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'Office Space' (1999) -

This film about a software engineer who is tired of his boring job and makes a plan with two of his friends to plant a virus in his company's system also offers hilarious commentary on the most ridiculous parts of office life.

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'Parks and Recreation' (2009-2015) -

From the makers of the US 'Office,' this mockumentary series stars Amy Poelher as Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat, and her fellow government workers in Pawnee, Indiana.

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'Up in the Air' (2009) -

If your job requires a lot of traveling, this is the film for you. Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) lives out of a suitcase and travels around the country as a corporate downsizing expert. He takes his new colleague (Anna Kendrick) on his office tour and, of course, meets a romantic partner along the way.

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'Glengarry Glen Ross' (1992) -

Al Pacino and Alec Baldwin star in this '90s corporate America film wherein an office of New York City real estate salesmen finds out that all but the top two will be fired at the end of the week.

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'His Girl Friday' (1940) -

In this newsroom classic, the editor goes to great lengths to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying. It's a great watch for anyone involved in office romances, especially those that went south!

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'30 Rock' (2006-2013) -

Tina Fey's modern-day TV workplace show is based on her days as a a 'SNL' writer and centers around Liz Lemon (Fey), the head writer of a sketch comedy show who must stay sane despite the efforts of her arrogant boss (Alec Baldwin) and the show's eccentric star (Tracy Morgan).

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'9 to 5' (1980) -

This office satire follows three female secretaries who decide to get revenge on their sexist boss by abducting him and running the business themselves, and it's a perfect watch especially for any woman who has been passed over for a promotion.

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'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' (2013-2022) -

Also from the makers of the US version of 'The Office,' this amazingly silly police procedural series stars Andy Samberg as a detective, and it's guaranteed to evoke belly laughs.

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'The Devil Wears Prada' (2006) -

If you want to be a little extra grateful for the boss you have, this is a great film to watch. Anne Hathaway plays an inexperienced employee at a high-end fashion magazine, with Meryl Streep as her icy superior.

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'The Big Short' (2015) -

This world of finance experts in the mid-2000s is fast-paced and involves lots of boardroom meetings and corruption in the housing market, with a star-studded cast including Christian Bale, Steve Carrell, Ryan Gosling, and Brad Pitt.

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'The Assistant' (2019) -

A fresh college graduate and aspiring film producer lands a job as a junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul, but as she performs her simple tasks, she starts noticing the abuse taking place in her office.

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'Being John Malkovich' (1999) -

This fantasy comedy film, directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman, is a more bizarre take on the workplace. It follows a puppeteer who takes up a job to support his family, but at his office he finds a portal that leads to the head of Hollywood actor John Malkovich.

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'The Morning Show' (2019-present) -

Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell star in this fictional behind-the-scenes look at the office of morning news anchors, exploring the modern effects of "woke" America through the people who help America wake up.

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'Wall Street' (1987) -

Directed and co-written by Oliver Stone, this film stars Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, and Martin Sheen, and it tells the story of a junior stockbroker who becomes involved with a wealthy, immoral corporate raider.

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'Mad Men' (2007-2015) -

This beloved series follows Don Draper, the creative director of a New York City advertising agency in the 1960s. It delves into office politics, sexism in the workplace, and the hard-drinking adventures these colleagues take part in both in and out of work hours.

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'Network' (1976) -

This satirical black comedy-drama follows a a fictional television network and its struggle with poor ratings, which is perfect for anyone who has ever felt like they were being pushed out of their job.

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'Putney Swope' (1969) -

An advertising firm's executive board puts the chairman position to a vote, but since they can't vote for themselves, each member casts a secret ballot for Putney Swope (Arnold Johnson), the firm's only black executive, assuming he wouldn't receive any votes from the others. Everything changes once Swope, of course, wins.

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'Ugly Betty' (2006-2010) -

Betty (America Ferrara) is a hardworking Latina writer from Queens who gets offered a job because she's not conventionally attractive. Through this series you get a campy glimpse of the inner workings of the fashion industry, as well as some quite ugly office politics.

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'Workaholics' (2011-2017) -

This hilarious show follows three stoner roommates who work in cubicles at a telemarketing company, and it's cathartic for anyone who has ever worked a job they didn't really care about.

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'The Wolf of Wall Street' (2013) -

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort's rise to a filthy-rich stock broker and his ultimate fall into crime, Martin Scorsese's film is a fast-paced, disgusting yet exciting glimpse at the kind of work that's better to watch from afar.

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'Billions' (2016-present) -

This show about a hedge fund manager's team and their legal battles is actually much more entertaining and messy than it seems, and it shows the inner workings of finance offices as well as the political intrigue that goes with it.

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'Silicon Valley' (2014-2019) -

The modern office is populated with start-up, hoodie-wearing techies, and this comedy series follows a team of veritable nerds who create an app with immense potential to shake up the tech industry.

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'Erin Brockovich' (2000) -

This dramatization of the true story of Erin Brockovich, portrayed by Julia Roberts, a single mother who becomes a legal assistant and does everything she can to take down a company poisoning a town's water supply.

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'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' (1970-1977) -

Mary Tyler Moore's eponymous character was well ahead of her time as she was the first unmarried, professional woman to be a TV show's main character. The show also captured how a TV news studio functioned in the '70s.

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'The Intern' (2015) -

In this feel-good comedy, aging widower Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) realizes retirement isn't for him, and he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway).

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'Call My Agent!' (2015-2020) -

This series takes place at a Paris talent firm, where incredibly determined agents do whatever it takes to keep their star clients happy and their agency afloat.

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'13 Going on 30' (2004) -

This rom-com follows a girl who makes a wish on her 13th birthday, and wakes up the next day as a 30-year-old woman who works at a big magazine. It paints the publishing world colorfully, and reminds us all that a little childlike spirit goes a long way.

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'The Office' (2005-2013) -

This iconic series is the workplace cringe comedy that is sure to satisfy any craving for that little family that forms at your place of work. The Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin Paper Company shares some of the best (and many of the worst) parts about a working in an office.

See also: The rise and triumph of cringe comedy

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