Movies & TV Shows about Assistants
Here is a list of TV shows and movies about Personal Assistants and Executive Assistants.
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In no particular order, TV shows and movies about assistants
- Assistants to the Super Rich (ABC News 20/20) Documentary about PAs to UHNW families.
- MTV's "MADE" creates a celebrity assistant by cultivating a newbie to work for a major TV star.
- The Intern (2015) A retired man (Robert DeNiro) becomes an intern to a much younger CEO (Anne Hathaway).
- The Proposal (2009) A boss forces her assistant to get married (Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds).
- Downton Abbey (2010 - 2015) Inspired by a real-life aristocratic family in Europe.
- The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Working for a mean boss in fashion (Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway).
- The Nanny Diaries (2007) A nanny assists a high-net-worth family in NYC (Scarlett Johansson).
- Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) A movie star that become too dependent on her PA (Kristen Stewart, Juliette Binoche).
- Set it up (2018) A Netflix original movie about two assistants who try to get their bosses to fall in love.
- The High Note (2020) An assistant to a music star wants to produce her boss's music (Dakota Johnson).
- Secretary (2002) Mature content - A secretary and her boss have an affair (Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Spader).
- Two Weeks' Notice (2002) She works for a very demanding boss, but she can't take it (Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant).
- Swimming with Sharks (1994) The ups and downs of working in Hollywood.
- Swimming with Sharks (TV show 2022) The dark, behind-the-scenes workings of being an assistant in Hollywood.
- Working Girl (1988) Trying to move up the corporate ladder (Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford).
- 9 to 5 (1980) Working in corporate America (Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton).
- The Secret of My Success (1987: Michael J. Fox): Rumored to be inspired by the actual Steven Spielberg story.
- The Remains of the Day (1993) A movie about servants for the ultra-rich (Anthony Hopkins).
- The Associate (1996) A comedy about making it on Wall Street (Whoopi Goldberg).
- To My Future Assistant (2013): About assistants in a New York Law Firm who have very bad bosses.
- The Perfect Assistant (2008) An assistant gets emotionally involved with her boss.
- Assistance (2013): Krysten Ritter stars in NBC's project about personal assistants.
- The Assistants (2009) TV show about four college students who are assistants in Hollywood.
- The Assistant (2004) Celebrity PA needed for TV and movie actor (Andy Dick).
- The Assistant (2020) A behind the scenes look at the business of being a PA in Tinseltown (Julia Garner).
- You're My Boss (2015) A female boss and a male assistant have tension at work, but will they get together?
- All About Eve (1950) A classic movie with Bette Davis. The assistant tries to take her boss's job in the theatre.
- Personal Shopper (2017) It's about a fashionista who assists a celebrity (Kristen Stewart).
- I Want to Work for Diddy (2008: aka Sean John Combs) A contest about getting to win a spot working for the icon.
- The Assistants (2009) When you're an assistant in Hollywood, sometimes you're making other people's dreams come true instead of your own (Joe Mantegna, Jane Seymour).
Additional resources about assistants
Personal assistants have long been part of the legacy of the super-rich and famous. The new "it" thing is a PA on your arm. For decades the "right hands" of the powerful have always brought prestige to the scene, and everyone dreams one day of having their own assistant -- who wouldn't? In the bygone days, PAs were called secretaries, and they were menial positions. Nowadays, these elite gatekeepers command hefty salaries.