When I first received my proverbial pink slip (it wasn't pink, and it was an e-mail, not a slip), I felt powerless. On the news, I would watch workers in my same situation vent their frustration. “You work and work and work your whole life,” one of them said, “but no matter how hard you work, someone can always come in and snap his fingers and suddenly you're out of a job.” Needless to say, many people are frustrated.

Luckily, now that you're home and you've got some extra time between job interviews, you can vent a little of that frustration in a way that doesn't actually harm anyone: Movies. To be specific, movies that stick it to the man, movies that satisfy your desire to rebel against the system, movies that tap into your frustration, movies that give your pain a voice. When I lost my job, I took a couple of blank days from my calender, and arranged a movie marathon. I didn't get to watch all the films I wanted, but it was a good way to purify my system, to wash the bitterness away, before starting with a brand new job hunt.

My perfect sticking it to the man movie day would consist of the following films: