# Office Space

23 Hacker News commenters recommended Office Space and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Fans call it a funny, truthful satire of 1990s white-collar office life and a cult classic.

## Why people recommend it

- Accurate portrayal of office work (5 comments): "Ever seen the movie OfficeSpace? It's funny as hell partly because there's a lot of truth to it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46205833)) "That's what most of the irl white-collar existence really reflected throughout my career." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50244837)) "it documents the typical work culture of the US in the late 1990s / early 2000s" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46804667))
- Beloved cult classic (3 comments): "it's totally a cult classic that I'm sure a good chunk of this community has watched" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47955592)) "One of my all time favorites" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46205916)) "It's a great movie after all" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46660950))
- Funny, quotable lines (2 comments): "Ever seen the movie OfficeSpace? It's funny as hell partly because there's a lot of truth to it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46205833)) "That line is so damn good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48065523))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Office Space", https://hackerapproved.com/p/office-space/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).