Movies and TvShows featuring "red-tape" theme.
John Quincy Archibald's son Michael collapses due to heart failure. Desperate for a heart transplant, John takes the hospital emergency room hostage when his insurance refuses to cover the cost. He demands that the hospital perform the transplant to save his son's life. With the lives of the staff and patients hanging in the balance, John Q. navigates the tense situation to ensure his son's survival.
In 1939, a test pilot is frozen in cryogenic suspension and wakes up in 1992. He must adapt to the future while also trying to find his lost love.
Peepli Live is a dark comedy that exposes the media circus surrounding the story of a debt-ridden farmer who decides to commit suicide for his family's benefit. The film satirizes the corrupt politicians, media hype, and bureaucracy that plague rural India.
Office Office (2000) follows Musaddi Lal, a common man dealing with the absurdities and corrupt practices in government offices. He constantly finds himself caught up in red tape and bureaucratic hurdles as he tries to get his work done. The show humorously portrays the frustrations and challenges faced by Musaddi Lal and his fellow colleagues in their everyday office life.
Bronk is an American television series starring Jack Palance as Detective Lieutenant Alex Bronkov. The series is set in the fictional Ocean City, California. 24 episodes were aired from September 21, 1975 to March 28, 1976 on CBS. The series lasted only one season.
After the death of a Cuban bureaucrat, his grave is exhumed for a booklet. However, the new grave owner cannot find the death certificate, causing a bureaucratic nightmare as they search for it. This comedic satire explores the absurdity of bureaucracy and the red tape involved in a humorous and slapstick manner.
Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to kiss her. Charged with assault, the quick-thinking Philippe claims it's French tradition to do as he did, and is let go. To his surprise, Philippe learns that Monique has paid his fine. As the tabloids exploit the situation, Monique dates Philippe, until a photo appears of him kissing Yvonne.
Such Good Friends (1971) is a comedic drama that takes place in 1970s New York City. The story follows a group of friends dealing with infidelity, bureaucracy, and the challenges of life in a hospital. The plot revolves around the main character's journey as she navigates through the complexities of relationships and the intricacies of the hospital system.
Flannery, a railway agent does everything by the book. He gets into a scrape with a customer, McMorehouse, who wants to pay 44 cents freight for two guinea pigs which he considers pets. Flannery, however, considers them pigs (freight 48 cents), a decision he begins to regret when the animals begin to reproduce.
Sallah is a comedy about a man named Sallah who struggles to settle into life in Israel after immigrating from a poverty-stricken refugee camp. He faces challenges such as bureaucracy, red tape, and cultural differences, all while trying to provide for his large family. The film uses satire to highlight the struggles of immigrants and the complexities of Israeli society.
The Baxters are a typical happy American family trying to live on too little money. Mrs. Polly Baxter acquires two mysterious trees that got into a nursery shipment by mistake. They turn out to be money trees. After initial problems, Polly decides to spend the money.
In this surreal and slapstick comedy, a man's life takes a turn for the chaotic when his grandmother's statue magically comes to life. As he navigates through red tape and bureaucracy, he experiences a series of misadventures, including losing his job and going through a divorce. Set in the Soviet Union, the film explores themes of love, friendship, betrayal, and the absurdities of communist society.
Cobbler Mr. Prokouk starts working in an office where there is a lot of paperwork too big for him.
Pueblo is a gripping drama based on the true story of the capture and torture of the USS Pueblo, a US Navy spy ship, by North Korean forces in 1968. The film focuses on the mistreatment and interrogation endured by the crew members while being held as prisoners of war. It highlights the challenges they face in the prison camp, their struggle for survival, and the negotiations taking place between the US and North Korea. Pueblo explores the brutal reality of war and the resilience of the human spirit.
Three workmen assigned to dig a hole in a road for an electrical cable run into problems with local officials who believe the hole is being dug in the wrong place and should be closer to the home of a prissy fashion designer.
When the Government decide to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, all except the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site, are blocked by a little corner shop, which is owned and run by a Mr. Lord and his family. When the Lords refuse to be bought off, and decline the compensation offered by the authorities. the police and the bailiffs try to evict them, only to come under fire from the family, who have barricaded themselves inside the shop.
In 'Of All the Things', a man named Umboy is a fixer who pretends to be a lawyer to impress the girl he loves, who happens to be a senator's daughter. He gets caught up in a government project scandal and must navigate through the bureaucracy and red tape to save his reputation and win the girl's heart.
A 1982 drama by Lino Brocka set in the world of boxing, starring Phillip Salvador, Vic Vargas and Chanda Romero.
A French shopkeeper's life is disrupted by a daily parade. The parade consists of "ze king, ze premier, all ze lords and ministers, army, navy, department sanitaire." When the "department sanitaire" hits a pothole, all the garbage gets dumped onto the street in front of his store.
Crime Thriller starring Jack Robinson, David Simon, Kaitlyn Black