Films and TV shows that feel like 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton
A wry, defiant anthem of overworked, underpaid office workers grinding through the day while dreaming of fairness and a little payback.
- Nine to Five (1980): The song's own film, with three secretaries turning the tables on their sexist boss.
- Mad Men (2007): Shows the sexism and grind that women in 1960s offices had to push through.
- Working Girl (1988): A determined secretary outsmarts her boss and claims the career she deserves.
- Office Space (1999): Gallows humour about cubicle drudgery and fantasies of revenge on the boss.
- Severance (2022): A darkly satirical take on work life, with employees trapped in the office routine.
- The Devil Wears Prada (2006): An underling grinds through impossible demands from a tyrant boss.
- Grace and Frankie (2015): Women reclaiming their independence and standing up for themselves with humour.
- Made in Dagenham (2010): Factory women unite for equal pay in a story of solidarity and rebellion.