More and more modern people are abandoning cramped offices and stuffy offices. Today, almost everyone dreams of being productive from home. There are many pluses, but negligible cons. We offer you to get acquainted with the list of the best films and TV shows about remote work and freelancers. The heroes of the films do not jump like crazy at the alarm clock, but they themselves build a schedule for themselves. No screaming boss under your ear or itchy colleagues!
Stringer (Nightcrawler) 2014
- Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.3, IMDb - 7.9
- In preparation for his role, Jake Gyllenhaal played sports eight hours a day. The actor either got to the set by bike or jogged to it.
Young and ambitious journalist Louis Bloom is trying to find a job. He sends out a resume wherever possible, but everywhere he is answered: "Sorry, we need a person with experience." In the end, when the hero became completely desperate, he received an interesting business proposal. Without going into details, Louis grabs his camera and films the aftermath of the carjacking to sell to a local TV company. It soon becomes clear that Bloom will stop at nothing for the sake of a worthy plot ...
Sex and the City (2008)
- Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.8, IMDb - 5.6
- Filming took place in the same studio where the original series was filmed - Silvercup Studios in Queens.
Carrie and Big live together. A man makes a marriage proposal to his beloved, and the woman immediately goes headlong into preparations for an incredibly chic wedding, which will turn the head of the whole of Manhattan. Suddenly Mirinda throws an angry phrase, which suddenly makes Big question the correctness of his proposal. On the way to the church, the man suddenly stops the car and leaves Carrie alone at the altar. It's good that she has close friends who will always come to the rescue ...
Julie & Julia: Cooking recipe happiness (Julie & Julia) 2009
- Genre: Drama, Romance, Biography
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.5, IMDb - 7.0
- Most of the filming took place in New York.
Julie Powell hates her job and dreams of becoming a writer. Trying to brighten up the gray and boring everyday life, the heroine decides to start a culinary blog. In it, she shares her thoughts that one day she will create something special in the kitchen, which will amaze the whole world. The girl sets herself an incredible goal: to cook 524 dishes from Julia Child's famous book "Mastering the Art of French Cuisine" in a year. And for 12 months, Julie, “risking her marriage and the well-being of the cat,” has been trying to invent a culinary masterpiece!
Generation P (2011)
- Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.6, IMDb - 6.8
- It was originally planned that the role of Vavilen Tatarsky would go to Konstantin Khabensky. However, the actor was busy working on other projects.
The picture, like the work of Viktor Pelevin itself, is built on hallucinations. "How and why does television destroy a person?" - one of the central issues of the film. In the center of the story is Vavilen Tatarsky, an employee of an advertising agency. The main character promotes Western brands and adapts them to the “Russian mentality”.
The Social Network 2010
- Genre: Drama, Biography
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.7, IMDb - 7.7
- None of the Facebook employees wanted to take part in the picture.
The film tells the story of the creation of one of the most popular social networks on the Internet - Facebook. Mark has problems with his personal life. The hero decided to prove to everyone how cool he really is. In just one night, he managed to create something that in the future will appeal to billions of users around the world. True, initially the main character “invented” his brainchild not for the sake of dizzying success, but for the sake of recognition. The creation of Facebook forced Mark's friends to claim their rights to the promising network ...
Mr. Robot 2015 - 2019
- Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.8, IMDb - 8.5
- One of the slot machines is called "Dark Seoul".
In the list of the best films and TV series about remote work and freelancers, there is the film "Mr. Robot", in which the main role was played by actor Rami Malek. Elliot, a young computer programmer, suffers from a dissocial personality disorder and therefore spends most of his life at the computer. For him, the only way to interact with people is to be a hacker. The main character gets a job in a large cybersecurity company. Soon he begins to receive dubious offers from underground organizations, each of which is trying to recruit him to break up entire corporations.
