Movies and TvShows featuring "self-employment" theme.

A head chef named Carl Casper quits his job at a restaurant in Los Angeles and buys a food truck. He aims to regain his creative passion for cooking and rebuild his relationship with his estranged family. Along the way, he faces challenges, including a scathing food critic review and a viral social media meltdown. With the help of his son, friends, and the success of the food truck, Carl rediscovers his love for cooking and finds a new opportunity to showcase his talent while reconciling with his loved ones.

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.

The Personals is a comedy-drama romance set in Taipei, Taiwan. The story revolves around a female doctor who writes a personal column in a newspaper. She embarks on a series of blind dates with various suitors, including a blind musician, a shoe-fetishist, and a writer. Through these encounters, she explores themes of love, loneliness, and self-discovery.

BBlondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar. Her tasty cookies become so popular that a cookie magnate makes her an offer that is difficult to refuse. Unfortunately, this creates all kinds of problems for the Bumsteads.

When a young couple in Vienna suddenly find themselves unemployed, they open a little restaurant near a local soccer place. Soon they have to find out about the odds and ends of self-employment as they have to learn that their newly won independence suffers from bureaucracy and greed.

A 13 year old girl who lives with her widowed mother in a town in Korea. Somewhat withdrawn and living in dreams, her main dream is that her real mother is a famous pop singer. Soo-ah falls in with a delinquent schoolgirl, and after a tense argument with her mother, blurts out that she is not her real mother. She runs away on a train to Seoul to see her "real mother" at a concert and be with her.