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Movies Like The Startled Faction (a sensitivity training)

If you liked The Startled Faction (a sensitivity training), a movie directed by Catherine Sullivan, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1In Dubious Battle

    In Dubious Battle (2016)

    ★ 5.8/10

    In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger than its individual members, and more frightening. Led by the doomed…

  2. 2Overboard

    Overboard (1987)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees…

  3. 3American Factory

    American Factory (2019)

    ★ 7.2/10

    In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand blue-collar Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as…

  4. 4The Ron Clark Story

    The Ron Clark Story (2006)

    ★ 7.6/10

    Passionate and innovative teacher Ron Clark leaves his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. But to break through to the students, he must use unconventional methods, including his…

  5. 5The Souvenir

    The Souvenir (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10

    A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

  6. 6Office Space

    Office Space (1999)

    ★ 7.4/10

    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…

  7. 7In the Loop

    In the Loop (2009)

    ★ 7/10

    The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials and advisers are either promoting the war or are trying to prevent it.

  8. 8I Believe in Unicorns

    I Believe in Unicorns (2015)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter.

  9. 9Advantageous

    Advantageous (2015)

    ★ 6/10

    In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability surfacing in their world.

  10. 10Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

    Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try…

  11. 11Salt of the Earth

    Salt of the Earth (1954)

    ★ 7/10

    At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a…

  12. 12Dead Poets Society

    Dead Poets Society (1989)

    ★ 8.3/10

    At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern…

  13. 13The Assistant

    The Assistant (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10

    A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.

  14. 14Bastard Out of Carolina

    Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

    ★ 7.1/10

    A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as…

  15. 15Diggers

    Diggers (2007)

    ★ 6/10

    In 1976, four working-class friends come of age in The Hamptons, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, as clam diggers, as were their fathers and their grandfathers before them. They must cope with and learn to…

  16. 16I'm All Right Jack

    I'm All Right Jack (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a…

  17. 17Hell Hath No Fury

    Hell Hath No Fury (2021)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Branded a traitor by her countrymen, French national Marie DuJardin is rescued by American soldiers on one condition: to survive, she must lead them to a cache of gold - before the Nazis return to claim it for…

  18. 18The Hangover Part III

    The Hangover Part III (2013)

    ★ 6.2/10

    This time, there's no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off.

  19. 19Bedrooms and Hallways

    Bedrooms and Hallways (1998)

    ★ 6.1/10

    At the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men’s group, where he causes some upsets by declaring his attraction to one of its members.

  20. 20Working Girl

    Working Girl (1988)

    ★ 6.6/10

    When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she takes a risky chance to reclaim it by impersonating him and running the project from his position.

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