonzaga, John Manalo

Votes: 50

60. La moitié gauche du frigo (2000)

90 min | Comedy

Christophe agrees to be filmed by his roommate Stéphane, while he is searching for a meaningful engineering job. Since he voluntarily resigned his job when he was to be moved to quality ... See full summary »

Director: Philippe Falardeau | Stars: Paul Ahmarani, Stéphane Demers, Geneviève Néron, Jules Philip

Votes: 565

61. Vaurien (2018)

90 min | Drama

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Director: Mehdi Senoussi | Stars: Romane Bohringer, Carlo Brandt, Lizzie Brocheré, Phénix Brossard

Votes: 20

62. Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga (1941)

Approved | 62 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music

The brash, opinionated owner of a nightclub manages to drive everybody crazy on a boat trip to Havana.

Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Charles Lang, Leon Errol, Helen Parrish, Lupe Velez

Votes: 52

63. The Mass of Men (2012)

17 min | Short, Drama, Thriller

Richard, an unemployed 55-year-old, arrives 3 minutes late for his appointment at a job centre. An advisor, stifled by the limits of the system she works in, has no choice but to penalise ... See full summary »

Director: Gabriel Gauchet | Stars: Peter Faulkner, Jane McDowell, Dominic Kinnaird, Grae Bohea

Votes: 229

64. Mitte 30 (2007 TV Movie)

88 min | Drama

Thirtysomething Gerrit, married to Claudia, without children, learns that his professional life has failed. After the end of their company, his business partner Markus dies, and his widow ... See full summary »

Director: Stefan Krohmer | Stars: Mark Waschke, Silke Bodenbender, Anneke Kim Sarnau, Robert Dölle

Votes: 84

65. Häpy endkö? Eli kuinka Uuno Turhapuro sai niin kauniin ja rikkaan vaimon (1977)

84 min | Comedy

A prequel to the other Uuno Turhapuro movies that tells the story of how Uuno found his wife and got her to marry him.

Director: Ere Kokkonen | Stars: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Marjatta Raita, Ritva Valkama, Tapio Hämäläinen

Votes: 887

66. Life on Liberty Street (2004 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Romance

A nurse, trying to salvage her life after her husband and job are gone, winds up working in a halfway house full of mildly brain-damaged patients and receives help from those she helps.

Director: David S. Cass Sr. | Stars: Annabeth Gish, Ethan Embry, Wendy Phillips, Ed Begley Jr.

Votes: 183

67. Besser als nix (2014)

92 min | Comedy, Drama

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Director: Ute Wieland | Stars: François Goeske, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Anna Fischer, Hannelore Elsner

Votes: 213

68. Help Wanted (1939)

Passed | 21 min | Short, Crime, Drama

A racketeer sets up an employment agency, and then sends his henchmen to lineup foremen in companies that employ unskilled labor. The foreman is promised a cut on each new man he hires, and... See full summary »

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Tom Neal, Jo Ann Sayers, Clem Bevans, Edward Pawley

Votes: 39

69. Przyjecie na dziesiec osób plus trzy (1973 TV Movie)

54 min | Comedy

A bunch of unemployed and unqualified workers are hired to unload a few railway wagons. Because of the low wages, the manager needs to encourage the workers in some other way.

Director: Jerzy Gruza | Stars: Zdzislaw Maklakiewicz, Leon Niemczyk, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Wieslaw Dymny

Votes: 276

70. Un homme au pair (2013 TV Movie)

85 min | Comedy

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Director: Laurent Dussaux | Stars: Antoine Duléry, Gwendoline Hamon, Sophie-Charlotte Husson, Nadine Marcovici

Votes: 263

71. Use Your Imagination (1933)

Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Musical, Romance

The story of a likable young man can't hold a job because he is always daydreaming usually about girlfriend Mitzi.

Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Hal Le Roy, Mitzi Mayfair, Pat Rooney Jr., Robert Pitkin

Votes: 96

72. Getting Rid of Trouble (1912)

10 min | Comedy, Short

The Newlyweds move into their new flat and prepare to entertain their uncle. A cook must be engaged and they go to the employment office to get one. It would spoil the fun to describe her; ... See full summary »

Director: Dell Henderson | Stars: Charles Murray, Edward Dillon, William J. Butler, Kathleen Butler

73. Nancy Drew: The Captive Curse (2011 Video Game)

E10+ | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew travels to a castle in Germany and investigates sightings of a mysterious monster.

Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Gerald B. Browning, Marianna de Fazio, Sara Mountjoy-Pepka

Votes: 67

74. The Wrong Type (1990)

4 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

A totally-incompetent typist is sent out on a job by an over-enthusiastic temp agency manager, with predictable results.

Director: Candy Guard | Stars: Elizabeth Rider, Sarah Ann Kennedy, Rob Brydon

Votes: 19

75. The Big Timer (1932)

Passed | 72 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

An up-and-coming boxer (Ben Lyon) runs into problems when he takes on a female fight manager (Constance Cummings). Ben Lyon is once again playing with Tom Dugan; they co-starred in "The Hot... See full summary »

Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Ben Lyon, Constance Cummings, Thelma Todd, Tom Dugan

Votes: 268

76. The Rand Employment Agency (2001 Video)

40 min | Short, Adventure

Jewell punishes Arthur for his fetish office attire by leaving to struggle at his desk, tightly tied and gagged. When Ms. Rand discovers the unhappy employee, Arthur's bondage problems soon become worse.

Director: Chelsea Pfeiffer | Stars: Jewell Marceau, Stephanie Locke, Arthur

77. Kitchen 999: Emergency Chefs (2017– )

60 min | Documentary

Chefs have a reputation for being fiery and temperamental, but what happens when they walk out leaving restaurants in the lurch? Desperate owners call a relief agency for an emergency chef who has to pick up the pieces.

Stars: Adrian Bower, James Cathcart

Votes: 14

78. Kapital: Mensch - Das Geschäft mit der Arbeit (2004)

52 min | Documentary

"Human Capital - The Employment Trade" portrays the fate of three people and their struggle through the global world of work: Chamila Alvis moves from Sri Lanka to Cyprus. She struggles ... See full summary »

Directors: Robert Cibis, Lilian Franck

79. Fractured (2009)

11 min | Short, Drama, History

A husband can't face losing his property. A single parent runs out of options. A mother can't bring her family together. In a city that could be yours, three lives are connected by isolation.

Director: Kane Arcadia | Stars: Luciano Vecchio, Joanna Zukowski, Trushna Mahisuri, Gillian Shilling

Votes: 47

80. Mary's Silver Service (2014– )

60 min | Documentary

Retail expert Mary Portas sets up a pop-up employment agency for overlooked and under-represented old aged pensioners. Mary searches far and wide to recruit an army of old people cast aside by society but with much to offer.

Star: Mary Portas

81. British Workers Wanted (2017 TV Movie)

47 min | Documentary

A documentary that follows two leave voting women who are trying to recruit British workers to join their recruitment agency as many of their Eastern European workers leave Brexit Britain.

Director: Fred Windsor-Clive | Star: Nikesh Patel

82. Her Accidental Hero (1937)

18 min | Comedy, Short

A gang of insurance-fraudsters and a love triangle involving a hapless masseur and a cop intersect in the streets of a big city.

Director: William Watson | Stars: Harry Gribbon, Jack Hartley, Jean Stuart, Douglas Leavitt

Votes: 8

83. Paramount-Bray Pictographs, No. 139 (1918)

Documentary, Short

Subjects include: "U.S. Employment Bureau" ("Says Uncle Sam, No. 3"), "Our Newest Possessions" (about the Virgin Islands), and the Wallace Carlson cartoon Goodrich Dirt, Millionaire (1918).

Director: P.D. Hugon

84. Object Not Matrimony (1935)

Approved | 19 min | Short, Comedy

Ernest Truex is a best-selling author of love-story novels and is left alone at home while his wife visits her mother. He goes out to hire a cook but picks a woman from a matrimonial agency... See full summary »

Director: Al Christie | Stars: Ernest Truex, Mary Jane Barrett, Hope Emerson, Richard Cramer

85. A Mistaken Calling (1912)

Comedy, Short

Maggie, a cook, feels that she is born to write poetry and consults a phrenologist. Among the many knobs on Maggie's dome of intelligence he discovers one that reveals she will startle the ... See full summary »

Stars: John Steppling, Eleanor Blanchard, Howard Missimer, William Walters

86. The G.I. Bill of Rights (1945)

Animation, Short

An illustration of the benefits and requirements of the G.I. Bill for honorably discharged US military personnel.

Director: Shamus Culhane

Votes: 10

87. Help Wanted (1926)

Passed | 10 min | Comedy, Short

Charley gets tossed out of his girlfriend's house by her father with the instruction to go get a job. He spots a position listed on the bulletin board in front of the employment agency but ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Smith | Star: Károly Huszár

88. Help Wanted, Female (1931)

Approved | 18 min | Comedy, Short

A new housekeeper, her son, and two not-too-bright burglars wreak havoc at a doctor's office.

Director: Ralph Ceder | Stars: Daphne Pollard, Ginger Connolly, Edgar Kennedy, Arthur Housman

Votes: 61

89. The Servant Girl Problem (1905)

Comedy, Short

A couple seeks to replace their incompetent maid, but have very different ideas about the ideal qualities of the new hire. Each gets a chance to make a selection, but things don't go as either of them hoped.

Stars: William Shea, Bertha Regustus

90. Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode: Simisola: Part One (1996)

TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Wexford's new Nigerian doctor reports his 22 year old daughter missing and the last person known to have seen her is found murdered.

Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Jane Lapotaire, George Harris

Votes: 129

91. Thriller (1973–1976)
Episode: Nurse Will Make It Better (1975)

TV-14 | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A woman is hired to care for a young paraplegic girl at her father's estate. Unbeknownst to them, the woman is a devil-worshiper who sets out to steer the young girl down the path of evil.

Director: Shaun O'Riordan | Stars: Andrea Marcovicci, Diana Dors, Ed Bishop, Cec Linder

Votes: 189

92. A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002)
Episode: Motherhunt: Part 1 (2002)

TV-PG | Action, Drama, Mystery

When a baby, allegedly fathered by her late husband, is abandoned on the doorstep of his rich, beautiful widow, she hires Nero Wolfe to locate the mother.

Director: Charles B. Wessler | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Maury Chaykin, Colin Fox, Bill Smitrovich

Votes: 124

93. Leipzig Homicide (2001– )
Episode: Die Tote aus Riga (2004)

88 min | Crime

It's Christmas and in this Sunday morning the team has been called for the corpse of a woman. The medical examiner says that she is about 25 years old and that she has been hit by a car. They don't know her name.

Director: Patrick Winczewski | Stars: Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Marco Girnth, Gabriel Merz, Melanie Marschke

Votes: 10

94. Adderly (1986–1988)
Episode: Debbie Does Dishes (1987)

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Greenspan's new maid turns out to be a fugitive with a secret past, leading Adderly to an employment agency that is a front for an underground railroad system.

Director: Bruce Pittman | Stars: Winston Rekert, Jonathan Welsh, Dixie Seatle, Ken Pogue

95. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1985)
Episode: The Copper Beeches (1985)

TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Violet Hunter has been offered the role of governess at an estate in Hampshire but the employer insists that for the role she will be obliged to cut her hair short. Her perturbation at this causes her to seek Sherlock Holmes's advice.

Director: Paul Annett | Stars: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Joss Ackland, Natasha Richardson

Votes: 1,123

96. The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977)
Episode: A Matter of Honour (1976)

TV-PG | 52 min | Drama

Charlie is shocked to learn that one of his closest friends, Lord Elleston, arranged for his horse to lose at Ascot.

Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Gemma Jones, Christopher Cazenove, Michael Culver, Richard Vernon

Votes: 36

97. The Flintstones (1960–1966)
Episode: The Happy Household (1962)

Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Wilma's new cooking show on television is a hit with everyone except Fred, who's anything but a "happy pappy" as he's forced to go without Wilma's home-cooked meals.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet

Votes: 209

98. The Honeymooners (1955–1956)
Episode: A Woman's Work Is Never Done (1955)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Alice is so tired of Ralph's complaining about the housework not getting done that she decides to hire themselves a maid while she goes off to get a job herself.

Director: Frank Satenstein | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, Joyce Randolph

Votes: 288

99. The Lucy Show (1962–1968)
Episode: Lucy the Babysitter (1967)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Mr. Mooney bets Lucy that she can't find other employment and last for entire day. If Lucy wins the bet, Mr. Mooney will rehire her and give her a raise.

Director: Maury Thompson | Stars: Lucille Ball, Gale Gordon, Elvia Allman, Mary Wickes

Votes: 80

100. Mike Hammer (1958–1959)
Episode: Stocks and Blondes (1959)

26 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Tom O'Rough is severely beaten en route to Mike's office. He's concern that Si Loomis, a small-time crook, has won the heart of his employer, Edie Sanford, and she's about to lose her money... See full summary »

Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Darren McGavin, Rita Lynn, Dennis Patrick, K.L. Smith

Votes: 13