Unemployment Movies

Man leaves his factory job and sells everything to buy an earth mover and start his own business, travelling from place to place with his wife and...

It highlights an issue that concerns the Kuwaiti society, and has its negative effects on all social segments, which is the issue of unemployment and...

A woman arrives in Paris with her little girl to look for work. With limited funds and no luck, they end up penniless, homeless and dependent on the...

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

Tetsuo Nomoto, a young college graduate tries to find a decent job by himself. Later on, he will marry his girlfriend, Machiko, whom he hides the...

Sean McAllister's bleak, extraordinarily intimate film offers an insight into the lives of 35 year old Kevin, who hasn't worked in 18 years, and his...

Four friends have their interpersonal and professional lives fall apart across a day of smoking weed.

This documentary analyzes the origins of the Puerto Rican economic development plan of the 1960’s, better known as Manos a la Obra (or...

With the energy of the dying, those in power apply themselves to reasserting the value of work – with force, if need be. But more and more...

Youth unemployment remains a serious problem in many sub-Saharan African countries, including Uganda, Kenneth is a young Ugandan writer who has this...

A large family scrapes by on the meager salaries of the father and three eldest sons, who left school in order to work and support the family. The...

Ten French job seekers show up for a two-day recruitment session knowing only that they’re vying for a sales position in the insurance field....

Harris, a 16 year old boy spends his day skateboarding aimlessly around Athens with his friends. Vassilis, a middle aged cop, is frustrated with his...

The only cure of being jobelessness, unhappy and hopelessness is friendship, life is beautiful together.

Tony Buba, a film maker from Braddock, Pennsylvania, tells the story of his hometown's decline (along with the rest of the steel mill towns along the...

Following four Lakota families over three years, Homeland explores what it takes for the Lakota community to build a better future in the face of...

SFRJ is officially a place where everyone have a job and a house. The story follows hard labored workers who can't find a job, who bathe in public...

David is depressed and has lost his job. Joana works all day and takes care of their children, Rafael and Maria, when she gets home. David has lost...

A cleaning woman decides to sue the state for illegal discharge.

A dramatized documentary portraying youth unemployment and state-supported training initiatives in 1930s Canada.