Unemployment Movies

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.

From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of...

Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and...

A family tragedy during the recession of 2008, catalyzed by unemployment, personal crisis, and illness.

Grown up in an atmosphere of failed marriage of his parents, a young man wants to go his way throughout life. School he finished doesn't give him the...

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 heroin junkie works as a prostitute to support his habit and fund an abortion needed by the girlfriend of his lesbian wife. His seedy encounters...

Though the recession officially ended in summer 2009, the fallout continues for some 25 million unemployed and underemployed Americans, many of whom...

After his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin's visit.

In a working-class quarter of Dublin, 'Bimbo' Reeves gets laid off from his job and, with his redundancy payout, buys a van and sells fish and chips...

Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.

In 2020, the USA experienced a multiple catastrophe: No other country in the world was hit so badly by the coronavirus pandemic, the economic slump...

Three educated but unemployed youth who have come to live in a bustling, harsh metropolis struggle to earn a living.

Two bumbling servants are hired by a dizzy society matron to cook and serve a meal for visiting royalty.

While on trial for her life, a young woman recalls her tough upbringing and her involvement with the men who brought her to this current state of...

25-year-old philosophy major Marta faces the ugly truth for many young Italians — a complete lack of career opportunities. While babysitting...

After being fired from his bull breeding job without proper compensation, Franco steals a world-class bull from his former employer and smuggles it...

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

When you read the title ‘Summer on the Balcony’ you probably think it will be a light Berlin summer comedy but it’s not. This film...