Horrible Bosses is a 2011 American black comedy film directed by Seth Gordon, written by Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, based on a story by Markowitz. The plot follows three friends who conspire to murder their awful bosses when they realize they are standing in the way of their happiness. After a night of drunken revelry, they decide to hire a hitman and assassinate their bosses. However, things don't go quite as planned.