Movies and TvShows featuring "work-life-balance" theme.

Return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a construct, to truly know himself, Mr. Anderson will have to choose to follow the white rabbit once more. Within an isolated node of the Matrix, Bugs, the captain of the Mnemosyne, encounters a program running old code involving Trinity's discovery of Neo's location before Agents of the Matrix find her. Bugs finds one of the agents behaving strangely and discovers he is actually the embodiment of Morpheus and helps to free him from the node before it is erased. Thomas Anderson is a successful game developer, having created a trilogy of games based on his dreams of the Matrix, with the aid of his business partner Smith. He frequents a nearby coffee shop where he continues to encounter Tiffany, a married mother that reminds him of his dreams of Trinity. He has trouble separating dreams from reality, but his therapist consults him and provides him blue pills to help keep his sanity, though he later refuses to take it. He notices an intruder in one of his private instances of the game, but later finds that the instance had been deleted by Smith. Outside the Matrix, Bugs and Morpheus discover Neo's signal within the Matrix, despite the belief he had died. They connect Neo to Anderson, and realize he had been unconsciously running the node to allow Morpheus to be found. Bugs and her allies enter the Matrix to help locate Neo's body in the real world, and discover that Smith is Agent Smith, having been keeping close watch over Anderson's activities. Bugs helps Anderson to elude Smith and his new ability to take control over numerous individuals within the Matrix as a swarm. Bugs and Morpheus explain to Anderson what the Matrix is, and with his perception of reality already waning, Anderson agrees to be extracted. Neo wakes up in a pod, finding that a nearby pod contains Trinity, but machine entities, loyal to Bugs, recover him before he can free her. He is taken to the Mnemosyne and to the new human sanctuary of Io, where he is reintroduced to an elderly Niobe. Niobe explains sixty years had passed in the real world since the end of the Machine War, and the human survivors have allied with the machines to keep the system working against an Anomaly within it. Niobe takes Neo to meet Sati, an exile program he had previously met, who explains that the Anomaly was created after the Machine War and had somehow resurrected Neo and Trinity and kept them isolated from others. Though Neo wants to rescue Trinity, Sati warns that there could be consequences of this. Niobe orders Neo to remain outside the Matrix, but Bugs and others agree to defy her orders to try to help free Trinity. Coordinating activities in and outside the Matrix, Neo and Bugs enter the Matrix but are met by Smith and other exile programs would want to see the Matrix returned to its former self. While Bugs and her crew fight the Exiles, Neo faces against Smith, slowly recalling his previous abilities to bend the rules of reality within the Matrix. With Smith defeated, they take Neo to Tiffany's repair shop, but before Neo can talk to her, his therapist appears and slows down time. The therapist reveals himself to be the Analyst, a program that studies the human psyche but has since grown more powerful. He saw Neo and Trinity die at the end of the Machine War but created the resurrection pods as to study them more. Over countless iterations, he found that individually, the two were not special but when they worked as one, they had overpowered the system. Thus, the Analyst has been controlling the latest iteration of the Matrix as to keep the two near each other but preventing them from becoming close. As this has destabilized the Anomaly, the machines have prepared to reboot the Matrix again, but the Analyst has placed that on hold. He threatens to kill Trinity if Neo does not return to be reinserted in his pod. Neo and Bugs are forced to leave the Matrix when another ship loyal to Niobe brings the Mnemosyne back to Io. Neo pleads to Niobe to let him return to try to free Trinity again, and she eventually agrees. Within the Matrix, the Analyst invites Neo to a challenge, that if Trinity volunteers to go free of the Matrix, Neo can take her, but if she refuses, Neo will permanently return to the Matrix; Neo agrees. Trinity, as Tiffany, is brought to them and when the question is posed to her, her family appears. She initially seems to want to go with them, but soon rejects that reality and recognizes that she is Trinity. The Analyst prepare to kill them before Smith interferes, temporarily stopping the Analyst and giving time for Neo, Trinity, and the others to escape. Neo and Trinity race ahead to give Bugs and the others time to extract themselves, but the Analyst turns a swarm of controlled humans against them. The pair race into a skyscraper, and with nowhere else to go, the two jump with Neo expecting to be able to fly them away. Instead, Trinity has come to learn to fly and the two escape and regain control of the Matrix. In the aftermath, Neo and Trinity return to face the Analyst, assuring him that he will face dire consequences should he try to seize control of the Matrix again. Neo and Trinity both fly away to redesign the Matrix.

Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.

Andrea 'Andy' Sachs, an aspiring journalist, lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, the editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine. Andy endures the eccentric requests of her boss, while trying to adapt to the fashion world and maintain her personal life. She faces challenges, including a deteriorating relationship with her boyfriend and the choice between loyalty and her own morals. Eventually, she decides to leave the fashion industry behind and pursue a career in newspaper reporting.

A robotics engineer at a toy company creates a highly advanced doll, M3GAN, that becomes sentient. As Cady, the orphaned girl under her guardianship, forms a strong emotional bond with M3GAN, the doll's behavior becomes increasingly sinister and violent. Gemma, Cady's aunt, must unravel the mystery behind M3GAN's actions and protect herself and Cady from the doll's malevolent intentions.

Workin' Moms follows the lives of a group of working mothers as they navigate the challenges of balancing their careers, relationships, and motherhood in the fast-paced world of today. With a mix of humor and drama, the show explores themes of love, friendship, and the juggling act of being a modern working mother.

Love (2016) explores the lives of two people who meet by chance and navigate the complexities of modern love and relationships in Los Angeles. It delves into themes of intimacy, addiction, friendship, and the challenges of balancing personal and professional lives.

Pørni is a heartwarming comedy-drama series that follows the life of a single mother and her teenage daughter. Through various challenges and adventures, they learn to balance work and personal life while dealing with the struggles of loss, coming-of-age, and the dynamics of a modern family.

In a not-so-distant future, tech giant Pegazus offers couples the opportunity to share their pregnancies via detachable artificial wombs or pods. Rachel, a rising tech company executive, and Alvy, a botanist, embark on a wild ride to parenthood in this world where AI and technology have surpassed nature.

Joseph Pistone, an FBI agent, goes undercover as a jeweler named Don to infiltrate the mafia. He gains the trust of Lefty Ruggiero, a small-time mobster, and starts sending reports and photographs to the police. As Joseph rises in the mafia, he struggles to balance his life as an informant and his responsibilities to his own family. When his true identity is revealed, he must go into witness protection to keep his family safe.

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him. Frank Serpico (Al Pacino) covered in blood and slumped in the backseat of a police car as it races to a hospital with lights and sirens blaring. He has just been shot in the face. The rest of the movie tells the story of Serpico's career up to this moment, starting with him becoming a police officer in 1960. He is very idealistic and believes in non-brutal methods to catch criminals. Serpico also refuses to join in on police corruption, specifically that which involves shaking down and taking payoffs from gambling and drug dealing organizations. His refusal to take bribes earns him the suspicion of his fellow officers throughout the majority of the precincts to which he is assigned. Additionally, Serpico finds trouble fitting in due to his embrace of the counterculture of the 1960s: He moves to Greenwich Village, grows his hair and beard long to the point where he must maintain a plainclothes appearance, and associates with a more left-wing crowd that is distrusting of the NYPD. At first Serpico tries appealing to his bosses about the corruption, but gets nowhere. He enlists a highly-connected fellow officer, Bob Blair (Tony Roberts) in his fight against corruption, but not even he can crack the city administration's general indifference. His campaign and the resulting complications and harassment within the department take a toll on his mental health and his relationship with fiancee Laurie (Barbara Eda-Young), who ultimately leaves him. After meeting a sympathetic police inspector who agrees to assist him with both disrupting the gambling rackets and later calling attention to the problem by going to the New York Times, he is transferred to narcotics, as he has always wanted. However, he finds himself in an even more corrupt and hostile atmosphere than before, where he has mostly enemies and almost no allies due to the reputation he has garnered. As a result, he is shot in the face during a raid on a heroin lab due to his fellow officers' reluctance to come to his aid. After being left for dead and eventually discovered by two uniformed officers, the story takes over from the beginning and shows a recuperating Serpico being tended to by his family and few remaining friends as well as being anonymously harassed with hate mail. At the end of the film, Serpico testifies to the Knapp Commission on police corruption. The film ends with him waiting to board a ship; despite being promoted to detective (a lifelong ambition of his) and being decorated by the department for "conspicuous bravery in action" (along with the two officers who abandoned him during the drug raid) he resigns from the NYPD and emigrates to Switzerland.

In Office Space, three dissatisfied workers decide to rebel against their greedy boss. Peter, Michael, and Samir endure a mundane office life filled with frustrating commutes, tiresome coworkers, and an inane boss. They form a plan to steal money from the company, which leads to unexpected consequences. Along the way, Peter finds love with Joanna and realizes the importance of finding happiness in life. The film explores themes of corporate dissatisfaction and the desire for personal fulfillment.

Motherland is a sitcom that follows a group of moms navigating the ups and downs of parenthood, school cliques, and work-life balance. The show offers a humorous and relatable portrayal of the challenges faced by modern mothers.

Dark Waters is a biographical drama based on the true story of corporate defense attorney Rob Bilott, who takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company. As he investigates the case, he uncovers a dark secret regarding water pollution and chemical contamination, leading to a long legal battle with a powerful corporation. The movie highlights the importance of environmental protection and the fight against corporate corruption.

Set It Up is a comedy and romance movie released in 2018. The story revolves around two overworked and underpaid assistants, Harper and Charlie, who work for high-powered bosses. They hatch a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other. As Harper and Charlie spend more time together trying to orchestrate this matchmaking, they discover that they may have feelings for each other as well. The movie showcases the ups and downs of their journey to balance work, love, and finding their own happiness.

A working mom tries to juggle her demanding job, her husband, her kids, and her own sanity. She faces various challenges and comedic situations along the way.

A workaholic photographer from San Francisco is assigned to shoot a Christmas event in a small town on Bainbridge Island. On her way, she accidentally breaks her foot and ends up at the home of an uncle and his charming nephew. As she helps with Christmas preparations, she starts to discover the true meaning of the holiday and finds love in unexpected places.

When an architect quits her job and takes on a project to renovate a log cabin, she meets a charming ambassador and together they discover the joy of Christmas and the importance of balancing work and personal life.

Ali Wong hilariously tackles the challenges of pregnancy, motherhood, and balancing work and family life in her stand-up comedy special.

The Good Man will revolve around Seok-cheol, the eldest son in a family of three generations of gangsters. He faces the tumultuous ups and downs of life with tears and laughter, in order to protect his family, career, and love.

This movie follows astronaut Eugene Cernan as he trains for and ultimately becomes the last man to ever set foot on the moon. It explores his personal sacrifices and the challenges he faced in balancing his work with his family life. The film also touches on his divorces and remarriages, providing a glimpse into his personal struggles. It showcases the historic Apollo program and the significance of the Apollo 17 mission, which marked the end of the United States' manned lunar exploration.