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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Its temp-office world turns small humiliations, precarious work and petty authority into a sharply observed, deadpan female friendship comedy—less fantastical than 9 to 5, but similarly alert to workplace indignities.
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Why this pick
A buoyant, smart office comedy with an underestimated woman navigating a sexist corporate ladder. It shares 9 to 5’s satisfying professional wish-fulfilment, sharp power dynamics and energetic comic momentum.
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Why this pick
Three wronged women turn frustration into collective, gleeful retaliation. Its pleasure lies in the same kind of camaraderie, broad comic payback and empowerment fantasy that make 9 to 5 sing.
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Why this pick
A warm, funny ensemble story of women pushing back against workplace inequality. It has 9 to 5’s accessible humor and righteous spirit, with a more grounded collective fight behind the laughs.
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Why this pick
This polished 1980s comedy pairs career pressures with an appealing female-led reinvention. Its brisk, upbeat tone and pleasure in watching a capable woman outmaneuver dismissive professional expectations fit well with 9 to 5.
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01 / THE STORY
Judy Bernly (Jane Fonda) is forced to find work after her husband, Dick (Lawrence Pressman), runs off with his secretary. Judy finds employment as a secretary at Consolidated Companies. The senior office supervisor, Violet Newstead (Lily Tomlin), introduces Judy to the company and staff, including mail room clerk Eddie, Alcoholism Margaret Foster, the opportunistic boss Franklin Hart, Jr. (Dabney Coleman), and Roz Keith (Elizabeth Wilson), Hart's executive assistant. Violet reveals to Judy that Hart is supposedly involved with his buxom secretary, Doralee Rhodes (Dolly Parton). Hart exploits and mistreats his female subordinates, with backstabbing and sexist remarks. He Matilda effect, cruelly yells at and threatens to fire Judy on her first day after an equipment malfunction and Sexual harassment in the US workplace Doralee, spreading rumors about an affair that never happened.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Judy Bernly
Russell Tinsworthy
Missy Hart
Barbara
Maria Delgado
Margaret Foster
Meade
Eddie Smith
