Top 10 Problematic (but Hilarious) Workplace Movies to Watch this Summer

Most of us have had a difficult boss, an impossible coworker, or one of those days where work feels stranger than fiction. While the movies on this list take workplace dysfunction to the extreme, they also touch on issues that we see often (believe it or not).

1. 9 to 5: A workplace classic that tackles sexual harassment, sex discrimination, retaliation, and hostile workplace. While we have different take on getting to resolution, we salute the effort made here.

2. Office Space: A hilarious look at burnout, micromanagement, endless bureaucracy, and the soul-crushing effects of a brutal and hostile office culture. Also, we've all felt this way about a printer at one time or another.

3. The Devil Wears Prada: A reminder that an impossible boss isn't always an unlawful boss, but toxic leadership, unrealistic expectations, and poor work-life balance can still take a real toll.

4. Horrible Bosses: Three nightmare managers provide a master class in what employers should never do, including sexual harassment, intimidation, retaliation, and abuse of power.

5. Horrible Bosses 2: Less about employment law than the first film, but still a funny reminder that bad business decisions and unethical leadership rarely end well. And yes, bosses can be horrible and unethical and still within their legal rights (hence, unions).

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6. Clerks: Retail workers navigate difficult customers, understaffing, poor management, and the everyday frustrations of frontline work.

7. Men at Work: Two sanitation workers find themselves wrapped up in corruption, with plenty of workplace safety concerns and employer misconduct along the way.

8. Weekend at Bernie's: What starts with employees uncovering financial fraud (can you say possible whistleblower claims?) at work quickly becomes one of the most funniest workplace comedies ever made.

9. I'm All Right Jack: This sharp British satire takes aim at labor relations, management, unions, and the politics that can make any workplace complicated.

10. Sorry to Bother You: A wildly inventive satire that explores worker exploitation, labor organizing, corporate greed, discrimination, and the pressures employees face in pursuit of success.

Fortunately, most workplaces aren't quite this horrid, but if your job starts feeling a little too much like one of these movies, it's worth knowing your rights. Contact us at Stockwell Law Firm, we're here to help.