Films like Sorry We Missed You
Hoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of modern-day labour exploitation.
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On Falling
Film · 2025 · also dramaAurora, a Portuguese migrant, works as an order picker in a warehouse in Edinburgh, Scotland. Caught between the walls of a huge distribution centre and the solitude of h...
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The Machinist
Film · 2004 · also dramaTrevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.
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Dogville
Film · 2003 · also dramaA woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their supp...
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Of Mice and Men
Film · 1992 · also dramaTwo drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.
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A Most Violent Year
Film · 2014 · also dramaA thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant an...
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The Safety of Objects
Film · 2002 · also dramaIn a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son...
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Advantageous
Film · 2015 · also dramaIn a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability...
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Alex of Venice
Film · 2015 · also dramaAfter her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household a...
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In Dubious Battle
Film · 2016 · also dramaIn the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger than its individual...
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Cardboard Boxer
Film · 2016 · also dramaGentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.
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