Links for movies & TV shows about personal assistants

The Devil Wears Prada

Is it true that even in fiction there is a grain of truth?  In these following movies and television shows about personal assistants, that fact could be argued.  The writers must have had some exposure to the life of a personal assistant in order for the stories to be somewhat valid. 

Click on these links to watch the videos to see inside world of a personal assistant.

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This is the most detailed list available for movies & TV shows about personal assistants in 2023

• 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 Proposal (Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, 2009) A boss forces her assistant to get married so she won't be deported. 
• Downton Abbey (2010 - 2015) Inspired by a real-life aristocratic family in Europe.
• The Devil Wears Prada: (Meryl Streep & Anne Hathaway, 2006) Working for a mean boss in fashion.
• Clouds of Sils Maria (2014, Kristen Stewart, Juliette Binoche) A movie star that become too dependent on her PA.
• 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, Dakota Johnson) An assistant to a music star wants to produce her boss's music.
• Secretary (2002, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Spader) NOTE: Mature content - A secretary and her boss have an affair. 
• Two Weeks' Notice (Sandra Bullock & Hugh Grant, 2002) She works for a very demanding boss, but she can't take it.
• Swimming with Sharks (Movie1994) 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 (Melanie Griffith and Harrison Ford, 1988) Trying to move up the corporate ladder.
• 9 to 5 (Jane Fonda & Dolly Parton, 1980) Working in corporate America.
• The Secret of My Success (1987: Michael J. Fox): Rumored to be inspired by the Steven Spielberg story)
• The Remains of the Day (1993, Anthony Hopkins) A movie about servants for the ultra-rich. 
• The Associate (Whoopi Goldberg, 1996) A comedy about making it on Wall Street.
• 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 (Andy Dick, 2004) Celebrity PA needed for TV and movie actor.
• The Assistant (Julia Garner, 2019) A behind the scenes look at the business of being a PA in Tinseltown. 
• 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) With Kristen Stewart. It's about a fashionista who assists a celebrity. 
• ​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 (Joe Mantegna & Jane Seymour, 2009) When you're an assistant in Hollywood, sometimes you're making other people's dreams come true instead of your own.

NOTE: If you like these movies and TV shows about personal assistants, then you will probably like this resource for books about PAs.

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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 -- or two. 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. But no more. These elite gatekeepers command hefty salaries. 

Updated list in 2023

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