Movies Similar to Burnout: The Truth about Work

The Youth Drug Scene(1970)

A Cristian educational film that tells the story of a former drug addict, Mark Lindley, and his recovery through finding God.

The Hasty Man Drinks His Tea with a Fork(2003)

A blend of drama and documentary, this film follows several people caught up in the turmoil of the modern world. The drama centres on a woman who has burned out and who holds up her own despair – and her attempts to rebuild her life – as a mirror to the rest of us. With a blend of gravity and humour, Sylvie Groulx's film shows the absurdity of a society dedicated to the cult of speed at all costs.

Keep Up the Good Work(2013)

It is a fetish, a mantra, a secret religion to modern man: work. In times of the financial crisis and massive job reductions, this documentary movie questions work as our 'hallow' sense in life in a way that both humors and pains us.

AIPOKAMORHC(2025)

A unique visual interpretation of Tyler, the Creator's latest album, Chromakopia.

Speed: In Search of Lost Time(2012)

It’s a paradox. Never before in history we have worked more efficiently. Never before we have saved time with more sophisticated technologies. Anyway, nearly all of us are feeling an increasing pressure of time. It seems that the same technology that has been invented to make our life better and easier, is now enslaving us. Why?

The Happy Worker - Or How Work Was Sabotaged(2022)

Our premise is that work has become an act of self-sabotage. Empty corporate jargon, ever-changing management fashions and self-serving bureaucracy masquerading as efficiency hijacked the purpose of work. Creative documentary The Happy Worker will show how we got to this point and the very human behavior that led us here. We want to show how this unhealthy system is maintained and what keeps us from calling bullshit.

Weg vom Fenster - Leben nach dem Burnout(2017)

From Business to Being(2017)

These days, employees find themselves under enormous pressure. Disorders such as burn-out and depression are not uncommon. A manager, a mediation coach and a quantum physicist offer their approaches to counteract this trend.

Osteria all'undici(2025)

After a burn-out, Filippo, a film director, undertakes a professional reintegration as a waiter in a social enterprise.

No More God in Doctor(2020)

Emergency medicine intern Margaux can no longer stand it. During another very hectic and patient-filled shift, she forgets a homeless woman on a stretcher who then dies. Shocked Margaux has no choice but to continue working. But suddenly, her body starts sweating blood uncontrollably.

Caesura

A young woman returns home from school disillusioned with life only to find solace in a high school freshman and a local burnout.

Over the Edge(1979)

A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.

Burn Out(2024)

An assistant will do anything to get his presentation in front of his boss… even set himself on fire.

Office Space(1999)

A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.

The Mirage(2015)

Le Mirage is the perspective of a man in his thirties asking himself "what am I chasing?" Our society has become all about consumerism, if not excess. Success is determined by what and how much we have and "stuff" becomes the band-aid to a meaningless existence. Stuff fills the void of the existence we weren't meant to lead.

Our Precious Autumn(2025)

Our Precious Autumn follows Ami, a young manga artist struggling with burnout. After several sleepless nights, she collapses and awakens in a dreamscape, facing three encounters that help her rediscover her reason for drawing.

Alone Time(2013)

A young woman, stressed by her busy and continually crowded New York City existence spontaneously retreats to a solitary lake deep in the Adirondacks.

Grilled Cheese Sandwich(2005)

Something is cooking in the town of Grimsville, Ontario. A bunch of wayward youths take on Grimsville High, Squirrely's Pizza and the Moose Meat Ladies with their revolutionary underground grilled cheese sandwich club.

Die Insassen(2015)

My Sweet Satan(1994)

A group of directionless, bored, drug-using teenagers get involved in a cult, resulting in a murder.