Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "temp-worker"

1. Obsessed (2009)

PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A successful executive's seemingly perfect career and marriage starts falling apart when his firm hires a seductive office temp.

Director: Steve Shill | Stars: Beyoncé, Idris Elba, Ali Larter, Jerry O'Connell

Votes: 34,431 | Gross: $68.26M

2. Clockwatchers (1997)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama

The relationship between four female temps all working for the same credit company is threatened with the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent position one of the women was vying for.

Director: Jill Sprecher | Stars: Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 6,589 | Gross: $0.44M

3. Perfect Stranger (2007)

R | 109 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her childhood friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.

Director: James Foley | Stars: Halle Berry, Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi, Richard Portnow

Votes: 51,232 | Gross: $23.98M

4. Bee and PuppyCat (2013–2018)

TV-PG | 7 min | Animation, Short, Action

Bee, an unemployed woman, is living a normal life until a grumpy companion named PuppyCat arrives. Follow Bee and and PuppyCat as they travel between reality and "Fishbowl Space."

Stars: Allyn Rachel, Kent Osborne, Alexander James Rodriguez, Ashly Burch

Votes: 3,836

5. A Summer's Tale (1996)

G | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

As a reserved young graduate vacations in a seaside town, he hopes his girlfriend will join him. But he ends up bonding with a local young woman whose female friend is also smitten with him.

Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet, Gwenaëlle Simon, Aurelia Nolin

Votes: 10,063 | Gross: $0.20M

6. Dark Matter (I) (2007)

R | 88 min | Drama

Based on actual events, a Chinese university student responds violently when his chances for a Nobel Prize are dashed by school politics.

Director: Shi-Zheng Chen | Stars: Ye Liu, Aidan Quinn, Meryl Streep, Peng Chi

Votes: 3,666 | Gross: $0.03M

7. Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009 Video)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

George's been dead and working as grim reaper 5 years. She and her 3 colleagues get a new, chaotic boss. George looks different to the living e.g. her mom and sister.

Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Sarah Wynter, Jasmine Guy

Votes: 13,890

8. The Savages (2007)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

Director: Tamara Jenkins | Stars: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Peter Friedman

Votes: 38,675 | Gross: $6.61M

9. Novo (2002)

R | 98 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance

Graham struggles to connect the pieces of his shattered short-term memory. Unable to recall the most basic facts of his life and his sexual past, he quickly falls prey to the erotic appetites of the women he encounters.

Director: Jean-Pierre Limosin | Stars: Eduardo Noriega, Anna Mouglalis, Paz Vega, Nathalie Richard

Votes: 2,697

10. Telling You (1998)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two college graduates who find themselves stuck behind the counter of a pizza parlor while their friends move on struggle to find a new direction for their lives.

Director: Rob DeFranco | Stars: Peter Facinelli, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Dash Mihok, Andy Berman

Votes: 828

11. Too Beautiful for You (1989)

R | 91 min | Drama, Romance

A sharp love triangle is formed by a wealthy businessman.

Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Josiane Balasko, Carole Bouquet, François Cluzet

Votes: 3,025 | Gross: $1.78M

12. Human Resources (1999)

TV-14 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

The 35-hour work week has all of France in its thrall. This film turns it into a feature about economic and familial politics. Frank, a business school graduate, returns to his provincial ... See full summary »

Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: Jalil Lespert, Jean-Claude Vallod, Chantal Barré, Véronique de Pandelaère

Votes: 2,817 | Gross: $0.12M

13. Cart (2014)

110 min | Drama

The employees of a big-box discount retailer band together when the contract workers are summarily laid off.

Director: Ji-young Boo | Stars: Yum Jung-ah, Moon Jeong-Hee, Kim Yeong-ae, Do Kyung-soo

Votes: 1,147

14. Forever, Lulu (1986)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A beautiful novelist gets involved with the violent underworld crime elements in New York City and becomes a target. Alec Baldwin plays the cop who pursues her killers.

Director: Amos Kollek | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Debbie Harry, Alec Baldwin, Annie Golden

Votes: 442

15. Santa's Boots (2018 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Forced to take a vacation from her job in Seattle, Holly returns to her hometown where she reluctantly agrees to become Santa's new elf at her dad's local department store.

Director: Shawn Tolleson | Stars: Megan Hilty, Noah Mills, Roark Critchlow, Patricia Isaac

Votes: 741

16. Angels and Ornaments (2014 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Family, Fantasy, Romance

Three suitors pursue a hopeless romantic after she makes a wish to find true love before Christmas.

Director: Alan Goluboff | Stars: Jessalyn Gilsig, Sergio Di Zio, Graham Abbey, Roger Doche

Votes: 1,386

17. Robot Stories (2003)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Four tales: a robot baby as a pre-adoption test, a mother and her dying son's toy robot collection, a lonely robot office worker, and a sculptor contemplating robot-enabled immortality.

Director: Greg Pak | Stars: Tamlyn Tomita, James Saito, Vin Knight, Gina Quintos

Votes: 1,444 | Gross: $0.13M

18. Tempbot (2006)

15 min | Short, Drama, Romance

A robot is assigned an ordinary office job.

Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Lauren K. Robek, Patricia Idlette, Balinder Johal, Trevor Cawood

Votes: 677

19. Awl (2015)

40 min | Drama

Lee Soo-in is a supermarket manager with a strong moral compass. After being ordered to sack all temp workers, Soo-in defies his boss and joins the union. Together, Soo-in and the temp workers fight to change the company's labor practices.

Stars: Ji Hyun-woo, Ahn Nae-sang, Hyun Woo, Yesung

Votes: 32

20. The Toe Tactic (2008)

83 min | Drama

Mona is nearly overwhelmed by grief and depression. After her father's death, she's cut herself off: leaving teaching--she now temps as an office assistant, ignoring her mother's calls, ... See full summary »

Director: Emily Hubley | Stars: Lily Rabe, H. Jon Benjamin, Xander Berkeley, Don Byron

Votes: 180

21. World and Time Enough (1994)

90 min | Drama, Romance

HIV-positive artist Mark and his lover, Joey, struggle with relationship issues and the difficulty of maintaining a monogamous union, while Joey - who was adopted - searches for his biological parents.

Director: Eric Mueller | Stars: Matt Guidry, Gregory Gifford Giles, Kraig Swartz, Peter Macon

Votes: 260 | Gross: $0.07M

22. She's One of Us (2003)

98 min | Drama

Echoes of Dostoyevsky. At the start, Christine Blanc is a temp, her boyfriend has gone. Near the story's end, she's been offered a steady job, she has a fiancé, other men seem interested in... See full summary »

Director: Siegrid Alnoy | Stars: Sasha Andres, Carlo Brandt, Pierre-Félix Gravière, Catherine Mouchet

Votes: 237

23. Love, Ludlow (2005)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Romance

When Myra agrees to date the charming but vulnerable Reggie, her eccentric brother Ludlow is threatened, forcing Myra to finally take charge of her own life.

Director: Adrienne Weiss | Stars: Alicia Goranson, David Eigenberg, Brendan Sexton III, Jay Patterson

Votes: 661

24. Lucky Day (2019)

6 min | Short, Comedy

The ordinary day of Antoine Miller, a dynamic young man, who does not allow himself to be defeated by the vagaries of his existence.

Director: Eddy Juillerat | Stars: Luca Colucci, Olivier Guibert

25. Candid: Aftermath (2018 Video)

10 min | Short, News

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Stars: Harmful Opinions, Bindu Reddy, Black Pigeon Speaks

26. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1966)
Episode: David Hires a Secretary (1960)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

When Mr Kelley's secretary goes on vacation, Dave is assigned the task of hiring a temporary replacement.

Director: Ozzie Nelson | Stars: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson

Votes: 24

27. Becker (1998–2004)
Episode: It Had to Be Ew (2002)

TV-PG | Comedy

John worries that women no longer find him attractive after Jake's girlfriend makes an apparently disparaging remark to him. Linda worries that she is being replaced by a competent, polite temp.

Director: Andy Ackerman | Stars: Ted Danson, Terry Farrell, Hattie Winston, Shawnee Smith

Votes: 95

28. Booker (1989–1990)
Episode: Love Life (1990)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mata Yamashiro, an employee of Teshima's Japanese branch and friend of Chick Sterling, is murdered while in town on business, and Chick asks Booker to look into it. All signs point to the ... See full summary »

Director: Jefferson Kibbee | Stars: Richard Grieco, Marcia Strassman, Katie Rich, Carmen Argenziano

Votes: 23

29. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Ken Berry and Nanette Fabray (1970)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family

A mousy, insecure secretary with a crush on her boss is threatened by all the secretaries sent by the agency to cover her 2 week vacation. A neurotic stewardess deals with crisis in flight with a drunken, failed doctor and a painted lady.

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 46

30. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode: My Part-Time Wife (1964)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

With Sally away, Laura wants to help Rob at the office. He resists, but his inability to find even remotely adequate help forces him to relent, and sparks fly when her success outshines his security.

Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews

Votes: 237

31. Spin City (1996–2002)
Episode: Carter & Stuart & Bennett & Deirdre (1999)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy

Stuart befriends Carter's ex-boyfriend Bennett, so Carter takes revenge by befriending Deidre. Subbing for absent Stacey, temp Gayle thinks Mike is coming on to her. James starts writing a City Hall newsletter.

Director: Andy Cadiff | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Richard Kind, Alan Ruck, Michael Boatman

Votes: 122

32. Who's the Boss? (1984–1992)
Episode: Reconcilable Differences (1987)

Not Rated | 24 min | Comedy, Romance

Mona is less than happy about Angela's new assistant, Fiona Finch, who seems to be the perfect worker. Meanwhile, Tony is reluctant to visit the dentist.

Director: Asaad Kelada | Stars: Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro

Votes: 78

33. The Real Ghostbusters (1986–1991)
Episode: Janine's Day Off (1987)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Janine takes the day off to take Egon to visit her family, only for them to be called back to headquarters after Slimer inadvertently activates a dimensional gate machine created by Egon, ... See full summary »

Stars: Arsenio Hall, Maurice LaMarche, Lorenzo Music, Laura Summer

Votes: 101

34. The Real Ghostbusters (1986–1991)
Episode: Til Death Do Us Part (1989)

TV-Y7 | 13 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Ghostbusters hire a temp who happens to be a ghost. Egon gets into trouble when the temp decides to marry him.

Director: Will Meugniot | Stars: Frank Welker, Dave Coulier, Buster Jones, Maurice LaMarche

Votes: 55

35. Robson Arms (2005–2008)
Episode: Baby? What Baby? (2008)

Comedy, Drama

Sault, aka Annabelle Bonaduce, is running out of ideas for her magazine column. The only one of the many hair-brained ideas that Sault came up with that was approved by Charlotte, her ... See full summary »

Director: Jason Furukawa | Stars: Gabrielle Miller, Shaun Majumder, Alisen Richmond-Peck, Gabrielle Rose

Votes: 33

36. Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode: Turn Left (2008)

TV-PG | 49 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

What would happen if Donna never met the Doctor? How would Earth handle the Racnoss, the falling Titanic or the Sontarans? Aided by a familiar blonde time traveler, Donna corrects the alternate time line from happening.

Director: Graeme Harper | Stars: David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Billie Piper, Bernard Cribbins

Votes: 8,737

37. Swingtown (2008)
Episode: Get Down Tonight (2008)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama

Susan and Bruce decide to spend some quality time together, but end up going to a disco club with Tom and Trina. Janet starts her secretary job while Roger tries to help out around the ... See full summary »

Director: Jamie Babbit | Stars: Molly Parker, Jack Davenport, Grant Show, Lana Parrilla

Votes: 47

38. Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011)
Episode: Everything Must Go (2008)

TV-PG | 43 min | Drama

Nora decides to clear out her long-gone husband's things and enlists her children to organize a yard sale. Holly reaches out to Rebecca. Kitty resigns her job on Robert's staff, but who could possibly replace her?

Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Dave Annable, Maxwell Perry Cotton, Kerris Dorsey, Sally Field

Votes: 111

39. Wild Roses (2009)
Episode: Oil and Water (2009)

44 min | Drama, Romance

While Will is in Ottowa, pa makes sure Rebecca and Trevor hosts his college friend, influential MP Ethan Hollingsworth. She fails to flirt with him, and discovers her groom is his gay lover... See full summary »

Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Steve Byers, Michelle Harrison, Gary Hudson, Kim Huffman

Votes: 9

40. Nurse Jackie (2009–2015)
Episode: Pupil (2009)

TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Drama

The emergency room is four nurses short, and Jackie runs a tight ship. A male temp seems to be unusually slow or dim until Zoey discovers that he may be on drugs. On top of everything, ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Buscemi | Stars: Edie Falco, Eve Best, Merritt Wever, Haaz Sleiman

Votes: 345

41. Samson en Gert (1990–2019)
Episode: Secretaris gezocht (1996)

Comedy, Family

Van Leemhuyzen finally gets permission to take a holiday, but the lazy mayor still won't do any work, so he wants a temporary town clerk. Gert accepts when asked, but the shopkeeper ... See full summary »

Stars: Koen Crucke, Walter De Donder, Ann Petersen, Walter van de Velde

42. Samson en Gert (1990–2019)
Episode: Gert doet alles (1995)

Comedy, Family

When Gert hears Alberto and the shopkeeper complain about a 'stressing' yet in his eye small number of clients, and the mayor about people complaining to him, Gert claims they wine without ... See full summary »

Director: Bart van Leemputten | Stars: Koen Crucke, Walter De Donder, Ann Petersen, Danny Verbiest

43. Broad City (2014–2019)
Episode: Working Girls (2014)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

Ilana tries to make some extra cash in the temp game. Abbi promises her neighbor that she will wait for his package, but when she misses the delivery, she must go to the ends of the earth to recover it.

Director: Lucia Aniello | Stars: Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, Virginia Robinson, Elaine Hyman

Votes: 553

44. Limitless (2015–2016)
Episode: Pilot (2015)

TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Brian Finch develops superhuman abilities after taking a mysterious drug called NZT, which finds him landing on the FBI's radar as he works to clear his name of an NZT-related murder.

Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Jake McDorman, Jennifer Carpenter, Hill Harper, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Votes: 2,280

45. Superstore (2015–2021)
Episode: Seasonal Help (2016)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy

Adam is hired as extra help for the holidays, much to Amy's dismay; Jonah organizes a betting pool on which seasonal temp will be the first to quit; while Glenn looks to hire the perfect store Santa.

Director: Geeta Vasant Patel | Stars: America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn

Votes: 967

46. Lodge 49 (2018–2019)
Episode: The Slide (2019)

TV-14 | 47 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Dud makes an enemy cleaning pools. Liz tries to hit bottom. A game of golf jeopardizes Ernie's career.

Director: Jake Schreier | Stars: Wyatt Russell, Brent Jennings, Sonya Cassidy, Linda Emond

Votes: 140