Movies and TvShows featuring "gig-economy" theme.

A solitary and cold assassin battles his employers and himself, going on an international manhunt. He insists that it isn't personal but as time passes, he begins to question his sanity. This brutal and stylish noir story explores the life of a professional assassin who is armed to the teeth and slowly losing his mind.

Sorry We Missed You follows the life of a working-class family in the gig economy. The father becomes a delivery driver to escape the constraints of traditional work, but quickly realizes the harsh realities of the job. As the family navigates financial problems, debt, and the strain on their relationships, they find themselves questioning the cost of pursuing the American Dream.

Josh Chang, a struggling gig economy worker, finds himself picking up passengers on Election Day. Little does he know that this seemingly ordinary day will change the course of everyone's lives forever.

20 year-old Lynn is told she needs English classes, flight attendant school, and a go getter-attitude. She perseveres along this path of upward mobility until she finds out she's pregnant. Indecisive and running out of time, she tells her boyfriend she's had an abortion and instead returns to her feuding parents and their failing clinic to try and figure out what's next.

A hopeless romantic hitman tries to survive the world of online dating with a bounty on his head.

Set against a landscape dominated by an algorithm-driven gig economy, in a world designed to keep us apart, On Falling explores the silent, vital struggle to find meaning and connection. It tells the story of Aurora, a Portuguese migrant working as a warehouse picker in Edinburgh, Scotland. Trapped between the confines of a vast distribution centre and the solitude of her own bedroom, Aurora seeks out every opportunity to resist the alienation and isolation that threaten her sense of self.

Gus spends every waking hour in Virtual Reality, ignoring the Gigworkers who tend to his physiological needs.

A very human tech doc, uncovers the real costs of the platform economy through the lives of workers from around the world for companies including Uber, Amazon and Deliveroo. From delivering food and driving ride shares to tagging images for AI, millions of people around the world are finding work task by task online. The gig economy is worth over 5 trillion USD globally, and growing. And yet the stories of the workers behind this tech revolution have gone largely neglected. Who are the people in this shadow workforce? It brings their stories into the light. Lured by the promise of flexible work hours, independence, and control over time and money, workers from around the world have found a very different reality. Work conditions are often dangerous, pay often changes without notice, and workers can effectively be fired through deactivation or a bad rating. Through an engaging global cast of characters, it reveals how the magic of technology we are being sold might not be magic at all.

When a young college student, with a promising academic career, returns to her hometown for the summer, she discovers that her rowdy friends from high school have become obsessed with a popular new gig app for aspiring criminals.

Five daughters send their mums undercover as 21-year-olds. From dating to working to activism, the mums will be immersed in their world. Can the mums pull off being 21 Again?

Three women share their experience of navigating the app-world in the metro city. The sharings reveal gendered battles as platform workers and the tiresome reality of gig-workers' identities against the absent bosses, masked behind their apps. Filmed in the streets of New Delhi, the protagonists share about their door-to-door gigs, the surveillance at their workplaces and the absence of accountability in the urban landscape.

GIG - A Uberização do Trabalho is a documentary that delves into the gig economy and its effects on the workforce in Brazil. The film presents a comprehensive analysis of the rise of gig work and its implications for workers in the Brazilian economy. Through interviews with experts and personal stories of gig workers, it sheds light on the challenges and opportunities brought by the gig economy.

A food delivery worker reflects about his job while biking home.

Is yesterday’s science fiction today’s social documentary? Real stories from gig-workers in the delivery sector intertwine with Neal Stephenson's cyberpunk classic Snow Crash.

Eli, a queer transmasculine person, drives for a rideshare company to pay for top surgery. They have to pass as a cisgender male for safety, but lack the nuance of being a 'man'. Their nightly route starts by driving their best friend Niki to the strip club where she works. With each new passenger, Eli's performance of gender shifts and unfolds, exploring how queer and trans people survive in the gig economy and navigate gender socialization.