Labor Day 2011: Our Favorite Comedies About Work (VIDEOS)

How are we celebrating this Labor Day? By watching some of our favorite work-related comedies, of course. From vintage masterpieces starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, to modern classics like "Office Space" and "Up In The Air," Hollywood has always had a knack for capturing the hysterical ennui of the daily grind. Here are a few of our top picks. Vote for your favorites and let us know which ones we missed in the comments.

Oh, and the "Clerks" clip is, obviously, NSFW... but hopefully your boss gave you the holiday off.

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[Hugatreetoday]

08:06 AM on 09/07/2011

I know it's a little bit of a stretch, but Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle was sort of about work, and oh so funny!

[RyanRugbyTighthead]

01:26 PM on 09/06/2011

The Apartment is a little more complicated than that. Some funny bits but a rather serious message ending with an attempted suicide.

[reggabaet]

10:33 AM on 09/06/2011

If your office is somebody's Van Nuys living room, Orgazmo would make the list.

[SconnieGuy]

10:26 AM on 09/06/2011

Oh! I forgot about "Nine to Five"! How great was that movie?!?

[goddess1871]

11:41 AM on 09/06/2011

Violet Newstead please hold Violet Newstead please hold Violet Newstead please hold... lol

[Ais4Atheist]

10:13 AM on 09/06/2011

where's tootsie??

[raptureready1958]

07:49 AM on 09/06/2011

Working girl is one of my favorite movies. They just don't make those kinds of movies much anymore where you are left feeling great.

[standish]

04:51 AM on 09/06/2011

Even in its own era, "Desk Set" wasn't considered any great shakes of a film, even though it did star Tracy and Hepburn. "The Apartment" is a classic. Everything else on this list is destined for the bottom of a Netflix queue.

[NINA B]

02:40 AM on 09/06/2011

Didn't really know there was a separate genre of OFFICE comedies. But now that I know, I'd say Office Space is my favorite. Not just a funny movie, but best use of a soundtrack ever, as the above clip shows.

[Matt Morava]

12:56 AM on 09/06/2011

Lame... No Haiku Tunnel!

[jennielake]

11:15 PM on 09/05/2011

I love cats and dogs... but -

- 7 of the videos on the Comedy Section are of Animals.

Really?

Is it all about ratings and visitors - how about content?

[Gronkie]

10:58 PM on 09/05/2011

Office Space is still the best office movie ever made!

[dengal]

01:31 AM on 09/06/2011

hands down. . .

[AJOHMSS]

11:03 AM on 09/06/2011

I think you have my stapler.

[Gronkie]

01:03 PM on 09/06/2011

You've been missing a lot of work lately...

Well, I wouldn't say I've been "missing" it...

[Gronkie]

10:57 PM on 09/05/2011

If you're a sales guy and can relate to Glengarry Glen Ross, then you should also try Boiler Room.

[Carbon Forteetoo]

12:54 AM on 09/06/2011

Coffee is for closers

[Toka248]

10:34 PM on 09/05/2011

Oh HuffPo, paying respects to labor day while hiring non-union writers for free..

[signgrrl]

10:55 AM on 09/06/2011

oh the irony . . .

[Rosalee Harris]

08:31 PM on 09/05/2011

I like WOrking girl it depicts the life of a secretary in the beginning but its a FANTASY how it worked out in the end. Real life Never turns out like that.

[skymuffin]

08:30 PM on 09/05/2011

I'd add to that, "Swimming With Sharks."

[signgrrl]

10:56 AM on 09/06/2011

LOVE that movie !! own the DVD !